Chapter 338: A Town Hero
Every step took him back toward town and his friends, yet each moment was lost in thought, as he battled countless problems and conflicts about everything he knew.
If Phaius isn’t bad, then who is? Why do neither of the gods want Thuyja to arrive? How strong are the other skills, and who has them?
Unable to come to any answers and knowing that things were probably not going well in Windsor Wheel, Max began to run, trying not to ruin any more crops than he had to and even killing a few goblins that happened to be on the way.
As he approached the town, he slowed, seeing smoke rising in different sections and the panic that filled those huddled outside in groups.
“What’s going on?” Max asked as a pair of guards rushed by, carrying a bleeding child to a pair of adventurers who were healing those brought to them.
“Some buildings collapsed, sir, and…”
The older guard, his salt-and-pepper hair now messy from the exertion he was putting out, looked up, seeing Max and how he appeared.
“You’re Seth Pendal.”
His voice sounded like a question, but that statement brought the eyes of everyone who had heard, a few gasps and repeating of his name.