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Ren and Elfman went next door to the inn where the Rune Knights had secured lodging for them. When they entered the temporary office the mayor had set up, he greeted them with a warmth that was almost frantic.
"Mr. Ren, you're awake! Thank goodness!" Mayor Cost rushed over, his eyes red-rimmed but shining with tears of pure gratitude. "Thanks to you and Mr. Elfman last night... my town, my life... I would have been killed."
The mayor was deeply, profoundly grateful to Ren. He had witnessed the entire battle from a "safe" distance, watching in abject terror. The Rune Knights of the Magic Council, who had looked so formidable and professional, were wiped out in minutes by the Phantom Bandit Gang. They had been completely unreliable.
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