Winds of Fate
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+10 respect in each of the Northern burgs
I thought that would be all, but there was more.
You unlocked Level 51!
Points ready to be distributed: 5
Completing the quests given to you by the order as part of the series, you lose the attributes given to you.
-80 respect among the peoples of the North
-40 respect in each of the Northern burgs
Well, it can’t all be good news. My reputation got a little here, and lost a little there, but I didn’t much care anymore. The new level was good news, however.
The items and gold clinked their way into my bag. But what about that ability?
“Hey, Jarl!” the könig called me over. “You’re a good man, but you can’t fight for beans. Come on over here so I can teach you a thing or two.”
I went over, noticing as I did how drunk he really was. He stared at me, his eyes wobbling.
“Ah, what the jotunns? If I teach you something like that, I’ll only have myself to blame later. No, I’m going to teach you how to stay warm! Some wild people from the Eternal Ice showed me this dance.”
The könig spun off a few odd-looking moves.
You learned a new passive ability: Dancing with Cold, Level 1
+20% protection from cold
The old bastard was as stingy as ever. I thanked him, and in response, he graciously waved a hand before diving back toward his mug.
“Where’s Flosy?” I asked Gunther.
“He and Alex went somewhere. Apparently, they had a job to do,” the knight answered stolidly. “Laird Hagen, I brought you something from the order. I think you’ll find a use for it.”
He handed me a scroll. Oh, wow. I’d thought he’d just give me some old skill, but that one was much better. Really nice, even. If I ever made it to Level 100, I knew I’d find a use for it all right.
“That’s a very rare scroll, one of the order’s secret abilities, and only its followers—and only highly dedicated followers, even—can know about it. I am quite sure that in your hands, it will do evil to no one.”
“Thank you, Gunther. Thanks, my friend.”
“It’s a shame we have to part ways, Laird. I know your path lies further on, but I, sadly, can’t go with you. With der Bottom is dead, there is so much to do here. I took control of the local mission, so—”
“Gunther, the world isn’t nearly as big as it seems, so I know we’ll meet again. I do have a request for you; keep an eye on Flosy. I don’t want him to become a complete drunk, you know? I won’t say goodbye to him, just to make sure he doesn’t come running after me like he does when he’s been drinking.”
The knight nodded sadly.
“Okay, I’m off, my friend. Goodbyes should be short and sweet.” I clapped him on the shoulder and got up from the bench.
“Laird Hagen!” Gunther called after me. “What do you think about doing that ceremony, the one with the strip of earth, the next time we see each other?”
Oh, come on…brotherhood with an NPC? Still, strange as it may seem, I was fine with the idea.
“Certainly, Gunther. It would be my honor.”
“Oh, and one more thing… That person, Wanderer,” von Richter continued, his voice faltering.
“Yes, I could tell you knew each other. I didn’t ask, though, since I figured you’d tell me if there was anything I should know.”
“He’s a fearsome person.” Gunther didn’t look me in the eye. “Really, I’m not sure he’s a person in the first place. I have him to thank for saving my life once in Leeb, the order chapter, though I think my debt to him is paid. Hagen, just make sure you never owe him anything—the interest is far too high a price to pay.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, Gunther, but I promise I’ll keep my contact with him to a minimum. Does that make you feel better?”
The knight exhaled, got up, and hugged me. “Take care of yourself, brother,” he said to me quietly.
I winked, pulling his forehead to mine. Then I left the hall with a wave to the könig.
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Back at the hotel, I looked over the two items I’d gotten. They turned out to be a nice pair of greaves and yet another helmet with nothing special about it. The scroll, however, was in another league altogether, and I took incredible care to place it in my chest. Everything’s fun and games until you’re holding an atom bomb in your hands.
By the time I left the hotel, my bag was practically empty save for 200 gold, a portal scroll, and a random piece of game trash written in a language nobody knew. I needed to pack light for the road ahead of me. I walked up to a small building I’d noticed a while before that, and stared at it for a while, trying to figure out if I should go in or save it for my next visit to the Fayroll world. There was a sign over the door.
The Free Companies: Wild Brigade Recruitment Center
End of book three
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[1] The Russian agency responsible for documenting the main events that happen over the course of one’s life: birth, marriage, and death.
[2] A national Russian soup made from cabbage and beets.
[3] A physician and philosopher from a story by Mikhail Bulgakov, a famous Russian author.
[4] An ancient Russian name for chess.
[5] Skewered meat roasted traditionally out in nature and over an open fire.
[6] Dough pockets stuffed with meat, a traditional Russian food.
[7] A play on words mixing Buratino, the Russian name for Pinocchio, and the Terminator.
[8] A “mercy knife” used by knights in the Middle Ages to kill mortally wounded friends in order to end their suffering.
[9] Tristan and Isolde, young, star-crossed lovers in legends from the Middle Ages.