Dacks stood in the doorway holding a crossbow with a bronze stock and a steel body. Aside from having clasps on the limbs and small mechanisms under them, it just looked like a normal crossbow. "Behold, my newest creation!" the slightly-mad dwarf proclaimed aloud.
"That's just a crossbow" said Ty.
"Not just any crossbow. Watch"
He undid the clasps on the limbs and pushed the bow down to sit beside the body. He flicked two small levers and the mechanisms held it in place.
"The Scoutbow! A foldable crossbow for easy carrying. It comes with a bolt quiver and large leather belt for storage."
"Look, Dacks" said Blue, "we're glad you finished your new project, but we don't want to buy it"
He chuckled.
"I'm not selling it to you, I'm giving it to you"
"Um...thanks?"
Jenna stood up. A crossbow. She could use it from the shadows, and hiding is what she did best.
"I'll take it" she announced.
"But Jenna, do you even know how to use it?" asked Blue.
"I do, actually. I used to live in the attic of a fletcher and I learned from watching her"
Jenna put the leather belt around her shoulder and attached the crossbow to it. She then placed the bolt quiver on the back of the belt that she was already wearing. Bahg hopped down from Blues back. He spat out several steel bolts, which Jenna placed in her quiver.
"Well then" said Ty "with that over and done with, can we leave now?"
The trio said their goodbyes to Dacks and began their ascent back to the surface.
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In the Blade's Hilt |A tale from Triterra|
FantasyAll is well in the Tridom. Wars have stopped, the people are happy and money is flowing freely. It seems that everything is going to be fine. Except it's not. Unbeknownst to the denizens of the Tridom, an ancient evil is returning. An evil with d...
