Vol 1 Chapter 27 (1/2)

Chapter 7

Three days later, Parn’s party had returned to the Crystal Forest Inn They had turned over the conspirators’ docuotten a reward of one thousand gold pieces

Parn was in a good ed righteous The corrupt soldier would be judged, and the plot on the king’s life had been averted The judge, Duke Balshea, had even thanked hih not at all skillfully

“But rather,” Woodchuck was saying to Parn, “how’s about you let roup? I’ve shown I can be useful, and I’ve coht see sos”

“I don’t see any reason why not” Parn’s response was sincere They never would have succeeded without Wood, and a thief ht often come in handy on the road “But please don’t break the lahile you’re with us”

The group had been drinking for a good while, and most of them ell into their cups Slayn and Deedlit were the two exceptions

“Only six hundred good pieces for that jewel I thinkout as he critiqued the ht the jewel from him

“No, it was a fair price,” said Ghiotiating the sale Wood seeue jewels and craftsmanshi+p with a dwarf anymore, he laid off

In any case, the price he’d gotten froe for the scrolls and books recovered froher than expected, so Wood was not completely disappointed

Slayn and Eto both see in relative silence

Just as the feast to celebrate the group’s success was reaching its peak, the outside door swung open and a ht, even the partiers quieted down and waited for the man to catch his breath

“It’s awful,” he announced “Kanon has been razed Beld… the emperor of Marmo, Beld did it!”

“What did you say?!?” Parn felt as though the floor had been yanked out fro his chair away, and blanked out as though he had forgotten what he meant to say

“Heto be aa prophecy

The group felt as though they had fallen into an icy sea, driving away their drunkenness