kings stand e3
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episode 3- Leon the brave coward.
“ I am not sure why I was kept alive. Maybe because I was an officer or the fact that I was helpless against them when they pinned me. In any case I held them till their command figure came at first I thought he just was another dragon. I had not encountered any before that day but I will never forget this one. When he showed up he was in his knight form. The way the others gave him room and revered him. I have only ever experienced anything like it one other time when before we marched there was an assembly and the King of the beastmen. When he walked past us and we felt the same thing for him for what they were doing. He then looked at me.”
“ Sire we captured this captain guarding the pass alone. He took out three of my men before we could subdue him. Shall I kill him?” Leon squirmed in the two dragons grasp. Even if he could get free of them the bindings on his arms and legs prevent him from doing anything else. He knew also if he did not have them he could not fight or run and do anything but give them the time while they debate. “ This one has spirit. It will be a shame to kill him like a dog.”
Leon squirmed again. “ Then free me and give me a weapon so I may die on my feet.” The one right in front of Leon straitens up as the dragons around them start to laugh. “ Very well.” One of the captures caught what the other said. “ Sire?” The dragon kicked the blade on the ground toward Leon. “ Free him. Let him take his weapon.”
All sound stopped as Leon was freed and quickly took his sword and he made sure none were close to him after that. Then he looked upon the dragon's leader with his blade drawn. Leon had that cold feeling of he was going to die again return to him. This time he found himself without any thoughts of honor or duty. Just the thought that he was going to die. He fell to his knees without the will to fight and dropped his sword. The dragons all started laughing again except the one he was afraid of more than all the others combined. He was being stared down by strong cold eyes. “ My men, please, spare my men.”
Leon said as he went to his hands and bowed. “ I beg of you. Please spare my men and the wounded. Take me to them. Bind me and do what you must but I will tell them to surrender. Maybe they will listen to keep their lives.” There was a pause of silence before the dragons started an uproar of laughter yet again. Louder than any time before. After a minute confused Leon became furious and rose up. “ What is so funny?”
The one in front of Leon grabs him by the neck and picks him up off his feet. “ You did not realize it did you. Your people abandoned you. You are the last alive officer of the beastmen on this world. They all ran and took their army with them. Even those of the injured and those protecting them just a short distance past you.” The dragon set Leon back down to his feet. “ You lie. My men would not abandon their.” Leon had a thought. Not all his men did leave when ordered if what the dragon was saying was true. “ Why would I lie. I have better things to do than amuse myself by lying to a captive beastman.”
The dragon let Leon go. “ We can fly and do not need this pass but your people did. We could have just left you here or killed you easily from above. I sacrificed three of my soldiers to see if you were worthy of living. Three sons that will never have the chance to do anything else again.” The dragon grabs Leon's sword with his tail and raises it to be grabbed by his hand. “ If you decided to stay here and fight then destroy you we will. I will not sacrifice any more of my kin to the beastmen this day. If you decide to leave then go. We will give chase till you leave this world.”
Leon sighed and looked at Hammer again. “ They made us run for our lives too. Once we had to stop to figure out which way to go. That crazy dragon gave me this scar on my chest to be convincing. No one knew this story other than those there till now. We stayed longer than any others and they thought we were dead but when we came back to our stationed world they saw us running like cowards. No better than the rest but we were the ones the blame put on. My men were reassigned and I never got my respect back. I became an instructor to new recruits for nearly twenty years till your little world was discovered. The thunder, fire and the wind tribe of the dragons and the beastmen were fighting over this world already so populated with strange creatures and their odd customs.”
Hammer laughed to himself amused. “ We are an odd bunch. I give you that but the only time we do not go around fighting each other is when we have a common enemy to fight. Thanks to the dimensional battle we have united under one banner, mostly. The union is actually overseen by the world congress who has the selected our king as a show puppet as a political ambassador more than anything. This happened at record speed due to the fact the four worlds threatened war with us if we do not become a united world under their terms.” Leon chuckled. “ It has been a long time sense a new world entered the race elites. Perhaps the machine kingdom will have records of it but they are a complicated race to deal with.” There was a knock on the door. “ If you two are done making out Hammer I need your help.” Leon raised an eyebrow. “ Making out?”
Hammer sighed. “ It is a joke. Making out is a reference when one of our people is succeeding in an attempt to woo another. Which results the action is a form of romantic contact between the two.” Leon grabbed one of his whiskers and starts to twirl it. After a moment he realized what he was doing and stopped. “ I believe I have seen this interaction a few times. I have noticed those of your kingdom often become shy when they do this. In truth it is none of my business but now I understand it. Still you seem to have that answer very ready.” Hammer raised his hands before moving toward the door. “ I was told you visitors may have strange questions and to prepare for some unexpected questions. I figured our ways of relationships was one of them.