Cythera Chronicles: The Book Of Tavara: Part 4: The second journey

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Suddenly, Ferazel, Rogan, Jack and Talos entered the tavern. "What happened here?" Rogan asked surprised, "Korax!?" "I-I dinnt d-do nothin'," Korax said as he finished another glass of beer. The bartender nodded, confirming Korax's innocence. Angus said, shocked: "This is mage Peisander, the man who gave me the information about Tavara's book in the first place!"

Ferazel approached the body, raised his hand, brought it down and said: "I`m casting 'Death Cause' at him, I want to find out what happened." Mutaro rolled his eyes and answered: "Pretty obvious, the man`s got a dagger sticking out of his heart. Most important now is to find out who killed him!" "Easy," Ferazel answered, "The spell tells me that Peisander died of a thrown dagger. It pierced his heart. The evildoer can be long gone by now." Rogan looked out of the window. "Mutaro and Keno, get out there and investigate," he said, "Look for anything suspiscious and report bach in two hours." Mutaro and Keno finished their drinks and ran outside. "So we`re just going to sit around and wait?" Jack said, looking at the shocked bartender. Rogan ordered some drinks and sat down.

They ate and drank for the following two hours, until Mutaro and Keno returned. Mutaro closed the tavern door and said: "We found something quite interesting. Keno and I overheard a conversation between two men just outside the city walls." Keno continued: "We could not hear much, but the names Tavara, Rogan and Kushluk were mentioned." Mutaro interrupted again: "Someone is definitely following us..."

"I say we leave," Ferazel suggested, and everyone agreed. "Hey!" the bartender yelled, "What about the body?" Talos turned around and answered: "Don't worry. We'll have someone from the magisterium come by and pick him up. Sorry about the mess, though."
He threw some oboloi to the bartender, closed the door and ran to catch up with the others. As they left town, a guard, standing in the watch tower yelled "Bye!" down to them. Jack nodded and Rogan waved as he said "Goodbye." A few seconds later, when the party was almost out of sight, the guard left the watch tower, walked down the stairs, past the unconscious, half-naked guard lying in the stairway and started after the party, very silently...

After ten minutes of walking, Talos pointed and said: "About twenty more minutes...just next to that large mountain." Rogan turned around and said: "Hey, did anyone hear something right now?" "No," Talos answered, "only our own footsteps." They walked further along a small path, but the fake guard behind them ran into the woods. Suddenly, a hand touched his shoulder, making him gasp. He turned his head and said, with a relief on his face: "Master!"

A large man, with a scar over his left eye, removed his hand and said: "So, what did you find?" The voice was dark, almost like a demon. "Well, they know a lot about Tavaras book," the fake guard said to his master, "And one of them, the one with long dark hair, has a key that can be very valuable. I could not get close enough to hear what they said to the man in Odemia, his name being Talos. And I disposed of the mage...he knew too much and had to be destroyed." The scarred man smiled and answered: "Very good. You have been of valuable service." The fake guard looked another way and said: "Well, I`m out of this now. Where is my payment?" The man with the scarred face turned more serious again as he answered: "Don't worry. You'll get what you deserve." He paused for a minute and continued: "Working under my command goes against the rule of the king...which makes you a traitor, right?" The fake guard narrowed his eyes and answered: "Why, yes, but..." The man with the scar interrupted with a shout: "And you will get what a traitor deserves!" He put his large hand to the man's mouth as he took his dagger and shoved it trough his throat. Not a sound was heard...only the body falling to the ground. The scarred man turned to two other men and yelled: "Follow them! Losing control of Tavara's book is not an option!"
The scared men looked at each other and answered, almost simultaneously: "Very well, master Kushluk"...

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