Chapter 107 - The New Members

I take a moment to myself as I remember the time I spent inside Burmendak Prison, but the only difference between then and now, is that I'm heading inside for completely different reason, Celeste notices the way I'm gazing at the massive prison facility, and asks.

"are you feeling okay Master Collin?"

I answer.

"yeah, I'm just having a hard time believing that I spent six years of my life imprisoned in there."

Gresnor places his hand on my hand and says.

"I still regret not being able to come visit you at least once."

I reply.

"it's fine, I understand why you couldn't, so don't worry about it too much."

Celeste then says while looking at Klein.

"the three of us will head inside, while you wait for us out here, we don't need to put the prison on high alert, because of you."

he replies annoyed.

"yeah I know, you don't need to tell me that."

she looks at me and Gresnor and says.

"alright you two let's go."

we make our way to the prison entrance, and we are stopped by or guards, who ask us.

"state your business is it visitation, or slave purchase?"

Celeste answers.

"um we have come to purchase slaves."

one of the orc guards grunts and then signals us to follow him, we then go through security checkpoint at the entrance of the prison, where we are patted down to make sure we that we are not armed, I then think to myself.

"even if I buy them, I at least want to give them the option to join me."

the guards finish patting us down and give the signal that we are cleared to go, and as we follow another orc guard, I ask Celeste.

"did you have to go through all of this, when you visited me while I was in here?"

she nods.

"yes."

we are then guided inside a small room, where we are greeted by another orc but this one isn't dressed like a guard, he smiles and says while shaking our hands.

"I'm the warden of this prison, it's a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet you all."

he points at some chairs and says.

"please take a seat while I go and fetch the list of slaves, that are available for purchase."

Gresnor makes a comment to me.

"Collin, I don't know how to feel about this, slavery is very taboo, amongst the Lizardmen."

Celeste agrees.

"yeah, it's a shame that the orcs have lowered there standards so much, to even allow slavery to be acted."

I think to myself.

"even though I agree with their negative feelings towards slavery, there is not much I can do to change that, even back in my previous life, slavery has always existed, even during my time being alive, slavery was still practiced in some countries of earth."

I respond to them, feeling a bit conflicted.

"I understand how you feel, but there is not much we can do about it."

after the warden hands us a list of names of individuals, and each one has a picture of them, a name, race, and description, he welcomes another set of individuals, Celeste then asks.

"so who should we be looking for."

I answer.

"look for a cat demi-human named Felnor, a Dragonoid named Selshruuk, and a Lizardman named Aktosh."

Gresnor asks with anger in his voice.

"why in the hell are we buying that bastard?"

I respond.

"believe it or not, he has valuable fighting experience during the civil war, he should be helpful with the fight against the vampires."

as he looks for his name ln the list, he replies not pleased with what I said.

"that damned Aktosh, he caused the death of many Lizardmen."

then Celeste protests.

"Master Collin, we shouldn't be buying a a Dragonoid, those bastards shouldn't be trusted."

I reply.

"well me and him got along during our encounter, so that is more than enough for me to trust him."

she doesn't respond to what I said and just sighs as she searches the list for him, I then think to myself.

"I just have to search for Felnor, and see if he is on the list."

after a half an hour of searching the large list, we

finally find them and call over the warden, who approaches us smiling and asks

"have you found what you are looking for?"

I respond.

"yes we would like to make our purchase now."

I stand up and point at Felnor, Selshruuk and Aktosh, he looks at me with disbelief and asks.

"you wan to buy three?"

I respond.

"yes is that a problem?"

"no, not a problem, I'm just wondering if you can afford it, because it will be very expensive."

I ask.

"how expensive?"

he replies.

"well each slave costs one thousand, five hundred, and if you bought three that would come in total of four thousand five hundred gold coins."

I reply still pointing at the list.

"okay then, bring these three, I would like to buy them."

he replies.

"well before I so that, I would like to confirm that you do have the gold, for this massive transaction."

I the give him the bag of gold that King Dave's aide gave me, and I reply.

"here there should be about five thousand gold coins in there."

he clears his throat.

"before I can confirm this purchase, I would like to verify, the authenticity of these gold coins."

I sit down and reply calmly.

"do what you gotta do, we aren't going anywhere."

the warden began the appraisal process on every gold coin he took out, I then say to Celeste.

"it looks like we're going to be here a little while longer, since he is going to see if the gold coins are real."

she responds.

"okay, that makes sense, I also wouldn't trust a single individual who carries around so much gold coins."

we then sit around bored out of our minds as we continue to wait for the warden to finish counting and appraising each gold coin, Celeste then asks in my mind.

"so tell me, when you first became a werewolf, did you transform into a monstrous beast like the ones in the stories."

I nod and reply in my thoughts.

"yes, and from what I can remember, my first transformation was very painful and intense."

she then asks.

"does one lose themselves when they transform?"

I reply.

"only the first transformation, and then after that you become conscious and aware with what you are doing with each transformation."

Celeste looks like she is about to ask another question, but she gets interrupted by the warden.

"okay everything is order, the slaves you have purchased are on the way."

I look to Celeste and say.

"I'll give you a proper explanation about werewolves later."

as she nods, I stand up from my seat and approach the warden, who gives me back the bag with the remaining gold coins, and says with a smile, while pointing at a cell door.

"thank you for your business, some guards will escort your slave at any moment."

Gresnor and Celeste get up from their seats and stand next to me as we watch the cell door together, and then after a few minutes pass by, the cell door finally opens, and the three of them immediately recognize me, Felnor's cat tail, begins to wag with excitement and asks

"Collin are you my new Master?"

I nod and respond.

"yes kid."

Selshruuk chuckles.

"I was wondering who would be crazy enough to buy me, and it turns out it was just you kid, I'm glad that we get to meet again."

I respond.

"it's good to see you too Selshruuk."

Aktosh also chuckles.

"you just couldn't resist being away from me huh kid, I knew you missed me."

I reply indifferently.

"nope, quite the opposite of that."

he replies sarcastically.

"come on kid, you don't need to keep acting so coldly, you are hurting my feelings."

one of the guards escorting them says to me.

"alright let's go, we'll uncuff these three once we are outside of the prison."

as we leave leave the small room, the warden waves goodbye.

"you are always welcomed to buy more slaves from us, have a good day!"

the guards uncuff them the moment we stepped foot out of the prison, and as they head back, Aktosh asks.

"so what next master?"

I reply as I walk back towards Klein.

"follow me, I'll tell explain everything the moment all of us are together."

Felnor, quickly makes his way next to me and walks alongside me until we arrive with Klein, I then say to everyone.

"I want you all to get a look at each other, and get to know one another properly, because they will be your ally in these coming days."

Selshruuk asks curiously.

"okay I'm willing to do that master, but can you tell us, what this is all about?"

Instead of dancing around the subject, I just come out and say it.

"I have chosen all of you, to become a member of my werewolf clan."

Gresnor, Aktosh and Felnor look at me surprised with what I said, while Selshruuk asks.

"do we have a choice in this matter?"

I look at all of them, anxiously awaiting my answer, I clear my throat and say.

"you three are no longer slaves, so you can choose of you want to join my clan."

I look at Gresnor and Celeste.

"the two of you also get to decide if you want to join."

Celeste replies quickly.

"I already made up my mind earlier, so I'm joining you."

Felnor fidgets nervously with his hands for a little bit and but then he clears his throat and replies with a serious tone.

"I don't have any where to go, so you can count me in."

Selshruuk chuckles.

"you've got a lot of gut kid, but I won't let you upstage me."

he looks at me and says.

"I'm in."

Aktosh looks at me smiling and says.

"oh so you are actually asking for my assistance, who would have thought that."

he sighs and says.

"I'll join too, but on one condition, I want to hear you ask me for help."

I sigh and respond.

"I did choose you for a reason, so would you please join, it would really help us."

he grins.

"how can I say no to that, count me in."

Gresnor grumbles to himself angrily and saya.

"count me in too Collin, if that bastard Aktosh is willing to do it, then I don't see why I can't."

Klein then says.

"it looks like we got ourselves a new clan, let's go to a secluded area, so we can hold a little ceremony."

I look to Celeste and say.

"alright let's go to place where we won't be bothered."

she nods.

"I know the perfect place."

once she got a portal open, all of us step inside the portal and realize that we are somewhere in the coastal desert of Corpus.