Mountain of trouble (Fantasy-Postapo)

"H-hey!" Angel swatted Adriana's hand away from her dress, she then tried to cover her large bust with her arm. "T-that depends on, if we have time for such things." She answered, her face then burns brighter. As she just realized what she just agreed to, another session with the gypsy. "W-wait, I-I don't think I can show myself to the city leader like this." She protested, but still let herself be dragged away by Ariana.

 

Before room was waiting for them guard, cleaning his sword for killing time. "Finaly. How long time have take one bath? Folow me." He walk realy fast, guiding them to city hall, and show in the gabinet of Prince. They meet Sophia and Thomas with Gilbert, and they enter tougether to the room. Inside was behind desk from black wood, medium hight men, in knight garbason. He was the same men, who comands before gate barricade.
"Well, It take you some time, but you are here. That is good, because task what I have for you is realy important, but before we started." He look seriosly on all people in the room and didn't comment dress of Angela and Adriane. "I need your promise, that what ever will be say in this gabinet, will stay secret."

 

Adriana protested, ‘I’m sorry, we thought we could maybe take a break after a damn zombie attack?’ She sighed and followed the guard. Adriana looked around the room and the people inside. She smiled a brilliant smile at the Templar who had saved her in the battle. The gypsy gulped at the need for secrecy, ‘T—That sounds a bit ominous, S—Sir. But, I—I promise my lips are sealed.’ She glanced over at Angel, uncertainty and fear in her eyes.

 

The trip to the city hall was a blur, because Angel tried to hide her face on the way there. She already had a tough time being taken seriously as a guard. If the townspeopke saw her red dress, her reputation would plummet. When they got inside the village leader's office, the busty guardswoman stood at attention. Even though doing so, would make her push out her breasts. "Y-yes, sir! I promise to keep whatever information I hear, a secret." She said with dignity, even as her cheeks flush red. She then looks at Adriana, and gives her a reassuring smile

 

Sophia looks at The Armored Man, not sure what to make of him yet. Her gut tells her this Man saw already more Attacks of those creatures than anyone else in this Room, including her.

She puts her fist on her Breastplate

"I swear That everything I hear here shall Die with me"

 

Prince Wacław II look with attetion on faces of everyone, looking for false or lie in eyes. Finaly he smile and nod to come closer.
"Very well, I will belive you. Gilbert, show them map." His son put big map on the desk and unroll it. The map showing the country and nearest nations, towms, villiages and others city. the sea ten milles from Satagaj, and mountain. It was realy good done map, by talented craftmen. Prince point at one place in the mountain, near the borderline with dwarfs kingdom. "Here. Here is the hiden fortress of Brokenstone." He said and look seriosly on all people in the room. "Here greatest scienties and mages, of human and dwarf, making research for solution of plague. That place was secret, as same as they purples of most important mater. In the last report, they said, that they coming close to find cure for zombies. Since one week, we have't any sight of live, from them. We excepted the worst scenario. " He started walking around the room.

 

"A cure for the plague, sir?" Angel couldn't believe her ears, could one of the problems in the land truly be removed? She continued to stand up straight, while asking, "B-but what does this have to do, with us, sir?" Then it clicked, is she actually being sent on a quest? The busty guardswoman tried to hide her excitement, as one of her dreams will be fulfilled.

 

Wacław look at Angel.
"Your task is simple. You must get know what happen in the fortress and get back every information what you can back. If you rescue any mage, It will be good too." He nod to someone, and suddenly in the room show catmen, dressed like assassin with hood, daggers and ropes.
" J'zargo will be your guider, he know the way to that place. If you lost him, remeber that the path to fortress started 60 steps, on the north after church with destroyed roof and Tower, here." He point at next place on the road, close to mountain.

 

Sophia steps forward.

"I have the feeling we arent The First ones You send there...is there perhaps more going on than The Zombies? A failed Magical Experiment perhaps?"

 

Wacław show is bare hands, with bruise after hundreds hours of using sword.
"Honestly, yes and no. Yes, we send one team before you, one day after stoped contact. And no, we realy don't know, what you can excepted in fortress. You must know, that most important cities and strongholds are conected by web of teleporters. You need to know coordinates of teleport where you want get, and the secend teleport must let you enter. In the Brokenstone was one teleport, so you will can use it to return. " That moment choise J'zargo, to add from himself.
" Prince want to say, that we will need adapt to what we found. The prize of this mission is too hight, too not try. "

 

Adriana let the others speak but was conflicted, whatever calamity happened to the people there was probably horrible and any sane person would keep away, not go towards it. She looked to Angel and the Templar woman, they seemed eager to go. And then there was the catman, who had appeared from nowhere. Adriana sighed and asked, 'Th—That sounds like an important task, but I—I'm not sure how I could be of help, Sir. I'm just a herbalist, I don't know how to fight, not like you warriors.' She looked at the people in the room nervously.

 

Prince put hand on her shoulder. "I saw you in the battle. You can escape or hide, but you stay to help in defend, and rescue wounded guard. Your spell stoped zombies to hold the gate. So you can managed stress sytuacjon." He show her small ring with diamond. "And they need mage, to open the enter to one room in the stronghold. Mage must do it."

 

Adriana frowned, 'I had no choice really, nobody would ever let someone like me hide in their cellar.' She sighed and looked at the ring, 'What does it do? Is there really no other mage who could help?'

 

"We have few healing mages, and battle mage, but healers are need here, and battle mage get heavy wounded and didn't get up from bed for a least month. You are only one in city, who can do it." Adriane noticed behind Prince, in the window Runa. Cat was sitting in the proud poze, and nod head for agree. Before someone could noticed, the Cat go away. "You will need speak specjal spell, who allow open hidden door in gabinet of director. "

 

Adriana looked at Runa and sighed, 'I suppose, I have no other options then ...' She looked to the catman, 'Who are you then, J'zargo?' The witch looked him up and down, tyring to get a feel for the assassin.

 

J'zargo smile, showing his colection of sharp teeth. His equipment look like for often use, but it is keept in good state.
"I'm blade for service of ruler Satagaj. I can do anything for good of town and living folks here. Poison, lockpicking, assassinate or hiding. I can do anything to finish success mission. I didn't go with first group, because I was on another mission when it was happen. " He put his tongue on lips, by this he look similar to Runa.

 

"W-when do we leave, sir?" Angel asked while hiding her excitement. She wanted to jump with joy, as her dreams of adventuring was about to come true. The busty guardswoman wanted to jump with joy, but she managed to compose herself. And kept standing at attention.

 

Adriana smiled back at J'zargo, 'Wow, quite the resumé.' She smirked at the catman, 'And travelling with three women is just a bonus, no?'

 

"Tomorow morning, before dawn. But, before you go take rest..." Prince nod at Gillert, who open chest and bring things on the desk. "... Here is something what you can use in the mission. Take that like reward. For you, guard Angel." He take long spear with elven symbols on blade and put it in hands of busty woman. " This is spear of lightning. On your comand, that weapon hit oponent with elextric. If you do it right, you can paralise enemy without killing him. "
J'zargo smile wilder.
"I do not say 'no' if you know what I mean. You need only to ask. "

 

Adriana smiked and winked at J'zargo, 'Who knows what might happen on the road? Maybe someone will feel … lonely?' She looked at Angel's new weapon and smiled, 'Oh, that seems really useful, and it's beautiful.'