Strongest wills

as I tore the door from its hinges, a big man stands to the side of the cell with chains all over him but not the same quality as mine.

He is beaten, barely hanging to his life even though he has strength related magic he looks weaker than a child, but I knew better.

"look at what they have done to you, are you sure you are ready for this journey?"

He was gaged but looked at me with vicious eyes. But it is not enough.

"you are weak I may not have use for you and frankly I doubt you make it out." I say with hint of pity in my voice

"mmmph mpphhh" the man says weakly in muffled voice.

'Not enough!'

"if that's all the strength you can muster for your freedom, I suggest you go back to the flock to be herded like everybody else or... stand."

The man looks at me his face goes through a series of emotions.

"mmmphhhh mphhhhhhhh!" he shouts and rattles his chains.

"they took you in as a child too, what are you now 20? 25? I can see your chin hairs; I wonder at what age will they turn silver."

The man looks at me as he lost all hope, but I was thinking ' stand up burn your body and be reformed anew, embrace the pain, or perhaps you need a bit of motivation.'

I put forward my hand which was bloody and hang it right out of reach of him.

"take my hand and you are free." I look down at him and show impatience as I do not wanna waste too much time.

The man tries but the chains hold him back, he gets paranoid and tries again.

Again, and again but fails.

I shack my head and look down at him.

"you are not determined, show me that you are willing to sacrifice even your flesh for this mission and you shall live free and die free."

The man looks into my eyes and at that moment everything quiets down.

Drip, drip, drip. The blood from my wrist hits the dirty pavement floor, the man looks at my wrist and smiles.

I hear the chains rattle as he gets on his feet.

"the first step is to stand up my brother, staying in your knees will make them look down upon you."

He extends his hand so hard that flesh tears and cracks appear in wall connecting the hinges, and blood drip over mine on the floor as he takes my hand.

"the second step is you have to show them the that you got nothing to lose, be it flesh, or loved ones. But most importantly remind them of what they will lose in turn."

I grab the man's chains and with all my strength or should I say his strength, I break them apart bare handed.

He looks at me and nods as he removes his gag, " it feels good to breathe through my mouth again."

I nod and say" one would never guess to miss the simple pleasures of life, say…. What is your name brother?."

He smirks and says" Lucas the valiant." As he pounds his chest with his fist.

"a title? I thought everyone here is like me…" I trail off as I think of the origin of this man.

"I come from a land far away seeking adventure, a land of snow where storms rage for weeks, only my tribe lives there.

I nod and say " well Lucas you made all my speech irrelevant and you are free to go, you owe me nothing as you are but fresh blood in this prison, most of us have been here for at least decade if not more. I suggest you go back to your tribe because this war just got a new contender."

The man laughs as we walk out of the cell together going to the others to free them, and then he says" I smell an adventure and one that will go down in history, I shall follow you."

I quickly say" no need for a guest to interfere with house affairs."

"little man, if you can make me a foreigner believe in your ideals in a few seconds I fear for this nation and it's nobles. That's why I will follow to see this through and mostly because I see it's fun."

I register what he says and hold up little man? You are like 8 feet tall.

I continue walking as we tear open doors and chains.

Lucas frees them while I continue to open doors.

At the end of the hall I start hearing noise outside as if the cavalry are here and look back and see about 15 people standing Lucas included.

I smile and say" looks like we can have a proper party now."