Lair of the Unidragon, Page Thirty-One
You back quietly out of the room, thinking anybody THAT dangerous is best left alone. You start to walk back down the corridors to the entrance of the castle. It doesn't look like you're going to find much here, and you've wasted enough time already.
Well, it doesn't have to be a TOTAL loss, you think, smiling to yourself as an unusually small guard--a Goblin mercenary rather than the typical burly Humans employed by this castle--walks out of an adjacent corridor--all alone. You grab him from out of the shadows and put your sword to to his throat. "Tell me what I want to know and no-one gets hurt." you hiss between clenched teeth.
The guard jumps and begins to shake violently when he finds out who has him. Evidently word of you has gotten around. "Wh-what do you want to know?" he stammers, his voice cracking.
"Where is the Unidragon's lair?" you demand.
He blinks in surprise at your unusual question. "Somewhere around here, I think..."
"WHERE?" you shout into his ugly grey ear.
"I-I don't know! But--" he continues hurriedly as the edge of your blade begins to indent the skin under his neck, "I have heard you can only kill him with the Goldensword."
"The Goldensword?" you sneer cynically. "Where's that?"
"It's--it's supposed to be in a cave about a mile or so to the south of here." He gulps.
"Oh, is it?" you ask sweetly. "And if it's so close, how come YOU'VE never been there, hmmn? A magic sword would fetch quite a handsome price on the market. How do I know you're not just making all this up?"
"Well, it's supposed to be guarded by all kinds of weird spells and monsters and..." You drop him in disgust and stomp out of the castle. This time, NO-ONE gets in your way.
Outside, you pause to decide your next move. Much as you disbelieve the little goblin's story, you really don't have anything else to go on. With a sigh, you turn and head south.
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