Chapter 1361 King of Thieves

Following Xu Yang's scolding, not far away from him, a pile of ordinary dead leaves quietly arched up from the ground, gradually revealing a vague human shape.

Xu Yang couldn't take his eyes away.

"Looks like someone who has been hiding for an unknown amount of time."

"If this guy hadn't moved before, I would never have thought there was anyone there."

Looking carefully, on the little finger of the man's right hand, there is a caterpillar spinning silk and spinning a cocoon, weaving layers of dark silk curtains to hide itself.

"Looking at the state of this cocoon, this person has been hiding here silently for at least a long time."

"That is to say, as soon as I got here, this man hid himself, but I never found him."

As the man shook off the layers of dead leaves covering his body, the truth became clearer and clearer.

It was a man wearing dark tights.

Very clever hiding technique.

"I am only two feet away from him. With my perception, unless it is a stone, how could I not notice it at all? But he is obviously there!"

Xu Yang's eyes fell on the man's waist and saw the handle of a knife exposed, and the man's left hand was grasping the handle of the knife.

"If this guy just drew his sword and attacked me secretly, at such a distance, I would have been hit." Xu Yang whispered to himself.

As soon as I thought of this, I felt a whirlwind coming out of my spine.

If I were assassinated here, even if I survived, I would not be able to return to the Alliance of Light in time due to serious injuries.

The Warcraft soldiers from the City of Purple Lion only obey the orders of their own city lord, and never serve two masters in their lives.

Without the command of the war lord, the Warcraft soldiers will automatically break away from the Alliance of Light.

The Alliance of Light is already in a weak position. If only the White Lion City and the City of Glory are left, they will definitely be defeated in the next siege battle with the Central City.

Xu Yang took a long breath, "Fortunately that didn't happen."

Is this guy not a human being? Or a dryad?

He can actually fuse his breath with the dead leaves, and even the insects regard his fingers as a branch.

There is a legend in the world of light. In the ten thousand year old forest, there lives a half-human, half-tree tree demon, a kind of light elf.

Could it be said that there are also "tree monsters" in the dungeon world?

At this time, the "tree demon" shook off the dead leaves on his body, stood up, and gasped for air.

Only then did Xu Yang see clearly that the other party was undoubtedly a person.

This man's clothes are somewhat similar to those worn by Xu Yang.

In particular, the face is covered with a dark scarf, only a pair of eyes are exposed, a standard look for a thief in the night.

The handle of the dagger attached to this man's waist was made of ivory, with four bright rubies inlaid on the surface.

Ivory and rubies are rare items in the dungeon world. The price of this dagger is at least 10,000 gold coins on the black market.

Carrying a short spike such as a dagger with you is usually a standard accessory for thieves in the dark, used to kill people in the dark and for self-defense.

At this moment, Xu Yang also had a dagger on his waist, just an ordinary horn handle.

Night thieves are the lowest-level mercenaries among the chaos elves, and they are usually not rich.

Judging from the value of his attire and the dagger he carries, this man is a night thief, but he is by no means an ordinary night thief.

If a fight breaks out here, it will most likely alert the soldiers patrolling nearby.

You can't take the initiative to start a fight here, at least until you find out the identity of the other party.

"Are you a night thief?" Xu Yang naturally put his hands on his chest in a non-aggressive posture and asked.

When the other party saw Xu Yang's appearance, he immediately put his hands on his chest, also expressing that he didn't want to do anything.

"Aren't you also a night thief?" The guy opposite did not deny his identity and asked.

"Yes, I am a night thief." Xu Yang replied without thinking.

"You are such a bad night thief." The guy opposite suddenly said in a scolding tone.

"Why am I so bad?" Xu Yang asked.

"Give me a sip of the wine in the wine gourd first, and then I'll tell you." The night thief stared at the wine gourd around Xu Yang's waist and said

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The night thief opposite him covered his face with a black scarf, but when he finished speaking, his Adam's apple moved as he swallowed saliva.

Xu Yang saw all the subtle situations.

"Anyone who swallows saliva when seeing fine wine must be an alcoholic." Xu Yang was convinced.

Drunkards cherish drunkards.

Xu Yang's guard became less guarded, and instead he felt a natural sense of closeness between drunkards.

He took off the wine gourd from his waist and shook it in his hand.

The sound of drinking water is the most beautiful music to the ears of a drunkard.

"My home-brewed soju." As he spoke, he deliberately opened the cork, and the aroma of wine overflowed.

He saw that the other party was swallowing saliva again.

"This night thief must not have drank for a long time." Xu Yang held the wine gourd and was about to walk over.

"Don't come close to me, just throw the wine gourd over." The other party suddenly said warily.

The night thief was very cautious. He held his left hand on the handle of the unsheathed dagger at his waist.

Xu Yang stopped and also held the handle of the dagger on his body with his left hand.

When two unknown thieves in the night meet, and one of them holds the hilt of his dagger in his hand, the other must do the same.

This is the daily respect between night thieves, because night thieves have few rules, and it is common for them to attack each other.

Xu Yang stood still and threw the wine gourd in his right hand over, "Here you go."

The Night Thief caught the wine gourd steadily with one hand and took off the black scarf covering his face.

Xu Yang also took off the scarf on his face.

This is the rule of the Night Thief. When two strange Night Thieves meet, one takes off the scarf and the other takes it back, which means that there is no hostility between the two sides.

The Night Thief first glanced at Xu Yang. He saw Xu Yang's facial features clearly and said, "You are not a real Night Thief."

"Why am I not?" Xu Yang was stunned at first, and then asked back.

The Night Thief raised his mouth, smiled complacently, and then said, "This question will be answered together with the previous one. Let me drink a sip of wine first. I haven't had a drop of water for three days. In this world, nothing is more thirst-quenching than good wine."

After speaking, he raised the wine gourd, and the wine in the gourd rushed out, a silver line fell in his mouth, and the aroma of wine rolled.

"Good wine, good wine! This is one of the best wines I have ever drunk in my life." After taking a few gulps of wine, the eyes of the night thief shone with brilliance.

Xu Yang could see clearly that the night thief had gray hair, a pale and bloodless face, and black eye sockets.

What was striking was that there was a cut on the guy's neck that was cut by a sharp weapon.

The cut was about an inch long, the wound was straight, and the flesh was turned outward. It can be imagined that it was cut by an extremely sharp knife.

With each swallow of the wine by the night thief, a stream of bright red came out of the wound.

"Are you injured? And it's very serious." Xu Yang couldn't help asking.

The Night Thief took a few more gulps of wine before looking at Xu Yang and saying, "Yes, I am injured, and I am seriously injured. Now I can answer your two previous questions."

"Please go ahead."

"For the first question, I said you are too mean. Because the wound on my neck was caused by a ghost curse dagger, the wound cannot heal easily, causing bleeding. I must leave here in time and find a witch doctor to heal me. I happen to know a witch doctor friend who lives in a witch doctor's hut in the swamp on the other side of the mountain. And this forest path is the only way to the witch doctor's hut."

"So, you happened to meet me here and hid." Xu Yang saw that the other party was struggling to speak, so he deliberately interrupted.

"Because it is normal for night thieves to rob each other. Especially since I am seriously injured, it is common sense that you will not miss this opportunity. Apart from anything else, this dagger on me is worth thousands of gold coins." The Night Thief told the truth.

"But I squatted here for most of the day without moving, and you had to hide in the pile of dead leaves for most of the day, and during this time, the wound on your neck kept bleeding." Xu Yang said.

"If you keep squatting like this, I will die from excessive bleeding. I was tired and thirsty hiding in the pile of leaves.

When I was considering whether to kill you, you took out the wine gourd and drank, and smacked your lips. I also like to drink on weekdays. When I smelled the aroma of wine, my breath-holding wooden man technique was broken. Do you think you are a bad person?"

"It's just a coincidence. I really didn't mean it. Then what about the second question? Why do you say I'm not a night thief."

"Hehe, cough cough cough." The night thief smiled triumphantly, followed by a cough, and the wound on his neck was bleeding red.

The night thief grimaced in pain.

"From the moment you took off the scarf, I was sure that you were not a Night Thief. As a Night Thief, you cover your face during the day and at night, and only the eyes are exposed to the sun. Therefore, the skin around the eyes will be tanned, while the skin in other parts will appear lighter. As for you, there is almost no difference between the skin color of your eyes and cheeks. I dare say that you have worn this scarf for no more than one day. So, you are undoubtedly a fake Night Thief."

"Thank you for your advice, I am indeed not a real Night Thief." Xu Yang raised his thumb, "But I have no intention of hurting you."

The Night Thief curled his lips and said, "Even if you kill me now, I am not afraid. Because as long as I don't die in the hands of the Night Thief, I will always be the King of Thieves, and this is my honor."

The tone of the Night Thief revealed a kind of pride in his identity.

Xu Yang thought for a while and said, "Are you the most powerful thief in the Dungeon World, Rita, who is known as the King of Thieves?"

The Night Thief nodded.

"So he is really the Thief King Rita." Xu Yang was delighted.

Xu Yang had seen this person's name in the information Lan Youyou gave him.

Thief King Rita is one of the important figures in the dungeon world, and is a resistance force that can be won over.

The Thief King was unwilling to obey the rule of the new dungeon overlord Jushan, and formed a free army composed of a few night thieves.

"Thief King Rita, your name is well-known. I know that you are rebelling against Jushan, the lord of the Central City. I guess you must have gone to the Central City, not to assassinate Jushan, the lord of the city?" Xu Yang said.

The Thief King shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said: "I am not so arrogant. Although I am good at assassination, I am not stupid enough to assassinate an enemy who is ten times stronger than me."

Xu Yang nodded: "You are very wise."

The Night Thief said: "You have been squatting here for most of the day, observing the guard situation of the Central City. I guess you are a member of the Light Alliance, and you have a high status."

"Nothing can be hidden from your eyes," Xu Yang smiled, "Yes, I am from the Light Alliance, I am the Lord of Purple Lion City, Mo Huo. The Lord of Central City, Ju Shan, is our common enemy, we can cooperate."

As he said, Xu Yang took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and handed it over.

"This medicine bottle contains the trauma powder personally made by the Lord of White Lion City, the Heavenly Demon Priest Mo Tong. It is blessed with a special witchcraft spell, which should be able to stop the bleeding of the wound on your neck." Xu Yang smiled and took two steps forward and handed over the medicine bottle.

The King of Thieves touched the powder on his neck.

It was a light golden powder, and when it came into contact with blood, it emitted a light golden light spot.

The magical thing is that the wound on the neck of the King of Thieves healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The King of Thieves touched his neck, "Is there such a magic medicine in the world?"

Xu Yang explained: "It's not a magic medicine, it just happens to be suitable for your external injuries."

"I really don't know how to thank you, you saved my life."

"You drank my wine, we are friends, we have a chance to drink together."

"Hahaha." The two looked at each other and laughed.

"In fact, I just sneaked into the Central City and stole something from Jushan. This thing is useless to me, but it may be very useful to you. With it, it is your bargaining chip against Jushan."

After speaking, the Night Thief took out a seemingly ordinary dead leaf from his sleeve.

He gently twisted it with his hand, and the dead leaf broke, revealing a black corner.

"What is this?" Xu Yang asked.