Chapter 22 - A New Target

The separatist soldiers looked at us in shock and one of them asks.

"so is that why you guys are unnaturally strong?"

Sid replies.

"yeah that's why."

they all look at eachother puzzled and the one them asks again.

"so why are you helping us?"

Sid angrily replies

"simply put the loyalists, threatened to kill my people when they came here, then somehow tracked my people from here to dead pass forest, and then set lose stalkers on our encampment, that killed two of our own, so we are not helping with the goodness of our heart, we are doing this for selfish reasons."

it seemed like the separatists understood our motivation, and one them replies.

"well whatever the reason you guys have, it doesnt matter to us, we appreciate the help either way."

Sid then proposes.

"some of my people have injuries, that need healing, help us out with that and let us stay here in the tribe."

one them replies.

"we agree to your proposition, but we have aome worries."

Sid leans foward and asks.

"what is it?"

he asks.

"do you werewolves have control of your transformation or is it something we have to worry about?"

Sid replies.

"we are not some uncontrollable monster, we have full control, so whatever myth you hear about werewolves are all lies made by the elves and humans."

he replies.

"ok good we will trust you for now."

Sid smiles and then asks.

"so do any of you have an idea where we should strike next?"

one of the replies.

"yes we could launch an attack at Lektar prison."

Sid asks.

"Lektar Prison why?"

he replies.

"there are a lot of separatist prisoners awaiting for their execution, if we free them we can add numbers to our side, and increase the chance of taking out the loyalists."

Sid replies satisfied.

"prison lektar it is then."

the meeting concludes with all us shaking hands, Sid then says to me."

"Kid I want you to lead the training that physical training you've been doing with Klein and do it with the rest of us."

i ask him.

"ok but why?"

he replies.

"because you were freakishly strong before you became a werewolf, and now you are more unnaturally strong because of it."

flabbergasted with what he said I ask.

"are you sure?"

he replies seriously.

"yes kid im sure, if we want to hurt them bad I want all of us to be as strong as you."

I ask.

"how long are we going to prepare becore we launch an attack.

he replies.

"about a month."

with an evil smile and playful voice i reply

"i hope you are ready for a month of hell Sid."

we settle inside the barracks and started living alongside the locals, we started with the physical

training immediately, I made everyone work on building up their natural muscle, we'd start the day running, doing push ups, sit ups, pull ups, squats, and lunges, since magic comes easily to those in this world, no one really makes the effort to build up their muscle, so it makes sense why Sid thinks i was freakishly strong, after a week of exercising, the separatist soldier seemed to take interest in what we are doing, and eventually started joining us in the exercise, we keep going with a few days remaining, We then gather once again for a meeting, and in the meeting Sid goes over the plan of the attack.

"so this is what we are going to do, me and my people are going to go all out in our werewolf form, and you guys will follow us, covering our backs killing stragglers or wounded, we leave behind."

one of the them asks.

"so you wont confuse us with the enemy, when you're in werewolf form?"

Sid replies.

"we've been around all you long enough to recognize you guys by smell."

"so is there anything else we need to know about this lektar prison."

one them replies.

"the commander that runs the prison, will have valuable information about loyalist base camps, tribes and the locations that General Aktosh visits."

Sid replies.

"good, hopefully we can get him to cooperate when we capture him."

the meeting concludes and few days pass, we all gather close to the outside the tribe and the Lizardman seperatists join us and all of them are armed with their battleaxes, and then we head off towards lektar prison, in which they told us that it will take a week to get there by foot, and as we are walking I go alongside Klein, and I ask him.

"what do you think about this?"

he replies.

"it feels strange."

"why?"

he replies with a serious manner.

"I mean this whole taking out the loyalists, is the biggest thing we've ever tried to take on."

I then reply.

"well yeah the loyalists is an actual army, and we have involved ourselves on the losing side of the civil war."

he laughs and says.

"it doesn't matter, remember they are the ones who tried to kill us, and are the ones who killed two of ours, if we have to take on a whole army to get revenge we will do that."

after that exchange, Klein speeds up and starts walking alongside Sid, I then fall back and start walking alongside one of the lizardman named Grosner, he says.

"hey Collin."

I reply.

"hey, I have question."

he replies.

"sure go for it."

i the ask.

"so why exactly are you guys fighting the loyalists?"

he replies with a serious tone.

"us separatists value our old traditions, in which each tribe handles their own business, and as for the loyalists, they want one king to oversee and rule all the tribes under one banner."

I reply to him.

"thank you."

he replies.

"no problem."

I then quickly run ahead to where Sid is at and I start walking alongside him for the rest of the journey.