443 CDXLIII. The Huge Building (1/2)

”However, he has never been interested in the issues that affect us. When there were wars between Clans, he was not present, as well as when there was the siege on your part. Only we warriors have come to the aid of the innocent people that your soldiers have slaughtered, ripping down their bodies and depriving them of their entrails. Remember, Kranus... as you will never forget what happened to your son, the images of those dead bodies on the beach will forever haunt my soul” Dag said, stressing that he was not willing to forget the past.

”My warriors have only executed my own order. I wanted at all costs to take possession of the Crystal of Fire, which paradoxically, right now is here, next to me, in the hands of someone else. Maybe it's how you say... perhaps my son had to die that day so that we could meet and make this speech.”

”Yes, I am convinced that it's the truth. He was a great warrior, he fought to the last moment, putting me in the grip of his powerful magic, which I imagine he inherited from his father...”

Kranus, after that statement, smiled a little, remembering his son's face fondly and looking again at Dag, who was more or less his peer.

”Captain, we're arrived” Reidar interrupted from behind, advising Dag to keep his eyes open, being about 200 meters from Tungvek's main entrance.

Once in front of the huge stone gates, the six guards, different from the day before, saw their Clan leader arrive along with three totally unknown guys and made a confused expression, not knowing how to behave.

”Open the gates now, I and these men must talk about business” Kranus said, who was not obliged to give them any kind of explanation, being the leader who commanded the civilians and soldiers of the Clan as he pleased.

”Of course, sir! Open the door, Commander Kranus urgently needs to enter the city!” one of the guards yelled, looking back, toward the big doors.

The confusion of Tungvek's soldiers increased further when they noticed that both the two Jotunns who had left in the morning with Kranus and their rhinos had not returned to the city, but without asking any kind of question, knowing the irascible character of the ice wizard, they let everyone pass, overcoming the doors undisturbed before they closed.

By the morning, the whole city was in the street and hundreds of civilians stopped to watch the unknown warriors walking next to Kranus, immediately realizing they were not enemies.

Dag, riding his run-down horse, rode next to Kranus, while the Egill and Reidar closed the line.

They passed through the main road of the city, which from the entrance, climbed slightly upwards, leading up to a huge palace, of which only the tips more than 30 meters high were visible, which also sprouted outside the walls, in contrast to the grayish sky.