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43 Chapter 43: Beastmen Soldiers
43 Chapter 43: Beastmen Soldiers
Swan might not notice it, but Gale would always case off and be in a good mood every time he was with Swan, and now that he carried her around like his most prized treasure, his chest was filled with pride.
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Though, maybe he shouldn’t allow Swan to bury her face on his shoulder for far too long, because her breath softly caressed his thick skin, and Gale couldn’t help to feel a little excited.
Thus, he took a deep breath as he had to wait until his next rut–or at least until late at night when he could taste his wife’s sweet body again.
Gale paced towards the training ground, where all the beastmen soldiers were training for the next conquest or invasion they had to face.
Gale instructed the commander to go on with the training as he was only here to replace Rock’s job to oversee the soldiers, at least until he found the more suitable beta to replace Rock.
“You should see this, Swan,” Gale said, and Swan, who had been burying her face the whole time, finally lifted her head.
She saw beastmen from various species training together. There was a tiger beastman fighting against the lizard.
At the other corner, a small but nimble squirrel beastman hopped around, dodging attacks from the much stronger and heavier ox beastman.
Swan was absolutely fascinated. She saw them bowing in front of her yesterday, but this time, she could witness them training.
Gale puffed his chest a bit more once he glanced at Swan, and realized that she was amazed by it. He added, “I’ve conquered practically 80% of beastmen tribes across the land, I unite them under one banner. Though I can’t stay inside the kingdom for now, because it’s still too new and unstable. But one day, I will make a kingdom where all beastmen won’t be hunted by humans, and also won’t fight against each other again.” “Did you do it all alone?” Swan asked. She stared at him with a concerned gaze. Gale thought that she was worried
out his health because Swan seemed to worry too
much about him, even though he was truly undefeatable.
Thus, he said, “It’s no big deal. They are powerful compared to normal humans, especially those who serve as clan leaders for their tribes, but they are nothing
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compared to me.”
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In the beastmen world, strength was everything. So, by boasting about his undeniable prowess, he was expecting Swan to praise him instead, or at least hug him again and say that she was glad to be mated with a powerful man who could protect her.
But Swan looked even more worried and she touched his cheek with her thin, yet soft hand, “Are you sure you are alright?”
“I am. Why do you ask?”
“But, your pain…” Swan murmured, and Gale realized what Swan meant.
Gale didn’t know how Swan found out that he was in constant pain due to his curse that made him itchy and irritated from the inside, but it wasn’t physical pain, so she shouldn’t worry.
Still, Gale refused to admit it, because weakness meant death in his world. Even if he
was in constant pain, he shouldn’t show any of it in front of his mate.
Thus, Gale put his palm on top of her hand, and assured, “I’m fine. You should focus on the soldiers. They are training every day to protect the castle, and to protect you when
I’m not around.”
Swan followed his order and watched over the soldiers.
Truthfully, she was impressed by how skilled they were, combined with their physical advantage, she knew her father’s death was inevitable, even if Gale wasn’t the one leading the war.
“What do you think, Swan? Don’t you think our soldiers look strong?” Gale asked,
waiting to be praised.
Swan nodded, “It’s no wonder that King Tyrion lost to you. He shouldn’t have waged a war against the Kingdom of Beastmen.”
The smile on Gale’s lips thinned. He knew that he had won the war fair and square against King Tyrion of Holy Achete..
In fact, that bastard should’ve been glad to die painlessly with only one attack from
him.
The war with Holy Achate was a cruel one, mostly because King Tyrion was cruel and ruthless. Poisoning them, burning the food stock, and even going as far as sending some beautiful female humans to seduce and derail the beastmen soldiers to give up
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fighting.
Such underhanded and dishonourable tactics were not known in the beastmen’s culture, so Gale was enraged and decided to simply shapeshift into his true form of a giant black wolf, and destroy the enemy basen one swoop before going to the Holy Achate Palace to demand the Princess in exchange of peace.
He could’ve exterminated everyone in Holy Achate, but Jade said that Holy Achate had a golden princess who could be used as his first of many mates.
He never regretted anything that he did during the war, including demanding Swan as the prize of his victory.
But facing Swan’s gaze, he felt a little guilty knowing that he was the one who killed her
father.
Gale faced an awkward situation. Should he say that Swan’s father was a coward who couldn’t fight fair? Or should he just stay silent?
He was fighting back and forth about what to do until Swan turned her head at him again and said, “Do you give them a salary for their service as a soldier?”
“Salary?” Gale frowned.
“Mm.. Payment for their work…”
“No,” Gale replied firmly. “Beastmen don’t have a strange desire like humans. We were born to fight and to dedicate ourselves to the strongest. They are more than happy to be a soldier as long as their basic needs of proper food have been met.”
“But what if they have offspring? Surely, they need more than just food, right?” Swan continued asking out of curiosity.
Gale frowned as he didn’t understand what Swan was trying to say, “Beastmen’s offspring only need food to grow up. They don’t need anything else.”
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