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-------------------------- Quoran stepped into the throne room of the castle and knelt on one knee upon the red carpet in front of his king. Head bowed, he spoke," My King, I have come by your summon. What need do you have of me?" It was always like this. Every dirty errand that the king found was too hard for humans, Quoran was made to do it. The lives of humans were more precious than the shape shifters who protected them. They believed that shape shifters were too strong to die and that they would never have to face danger. Quoran wanted to see, what this king would now make him do. Juliano Loren lifted a hand and gestured for every other personnel except Quoran to leave. His eyes then moved to the man below, his face never betraying his emotions, stayed emotionless."The mission this time is a little different. No more patrols or checking of houses for enemies. Venture into enemy grounds and sniff around like the animal you are. I expect valuable information. Failure is unacceptable from my best soldier, take any of the captains as you please." Quoran clenched his fists at the insult that the king himself hadn't seemed to realise he had thrown. Animal huh? Quoran could suppose that it was in a way true. It seems that the king has no more need for his general. Sending him into enemy territory without knowing what to expect, it was basically courting death. Regardless of his displeasure, he placed his right fist on his left chest in a soldier's salute and left for the barracks. Quoran arrived at the barracks and opened the door of the canteen where the soldiers were having their meals. All of them looked up from their meals in shock, they're general had never joined them for meals before let alone even stepped into the canteen. "Meeting for the captains," he announced and left. The soldiers behind continued with what they were doing, relieved that nothing was out of the ordinary. The captains stood up one by one and proceeded towards the conference room where Quoran sat waiting. The shape shifters were considerably closer in relationship and they were the only people that Quoran had ever spoken to other than the king. When the captains had all arrived, sitting lazily in their chairs, Quoran finally took off his firm mask and placed his elbows on the table while rubbing his eyes tiredly. "Why the stress, general?" Lazak who was beside him asked while giving him a firm clap on the back. He was the closest to Quoran despite all of them being friends since he was taken in right after Quoran. Quoran ignored his friend and looked back up at the other who were chatring amongst themselves. "The next mission will be going into enemy lands," the room fell into dead silence. "I shall only take three of you with me, everyone else will stay. This mission is very dangerous and I won't risk anybody's life. We are to gather information on the enemy and-" he was cut off by Lazark. "I'm definitely going and so will Feris and Zion right?" Lazark said unsmilingly. Said people nodded and Quoran spoke,"then I guess its decided. I leave the army in the hands of the remaining captains. Dismissed." On the way out, Quoran, Lazark, Feris and Zion all received 'good luck' and 'be careful' comments from the captains. The next day, they were set to leave.