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Me	What's the matter?
Erol	(angrily) What's the matter? Just look at that mess under the bridge over there.
Erol	(angrily) I haven't seen anything like it in my entire life. Those swine should be exterminated, I tell you.
Me	What happened?
Erol	I was traveling with my helpers when those horrible brutes came jumping on my cart from out of the blue and butchered everybody.
Erol	I'm lucky that I still know how to dish out a decent right hook, or they would have killed me, too.
Me	That stuff there under the bridge is yours?
Erol	The cart, the goods, everything.
Me	Look, I collected some of your stuff for you ...
Erol	You can keep it. None of it is really of any value to me.
Erol	But none of it is really of any value to me.
Erol	The only thing that's irreplaceable are the three stone tablets they stole from me.
Me	Stone tablets?
Erol	The Water Mage in town wants to buy them from me, and I promised he'd get them.
Erol	I must have them back at any cost, or my reputation will be tarnished.
Me	What would a Water Mage want with them?
Erol	He said he was going to study them and asked me to bring him more.
Me	Where did you get those stone tablets?
Erol	I found them near old buildings such as mausoleums, or sometimes in caves.
Erol	I've already sold a whole bunch of them to the Water Mage in town.
Erol	They're pretty rare down here, though. I found most of them north-east of Khorinis.
Me	Why don't you simply go looking for new ones?
Erol	During that melee with the bandits, I sprained my ankle.
Erol	I can still hobble along, but I don't want to walk very far on this foot.
Me	Who were those people?
Erol	The bandits. Who else? They took over the bridge up there.
Erol	They rob everybody who tries to pass the bridge.
Erol	I knew they were lurking up there, so I passed under the bridge instead.
Erol	But my cart and my goods must have been too tempting for them.
Erol	Those scumbags simply jumped from the bridge - directly onto my cart.
Erol	I should have tried to steal past in the night ...
Me	I need information about a weapons delivery for the bandits.
Erol	Weapons delivery? Yes, I know about that. Some swine from the city sold them so many weapons that they could barely carry them all.
Erol	Some of them are kept on the bridge where those bastards attacked me.
Erol	The rest of them were probably hauled past Bengar's farm on the high pastures.
Erol	Maybe the bandits wanted to take them across the pass.
Me	Where are those high pastures?
Erol	Orlan's tavern is located just about in the center of the island of Khorinis. It's called 'The Dead Harpy'.
Erol	There's a way south from there. It leads to the high pastures and the entrance to the pass to the Valley of Mines.
Me	About those stone tablets ...
Me	I've got one here.
Me	I've got some.
Erol	Thank you.
Erol	Now I'm still missing two.
Erol	I'm missing only one now.
Erol	That's enough. Now I can keep my promise to the Water Mage in town, and then go home at last.
Erol	I'll pay you for them, of course.
Erol	I'm going home now. Come with me if you like.
Erol	Maybe I can sell you a few things that might interest you when we get there.
Me	What about this one, then?
Erol	No. This kind of stone tablet is magically charged.
Erol	Alas, the Water Mage won't buy this kind of tablet.
Me	How many were there?
Erol	To save my reputation with the Water Mage in town, I need 3 tablets.
Me	Are you a citizen of the town?
Erol	Haven't been in ages, boy. There's no love lost between me and the corrupt swine in the upper quarter of Khorinis.
Erol	I used to have quite a bit of influence there, you know. But that was months ago.
Me	You managed to drive back the bandits?
Erol	Yes. But I'm sure they're still up there on the bridge.
Me	Can you teach me how to hit hard like that?
Erol	Of course I can.
Erol	I can't sell you anything. All my stuff lies over there, under the bridge, lad.
Erol	I can only sell you something once I get home.
Erol	But I won't leave here until I have my stone tablets back.
Me	(surprised) This here is YOUR hut?
Erol	Yes. Why? Anything wrong with it?
Me	Don't you have any problems with the mercenaries?
Erol	As long as I don't interfere with their business, they'll leave me alone, too.
Erol	Moreover, they're good customers, and I pay them to keep an eye on my house when I'm not home.
Erol	There isn't much choice, I'm afraid.
Me	Show me how I can hit harder.
Erol	All right, but you'll owe me for that.
Erol	Help me save my reputation, and bring me back my stone tablets.
Erol	Then I can show you how to make better use of your strength in combat.
Erol	Right. Pay attention. There's a simple trick.
Erol	When you hit, you don't take the strength from your arm, but from your entire body.
Erol	Turn your hip, bring your shoulder to the front, and stretch out your arm at the same time.
Erol	(laughs) If you hit right, you'll notice the difference!
Erol	If you want to learn more, you'll need to train hard ...