While describing the animals, the salesman somehow managed to lead the two friends to the stalls where the rust-colored deer were. Outwardly, they didn’t appear very different from normal deer, apart from their more powerful muscles and strong legs. And, of course, the fact that they didn’t have two branching horns, but three. The third, which was both sharp and long, grew from the bridge of their nose and clearly served as a weapon alongside their teeth, which looked more like fangs. They were also eating butchered rabbit carcasses instead of hay. Bloody carnivorous deer! Hadjar had never seen anything like it.
“We’ll take them.”
They made a deal and, after finding out that the saddles were included in the bargain, led their new transports out by the bridle. Both warriors preferred to m
