The end of the savage threat

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POV of Brynden Tully, fourth moon,284 AC(I just realized that I never put the date)

''Lord Brynden... are you sure you want us to follow this... monster... we should go back to the bloody gates and bring reinforcements to drive them out of our lands?''said the knight of house Arryn.

''First...we have no choice...their way of asking for the thing, first it is very kind as you saw, they treated me like a friend, if I refused their proposal they start to get annoyed and they will start the death threats for us to go to their camp and if we don't give in they will force us...I learned it the hard way with Lyn...it is better they are in a good mood than trying to stop us by force''I said with a tired tone.

''Second...even if we had reinforcements...I doubt we could drive them out without losing hundreds of knights to their traps...I personally saw the tyrell army being torn apart by ten thousand men alone who attacked them relentlessly day and night..... they would tear us to pieces...it is better to salute them and see what they are doing and retreat back the way we came'' I said looking at the back of the Prussian knight.

'Third, I doubt if we could get away to warn'.

We kept moving through the mountain terrain which made the ride quite difficult and as usual, the Finn who was guiding us was walking barefoot through all the rocks and snow as if he were passing through.

When we came out of the small forest, I could smell the smell of burning human flesh, which indicated that we were close to the Finns' prey.

We found ourselves facing a makeshift palisade of the Finnish camp that was being erected in place, surrounded by the bodies of the members of the mountain clans that had once inhabited this place.

Just like the previous camp, there were dead bodies scattered all over the place, with the same wounds... clean and perfect cuts that only sought to kill their enemy.

''What happened here?...'' I asked the Finn who was guiding us.

''This was the camp of the black ears... we had information about where they moved... we started to capture their patrols that were killing and kidnapping sheep and goat farmers in the area and with the help of our torturers we managed to get a lot of information that helped us to plan our night attack'' said the Finn while looking carefully where he was walking.

''It was some kind of ritual of adulthood that this tribe had and we took advantage, they started consuming alcoholic drinks made of goat milk we caught them with their guard down, taking advantage that most of them were drunk, we simply killed the guards with arrows and we entered their camp cutting the throats of those who were asleep and one or another fight. .. only one of our group was late with their action and some managed to escape our trap, but finally...lothar caught them...and well you saw what happened to them, ha, ha, ha''said the Finn staring at me.

''I see...many deaths from what I see...you lost many men?'', I asked a bit nervously

''No...in fact only wounded...we can't afford to lose men fighting these undisciplined savages...but we have had the hard losses of our loyal war dogs, most of the savages piss themselves at the sight of our dogs with their armor on'' said the Finn pointing to the group of Finnish dogs that had armor on.

'The owners don't wear armor because they think it slows them down while their dogs wear chain mail or scale armor and spiked collars to protect them.'

When we arrived at the entrance to the camp we found that a group of children were practicing archery, they were shooting arrows... at a wild woman who had climbed a tree to avoid being torn to pieces by the Finnish dogs that were barking at her

While a couple of Finns were trying to give the kids tips on how to improve technique and hit the target who was moving between tree branches to avoid being hit by the arrows raining down on her

''Brynden, most of them are without their masks... I recommend that your men do not enter the camp... you know what happens if our face leaks'' said the Finn giving a look to my men.

''Well, set up camp and stay away from the Finns, unless you want to die'' I replied to the Finn and gave the order to the knights following me

I entered the camp and the Finns had already begun to make themselves comfortable amidst all the chaos they had caused.

'But why are there so many children here?'

The camp had more children than Finns

Some Finns were teaching the children how to make the famous stake traps

In another area, they were teaching them how to skin an animal.

There was a small area where they were being trained to fight with spears in groups

They were even taught how to heal their dogs that were wounded and if necessary cut off the infected limbs.

''The food is ready?, I'm starving'' said the Prussian knight in his tongue

''Yes, lothar... two whole goats for you'' said the Finn to the knight and pointed to two goats that were being cooked.

The knight was quickly towards the place and took off the helmet and began to quickly devour the food.

Almost as fast as he killed the savages, the knight ate a goat's leg and broke the bones to suck out the marrow.

''... Ah... what the hell with that man's appetite'' I said surprised seeing how he was already about to finish eating the first goat.

''Lothar eats for five people on a normal day and when there is a battle he can eat for ten people up to fifteen depending on how much he fights'' said the Finn observing how the Prussian was already eating the second goat.

We approached the big tent in the center where the master of the Finns would be

''Who did you bring to us?.... Brynden so long... you remembered us, we waited for your letters, but they never arrived'' said one of the guards of the tent

''I was a little busy with my work and I had no idea where to send them'' I said as I returned the piercing stare.

''Tumbleton... we'll wait for your letters, then... well come in''said the guard

We entered the tent and the first thing the Finns did was to throw a tablecloth to cover a map they had on the table

The Finns were having dinner after winning the battle, most of them had plates of a stew, here likewise there were children who were eating together with the Finns even the Finns' dogs were eating with them.

''Why did they do it?..... Brynden is one of us... but wait, I have some questions for him, first'' Aleksanteri said to the man who threw the tablecloth on the map.

''Hello, Aleksanteri as...''' I tried to say

''Hello, Brynden... very bold of you to present yourself before me after saying I'm a mad man in front of everyone... you made things very difficult for my king''Aleksanteri said pulling out a Valyrian steel dagger and walking slowly towards me

'Oh shit... I forgot.'

the eyes of everyone in the tent were fixed on me.

''Aleksanteri.... he... he... he, I can explain''ie said very scared as I took small steps backwards, but I crashed into the guards behind me.

''I gave you my name, I showed you my face, I trained you in our techniques and how do you repay me... saying to the seven winds that I am a merciless man, a heartless monster, a sadist and a mad man''said Aleksanteri placing his dagger in my breastplate.

my breathing was irregular and I couldn't find a way out of this situation.

''How can I thank you?'', said Aleksanteri smiling, showing his white teeth.

''What?'', I said like a stupid man.

''Yes it hurts me that you truly think I'm a crazy man, but it's just a mask... come on don't make that stupid face... everyone wears masks, I just chose to create my own, a person efficient in his job of eliminating spies is scary a crazy person who does the same?, a thousand times more terrifying'' said Aleksanteri smiling

''I live for that ''prestige'' you spared me that I should have made them know me, so thank you, Brynden... bring out the tablecloth..... Brynden is trustworthy,'' said Aleksanteri returning to his chair and putting away the dagger.

They took the tablecloth off the map and it was a map of the mountains of the moon and it detailed very clearly the steps that the Finns were going to follow and pointed out where the camps of the savage clans were and marked with an X all the ones they had already destroyed, which were five and we only found one.

''What do you think?'', Aleksanteri said after seeing me look at the map.

''Very detailed... since when did you do it?'', I asked, a bit intrigued.

''One moon after the battle of the trident, my men had already deployed throughout the seven kingdoms to make the most accurate map of the seven kingdoms'', Aleksanteri answered.

''What are you doing here?'', I asked again.

''Ha, ha, I thought you were smarter Brynden...it is not obvious, we are eating...look, here is a sheep stew that is delicious, you can accompany it with some goat milk, but it is more of an acquired taste'' Aleksanteri said laughing a bit

the Finns laughed at Aleksanteri's remark

''I mean, what are you doing out here in the mountains attacking the savage clans?'', I asked again, this time more specific

"Ah... well... specific questions... well, the savages attacked a caravan carrying goat leather and copper and greatly delayed the manufacture of books, perfumed leather gloves and copper utensils that the Prussians are so fond of and so they decided that this threat inhabiting the mountains must be crushed at any cost and not put the Prussian supply lines at risk again''Aleksanteri replied.

''Just because of that?'', I said, a little intrigued.

I felt Aleksanteri's cold stare.

''It was an order from my king, he considered the mission important for the well-being of the kingdom, that is why he sent me.... or do you consider that my king's decision was stupid, Brynden?'', Aleksanteri said with a grim tone.

''No... just... curious'' I said trying to calm down the Finnish leader

''I hope that answers your curiosity'', said Aleksanteri petting one of the dogs he had nearby.

''Why didn't you ask the Arryns for help, they would be truly grateful with this'', I asked Aleksanteri.

''They would only be trouble... for centuries these savages bothered the Arryns and their banner men and what did they do... nothing... they are useless and I will not put a mission at risk just because of the incompetence of those nobles whose pride clouded their minds'' Aleksanteri answered a bit annoyed.

''Well I understand, but you know I have to report this to Jon'' I said to Aleksanteri who had started to eat.

''Well, just give me two weeks and I will have disappeared leaving the mountains as clean as I can, I am only going to attack the clan cores, there might be survivors left... but I think the Arryn might finish them off if the problem is generated again... it would be the peak of their incompetence'' said Aleksanteri

''Do you want the acknowledgement?'', I asked the Finn.

''Just say I slaughtered them all and I guess you saw my 'monster' fantastic isn't it?''', said Aleksanteri smiling after drinking a glass of milk.

''Where did you get him from... he killed hundreds in the forest..... mutilated and mangled bodies everywhere''I said a bit distressed.

''The former count of Ruppin...exactly the disgraced fanatic...a war beast...the one who did not know his true potential...lothar was always very conservative of using his true power...very used to fighting as an honorable warrior...but now he is a beast who only attacks to kill, I have made sure his training makes him strong...much stronger than he once was...he just still lacks training'' said the Finn showing his white teeth

''ah... so his training isn't ready?'', I said in surprise

''yes, unfortunately, lothar has a lot of trouble fighting agile enemies...I trained him personally and defeated him in all our confrontations...his strength is useless, if he can't hit me, I just have to dodge turn and deflect his arms to make him fall into the mud...how many times have I thrown lothar into the mud?'', said Aleksanteri and then asked one of his subordinates

''Two hundred and forty-two times Aleksanteri'' replied the Finnish soldier.

''You see that monster is still imperfect, when its speed can match its strength it will be something we should all fear'' said Aleksanteri with his maniacal grin

''I see then I will return to my post, they must be looking for me already'' I said turning to leave.

''Brynden... I need a little nepotism from you,'' said Aleksanteri.

''What do you need?'', asked the Finnish man who was staring at me.

''Could you let a thousand of my men through the bloody gates, I need to get to Gull town and I don't want to take the long way around'' said Aleksanteri pointing to the city on the map.

''What do you want to go there for?'', I asked the Finn.

''You know what happened to the cat that was curious?'', said Aleksanteri smiling.

''Well... I won't ask questions... I'll let you pass, just don't make trouble in the Arryn lands'', I said, trying to finish the conversation.

''Remember in two weeks from today inform Arryn that the mountains are clean and in twenty days we will pass through the bloody gates to the port city'' said the Finn smiling.

I nodded to the Finn's words and left the camp, I decided to spend the night here, since it would be dangerous because of the animals and it was not long before sunset.

Leaving the camp I heard a scream coming from the trees and then a thud... and later desperate screams it was the woman who was in the tree, apparently the children managed to knock her down and the dogs were ripping her to pieces.

The Finns began to congratulate the child who had accomplished the feat

'They always find something to surprise me'.

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