Magus memoirs

Favors

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Axel started hunting, but I knelt, and drew my sword. 'Must be something useful in here...'

I found a hellhound spell, and grinned.

"Axel, get behind me." I said.

I plunged my sword into the dirt, and said "hellhound, fónamh dom" (serve me)

Blue fire blossomed, and then a wolf clad in blue flame climbed from the pit.

"Conas is féidir liom freastal ort?".(How may I serve you) A deep voice came from its throat.

Axel took a step back, away from the heat.

"Find the one named Ser Arthur. Bring me to him." I said, and pointed to the tracks.

"Axel, stay here to smooth things over, I can't bring you with me, the fire will kill you." I said to Axel.

He nodded, face grave, and replied. "Bring me my family, boy."

I nodded, then turned to the hellhound. He sneezed, sniffed the tracks, and then took off. I sprinted after him, going faster than I thought possible.

We ran until we met a recently broken bridge, overlooking a chasm. The hellhound simply ran across the very air, and I leapt the gap, just barely making it.

We pressed on. Finally, a small tower and building came in view. The hound stopped at the door, and then dissipated with the words "Sheirbheáil mé." (I served)

I kicked in the doors, to see Arthur holding a sack of money, grinning, until he saw me.

I lunged, and slammed him into a wall. "Where?" Was all I said. He knew what I wanted.

He said nothing. I slit both of his hamstrings. He screamed. I forced him to look me in the eye, then I summoned hell fire on the knife.

I touched it to each of his toes, and the fires started. "Where?" I asked.

He growled at me, and spat, failing, but the message was clear. I backhanded him as hard as I could, feeling his jaw crack.

I stabbed his shoulders through and through, pinning him to the wall.

"Where? That's the last time I'll ask, before I kill you and go find them myself." I said softly, no reason to yell, he could hear me.

The fire reached his ankles now. "I'll stop the fire if you tell me." I said.

"Find the blackest pit of the seventh hell, and the ugliest cock there, and get fucked, you whores bastard." He replied, spitting again.

"Well then. That's not very nice." I said.

I stabbed his thigh, pinning it, and then the other. I took the fire, but left him there.

I read the papers on the table, and they listed a contract with the southern Germanic states.

"So, I don't suppose you'll tell me where the southern Germanic states are? Or where they are inside it?" I asked.

He growled weakly. "You're surprisingly tough for such a greedy fool." I complimented. "Well, let's see how long you survive."

I read some more, and froze. 'Army ready to invade on orders, border hidden pass.'

I stood and walked over. "So the army was to solidify your power after you killed the queen, but I saved her, so you thought you'd sell her and the others?"

"The whores deserved it. The queen is a soft handed noble, who's never worked a day in her life, and Lila is a southerner anyway, Faye is the only one I regret." He ground out.