"William Forstchen - Magic The Gathering - Arena" - читать интересную книгу автора (Forstchen William R)

тАЬI find you amusing and a bit of a mystery.тАЭ

тАЬHow so?тАЭ

тАЬAmusing that you so easily set up Okmark for the kill and fleeced his gambling manager. At first I
thought you were the yokel from the countryside, some boy puffed up with a couple of spells in his
satchel thinking to prove something and usually losing his life before Festival has ended.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs been a long time since I was called a boy,тАЭ Garth said coldly.

тАЬSon, to me youтАЩre still a boy. Killing Okmark might have given you his powers, but you now have
nearly a hundred sworn enemies of his House looking for you. Beyond that, the Grand Master must have
word by now that a one-eyed hanin did the killing. Every warrior and fighter in his command will be
looking for you.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll get by.тАЭ

тАЬAh, and thatтАЩs the mystery. Just what is it that you want here? If you want my advice, I think that you
should point yourself south before dawn and put some distance between you, this damned city, and the
Festival.тАЭ

The raggedy man smiled and held up his hand before Garth could reply.

тАЬI know. You donтАЩt want my advice and you plan to stay and youтАЩll be damned if youтАЩll tell me why
youтАЩre here.тАЭ

тАЬSomething like that.тАЭ

тАЬThen stay the night. ItтАЩs free and IтАЩve given you the promise of the brotherhood. You wonтАЩt be
bothered.тАЭ

тАЬThe Watch!тАЭ

Garth turned and saw a legless beggar come in through the door, hopping on the stumps of his legs. The
excuse for a guard that Garth had cut under the chin bounded to the door and slipped a beam across it
and the room fell silent. In the alleyway all could hear heavy footsteps approaching. After a momentтАЩs
pause they moved on.

тАЬWe pay the bastards enough to leave us alone,тАЭ the raggedy man chuckled, тАЬbut you never know who
might have paid them more.тАЭ

He looked back at Garth.

тАЬI daresay that you are the object of their concern. YouтАЩre a criminal, No House. Orange might even
have kicked in some money to have your throat cut without any fanfare and the spells they lost returned.
If youтАЩre some village idiot who came here thinking about honor and rules, forget about it.тАЭ

Garth shook his head disdainfully.

тАЬTypical.тАЭ