1362 The Yoked (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
The wind swept past, yellow sand drifted in the air. The dust limited the vision of the soldiers.
In the distant sandstorm, a human figure slowly appeared on the yellow land. It was approaching the fortress one step at a time!
Clank! Clank!
The sound of metal hitting the ground came to them. It was oddly piercing.
The soldiers had never seen anything like it. They continued to stare intently...
”Are those chains on its back?” a soldier on the watchtower blurted out in astonishment.
It looked like a homeless refugee in ragged clothes, covered in filthy stains. It had a bulky build; its skin was like a dead tree, wilted and lifeless. It was leashed by chains as thick as an adult human's wrist, wrapped around it twice.
The creature was obviously hauling a great weight. Every step it took would leave a deep footprint on the yellow sand. Its body was covered in bulging veins!
The soldiers of Northguard Fortress were dumbfounded.
What the hell was that? It looked like a human, and despite its muscular build, it seemed to be bent over by fatigue. The great effort it was putting in just to move forward, and the hatred and grudge it was bearing...
Was it really so much of a threat that the fortress had to be placed on red alert?
A similar figure walked out from the sandstorm as the soldiers were all confused.
The second figure was following the same line as the first creature, also hauling a chain. Other figures were visible when the dust was blown away by the wind!
As the sandstorm in the distance slowly faded away, more bulky figures bound in chains showed up. They moved forward at the same time, and every time they took a huge step forward, they would let out a deep groan, as if they were using all their strength!
The creatures kept repeating the same actions, moving forward with great effort, slowly drawing closer to the Northguard Fortress. To everyone's astonishment, the numbers of these bulky figures with ragged clothes and skin like a tree was a lot higher than they had imagined. Most importantly, they were all yoked to chains!
The chains were stiff and straight; they were all dragging something behind them! The spectacular sight of thousands of these bulky creatures dragging something so heavy behind them was terrifying!
They finally saw something being dragged out of the faint yellow line on the horizon. It had a bloated, ugly face; its mouth was as wide as its face, and its unusually large eyes were poking out. It did not have eye sockets...
It was shockingly massive, like a mountain of flesh filled with lumps, and the lumps had holes, too! The chains were tied to the lumps, allowing the muscular creatures to drag it along the ground.