The chief was talking to someone who claimed to be the representative of the governor of Rouen.
Prince Leo secured a letter from the governor of Rouen before he set out to the main town of Tubal. Presenting himself as a prince was totally a no-no for he will surely be stoned to death due to the people's anger towards the king.
The royal council didn't send any help therefore, he was sure the people was beyond mad towards the king and anyone from the palace so he needed to be careful enough.
"The shadow knights have already gone to Rouen. They are on their way to meet with Torah, the chief tribe of the Ammihod." The chief answered his queries.
"Ah, I see. Thanks for letting me know." He smiled hiding his disappointment. "But if I may ask, can you tell me more about the battle that took place a few days ago?"
The chief stared at him suspiciously and Prince Leo was quick to noticed his qualms."I know I sound suspicious but I wanted to inform the governor about their heroic deeds. Their braveness should not go unnoticed, don't you think that way too?"
The man was in deep thought but after realizing what he meant, he softened up a bit. There shouldn't be any problems sharing what the group did for them.
Recalling the stories of the brave men who participated in the battle, he started to tell him the story.
FLASHBACK:
The night before the battle took place, Cole and the others arrived at the main town. He took fifty strong men with him as well.
Asher laid the plan before them and since they have extra fifty men on their side, Cole suggested that his group will surround the said town. Since Drake and his men were lying in wait at the gates, Cole and the team climbed the town walls and hid themselves on the roofs.
It was already dawn when Sarah received a revelation through dreams. She was doubting herself but remembering what her grandmother Milcah told her, she decided to trust her gift. And when she approached Asher and saw the battle field, her resolved got stronger.
It was the same image she saw in her dreams! It must be true then.
Asher followed Sarah's instruction that day and to his surprise, they were able to capture the first group. The slave men were all unharmed for they followed Liam's instructions. However, there were a few men from the raiders who died during the encounter at the valley of Shiloh. But most of them were severely wounded.
As soon as Kira heard that the town was under attacked, he retreated and motioned his men to rushed back to the town. They were engaged in a fierce battle but his group was obviously losing.
With his own two eyes, he saw Bon, his right hand, fell to the ground and died. He was able to stabbed the man on his side but another man was swift to struck Bon right in his chest using a two-edged sword.
"Bon!" He was beyond mad as Bon's blood oozed on the ground. In his anger, he attacked the bleeding man but Cole was swift to blocked his attacked.
He fought with Kira but he must admit he was strong for him. His big body was an advantage against his slim frame.
Cole received shallow cuts but he was able to injure Kira's shoulder. He was gnashing his teeth furiously as he attacked the young man nonstop.
"You! I will kill you!" Kira yelled as he lifted his sword to struck Cole's leg but he was swift to avoid it. Cole can't let his training under Liam go to waste. He can't lose, not before his teacher.
"Cole…. Liam…." Diana was stupefied as she witnessed men dying one after the other.
Blood… Blood was everywhere! If she can only wake up from this nightmare!
She saw it with her own eyes, Liam struck Bon's chest and he died instantly. But he was stabbed as well and blood was oozing from his side.
Liam… He teared up… Don't die… She kept mumbling while shaking in fear.Ah, how she wanted to be free from the ropes!
Her eyes suddenly landed on the young man fighting Kira. Dang it! Kira was fighting dirty!He threw an amount of soil at Cole's face. His eyes must have caught some since he staggered backwards with his eyes closed.
"Cole!" She panicked but Liam was swift to block Kira's attack."You, filthy monger!" Liam's agility was incredible. Before Kira even lifted his sword, Liam already launched an attack that made Kira fell on the ground. He was about to regain his stand but Liam cut his throat mercilessly.
Diana immediately looked away as she closed her eyes praying to wake up from such nightmare.She must really be dreaming since the noises suddenly vanished at once. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see all men's attention where on the bloody Liam.
"Enough!" His loud autocratic voiced dominated the whole town. "Enough! No more killing! No more additional blood!" His voice was filled with grief.
Not sure what brought the people to obey the man but the remaining raiders dropped their weapons and surrendered. Cole and Drake's unharmed fighters started to gather the dead bodies and separated the wounded ones. There were hundreds of casualties that day.
Nearly a hundred men died that single day, hundreds were severely wounded. As soon as Asher learnt that the situation at the other town was stabilized, he sent physicians to tend the wounded men.
As for Diana, as soon as she was released from the ropes, she dashed to where Liam was without thinking about her own wounds.
"A-are you alright?" She was trying to force back the tears from her eyes but to no avail.Liam hissed. "I should be asking that to you, silly." "I'm perfectly fine. Let me see your wound." She knelt down and pulled the man's shirt up and gawped her mouth as soon as she saw the man's injury."This is nothing, it's just a scratch. You should let the physician tend your wou---'' He couldn't finish his statement since the woman brushed him off and went to get some medicines from the physician's tent.
"Do you even know how to do it?" Liam raised his brow as soon as Diana came back."You tell me." She was seriously looking at his wound. "You treated Mary and the others right? Then you should tell me what to do." She lifted her eyes to meet his.
Liam heaved a sigh, "Give me that, I'll do it." "No!" She protested. "I have a little knowledge about things like this." She chuckled nervously. "But you should guide me since my knowledge have rotten old."
When the neighboring towns heard about the victory and the numbers of casualties, they sent more medical aids.
It took them three days to bring everything back to normal.
"Cole, Gideon, Leon…" Diana tightly embraced everyone, including Asher, Sarah and Lemuel. "How's everyone?" She asked as soon as she came out from Liam's room.
She demanded Liam to rest until his wound gets a little better. She also made sure to watch over him twenty-four-hours-a-day just to make sure he won't fool around.
"We should be the one asking you that, Diana." Cole replied. They were all outside Liam's room sharing a cup of tea.
"I'm perfectly fine. Thanks for coming to save us and I'm sorry for giving you a lot of troubles lately." She felt a pang of guilt.
"Well, it's good that you know how troublesome you are. But I must say, it's challenging and quite… entertaining." Asher butted in. "I had fun." He chuckled jokingly.
Everyone was catching and was pretty having fun with each other but one particular person was pouting inside a room.
'Dang it! Why am I obeying that woman's order?!' He hissed in annoyance.