8 Travel Trouble

Using the main road, the wagon started to pass straight through a swamp. Willows along with dead trees flanked the wagon. On the watered down dirt road.

Michael: "Why would a main road go straight through a swamp? Isn't it dangerous?"

Nathan: "you would think, right. But this is the fastest way to get to Honfor city. Also it's pretty safe, because this isn't any swamp."

Michael: "What type of swamp is it?"

Nathan: "A powerful Ogre lives right long this road. He cleared out the swamp of monsters and now owns it. He allowed a road to be built through here because the King made a deal with him."

Michael: "What was the deal?"

Nathan: "I think it had something to do with a donkey. Yea! the owner of this swamp is named Rek and wanted a donkey."

Michael: "A donkey? Is that all?"

Nathan: "Yep a donkey that's it. I think he's a donkey fucker." Nathan scratches his chin.

Michael: "Oh.... Can we somehow avoid him?"

Nathan: "Not unless you want to risk us sinking into the swamp."

As Nathan said this the wagon approached a house made out of boulders and a rickety wooden door just holding onto life.

This is where Nathan wanted to speed up. It showed clearly on his face. He was already showing distress and sweat, just by looking at the home of said ogre Rek. But he couldn't, why? Because his wagon was led by two donkeys, not horses. These donkeys where already at full speed. Still Nathan took out his whip and whipped the two asses simultaneously.

Nathan: "Go Go! Damn it!"

It was futile the Donkeys didn't speed up at all. The only outcome

Was that their asses looked a

Bit redder.

Michael: "Nathan what's going on? Wasn't this place relatively safe? Isn't Rek friendly enough?"

Nathan with a dark look on his face: "Yes that may be true... for other travelers... But we're different."

"Oh, Ho Ho, so you like SM play huh" (A type of sexual play based on abuse) This voice sounded from behind a willow that the wagon had just passed.

If a person where to look into Nathan's mind. They would find that His whole conscious except his face was shrouded in darkness. Nathan looked left, then right but all he found was nothing, just void.

'Zetsuboushita!!!(Japanese for im in despair) The donkey fucker is after my asses!!!Zetsuboushita!!!Nathan Waled.

Man behind the wagon: "So... What are you doing in my SWAMP!!!"

Both Nathan and Michael looked behind the wagon to see a big green man seven and a half feet tall. It was Rek, the owner of the swamp.

Seeing this Michael cried inwardly laughing 'Is this really not **rek?!' After regaining his seriousness he spoke up.

Michael: "Hey buddy we are on the road not the swamp."

Rek scratches his head. Then hugged the wagon and lifted it up donkeys and all. And put it down on the swamp next to the road.

Rek: "How dare you set foot in my swamp!"

Nathan got into his super serious merchant mode: "I understand let's negotiate about this."

Rek smiled: "Yes, lets over lunch."

Michael asked himself 'Why are we going along with this?'

———

The inside of Rek's home was furnished like any other human house. A table with wax candles. Although the candles has a strange color, there were four chairs, and a cooker over fire. On the table was meatloaf. The meat looked a bit tough. Maybe a tough animal was made into it.

Rek: "Let me tell you guys a story." Rek had a serious face and pointed at both Michael and Nathan.

Rek: "My donkey is dead." A silence followed.

Rek: "It died early, but we had fun. And I was it's love and life. It would always moan passionately ""Rek is love Rek is life!"" and I liked it.

Rek: "Well in short I got into it took hard and Donkey ripped."

The silence still penetrated the room, almost like Rek did with his Donkey.

Rek: "It's also the meatloaf you are now eating, my donkey is."

Michael and Nathan spit the food in their eyes.

Nathan: "So you want one of my donkeys huh?"

Rek: "Yes! That's it." Rek slammed the table.

Rek: "So are you going to give one to me?"

Michael: "Can't you just use some tree and put a hole in it?"

Rek: "No they break too easy and they don't moan." He answed seriously.

Nathan: "What if I got you a another creature, such as a bear."

Rek now slammed the table into smithereens: "It has to ""hehoaw""!!!"

Rek shouted full of vigor.

'Well shit, this is bad' Michael thought.