Time to get back to work. First Damian hit the local market and bought two dozen cabbages to replace the ones that were rotting in his wheel barrow. Then he changed into his ragged clothing . When traveling in civilized areas it paid to not stand out and who stood out less than a poor farmer taking a load of cabbages to the market.
After a couple of days of limping along the roads, Damian heard some good news. Along the road ahead a city had gone rogue. Music to Damian's ears. After a short conversation with the local toll taker, had to get something for the money, it was clear that the city was set on governing itself and no one was likely to try to change that for a while. And the bounties were still being paid.
Arriving in the city, which like locations in Limbo, was best left unnamed, Damian took up residence in a common room and scouted out the area. Plenty of monsters and some undead. It looked promising. First he dealt with a couple of groups of undead and collected the bounty. It always paid to look like one was doing good while doing well.
Then off to the paying job. After three groups of monster, Damian was ahead by just over 3 gold. But today was a special day so no more of that. Carefully removing the cabbages from his wheel barrow, Damian got out the 3 magic items that were hidden below and sat them against a wall. Not a bad colletion. The +6 Aegis was due to self distruct today and Damian wanted to watch. Thinking back to the offers he had had for the item reminded him why it was as it was. The offer to lock him up if he did not give it up was probably the most arrogant he remembered. The fact that Damian could outrun the noble who tried that made him smile. Then there was the offer of 50 gold. Pocket change for Damaina, but then how was the noble to know that given the way he dressed. Another reason to move on. Finally the grand offer of a reccomendation for noble status. Damaina already had three so not so valuable but at least an honest offer. Right on schedule the Aegis crumbled to dust. Examining the remaining two items showed that they would not last much longer. Perhaps it was time to do a bit of scavenging, if just to have potential trading material. Too bad that most nobles had no idea what an experienced adventurer really needed.
