| Me | What are you doing here? | |
| Alrik | (laughs) This is my home! | |
| Alrik | What am I supposed to do here? I'm drinking. | |
| Alrik | I'm going for a little walk. | |
| Alrik | But if you mean, what do I do all day - I arrange fights. | |
| Me | You arrange fights? | |
| Alrik | Every day, from noon until evening. | |
| Alrik | And right here! | |
| Alrik | Behind the warehouse in the harbor district - home, sweet home! | |
| Me | What are the rules for the fight? | |
| Alrik | Quite simple: All regular weapons are allowed. No bows or crossbows and NO magic! | |
| Alrik | We fight until one of us drops. And as soon as one of us is flat on his back, it's over, got it? | |
| Alrik | Whoever leaves the corner is out! So if you quit, I win! | |
| Alrik | The stake is 50 gold coins. If you win, you get 100 back. If not - well - then your money is down the drain. (grins) | |
| Alrik | Got it? | |
| Me | Yep! | |
| Alrik | How's it going? Do you want to go up against me again? I think I've gotten better in the meantime ... | |
| Alrik | I think you've won often enough. | |
| Alrik | Don't get me wrong, but my skull's still buzzing from the last time... | |
| Alrik | Come back again later. In the meantime, I'll train ... | |
| Me | I want to fight against you! | |
| Alrik | First give me back my sword. Then we'll see... | |
| Alrik | Nah, nah. Before I go up against you again, I need a better weapon! | |
| Alrik | I had to sell my sword a few days ago. | |
| Alrik | With that baby, I'm unbeatable! If you get it back for me, I'll take you on again! | |
| Alrik | I think that should be enough for now ... | |
| Alrik | Let me have a short break. | |
| Alrik | Besides, I've scraped enough gold together by now. | |
| Alrik | I'm quitting, and I'm going to find me a place to stay somewhere in the city... | |
| Alrik | Who knows, maybe I'll open a weapons shop ... | |
| Alrik | Do you have 50 gold pieces? | |
| Alrik | I only fight from noon until evening. | |
| Alrik | The fighting is only worth it if there are enough viewers to make bets! | |
| Alrik | It's much too late now. Come back tomorrow at noon! | |
| Alrik | It's still too early, come back later! | |
| Me | Here you are ... | |
| Alrik | (loudly) We have a new challenger! | |
| Alrik | The bets are placed... | |
| Alrik | Are you ready? | |
| Me | Nope ... | |
| Alrik | Then go get them! No fighting without a stake! | |
| Me | Come here! | |
| Alrik | Then let's see what you can do! | |
| Me | Just a second ... | |
| Alrik | Take your time...I'm starting now! | |
| Alrik | Oh man! You pack quite a punch. | |
| Alrik | Here's your 100 gold pieces! You've earned them! | |
| Alrik | I see you already took your gold. | |
| Alrik | You could have waited until I gave it to you - I keep my word! | |
| Alrik | You went through my pockets while I was unconscious! | |
| Alrik | That's bad form, man! No matter, the money was yours anyway! Here's the rest. | |
| Alrik | It was a good fight. Your stake is gone - don't make too much of it, it was for a good cause! (grins) | |
| Alrik | Hey, like I said, whoever leaves the corner loses the fight! If you want to try again, I'm at your service! | |
| Alrik | And one more thing: No one talks about what goes on behind the warehouse. | |
| Alrik | The militia puts everyone who does the slightest thing here behind bars. And those boys don't like to see betting on fights. | |
| Alrik | The fight was over, you bum! | |
| Alrik | I don't like it when people don't obey the rules. | |
| Alrik | Get out of here! | |
| Alrik | If you wanted to fight me, you only needed to challenge me. | |
| Alrik | If you wanted another fight, all you needed to do was challenge me! | |
| Alrik | I don't want anything to do with lowlifes like you! Beat it! | |
| Me | (surprised) You 'live' behind the warehouse? | |
| Alrik | It's only temporary. (grins) When you have as much gold as I do, you can afford a bit of luxury! | |
| Alrik | I was a drill instructor in the army, but I left that bunch to seek my fortune in adventure. | |
| Alrik | Now I've wound up in this shithole. My last 100 gold pieces went to the guards at the city gate. | |
| Alrik | So, I'm seeing to it that I come into money again. I even had to sell my sword. | |
| Me | To whom did you sell the sword? | |
| Alrik | I swapped it to a trader in the marketplace for some stuff. | |
| Alrik | The guy's called Jora. The torches and the bit of meat that he gave me are long used up. | |
| Me | He isn't likely to give me the sword for nothing ... | |
| Alrik | It's an old sword. He won't want much for it. Just think of the money as an extra stake for the fight. (grins) | |
| Me | I've got your sword! | |
| Alrik | Ah! That's much better than fighting with an old stick! | |
| Alrik | Good! I'm curious whether you'll dare to challenge me again! | |
| Me | What do you know about the war against the orcs? | |
| Alrik | There's not much to tell. The war has been going on for too long. | |
| Alrik | The country people are starving. Everywhere there are peasant revolts that are put down mercilessly by the King. | |
| Alrik | But there's just too many of them. If the war doesn't end soon, the realm will fall apart. | |
| Me | Can you train me? | |
| Alrik | If you really want to learn how to fight, then go up against me. (smirks) The lesson is no extra charge. | |
| Alrik | I keep my word. I'll teach you everything I know - provided you have the necessary experience. | |
| Alrik | As long as you have the necessary experience - sure. | |
| Me | Train me as a swordfighter! | |
| Alrik | You're no longer a beginner! | |
| Alrik | You're already better. Soon you'll be a regular fighter! | |