The Realm Between: Neverending Dungeon: A LitRPG Saga (Book 6) by Phoenix Grey

Author:Phoenix Grey [Grey, Phoenix]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

THE REALM – DAY 240

Azure groaned awake, his back aching from having slept wrong. A bedroll was definitely in his future.

“Kill me!” was the first thing that the half-imp said in a piteous tone when he awoke, clutching the sides of his head.

“You did this to yourself.” Jin had no sympathy for him. “Now get up. We need to go speak to that…prostitute you told us about last night.”

“Prostitute?” The half-imp squinted at the archer as if he had no idea what he was talking about.

“You said you met someone who had slept with the Keeper,” Jin reminded him, a bit irritably.

“Ah, yes. Yes, I remember now,” Uden replied before hissing in pain and tightening his grip on his pounding skull.

“You’re lucky we’re not going to have to engage in battle today.” Azure stood and walked over to his sword, where it was propped up against the wall.

“I’ll be doing well enough to battle this hangover.” The half-imp’s right hand never left his head as he forced himself to his feet.

They checked out of Ancient Aegis Inn and took the long winding path to Underland. There was a definite change of scenery when they turned onto Dawn Street. The shops quickly faded away and were replaced by a residential district. Stacked on top of each other, there seemed to be multiple families living in each two-story structure. Each was a mirror image of the others, with only small decorations on the doors differentiating them.

At the end of Dawn Street, the buildings gave way to the large park-like space that was Crossroads Square. For the most part, it was just a circular grassy field outlined with strategically spaced trees. Benches provided places for people to sit. An old man and a young girl occupied one of them, feeding birds from a bag of seed in the man’s hand. Four dwarven children kicked a ball around the field, laughing and enjoying themselves. A gnomish couple strolled hand in hand around the perimeter. In the backdrop, the Alchemists Guild stood tall and wide, one of the grander buildings in the city.

Azure watched all the people as they passed by, wondering what each of their individual lives was like. He doubted that any of them carried the burden of worries that he did, but he also knew that no life was perfect. This was a place where people came to have fun and be peaceful, and he could imagine it packed full of the residents of Noseon celebrating various festivals.

As Uden led them from Crossroads Square down Barley Avenue, the scenery began to change again. More residences lined the road, but their condition deteriorated the further down they went. The stone surfaces of the buildings were crumbling and in need of repair, and the smells of mold and mildew filled the air.

“I think we’ve gone far enough for one day,” Jin mentioned when they began to notice sketchy figures on the street.

They stopped at the very next inn they came to, which blessedly only cost them 4 silver, even with two beds.

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