Meanwhile in Boneflare kingdom, silent chaos is brewing everywhere due to the war situation. Prices of goods, meat, and weapons were increased drastically, leaving only grains of low prices for commoners. Soldier marches and sound of metal hitting for smithing and swords practice could be heard everywhere.
Only the imperial palace was as tranquil as ever with no disturbance whatsoever taking place in the kingdom. A meeting was taking place in the grand hall of the imperial palace between four people, the two province leaders, Hunter's academy head and the King.
"My lord, our scouts have reported that tornado had slowed down very much and may diminish anytime soon. So, are we still going to commence our attack plan after ten days?" the hunter academy head Huyan Yong asked.
"What's there to fret about, we should just declare war today only, I'm ready to fight all day and night." Gou Mu, ruler of the 'smoothing iron province' said.
"I, also agree we should declare war as soon as possible to get advantage of this situation. Moreover there are also chances of the beast king being injured due to the tornado." Cao Ning, ruler of the bamboo villa said.
"Both of you slow down, its not like we are playing games here, we are going out for a war on beasts. Although there are many benefits in this war, we will lose our soldiers too. Also, soldiers will still require three more days to complete their battle strategies and formation. Without a battle formation or strategy in this war, the lower leveled beasts will be able to infiltrate through gaps and can cause the death of commoners. You all don't have to be worried about canceling of war, as the preparations are already done then war will happen, there is no way back going now." The king said.
"Haha, ha". "That's how a man, I mean a ruler, should be never backing off from wars even if there are many uncertainties. I am really fortunate to have you as our king." Gou Mu said in an energized tone after hearing that war was going to happen no matter what. Although he desired beast materials for weapon crafting but in comparison he desired more of battles as it made his adrenaline level increase.
"Thank you for your praise, but I think we should now move to another discussion as to which mountains are you going to choose for battle. Since our imperial army is the strongest, I will take half of the imperial soldiers and attack the 'Ambersnarl mountain' and other half of the imperial army will belong to second group which will attack 'Roughwhirl mountain'. As for groups three and four they will attack 'Roughwhirl mountain' and ''Ashbluff mountain' respectively with the hunters evenly distributed. So three of should pick which group are you going to battle in with caution."
"I will be taking part in group two." Gou Mu said rapidly, as he wanted to fight with the second strongest beast, apart from the king of beasts.
"Then I'll be taking part in group three." Cao Ning said also without thinking because she only wanted some materials of a bone condensation stage beast for her alchemy practice.
"Fine then, the fouth group will consist of our academy head. Also, if by misfortune the tornado clears up and king of beasts is undamaged, we will just go and attack only on 'Ambersnarl mountain' and finish of this beast fastly enough for other four beasts to react and later battle them. Since our army still requires three days, the battle will be held on 4 days from now." the king said after discussing all things required to be and ended the meeting.
Inside of the tornado,
"It's finally clearing up, I have been waiting so long to see the outside world." Delvin said after waking up and seeing that the tornado had slowed down considerably enough for him to pass through it without any damage.
"What's there to be excited about the outside world, there is only selfishness, misery, schemes, murder, wars and plundering in it, especially in you humans. If my guess is correct, all humans of this kingdom will be soon declaring war on all beasts soon enough only for their advantage." The duck said in a very depressing tone as if it had experienced all things that he had just mentioned.
"It's true that there is a darker side of this world and humans, but you haven't seen the bright side yet. While there is selfishness in humans, there is caringness also, enough to care and protect a beast of another race with their lives if they have enough bonding with it. While there is misery, schemes, wars and plundering, there is also richness in knowledge, bonding between humans, crafting, researching and many other things. It's just that you haven't seen them closely enough." The depressing tone made even Delvin surprised, as this was the first time experiencing the dark side of the duck. But he still commented to clear the misunderstanding of the duck.
"Puny human, I'm impressed by your words about the greater side of the humans but I still don't believe your words as I haven't seen them closely enough, so are you going to be kind enough to bring me with you to your kingdom as this mountain is already destroyed and there will be war soon enough. As I am still in an injured state, I am pretty sure that I won't survive." The duck said.
'Shit it was a trap all along of this cheeky duck, he didn't want to beg for saving itself.' Delvin cursed himself in his mind for believing that the duck's behavior is good today. But after some thinking, he thought that this duck wasn't that bad either, it just kept on foul mouthing and did not harm him any way other way, so he thought it wasn't that bad either to keep it as a pet for now. Moreover, if it tried to do something fishy, he will kill it right there and then.
"Fine with it, since you are so sincerely begging me, I will be kind enough and bring you with me to show the kind side of mine."
" Fuck you human, who is begging you." The duck said in an infuriated tone but still was happy as his plan had succeeded.
"Since you will be coming with me now, I think we should hurry and leave this place sooner, to avoid any trouble as your assumption about war might be true," Delvin said while wearing the crude armour and used the left over back scale of the Goliath boar as a shield to protect himself and duck from air currents, while taking the spear bamboo in another hand for attacking purpose.