(eng) Timothy L. Cerepaka - Dragon God 01 by The Cursed Lands

Author:The Cursed Lands [Lands, The Cursed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Sarzen didn’t even wait for Rothel to explain. He just turned around and ran after the Draymens, but he didn’t get very far before the Slayer grabbed him by the collar, causing him to jerk to a stop.

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?” said the Slayer in annoyance. “Going to walk right into their trap?”

“Trap?” said Sarzen, looking over his shoulder at the Slayer in confusion. “Whose trap?”

“The Draymens,” said the Slayer. “Common Draymens tactic. Kidnap someone from an unsuspecting group of naïve travelers—such as you guys, for example—and then draw the rest of the travelers into a trap in which they will all be slaughtered and no one will be permitted to escape. I’ve seen it happen way too often during my years slaying Draymens and I’m not about to let you walk right into it.”

Sarzen yanked his collar out of the Slayer’s grasp, but didn’t run after the Draymens. “I don’t care. She’s my sister. I have to save her. No one else will. I can take care of myself.”

“Injured and weaponless?” said the Slayer in mock astonishment. “My, I didn’t know the Dragon Gods taught their followers how to win like that. Then again, you probably believe that the Dragon Gods will protect you even if you act like an idiot, right?”

Sarzen scowled; he didn’t want to admit it, but the Slayer had a point. “Then what am I supposed to do? Wait for the Draymens to let her go? There’s no telling what they’ll do to her.”

“Oh, they’ll probably kill her, rape her, and then dump her corpse on the road as a warning to anyone else who might try to cross into the Cursed Lands,” said the Slayer. “And in that order, too. The Draymens are more methodical than you might think.”

“By the Dragon Gods,” said Sarzen, while his friends exchanged worried and shocked looks at the Slayer’s blunt words.

“But if you’re lucky, then she’ll just become a slave,” said the Slayer. “If she’s pretty enough, she’ll probably become the personal pleasure slave of some Draymens chieftain. If I were you, I’d pray to the Dragon Gods to make your sister ugly; those pleasure slaves never last long and their deaths are always very painful.”

Sarzen just stared at the Slayer in shocked silence. He opened and closed his mouth several times, trying to find the words to respond, but he was so shocked that he just couldn’t say even one word.

“Um, Sarzen?” said Rothel, causing Sarzen to look at him. Rothel was looking at the Slayer. “Who is this man?”

“I’m who survivors call the Draymens Slayer,” said the Slayer. “You may have heard of me.”

“You mean you are the actual Slayer?” said Rothel in surprise. “Did you save Sarzen from these Draymens?”

“That I did,” said the Slayer. He rested his glowing ax on his shoulder. “Not that he has thanked me for it, I might add. Then again, the Warrior Priests are hardly know for their gratitude, even though that is supposedly one of the virtues they preach.

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