Complex sentence: In short, the world is theirs for the taking, but nothing they take will give satisfaction, for only when every piece of gold, annointed with the blood of each thief, is returned to the chest can the curse be lifted.
Split into simpler sentences: In short, the world is theirs for the taking, but nothing they take will give satisfaction. Only when every piece of gold, annointed with the blood of each thief, is returned to the chest can the curse be lifted.