Quest Master: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure by Hercules West

Author:Hercules West [West, Hercules]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

The next morning, Harvald and I went to scope out the potion shop while the girls headed down to the docks. We walked by Alfonso’s store, doing our best to ignore it as we passed. Today an orc was guarding the front door, and the elf was in the alley. A cart was unloading some boxes behind the shop. A woman was carrying the boxes in through the open rear door while the orc watched.

We didn’t stop to watch as we didn’t want to draw any attention to ourselves.

I wondered if Alfonso had guards at the doors during the evening as well. We would have to return tonight to see if the guards were there. I told my plan to Harvald and he agreed.

We returned to the Bloody Dog and the girls met us there a little later. I told them that Harvald and I would head back out in the evening.

After dinner, the dwarf and I headed back to the east side of town. A crescent moon hung low in the starry sky.

I noticed the jewelry shop had a guard outside of its door even though they were closed. The crescent moon provided little light and at first, I thought there was no guard in front of Alfonso’s. But as we drew near, I could make out a shadowy figure leaning against the door.

We turned right at the intersection and headed down to the next street. I glanced to my left as we passed the alley. A lamp next to the back door of the potion shop highlighted the guard sitting on the stool. At the next intersection, we took a left, reversing the path we had taken during the day.

The buildings here were mainly dark, save a few that I could see lamplight peeking through curtains. I guessed that, as we had seen in most of Hellvik, some of the houses were occupied and some were abandoned.

“It seems that Alfonso’s shop is guarded day and night,” I said.

“The guards will make it difficult to break in,” the dwarf said.

“The shop next to his, the fur merchant, is not connected. There is a space between the two buildings. If they were connected, maybe we could break into the fur shop and then tunnel into the potion shop,” I said, thinking out loud as we continued walking down the street.

Harvald stopped in his tracks.

“Tunnel, you say? This is the east side of the city, right?” the dwarf said excitedly.

“Yes. The side with the pirate lord’s keep,” I said as I walked back to where he was standing.

“The thief that was in the cell next to mine... the gnome. He spoke of tunnels under the old part of the city,” the dwarf said.

“Tunnels? What kind of tunnels?” I asked.

“The gnome told me about tunnels he had found under the old town. He said he was living in one of the abandoned houses. The roof had a hole in it and rainwater had rotted out part of the floor. He discovered the

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