When dawn came, the eastern army lined up, at the ready within the capital’s horizon.As the sun rose, so was the start of their march.On the enemy’s side, the commander of the empire stood as vanguards. Prepared with their troops to defend the city of Ruthar.All of them wore red, spiked armors, armed with spears, swords, and shields. All of their equipment had hinges and gears clicking as it made rotating sounds.They knew them as the army of iron, known as the best among their ranks.“Are you sure about this, old friend?”Asron asks as his comrade.The grand wizard flew into the air, holding on to his mystical staff that had a large orb on its top end. The thing glowed as the caster levitated higher.“Yes, I wish to avoid as minor damage as possible, and I think I’ll be able to do that with my magic and this gift that little one gave me.”Hemlock chuckled, showing him his new weapon.The fellow was quite happy about the present; it being the first and most mystical thing he had ev

After a long interrogation of the royal guards, they found a secret passageway underneath the city, through the underground canals.They instructed the troops to continue the siege as he and Hemlock make their way into the castle from the entrance.A good few hours and they reached the well where the group came in, they listen for an exceptional amount of time, to be sure that it was clear.When the two of them agreed it was okay, the wizard swish his hand and they shoot out of there, straight into the back garden, surrounded by several armored soldiers who in waiting.“It looks like we’ve gotten ourselves into a pinch.”His friend was counting the number of enemies that were there. It seems there were a good portion of them, and they had prepared for such an event. As there were some of them that had a unique set of equipment.“Then I think it is time I use this.”He taps on to his bastard sword, smirking as he had also expected the situation and was even looking forward to it, consi

From the castle walls, they watched the incoming and outgoing patrols of the kingdom. They had been vigilant from the start, making sure that their domains were not being invaded by the monsters.Thankfully, the cliffs and forest wall that were created all over the place were enough to stop their advancement into their lands.“We are completely cut off from the others.”Hemlock sighed.The eastern and northern territories were now impassable because of the krads. The western dock received little ships and the southern area had nothing to offer because of the forbidden forest.“At least we’re no longer the only ones who have to worry about those monsters.”Asron grinned, able to relax about those enemies.Though they lost a large part of their territory, they did not have to fret about the neighboring kingdoms attacking, and they were now in the same situation as them.He felt they had finally gotten the retribution that they had longed for after being mocked and ridiculed by them.“Th

They were taking a stroll within the castle gardens after that little debate.It didn’t bode well for him, especially after the youngsters starting asking questions about why he had done that, instead of fighting them off.Cortus and the others were questioning his reasoning behind all that, cause even he seemed he did not understand himself that time.“Weren’t you too harsh with little one? I thought you’ve already moved on with his use of magic?”Hemlock states. His expression showed concern as he notices the pain and weight on Asron’s face.“He used Herlein’s womb to create that weapon!”It still pained him to know that they did such an atrocity on his beloved wife. That was the one thing that he could not get over with up to now.“And how do you think would he have saved your son if he did not use it?”The wizard asks, piqued by such a reasoning, considering that the human had already explained himself well.He had also wanted to make his friend understand the entire situation was

The whole situation haunted Asron’s thoughts that he could not sleep soundly. He pondered on it the entire night, all the while sitting on the throne.Until morning he remained there, hands on his chin, resting on the chair’s arm, looking at the outside.As per what Chris has said, it came out like a warning for him, reminding him of his shortcomings.The idea of his men betraying him again, the thought of the horrors of losing his people because of his lack of judgement may very well repeat itself because of that.And even with that in mind, he still could not doubt them, having fought alongside them during the resistance against the krads had proven their mettle and loyalty to him.His contemplating stopped the moment the large double doors opened, letting in all his chosen advisers. Along them was Hemlock, whose face remained indifferent, probably because of their argument yesterday.“Good morning, our liege.”All of them greeted in unison, bowing their heads in respect.He gives t