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"Sir, as you said: further ahead there are ruins of what appears to be a medium-sized city."
"Good! The ancient texts were not lying: here is an important city from the ancient age of the gods."
"It had better be! I spent a lot of resources hiring mercenaries and provisions. Well, as we agreed, it will be 30% for me, 30% for Raphael, and 40% for you, Vasil."
"Hold on; this is not the time to talk about that. I recommend that we temporarily halt our march: now that we have confirmation of the place's existence, let's send more scouts and plan our next steps."
"Well, what you say is true, Raphael; they could just be empty ruins. I don't want thirty percent of empty structures."
"I assure you that won't be the case. According to the texts, this was an important place; even though it was only a report from the lord of the city, it made clear how prosperous it was, not to mention the lunorite mine and the fire amethysts."
