The journey was long and boring, but because I had stuff to do, I didn't even realise when we reached the huge mountain. One of the Golems, said "This is where the Capital City Varent is. Co with us, we will show you where you can stay". As we walked through the large opening, that served as the entrance. I saw four even larger Golems, standing guard. I asked "Why are these Golems much bigger, than you guys?".
One of the Golems, said "These are Warriors, and are naturally much bigger, and greater than us. We are simple citizens, and although we don't specialise in fighting, we are not weak either". I thought about sothing, and asked another question "Do you have sothing like a Leader, or a King?". The Golem I spoke with the most, said with pride "Of course! Our King is the strongest and bravest Warrior of our race. We all respect our King".
'What type of existence must the Golem King be, if those Golem Warriors are simple entrance guards?' I thought. The guards didn't try to stop , and simply let us through. We arrived in an open area, of the huge mountain. It looked like the insides of the Berant Mountain, was hollowed out, while large stone houses, palaces and mansions were built inside. The whole City of Varent could be seen from the bottom. There were many paths leading upwards, and the higher one looked, the larger and more refined the buildings beca.
'This place looks amazing' I thought, and asked "You guys built this place by yourselves?". One of the Golems said "Yes, it was very long ti ago. Our ancestors hollowed out this mountain, then built this city inside. There is also a legend tied to our ancestors, and how they built this city". I was intrigued, and asked "What is that legend?".
The Golem started narrating the story "A long ti ago, when there were no intelligent races living in this world. A lone mountain, stood in the deserts of the land. Dark clouds lood over the horizon, as far as the eye could see. Over ti, the dark clouds began producing rain, then wind and then lightning. A massive and loud thunder struck the mountain top, which sent the boulders, rocks and stones flying down. The clouds soon dissipated, while the boulders, rocks and stones beca alive. They moved slowly in the beginning, then ford into bigger clumps by joining each other, until a Golem was ford".
He then continued "Those were our ancestors. They ca from the mountain, and they also returned to it. Searching day and night, our ancestors looked for similar rocks, stones and boulders, that had the breath of life in them. Soon the population of Golems increased, and they decided to make that mountain their ho. It took them many years, in order to hollow out the mountain, then build a very small village at the bottom. The insides of the mountain, looked differently in the past. The future generations of Golems, were responsible of continuing the developnt of the village, until it beca the city, that it is today".
'This story is interesting, but I don't believe it. Although there might be so truth in there, I don't buy the fact, that there were no intelligent races in the world, and Golems were the first intelligent race born into the world. It is a legend after all' I thought. One of the Golems interjected my thoughts, by saying "We need to separate here. I will show you where you can stay, and buy so food, if you need it". I nodded my head, and waited for the Golem to explain.
He pointed at a certain building, then said "This is where you can stay and eat. This place is large, and loads of humans tend to stay there. If you want to take a job on, you can go to that building", and he pointed at another one storey house. Although it was one storey, the size alone would make it 3 or 4 storey building for Humans or Lizards. He then continued "If you need supplies, the market is over there", and he pointed at a large area of stalls, that seed to have everything one would need in the wilderness.
They then said goodbyes, and pushed their cart towards their destination. 'I should probably start from the tavern, or whatever that place is called. There are so other humans in there as well, so I might get so info. I should watch out though. Golems already know who I am, therefore humans could possibly know too' I thought, and moved towards the building.
Inside the building, I saw sothing, I've never seen before. Not only Golems, and humans were inside. There were so Lizards as well. Besides them, I saw creatures that looked human, but were not humans. 'Hmmm… These guys are a bit like Crow, perhaps they are from the sa race'. I was sure that these people were not Eterians, because they would already be dead. I didn't know exactly how many races hated humans, but I suspected that Eterians were even worse off.
No one really paid much attention to . I walked over to the counter, and asked "Can I have the nu?". Behind the counter, was not a Golem, as one would think. No, it was a Lizard, probably employed there, or perhaps owned that tavern, and paid so kind of taxes to the Golems. I still had a hard ti, recognising whenever it was a female or male Lizard, but the voice usually gave it away.
This ti, it was male. He said "Welco to Sandy Stone Tavern, here is the nu". The weird thing was, when I opened the nu, I saw a small note inside. I thought 'That's weird', but then I realised the aning. 'It must be Harlin's work. He knew that I will be coming here, or at least suspected it, and instructed so of his people, to probably have an eye on '. I hid the note, which was not very hard for , due to many years of Hidden Weapons practice. I then selected a few things from the nu, and asked about the room.
The Lizard himself was a bit stunned, that I acted so naturally, but played along with it. With my al done, and room rented, the Lizard behind the counter instructed which room was assigned to , and wished enjoyable stay. I headed upstairs, and entered my room. The insides were plain as usual, but more spacious. It was mostly due to the fact, that the buildings here were much bigger compared to those in Olrad.
I sat down on the bed, and read the note. "So humans know about you. My suggestion is, leave as soon as you can", was written on it. The note was short, but packed with information. He wouldn't warn about humans, if they didn't an harm to . There were couple groups of humans inside that tavern. I wasn't sure if he ant most of them, all of them or only one group. 'Things might heat up a little, but I know humans. They will not rat out, they will try to capture , in order to receive maximum rewards. Greed is sothing every intelligent creature possesses, but humans are masters in that departant' I thought, as the paper in my hand froze, and got turned into icy dust.
Just because Yagaroths and Avians hated , that wouldn't an other humans couldn't capture . I said "Frosty, can you co out for a while? We are in Varent". Frosty didn't seem to have any problems with coming out, and did just that. I said "We may have so troubles coming our way. Humans might try to capture , I'm telling you this now, so that we can be prepared". Frosty nodded its head, and released so breath into the air. I said "That is the crucial trump card, they don't know about. If the situation is very severe, I will need to borrow your abilities, like we did in that pond. Alright?". Frosty nodded, and jumped onto my shoulder. "I'm no pushover, if they want to capture , it cos with a price. I hope that they are at least half decent, so I can test my strength and skills on them" I said, and stroked Frosty's head.
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