Chapter 37

"So this is a warg?" Walton asked as he looked at the unconscious man with an impassive gaze "He doesn't look anything special."

"That's because he's just as human as you or me." He explained as Baka dragged the last direwolf and put it inside the cage along with the others. "The only difference he has from other humans is the fact that he is able to control animals with his mind. Nothing else."

"The direwolves are so cute. Can I have one as well Dommy?" Baka asked as she closed the wooden door of the cage and looked at him hopefully.

"I don't think you'll be able to control a direwolf Baka." He said with a smile "But if you want one for yourself, then I'll try to find another one for you. But you can't take those ones as they belong to Varamyr over here."

"They belong to him?" Baka asked while pointing at the unconscious man.

"Yes Baka."

"So if I kill him, then can I take his wolves?" she asked innocently and he held the urge to facepalm himself.

"You may not kill him Baka. He has use for me. And you cannot take his wolves either. As I said, I'll get another one for you." He said with some exasperation as Baka pouted at his words while Walton and some of his men snickered at him before he leveled them with a glare.

"If you're done laughing, then make some fortifications as we'll be staying here for some time." He ordered "Also send out some men to forage and food supplies that we might find in these parts along with the Wildlings that we captured. The longer our food supply lasts the better it'll be for us."

Walton gave him a nod and went away to follow his orders.

Then he looked at Varamyr that he had heard about from his other Wildling prisoners and wondered if his compulsion charms would work on the man.

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"It's been a whole moon since we came North of the Wall and we've not seen any giant so far. Nor any Children of the Forest that you claim still exist somewhere in his hellhole my lord." Walton complained as he sat quietly inside the tent as a fierce storm raged outside "The men are starting to become restless. Especially because we're so far from home and have no one else to rely on in case we were attacked by any large wildling war party."

"We've still farther to go in order to get to our destination." He said while wondering why he didn't took the time out to make a tent with expendable space for himself. Unfortunately, he had been too busy building a plumbing system with hot shower, sinks and setting up a modern day toilet with flush as well as other such luxuries for himself in Dreadfort that he forgot about making a magical tent.

Oh well, this'll teach him to put his duties before luxuries. For now, he'll just have to sit inside a normal tent like the rest of his men.

"How far?" Walton asked.

"Give or take a few days. Not a week. Don't worry. We're close to our destination." He assured the man who looked skeptical but accepted his words.

Walton was after all one of the few men and women within his inner circle who knew about his magical abilities.

"How long do you think this storm would last?" Walton asked and he shrugged in return.

"I'm a wizard. Not a seer."

"Greenseer." Varamyr supplied from the side as he snuggled closer to his snow bear due to the cold.

"What?" he asked.

"Greenseer. That's what we call people who are able to see everywhere and everything." Briar said from the side as she sat beside her shadowcat and watched them warily.

It has been a few days since they captured Briar and her shadowcat. She was a warg but unlike Varamyr she was only able to warg in a single Shadowcat and was still wary of him and his group.

But she was also curious like a cat and he knew that she was no danger to his group as she wanted to see what he and his magic could do.

Plus, he had promised both her and Varamyr a better life and that he'll be able to increase their mental capacity with his magic which'll allow them to warg in more animals.

Any warg worth his salt would know how important it was for wargs to have more animals within their control.

Varamyr himself had become the Chieftan of 5 villages because of his ability to warg into 5 different animals. So no warg would be able to refuse his offers.

He just hoped that he would be able to find more wargs to take south with him once they go back to their own castle.