598 DXCVIII. The Rebelliousness (1/2)
”Will it really end like this? Was it enough for a single Xis to end the life of such a great and powerful warrior? That means... for us human beings... there is no longer any hope of breaking the chains... to free us from slavery” Reidar commented, who was still on his knees and looked at the palm of his hands, as if questioning his very existence, wondering why he was still allowed to live.
”What are you doing here impaled?! Do you really want to watch him die without doing anything?! I can't let Dag get killed without even trying to save him! Come on, cowards! Let's help him!” Freydis yelled, who with tears in her eyes, after uttering those words, pulled out her spear from behind her back and began running towards the center of the square.
Kranus and Bloodfang try to stop her, but the Shieldmaiden nimbly escaped their hands, managing to wriggle out and keep running to achieve her goal.
A dozen warriors behind her, managing to understand her sense of despair and inferiority, shared those feelings with her and charged in the same direction with their weapons clenched in their hands.
”Stop! It's suicide! Freydis, stop! Bloodfang, order your men to go back!” Kranus yelled, turning to Thyrius after noticing that those ten soldiers were all Claws Of Fenrir.
Bloodfang looked at Freydis, then looked at Reidar, still standing on the ground.
”My men are free to die the way they like, I will not stop them” Bloodfang said, who immediately after speaking, dropped the stick.
Under the astonished eyes of the ice mage and his two generals, Bloodfang turned into a Werewolf, covering himself in black fur and sharpening his jaws and claws, growing in height and musculature, despite his injuries.
”Before today, I've never seen the reality of things. Our life is not this city, Kranus. It's not the castle, it's not a roof over the head, it's not good food. No, we're so much more than that, and that kid's sacrificing his body to make us understand... our soul, Kranus. That's what we need to save. If I stay here and watch the end of who brought reality to light, I'll just be an accomplice to that bastard who's about to kill him and my life won't make any sense” Thyrius continued, resting one of his huge bestial hands on Kranus' shoulder.
As soon as he finished talking, without even giving his interlocutor time to answer, Bloodfang followed his men and Freydis, running on all fours and roaring like a fierce beast.
When they saw their Packmaster and some of their comrades running on the attack, all the soldiers of the Claws Of Fenrir, except for someone less confident, dashed in unison, screaming and transforming.
”Commander!” Kron exclaimed, returning Kranus to reality, noting that he was so afraid that he could not make a decision for his army.
”It's... it's too dangerous! I can't put your lives in danger in this stupid way! If we all die, we will leave Tungvek and all its inhabitants without an army capable of protecting them! Are you really sure that you want to abandon your wives and children to this sad fate?!” Kranus shouted, addressing his generals and men violently, as if hoping that everyone would agree on him, fearing to sacrifice his life in vain.
No one answered and most of the soldiers retreated in fear, fearing that their commander would give them orders to attack, being their defeat already written.