Return of the Runebound Professor 3: A Progression Fantasy Epic by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifty

“Vermil!” Brayden exclaimed. “What are you doing here?”

“I was about to ask you the exact same question,” Noah said, letting out a disbelieving laugh. “I’m glad you’re doing well. Why are you in Dawnforge?”

“Business for Father,” Brayden replied, sheathing his sword and hiking up the hill toward them. He clapped Noah on the shoulder when he arrived, nearly sending him straight through the ground with the force of the friendly gesture. “I came because he thought Janice might have some difficulty with the locals. What are you doing here yourself?”

“Summer vacation,” Noah replied, nodding to Moxie and Lee. “We came out to get some relaxation and work on our runes.”

“How did escorting Janice turn into hunting spiders?” Lee asked.

“Some damn cat monster stole my lunch,” Brayden said, rubbing the back of his head. “Janice made it for me, so I didn’t want to let it go. I chased the stupid thing out here, and then a bunch of huge spiders started popping up as soon as I got close to the cat. I had to finish them off to make sure random passersby didn’t get attacked. That was the last of them.”

That… no way. We were just talking about how we needed to find Brayden to hopefully get a rune from him. Now he just randomly pops up? There’s something going on with this cat.

Noah’s brow furrowed in concentration. The cat had first shown up in Arbitage. It hadn’t really done anything there other than sit on his chest.

Then its energy had appeared with the creepy frost monster—right when Noah had decided he needed to get his hands on an Ice-based rune. It had popped up again when they’d gotten attacked by the strange, goopy vine thing, then had appeared just in time to squish the would-be assassins.

Now it had appeared with Brayden.

Holy shit. I think Lee was right. The cat is actually trying to help us. Or maybe it’s just messing with us? I’m not sure what the goop monster thing was about, but the rest of the times we’ve met it, we’ve actually benefited.

“Is something wrong?” Brayden asked.

“Sorry. I got lost in thought.” Noah copied Brayden’s greeting and clapped the large man on the shoulder—or at least, he did his best to. It felt like he was a child asking a parent to pick him up because of Brayden’s height, but the thought was there. “How have you been?”

“Busy,” Brayden replied with a grimace. “Father has been making a lot of movements. I haven’t seen him this active in a long time.”

“Anything that we should be concerned about?” Moxie asked.

Brayden glanced at her. “You, perhaps. The Torrins have been a thorn in Father’s side for a long time—he and Evergreen go way back. Even though Father isn’t the head of the Linwick family, he still has more than enough unsettled trouble with Evergreen. It’s a good thing he’s not the head, or things would be much worse.”

“That’s… concerning,” Noah said. “Do you think he’s planning something big?”

“He’s always planning something big.

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