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The Never Ending Quest - Episode 88368
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“What about dog-boy here?” he ventured to ask – as Velus was tugging on his
leggings in an annoying fashion. “Yes, yes,” he said, turning to Velus. “I
just asked him, calm down.” The wizard waggled his fingers in a mystical fashion, as wizard’s are wont to do. “What about him?” “Can you lift his curse?” He turned to Velus, rolling his eyes. “It’s like talking to a bloody nitwit,” he said in a whisper.“I heard that!” thundered the wizard. “And yes, I can do many, many wonderful things. I am, after all, the great and powerful Wizard of Kamiro!” Magical energy crackled around his body as he said this. “Well, if you’re so great how come I’ve never heard of you until very recently?” He turned back to Velus, smiling. “I got him there, didn’t I?”“Well, in certain circles I’m quite renowned and famous,” the wizard hastily explained. “You’re just out of the loop, is all. Anyway. My price stands firm, 1,000 gold coins to lift the dog-boy’s curse! I usually charge 5,000, so you are getting quite a bargain.” “I have a name, you know!” Velus barked angrily, though of course no one could understand him. “That’s highway robbery! You should be ashamed of yourself! When this barmy Quest is finished, and I report to the King, I’m going to tell him what an asshole you’ve been!”“Oh, a tattletale!” the wizard said snootily. “Go on then, run along home and tell your King like the little crybaby you are! I still have student loans to pay off, I hope you know! Do you know how expensive Wizard College is these days!?” “That’s beside the point!” Fred bawled as the untempered rage and testosterone surged through his every bulging vein. “I’m in the middle of an important Quest! There are countless innocents depending on me! There are some things you can’t put a price on, you know!”The wizard snorted and waved a hand at the knight in a disdainful fashion, as wizards are wont to do. At least the asshole ones, which these wizard seemed to be. “That’s a load of rubbish!” he said. “Of course you can place a price on anything! That’s the beauty of the free market economy! Capitalism in all it’s unbridled glory, if you will! There’s no such thing as a free lunch!” Fred growled, and flirted with the idea of simply smiting this wizard here and now, but thought better of it. “Look,” he said instead. “I have a letter of credit given to me by the King, which allows me to purchase anything I need on his good name. I will pay you 500 gold coins now, to imbibe my sword, or whatever the Hell you call it, and lift the dog-boy’s curse. The other 1,500 will be payed at a latter date, agreed?”
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