"Ahhh, let me out of these chains!!"
"You fuckers, I'll kill you all!!"
At the top of Malvorraks mountain, a loud scream erupted resounding downwards in the encampments below.
"Let me kill the filthy humans!!"
At first, they thought it was merely Qarc being punished atop the mountain, as he had been punished for the past few weeks. But this time there seemed to be something different.
Like a pain beyond the physical, his cries were somewhat deranged and confused the villagers deeply. Forcing even Malvorrak to go up the mountain to investigate.
"What's up with him?" Malvorrak asked the goblins.
He had warned them against torturing Qarc without supervision, but here they were having their go at him so freely.
"Boss, I have no idea why this guy is screaming" one of the goblins complained before smacking Qarc on the head with serious force. This guy was going to get them in trouble.
"Please, allow me to kill the humans, and I swear I will forever be indebted to you. Just let me go!!!" Qarc looked at Malvorraks with hate written all over his face.
He was extremely panicked.
"Look over there" Cious pointed to a valley far away where a giant smoke could could be seen gradually forming in the air.
That was the general location of the Yolan village.
And that smoke was from it being burnt to the ground.
"Hmm" seeing this scene, the atmosphere became instantly tensed. He had hoped that Zysera would be back before the humans came but that seemed to not be the case.
The humans had rushed over already and were exerting their revenge at this very moment.
"We can't let the villagers see" Malvorrak looked down at the villagers and said calmly with utmost resolution.
These people down there weren't primed for war, they didn't know the first thing of battle, that's except the lizardman guards.
But even then, there was a reason why Zysera had to go plea with the human clans. They could not take the humans even if they sent out all of them.
"The smoke is gathering, soon it will be hard to cover it up" Cious understood how dire the situation was.
The humans had purposely burned down the village to attract the lizardmen and villagers, no one in their right mind would watch their home being brunt to the ground and not feel the urged to go fight for it.
Qarc here was a prime example.
"We need to create a diversion first, then me and the boys will go Check out what's actually going on" Cious said to Malvorraks with certainty.
In situations like this, the most valuable thing was accurate information. He needed to scout the human forces, get their numbers and capabilities else if the worst came to worst and they needed to fight they would be going on blind.
"Yes, you do that" Malvorrak agreed with Cious.
"No, please take me with you, let me see my home before it turns to ash!!" Qarc barked falling to the floor and struggling. His mother was the village chief, but she was not here right now, by law he was to take responsibility of the village.
He knew how heart broken Zysera would be to learn of this so he wanted her to know that he was there and he had witnessed the brutality.
"Hmp!!" Malvorrak walked forward slowly, shaking the ground as he made his way forward. Then with his left arm, he pressed against Qarcs chest making him queeze.
"Your mother did not leave the village in your hands for a reason, she knew this would eventually happen. What she did leave was something more precious to her" Malvorrak opened his mouth and spoke with disdain.
This boy was really a spoilt brat, did he not see that his mother was more concerned about the villagers than the village itself?
What other clue did this guy need other than the fact that she brought everyone here and left the village abandoned?
He could understand the villagers getting incensed but why was this little shithead getting so worked up? Did he really not see the bigger picture?
"I….." it wasn't like Qarc did not know what Malvorrak was talking about, it was just that he couldn't bare to see his home being burnt down.
"You should go down there and be of help to your people, and make sure no of them leave the camp or else we will wash our hands off every single one of you" Malvorrak removed his arm from Qarcs chest and looked back up at the smoke.
"Do you understand?"Malvorrak added.
It wasn't like he wanted to be the one to protect these people, but there was a deal in place and that deal was to be honored.
"Yes, yes I understand" finally, Qarc slowly stood up and steeled himself.
Since he had gotten here this would be the first time he would be let down the mountain, it would be a good moral boost for the villagers, he just needed to build on that and control the situation.
At this moment, he was taking charge.
"You four should leave right about now" Malvorrak turned to Cious and his four goblins who were now draped in black and white robes.
"Hm!!" Cious nodded and just like that they left following the other side of the mountain so as not to draw the attention of the villagers.
Meanwhile, Malvorrak turned to the smoke rasing from Yolan village down below and took a seat facing it directly.
Whatever was coming was welcome, he would face it directly