An Odd Pair Arrive

[Victor Wolfe]

Victor looked at the girl struggling to stand up and felt a twinge of guilt, it had been his idea to take this journey and it had left her in such a state, perhaps if she had not had to heal that turtle monster she would be fine, a mage without mana is like an assassin without stamina, it leads to exhaustion and can cause heath problems at least that is how it was back in his world.

Luckily for them the gate opened and a young man in light leather armor appeared from behind it, he was armed with what appeared to be a short sword, pretty standard stuff for a town guard, luckily for him Wolfe was not here for a fight. " What business do you have here in Nippur , strangers ?" The guard inquired. Wolfe lowered the hood of his cloak revealing his almost glowing red eyes, light brown hair and handsome face, the guard seemed to recognize him. " I am here to gain an audience with the king of this settlement to finish a prior discussion about me aligning with this glorious kingdom, this woman here wanted to learn more about the people in the dunes and thus I suggested this would be a good place to start, besides she is also pretty exhausted ,so I guess you could say we are seeking sanctuary from the harsh desert" Victor said in a confidant tone.

" Well the king did say we are to allow sanctuary to all who seek it so welcome to Nippur" The guard started to open the gate wider to allow Wolfe and Raina into the town before stopping to ask a question " You look familiar do I know you?" Victor responded with a witty retort " I have glowing red eyes and a godly handsome face, how many other people look like me ?"

The guard appeared to think about it for a few seconds before a look of realization came across his face " you were in DA right? Victor Wolfe if I remember correctly? You helped out our king a lot, thanks for that Banis..." Before the guard could say the nickname he had seen on those shirts in front of the girl he slammed the guard against the gate preventing him from finishing the sentence by placing a hand over his mouth " please don't finish that sentence, after all you seem like a nice guy ,and it would be a horrible way to introduce my self to this town if I had to paint this gate red" Victor smiled maliciously, making sure the girl still leaning against the wall could not see the malicious look on his face, if she learned of what he had become famous for she would hate him, and he did not want that.

The guard nodded and Victor let him down patting him on the back " good man, lets put this little scuffle behind us" Victor said. Once he was sure the man was not going to try and attack him in revenge he walked over to the girl struggling to stand and knelled down with his back to her " Get on my back he said" the girl tried to act like she was fine " I'm fine, I can walk" she said before almost collapsing again " Listen it almost painful to see you struggling so much and I am far less exhausted than you, besides it should be a short walk to the nearest seat and then I can put you down, besides friends are supposed to support each other right ?" the girl reluctantly agreed and climbed onto Wolfes back, He held onto her legs through his arms and managed to stand, slowly carrying the girl into the town, she was not as heavy as Victor would have thought.