Chapter 66: A Leaders Grief

Chapter 66: A Leaders Grief

"ENOUGH!" Shouted the chief to the herd. His voice was booming and his usual commanding tone was layered with audible grief. He continued,"I don't know what happened to Perillees and Achilles, but it is much too dangerous to go back and look for them! You cannot go and search! That place is a death trap and I will NOT be responsible for sending my own people to a death they do not deserve! This is my final order! NO!"

One of the centaur warriors looked on and sneered, saying,"You say this, yet we all know that you and Perillees constantly competed for the chiefdom! Who's to say that you aren't just saying this to secure your own place in the herd!"

A small crowd was formed behind this warrior and the female centaur standing next to him, whose eyes were bloodshot red from all the crying she had done. She poured her heart out to the chief and had begged him to send some men to search for her herd mate and her son, but the chief continuously refused. Seeing no other option, she started to ask the warriors to help her on their own accord. When the warrior centaurs heard the plea they questioned why the chief wouldn't want to look for them, and this theory had been proposed by one of the scouts who had been more loyal to Perillees than to the current chief.

Both centaurs were strong, and had constantly had battles, so many in the herd believed it to be a rivalry. What they didn't know was that Perillees had never wanted to be the chief and in fact believed in his heart that Jacinus, the current chief, was a much better centaur for this job. But he had never voiced his opinion to anyone other than Jacinus, so none of the other centaurs knew, creating this situation.

Locys noticed this and asked,"Tyranus, what's the matter? Is your fire detector talent telling you of danger?"

Tyranus didn't answer and simply seemed to focus more and more as he slowly walked forwards as if in a trance. His head would cock from one side to the other from time to time and then, as if he had discovered something, his eyes went wide in astonishment.

He whispered aloud, just barely enough for Locys to hear,"Achilles is alive..."

Jocys eyes widened at that and he shouted,"What?! How do you know?!"

Unfortunately, he had shouted this in a quiet forest so his voice traveled very far within. Right as Tyranus was about to explain what was going on, the pair heard a lot of rustling in the area to the west of them!

Jocys and Tyranus quickly took a stance and waited for the beast to show itself. However, as the rustling got closer and closer, what stepped out of the bushes was not a beast but a creature that resembled their upper halves very closely!

Out stepped a figure that stood on two legs, had the same upper body as them, was relatively tall, and had pointed ears!The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.