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Chapter 7 - time for a little scounting

After helping mother Sunday stabilised the guards, max handed one grizzled man who Max had just pulled a arrow out of his eye socket with the eye "Don't worry about the eye, you can buy a ring of restoration or greater restoration scrolls from the general store " max said after all he wasn't from the town " what happened I don't see the wares you where payed to deliver " max asked

" we where set upon by bandits up by the Old Ford bridge " he said " we payed some adventures to get rid of them last month " max stated to mother Sunday " I'll see if the hunter is free don't worry " max said to mother Sunday who simply nodded and continued .

max headed out of the Church and to the inn where two older boys where sitting on guard Ben spenson son of Spen the hunter a veteran that had settled in the area after serving ten years as a scout and archer when max was five he'd taken it upon him self to train all the children of the town how to craft bows and arrows and all the different arrow heads he knew and frank Tyler son of borjorn a Goliath frank was only four teen but towered over everyone but max the smith and his farther and mother his parents made fantastic tyles that maxs mother had to insist on behalf of the fleeing family that they be allowed to stay in the town the year before ever since max mother had Redone her bathroom and kitchen in the expensive beautiful handcrafted tyles.

At the head of the table to the left of the two lads sat spen horricson farther Ben Ben's little brother harry sat glueing and binding arrows after informing spen of the attack on the cavivans he picked up his long bow and three personal quivers from the batch harry was working on " boy go to your mother I expect twelve more baskets seven broad , two bodkin and your choice on the last three think about what Seson were coming in to " spen told harry who cleared his workspace and headed off as spen turned to max frank and Ben " right max since these two are being payed to stand here I'll just take you I need you to follow me we need to check of those adventurers did the job the the guild payed them to do " he sighed " if not we might need to get rid of some bandits and send word to the adventures guild in magnolia to reprehend those bandits " spen saidn said " pulling a small jar of foul smelling black liquid and fetched a few bodkin headed arrows and rested the tips in it .

Identify max thought and his hud said " a mixture of monkshood and cia ide from the crushing of Cherri pits . The voice said bringing up a recipe

after ten minuets Spen stood up " poison really Spen " asked max " when hunting men it's better to make sure they don't get to return in my option " spen said " I guess " max laughed nervously as the duo headed out the trees grew in thick and fast as the group headed out up the main road .

" so do you recon they just killed one bandit to show the guard Sargent at the fortress " asked max " probably or this is a different group we will check there markers the thiefs Guild has to have them mark them selves " Spen said " how far are we " max asked after walking quietly " about ah there's there wagon " max pointed out max walked over to the broken wheeled wagon .

" would you like to summon a fermi led " the hud asked " yes " max said as a small raven appeared on maxs shoulder silent "I'm going to call you corvi "

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