Wolfswood : Black

Chapter IV

I arose once more, this time with a much better jaw and my sight was restored, I wondered how long I'd been out, I appeared to be in a makeshift hospital, I stood and when I did a nurse came running over to me, "oh no you shouldn't stand, please rest more" I just brushed her comments aside, "I need to get to the Emperor, where are we?", she just smiled at me, she was a cutie I must admit, "You's are Still in kells, the city and some surrounding area has been retaken, the army's are preparing for some attack of some sort it would seem" she proudly told me, I just thanked her for her help and left. I managed to waddle my way over towards the throne were the emperor stood in full battle garments and had blood stains on him, clearly not his though, he was also accompanied by two Woolfswood knights and was talking with Sam and spud along with another person, a dwarf, quite stocky and built rather then fat, but he wore Kells captain armour, "Agh the heros finally awake" laughed the emperor, "This is captain Narthal, the new leader of the kells army since commander quints unfortunate fate, I looked at Narthal and he looked back, in a strong deep voice he cheerily greeted me, "Well, a pleasure to meet the man who helped retake the city from these scum, I assume you'll be coming along too hey?...I was confused and didn't have a nonce what the fuck he was talking about, The emperor knew this and butter in, "Well mark, there are only 16 hundred woolfswood men left as its stands, luckily for us, the kells army arrived from the east, all 45,000 and swooped into the city taking it, not a single part of the city remains in the hands of those scum, but they must be stopped, so we march west to finally finish off the tribe, but I have a plan, so get ready and get a horse", Spud walked off with me, "were facing off against an army 80,000 strong, will most likely be a siege against them" he said...we kept heading for doors to the courtyard, "oh and we're only bringing 800 men". I stopped dead in my tracks with a gaped mouth, "I'm sorry fucking what?" I asked, Spud laughed loudly, "ohhh you're gonna love the fucking plan", and we kept walking.

The next morning came, the smell of ash and burned body's filled the air, the city gates of kells opened and the 800 strong force left, the emperor along with captain narthel leading it. The stone cobble road eventually turned to a dirt track and the dirt track eventually turned to just grass, by nightfall we reached the village, well, very large town, or small city I told myself, the walls around the city were completely wooden and were of little trouble to a proper army, but we weren't a proper fucking army, we outnumbered nearly a hundred to one, as the view of the city became clearer, a loud horn blew out from within the city lasting roughly 10 seconds, I looked at Sam and saw him shivering like crazy, he was genuinely shitting a brick, as was I, the sweat pour down my face and my hand tightened around the hilt of my sword. Suddenly to my surprise, the large sturdy wooden doors of the city opened up and out rode a couple of warriors bareback, they came right up to us, I assumed to demand we leave at once but instead the biggest brute looking one spoke, "Drúim Baīle, come inside", the Emperor just smiled and nodded, and we left, we headed straight through the city gates down the small dirt roads, towering above taller than anything else was a large pyramid, carved from sandstone, a kells guard spoke, "Look at all these fucking inferior cunts, not only yesterday were we slaughtering them like them like the animals they are"...a moment later The emperor looked back and addressed the guard, "Shut the fuck up for the time being", "Y-yes your grace" he said back, I just laughed at him for shitting himself. As we came near the pyramid, I had counted twenty two trolls around the city, some carrying heavy bricks, some pulling carts and some just fucking sleeping on the streets, as we came to the beginning of the steps of the pyramid the one said "Yous can come inside, Chief ŠÈæn wishes to speak with you leader", the Emperor looked back at Sam and I almost laughing at how the brute was speaking, he turned back and answered seriously, "Thank you". We dismounted from our horses, and the emperor nodded at us, Himself, the captain, Sam spud and I along with ten soldiers headed up the steps and inside. The small courtroom was dimly lit, there were no decorations on the cold looking stone walls, the floor covered with deer skin and hide to act as a carpet, at the end of the room was a small stone throne with the skull of a deer above it, in it sat a rather small but stocky looking fellow covered in blue paint, all around the room were warriors standing there just looking retarted. We walked up to the throne with the emperor who spoke first, "I wasn't aware your tribe was anything more than sheep herders, now I discover you are a thriving community"...The chief smiled, "Indeed, we tend to keep to our selves"....The emperor interrupted him, "Yet you slyly attack and pillage the city of kells killing thousands, why?" The chieftain was enraged and rose his voice a little "Because the kingdom of kells exists on our land"....The emperor interrupted him once again with an even louder voice "No, Your tribe exists on kells land" and with this the warriors in the room were shook and put there hands to there hilts causing us to do the same, I immediately took a step back and was ready to draw my sword, I looked to the emperor who hadn't moved an inch and still had his arms folded from the beginning, suddenly from the entrance, in ran a Kells messenger covered In swear and panting for breath...."Y-y-your grace..*heavy breathing*..There's a potential mutiny in the city... the army is dissatisfied they weren't brought and believe you conspire with the tribe" and the messenger dropped to the floor panting like a dog, I looked to The emperor and his whole face had changed, he was filled with anger, "Spud, gather some men" he then turned back to Chief Šèæn who was sitting there with an awe face, "I will return in the morning, I must deal with something, Captain Narthel stay here and act on my behalf", Th captain walked forward and bowed a little bit, "Yes your grace" and the emperor left in a hurry bringing three hundred men back with him. "Sam, tell the men to set up camp around this temple and to be vigilant, Mark" and he pointed at me calling me over and we spoke about a potential night attack". A couple of hours had passed and the thirteen of us still sat picking our nails within the temple when the captain suddenly jumped, "You soldier, I almost forgot, go outside to my horse and retrieve my bible" and the soldier complied running outside, "oh fuck" I just thought to myself, "Your chieftain, I know how we can avoid war and become friends" The chief didn't look interested one bit, "Your emperor promised negotiations and yet we sit here picking our asses"...He stood and drew his axe and picked up a spear from behind the throne..