159 The Foundations of Iron (2/2)
”Wh-What happened last time? I remember screaming and then my vision went bla ...”
THUD
His unconscious body fell once more inside the metal trolley, as she did not even care about the reactions of the bystanders. She had already experienced how acute the scream of that ranger could be, she did not want to suffer again. Activating the lever near it, the soft slope turned quickly into a vertiginous descent.
Fortunately, he was firmly held by the leather strangles, otherwise, the dwarf would have truly flown out of the wagon. It was continuous fall at an angle near 60°, as they began to gain too much speed. If she didn't felt the pressure of the air, she was certain that it was quick enough to make most weaklings pass out. Conveniently, it was also an extremely quick way of moving, as they arrived at their destination mere minutes after getting inside the metallic cart.
Awakening her guide, she could see saliva all over his beard. Even if was not in danger of flying away, the travel still shook him a lot. But in his muddled state, he did not care at all about that, as he was too busy trying to not throw up. Not managing to do that, she only glanced at the ten or so rifles that were pointed her. Funny that he was so busy throwing up that he did not even notice that.
”Take this.” A tentacle began to leave her body, carrying a letter on it. Of course, she did not expect the dwarves here to believe her when she would say that she was here to help them. No one would believe her, except a few morons. So, with the help of the Royal Engineer, she got that letter, with the seal of the king on it. But instead of picking it up, the dwarves only took a few steps back, still aiming at her.
”Frightened by this? Really?” Moving her tentacle left and right, she suppressed the small annoyance that was beginning to appear. Fortunately, one warrior either braver or dumber than the rest approached slowly, still in guard. Snatching the letter at the speed of the light, he noticed the easily recognizable seal on it. Stunned by that, his eyes looked at the letter, then at Leilade, then at the letter again.
”Give me that!” Grabbing it from the hand of the baffled rifleman, a dwarf with a heavier armor began to read it. Since she had already seen this outfit when she spoke to the uncle of Glini, she knew what it meant. Soon enough, the one in charge of that place glanced at her with dubious eyes, not really convinced. But if what was written in this letter true, that would mean the entire kingdom will rejoice.
”So, you claim you can exterminate a threat that plagued our people for thousands of years? Just like that? And why should we believe ...” Seeing her raise her hand, he stopped, only to realize that he had followed her orders. Angered by that, he was beginning to shout when he saw the very pale ranger with his dirty beard speaking.
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”Sh-she had killed a wy-wyvern.” ”DON'T YOU DA... A WYVERN?” With the letter in his hand and a ranger vouching for her, he felt that his view of the world was changing. Since when they were working with the undead? He knew that where he currently was oftenly received the news too late, but that was still something that he should now. So why he didn't know it?
”Fine. Follow me.” With that, those that pointed their rifles on her began to lower their weapons, while scratching their heads. They were surprised too, and a few were even smiling as it could be the end of them being here. Clearly, the fact that no undead had ever attacked the dwarves made them far more agreeable to the idea of Leilade helping them. And to surprise her a bit, she noticed that the dwarves were not alone this time.
”Nyeh, Nyah, Nyeh, Nyah.” Large ratmen in armors were training nearby, attacking in perfect order. Compared to the dwarves and their own kin, those monsters were even taller than humans. Seeing the soul starring at them, the commandant felt that he had to inform her of everything since she could be her best shot at finally ending this war.
”Those bad-looking fellows. I guess the dwarves of that time would have been baffled to see us fighting side by side for survival. The truth is, both them and the spiders came from the West, beyond the vast plains of the orcs. Fleeing that continent still in war after being defeated, they didn't expect their old enemies to follow them even there.”
Pushing the door to his room, he did not stop speaking. ”Truthfully, our ancestors were extremely weird to shelter those ratmen. I mean, look at their faces, there is nothing good on it. And they also brought upon us those spiders, the one that lives inside the Foundations of Iron. But in reality, if they hadn't warned us about that threat, we would have probably been overrun by those eight-legged monsters. After all, what can a spider do? More than they expected.”