Stella showed up at dinner which prompted Jethro to yell at her.
"YOU DUMB BITCH! You left us all alone yet again," he shouted in rage.
"I was scared I would be trampled by the elephants," she calmly explained. Jethro seemed to calm down after this and began crying puddles.
"There there," Jethro, Murloc said gently comforting him with his scaly hands.
"Thanks, Murloc, I needed that.
Dinner was King Frogs. They're foot-long frogs and have a nasty bite apparently.
We didn't get to even start before creatures with spears showed up. They weren't Draulters and didn't even have eyes as crazy, as that sounds. They stabbed Murloc in the heart before he could cast a spell.
"Get up, Murloc!" I shouted.
"It's too late, he's gone!" Jethro wept and Zaxl cast a blinding spell that did absolutely nothing but piss them off.
Then, they said ᚤᛟᚢ'ᚱᛖ ᚲᛟᛗᛁᚾᚷ ᚹᛁᛏᚺ ᚢᛋ! ᚲᛟᛗᛖ ᚾᛟᚹ ᛟᚱ ᚹᛖ ᚹᛁᛚᛚ ᚴᛁᛚᛚ ᚤᛟᚢ!
"What the hell does that mean?" I asked.
"They want you to follow them or die like Murloc," Zaxl explained.
"Fat bloody chance!" Jethro yelled. Say, where is Calisto?"
"He passed away in his sleep," Zaxl explained.
"It wasn't his time!" Jethro shouted and pulled out his sword attacking the troglodytes.
He was quickly subdued and it's a miracle they even let him live.
"I'm afraid it was," Zaxl sadly said.
"Screw this the troglodytes are going to have to kill me!"
Zaxl zipped his lips again and Jethro finally shut up.
They took us to a gloomy dungeon that reeked of death. There was dried blood on the floor and I worried if the troglodytes would kill us before one of them poked me with a spear and muttered something only Zaxl understood.
"They're asking for you to teach them spells," Zaxl explained.
"Why should we?" Jethro asked before being prodded roughly.
"Fine. I'll teach you freaks Blazeburn," I relented before realizing Stella was gone. It didn't take long for me to figure out that she turned invisible again against Jethro's advice. I only hoped she was still alive. I taught the trogs Blazeburn and they danced with their spears. I would have laughed if the situation wasn't so tragic.
"Now, they want you to teach them Frostus Freezus," Zaxl said in a deadpan voice.
"Calisto taught us that spell, we can't just give it away," I explained.
"Calisto is dead, Arthur. He'd want us to survive. Teach them the spell before they kill us!" Zaxl hissed.
I taught them Frostus Freezus and they led us out of the dungeon, to our surprise. Then, they paraded us to the front where something was cooking. It looked revolting but they made me drink the soup. It actually tasted good, like chicken broth with a gamey aftertaste.
As if our adventures weren't crazy enough, a giant otter-like creature emerged from the water and swallowed up the troglodyte cook whole. Then it headed straight for us.
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The Amethyst Flame
FantasyThe village of Colmer is devastated by a plague. Its only hope is two brothers divided by their beliefs in magic. When Jethro ventures into the depths of the forest to find a wizard who can heal the village, Arthur is forced to find his brother befo...
