A Thousand Drunken Monkeys by Eric Nylund

Author:Eric Nylund [Nylund, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Eric Nylund
Published: 2019-01-23T22:00:00+00:00

ALERT!

The Wayfar Waypoint Inn is NEUTRAL GROUND.

All non-consensual PvP combat is suspended inside the property’s walls.

Morgana grinned. “Make that dinner, a few ales, and a good night’s rest, yeah?”

I smiled back and nodded… but got the sinking feeling that none of those things were in our immediate future.

CHAPTER 21

I’d pictured the Far Field trading outpost as a few tents, campfires, and friendly aboriginals. This thing, however, could have been lifted from the 1948 John Wayne flick, Fort Apache. Three acres were surrounded by a twelve-foot tall adobe and pine-log wall. Past the open gate squatted a three-story tower with iron shutters over the windows.

I hadn’t seen any particular dangers on our hike. Maybe just being close to Thera warranted such defensive measures?

Guards atop the tower waved and welcomed us in a variety of languages and Tradespeak.

“Bonsoir,” I called back.

“Bienvenue bon monsieur,” replied a woman with a crossbow slung over her shoulder.

This place might not be so bad after all.

I then spotted two dozen severed hands nailed to the open gate. I’d seen such displays before in Lordren’s shop. Warnings to would-be thieves.

“What is it with this medieval justice?” I muttered to Morgana. “Haven’t these people ever heard of misdemeanors?”

“Barking effective, though,” she said.

“You’d think people would get the idea and not risk it.”

“You ever starve, Hektor?” she asked.

“Yeah. I have. And I get your point.”

A few days without food and you’d risk anything to feed yourself or the ones you love.

Overlaying this grisly, but otherwise warm, welcome, appeared:

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