Void Legion by Terry C Simpson

Author:Terry C Simpson [Simpson, Terry C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939172242
Publisher: Golden Arm Press
Published: 2019-02-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

“Let’s go over there and kick their asses,” Dante said as they strode down one side of the Via Arcadius.

“The idea is not to draw attention to ourselves,” Frost said. “Meritus told you what the issue is, the position we’re in. Making a scene in the heart of the Coalition would be pretty dumb.”

“You’re the boss,” Dante grumbled.

“I have to agree with our patron,” Ryne said in that disconcertingly deep voice of his. “Kalarch Voculo passed a new law against fighting in Kituan. Get caught starting a fracas and you’ll face a trial no defendant has ever won.

“Punishment is a year spent mining korbitanium, which most don’t return from. Death from the fumes in the mines or the spriggans that live there is often the outcome.

“Unless you’re a lucky one. Lucky ones get to toil in the Kelsial vineyards. Of course,the guilty can always choose the Fighting Pits of Bastards.”

“I enjoyed my time in the Bastards,” Gilda said.

“A woman after my heart.” Ryne chortled. “I could marry you.”

In a flash, Gilda’s dagger appeared. She regarded Ryne, expression flat. “I’ve killed for less.”

The goblin smiled his yellow-toothed smile. He took out his haladie and imitated Gilda.

Frost grinned. He could picture it now. Seven-foot Gilda with a goblin barely three feet tall, the goblin muttering bad poetry into her ear. He shook his head ruefully.

“Let me handle our followers.” Ryne’s gaze was still on Gilda.

“Not gonna happen,” Frost said.

“You hired the world’s best goblin. Now, you refuse him?” Ryne pouted and put away his haladie.

Frost smirked at the goblin. “You just said–”

“I know what I said. Did you listen?”

Frost narrowed his eyes in contemplation. He considered everything Ryne had mentioned about the new law. He snatched a look at Ryne as he understood the suggestion. The goblin wore a small smile.

“Now, that’s what I’m talking about!” Grinning, Dante clapped a hand to his thigh like an overly excited schoolboy. “I’m all about that action. Pew! Pew!”

“No. No. No fucking way.” Frost shook his head vigorously.

“I agree with Frost this time,” Saba said. “That’s a bad idea.”

“Only if we get caught,” Dante said with a sly smile.

“The goblin has a point,” Gilda chimed in. “What’s the plan otherwise? Let them follow us all the way?”

“We can’t do that either.” Frost tried to think. “There’s gotta be another way to get them off our tail.”

Ryne cleared his throat. “I keep hearing ‘we’. Who is this ‘we’?” He peered all around, even up into the sky.

Frost stopped at a stall where a vendor was selling roasted beardbeak. Fifty credits got enough of the meat for everyone. Stomach grumbling as he took his, he used the time to shoot a quick glance to their left.

A male Azureguard across the street was paying way too much attention to some female gargant’s underthings at a linen seller. The Azureguard held up the underpants, arms spread wide to accommodate their size.

The group set off again. Chewing the succulent meat, Frost crossed the next intersection. Sure enough, the same Azureguard crossed the other side a moment later.

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