Chapter 192: Clone


    Everyone gathered in one ce as they all looked at one person in the group. Hugh and Serena both had a sharp eyes as they both scrutinized every side of the person in front of them.


    It was the toon leader. However, this was not the original toon leader, this was Beru in his clone form.


    Everyone was looking towards Beru to see if there was anything wrong with his clone. They needed it to be believable for their n to work.


    Beru only had a nonchnt face as he observed everyone who was looking towards him.


    "He needs to have a bit more spiteful look," a soldier said.


    "Yeah. He needs to have a punchable face for him to look like the toon leader."


    "I agree. This toon leader looks amicable and cute, definitely not like the real toon leader."


    Everyone could agree on the stark difference between the two different versions of the toon leader. However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not get Beru to have the right kind of look.


    Beru titled his head. He did not know why everybody thought that he was different. He looked towards the real toon leader, and he could not see anything different.


    The real toon leader was still unconscious, so he had a rtively peaceful look on his face. So, Beru had copied this kind of gentle look.


    "It will have to do," Hugh said as he rubbed his chin.


    He would have preferred Beru to have the same art as the real toon leader, but it seemed that it would not be possible.


    "His face is done, the only problem would be his voice," Serena said as she looked at Beru with gentle eyes.


    Everyone nodded their heads. In the hours that they trained Beru, he had never said one single word. Hugh realized that Beru could not speak like a real human since he was just a dog-wolf.


    "Ruff!" Beru shouted.


    Even though he looked like the toon leader, all he could do was bark.


    "Beru, don''t try to speak when you get there, okay?" Hugh said as he patted Beru''s head.


    Beru nodded his head furiously and put out his tongue in the air like a dog.


    *poof*


    Beru''s tail appeared behind him and waddled like a dog.


    "Don''t try to bring out your tail either, okay?" Serena said as she also patted Beru''s head.


    Beru nodded furiously and disyed a serious face. This was his game face, signaling to everybody that he was ready to that what was he was trained for.


    "Beru, we wish you luck!"


    "We''re counting on you, little guy!"


    "Just howl at us if things go wrong, and we''ll back you up!"


    All the soldiers gave their word towards Beru. They all became super close with Beru as they all treated him as their dog.


    "Okay Beru, it''s time," Hugh said as he patted Beru''s back and pushed him towards the road.


    All the upper ranks of the army were supposed to gather together. This was by themand of themander, and it was mandatory to attend.


    Beru was liked like a real human towards the center of the army, towards the ce where themander was located.


    "He''ll be okay, right?" Serena asked as she looked at Beru with worried eyes.


    "We can only hope," Hugh said as he balled up his fists.


    At this stage of the n, Beru could only rely on himself. He would have no other connection other than Hugh. If things go wrong, he would be surrounded by all their enemies.


    Beru would be swimming in the belly of the beast. This was a mission that only he could do since he was the only one who could copy the toon leader.


    Beru walked towards therge tent set up in the middle of the ins. Soldiers d with full metal armor walked around and saluted Beru as they walked past him.


    Beru would smile at them and would not salute back. Everyone thought that this was weird, but they did not stop him.


    Beru pushed the curtains aside and saw the interior of the giant tent. There, he could see a gathering of upper ranks soldiers that were all good allies of themander.


    They all sat in a circr table with the foremost table empty reserved for themander himself. This was also the most luxurious seat and the seat that could oversee everyone.


    Beru walked towards the circr table with a smile and sat in the nearest seat near the entrance of the tent. His fellow upper ranks looked at him and frowned.


    They all seemed suspicious of the toon leader. They could feel that something was wrong with him.


    "Hey, why are you seating like that?" a lieutenant frowned and looked at the toon leader.


    Everyone looked at Beru and saw that he was sitting like a dog in a chair. His hind legs were sitting crossed while his tongue was out in the open.


    Then, Beru realized his mistake. This was what he was trained for, and he quickly changed his position. Everyone still felt that something was wrong with the toon leader, but they could not point it out.


    "What''s wrong? You usuallyin about your toon at this point," the lieutenant said as he looked at Beru.


    Beru''s forehead sweated as he got asked that question. He did not know what to say since this was not part of their n. What''s more important was that he cannot speak at all.


    The lieutenant frowned as he looked at Beru. More of the upper ranks looked at Beru and had suspicious eyes. At this rate, they would get suspicious of him.


    *tuturutut*


    A horn sounded out, and everyone repositioned themselves. They all stood up with their backs straight and looked at the entrance of the tent.


    Beru was surprised, but he copied the others. Then, everyone watched as the tent opened up and themander himself showed up.


    Everyone could feel the pressure emanating from themander. Even though they were part of the same army, they still could not get used to themander''s presence.


    "Commander!" the upper ranks shouted out as they all bowed towards themander.


    Beru also bowed with them, but he could not help but take a peek at themander, the most fearsome entity in this army.


    "Do you sense something?" Serena asked as she looked at Hugh with worry.


    Everyone was looking at Hugh since he was the only one who could sense Beru. They all got ready to risk their lives to bring back Beru if things went wrong.


    "His heart rate is elevated," Hugh said as he closed his eyes and felt his connection to Beru.


    "Is something wrong?" a soldier asked.


    Hugh was silent as he concentrated on the connection. The connection was faint, but he could feel the basic emotions that Beru felt at that moment.


    It felt like Hugh was swimming in an endless void with a green string from his stomach that reached towards the front.


    Hugh reached out to the green string and pulled on it. Surprisingly, he was pulled closer and closer to the faint dark blue light in the distance.


    Hugh felt like that was Beru''s soul. The green string was their connection.


    Beru sneaked a peek at themander and saw his fierce aura. It was as terrifying as people described him to be.


    Every step could bring earthquake, every breath could bring tornadoes, and every look could pierce the heavens.


    Then, Beru watched as themander''s eyes looked towards him as they both made eye contact. Beru''s heart stopped at that moment.


    Hugh could feel the fear and trepidation that Beru was currently feeling. He could feel that Beru was starting to get in trouble.


    He pulled the green string faster and faster to try and get a better connection with Beru. As he got closer, he suddenly got a vision in his eyes.


    Deep, dark red eyes stared back at him. It was a terrifying aura behind those eyes, and it was not an exaggeration that his ''looks'' could kill.


    This was themander, Hugh was sure of it. Why was themander looking at Beru?


    It was then that he realized that Beru was in deep trouble now than he thought. He needed to get to Beru''s would faster or else he would get in real trouble.


    "Do you have something to say?" themander said as he looked down at Beru.


    Everyone looked at Beru with sorry eyes. They did not know what Beru had done, but they knew that he had gathered the ire of themander.


    Beru could not say something. Even if he tried to, all he could do was bark at themander, which would not make the situation better, only worsen it.


    "Are you deaf?" themander said with a deeper voice. Everyone could feel the temperature of the room drop several degrees.


    Themander frowned. Even with that, the toon leader still did not respond.


    Themander decided to kill him at this very moment.