Chapter 21-30

Chapter 21
“Fine, I’m sorry okay. It won’t happen again,” mumbled the bandit as he took a step back.

Rydel said nothing and acted instead. Within a single breath, he cleanly slit the bandit’s neck and wrapped a handkerchief around it to avoid blood spilling all over the restaurant floor. He yelled, “Yo Trom, you can take this trash’s bounty down from the wall. It should be for ’Slar, Bandit Captain.’”

Trom quickly appeared and hurriedly removed a poster from the wall as he bowed his head and smiled at Rydel, waiting for the hunter’s next move.

“I don’t usually deal with this level of trash but he brought this on himself.” Rydel glared at the other bandits sitting at the now silent table. After seeing their captain killed like a lamb before the slaughter, they were scared stiff and unable to move. “Let’s go, kid, I’ve had enough for tonight.”

“You got it Captain!” shouted Jack before he chugged the last of his brundy. Jack picked up Bowser, who was carrying the last of a charred pig’s foot and followed Rydel to the stairs.

“This should cover a few nights, right?” Rydel passed the bandit corpse to Trom with a smirk.

“Of course,” said Trom as he turned and dragged the corpse out the back door. The incident wasn’t expected but Trom knew how to take advantage of a situation and give kindness for kindness. Normally he would charge one gold coin for a room with two beds and a few silver for food. This bandit captain was worth ten gold, easily making him more money.