DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DRAGONFABLE!

CHAPTER VIII

Mortis' .

Lymcrest Hills.

On the way down the hill, Nara asked: "Have you ever been to Lymcrest?"

"Yes."

"What's it like?" she asked, adding to her endless list of questions that she had.

"It's a small mining town that is owned by the dwarves." I explained to Nara.

"Dwarves! I thought they were a myth."

"Exactly, you thought they were a myth." I explained.

"Then why is it that no dwarves live in Falconreach, nor in any other large settlements." Nara conflicted.

"For two reasons; One: Falconreach is a human settlement along with most other large towns; Two: Because dwarves mostly keep to themselves, so they prefer to stay in their own settlements." I explained.

"I see" Nara replied. We didn't talk anymore after that.

Lymcrest.

An hour later we finally reached the bottom of the hill, and were warmly greeted by the dwarves. Then we checked into the towns only inn, getting two separate rooms of course. Also, we were invited to dine with the Elder of the village, so we went to the main hall were the Elder resided.

"Ah good, you were able to make it." said the Elder.

"You know that I would never refuse you, Elder." I said.

"Of course. But Mortis, I must say you've outdone yourself once again, to have acquired such a fair maiden." the Elder said humorously.

"She is not mine, we are merely running from Sek-Duat XV, we will part ways tomorrow morning."

"I see, you always seem to get yourself into trouble. But what might be her name?" the Elder inquired.

"My name is Nara."

"A very interesting name; But no matter, we will talk about such things over a good meal." the Elder said.

Over dinner, me and Nara told the Elder about our journey from the SandSea to Lymcrest, and also how it started, the Elder also told us that dwarves were sighting elementals in the tunnels. For food there was venison, steak, salmon, and countless other foods, to wash it down we drank wine, mead, beer and other drinks. At the end of the meal we returned to our respective rooms and slept until morning, when we would part ways.

The following morning, outside of Lymcrest.

"Well, I guess this is were we part ways." I said to Nara after we finished saddling the horses.

"I guess s-" she said, but was interrupted by the whistling of an arrow, then the same arrow piercing my left shoulder, and finally, my cry of pain. I then drew my scimitar and tossed my dagger to Nara, (for Nara did not have a weapon yet, and I could not use both a dagger and a scimitar with an arrow in one of my shoulders) when a man who wore a mask with the rest of his body covered in bronze armor and armed with a three foot long broadsword, charged at us; And another masked man was giving covering fire with arrows and, instead of bronze armor, he wore leather armor. I was snapped out of my observation as a broadsword whistled toward my head, which I blocked seconds before it would have hit me. After that I quickly got the upper hand (as the assassin's style lacked the finesse that mine did, despite the wound in my left shoulder). I was swinging my scimitar, intent on cutting the mans arm off, when another arrow pierced my right thigh followed by another cry of pain, the man then took the opportunity to strike, swinging towards my neck I ducked the attack and then stabbed upward into the mans throat. Then, shoving him aside, I threw my sword at the archer, missing him by inches. That was when I finally faltered; before losing consciousness however, I saw Nara stab the archer in the heart, followed by her rushing to my aid. Then I realized the reason those men attacked us: Sek-Duat had put a bounty on both mine and Nara's head.