Forbidden Sphere

Chapter 69

Arran spent several hours exploring the city, which he discovered was named Eremont after asking some of the locals. Although it was even larger than Silvermere, there was an aura of impermanence to it, as if many of those in the city either arrived only recently or did not plan to stay for long.

The city was littered with inns and taverns, far more than would be found in any normal city, and as Arran wandered the streets he soon realized that many of the people there were either traveling merchants or youths hoping to join the Shadowflame Society.

After a time, he got hungry, and he stopped at a small food stall on the side of the road, where an old man stood beside a red-hot grill.

"What'll you have?" the old man asked as Arran stopped in front of him. "I've got flatbread, grilled goat, mutton, sausages, and ribs."

"I'll have a piece of flatbread with grilled goat," Arran said.