The Ruins on Stone Hill (The Heroes of Ravenford 1) by Spirit F.P

Author:Spirit, F.P. [Spirit, F.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melinda Martin
Published: 2014-10-10T21:54:44+00:00

The Truth about Lloyd

Gods, the man could swing a blade!

Glolindir returned to the Dying Minotaur. His companions were waiting for him in a booth over in one corner of the common room. After the altercation with Fliban, Seth had returned to the inn and informed the others of what had happened.

They put two and two together and already figured that they would have to pay for the resurrection of the misbegotten apprentice. Aksel and Lloyd were both okay with this, figuring it was the right thing to do. Even Seth, still mortified at what happened, raised no objections.

Ostensibly, it would have cost them 5,000 gold pieces just for the materials required to perform the spell; it was actually diamonds that were necessary, according to Aksel. Maltar had some kind of deal though with Qualtan, the Abbot of the town temple.

According to Kailay, Qualtan had traveled with Gryswold and Maltar back in their adventuring days. Thus, the charge for resurrecting Fliban was only 4,000 gold in total.

Aksel, who had been holding onto the group’s funds, retrieved the necessary gold pieces. Seth insisted on walking it over to the temple. This was obviously something he needed to do, and the others did not stop him.

The trio spent their time talking about their options now that they were back to just over a thousand gold pieces. They would need at least 8,000 gold to pay for the two scrolls to free and repair the golem back at Stone Hill.

Three days had passed since they left on Maltar’s quest, meaning there would be a town meeting up at the castle today. That was the same meeting where any trouble in the area was brought before the Baron. It was the perfect place for them to seek a job.

The fact that they had developed somewhat of a reputation in town would help their cause. They saved the caravan from those orc bandits, and now they had successfully liberated Stone Hill. There was a good chance that the Baron might have already heard of their exploits and might be willing to throw some work their way.

When Seth returned, the four adventurers decided to go up to the keep to see if they could get into the meeting.

“We should dress in our best clothes…” Aksel began.

“Why?” Lloyd interrupted.

Glo looked at the young man and noted a strange expression on his face.

“We’re going to court. What else would you wear?” Seth made it quite plain that he thought the question stupid.

Lloyd turned toward the halfling, flushing slightly. Then he gazed down at the table and mumbled, "I don't know." Just as suddenly, the young man looked up, his face alight as he added, "Maybe if we show up in our battle gear it will look more like we mean business.”

“Why that’s the stupidest idea…” Seth started, but Aksel raised a small hand cutting him off.

Aksel turned to Lloyd and said delicately, “That might make the guards think we are looking for a fight.”

Lloyd sighed and looked back down at the table.

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