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The Thieves’ Guild was, of course, hidden.
Unlike the Merchants’ Guild, which was an official group, it was a guild of criminals. Consequently, its main presence was hidden in the back alleys of Wenster Market, with countless bases intricately concealed within buildings and underground, like a maze.
“Wenster Market is crawling with guards, so they’ve probably already searched it all. There’s no need for us to go there,” Loyar said.
There was no need to search the area that had already been thoroughly examined. They had to look elsewhere.
“Those guys don’t like to set up a permanent headquarters. No matter how large their group is, they don’t leave much information behind because the guards could swoop in at any time and capture everyone.”
Loyar marked several completely random points on the map, none of them in the Wenster district.
“These guys change their headquarters periodically. That’s why law enforcement can’t get a handle on where the Thieves’ Guild actually exists,” Loyar continued.
Having a fixed headquarters meant a high risk of exposure for the Thieves’ Guild. That was why, even though the Thieves’ Guild’s main sphere of influence was in Wenster Market, they had not established a headquarters there, but set up several bases dispersed around the area that could be abandoned at any time. The headquarters was somewhere else, and its location was changed periodically.
“Do you know where they could be?” Eleris asked.
“Yeah.” Loyar pointed out numerous spots on the map with her finger. “Here, here, here, here…”
“That’s too many!”
Loyar indicated over twenty places, spread all across the imperial city. Changing the headquarters periodically like this meant a lot of time being wasted just moving around.
Loyar seemed to expect Eleris’s answer.
“What do you think these locations are?” Loyar asked.
“… Well… I...
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