Chapter 291 Conversation (More Updates for Those Who Reward You)

"Well, Arkanis, my friend, I will tell nothing of this to Bredreau for the time being."

Drizzt blinked and smiled evilly. He didn't intend to leave and sat on the big rock: "I'm really happy for you to be able to get rid of the permanent charm effect of the artifact."

"It's like waking up from a weird dream." Akanis said with a bit of sadness: "The dream is beautiful, wonderful, and memorable, but after waking up, I feel extremely empty, very embarrassed and ashamed."

"I have had a similar experience." Drizzt nodded: "Many years ago, when I walked out of the Underdark, it was like waking up from a dream, but it was a nightmare."

Akanis nodded and said: "Our experiences do have something in common. We were both teased by the gods and distorted our self-awareness. The arrow of the God of Love was aimed at me personally, but the curse you received was aimed at the entire group. Fortunately, we all woke up. Come here."

"Arkanis, I'm a little curious." Drizzt said after careful consideration: "You really don't resent Bradero? After all, he was the one who stabbed you with the arrow of Cupid..."

"There was also a moment when I really wanted to kill him with a sword while he was not prepared. This humiliation of treating someone like a clown is rare in the world." Akanis' face was gloomy, but he quickly smiled with relief: "But every time I When my hand holds the hilt of the sword, I will think of another person. For the sake of that friend, I can only spare Bredlow's life."

"Another person?" Drizzt asked suspiciously.

"A gray dwarf girl who dreams of building a flying boat to explore the star world."

Akanis smiled slightly, with a rare warmth in his smile: "She is my new friend. After my old friends Ellen and Renault died, I only have one friend left. Kill Bray Dro, Mia’s dream will probably not come true.”

Drizzt vaguely recalled that the little girl named Mia was the daughter of the guerrilla captain. She was very smart, so smart that she didn't even look like she was from the gray dwarf race.

In the fragmented memory fragments, Drizzt did have some impressions. Mia often went to the wilderness to find Arkanis, who was practicing killing skills alone, and chatted with him about the starry sky.

"I also really want to know what the star realm is like. When I was a child, I also liked lying on the grass at night and looking up at the stars."

Akanis recalled: "Later, I heard a rumor that for every person who died on the ground, a meteor would fall from the sky. The meteors were really beautiful, and I wanted to see more meteors, so I learned to kill , every time I kill someone, I will look at the starry sky for a while to see if there will be new meteors..."

Drizzt didn't know how to reply and scratched his head in silence. As a dark elf, he felt that if a dark elf girl heard Akanis talk about this journey, she would probably find it very romantic and maybe fall in love on the spot. Roll the lawn with him.

But Drizzt is not an ordinary dark elf. He has long since escaped the curse of the gods on the tribe. Of course, he is not a girl, so he only feels that there is a big problem with Arkanis's bloody childhood.

It is absolutely abnormal for a child to kill someone so innocently for such a purpose.

After starting the conversation, Arkanis couldn't stop for a while and talked about the past incessantly: "Later, I met Ailan and Renault. Ailan was a pickpocket. When Ailan was picking up things, Renault Help him cover and look out..."

"Ailan saved my life. I fell ill. It was he who stole the healing potion, a healing potion worth fifty gold coins... Fifty gold coins, enough to keep him and Renault fed and clothed for a long time, and But he poured it into my mouth."

"I asked him why, and he told me that the street children in Amn have no parents or relatives. Only when the street children take care of each other and treat each other as brothers can we have a family..."

"I have always believed that Ai Lang can achieve something great. Most of the street children back then have become our brothers and sisters. The reputation of the Shadow Thief of Amn is resounding throughout the countries along the Sword Coast..."

"However, after the rise of the Shadow Thieves Guild, the number of street children in Askatra City did not decrease, but became more and more. The Shadow Thieves really killed many parents. Instead, we became the orphan makers and became what we were back then. The most hated person. Ellen explained that this is the law of survival in the continent of Faerun - the weak eat the strong, the superior people seize the flesh and blood of the inferior people to live a good life, our goal is to climb up on the heads of the inferior people, climb up The higher you are, the more comfortable and happy you will be."

Drizzt patiently listened to what he said. After hearing this, he nodded and said: "There are similar sayings among the dark elves. The irony is that the dark elves who follow this law can often get what they want and live a 'free' life of bullying and abuse." Others’ ‘happy’ lives.”

"Ai Lang is dead. In the eyes of others, he is the leader of a lawless criminal organization, but who would have thought that he died precisely because he was too disciplined and abided by the rules set by superiors."

Akanis sighed and said: "We have fought for the Shadow Thieves Guild all our lives, but nothing has actually changed. The slums are still as chaotic as when we were children. The only thing that has changed is ourselves."

"Renoir doesn't like faith. His dream is to become a master. He likes the feeling of stepping on others." Akanis lowered his head: "I think he is probably dead too. He is not as smart as Ailan. He doesn’t have my strength. If he was just an unknown thief, he might be able to start over and rebuild the Shadow Thieves Guild. But he has been included in the wanted list of all countries in Faerûn and is the most famous in Faerûn. A thief."

"When he was a child, Renault once said that he dreamed that one day he would become the most famous thief in Faerûn and become the king of thieves..."

Akanis smiled bitterly: "Now, it can be considered a dream come true, but I don't think he will be happy about it."

"Drizzt, as I said before, I will continue to stay here after Bradero leaves."

Arkanis looked into Drizzt's eyes and said very solemnly: "I have made up my mind to join Faerun's underground party and try to convert to the Red Faith. You are right, people should keep pace with the times. Back then The dreams of the three Amn wanderers have been completely shattered. It’s time for me to find a new path, and I can’t just lie here all the time and look at those fluorescent moss that are not stars at all.”

Drizzt stretched out his hand and clasped it with Arkanis's.