Magus of the North: A LitRPG Adventure (A Dream of Wings & Flame Book 3) by Cale Plamann

Author:Cale Plamann [Plamann, Cale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Commerce

Race: Draconian

Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength+, Rending, Firebreath+

Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 6, Wind (Noble) 5, Sound (Advanced) 3

Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4

The four humans—three men and one woman—stood in the town square, scanning the rough-cut wooden buildings with crafty eyes as Samazzar dropped from the sky. Dussok kept an eye on the traders while towering over the crowd of excited kobolds, his arms crossed in front of his chest.

Samazzar’s arrival drew all eyes to him. The kobolds all scuttled a pace or two away, while the humans’ hungry gazes locked onto him. Despite the fact that he loomed over them, none of the humans showed any discomfort or fear. Rather, they looked like predators sighting a particularly juicy morsel.

“Hello,” the female said brightly, her eyes glittering as she stepped forward with one hand extended. “My name is Janice, fourth-class merchant and peddler out of Vereton, at your service.”

“Samazzar,” he replied in a neutral tone, taking her hand and shaking it in the style of humans.

The woman was wise enough not to try and squeeze his hand to test his strength, but despite her restraint, Samazzar couldn’t help but notice the calluses on her grip and the wiry muscles running up and down her frame. As she stepped back, the woman barely put any weight on her heels, instead moving with the smooth grace of a predator.

There wasn’t enough information for him to know whether or not she had consumed an elixir, but it was as clear as the wings on his back that the short sword strapped to her waist wasn’t for show. Janice might be a trader, but she had more experience fighting than anyone in Union City. Samazzar would bet his right claw that she was working for someone fairly high up in the Vereton food chain—a hypothesis that didn’t bode well for their growing village.

“I am the chief of Union City,” he continued, filling the expectant silence. “We lay claim to the mountains behind us as well as the plains and the forest to the south. Our city bears no ill will toward Vereton, and I am hopeful that we can enter into a fruitful commercial relationship with your city.”

Janice’s eyes flicked back and forth, following Samazzar’s hands as he pointed to the mountain behind him and the prairie from whence she had come. A sly smile slipped onto her face as he finished speaking.

“A bold land claim… if you can back it up. Still, I like trading with the bold. There’s less handwringing and whining. You simply say what you want, I say what it costs, and then we haggle from there. Much simpler.”

“You say bold,” Samazzar challenged, “I say logical. Who else is there to contest my claim? There are a number of tribes that live deeper in the mountains, but our boundaries end almost thirty to forty leagues past the most far-flung of Vereton’s resource colonies. This is land that no one was using. Now I am using it.

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