God of Magic 2 by Logan Jacobs

Author:Logan Jacobs [Jacobs, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Traveling with the water cart, even when it was my turn to walk, turned out to be leagues better than bumping along in Clay’s wagon surrounded by the sulfur-belching, fire-breathing toads. Of course, I appreciated that the dwarf had let us join him originally, but the fresh air and occasional exercise were still better. I’d even begun to get used to the heat, at least somewhat. More than anything, though, it felt good to be on the road again. With all the chaos of the last few days, I’d almost forgotten why we were on this mission at all, but as the mountains rose up in the distance, their peaks stretched along the eastern horizon like the knotted spine of some enormous creature, I began to think more and more about what lay ahead for us.

We were going off the Stewards’ information regarding the location of the medallion we searched for. It was the only lead we had, but Aerin was confident that the rival guild would have been able to buy good intel, especially for a bounty like this. It was a private bounty, for one thing, and those almost always had better rewards than public bounties. What was more, if we were successful in retrieving it, we would prove to other potential patrons we could be trusted as a guild and would likely get more offers to collect other private bounties.

I knew the Stewards had held on to this bounty for a few months before we’d won it from them, but I didn’t know to what lengths they’d gone to retrieve it, only that they’d been unsuccessful so far. Had they come out into the desert like us? If so, what made them turn back?

I supposed I was frowning at my feet while I considered that because Aerin leaned in and bumped me on the shoulder. She gave me a little smile and raised her eyebrows in question when I turned to her, drawn out of my thoughts.

“You doing alright, Gabriel?” the healer asked. “You look like you’re trying to turn the sand into glass.”

“What?” I asked. “Turn the sand into glass?”

“You know, burn it with your eyes,” Aerin replied. “You look really focused and intense. I mean, it’s a good look on you, don’t get me wrong.”

“Can people actually do that?” I was still learning about the magic of this realm, but laser vision still seemed a bit out there, even for this place.

Aerin shrugged. “I heard there was a fire mage who could set things on fire just by looking at them, but that might have been a rumor. You didn’t answer my question, by the way. Are you okay?”

“Everything’s fine,” I assured her. “I was just thinking about the bounty. Why weren’t the Stewards able to get it before? They have more money and resources than we do.”

“’Cause they’re a bunch of cowards,” Lavinia answered from her place in the driver’s seat of the water cart. “There are things money can’t buy. It’s like I told Ren, we’re just a better guild.

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