Bab 558: Council of Mystics
"May I help you?" I asked the uruk standing over me. His breathing was rapid, flaring his nostrils. His hand was set tightly on his staff, the other lingering near a suspicious bulge on his belt.
Seriously, hadn't he heard of System Inventory? Or maybe his System didn't start with it enabled.
"You killed my cousin." he said. "Two sieges ago."
"I think you mean last siege." I said. "When Rakkal broke through the front gate?"
He shook his head. "That was two sieges ago, not one."
Well crap. That had ominous implications.
"Are you here to declare blood vengeance?" I asked.
He was too close, I wouldn't have time to grab a shield.
"Not yet. Didn't want you to get the wrong idea if you saw me staring at you."
"Okay." I said. "Thank you for your honesty. It is a rare, and appreciated, gift."
His eyes went wider, his lips curled back in a snarl. "That was no gift! It was a warning!"
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
Mike_Kochis
Mike_Kochis So, I was supposed to have a chapter or two of panic. Boring, and not something that Rhishi can do anything about. Also, it seemed disrespectful to the soldiers. In a world with actual magic, soldiers would be trained to handle it.
And still, I ended up with Rhishi being an observer rather than providing the answer. And that's okay; he's not supposed to be the all knowing single solution protagonist.
The original meeting was two and a half chapters long, introduced three times as many characters by name (most of whom don't appear later in the plot), and was in general a mess of red herrings and whimsical theories about how mages wish magic worked.
I like the final product better. Concise and focused.
As always, thank you for reading! It means more to me than I can put into words.
Hadiah
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