Stone Ram (Leopard King Saga) by Uner T.A

Author:Uner, T.A. [Uner, T.A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

III

Outside the pavilion, the rumble of artillery bombarded Fabian’s ears.

He donned his Ram helm and looked about with concern, a large formation of troops were marching eastwards, alongside them draft animals were hauling cannons and supplies. Picotte was right, these were desperate times. Still he had no place here, every moment spent in the camp was a moment that could be spent trekking toward the Darklands; war or not, he had to try. Matilda trailed him, he looked at his dog, a loyal friend who had also risked her life to be with him. He hoped his decision would not cost him her life.

Aders stopped in front of a large grey tent where soldiers were entering and leaving. “This is our cleaning facility, you will remove your armor and bathe yourself before reporting to duty.” Aders then looked at Matilda, a look of disgust on his face. “Animals are not permitted inside the facility, it will have to be quarantined.”

“Quarantined? She’s a Herder Dog, they’re not meant to be locked up in closed spaces.”

Aders scowled. “Then it will be assigned to the seeker corps.”

“Seeker Corps?” Fabian didn’t like the sound of that.

“Yes, we will train her to seek out field mines with the other dogs, that way our soldier casualty rates can be curbed.”

“That sounds dangerous; she could be maimed, or worse, killed.”

“War is dangerous, young man, now clean yourself up and then we’ll take it to the training facility so it will stand a chance when it begins its new duties.”

If you call Matty an ‘it’ one more time I’ll be sure to smash my gauntlet into your smug face, Fabian thought.

“I shall return in 15 tocks, make sure you are cleaned and ready to begin your basic training. Then go have the Quartermaster find you something to wear, since you won’t be permitted to train in that ungodly Tork armor.” Aders swiveled around like a wind-up toy soldier and marched off. Matilda growled.

Fabian scratched her behind her ears. “I don’t like him much either, Matty.”

***

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