“We have our means!!”

The grass gave way under his feet, Rakahn quickly crossed the meadow, it was not the first time that he had found himself in such a situation but each time he was trapped he looked for another person to whom he could confide. task.

But unfortunately for him, at the moment everyone was busy doing other things and he couldn't entrust this task to anyone other than himself.

"Shit !" he swore. "I said it, we won't be able to finish everything in a week!"

After the meeting in the tent, Kido and the others accepted his invitation, Rakahn had found himself leading several construction teams to establish their first fortress which was a very crucial element to their goals.

They felled a large quantity of trees to open a large and wide space capable of accommodating several thousand people, so all clans could settle down temporarily while being reassured of better protection.

The installation of the walls was almost complete since everyone was involved in the construction. Whether civilians or soldiers, they had something specific to do, and Rakahn was the one who supervised each construction site. He quickly rushed towards Dahlia, it was she who was responsible for the canteen, she supervised more than twenty people in the preparation of meals for each individual present in this dwelling.

Since they do not yet have a proper kitchen, they were under a large wooden structure that provided enough shade to carry out their terrible mission.

"What have you been doing lately?" Rakahn asked breathlessly.

"All the sites are starving, what's still holding you back?

"These are the breads, general, the stew is already ready, I have already sent Seth and his team to get them to the kitchen!" Dahlia replied with a dark expression.

"But it's been more than half an hour since he went there, I don't know if there was an obstacle or not!"

Rakahn's face turned pale, wondering; "what could happen to him that would have all this time?"

Not having much choice, he made a big jump, rushing towards the base.

Once there, he stopped in front of a large wooden house, where the heat of the oven filled the surroundings with its rich, tempting smell. Rakahn inhaled for a few moments and immediately frowned.

"Seth, what has been going on inside all this time?" He said, knocking loudly on the door.

The door was quickly opened and a frail young man with milky fair skin, his red hair was practically drenched in sweat, his black onyx horn shined under the rays of the sun.

"General, I'm really sorry for our delay, we had to help the team of bakers" Seth replied in a muffled voice.

"Apparently they weren't used to baking so many loaves that they couldn't manage them while they were in the oven, *cough* more than half of the loaves went up in smoke! *cough * "

Biting his lower lips, Rakahn felt frustrated at having to go back and forth to all the construction sites telling them that they would have to wait a little longer, until the loaves were baked.

"I can't wait for the master to be there, he would have found a solution to this situation more quickly than me," he reproached himself.

"At this rate, I'll look more like a handyman than a chef!"

The young boy wiped his face, he looked at him with a calm attitude.

"Don't worry sir, the loaves are almost good and with everyone joining us in the supply team, we will distribute them several times faster so rest assured!"

With his words Rakahn left the bakery a little relieved, his spirits lifted he quickly headed towards the outpost to the northwest of the fortress, he had an appointment with Kido who must have returned with a hunting team for preparation of the banquet.

Stumbling in front of several children playing on the road, Rakahn felt moved to be able to admire children from different clans playing without discrimination, it reminded him of when he was little when he played with Akumu, kido and even his brother, it reminded him had suddenly opened a wound that he had kept closed for a long time.

Shaking his head slightly and he continued on his way.

As he approached the outpost, Rakahn could notice several soldiers standing on a wooden structure that lined the wooden wall, allowing them to overlook anything that might come in their direction.

With a wave of one hand, they greeted him, and nodded their heads negatively and at the same moment, the face of one of them lit up...

"Open the Barrier, Sir Kido and Juggernaut have returned!!"

With a strange creak, the northwest barrier had opened, giving way to a multitude of carts full of boar-oxen driven by tamed monsters.

Juggernaut, the leader of the Orion clan had moved closer to Rakahn and said with a dark expression.

"General Rakahn, if it was for the banquet that you told us to capture all these beasts, three more would definitely annihilate this race in the habitable zone, that's for sure!"

A macabre smile appeared on his features.

"It is true that I am greedy, but not at the level of the master, does he want to wipe out all races except us from this forest?"

"Dude, you're wrong about everything!" Rakahn retorted "The master said we will change the ecosystem, not annihilate all other life!!"

"We will dominate all that can bend and erase all that could hinder us"

Kido himself had come closer and joined in the discussion.

"So, my little Khan, what are we going to do with all these beasts that we have captured?, kept them? Who would do that?"

Kido was right, apart from the soldiers who could approach the beasts, no one could, they were large and heavily muscled, one could not expect them to be easily tamed.

Rakahn had looked at them proudly that a tear almost fell from his eye, patting the shoulders of the two confused men, he gave them a macabre smile.

"We have our means!!"