541 DXLI. The Weak Points

"We too found only two of them, one of whom lies dead not very far from here" Kranus intervened, responding instead of Dag, who remained in his place, giving precedence to the Commander of the Army.

"I could have let my warriors maul them, tearing off to the last strand of flesh around their bones, but... I wouldn't even propose the flesh of these slimy pieces of shit to my pigs! Argh argh argh!" Bloodfang chuckled, showing the pronounced canines inside his mouth and laughing as if he was a hyena, accompanying the laugh with a kind of evil roar.

The men behind him smiled, without overbalancing themselves.

One of them was a small, skinny guy, who looked more like an ordinary citizen than a real soldier if it wasn't for the armor and the fact that he was practically bare-chested, as well as the other bodyguard, who on the contrary was a colossus, bald and with a long uncultivated beard, black as coal.

Bloodfang, on the other hand, wore his battle clothes and had an appearance that would have heartened fear even in the bravest of warriors: the most noticeable piece of equipment consisted of two pauldrons composed of three huge sharp teeth each, with their tips facing outwards and tied together with a thick lace of black leather.

The fact that they were yellowed was proof that those teeth had to belong to a real ferocious beast, which had fed until shortly before his death.

On his shoulders, a black fur coat covered his back and both shoulder blades, leaving his chest and abdomen uncovered, the tattoos of which were barely recognizable due to the wounds and scars.

At the bottom, wide black leather trousers, which would not limit his movements, even the most sudden ones and that would not tear in case of transformation.

Dag was astonished to notice that the leader of the Claws Of Fenrir was not wearing any shoes.

His barefoot, dirty feet sank in the cold snow, made even more disgusting by their long, broken, yellowed nails, reminiscent of the claws of a ferocious beast, similar to those he had on his hands' fingers.

Finally, a necklace with other, but smaller, teeth hung from his neck, swinging by the force of gravity near his chest, following his movements.

"Then... let's talk about serious things. My men are ready for war and we have also drawn up a draft plan to attack Klorr... what about you?" Kranus asked, bringing the conversation back in the right direction.

"A plan? It's weird, he didn't tell me about it" Dag thought, who stood next to Kranus and was stunned by that statement, not remembering any plan of attack.

"Do you think we can take advantage of these passages without being seen by the guards?" Kranus asked, who was discovering important news.

"Not all our soldiers. Those shortcuts were designed for a few people, in fact, some of us used them when Klorr was invaded by those bastards, who murdered anyone, women, and children included..." 

"Grr..." 

Both Bloodfang bodyguards, after those words, began to growl in a low voice, as if vividly recalling those moments, forever etched in their minds.

"It means that we will have to temporarily separate the troops of our army" Dag intervened, without asking permission, generating a sudden and embarrassing silence among his interlocutors.

"What do you mean?" Thyrius asked, who seemed incredibly open to dialogue.

"I mean that some of your men will enter the secret passage and find a way to open the doors from the inside, guaranteeing the rest of the army to enter into the walls. When we'll be all in, the Lies Of Loki won't have a chance" Dag explained, who was already imagining the execution of that newly elaborate plan.

"My men? And why should I sacrifice my men on such a murderous mission? Why don't we send your warriors?" Bloodfang replied, who did not seem to agree with the proposal.

"You said it a few seconds ago. You know those secret passages better than anyone else and you are able to camouflage yourself among the people and go unnoticed. The Giants of Ymir warriors don't have skills like yours and wouldn't keep a low profile. This means that if they were to take your place in the first phase of the operation, the plan would go up in smoke and we would lose many men before we even started the siege... we will be forced to retreat and we will have done nothing but lift the morale of the enemy Clan." 

Bloodfang and Kranus, who first heard that plan, looked at each other in the eye and implicitly agreed with the words of the young Master, who for the umpteenth time proved to be the best of strategists.

"Some of my men will attack head-on, heading for the main entrance to Klorr. In this way, the soldiers of the defense army will be distracted by my soldiers and will not pay much attention to you, believing that the interior of the city is impregnable" Kranus added, who showed considerable mental flexibility, immediately adapted to the plan of his ally and tried to implement it with personal considerations.

"What do you mean with 'some'? What about all the other men? Where will they be?" Bloodfang asked. 

"There should be a forest Near Klorr, I saw it on the map that Commander Kranus showed me. About thirty Giants Of Ymir will stop in front of the city gates and another thirty of you will secretly break into its walls. The remaining warriors will wait for the signal hidden in the woods" Dag continued.