<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/9b/80/989b802fc7d36ab6eb434cca729b5bd2.jpg)</div>“I much rather turn him in alive than dead, he’s worth 500 gold pieces alive and only 300 when he’s dead. There are two snow rangers trapped, we get another 500 gold pieces if we return them alive as well, and another ten gold pieces for every bandit head we bring along. I’d say we exterminate that vermin with an iron fist!”<br/><br/>Ares slammed his fist on the table to emphasize the point, making several mugs on table tremble from the impact. The old war cleric looked around, gauging everyone’s reaction. He especially took a closer look at Vara, who had probably never heard of making so much coin before.<br/><br/>“If Lianna Devereux wants to come with us as well,” Ares continued, “that’d give us at least 160 gold pieces for each of us, plus almost another two gold pieces per bandit head, and whatever else we find up there that we can bring back and sell. We could make easily over 200 gold pieces each by the time we’re done. It’d also make this village and the surrounding lands a lot safer and I’m pretty sure that court of Arashalu would owe us a favor too, at the very least a royal dinner. I don’t know about you lot, but I wouldn’t mind eating something else than that damned snake fish for a change. I’m sure those royal bastards have some excellent cooks in service.”<br/><br/>As if on cue, Ares’ stomach rumbled. He drained the last beer from his mug to remedy his hungry stomach and put the mug down on the table with a heavy thud. The cleric wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and burped.<br/><br/>“Ugh-, pardon me,” Ares said, although one probably couldn’t tell from the tone of his voice if he meant it. “A word of caution, though. There is no telling if anybody else is going after that bastard. I suggest we move quickly and leave today. Over a thousand gold pieces is a lot of money and there are quite some desperate people in this city with growling stomachs. People who aren’t as well-equipped to deal with the situation as we are, I might add. Let’s do them a favor and save them the trouble of getting themselves killed. We just need to stock up at Devereux' General Shop, get enough rations and supplies like rope, and we can be on our way. What do you all think?”<br/>