Chapter 109 Echo (Part 2)
However, in the duel, the Osha Clan lost to the insidious ans there were used by the Tribian Clan, not only that but in the end, even their Patriarch was killed and the Clan ended up being exiled to the Endless Cape. Silver Moon, the daughter of the forr Patriarch now known as Echo, because of her outstanding appearance was sold as a slave by the slavers to a businessman from the Port of Clearwater.
Iron Axe with his identity as a mixed blood, despite being an adopted mber of Sandpeople was not a real mber of the Osha Clan. And therefore he hadn’t been sentenced into exile. But because of his strong combat abilities, the other clans took a liking to him and wanted to recruit him to their side. Yet Iron Axe who had over years received a type familial care from the old Patriarch coupled with the hope of saving Echo, did not hesitate to reject the offers of the other Clans. After a long and a difficult journey, he finally arrived at his goal, the Port of Clearwater. But he never got to know that at this ti, Echo had already been sold to the King of Graycastle.
However, in the end the latter was rescued by a witch, who’d belonged to the Witch Cooperation Association; while the other disheartenedly moved to the West border of the Kingdom of Graycastle. Yet today, these two people unexpectedly et once again in Border Town.
“Then what are your plans for the future,” Roland asked after pondering for a mont about what he had heard just now, “Do you want to return to the South, take Echo with you and revive the Osha Clan?”
“No, Your Highness!” Iron Axe went down on one knee, “I have already sworn to the Three Gods, that for the rest of my life I will always work for you... I was just... I was just too excited to see Silver Moon again. I couldn’t control my emotions, please punish !”
“What about you?” The Prince asked Echo. “Do you want to avenge your people?”
Being asked this question, Echo also knelt down before Roland, “When I awakened to my witch powers, I truly had the thoughts of seeking revenge. But today I no longer harbor such feelings.” She bit on her lip and weakly asked, “Please allow to stay here... I don’t have anywhere else I can go.”
“I understand. Please, stand up,” Roland said quietly, “You don’t need to act in this manner, don’t worry I won’t banish you.” He paused for a mont, then said strongly, “In fact, letting you achieve your revenge also isn’t impossible.”
“What?” Iron Axe exclaid in shock, he was unable to believe his own ears. Echo, however, didn’t show much of reaction, after all, she had already let go of her hope of ever going back to Ironsand City.
“Of course, right now I’m unable to achieve it.” Roland waved his hand dismissively. He didn’t think of this idea on a whim. During Iron Axe descriptions of the Extre South, he had heard so very interesting things – that this piece of land was hot and dry and that the environnt had many strange things to offer. Especially the orange flas coming out of the ground that had burned for decades without going out. The orange fire was often tis burning above a huge pit. And at the bottom of the pit, soone could see the black Styx flowing endlessly.
Orange fire, black Styx, were both words worth ntioning. When Roland listened to this description, one question imdiately popped up in his mind, wasn’t he talking about oil? Even more, open-flowing oil! How important this black liquid was to the industry’s developnt no one really had to ask. After all, more than half of modern warfare was because of the need for Oil. The rise and fall of the oil prices could even affect the rise and fall of a number of countries, and even change the patterns of the world. If he could sohow get control over the people in the south, he could maybe get a stable source of oil.
However, for now, Roland did not have the ti to think about disputes happening in a faraway area, which was out of his control. So without any better option, he had to postpone the show “since in ancient tis” to a later day.
“When I get hold of the throne, I will try to get justice for you.” Roland went in front of the kneeling Iron Axe, “But today you violated the discipline of the First Army. From now on you are sentenced to two days of confinent, during these two days, you will reflect on your wrong doings.”
“Yes, Your Highness,” Iron Axe returned excitedly.
“Then let us continue the training,” said Roland to the Knight, “and you will also be responsible for the next march.”
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Bryan thought that today’s training had already co to its end, but everyone was still sitting on their place in the driving range, no one dared to disperse on their own.
After all, before Carter left with the Prince, he gave them the order to rest where they were, but not to dissolve.
What should he do, if he had to wait until the ti of his patrol, he didn’t want to imagine such a scenario.
“Sir Knight, you said that Captain Iron Axe won’t co back?” asked Nail, who was in the sa group as Brian himself, “His unexpected action just now nearly gave a heart attack.”
“How many tis have I told you already, you shouldn’t call Sir,” Brian corrected him again, “In the First Army, you should call group leader.” After he was knighted by His Highness, his rank within the army had beco a lot of higher. It even ca to the point that other people didn’t dare to talk to him, except for Nails – the little man worked as a miner before he joined the Army. He was the only one who would often co to him to talk. According to Nails story’s, don’t ntion that he dared to talk with a knight, he even said that he’d had close conversations with His Highness.
“This kind of thing... His Royal Highness won’t bla him too excessively, right?” Although he gave him a reassuring answer, but the wariness in his heart didn’t want to quell down. Once he had seen a civilian who accidentally collided with the occupants of a carriage and afterwards got stabbed to death by the guards on the spot, such a tragedy.
Even so, Iron Axe ca from another country, it was still very daring to kneel in front of another woman when His Highness stood directly beside him. Even calling her “Patriarch”, adding all this together was a big break of etiquette.
“I guess that will be the case,” nodded Nail. “I’ve spoken to His Royal Highness personally, he isn’t like the other nobles, uh...” He scratched his head and seed to try to find the right words. “Even though they almost look the sa as him, they act totally different.”
Brian also didn’t want Iron Axe to be punished too hard. After more than one month of collective training, he already felt a deep sense of admiration for this foreigner. Especially when he taught them how to build a tent for the case in which they happen to be stranded in the wild. They all benefitted from the superb skills he patiently taught to them. In the eyes of the Knight, Iron Axe was even more suited to be the Commander of the First Army than Carter was.
“They’re back!” Nail brushed against Brian’s arm, “Hey, I can’t detect Iron Axe within their group.”
No, it was ti to stop his imagination from running wild, Carter had already ordered them to line up, according to how they had previously trained. When they were ready, His Highness stepped in front of them and began his speech: “The woman beside is another witch, her na is Echo. She and Iron Axe had been separated before for many years... According to the rules, Iron Axe was sentenced to days of confinent for disrupting the formation and violating the military discipline. No, I will repeat it once more, you all now belong to the regular army, and the most important rule for a mber of this army is to always obey orders and maintain the discipline! Can you understand this?”
“Yes! Your Royal Highness!” Brian like the others shouted his consent. When he had heard that Iron Axe was sentenced to confinent, his heart was finally able to calm down and when he looked in Nails direction, the other one made a wry face.
“During the following training, we will use her ability to simulate a variety of sounds, including musical instrunts like horns and drums. She will play several kinds of marching songs, which will be your command to act! Everyone will move in accordance with the drums, always holding the sa rhythm, keeping the team in one line.” Here, His Royal Highness paused, “On the battlefield, Echo will always stand behind you. You can think of her as the banner of the First Army, and you have to always protect her with everything you have! Now that I’ve finished saying all this... everyone should beco familiar with the next tunes.”
What is a Marching Song? Brian’s head was full of confusion, is it sothing like the music I occasionally hear when I visit a pub? This kind of soft music should be able to motivate you to move forward?
But when he heard the lody coming out of Echo’s mouth, he realized that he had never heard sothing like this before. He almost instantly understood the aning behind His Royal Highness words – the rhythm of the drum directly went into his bones, giving him the desire to move his feet, while at the sa ti the light lody was provoking his desire to fight.
– This so-called marching song, hearing this it would boost everyone on the battlefield, it was a “Battle Hymn” to encourage everyone to keep on unceasingly moving forward.
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