The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5

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Happy New Year, everyone. May your 2018 be as good or better than 2017.


Sorry for the very short update, but it took me quite a while to actually find His Majesty Adler II, and when I did, pretty much all I could get out of him was a whispered "Is it over? Is he gone?"

When I told him Christmas was over, he muttered mysteriously that "the curse lasts for twelve days," whatever that is supposed to mean. At least he did give me this small snippet of the Ballad before retreating back into the shadows and resuming his mushroom act.

"Confound it!" I exclaimed. "I told them to wait for me!"

I rushed through the gate, dreading the sight of whatever peril my army may have bumbled into on the other side.

Adler, after arriving at the other side of the gate, discover that your entire army has been...Using delicious looking gingerbread
>Adler: After you step through the portal, you see a most disheartening sight... Your lazy, good-for-nothing army has stopped to eat again! For crying out loud, did they sign on for this campaign JUST to get free food?

"WHAT IN FUMA'S NAME ARE YOU LOT DOING?" I yelled when I saw them sitting around munching on sandwiches.

"EATIN," MacBrock replied around a mouthful of bread. "SURELY YE DOON'T EXPECT US TAE FIGHT ON AN EMPTY STOOMACH."

"You just had stew an hour ago!" I pointed out angrily.

"AYE, AND A LONG HOUR IT WAS, TOO. WE STROOVE AGAINST SHROOBS AN' MARCHED TAE TH' OOTSKIRTS O' ALBRIC TOR. TIS A LOT O' SOLDIERY TAE BE DOIN' ON SHOORT RATIONS."

"I told you to wait for me," I insisted.

"AN' SO WE ARE," the badger explained. "YON CAPITAL IS HEEVILY DEFENDED. TWOULD BE DOOBLE FOLLY TAE MARCH IN WI'OUT LOONCH AN' ORDERS."