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Chapter 59 –Join me?

I anticipated almost every move it made. Unbelievable fast it was coming for beastmen, I assumed, so I run behind them. To my surprise, at the last moment it’s direction changed as if feeling me and altering its trajectory in a circular manner. Time was in slow motion, I turned my body to left gradually to keep up with menace that was moving around us. After a full circle, it went for a second one.

Sheila and Anja were horrified as they could sense monster’s speed and body structure better than me because of their magic. Anja screamed...

[Anja]: It’s flying...

Hearing her, I shouted out at Ricat and Ashod to “get down!!!”... Ricat was already down to ground but Ashod was not perceiving what was happening as it didn’t take few seconds for everything to happen. Most hadn’t fully understood situation when Gorn flew out of behind tree towards Ashod and Ricat who were seperated from rest with a few meters distance.

I do not think that Ashod felt any pain. “Did he even felt anything at all?”

Gorn was in his wyrm form, not a full grown dragon yet but still dangerous as is. He chopped of Ashod’s head in one go while flying over him. Ashod’s body was still up standing while Gorn did a forceful landing on ground on all four. It was chewing Ashod’s head like a normal person would eat a normal size meatball.

Blood squirting out of it’s neck, Ashod’s body fell down. It was the moment, when everyone felt reality of situation in which we all were. Male beastman threw his large axe at Gorn with incredible force, which Gorn in return just used his left wing to smack axe into woods as though it was a toy.

Fear. It was the only thing that was spreading around while Gorn was munching and gobbling up Ashod’s head. Nobody moved out of fear. Beastmen were astounded too. It was not a mature wyrm yet, but Gorn was standing in such a way that as if he was the ruler of all and we were in its mercy. Not mercy, more like part of menu.

I took initiative and attacked it. Gorn tried to block Ulfberht by using its wing again. I scratched it on purpose. Second blow was misdirected to not harm him too. It took off in a moment and flew away. I looked back at Ricat, trembling in fear while lying on ground his hands covering his head.

[Azim]: Wow! S’out ye a’r m’rkant!

[Me]: Ricat stand up! Hey beastmen introduce yourselves!

[-]: I’m Baran of direwolf tribe. Thank you for saving us.

[Me]: Did you attack us on purpose?

[-]: We were not aware of your existence until we met you few hours back. Some of our tribesmen were brutally killed in the last few days and upon sawing you, we thought that you are perpetrators.

Female direwolf’s voice was so sweet in comparison to her rough build. My mind swifted away for a moment.

[Me]: Who are you?

[-]: I’m Kiara. This is my brother Dylan. Baran introduced himself earlier.

[Dylan]: What brings you to our lands?

[Me]: We want to take a tree with us. Iron Tree.

[Dylan]: The ones with green leaves all year around?

[Me]: Yes!

[Dylan]: Normally, when humans come after those trees most of them die before getting one tree with them but this time we will make an exception because of your help.

[Me]: Thank you! Be careful though, that wyrm is not a proper dragon yet...

[Ricat]: I-I-I-It i-i-i-is tru den...

[Me]: Ricat are you imitating Azim?

Everyone had a laugh after my words...

[Me]: It is gone, do not worry...

[Ricat]: Dragon... It really exists...

We shared our meals with direwolf tribe members. Dylan and Kiara were offsprings of tribe elder. They assured us that we will not be attacked as much as we do not left their area.

I talked to Ricat for a while in private. Ashod was really Halim’s right hand man. Ricat did not know why they needed Iron Tree, so I explained to him everything in detail. I did not tell him that I was from future just told him that Iron Tree is used only when a new tribe elder is chosen.

Gorn was a useless monster who knew one thing – to kill. Ashod had to be gotten rid of, Gorn did a big favor to me by killing him in front of many eyewitnesses.

[Me]: I think Halim wants to assimilate Kali tribe values to Kingdom of Kali’s rulership. Most probably he will use tree to decorate a new throne...

[Ricat]: Why would he do that? Why a new throne?

[Me]: A new king who gets a new throne, as in Kali tribe...

My words made sense but was too much of a shock to him after everything had happened. Ricat was a useless person, but a useful figure can be made out of him. Especially if right moves were made he could replace Ashod. Actually he was best possible candidate after bringing Iron Tree to Halim.

Next day we reached and retrieved an Iron Tree. Magic was used to carry it, though branches were cut off to make sure that only big stem part was taken with us. During our travel back to Mehn, I began to talk to Ricat and try to recruit him without him knowing what was going to happen. Daily I was implanting ideas into his mind, I was manipulating him by using fear...

[Me]: Ricat do not tell me that you thought Demon Lord Kimbra would lie about dragon?

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[Me]: You got a kid don’t you?

[Me]: Oh, more than one! God bless them, so how are you going to protect them when a full attack is made?

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[Me]: What I know about dragon? Nothing much, same as most. But I’m worried.. Worried for humanity, and I’m not going to stand by to wait until threat knocks on my door.

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[Me]: Do you want to be part of resistance?

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[Me]: Resistance is going to be made up of people like you and me who are going to protect our homes, families and country when time comes!

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[Me]: Are you sure you want to join me?

Next: Chapter 60 - The Guard