On their way to the restaurant Rahz was in a pretty good mood, he loved food and he had plenty of money to eat until he could eat no more.
The group merrily walked the streets of Willowdale towards the restaurant when out of nowhere an old man bumped into Rahz and felled to the ground. Rahz was a little embarrassed about the whole situation and decided to apologize and help the old man up.
As soon as Rahz exerted a little force the elder flew into his embraced and Rahz then had to help him stabilized his balance.
"Are you alright?"
The old man was a little shook up and surprised about the rock solid wall that was in front of him but he still managed to smile an apologized.
"I am... I am sorry young man for crashing into you, my eyesight is not what it used to be"
"Not a problem Sir please take care of yourself".
Rhaen and the other two trainers had a clear view of what was happening and couldn't help but shake their heads while looking at the scene unraveling in front of them. It was a very important experienced for Rahz and the other kids to get robbed so that when they decided to explore the world in the future they would not be so naive.
The old man nodded and quickly disappeared into the crowd of people moving along the streets of the town, and after about 5 minutes he went went into a small alley and took a look at the contents of Rahz's leather pouch.
Jackpot!!!
"What a country bumpkin he even helped me stand up. I bet I can fool him at least two more times with my other disguises".
HU HU HU!!
Rahz and the others kept walking towards the restaurant without a care in the world and the only thing in their mind was the delicious food they were about to taste.
The restaurant they were about to hit up was famous for cooking a bird known as Hawkstrider. Hawkstrider was a member of the Ostrich family but their plumage was filled with beautiful colors, had a curved beak and burning orange eyes.
The restaurant pride itself in cooking it three ways and serving it with at least five sides, there was Hawkstrider soup, Hawkstrider leg on the grill and Hawkstrider Foie Gras. The restaurant came highly recommended by all the shops they had sold materials to and they knew they were in for some good eating.
Rahz was very happy and decided to invite everybody to the meal as he had earned quite a bit of money and even at 10 copper coins per person he still had 4 whole silver coins left to spend. The group cheered at the generosity Rahz was showing and were glad that they had not eaten anything all day and could engorge on such exotic fare.
The group made it to the door of the restaurant and were immediately greeted by a waiter in very fancy attire that made the Barbarian group looked totally out of place. Rhaen took the lead and requested a table for 10 on the second floor of the restaurant close to a window in a very sophisticated manner that made some heads turned.
The waiter was a little surprised at the etiquette displayed by the mountain of muscle in front of him but there were a lot of adventures that like to eat fancy food so he professionally carried on with his duties.
The group followed the waiter to the second floor under the weird gazes of the other customers that seem to be disgruntled just by being in the same room of such uncut people. Rahz and the others were pretty oblivious to everything around them and were listening to the waiter talk about the house specialties with vast enthusiasm.
Rahz was use to drinking water at home but hearing about fruit juice he decided to go with that.
"Esteemed guess what would you like to eat. I can assure you that you won't be disappointed with anything available in the menu".
"Great!!! We want one of each specialty item for each one of us"
The waiter almost choke on his own saliva as the size of a Hawkstrider leg was something usually serve for a whole table and now this young man wanted him to bring 10 legs out at once. The waiter didn't want to offend his customers so he was trying to think of how to relate the information without sounding too condescending when the expected happened.
When the waiter had come up with a nice way to explained the problem to the young man, the sounds of laughter and mockery came from the table to the side.
" What an idiot, do you think a Hawkstrider is the size of a chicken that is sold 2 for 1 at the central plaza?"
"Country bumpkins should stay in the forest where they belong"
The whole table of Barbarians turned to look in the direction of the voice and saw a group of 4 men sitting around a couple of ladies dressed in fancy attire with disdain on their faces. Looking at their levels, the lowest level of their group was 13 and the individual that laughed at Rahz and the others seem to be the highest level at 16.
Rahz and the others frowned at being called country bumpkin yet again and were about to make a scene, however, the small group looked at their reaction and sneered.
Besides Rhaen and the other two trainers the levels of the others at Rahz table were not worth even looking at.
Rhaen look at his son that was sitting beside him and said in low voice that for some reason was heard by everyone in the second floor of the restaurant.
"Don't pay attention to weak people, all they can do is bark about the money they have but they usually shit their pants when they are against a powerful enemy, they have no courage".
The leader's face went extremely red from rage when he heard Rhaen's words and was about to stand up to fight when he felt an arm on his shoulder.
Unconsciously, the leader looked up and saw Rhaen standing by his side releasing the pressure of a mountain only for him to look at. The other people at the table felt some pressure but it was only the leader that felt the full blast. A foul smell started to spread on the second floor and the sound of droplets of water hitting the wooden floor caused the people to turn and look at the bottom of the table. Yup!! the rude guy had soiled his pants in front of the whole second floor.
The guest of the restaurant couldn't help but laugh at the top of their lungs seeing the scene in front of them and were glad they kept their mouth shut.
Rhaen returned slowly to his seat and saw the stars in the eyes of Rahz and the others. He was now their new hero, never in their wild dreams would they have handled the situation in such a way showing power and wisdom at the same time.
The leader of the table next to the Barbarians cough of blood due to shame and passed out. He had shit and peed his pants in front of the woman he was trying to impress but there was nothing he could do, he knew how strong that other person was and he felt helpless.
Later on when the whole town labeled him as the man who shit himself on the most luxurious restaurant of Willowdale, it finally drove him to the edge and he lost his mind.
Rumor has it, that he couldn't take it anymore and killed himself; however, other people said that he left to start a new life somewhere else but since the incident happened there was only one thing that nobody ever did and that was to laugh at a Barbarian eating at a restaurant.
The Restaurant staff quickly clean up the space, opened the windows and burn a few good smelling candles to fix the ambiance for the remaining customers.
When the food came to the table, Rahz and the others realized why the people beside them had laugh so loud. The leg was literally 4 ft long and cover most of the table but Rahz was still not impressed and order another 2 legs to be brought up when they had space on the table.
It was Christmas morning for the trainees when they saw the leg and all the different dishes on the table including the new favorite drink in Rahz book the fruit juice, the sweetness and freshness of it change his life forever.
The Barbarians went to town and the feast didn't stop until the fourth leg was eaten and the stomachs of everyone present were bulging with satisfaction. Seeing the amount of food and drink the group had put down made the waiter pretty happy, with some luck this group of savages might recognized the good service and give him a decent tip.
The billed came to 3 silver, 90 copper coins and with the tip it add up to almost the 5 silver coins in his possession. Rahz didn't mind it as the food was excellent so he reached for the money pouch and 5 seconds later his face went really pale.