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The Water Mule takes a step to turn and face the other elemental mule when you shout and shake your Gold Hoe. The Water Mule turns its head back toward you just as you strike its rump with your Gold Hoe.
At the affront, the Water Mule utters a bone-rattling bray and then turns around and digs its forehoof into the mountain as it snorts a spray of mist, the Earth Mule forgotten.
You take a step back and then quickly turn around and run up the rocky slope as the Water Mule breaks into a charge. The slope becomes a tumble of boulders and you scramble up the rocks just as the Water Mule snaps its shimmering teeth at your bootheels.
The Water Mule races back and forth, dashing itself against the rocks, but then it turns its head toward a small waterfall pouring down the cliff face. The beast looks up toward the top of the waterfall and then looks at you.
As you hurry to climb up the cliffside, the Water Mule springs toward the waterfall and then begins leaping back and forth upward through the falling water!
Your hand loses its grip and you nearly fall before you find purchase again. The Water Mule brays angrily and snaps at you again as the paths converge and then you feel the steady surface of a flat area and climb up just ahead of the great beast.
Another cliff, this one even steeper and narrower. The waterfall becomes a shallow trickle from halfway up the cliffside. With the Gold Hoe tucked in your belt, you struggle higher and higher until your feet kick and dangle over open air as you cling to the cliff, unable to find a handhold as the Water Mule's rage splashes against your soles.
The Water Mule paces back and forth braying up at you as you cling to the cliff when suddenly a burly man wearing a robe leans over the cliff face.
"Looks like you're in a tough spot."
The man grabs your hand and helps you up onto the narrow ledge. "Don't see many farmers up here. I'm called Shug." He notices the Gold Hoe on your belt and grins. "A rich farmer, eh? In that case, better give me all your gold. Or else..." He raises his fists. "I'll beat you up and take all your gold."
You're loathe to part with your 2119g. The Water Mule paces back and forth and brays when you look down at it again.
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