16 Chapter 17:

in the Eyrie you could see around 30000 men marching in an orderly fashion with each group wearing different armor, the citizens were looking at this group of men with great respect, these were the brave men and women of "the order of the Falcon", the protectors of the Vale, these men were protecting the Vale ever since the monsters appeared, and while they were sending help for anyone who asked, they didn't let any monsters even get near the settlements in the vale, they were out all day long exterminating the monsters, and of course the one who leads them, the one who made it all possible, the strongest of them all, and the one who trained them, he never left the Eyrie without guards from the "Falcon Knights" division and if he did now, then something great is gonna happen and they all wished for it to be good.

after they got out of the Eyrie, Arslan and his men went directly towards 'The Mountains Of The Moon' surrounding 'The Vale Of Arryn', they are going there for one of the two purposes, either tame the 'Shriekers' or exterminate them.

after reaching the wanted location Arslan ordered his men to surround the whole mountain, and then slowly climb it, after 15 minutes of climbing as discreetly as possible to not warn the beasts on the mountain, they finally reached the top of the mountain, and what they saw excited them, they will either have great mounts, or they will have a great fight, its a win-win situation for them, they noticed that the beasts were currently sleeping, it seemed like they were in some kind of slumber.

they then turned to their leader, waiting for him to do what he will.

Arslan POV:

as I looked at the thousands upon thousands of "Shriekers" sleeping, I tried to use my "CONTROL OVER ANIMALS/BEASTS" on them, and suddenly they all got up and looked at me.

Arslan: [Sit?]

and they sit.

Arslan looked surprised but wanted to confirm.

Arslan: [Stand]

and they did.

Arslan: [can you talk?]

they all shook their heads.

Arslan: "are they probably don't smart enough to communicate with me? just smart enough to understand me?"

"ROOOOOOOAAAARRRR"

The beast bellowed with rage. Its roar shook the earth itself, ripping across the air through the valley like thunder.

it flew from under the mountain to show us it's mighty figure, it looked like a Shrieker but it was double the size of a grown dragon.

I just looked at the beast with shock written all over my face, slowly but surely that shock turned into a smile, a creepy one.

Arslan: you're definitely gonna be mine, you are mine.

he just flew there looking at me wi rage like it new I took control of its underlings.

before it could attack me I quickly used my CONTROL OVER ANIMALS/BEASTS because I knew that even if it couldn't kill me, a single hit from that beast will send me flying and it will hurt as fuck.

the moment I used my ability, I got a headache like none before, it hurt so much that I fell to the ground, shrieking in pain, nearly losing consciousness, that was way too taxing, it seems that the stronger the beast the harder it is to get control over it, even tho earlier I took control over thousands of monsters at once and yet I didn't get such backlash, does that mean that he is even stronger then them all combined, but if I got control of this beast, it's totally worth it even if it hurt a thousand more times.

after getting used to the pain, I slowly open my eyes only to see the beast on the ground and looking at me with worry.

I sit on my butt and said:

Arslan: [can you talk?]

the beast looked relieved and said.

the beast: [ yes, master]

after getting up I looked around and it seemed that everyone man and beast were looking at us.

Arslan: [ are you their king?]

the beast: [yes, master, tho earlier I felt my connection with them was broken that's why I came up the mountain].

Arslan: [ where did you guys come from?]

the beast: [ yes there is this small iron box under the mountain, its insides look like an abyss, no light ever reaching it, it acts as some kind of gate that keeps transporting us here, it transports one every hour, and its unbreakable even with all my strength]

he said as he looked down at me

Arslan: 'what? I don't even know what he's talking about, what does that even mean '

Arslan: [ could you take me to it?]

the beast: [ yes, master]

he says as le lowers himself for me to climb, and I did as he slowly rose from the ground, before reaching high up and then he stopped, he then quickly flew down to under the mountain.

meanwhile, Arslan was experiencing every child's dream, flying and it felt great as he felt the air hitting his face in resistance.

after getting down to the jungle under the mountain, the beast took me into a great cave, so great actually that he fit in it, after we entered I was surprised to see that the cave actually had light, I thought it will be dark and gloomy seeing that the sun does not reach here, in the middle of the cave, you could see a box of dark steel, it looks like the 'Spawners' of Minecraft except there was no fire inside, only darkness, he went to the box and fearlessly touched it, at that moment I felt a lot of information coursing into my head.

1- these boxes can only be broken using Palladium Steel, it's a metal that was created because of the doom of Valeria and can only be found there

2- whoever manages to destroy this box will have great rewards.

3- not all boxes give rewards, only very few.

4- these boxes could spawn anywhere, anytime, completely random, except in human settlements.

5- the only way to stop beasts from spawning without destroying the box is by wrapping it in something.

I see, that's good, then it was all worth it, but I will have to give Valeria a little visit later.

he then wrapped the box in a cloth and hung it on his beast, which he needs to name by the way, he will think about it later.

he mounted his mighty beast and flew up the mountain, he found his men were just standing there, not even moving.

Arslan: [how many 'Shriekers' are there?]

the beast: [ 15000, master]

this day is getting better and better.

he then looks down at his 30000 men and said.

Arslan: BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF "the order of the Falcon"!!!!

hand all of them looked up at him.

Arslan: I WILL BE DIVIDING EACH DIVISION INTO AIR FORCE AND GROUND FORCE, THE AIR FORCE WILL RIDE THE SHRIEKERS AND WILL BE ARCHERS(they were trained in all weapons, and he chose for them to use bows when riding.) AS FOR THE GROUND FORCE...

everyone looked at him with anticipation.

Arslan: WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER.

he said.

Arslan: NOW THE GROUND FORCE WILL RETURN TO THE EYRIE, IN THE MEANTIME THE AIR FORCE WILL MOUNT THEIR RESPECTIVE MOUNTS AND TRY TO GET USED TO IT.

and the commander of each division started to divide it.

after they were done, the ground forces went to the Eyrie, and even tho they went first, with the speed of the 'Shriekers' it shouldn't be a problem catching up to them.

5 HOURS LATER

THE EYRIE:

as the people were going about their daily business, still wondering what Arslan took his whole "the order of the Falcon" with him for, worried about what would happen if they did not succeed in what they went to do.

"WHOOOOOOO"

they suddenly heard the sound of war horns, and they knew that "the order of the Falcon" is back, they were elated, them returning meant they succeeded in their venture.

they all went to see "the order of the Falcon" return in all his glory.

but when they reached there, they noticed that Arslan was not leading them, and there is only half of them, where is the other half? where is Lord Arslan? before they could jump into any assumptions they heard the voice that shook their bones and made their blood stop circulating.

""ROOOOOOAAAARRRR""

when they saw what flew in the sky, a beast as big as never seen before, followed by thousands upon thousands of other beasts, everybody dropped on their knees, they didn't even have the strength to run anymore, they just surrendered they knew they were doomed, there was no fighting against such an army, at least before they saw who were riding the beasts, it was "the order of the Falcon", they were the ones riding the beasts, and Arslan was the one riding their leader, the fear quickly changed into amazement, and respect.

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please suggest a cool name for his new mount.

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