Chapter 710: Not Yet Welcomed
As the army of the hero knocked on the gates of Eclanor, the citizens within were rattled to their core. Blind they may have been, but even they knew that something was going on. The king and queen had made no announcement about an army coming to their doors as of yet and even the guards at the gates were somewhat confused by what was happening. A handful knew about their arrival, including spies and everyone else who was involved in the hero’s last interaction within the kingdom. As for the rest, they were struck with fear for an army whose footsteps had forged a path through the desert, was waiting behind a flimsy pair of iron doors.
And that was the very effect that Raven had wished to have on these commoners. Fear, he wanted them to fear him more than they feared the horrors, for if they fed the monsters beyond the brambles with their emotions, this war would get worse and worse. Thus, with his army and the citizens of Eclanor feeling the weight of his dark aura on their shoulders, the general dismounted his armored horror made of darkflesh.
Walking to the head of the narrow tip of the holy order, he placed a hand on Erika’s shoulders and threw the wolf scarf of his coat behind his shoulders.
"The three shepards," though his hand rested on Erika’s body, his eyes turned to the shepherds on his right. "Why don’t you three knock on the neighbor’s door and find out why we shouldn’t tear down these doors?"
Pressing his lips shut, Raven tried to mask his annoyance. He knew far too well that this was just another way that the giants were being petty towards him and his army. But no longer did he wish to tolerate such insults, not with that coat around his collar and the weight of the past heroes fluttering by his shoulders.
"As you say, general." With a bow, the three shepards, two men and a woman, made their way to the gates.
They knocked on the main gates first but when a soldier came out from a much smaller entrance, the three went inside to have a talk straight with the royals about this foolish act of defiance that served no one.
In the meantime, Raven could hear Regalia marching towards him from behind. Huffing and puffing the already upset demi-wolf tried to go right for the gates with an absurd amount of mana gathered in her hand. However, held back by a pair of dark flesh arms, she was dragged back beside Raven.
"WHY?!" She screamed, and to her surprise Raven looked at her with sheer rage reflected within his eyes.
"What example are you trying to set? If you do something stupid the rest will do the same eventually!" As much as he tried to hold back from yelling at her, when the lives of three thousand and a half women were placed in his hands, he could not remain lenient, not even towards one of his girls.