Knowing the Balta family

It was already night when they set up a camp in a clearing, Nicola was sitting in a corner alone while cleaning and sharpening his blades using a stone. The team rotated patrol times during the night so that everyone could sleep, as they didn't trust him, there was always someone awake when it was his shift, but he didn't bother with it.

Borinn was awake that time and took the initiative to get close to Nicola to start a conversation. You could see the suspicion still present in his eyes, but much less than before. Somehow he got used to it and trusted the person who saved him a little.

"I didn't have the opportunity to thank you properly by saving my team, thank you very much for what you did. If it weren't for your intervention we would probably be dead or even worse, subjected to the Balta family." He said. "Perhaps it was not the best decision to have done what you did, now that you have become a public enemy of the family they will bring you several problems while you are within your lands."

"Don't worry about thanks, I did that for myself. After years of living alone on the streets I haven't been able to see someone taking advantage of a weaker side, my reaction was almost instinctive, and if it was the other way around with you taking advantage of them the situation would be the same. I just don't tolerate injustices like that happening in front of me."He vented and right after he changed the subject asking.

"Can you yell me a little about the Balta family? I still don't fully know their affairs. "

The dwarf looked at him as if he were a person from another world. "Well, since it's going to be like that maybe I can tell you about them. The Baltas are from a noble family of the Melkor Empire, they are part of Duke Arthur's family. The owner of these lands on the borders, he was a very powerful warrior above level 60 and fought in the army during the wars against the demons - without wanting to offend - and defended the country's borders, so he was honored by the Emperor and received the title of Count Balta, possessing much prestige within the army and society. However, his family uses the power behind his name to subdue the weak and get everything they want. His actions ... "