Omen: 10, 15

  “So,” Adam called, gng to the rest of his party members, “what do we do?”

  “There are many requests which are appropriate for us,” Jurot said, getting up to check the quests at the wall.

  “Anything hugely dangerous in Cherry Wood?” Adam asked, looking to the left side of the quest board, which represehe muicer Cherry Wood, as opposed to the more dangerous Red Wood. “We could train Brittany and Nobby i.”

  “It would take some time to train them if there are so many of us,” Jurot replied.

  “That’s fine by me. Slow and steady, remember?” Adam pat Jurot’s back, feeling a solid wall of muscle. ‘God. Damn.’ “We o do everything safely until they bee Experts.”

  “We should travel through the nd,” Jurot said. “Noonval’s heat will bother us, but it will not affect us much.”

  “Right… the heat…” Adam groaned quietly, wing at the thought of how hot it would bee soon. ‘I should take the Rage Dancer’s ability that increases my Defehout wearing armour.’

  Vonda walked over towards the quest wall. “If I voice my s, I hope that we do not kill.”

  Adam peeked down towards her. ‘Right. She’s a Priest of Life.’ “That’s going to be a little awkward. Unless…”

  “We form two groups?” Vonda asked.

  “Will you return back to your Order with the artefact?” Adam asked.

  “No.” Vonda shook her head slowly. “The Adventurer’s Guild will returefact back. It would be dangerous for me to take it with me.” Vonda wasn’t naive about the world. Even though this was an artefaother Soza, there were plenty of people who would try to possess the artefabsp;

  “You trust them that much?”

  “Yes.”

  “What if they don’t?” Adam asked, l his voice to a near whisper.

  “If they lose the artefact,” Vonda began, trying to give Adam the be of the doubt, “it shall be a serious matter, o even the Guild ighey will pce the artefa good hands, I’m certain. I assume they will pce the artefa the hands of Iyrmen, to be escorted to the Order safely.”

  “Ah.” Adam nodded, smiling down at her. “Then it’s in good hands.”

  “Two groups?” Jurot asked.

  “Yeah, let’s do that.”

  “I’ll be in the killing party,” Lucy said. She wasn’t going to let go of all the fun she wao have.

  “Adam, Sir Vonda, Kitool, and I should form a party,” Jurot said.

  Adam g the remaining group. Jaygak, Brittany, Jonn, Nobby, Dunes, Lucy, and Fred. “Yeah, that sounds abht.” It would be a rge sed group, but that was best in order to make sure Brittany and Nobby would be safe.

  “Here,” Adam said, handing Vonda and Dunes a diamond each. “Keep Revivify on you at all times, please.”

  “You want us to take such a precious gem?” Vonda asked, awkwardly.

  “Yes,” Adam replied, simply.

  “We ’t,” Dunes said.

  Adam pulled his head back slightly, looking down at Duhe Half Elf’s eyes were cold as he stared down at the riest.

  What the hell do you mean you won’t take my diamonds? You want us to die? Who the hell is going to look after my adorable sister if you don’t save my life, you absolute muppet? You dam.

  Dunes uood what Adam’s eyes were trying to say, aook the diamond from Adam. “Thank you.”

  Adam turo face Vonda, and his eyes remained cold.

  Aren’t you meant to be a Priest of Life? Are you really going to let me die? Will y my body bay adorable little sister and tell her you let me die, Priest of Life? Order of White’s, I mean, Life’s Rose?

  Vonda sighed, bowing her head, before accepting the gem. “Thank you, Adam.”

  Dunes gnced between the pair of them. ‘Did he ge the look for Vonda? Didn’t we know each other first, Adam?’

  “Noonval is going to be so damn hot,” Adam grumbled, dropping down beside the others.

  “The hide of a nightval bear be made into a leather top to cool oneself,” Kitool offered.

  “Really?” Adam asked, his eyes snapping to Kitool. “Damn. Did we have some? Do we have a?” Adam tried to recall what happeo it. “How much is it?”

  “During noonval it will be more expensive,” Kitool said.

  “I really, really don’t like the heat,” Adam pined. “You two don’t wear armour, and Jaygak is… she’s Jaygak, so she doesn’t have the wits to knoain is.”

  Jaygak narrowed her eyes. “’t you use yic?”

  “Yeah, but it’s annoying to cast spells all the time, especially if we’re trying to be sneaky. What happens if I give up our position because I’m casting a spell, or because I’m too unfortable due to the heat?”

  Jurot closed his eyes, remembering something important about Adam. ‘You are not an Iyrman.’

  “You could spend your cool gold to buy some cool leather tunic made of cool nightval bear,” Jaygak teased, smirking down at the Half Elf. “Since just a little sun bothers you that much.”

  Adam squi Jaygak. ‘Toosh.’

  “There are many quests on offer,” Vonda said, bringing a copy of them from the desk. “There are escort quests, and though there may be some killing involved, I at least leave the creatures unharmed. There are some quests about culling the popution of various creatures, or to wound creatures to force them away from the wrong area.”

  “I’ll leave it to you guys to figure it out,” Adam said, sighing. ‘I should go and order it today.’

  Adam donned his breastpte, and he wore his dagger at his side, keeping Wizard’s Axe as a ring on his finger, just in case. With just his breastpte, he had a det Defehough it was slightly unfortable since he didn’t have any thick clothing u.

  ‘I should take someoh me,’ Adam thought. He was still a Half Elf in South Aldnd, and the people were still reeling from the Massacre at Rock Hill which had happened some years ago. “Jurot, mind ing with me to buy this nightval bear stuff?”

  Jurot nodded, following him up. He wore his Iyrman furs, very different to what Iyrmen wore within the Iyr. At his side hantom, Adam’s greatest creation to date, and not much else. What else did an Iyrman need?

  Adam walked around the market, trying to find someone who sold nightval bear hides, one which he could fashion into a top to wear. Even if it only made him slightly cooler, it would be worth the money.

  “Adam, the tannery may sell the leather,” Jurot offered, motioning his head to a tannery nearby.

  There was a sharp smell in the air as they approached, and as he stepped inside, he saw a young woman currently w on a piece, scraping off the hair from some skin which had been pulled taut. She looked back, past her dark pony tail, noting that the pair were an Iyrman and another adventurer who wore a scarf around his head, both Bronze Rank.

  “What I help you with?” the tanner asked. She was adorned in a short sleeved shirt and a pair of shorts whided a little beyond her knees.

  “Do you have any nightval bear hide?” Adam asked. “I want something to keep me cool during noonval.”

  “I sure do,” the woman said. “Do you wao fashion you a top?”

  “Yes,” Adam said.

  The woman brought out a long piece of string, which was marked about a finger width wide all across it. “Please, if you don’t mind, take off your armour and shirt.”

  Adam did as she asked, slipping out of his armour and his shirt, revealing his lean body. ‘Damn! I fot how jacked I was.’

  The young woman took a moment to admire his body, before she started to measure him usiring. “Nightval bear hide made into a top. That’ll be fifty gold, and it should be pleted within a week.” She didn’t mention anything about the fact he kept his scarf on, w if he had some kind of gruesome scar around his head, or if, equally as terrible, the young man was bald.

  “Perfect,” Adam said, pulling up his shirt, feeling a little awkward uhe gaze of the tanner and his brother. ‘I should have brought…’ Adam wondered who he could have brought with him. ‘Vonda?’ His cheeks and ears turned red. ‘No, no, don’t be silly. I should have brought Lanarot, obviously.’

  Adam paid the gold, using five gems, before he left, heading back to the Guild. ‘I should have tried on the hide first to see if it really did e down. No, no. Kitool was the oo tell me, and Iyrmen don’t lie.’

  “Did you guys figure anything out?” Adam asked.

  “There is an escort quest for a wealthy mert who deals with herbs,” Vonda said, looking to Adam with a knowing gaze.

  “Sounds like we’ll be paid quite well.”

  “We will meet him in the m.”

  “Sounds good.” Adam dropped down, gng at Kitool and the others. “Oh! Since we’ve formed a sed group, I’ll split the party funds in half. That way, in case we’re gone for too long, you aren’t left out to dry.”

  Adam had fotten just how much money was in the party fund. “Uh…” Just nine gems were already worth nearly a thousand gold. ‘Why the hell am I carrying these around willy nilly?’

  Kitool looked to Adam. “You pce the money in the Adventurer’s Guild, and allow those you trust within the party to withdraw from it.”

  “Let’s do that,” Adam said, splitting the party fund in half, though pg a little more in the funds he was dolling out, sihe other party was bigger. ‘Seriously, I shouldn’t carry so much around!’

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