Chapter Nineteen_How Could They Resist Such A Tantalizing Offer?

During the three years he was in banishment from the Tull Kingdom, Nem was living amongst the Zandu Tribe.

The Zandus were a tribe of people that were specially gifted in magic, and with his herbal skills, Nem felt very much at home with them.

He had heard about them when he was staying at an inn, situated in Leiza, one of the cities bordering the Tull Kingdom.

Some passing merchants had spoken, while celebrating loudly inside the inn, of how one of their people had been cured of a rotting foot disease, by a miraculous tribe.

"The Zandu people are like gods!" The merchants had boasted, while touting the magical prowess of the Zandu Tribe.

Nem had waited until they became giddy with wine, then cautiously approached them to ask for directions to the famed Tribe.

The inebriated merchants had happily spouted off the information he needed.

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Some days later, after careful preparations, Nem set off to the Zandu Tribe, and demanded to see their Chief.