According to his investigation, Black Axe came to the conclusion that the thief was very greedy. This was because the thief was notorious for stealing and cheating others.
Black Axe thought that the thief's greed would have increased now that he has become an epic thief, so he decided to approach the thief, instead of the traveler.
He had been doing his investigation and vetting his options ever since he spoke with White Cape. He would have wanted more time to acquire more information before making a decision. But now that the Golden Hammer gang seemed to be up to no good, he decided to make his move while he still could.
He had a spy sneak in through the recruitment operation. The spy was a rank 3 death walker and also a rank 3 assassin, so he was very powerful. The spy was also a beautiful lady.
