Lord God Investigator

The people of Askatra City seemed to have succumbed. The High Priest of Dawn's tax collection action did not encounter any fierce resistance, and no one was even sent to the gallows for tax resistance.

The tax collector who broke into the house saw the gold coin box that had been sorted as soon as he entered the door, and it contained exactly the amount of tax payable.

The chief priest of Dawn was not surprised by the people's surrender. This was very normal. It showed that these businessmen knew how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They were good at calculations and had understood their situation. After the divine punishment, they finally understood. Divine power cannot be offended.

Every citizen who paid taxes obediently looked at the priests and knights who took away their property with indifferent eyes. They were silent and expressionless, as if they were numb.

Now that the fallen citizens have surrendered, the High Priest of Dawn does not need to use killing methods. The Holy Father is merciful and tolerant. For the lambs who are willing to return to the wings of the gods, redemption and teaching can restore their miserable fallen souls.

However, the next move is also on the agenda of the Grand Priest of Dawn. He will begin to seriously, strictly and thoroughly clean this fallen city, sweep away all the filth, change the atmosphere here, and reverse the customs here.

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It's hazy at night, in the bridge area of ​​Ascatra City.

Alanlinville walked hurriedly under the moonlight. He hurried to the temple area, went to the Lathander Temple to see the High Priest of Dawn, and informed the High Priest of a shocking secret.

There are nearly ten thousand shadow thieves in the city of Askatra. The tentacles of the shadow thieves have reached every corner of the city. Everything that happened in the dirty sewers under the temple area reached the ears of the shadow master the next day. .

Bredlow buried a large number of strange "magic wand" weapons under the temple area, and the citizens wanted to use these weapons to launch an attack on the knights stationed in the city!

The so-called "New Six-member Council" may think that their actions are very secretive, but to the film owner, it is like a group of laymen playing house and playing games.

The citizens' secret alliance can hide the outside knights, but it cannot hide the local snakes. This uprising did not attract the shadow thieves to join the group, because the fact that the shadow thieves are the lackeys of the nobles has been exposed, and the uprising can be planned. The citizens ignored another fact that the Shadow Thief's spies were everywhere.

After Ellen Linville learned the news, he greatly laughed at the stupid people who overestimated their capabilities. In his opinion, this uprising was bound to suffer a disastrous failure. The participants were either hacked to death by the paladins on the spot, or tied to the stake and burned at the stake afterwards. Burned at the stake.

After he had laughed enough and thought calmly for a while, he suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity to solve the dilemma that the Shadow Thieves Guild was facing!

After the Knights entered the city of Ascaltra, the good days of the Shadow Thieves of Amn came to an end. The Templars were not as incompetent and weak as the guards of Amn. The well-disciplined knights would not accept bribes from the Shadow Thieves, and even Treat bribery as a form of humiliation.

Many unlucky thieves bumped into the guns of the patrolling knights and were chopped to death on the spot or had the hand they used to steal cut off in accordance with the holy law.

From this point of view alone, the Knights can be considered to have done some good things for the citizens of Acheng, but the gold coin tax they asked for was much more than the small amount of money stolen by the shadow thief.

The shadow thieves of Amn are dormant, and all the normal "business" of the shadow thieves has been suspended. Tens of thousands of people have no rice to work on, and they have become a group of unemployed thieves.

Hibernation is not difficult for shadow thieves. These shadow thieves have long been accustomed to hiding when conditions are unfavorable and quietly waiting for the opportunity. The Knights cannot be stationed in Amn forever, but the Amn shadow thieves will be here. The kingdom that gave birth to them endures forever.

However, the recent rumors have made Ellen Linville feel uneasy. Those elm-headed good priests obviously do not think that the existence of the shadow thief is of any benefit to the "filthy" Askatra.

Amn is a gray area. The accumulation of golden wealth requires gray as an adjustment. The goddess Wojin can tolerate chaos. Now that the messengers of light have become the masters of this city, they must turn this place according to the preferences of the gods they believe in. Transformed into a model of order.

The followers of Max are also included in the scope of "purification". The followers of the God of Thieves and the Prince of Lies and the followers of the Bewitching Demon King Bredreau are treated with the same hostility.

Ellen-Linville received news from some noble "friends" that the Knights planned to conduct a thorough eradication of the Shadow Thieves of Amn. The word Shadow Thief would become history and be buried together with the word "Shadow".

The Shadow Master was very anxious. He once boasted that under his protection, as long as he had a place in the game of power, the Shadow Thief could live forever.

But the reality told him ruthlessly that the reason why shadow thieves were able to breed in the kingdom of Amn was only because the real upper class needed a suitable tool. Once the tool was no longer useful, it would be ruthlessly discarded.

What's more, the Shadow Thieves Guild and Bredreau had a lot of involvement before. A large part of the raw materials for the Magic Shadow Disc came from the shadow thieves' smuggling channels. Arkanis, the former patron saint of shadow thieves, has become a follower of Bredreau. It is very difficult for Ellen Linville to distance herself from the relationship with Bradero.

Reporting the news of the citizen uprising in Askatra City to the Knights has become the key to breaking the situation. If the shadow thief can prove to be useful to the Knights of the Good God, he can survive this turmoil.

Ai Lang made up his mind, and in the middle of the night, he disguised himself and walked quietly into the night, heading towards the temple area.

There are also differences among the guilds. Many shadow thieves hold a grudge against the Knights who occupied Amn. They miss the chaotic but free Amn in the past and tend to join this uprising to drive the invaders out of Amn and return to their old life. .

The film owner did this because he was worried that his informant would be leaked and attract the attention of the militia group planning an uprising.

After passing the bridge area, and immediately passing through the bridge arch and entering the temple area, a group of patrolling paladins blocked Ellen Linville's path.

"Who is it? There is a late-night curfew and you are not allowed to go out on the streets at will!"

The paladin captain leading the team asked sternly.

Ellen Linville quickly replied: "Sir Knight, I have important news to report. Please take me to see the High Priest of Dawn!"

The paladin captain sneered and said: "Give me your name and tell me why you want to see the High Priest of Dawn. In this extraordinary period, who knows if you are not a member of the evil Bredero Party and want to harm the High Priest!"

Ellen had no choice but to take off the hood that covered her face and reveal her true face: "I am Sir Ellen Linville, and I am a viscount! As for why I want to see the officiant, I have already said that there is important secret information Report it to the police, I can only tell if I see him!"

The paladin stared at him for a while, thought about it, waved, and asked his paladins to surround him in the center and escort him towards the Lathander Temple in the temple area.