Chapter 355: The Mothers
There were no trees nor bushes in a ten-meter radius around the Blood Fang village. Countless beasts could climb the ashen trees. Many of them would have used the branches as a perch to leap over the walls if the trees were any closer. The walls themselves were made of tall logs that stretched over ten paces high. Wooden spikes decorated the base of the walls, discouraging any fauna from trying to clamber up.
In the past, Stryg thought the walls intimidating, a warning to any who dare attack the Blood Fangs. But now, after living in the City of Shades, surrounded by the towering ebon walls, the village’s defenses seemed… small.
Stryg and his companions stared at the village from the bushes at the edge of the clearing. There was only one gatehouse on this side of the village. A narrow parapet had been built on top of the gatehouse where three hunters stood watch.
“It will be hard getting inside unnoticed,” Third Mother muttered deep in thought.
“You’re a Mother, surely they will concede to whatever you demand of them,” Stryg said.
Third shook her head, “My sway over them is not as strong as you think. I didn’t raise those three hunters, they were already grown when I took my oaths to the Mother Moon.”
“Even still, the word of a Mother is not to be trifled with—”
“This isn’t some random task. I am asking the hunters to risk the safety of our tribe. I am not First Mother, my voice does not carry the same commanding weight. If it was just you, I could probably get you across the walls without raising too much of a fuss. But with your two… companions? The hunters will surely ask me why I’m bringing them into our home.”
“Then we just force our way in,” Tauri said.