Rebellion of Caribous Kingdom

Aria yawns and gets up to watch the prison. The old mare sees the red mare standing still and relaxes. Aria smiles and comes close to the red mare and watches Ruby in a dream.

When the old mare leaves the prison, Bald arrives at the prison and smiles. "Look like you made it, newbie. I am surprised."

"Yeah. I'm just afraid that the rebellion will come there and save her." Aria giggles. "You don't know how strong she is when she comes to them."

"You don't have to worry. This place is set at the center of this city." Bald laughs. "Plus, no soldiers can come here without our king's permission.

Suddenly, a bell rang over the prison and all of the wardens are running. Bald leads Aria to the gathering place because everytime the bell is ringed, all of the wardens must be presented in the training room.

When they get there, a warden is standing on the stage with two creatures. The warden announces. "Everyone, our wardens were knocked out last night. From what they said, someone came here and disguised one of us. Now, everyone used wear mask stands there." The wardens start splitting two groups. One has a mask and the others don't. Aria is standing with the masked group. The warden on the stage continues. "Now, we will take out the mask one by one." He points to the first one. "You first."

The warden starts taking out the mask one by one. Aria is drawing a magic circle to prepare to escape. Suddenly, the one next to her is shaking, then runs away. Many wardens are chasing him. Aria sighs in relief because she doesn't have to cause chaos. The warden claps his hand and commands. "All right everyone, come back to your job."

Aria is heading to the prison. She sees the red mare is breaking the lock and going to escape. Aria puts the halberd near the lock and shakes her head. "I won't let you escape this time."

"What do you want?"

"I want an answer." Aria smiles. "Or else, even if I don't try to stop you, you can't escape either."

"I don't trust you."

"Really,the old mare starts to lie. "I heard that you are going to be executed for being stubborn." The red mare is stunned and backing off as Aria continues. "Maybe I should kill you first to release your pain."

"You... you liar."

"I am the warden here, and I want your answer." Aria starts pinning her down and rubs the halberd through Ruby's body, making the red mare blushes and breath heavily. "Bet that you want something in this prison."

Ruby closes her eyes and shouts. "All right, you win. I am here for my marefriend."

Aria stands up and starts putting the red mare in her previous state, then she leaves the room. "I will come back at midnight. See you again."

The prison door is closed and Ruby sighs in relief. She nearly enjoyed that moment, despite that it is just another mare.

Dainn is walking around the room and trying to find a way to solve the food problem without using his secret artifact. The caribou slams his head on the table and is frustrated. Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupts him. Dainn sighs. "Come in"

A sallow, middle-aged stag wearing a finely-tailored green surcoat is coming inside and bows to the king, then he suggests. "Your Majesty, our workers are ready to mine the metal."

Dainn taps on the table. "Good job, Lord Svardagr. But I bet that they want food, right?"

The old stag nods. "You guess right, your Majesty. I think I have a suggestion."

"What is it?"

"Retrieve all of our soldiers to this city, then lock down the city to defend against the rebellion. This is the time to use that artifact."

"I just think about that, but it's too risky." Dainn shouts. "If you don't help, please go out."

"Your Majesty, you should think about the situation right now."

Dainn silents for a while, then turns around. The brown stag slams the table and commands. "Activate the carpet of fullness, and lock down the city. We will retrieve all of the soldiers here."

"What about our subject?"

"Leave them."

Savrdagr smiles. "Yes, your Majesty."

The old stag leaves the room and goes to his own room, then he writes the letter and ties it to the pigeon's legs. The pigeon flies out of the city as Svardagr continues his job.

The moon has risen up and many wardens in the prison are changing their shifts. Aria is talking to a nearby warden as the warden laughs a little bit. Aria says goodbye to him and heads to Ruby's prison.

When she gets there, a familiar red minotaur comes to her and asks. "Hey Carper, you should be careful about this mare tonight. She have no retort when I tortured her."

"I see. I bet she is planning something." Aria rubs her head. "I will report to you if anything happens."

"Good luck. I will have a drink and 'play' with my slut."

Aria teases. "Becarefull, maybe they belong in rebellion."

"I will."

Bald laughs and leaves the prison. Aria heads to Ruby's prison and sees that she is standing still in the chains. Aria checks the red mare and feels her breath. The old mare shakes her head and demands. "You should wake up already, no need to pretend like that."

Ruby opens her eyes and sees the old mare is tapping her halberd. Ruby gulps and asks. "What do you want?" Aria spins the halberd and rubs her body, causing the red mare to grasp and shouts. "All right, all right. I agree with your deal. Stop doing that."

"What a good filly!" Aria smiles. "Tell me about your marefriend, filly."

Ruby starts telling the time when she and her marefriend, Sunflower, was married. The marriage was working perfectly but the caribou came to their marriage and wanted to kidnap them. Sunflower sacrificed herself to save Ruby. After that, Ruby came to the prison to look for her wife.

Aria hears that story and laughs out loud, then the old mare pats her shoulder and slaps Ruby immediately, making the red mare grasp. Ruby glares at her. "Why are you slapping me?"

"For your stupid." Aria pokes her halberd at Ruby's nose. "You make everything that your marefriend tries to do is wasted."

"I don't care. I just want to bring my marefriend back, no matter how hard it is."

Aria sighs at the stubborn mare. The old mare doesn't know what to do now. She leaves the prison. "I will ask Bald about your marefriend. Don't worry."

"Thank you."

"Anyway, you know how to go to the deepest floor? I see no door or elevator."

"I will show you, after you give me some information."

"Fine." Aria closes the door. "See ya."

In Agrou, a lot of soldiers are preparing their stuff to go somewhere, which make Eldaeo feel curious. The castle is still can defense against the invader. Eldaro watches the scene and feels curious. He orders Gaze and Taco to spy around.

After 1 hour, they report to him that the soldiers are heading to the capital city. They can leave their slave and other property, food too. Eldaro feels something is not right, he commands Silver and others to spy on another city.

After 3 hours, they report the same, which makes him feel weird. This is not a normal state. Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted him. "Come in." The familiar blue caribou is walking inside. Eldaro asks immediately. "What happens there? Why the soldiers are leaving?"

Sky sighs and answers. "When I go to my boss to ask, he simply ignores it and commands me to go back to the capital city."

"I suppose you shouldn't, because you will die in there."

Sky shakes his head. "I don't want to be involved in this thing anymore. I want to leave."

"Then this is your chance. You did a good job here, thank you." Eldaro raises his arm. "Your serving is now over."

Sky shakes his hand. "Thank you. I should prepare my stuff."

"Ox and her soldiers will support you all along." Edaro turns to the window. "Please be fast or else you will be stuck in the capital city.

Sky leaves the room immediately. Eldaro watches Dainn's soldiers for a while, then heads to the HQ to tell Trevor about this.

When he arrives to Trevor's room, he and Bell are dealing with a lot of paper. Eldaro sighs. "Do you have time to talk alone."

"After I finish dealing with this paper, it's a lot." Trevor sighs. "I don't know why many creatures are joining our army. I'm afraid that we don't have enough food to feed them all."

"Wow, how many? We just lost more than 300 soldiers in the last battle... and our ultimate weapon."

"1000." Trevor sighs. "More than 1000 creatures want to join us after hearing many victories with the king. All they want is revenge."

"Why not just recruit them?" Eldaro teases. "I bet that they can't pass the test."

Bell rubs her head. "It's the opposite. No matter how hard it is in training. Torturing, enduring or even hatching, they all pass."

"Now that's what I'm afraid." Eldaro rubs his chin. "Luckily that Dainn's soldiers are leaving the city. All of the soldiers."

Trevor stands up. "Really? This is our chance to have their food and stuff." Then he turns to Bell. "Tell our soldiers to go to the other city to take their food. If they have slaves, try to get them."

"Okay, Trevor."

Bell leaves the room as Eldaro smiles. "Is that all you can do?"

"I don't know." Trevor takes another paper. "Another report about the plant in Akala. They are growing well, thanks to the 'Greenhouse' idea by Sabrina. "

"Let me guess, she used our mage to make the heat, right? I don't surprised. But anyway, this is a weird step for Dainn."

"... I realized it." Trevor takes out the map. "The topography is not a good thing to transport their food, plus Black Mage have already destroyed their air harbor. How can they survive in this food crisis?"

"My only guess. He has an artifact can produce food and drink." Eldaro goes around the room. "If that is true. This is a nightmare of us when they have an invicible tower."

Trevor taps the table. "You're right. The mountain is our trouble. If we want to attack there, it is hard to transport our weapons there. Cannons are hard to go up there and catapult is impossible."

"The only way to strike is air strike, but..." Eldaro sighs. "It is hard. They will got air defender."

"So... are we supposed to give up?" Trevor sighs. "We only have a maximum of three months before Dainn makes a counterattack."

"I will try to find a way." Eldaro stands up. "Standing here is not the way to go."

Edlaro leaves the room and goes outside. He wants to know how strong the capital city is.