Chapter 69 The Border City (1/2)
Arran spent several hours exploring the city, which he discovered was nah it was even larger than Silvermere, there was an aura of impermanence to it, as if many of those in the city either arrived only recently or did not plan to stay for long
The city was littered with inns and taverns, far more than would be found in any normal city, and as Arran wandered the streets he soon realized thatto join the Shadowflary, and he stopped at a small food stall on the side of the road, where an old rill
”What'll you have?” the old ot flatbread, grilled goat, es, and ribs”
”I'll have a piece of flatbread with grilled goat,” Arran said
”Just givea piece of rill inside his stall Soon, the smell of roasted meat wafted into the air, and Arran's mouth watered in anticipation
As the oldlook ”Planning on joining the Society?”
Arran nodded ”I just arrived, but I'ood tips?”
There was little point in hiding his intentions With a good portion of the people in Ere to join the Shadowflame Society, it would be more suspicious if Arran said he was there for soht know a thing or two about how things worked in the city
”Bad idea, ith everything that's going on across the border and all,” the oldon across the border?” Arran asked, his interest is, all of theetting burned to the ground, Society patrols being as are never quiet on the other side, but nowadays, it's as if the whole region has goneI shouldn't join the Shadowfla it's no place for a nice young man like yourself, is all,” thehi man, and he wondered what the s Arran had done over the past few years Nothing good, he suspected
”I'll keep it in erous joining the Shadowflaerous for Arran than staying in the Empire
”Do what you will,” the old sters ever have much sense Anyway, the food's ready”
Arran thanked the man for his advice and paid hi as he walked The grilled meat tasted even better than it smelled, and for some time, he idly wondered the streets of Ereain
As he considered what the old man had told him, he decided to ask around a little more, to see ifon across the border
Arran spent so by several inns to talk to merchants and locals about the situation on the other side of the border Yet although everyone sees, nobody could tell him any details — even the merchants who traveled across the border with trade caravans only knew that travel waspeople who hoped to join the Shadowflaers of crossing the border, and Arran could not help but think that perhaps the old sters' lack of sense
After several hours, Arran gave up, at least for the ti about ways to get recruited, and he would have plenty of tis out later
For now, he would just find a decent inn, and focus on learning more about how the recruitet sorilled meat he ate earlier, he was sure he some space left for another few bites
He passed a few food stalls, but diss Finally, he came across a food stall run by an old wos she sold, he was instantly re Fei
”How much?” he asked
”Three coppers for a dozen,” the woman replied