7: Defying roars of the Coal armies

King Bobeus ordered Sanea away. He was satisfied. 

He got what he wanted from her. Sanea or her maiden name, Sikhra, had been in his capture for almost 10 years. And ever since that, the king had been aided by her. Sanea was an Elmish. However, unlike other Elmish, she had the power to foresee mimiaos’s future, but only after hearing their true name. Bobeus had her ‘looked’ into Marid.

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“My Lord, are you certain that we ought to enter through the mountain?”, asked one of the armies, doubting the rightness of the decision.

Prince Thom did not immediately answer him. But the prince did look partially taken aback by the question. He was indeed considering about the possibilities of another path to the Valley of Araw. 

Being one of the princes of Meowen, Thom knew well about the stories told by the Elders. Every Meowen knew about the Lioneds and their stories. Mountain Kaz was haunted by them and if any Meowen dares to enter it, they will die.

“True or not, do not let the stories we listened to stop us from doing what it is meant to be done. No Meowens shall bow to such myths!”, said the prince loudly while facing towards his troops of Coal armies.

“Then we will die to it!”, 

shouted one man somewhere from the back line.

Chaos stirred all around. Some shouted against the prince. They refused to take the path through the mountain. They feared for the spirits that walk and wait beneath the woods of the mountain. 

Thom shouted and ordered them to the brick of silence but the men were as if deafened by his purrs. They kept on with opposing the orders until…