Securing Dangerous Ties
The next day the two Sids met the dark elf that had been making dimensional holes for them again, but this time not about travel. "Ten thousand platinum to withdraw your troops, if there are any, in the castle, and join us in the fight." Said the warrior Sid, "Ten thousand is all?" "Twenty thousand and your life. It has been rumored that I can sever a head so fast that the person remains conscious long enough to see their body for a second. Would you like to find out if this rumor is the truth?" "Right twenty thousand it is then!" "I'm glad you finally agree with us. See you and two hundred of your finest there. Fifty wizards, fifty clerics, and one hundred warriors, be there or we'll change the raid to your house." "You don't have to be so pushy about it." "Sorry it's not that I don't trust you, but I don't trust you."
