“My king, we present to you. The traitor general.”
Kerruf says, full of pride, while raising his head as he moves with his steed in front of the carriage where the royal was.
Behind him were several soldiers, dragging Asron.
They chained the drogan warrior’s leg, body, and arms. A metallic platform held his neck and hands, restraining him.
His face swelled, bruised, and still bleeding from all the hits he had taken a while ago. As the troops wanted to ensure that they weakened him enough.
Duseous peeked from the curtains, and upon seeing that they beat the warrior up, he could get out with a smug smile on him.
Asron could barely stand. They forced his knees to bend down, causing him to stumble on the ground.
“He doesn’t look much like a hero now.”
<Chris was still gasping for air as he stood at the highest tree that was there. Looking from that point of view, he was certain that they had taken Asron, if they had not killed him yet. He was too late to save him, causing his whole body to tremble with rage.“Do not worry, little one. I can assure you, he’s all right.”Cushar was sitting on a nearby branch, grabbing on to it to avoid falling. The fellow has been trying to make him calm down from the start of the siege.“I couldn’t see properly because of the fire and smoke. Maybe I should have tried another method.”Chris was now regretting releasing the beast unto the army, since he had considered it a trump card in case of something drastic happening. But after seeing how much damage was being done to the forest, with the possibility of breaking the wall, and being attacked, he panicked.“What’s done is done. We have succeeded in driving them off, so you should probably take some rest. You’ve spent a lot of energy taming those bea
“If it isn’t our prominent leader, Asron! So what you do to get on the king’s bad side?”Groshian nudges his steed to shift closer at the beaten up warrior.The known hero was nothing like his former self. He looked weak to them, being full of bruises and hanging on a cage.It irritated him to see the person who they considered stronger than him being that way, when before there was not a single fighter who would dare face the guy.“There he goes again.”Hucar sighed as he shakes his head, watching their companion banter.As the royal army surrounded the king’s carriage, they left the three of them at the very end of the line to keep watch of the prisoner, allowing them their comrade to do as he pleases.“Why the hell did you have to marry off in some run down village, anyway? You could have been more than this!”Groshian continued, gritting his teeth as he received no answer.Irritated from being ignored, he started punching the cage, trying to get their prisoner to stare at him.Tha
Chris shivered as he bit his fingernails while watching how the beasts that he had recently gained were being taken down like that.Even the elder earth wyrm was instantly knocked out, considering its gigantic size. He’d expect to at least have time to get Asron out of there during the entire commotion, but after seeing how they could handle them. It made him wary of the guards’ capabilities since they could truly rival Asron.“You understand now? The royal army isn’t just for show, their very formidable. Unless you will find people of that same caliber, you won’t stand a chance against the royals, even with that power of yours.”Rombus took in a deep breath.The fellow had followed him there along with the others after he insisted he wanted to see things for himself.“I know.”Was all Chris could say as he had his hopes up.Though he failed, he could now gauge the strength of the said group and their fighting capabilities to decide.After observing how they had taken down his trump c
The power of the matriarch was comparable to a creation and controlling ability. If he would meet certain requirements, then the possibility of the skill working would increase.Though he was not that verse in warfare, there was one factor that he learned from his old world, as he had always enjoyed playing games and reading.First was to set up a secured camp, with the place that Asron chose for them and how the forest wall mange to hold up. He instantly scratched that out on his list.The thing he needed to do now was increase the safety and security of the area, and since everyone was busy doing their work, no one notice when he traveled back to the location of the battle to get a better view of the surrounding.With the help of the elder wyrms, he had them dig trenches all around the territory of the region. He had it connected to a river that he located a few miles away, adding to the defense. He also gave rise to more flora there which created another layer of forest in the plac
The loud snap of metal rattled through the air as another sword shattered in two. Cheers and holler from the youngsters that were gathered there followed it.“Damn Cortus, that’s the second one you broke.”A young drogan about the same age as him whined, seeing that the warrior had broken his weapons.“Seems those are not as sturdy as mine.”Cortus started waving and twirling to show off his skills, boasting that impressive and unscathed spear of his. For the most of their training, hunting and battle, the object never dulled or chipped.Out of all the weapons there, he was now considered something that of a legendary item because of its unique properties.“Where you get that, anyway? I bet we’d be as good as you if we had the same thing.”Another youth blurted out, getting annoyed at how the fellow was boasting.“You certain about that?”Cortus arched a brow.“You bet you!”One more state.As the craftsmanship was unknown to them, it had this sense of magic and a mystery to them, see
“Those are quite the weapons they have there.”A voice greeted upon sitting next to him on the grassy hill, watching the young drogans go at it with each other with all their might.Of course, Cortus was kicking the ass off everybody else, using the broadsword as a shield to defend, and it created frightening attacks that shattered the earth. He kept breaking the ground and then throwing chunks of it at the others.But thanks to their own items, the youngsters made full use of their own skills and equipment, matching those monstrous assaults.“Cushar, I didn’t notice you there.”Chris chuckled seeing the wizard beside him. They hadn’t been talking for the past days, as he asks for the fellows opinion, causing him to become busy making sure that the plants that he made were safe.“You have quite the talent there, little one.”The mage gestures at the things that were being carried by the young soldiers as they waved them with pride.“Thank you.”He felt a bit embarrassed, as the ones t
The flora started moving about within the far side of the forest as shadows began entering one by one. Though the roots and branches were quick create a barrier, some could still make it through, which cause a ton of other carnivorous once to react to it.“What the hell happened to this place?”“How should I know? Just keep running!”Hooded people slashed their way as they ran at full speed, avoiding and cutting through the plants.Roars followed the group as more figures came crashing into the land, rushing, drooling, and munching on any moving things around them.In minutes, whispers lingered throughout the woods as they try to reach the recesses of the one who controlled them.“What is it, Chris?”Cortus pauses their practice when he noticed how his friend was looking at the surroundings, turning silent for a moment, even though they were chatting a while ago.“Something’s coming.”Was all he could say, unable to diverge the message all around him. It was like each of them wanted t
Cushar and Chris helped when the others arrived, seeing as there were still a lot of those things that had gotten through the tree wall.They swarmed the place, numbering to almost a thousand, and looking at the enormous swarm caused them to step in and fight alongside their companions.After the entire ordeal, the cloaked grouped turned to them with a furrow.“Why is a child here?”Was the first thing that the warriors spouted the moment they appeared before them.“Chris, you weren’t supposed to be here.”Barlan’s eyes grew wide when he saw them. He ended up wiping his face in frustration at seeing them there.“If we were not here, those things would probably have eaten your friends there.”Cushar defended, pointing at the men who survived because of the defensive shrubs that were created around them, not to mention all the large roots and spikes that gave protection to the others.Because of their efforts, there weren’t any casualty, though much of the area was damaged because the m