Goblin Reign 02: Goblin Apprentice by Gerhard Gehrke

Goblin Reign 02: Goblin Apprentice by Gerhard Gehrke

Author:Gerhard Gehrke [Gehrke, Gerhard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 2_read, Funtasy_VariousAuthors, -new
ISBN: 9781074124137
Google: tq-RxgEACAAJ
Amazon: 1074124138
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2019-06-15T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter Twenty-Six

The goblin had been handed over to an information broker named Harold, who then in turn had sold him to a slave trader back at the waterfront.

The information had cost Alma little. After all, the whereabouts of a goblin was hardly interesting to most, even though the broker had haggled with her for more than a few pennies of compensation for the last tidbit of intel.

Blades had stopped at a vendor and purchased a bundle of fried fish and rice balls wrapped in a large leaf. He hurried to catch up as Alma marched back towards the harbor.

“What’s the rush?” he asked. “And what’s the deal in volunteering us to go out and fight? Did I miss the part where we’re no longer enlisted? We broke contract, and I’m in no hurry to jump back in during this siege. We need to get out of here.”

Alma stopped to face him. She plucked a rice ball from his bundle of food and handed it to Vine. Then she took a second one and ate it.

“You may not remember Commander Zane from when we came through, but I do. Lord and I talked to him when we arrived. He runs as thin of a garrison as possible, all while skimming the difference from his budget. He’s a bureaucrat who’d never do anything that didn’t line his pocket. He’d never accept my offer because he knows I’d charge him.”

“But what if he said yes?”

“He didn’t.”

Blades shoved the fish in his mouth before she could take it. “You didn’t mention the dragon.”

“I know. We don’t know where the creature went. That’s why we need to find the goblin. I believe he’s the key to this.”

“So we talk to the goblin, we have him show us where the dragon is hiding. Somehow, we kill the thing before we get killed, and then we profit. Am I missing something?”

She nodded. “That’s about it.”

Blades picked a bone from his teeth. “We’ve got a boat. We can buy a little food with the money we have. If everything else you’ve seen is true, we need to get out of here.”

“The zealots have more work to do before they’re ready. We might have today before they attack. Knowing them and their schedule of prayers, they won’t come at dusk or at night, either. I’m guessing dawn tomorrow, after the prayer of first light.”

“Is that what you did when you were one of them?”

Alma’s face grew warm with anger but fought to not let Blades know he had struck a nerve. “Let’s find our goblin.”

“Fine,” Blades said. “But give me a minute while I buy some more fish.”

Vine nudged Alma and gave a surreptitious nod towards a corner. “That kid in the fancy coat. He’s been following us since we left the information broker.”

Alma didn’t turn her head. “This Harold probably wants to know what we’re up to. No reason for us to care. Yet. Keep an eye out in case it looks like he has friends.”



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