- The Prouds 300
Reynold left the house of the finished leader and
started calling on the Prouds to gather around him.
After a while, many of the Prouds’ knights gathered
around him.
He said loudly, “People, you must prepare to meet
Matthew’s army.”
But the people were very sad and their morale was
at its worst.
One man said, “How can we fight now that we have
lost the strongest knight, who had saved us in all our wars
and was the reason for all our victories? How can we fight
now that we have lost our leader and his son, and his oldest
son killed his other son, all within less than a year? How
can we fight? This oppressor king will devour us.”
Every single one of the Prouds thought that way but
they did not have the courage to say it. People were
overwhelmed by pessimism.
Reynold shouted angrily at the man, “Shut up. We
are the Prouds.”
He continued passionately, “Had Jarvis been alive,
he would not have tolerated what you have just said.
Jarvis’s body has gone but his soul is still alive in ours. We
must fight and defeat this mean king, his imbecile son, and
slutty daughter for messing with our tribe.”
He paused for a while then shouted, “Take off your
mourning clothes and prepare for revenge.”
Reynold had a huge burden pushing on his chest because of
the upcoming war with King Matthew, especially with the