"Listen! Our goal is to gather as much information as we can! we are now hill billies! Common knowledge is easily gained , but the powers with influence get access to much more defined and detailed infos!" Vince said

" well Yeah! I think we should split up! each joining an influence , that way we can get ourselves a rather wide social web! and cover bigger areas! but who shoud join which?!" suggested Eric

"Cross, you join the government, head towards the city lord's mansion and tell them you wanna get recruited as a city guard , write a letter in which you explain your ability"berserk" and the fact that you are a sentient warrior! it should be given to the higher ups or you can say it personally if you meet the lord face to face! Tell them you just came out from the village and always wanted to be an officer! I am sure they will find your temperament fitting to that role, play dumb and don't show off your intelligence much! That way they think of you as a pawn! easy to control and won't fear you much" decided Vince.

" huh! so you just want me to be a muscle brain! Sure i will play along!" Said Cross

" Yeah you don't even need to act, you're plenty stupid enough! This mission is best suited for you alright!" Laughed Eric.

" you little bitch! We'll just wait and see what you will end up doing!" cursed Cross

" Of course I'll end up in some noble lady's lap right Vince?" Asked Eric as he turned to face Vince, but when he saw the grin on the latter's face his mood plummeted.

" Unfortunately no! You'll start from the slums! Build a triad! a new gang and slowly expand swallowing territories and gaining control of the underground! I need your cooperation! And no one shall know that we're brothers! At least for now!" Vince explained

" ahhahahahahahhahahaha! little bitch belongs to the slums! you might as well stay there!" Burst out Cross laughing!

" Cmon! Vince you can't do this to me man! you go! I'll seduce noble ladies and help you gain control of their circle! Hell I'll even give you a nephew!" pleaded Eric

" NO! I don't communicate with others much! while you with your charm and charisma make a good leader! So only you can do this! It'll be much easier for you to start the triad!" stated Vince

Cross's face got so red from trying to hold his laughter.

"Ok! Then it's decided! We'll do as such, now our main goal has been determined! but what after?" asked Eric after having his ego satisfied.

"Along the ride, seize as much ressources and influence as you can! Avoid looking into the "forsaken" for now! as for secondary goals we'll see after we each infiltrate our destinations!" Told Vince.

"OK! now sleep we'll reach the city tomorrow! I'll go first! Hey charisma guy keep watch first " Said Cross as he yawned. They took shifts to guard.

Sun shone and The trio got up and marched towards the city, only stopping when its gate was in sight. IT was huge! Even with Eric's vision could not see an end to the buildings! It had this huge wall surrounding it! It looked like those in midieval times yet on a much bigger scale! It had no castle! But one can see huge mansions inside! They were 7 mansions of the kind! Well more like 6 . One was a lot different from the others yet as big!

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" each shall go in on his own! remember our goals and take care!" Vince winked at them and marched forward. Eric and cross waited a bit then each went on his way.

Candor City Had 4 gates , One for each direction, North, South,West and East. They were on the south side so both of them went opposite ways East and west!

Noble Families were maintaining good relationships with each other through transactions , marriages, partnerships...etc

The Teimar family managed raw ingredients such as herb collecting and raw metals, it had a lot of mines and gardens for raising special herbs.

The barzotti family handled commerce and slave trade! It was the second richest family after The Vilasi family which had 2 branches! One handled Alchemy while the other handled Blacksmithing!

They always recruited any talents in one of these fields.

The teimar family was without a doubt the one with less riches. But what further stabilised its existence was its military power! their private army was proefficient in fighting in formations making it extremely hard to break through them.

Gangs on the other hand started as tools the nobles used in order to avoid getting their hands dirty! the government found it rather convenient as well so they did the same. This allowed for true gangs to grow up!

Candor City had 4 gangs , Fallen gang, belonging to the nobles having 3 factions ,each linked to a certain family. Control gang, belonging to the government! The other two had an alliance as they were true gangs from ruffians and thugs! And were called Dragon gang and rising force gang respectivelly. This kept the balance of the city!

The City Lord's army was the strongest , and only if the Three Noble Families joined together could they hope to fight on equal stands with the government in Candor!

At first the guards holding the gate stopped them and asked for their identification which they did not have, they explained each his own situation. The guards had seen this a couple of times, children from villages did not get papers confirming their identity. So they pointed them towards a building to the side where an old man took a certain amount of silver as fees! 5 silvers to be exact! It was half their savings!

they dropped their blood on a crystal ball which then showed their age. The old men were surprised at their age, they were rather tall and well built for their age. They nodded but said nothing much , they took out a quill which glowed , wrote their names and age on a card and handed to them. As such the registration was finished.

The monetary system in Azure throne kingdom was like this:

10 copper coins= 1 silver coin

10 silver coins= 1 gold coin

10 gold coin = 1 amethyst coin

One has to know 2 copper coins were enough to stay at a good inn with all meals covered for 1 day and night!

Eric headed to an inn in order to gather informations on how to start!

Vince headed towards the inner part of the city while thinking about which family to target.

Cross asked around and went straight to middle of the city where the city lord's mansion lies. Cross shook his head when he got there , the mansion alone was bigger than their village without counting other facilities in the surroundings belonging to the lord as well! Such as The guard's dorm, the courtyard, their warehouse and others.