Dante stopped in his tracks, and took off the cloth, then turned to Luke.
"How'd your visit go?" He asked
Luke looked at him, shocked. "What do you mean?"
"You're hidden ability, I take it you met it?" Dante said
"Yes," Luke said "But how did you know? Have you met yours?
"No," Dante said, turning away. "But I've heard of it. A friend of mine met it, when she had her throat slit."
"What are you two going on about? Liam said, interrupting them.
So Luke told him the story, and he looked at Luke, and Dante with unbelief in his eyes.
"Are you two alright in the head?" He asked
Dante rolled his eyes, "Just as right as your are. If not more so," He added with a smile.
He turned to Luke, "It doesn't matter right now." He said, "It's time to find Mark, I've got a couple questions for him."
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Dante told Luke, and Liam to keep an eye on David, and Thomas while he dealt with Mark.
He went down the stairs, and exited the tavern. Killing the Bartender on his way out, who tried to rush at him with a knife, and hid the body behind the counter.
He walked down to the side of town that the poor lived in, and knocked on a random door.
An old man answered it, and Dante said, "Sir, do you have a spare cloak? I'm willing to pay well for it."
The man nodded, and retreated into the house, soon returning with a cloak that had seen better days. The cloak was a muddy brown, with some decent sized holes.
The man handed it to Dante, and he turned to leave, tossing a silver coin to the man, worth at least two new, warm cloaks.
The man looked at the money, and then looked up to thank him, but Dante was gone.
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Dante went behind the nearest building, and slipped on the cloak, putting up the hood of it.
Then he slipped from behind the building, and started towards the middle of the village, where he figured the house of a town leader would be.
There was a large building there, and Dante approached it, keeping his head down.
He went to the far end of the building, where there was a window, and that's when he heard voices.
"I want the reward sent here in two days, they're all dead, I can guarantee it." Said a voice, that was undoubtedly Mark's.
Dante risked a quick look inside, and saw Mark, along with a tall figure in a black cloak.
"The King requires proof, you fool, not empty promises, he wants they're heads, and you have one day to get them, otherwise, you're next on the list." A gruff voice replied.
"Understood, Sir."
Good I'll be back, in one day, and they're heads better be here, otherwise the King will settle for yours. The man replied.
The figure turned, and walked out the door, slamming the it behind him.
Dante slipped into the room through the window, while Mark's back was turned.
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Mark, was sick of the King of Gelicasa, he had succeeded where the King's assassins had failed.
He instructions to kill all of the travelers, except the knight, and the wagon driver.
He had made sure that they would die, but the King wanted their heads. Leaving him with no options, he would send some men to collect the bodies, and if by some dumb luck they had survived, his me would deal with them. He stood up to exit the building, and tell some of his men to get the bodies.
The figure materialized in front of Mark.
It was a grotesque figure, slightly bigger than a man, it stood at seven feet tall, with the eyes of a serpent.
It was thin, but terrifying. On its chest was a symbol of distorted wings, it's face was slime something out of a nightmare.
The eyes were red with hate, the teeth sharp as daggers, on its head were horns in the shape of a crown, with long hair seemingly made of flame.
The monster was all black, except for it's claws, that were red. They were long, and cruel, and razor sharp.
The monster approached him and hissed, "It's time to pay for your actions Mark. Who do you serve?"
"L-l-lord Kel, the king of Gelicasa." Mark stuttered
"Hmmmmmmm." The figure said, "I thought as much."
The figure approached him smiling with it's teeth, in a horrific way,
"Time to die Mark, don't worry, it will be quick." The monster said, and with that it used it's claws to tear open his chest, and head, killing him instantly.
The monster smiled, and began to shrink into a 5'11 male with long black hair, and blue eyes.
Dante slipped quietly out the window with no one the wiser.
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Dante went to the tailor shop in his ragged cloak, and met with the tailor.
"I need the cover for a wagon." Dante said
"I'm sorry," The tailor replied, "I don't have one for you."
Dante pulled out one of his daggers, and put it under the man's nose.
"I want a cover for my wagon, now either you give it to me, or I'll find it while you're lying in a pull of your own blood."
The tailor's face paled, and he quickly replied,
"I just remembered we have some in the back."
"Then go get it," Dante said, "And if I were you, I wouldn't try anything." Dante said as he waived his dagger under the tailor's nose.
The tailor swallowed, and nodded slowly. Dante removed the dagger from his throat, and smiled.
The tailor went to the back of his shop, returning a minute later with a very large folded wagon cover.
Dante took it, and tossed handed the tailor a gold coin, and said
"That should be more than enough, don't forget what I said earlier."
The tailor nodded fearfully, and put away the gold coin.
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Dante arrived at the tavern, and was greeted by the smell of drying blood. He quickly made a mental note to leave quickly, and dashed up the stairs. Coming to a stop outside the door to Luke's room.
He entered, and found Luke,
"Let's go," He said "I dealt with Mark, and I have the cover." Gesturing to the massive cloth he was holding.
Luke got up, and they both went to collect the others.
When they stepped out of the tavern, they were greeted by Twenty of Mark's men, all armed with swords, and spears.