Suikoden VI

Chapter Three: Part Six

Part Six

With twenty-four soldiers stationed with the city guards, Daunte was nervous that it wouldn't be enough to protect Uaminifu. In the end, however, he knew it was better than nothing. And to his shock he found himself with at least two thousand volunteers for the Liberation Army, men and women of all ages.

This was definitely a victory. I don't like that 100 people died, but it could've been far worse. And I'm bringing back volunteers who joined because they believe in our cause, and not because I had to bribe them.

Daunte wanted to take an opportunity to personally go into Uaminifu and find more volunteers, but Gunther quickly squashed that idea.

"Daunte, we gotta get our injured back to headquarters as soon as possible," he told Daunte. "And then there's the whole matter of that High Cleric. The fact that he appeared during the battle shows that the High Clerics did not go on recess as they were scheduled to do. Our Army is going to need our help."

Daunte nodded his head in agreement and smiled. "We have enough volunteers to have a standing army again. I'm sure Lord Bearyl will be pleased with this good news."

Gunther's smile twitched, but he said nothing. "We'll draw far too much attention if we march like this. We should have Viki teleport us back to headquarters. Plus, it will allow for our injured to be seen to much faster."

"I agree." Daunte went looking for Viki, and thankfully it didn't take long to find her. She was standing stationary by herself, fiddling with her nose plug uncomfortably. He felt sorry for her standing alone, but he caught a conversation from one of the volunteers that gave him pause.

"She took that nose plug off for a moment, and one of the horses gave her such a spook that she sneezed—and the bloody horse disappeared! We still haven't found it!"

Then he saw some reasoning as to why people were leaving Viki alone. But he made sure to approach her front the front and to not startle her. "Viki?"

"Oh, Lord Daunte." Viki smiled brightly at him. "Can I help you?"

"Would you mind teleporting all of us back to headquarters?"

"I-I will give it my best! I'm better at teleporting smaller groups than this, but so long as everyone concentrates—and so long as I stay concentrated—then all of us should arrive just fine!"

"Thank you, Viki." Daunte looked out over the crowd and realized that it would be difficult to get everyone's attention at once. He signaled to Sharon. "Can you get their attention for me, please?"

"Sure," Sharon said. Suna was cuddled to her chest and she leaned down to whisper in its ear. The dragon then opened its mouth and let out a loud roar. It worked to startle everyone, silencing the conversations around them. Daunte held up his hands to reassure the crowd that everything was fine. "We're going to go to headquarters now," he announced. The rest of his main party began converging around them. "Viki has been kind enough to volunteer to teleport us all instantaneously. But in order for the teleportation to succeed, we need everyone's cooperation! I want you all to take hands, close your eyes, and focus on our target location! Focus on an encampment of tents south of here! Keep your minds focused on that location, and Viki will safely teleport you there!"

Soft murmurs of apprehension rose from the crowd, but everyone began to comply. They linked hands and closed their eyes. Several even began praying.

"If Viki succeeds in teleporting all these people, then you'll succeed at winning the people over," Gunther said as the group took hands.

"If Viki succeeds, then that only proves just how powerful she really is," Daunte corrected him. "All I'm doing is organizing everyone. She's the one doing the most work."