Rebellion of Caribous Kingdom
The bet
Previous ChapterNext ChapterTrevor leads the old man and others into the tactical room. No one is here when they arrive as the old man feels weird. The room has a large table in the middle and several maps on the wall. Trevor takes a seat as a guard puts the map on the table. The group just takes a seat while Silver stands next to the caribou, making him feel nervous.
Trevor points at the big eagle, "Can you please stand another side?" Silver shakes her head as others smile at him. The caribou sighs, "Fine. Anyway..." The caribou unrolls the map to see full of Atlas. The group realizes that there are two extra cities on the map, different from the map that Silver has brought. The caribou points at a random position, "We are here. Near the Agrou city."
Eldaro notices the city is covered by a brown area. He asks, "So, I bet this city is the main transportation in Atlas, right?
"You got me," Trevor puts the wagon figure on the map, "They are main transporting because they don't get something blocking like a forest in Aden," he points the city next to Agrou, "But also this one has strong security and a lot of food and supplies, like 80%, for the entire nation. If they lose this city, Dainn and his army will be struggling to find them."
"How can you be sure about this?" The changeling leans on the chair, "If he tricked you, you died."
"I'm sure about this," The caribou takes a pencil, "I have built this underground base to go around the nation without a problem. We can't go in but we saw most of the supplies are transported to this city."
"Well, I bet that you are afraid of being affected by the mind-controlling spell," Eldaro folds his arm, "I will see the city with my own eyes. If anything, I will talk to you,"
"Sure," Trevor calls a guard to lead the old man to go outside, then he leads others to go to their room. When they are walking, they see a quite big hall and rooms that are on two sides. Sabrina is impressive when he manages to build this. Trevor opens the door and sees another caribou is sitting. This one is yellow and doesn't have any antler like Trevor so Sabrina assumes that this is a female caribou. Trevor waves his hand, "Hey, we got some new one,"
The female caribou sighs, "I told you do not get any soldier to here, I am tired when seeing death one,"
"Come on, Bell," retorts Trevor, "You know that king will try to enslave you or other creatures,"
"But how long will I stop to see the corpse?" Bell glares at him, "I just want a peaceful life,"
"Excuse me," Sabrina coughs as the duo turns to the changeling, "I want a room please, I don't want to hear a couple is trying to argue with each other."
Bell blushes so hard while Trevor glares at the changeling and points at the female caribou, "Hey, she is not my girlfriend. Don't..."
Before he can finish his sentence, a book is flying into his head and Trevor gets knocked out, then Bell throws the key and pushes the groups outside. Sabrina looks back at the room and sighs, then she asks the guard to lead the way to her room.
Eldaro looks at the city on a high mountain as he doesn't know what to say. There are many of the wagons that are transported into the city. Aria walks outside with a table as she has some sweat on her body. The guards are following behind to escort the old mare as the old man feels weird. Aria raises her hoof, "These soldiers need to train a lot. I just get warming up but all of them is knocked down,"
Aria sets the table as Eldaro smiles, "I see. You should train them more," then he sets up his sniper rifle to watch it closely. The old man sees most of the wagons are carrying food and weapons, some of them are carrying many creatures that have been shackled and chained. The old man sighs and finds their customs station. Aria sits next to the old man, " It has been nearly 300 years since I saw a gun,"
"You know what this thing is?" ask Eldaro as the old mare nods, "So, I bet that you are from Earth(en)"
"Used to be," Aria looks at the city, "This is a beautiful city, right?"
"The shame that the city does is the thing that every nation can do," Eldaro shakes his head, "Painting with a gold paint."
"I won't disturb you anymore," Aria stands up, "Good luck, general," then the old mare goes inside with the guard.
Eldaro signs and he continues to watch the customs service. After 30 minutes, he sees that this customs service is working like his world. The old man writes what he sees on one page. He starts walking inside but Trevor walks to the old man and asks, "I hear that you got a spell to immune the mind-controlling spell."
"I don't have any spell like that," Eldaro walks through the caribou but Trevor stops him as the old man turns to him, "What do you want?"
"Simply," Trevor turns to him, "I really need your help."
"For someone who can't beat a king and has a little army?" Eldaro turns away, "Why should I do that?"
The old man starts walking away. Trevor yells at him, "I can give you my position if you want." Eldaro stops walking as the caribou keeps talking, "I will do everything for the creature down there, they are suffering from the tyrant king. You know them all, right?" The old man walks away without any response as the caribou sighs in frustration and hopes that he does not believe in the wrong creature.
Eldaro asks the soldiers to lead his room. When the old man comes inside, he sees Sabrina and Silver are digging the wall. The changeling uses her boomerang while the eagle changes her wings into a drill and keeps digging. Eldaro tilts his head, "What are you doing?"
Sabrina waves to him, "Sorry, I have to expand this room. It is too narrow." Elldaro shakes his head as the changeling waves her hoof, "Don't worry, I can expand this room whatever I want. I just ask Bell for it,"
"I see," Eldaro lies on the bed, "Then just expands the room. We will need a lot of space," then he just stares at the roof and thinks about what Trevor says.
Sabrina is done a little bit and she decides to take a break to keep digging. When the changeling is going to have water, a soldier knocks on the door as Silver goes to open it. The soldier announces to everyone inside, "We got a big wagon in the target. Do you want to see how we work?"
"Sure," Eldaro sighs and stands up, "I am hoping that I can see how your work."
The soldier nods and he leads the groups to the tactic rooms. When they get there, they see many different creatures are sitting inside. The old man takes a seat next to a griffin while Sabrina and Silver just stand. Trevor smiles and starts the meeting, "Today, our soldier reports that there is a big wagon of slaves are coming to Aden."
Eldaro is feeling something is wrong. The blue minotaur slams the table, "We must rescue them. I will be first."
"Calm down, Ox," The white griffin pats her back as the minotaur huffs and sits down. The griffin rubs his chin, "This must be a trap because all the slaves are normally transported to Agrou, not Aden,"
"You got a point, Gate," The pegasus puts the wagon figure on the Agrou city, "We all know that Aden is not a good way to transport the slave because of the mountain and a forest. I assume that is a trap."
"But we can't keep those females into the city," retorts Ox, "You know what happens when they go inside."
Trevor sighs as everyone inside keeps arguing inside. The caribou notices that the old man is still silent and drinks water to wait while the room is silent. After a while, all of them are silent and they turn Trevor. Gate gives him advice, "Trevor, I don't think this is a good thing. I don't give in,"
"You coward!" Ox points at the griffin, "You can't..."
Trevor puts his hand on her shoulder to interrupt her as the minotaur just sits down. The caribou turns to the old man and asks, "You haven't talked about anything yet? Can you tell me what you think?"
The old man looks at other creatures as they wonder what kind of creature he is. The old man sighs and starts to say, "This is like a challenge from Dainn," all of them are silenced as the old man continues, "I bet you give him a letter, right Trevor?" The caribou nods. The old man continues, "Think about it, a jungle is a place you can do an ambush, but he doesn't mind carrying a big slavery transport. This can be two things, one, a trap and two, a challenge," then he turns to the minotaur, "Or three, both."
All of them are looking at the map as they are thinking about this. The old man is going to stand up but Trevor decides, "I will take his challenge," Eldaro looks at the caribou, "I will rescue them all."
Eldaro sighs in relief as others inside just look at each other. Ox points at the old man, "If you are his spy, I will chop your head."
"Glad I hear that," the old man smiles, "If I am his spy, I don't bring the spell that immune the mind-controlling spell to here."
The white griffin turns to him, "Are you lying?" Eldaro just stares at him as he looks away, "Still, I don't trust you."
"Then we will steal that wagon," The old man grins as others just stare at him, "Believe me, I will do this."
"What if you fail," Ox folds her arm, "You know we don't like to fail,"
"If we fail, I will get out of this land forever," Eldaro drinks the water as the minotaur looks at him. "But what if I succeed?"
"Then I will follow your order," Ox takes the axe, "I'm not good at tactics but I assure you I am very good at fighting."
"Deal," Eldaro and Ox shake their hand to each other to take the bet. The human knows that he will have a good ally on his side.
Dainn is running to a house that hides in the jungle. His follower told him that there is a seer that is coming from outside. When the caribou goes inside, he sees a figure wearing a white coat that is sitting on the table. The caribou takes a seat and asks, "So, you are the seer?"
The figure smiles and talks in the feminine voice, "I am," Dainn is surprised and sits down. The figure smiles and fills the cup with tea, "What can I do for you?"
"How about being one of my slaves?" Dainn claps his front hooves and his guards point the spear and crossbow at her. Dainn smiles, "Once I have you, I can change the future,"
"How naive!" The figure stands up, "No wonder you will be dethroned soon,"
The caribou glares at the figure, "What... What did you say?"
All of the guards charge at the figure as Dainn smiles. Suddenly, all of them, including him, are covering some kind of blue aura and being lifted up. The figure starts to wave the paws down as all of them are slammed into the ground. Dainn is trying to stand up but he can't. The figure throws the coat out and reveals a white Abyssian. Dainn tries to say, "What... How are you? I... I thought Abyssian can't... use magic."
"That's why I'm here," The Abyssian kneels down, "Because of using magic, I get banished from my home," She stands up and starts going out, "But anyway... I will give you a hint. At least this is not my house," The white Abyssian grins, "When a black coat with dragon wings fly on the sky, your kingdom is down and your throne will be down with its owner." The Abyssian closes the door, leaving the guards inside.
The white Abyssian is going out with a crystal ball. She takes the money from the wagon as the Abyssian feels good when she manages to have her stomach full. "Next stop, Ponyville. My curiosity is going high."
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