The Guild Of Shadows

The Crypt II

Shambala, Grover, Krystal, and Vladimir stood on one side of the enclosure, while Skinny and Chunky stood on the other side. They looked like they were about to have a face-off. Some face-off this might be. It looked like a lost battle. To the guild, it appeared to be a critically uneven match.

Shambala had decided that they would play along with the two clowns in front of them, thereby hooking them into their own trap.

Shambala said, “I hear you want to take us on in a fight in order to get the artifact, right?”

Chunky spoke up rather loudly and said, “He speaks!” turning to Skinny to exclaim, as though making a new discovery. When they both laughed, Skinny asked Chunky, “So what did the old man say?”

Grover, angered, answered them, “Are you too timid to fight, or all you know how to do is laugh?”

At this, they laughed even louder. They may not have realized it, but they had just successfully confirmed Shambala’s theory on the fact that they were only sent to stall the guild.

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