Ph-, Tanya.
I called out to Philes out of habit when I placed my hand down. My healed throat didnt bring back my forr vassal. I hesitated for a mont before calling for Tanya, instead.
Your Majesty
Tanya entered my tent, and then hesitated after looking at . I turned around, Lets head out now. Wear so more clothes and bring ice picks. Oh, right, bring enough rope, too.
Did you want to climb the mountain, Your Majesty? asked Tanya. She paused for a mont before continuing, That is not a wise decision, Your Majesty. You have just returned and have not yet had a good rest. Further, it is extrely dangerous to climb the snowy mountains at night. I am strongly against climbing the snowy mountains at this ti.
Uhm, I know. Thats why Im bringing you along, Tanya. Itll be just you and two others. I l replied. Then, I pressed my hand on her shoulder. Tone solemn, I said, I want to go to the top of the mountain now. I must go, Tanya.
She gave a nod, All right, then, Your Majesty. However, you must promise that you will obey on the mountain. You must follow my steps, and we must stop imdiately if you feel unwell or weak. You must not force yourself.
I nodded Uhm, got it.
I then stood up. Tanya made a small bow, then turned to go and prepare the things we needed for our trip in the night.
I felt as though a pair of eyes were trained on from behind. I turned my head around and saw a pair of crescent moon eyes looking at . Ling Yue wagged her tail. She looked at with an odd look and asked, Are you heading out?
I nodded, Yeah, Ill be going out for a bit. I should be back by around noon. Continuing sleeping, Ling Yue. You dont need to worry about . I have Tanya with , and Im not stupid enough to go and try to challenge the enemies all alone, so you dont need to worry.
No Im very worried for you right now Ling Yue sat up and looked at . She elaborated, If you were like others, crying and shouting as I did, felt so enraged you want to imdiately kill the anthropoids, then I would feel that youre normal However however right now youre acting as if nothing happened. That really scares
I grinned. I walked up to the edge of the bed I responded, Theres no point in crying and carrying on here right now. Many of those I care about have left . Ive cried next to them before and suffered in anguish before. I always wanted to avoid that happening, but I failed. I helplessly watched Philes leave . I cant stop death. I couldnt save them.
I stood up. Tanyas footsteps ca from outside. I grabbed my thick cloak by the side and added, But I, at least, have the ability and desire to avenge them. I cant bring them back to life, but I can, at the very least, prevent myself from feeling powerless to do anything. Im now going to avenge Philes.
Ling Yue looked at and hastily exclaid, Its impossible for you to defeat that horde of anthropoids! There are too many of them. All of them have gathered there. How are you going to get your revenge?!! You cant avenge him by taking a stroll at night. Why do you have to go out at night?
No. I can. I replied. I turned my head back around with a smile and elaborated, I can get my revenge by strolling at night. Ling Yue, you dont need to worry about it. I told you that I want revenge, so I will definitely get it. My Philes is dead, so they better prepare to die. I might not be able to take them all on alone or kill enemies coming at from all sides, but I have a desire to kill them, and Ill see that its done. I swear it.
Ling Yue looked at . Her lips trembled, but I didnt speak. Tanya pulled the curtain to the tent open and ignored Ling Yue behind . She bowed, Your Majesty, the things you need are ready. Let us go now. Which mountain did you want to climb?
Climbing a mountain isnt fun. It mightve been exhilarating and provided a sense of accomplishnt if we werent climbing the mountain with the anthropoids around and in the middle of the night. The mountain wasnt comprised of just snow. There were also layers of ice. When we stabbed the ice picks in, the ice virtually swallowed our picks. It was almost impossible to pull them out. I did ntion that the mountains were virtually impossible to climb. Tanya tried to search for a viable path up at the start but she soon gave up, and opted to scale the mountain with ice picks.
We finally found a path that we could walk on after climbing half way up. We followed Tanya along the steep mountain. We had very little space to place our feet. Therefore, if we slipped just marginally, wed fall without crashing into anything on the way down.
We also ended up circling around to the spot overhead of the anthropoids gathering spot. What I first thought to be the sound of the wind was actually the sounds of the breathing of the anthropoids below. We werent at the peak of the mountain, but it was rare to find flat spot half way up the mountain. It was as if sobody sliced off a section of the mountain to create the flat zone.
I waved my hand and tugged Tanya in front of . We then ducked down on the vacant space. The four of us lay there on the snow without speaking, for there were anthropoids below us. If they heard us, none of us would be able to escape with our lives.
I looked at the two next to . They squinted and looked at the mountain opposite our position. With the moon behind the mountain, we virtually couldnt see anything. We only managed to see a few caves of varying sizes that looked darker than the rest. The two of them took out pen and paper and waited for daybreak.
We lay on the snow, yet I didnt feel cold. The two of them concentrated on the mountain opposite our position, while I focused on the anthropoids below us.
The anthropoids below killed my Philes. I couldnt save him. I couldnt fight side by side with him on the frontlines. I helplessly watched him die. All I could now give him was glory and honour.
I dont regret it
Those were Philes last words.
I didnt make my subordinate, who was loyal to , regret his decision, and I didnt let my n feel ashad.
I, therefore, needed to pull myself together. I had to prove to myself that I didnt let my loyal n down with my actions. I couldnt let their sacrifice be in vain. Yes, I couldnt bring my Philes back even if I killed all of the anthropoids below, but that has nothing to do with being unable to kill them.
I wasnt doing this to revive Philes. I was doing it to massacre them. I just wanted to murder them.
It wont be cold for much longer, because Ill lt this ice with the blood of those below!
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