Killstreak Book One by Stuart Thaman

Author:Stuart Thaman [Thaman, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nef House Publishing
Published: 2018-06-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

It took two days for the group to drag and carry Lord Percival back to Coldport. The man’s injuries had thankfully not festered, probably due to the potion’s effects at sealing the wounds. They had set both of his legs with scavenged wooden planks and a few bits of rope. Kadorax knew that if Lord Percival didn’t get to a proper healer, a cleric with seriously high-level talents, the captain would never walk again, assuming he lived at all.

Coldport was too small to have a powerful cleric, so the group didn’t even bother stopping in the town for more than enough time to catch their breath. Sailors from the Grim Sleeper came out to the docks to help their captain up the gangway. The galley chef and one of the crewmen took him to the bunk room where they could help keep him stable, as the ship was bound to rock back and forth when it got underway. To that end, the first mate cast off from Coldport as soon as everyone was on board. The Grim Sleeper headed south once more, keeping to the very center of the river to avoid the ice along the edges and setting their sights on Oscine City.

Only a few other ships were in the harbor when the Grim Sleeper arrived a day later. Some of the ice flowing from the high elevations of the Boneridge Mountains had made it to Oscine City’s port, and most of the smaller ships had sailed for warmer destinations to avoid being potentially trapped when the deepest cold of winter set in, whenever that would be. The Grim Sleeper moored at one of the nicer, more protected wharves along the city’s western coastline, paying a bit more for the slip than if they’d docked elsewhere simply to have an easier time unloading the captain to take him to one of the temples.

Kadorax, Brinna, and Syzak watched from the railing as the crew used an actual stretcher to move Percival into the harbormaster’s office. The crewmen planned to wait there while two others found a suitable cleric and paid a sizeable amount for a few spells, giving the adventurers a day or two on their own.

“There’s a branch of the Priorate Knights here in Oscine City,” Syzak began. “We should find them and see what we can do to join their effort.”

Killing whatever it was the jackals had summoned would take a coordinated group, especially if the thing was rampaging through the countryside and getting stronger and stronger with every day that passed. Though he was loath to do anything alongside the knights, he understood their usefulness. “Lead on, my friend. Let’s see what the Knights have to offer.”

“Are we even strong enough to join the Priorate Knights?” Brinna asked. As a rogue, she’d never be accepted into the order anyways, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t consider hiring her for the covert kind of work they could not complete on their own.

“You’re right,” Kadorax answered. “The Knights won’t take anyone below level ten.

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