Thief’s beat science

A plan. I needed to plan.

With an almost feral desperation I ran to the palice library.

I turned the knob and body slammed my way into the library.

I wasted not a single second and dashed to the geography section.

The city of titan rise was a coastal city which allowed it to engage in cheap sea based trade with other nations.

Meaning it's economy was entirely trade based. It has very little domestic production.

Maybe I could create a trade embargo.

No. Titan fall could just shoot a death ray and I'd be turned to ash.

That's right. A death ray. They can do that.

According to the history books.

In 1978 the city of titan fall annihilated the attacking fleet of Alf land with a single blast of flame.

But still. There had to be a way.

I read and I read and I read.

Nothing. They were unbeatable. Unkillable. They won every war they fought in a week. They dominated this world.

I arched my spine and leaned back in my chair. A spike of electricity seemed to jolt through me As I put my hands around my face.

Years upon years ago a very technologically advanced society encountered a land ruled only by hunters and gathers.

They immediately set out to conquer that land. And they succeeded.

But there were a few natives who managed to put up a fight. How?

They stole their weapons. They took their enemies' sinful sticks of death and used them to mow down their opponent.

So then the answer was obvious.

~I'll take all their weapons for myself~

They would have security though.

How do I defend against that?

The answer is simple. I'd have Craig assault the city to get the guards to divert their attention.

I'd just have them to get in contact with him again.

And I would have to find the arch granny.

Craig should have taken all of her children hostage by now so I should be able to use her as a valid tool.

I would travel via ship. Using Craig as transportation would be too conspicuous. And if I was flying everywhere I would be able to bring enough magic items back with me.

~Alright I just have to get in contact with Craig.~

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I assumed Craig knew where I was. Because it should be common knowledge. After all I'm a king.

so I adopted a strategy of waiting.

It was a genius strategy which only one as great as I could develop.

After a few hours of waiting Craig had arrived.

I looked at him from the opulent marble balcony of the palice.

He towered over the palice as a titanic giant made from pure muscle.

"I captured all of the arch granny's children." Said Craig.

"Good. Give them rooms in the palace. From now on they will be servants. Also tell them to forget their last names and send letters to their families."

"Okay. I left them in the forest. I'll go get them and do that."

I nodded.

And so as Craig left to do my business I enacted my genius strategy again.

I waited.

After a few minutes of waiting Craig was back. He spat all the people out into the castle and turned into his human form.

Suddenly their he was standing before me.

"I need you for another mission." I told Craig.

"What is it now?" He asked me.

"Our new goal is a heist of the magic weapons owned by the city of titan rise."

Craig's deep grey brows shot intro the air.

"Titan rise? Those monster haven't done a thing for fifty years. Why exactly are we acting aggressively towards them?" Craig asked

"They sent an assassin after me."

A villainous grin grew on my face.

"If they want to declare war on me then they better learn how to suffer."

Craig couldn't help to smile back.

"Defeating them would be instrumental in expanding your regime."

I couldn't agree more.

"By the way. Have you heard anything about the arch granny recently?"

Craig shook his head.

"No I haven't heard much."

~Okay. Then how am I going to get in contact with her? I guess I'll have to go talk to her children~

"Alright then. Follow me, you'll be my muscle. Let's go talk to the arch granny's children."

So I walked down to the lowest floor of the palace where the servants' quarters were.

The servants quarters were to describe them in one word drab.

Their bedding was just scratchy wool blankets and piles of straw.

And their floor was cold stone.

They didn't even have any kind of lantern lights.

~Interesting how the servants get the worst rooms in the house.~

But then after that the next thing that stood out to me was the people in the servants quarters.

Everyone from men to women was incredibly jacked.

I mean I know the arch granny said all her children lifted weights. But to be this muscular was still insane.

The men and the women. Each one of them was hulking Goliath's with so much muscle that one would think they did steroids.

It also brought to question.

~Why exactly was that girl so small.~

That was years ago but still. Her corpse looked like that of a nomal girl. Not a muscle giant.

"Ahem." I addressed the newly assigned servants.

"Listen everyone. I would like to know if any of you have any idea how I can get into contact with the arch granny." I asked them.

They just looked at me with suspicion.

The man who was by far the tallest in the lot stomped towards me.

"Why are you asking us to bring letters home to our families? Did you bring us here to execute us?" Asked the man.

"No. It's just that if you're kidnapped then it would be easy to blackmail the arch granny into servitude."

The man glared at me.

"That's great and all. But if that's the case then why did you want us to send letters to our families?"

I couldn't help but sigh.

"Because then they can move here. It's not like I'm an asshole who will separate you from your families."

The giant man nodded.

"Okay. Do you know how I can get in contact with the arch granny."

"No need to. I'm here