Frenemies: A LitRPG Adventure by Sean Loomer

Author:Sean Loomer [Loomer, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountaindale Press
Published: 2024-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

The Rough House

[Crowen Kingdom]

[Capital City of Raven’s Call]

Ondfauxt hadn’t been lying when he said there was a portal nearby. Maybe five or so miles outside of Gurthok’s Rest was a well-hidden, well-guarded network of caves. Deep inside was the portal. Jack and Hannah followed Ondfauxt through and emerged in a large, spacious room.

The floors of the room were a large slate gray stone, and the room had little in the way of decoration outside of the walls being lined with portals. Some glowed with an ethereal blue swirl, others red. Others had nothing inside them at all, just showing the wall behind.

“This is our staging room,” Ondfauxt explained. “Our portal extends to all possible reaches of the continent; nowhere is out of bounds for us.”

“We’re on a continent? Are there other places outside of here?”

“Don’t be foolish. Now follow me.” He strode towards the doorway.

The staging room seemed to be located deep underground. They walked up probably five sets of stairs, each floor landing with its own guard outpost. When they finally reached the top, Jack realized they had emerged from another barracks jam-packed with Crowen soldiers, all actively training in the courtyard of the large stone building.

Ondfauxt didn’t tarry, pressing past the training soldiers and towards the front gate. Hannah and Jack quickly followed after, their own contingent of guards having broken off into the barracks as they left the stairwell. That left just Jack, Hannah, and Ondfauxt heading out of the barracks and onto the road.

Large, two-story houses lined the road, some wooden, others stone. Several even peaked up to three stories. Each sported their own elaborate decorations, colorful rose bushes, and shrubbery lining the fronts.

“Where is everyone?” Hannah asked. Jack had noticed it, too. Aside from the soldiers back at the barracks, everything seemed quiet and dead.

“This is the nobility quarters. You’ll find little in the way of bustling activity, especially during times of war. As for the rest of the city, anyone who can serve on the frontlines is doing so. Despite the rumors, we don’t just magically create more soldiers. They have to come from somewhere. Most of them are from this very city.”

“And you’re taking us where, exactly?”

“Just outside the city. Originally, this group had an outpost here in the city, right over there among the nobility. They’ve since been asked to move, proving far too wild for the senses of our more refined nobility,” Ondfauxt said, his nose involuntarily rising with each word.

“What’s this guy’s name again?”

“Where I’m taking you,” Ondfauxt continued, completely ignoring Jack’s question. “Is a small grove outside the city where we could build a small barracks more accommodating to the unique needs of the mercenary group.”

Jack glanced at Hannah, ignoring Ondfauxt as he rambled on.

“So, it’s obviously someone we know.”

“Obviously.” Hannah nodded. “The question is, does this someone have a score to settle with us, or is it someone from the old life who wants to work with us again?”

“Who would have a score to settle with us?”

“You’re kidding, right?” Hannah said, stopping dead in her tracks and fixing Jack with a flat look.

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