Chapter 51
Bearthian once again approached the giant prison that the humans called the zoo. He had already tried this twice, but now there was no one to stop him. The tiger-man was dealt with and the Hunters were out of the picture.
It was empty after hours despite the last two attempts he had made. It was possible that all the humans were too afraid to guard the place. Especially since the ones that had been were comfortably locked away at his secret grove where no one would find them.
With a few hours of rest to have recharged his powers and with his large dryad beside him, the druid went from cage to cage, pen to pen, releasing every animal and using his powers to mind control them. He was too weak to put his ultimate plan into action, but this was a start. He needed a day's rest to gain enough power to do what he really had planned, but the magnificent creatures of the zoo would offer him the needed protection until then.
It took some time, but with little difficulty, Bearthian released and controlled every animal in the zoo, big and small, and marched them out of the prison toward his secret grove. Nothing could stop him now.
