The Maker of Entropy by John Triptych

Author:John Triptych
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Triptych
Published: 2017-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Zeren placed the now empty wine cup onto the table and made a loud belch. There were a sparse number of people left in the gambling den for the hour was late, and the coming dayspring would begin soon. He had been languishing at the pirate hold for several days now, and an irritating restlessness began to form within his inner being. Syviss and her daughter were out all day working at the algae and shroom farms near the edge of the territory and barely had time for him. Zeren had been contemplating of a way to journey towards the Mountain of Entropy to kill the Oracle, but his plans fell on deaf ears. The pirates he talked to were more interested in plunder and wine than participating in a mad scheme to sacrifice their lives against the Maker and his servants. He soon realized why his mentor had not stayed with these people for very long.

The woman he had lain with earlier in the day smiled at him, showing her misshapen teeth as she sat on the opposite side of table. Being a widow, she had not much of a choice when it came to her profession. “Shall I get more wine?”

Zeren shook his head. Now that the tingling in his lions had been satiated, he no longer had any interest for her. He leaned back and stretched out his arms. “I think I shall do with a bit of wandering for my legs have gotten stiff.”

“Do you not want to stay at my bed for another try?”

Zeren stood up and shook his head. “No.”

“What of the morrow? Shall I hold back in seeing others and wait for you?”

Zeren smiled. “I am out of coin and gems now. I shall have to find another way to pay you if we wish to do this again.”

She pointed to a small group of men still playing a game of knucklebones at the far end of the room. “Why not try and earn some coin with them?”

He snorted. “They refuse to play with me.”

“Why?”

Zeren started making his way towards the entrance flap of the hollow. “They believe a Magus will use his gift of Vis to cheat. I bid you a pleasant eventide.”

Pushing past the leather covering, Zeren walked out into the chilly twilight. He could still see a few smoldering fires through the windows of nearby huts. A half dozen sand sails were parked along the stony ridge to his left. The pirates had managed to separate the stricken Infogh and their own ship from the collision at the rock wall and were busy repairing them. The Council had been somewhat pleased, and there were murmurings their combined strength could now plunder even an escorted caravan from the Khanate.

Shortening his strides lest he slip and fall onto the smooth rock floor, Zeren slowly made his way towards the far side of the flattened plateau. He had not slept in Syviss’s abode for the past two days, but he hoped she

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