The Dragon’s Gambit: A Progression Fantasy Adventure (Underkeeper Book 1) by Hankthemoose

Author:Hankthemoose [Hankthemoose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timeless Wind Publishing
Published: 2025-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

As she left the meeting, Iriala sighed to herself.

It wasn’t as bad as it could have been, at least. She’d helped an old friend gain some much-needed leverage, and managed to keep her own guild out of what was likely to turn into a bloody mess. Ed had always thrived on chaos, and he would thrive here, too—even without proper funding. His two protégés and partners in political suicide, Dayle and Fiora, had a similar temperament. She supposed the life of a war mage shaped people in similar ways.

She wasn’t like them, and neither were her people. The Mages’ Guild was frequently contracted to provide dungeon security or offer magical support for all kinds of projects, from elaborate construction work for wealthy eccentrics to obscure research projects for the crown. What they didn’t do was get involved in wars. They were academics, or at least craftspeople. They didn’t specialize in combat magic, and most did their best to avoid dangerous situations—like any sane person.

And they were her responsibility.

The count and the magistrate could howl all they wanted—she wasn’t sending her people to die fighting mobs of kobolds, or anything else. Not without a direct order from the king.

Besides, once the army arrived, they’d take over the entire operation and all this would be irrelevant. Unless Ed ended up taking over the army. You never really knew with that man.

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