The Lure of the Basilisk (The Lords of Dus) by Watt-Evans Lawrence

Author:Watt-Evans, Lawrence [Watt-Evans, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 2010-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

He started to rise, then abruptly changed his mind; the burns on his feet had developed into an oozing, peeling mass of blisters.

Ruefully considering this, it struck him how little life resembled the tales told of past heroes. In the stories, when a quest had attained its goal and those opposing the hero had been slain, the story was at an end. There was never any mention made of difficulties in getting the object of the quest back home.

Wincing, he managed to struggle to his feet. A nearby table held the remains of the preceding night’s banquet, and he scraped together a satisfactory breakfast from the leftovers. After he had eaten the ache in his belly was less, though still there — undoubtedly the result of gorging himself after a fast, stretching the stomach unmercifully. Half a bottle of some unfamiliar golden wine removed the dryness from his throat. He began to feel somewhat better, despite the mess his feet were in. His head seemed remarkably clear now that he was no longer suffering from exhaustion and the peripheral vapors of the basilisk. He rather dreaded the necessity of opening the kitchen door eventually; the atmosphere in there must be quite unhealthy by now.

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