That lasted for three minutes. Some of the soldiers felt eerieness from Shanti's scream. It even surpassed the previous gore scenery.
After howling, Shanti made a pattern on her face with Zaghard's bloods. She made her own war paint.
"that's a monster for you... -glup- can't imagine if we let them do what they want in this world"
"right? that's why our holy mother give us strength to fight these monsters"
"men! focus!"
Libhane shouted at them and looked at the fort's gate.
"here they come" He smiled
-drap-
-drap-
Many foot steps sounds could be heard from the outside of the fort's gate. Something in large group approached them in the front yard.
"this is why Libhane said that he wouldn't die whatever i would do? hmm"
Yana looked at the fort's gate. Row by row, Many soldiers came to the front yard.
"so they're coming today..."
Iris showed a bitter expression on her face. How would they face them now? This wasn't about one or two hundred soldiers anymore.
They were lining in the back of the first soldiers group. Each of the row had one of the soldier acting as the captain of the group.
"report commander!! 102th group on your command!"
"115th group on your command!!"
"250th group on your command!!"
One by one, they reported to their commander. Ragha couldn't hide his suprised expression. This was the first time he saw that many humans in front of him.
"two hundreds....three... four.... they keep coming..."
"if all of them are coming, it will be around four thousand soldiers" Yana explained
"four thousand?! is that true savior?!"
"but i doubt that's the case. At most... let's see, maybe around two thousand?"
"two thousand.... how will we face them savior?"
"hmm, the only option is running away Ragha"
"run?! is that possible?!"
"of course. Do you forget how we can reach this place from your village only for one day?"
"ah, we are faster than any of them"
"yes. Yet we can't do that Ragha"
"why savior?"
"do you forget again? we need to rescue someone first"
"Chanotte! forgive me savior, how can i forget such an important thing" His ears were down
"it's normal Ragha, especially after so many things happen to you"
"I'll never repeat this kind of mistake. I promise savior"
"good"
-fuuh-
Shanti took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Her muscle and vein came back to normal. She deactivated her beast mode.
"seems Shanti has done with her ritual" Yana confirmed the situation
"with Shanti, there are four of us... should we run to the place where Chanotte is being held savior?"
Ragha still couldn't see any better option in this situation.
"....there is that [DISAPPROVAL] skill in the area near Chanotte, one wrong move and we will be trapped there Ragha"
"i see..."
Yana looked at Iris.
"Iris, my clothes please"
"yes Yana"
He put his clothes except his jacket. That's for Shanti.
"why didn't he order them to attack us right now savior?" Ragha asked
"if his goal is to eliminate us as soon as possible, why did he bother to do that duel thing? isn't faster to attack us with all of those soldiers plus Khall and their captain?"
"so he thought he had everything under control? that he can finish us whenever he wants?"
"exactly Ragha. He has never met an unpredictable situation in his life, at least this far"
"Yana... if we run away, we can't kill that man" Iris became anxious
"Iris, we don't need to kill him now if that mean we need to risk our life. Run is always an option"
"but..."
"but we won't do that. Like i said, we need to free Chanotte first"
Shanti approached them and stood beside her savior. The stench of the bloods was really strong. She was looking at the ground and saying nothing.
Yana smiled. This was only natural. After all of Shanti's hard work, it was his turn now to convince her. That he was still her true alpha.
He patted her head and gave his jacket.
"wear this Shanti.. cover your body. A woman shouldn't reveal her private parts just like that"
Shanti took it but she didn't wear it immediately. She looked at him.
"sir Yana, your robe will become dirty... beside i have failed to protect my body....i let that man.." She bit her lip
Yana knew, this wasn't easy for her. He got closer and took his jacket from her hands.
"listen Shanti, i use my jacket to cover my woman's body, to protect her dignity. How will it become dirty?"
Yana's word felt so warm and straight forward for Shanti's mind. Even afer all the things that happened, he kept saying that she was his woman.
"why? I've failed you, i became a plaything for that filthy human... that all happened because of my incompetence.."
"I've already told you the reason. Did you give your true self and body to that man?"
Yana helped her wearing his jacket while talking to her. She didn't resist and let him to do that.
"no, i didn't..."
"then you're still my woman and i'm still your true alpha"
-sreet-
Yana pulled the zipper on his jacket and Shanti's body was covered now.
She still showed her doubt and confused expression. Yana gave his last push.
He pulled her and kissed her. Shanti didn't expect that.
This warm sensation, this warm kindness, It could only be given by her true alpha. She was reminded again, that no one could touch her the way her true alpha did. After all that horrible things, she really missed this sensation.
Her tears were flowing on her cheek and Yana told her.
"listen Shanti, you're my woman and people will judge me based on my woman's look. You are my representative"
He smiled and looked at her.
"now, how will you represent me in front of these people?"
-----( Chapter 154 "War paint" )-----