Veil Online - Book 2: An Epic LitRPG Adventure by John Cressman

Author:John Cressman [Cressman, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maverick-Gage Publishing
Published: 2020-10-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

Jace had been taken to another room and given a meal oatmeal and bread. The door had been locked, but Jace was just happy it wasn’t a dungeon cell. He’d sent a message to Luna, letting her know he was okay and would hopefully be back there soon.

“Girls worried,” was the cat’s reply.

“I’ll be back soon,” he sent her and hoped he wasn’t lying. He was about to do a sting operation on a noble and he was trusting the captain to keep his word that they’d let him go afterwards. If not, Jace had already decided he would attack the guards and force them to kill him rather than be stuck in prison. He’d lose all of his equipment but at least he’d be free.

He was kept in the office for hours before Sir Villiame appeared with the dwarf from the adventurers guild, Throdgrug Greydigger. He escorted the sourly dwarf in and pointed to Jace.

“Is he a member of your guild, good master dwarf?” the knight asked.

Throdgrug looked him up and down and then shook his head. “Never seen him before.”

The knight gave Jace a disapproving look.

“Wait,” Jace blurted out before the dwarf could leave. “We killed the gators that were in the sewer. We brought back the eye and you… uh… ate it.”

The dwarf stopped and squinted at Jace and then nodded. “That’s right. Yah, him and three women. Brought me an alligator eyeball from a bull gator.” The dwarf patted his groin. “Keeps things working!”

The knight gave the dwarf an unreadable look, clearly unsure of how to take his words. Finally, he motioned for the dwarf to leave. “Thank you for your assistance in this matter, good master dwarf.”

“Anytime,” the dwarf said and then turned back to Jace. “If you get any more of those eyes, you let me know.”

The door was shut and locked behind them and Jace was once again left alone for several hours.

At 11:00am, and Jace knew because he’d just stolen a peek at his gnomish timepiece, the knight returned. He motioned for Jace to follow him. “It’s time.”

He followed the knight out of the building and this time, only two other knights accompanied Jace and Sir Villiame. The four of them left the royal grounds, went back through the Noble District and across the bridge into the city proper.

From the bridge, they went east to the docks and then south to a blue warehouse. It was smaller than Jace had imagined, being only the size of a large inn. The only real difference was that the warehouse was only one large, open room.

Villiame motioned Jace into the warehouse. The room was littered with old crates, most of which looked like they had been rummaged through long ago and stank of fish. He was sure Tiebaut would find this only slightly better than the sewers.

The knights who had come with him spread out and disappeared behind crates. Villiame walked with him to the center of the warehouse. “We’ll be nearby so don’t get any ideas of running off with the tiara.

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