At the front lines Jericho and Erica had made some very huge progress at their end, taking out all the Lost in that area, with the assistance of their Elite Holy Knights, leaving the rest to them, they began making their way to the capital, then Jericho got a communication request from Drako which he answered immediately… "yes Drako, speak to me" ... "my king, something truly strange just occurred here, (Jericho asked 'what' with curiosity)… one of those strange humans that are close to Jace just ran in here looking like he saw a ghost, and he was demanding to see your brother, which I found strange, cause the Intel that sent your brother to Warmark himself came from him, well that was what lord Jace told us, but this man looked lost when I brought that up with him, he just opted to play along, I didn't push further cause he started getting defensive… anyway my king he is currently on his way to Warmark too, so there are going to be a lot of very powerful people coming… please my king, let me join you, things are looking like it's getting out of hand, you are so powerful and graceful, but even you won't be able to take on three very high ranking members of lord Jace army, plus lord Jace himself…. please my king just say the word" Drako concluded with a worried tone, Jericho exchanged a worried look with Erica while they were on the move, she return it with a confused stare, as she was also curious to know what Jericho and Drako have been talking about… "Drako… you have proven your loyalty to me… from now on, I fully acknowledge you as my retainer, I appreciate your work my friend (Drako felt a warm feeling in his chest upon hearing Jericho calling him a friend, he absolutely loved the sound of that and was beaming from ear to ear)… I will now work extra hard to find a way of canceling the contract you had with my brother, so you can join up with me (Drako got excited upon hearing that)… but until then, you have to remain with Jace, I can't have you revealing yourself yet, am glad you are worried about me enough to want to come back me up, but I need you to trust my abilities right now, and have faith in them… I won't lose today, especially not when the world is at stake, so stand down Drako, I promise I will take care of this, your Intel has given me the edge and also time… which is priceless right now, so thank you so much, I will handle it" said Jericho, feeling a weird burst of confidence, Drako sigh and then a huge smile appeared on his face… "of course my king, you will always be victorious… I will pray for your success, but never forget all you need to do is think of me, and I will come rushing to your side in a heartbeat, my glorious king" Drako responded with conviction in his tone, Jericho smiled… "of course my friend, I expect nothing less, now I've got to go, I have some pest to deal with" said Jericho with a serious look on his face… "of course… good luck my king" said Drako with a light bow where he is even tho Jericho couldn't see him, then the transmission ended…
Jericho and Erica were still making their way to the capital on foot, taking down every lost they meet along the way… "hey Jericho, what were you and Drako talking about for so long there" Erica curiously asked… "oh Erica, things just got a little bit more difficult, but I see it as an excuse not to hold anything back" Jericho responded with a weird smile… "oh my… I feel sorry for whatever thing we are going to encounter now, I hope Warmark won't charge us for damages… hey just don't forget am on you side yeah, when you start rampaging" said Erica with scared tone and a huge sigh, Jericho was still moving with that weird smile still on his face.
At the southern part of Warmark the ship boarded by Jace and his troops had arrived, and looking around it seemed Jace plan to use the Lost as a distraction so he can make his way to the capital of Warmark undetected was a success, even if more than half of the Lost was wiped out before they made their way to the capital, enough managed to still make it, to Jace's delight… "how wonderful, just look at all the chaos, looks like some of the Lost still made it, and we have arrived undetected… your plans are falling into place young master Jace" said an impressed Demiurge… "of course it is, our lord though of it, it will always be a success coming from a supreme being like him" Pyon adds with pride as if it was his plan, Demiurge just found it amusing cause he remained him of how Kolpa usually react to anything their master Pluto does… "so young master Jace, what is the plan now" Demiurge asked, Jace looked around for awhile as some memories of his time vising the nation flashed in his head, but it was short lived, as the rage he felt overran the memories, destroying it and replacing it with his current desire, which was to carry out his father's will and also a little revenge to satisfy himself… "now we split up…. Pyon (he answered) you will take fifty men and head in towards the castle, you are in charge of getting princess Clover, destroy anyone that stands in your way… (he answer with a shape 'yes lord Jace' and started to prepare)… Demiurge (he answered shapely)… you will head the other way with the rest of the troops, in search of king Leohart, and also keep on monitoring the Lost, send some out to look for king Leohart, if you find him, let no harm befall him, capture him alive and bring him here… he is mine… no, no… better still, if you find him, I'll come get him myself" said Jace with fire in his eyes… everyone set out to prepare for the task assigned to them and got read to head out.
Making his way down the city, looking very delighted, Pyon was blasting away and loving the destruction he was causing, he finally made his way to the front of the castle gates, met with him was Sirius, whom was informed of the commotion just outside, so he went all the way to the castle gates himself, tasking sir. William to protect the kings and princess.
On getting there Sirius was met with a sight of his men lying dead, which also looked like they were poisoned, he then locked eyes with Pyon, who smiled at him… "hello there, I guess you are in charge of this bunch lying on the ground, aw, am truly sorry, I did asked very nicely for them to bring me to princess Clover, but they became hostile towards me, I was just defending myself here, my bad… now that you are here… would you be more reasonable please, could you either take me to princess Clover, or bring her here, I promise I will be on my merry way once you do that" said Pyon to Sirius with a very sadistic expression, staring him down, and looking at the complete massacre around him Sirius felt a rush of anger within him… "{how… just how were they able to make it this far into our capital, completely undetected?!}"… Sirius thought with anger and surprise… "MEN… TAKE BATTLE FORMATION… DO NOT LET ANY OF THEM THROUGH, PROTECT THE CAPITAL AND CASTLE, NO MATTER WHAT!!" Sirius screamed the orders at his men that are still alive, and the reinforcement that came along with him, they were about eighty (80) strong now, against fifty-one (51) of Pyon's troops, including Pyon himself… "ATTACK!!!" Sirius screamed and ran forward, towards Pyon, battle cry from the royal guards and a few Sligers of Warmark was heard, running towards the human army of Pyon… "I guess even the commander is unreasonable, that's where his men got it from… (sighed) oh well, I did try doing this the peaceful way (signaled an attack with his hands) I guess it will be the hard way after all" said Pyon getting ready for a fight himself, after signaling his men to attack… "Soul Casting… Aura Dilitirio" said Pyon, then a deep shade of green mass burst out of his hands and covered his entire body, it looked like he was on fire, but his body was covered in poison, Pyon just simply walked through thick bodies of men, anyone that attempted attacking him got instantly poisoned and dies, without him lifting a finger, he walked all the way, until he was confronted by Sirius, lounging himself forward, Sirius draw out his sword, taking a huge swing at Pyon, with how overly confident and invincible Pyon felt, he underestimated Sirius, he assumed the sword was just another normal, useless weapon they always used, so he didn't think it was necessary to dodge or block it, he was expecting his poison wall to melt away the sword of Sirius, but to his surprise it cut through his chest, then he felt a huge sting of shock in the wound that was created, it knocked him back and brought him down to one knee, but before he could fully recover from the surprise, Sirius went for him again, this time driving his sword forward and stabbing clean through the stomach of Pyon, he then sent yet another jolt of electricity this time a much higher voltage, this knocked Pyon back again, making him fall unconscious, Sirius stood above Pyon with a frown on his face looking down at him, then he turned his attention to his men still fighting the troops of Pyon, he then started to make his way there to finish everything, as he turned he felt a very thick pressure he had never felt before, a chill ran down his spine instantly, then he slowly turned his gaze towards Pyon, and saw he was slowly getting up… "oh my… am so glad lord Jace wasn't here to see this… and he told me not to underestimate anyone, and I went and disobeyed that orders, I need to be punished for that oversight… (he stood up and dusted himself off, the life ending injuries he sustained were almost completely gone)… but before that, I will rectify my blunder… my dear commander, you truly surprised me, I guess I messed up by holding back so much (a cold sweat ran down the face of Sirius)… forgive me, let's try that again shall we, but this time, you get the respect you've earned" said Pyon with a very intimidating smile, then he lounged at Sirius, this time not holding back so much.
He moved much more faster than he previously did, and his strength looked almost doubled, seeing this, Sirius took out his second weapon, a pistol, he began firing electric charges with very high and deadly voltage at Pyon, but this time it had no effect on him, Pyon deflected every single shot that came his way, and he finally got closer to Sirius, rolling his hands into a fist he lunched a punch at Sirius, whom was just to slow to react to it, it connected and sent him flying, hitting the gates and putting a huge dent on it, Sirius coughed out blood, and was gasping for air, while Pyon slowing made his way towards him… "am impressed, I thought for sure you will bring the gates down once you made impact, I did hit you pretty hard, that's some really sturdy gate right there, Clover keeps on impressing me" said Pyon with a smile, Sirius slowly made his way up, still breathing weirdly and coughing out blood, but he wiped his month and attacked Pyon again, not giving up… "I…I would never… let you… touch o-our princess… you're getting… pass me… only over m-my dead body… you fiend" said Sirius as he struggled to talk, but the adrenaline kept him going, he swigged punches upon punches, which Pyon easily kept on avoiding, he landed another punch on Sirius which sent him to the ground rolling in pain, at this point some of his men have noticed he was in trouble and they came rushing to help, but some were quickly cut off by Pyon troops, while the ones that made it got slapped aside by Pyon as he was no longer holding so much back, using the little distraction to his advantage, Sirius grabbed his pistol and stated firing at Pyon, getting on his feet slowly, but Pyon was easily evading the attacks, he soon got close enough to Sirius and grabbed him by the neck… "do you really think such feeble attacks will work on me?… you had better show me more respect than that human" Pyon stated with a disgust expression on his face, Sirius knew this but he had a plan in mind, Pyon then kicked him off and Sirius flow towards the battle his men and Pyon troops were locked in, landing on some of his men.
As Pyon started making his way towards Sirius, Sirius gave a certain hand signal, which his men saw and instantly had sour looks on their faces, some were reluctant, while others knew they can't disobey orders, they retreated, leaving Sirius surrounded by the troops of Pyon that were still alive, he kept firing at the men that surrounded him, also with some weapons he took from some of his men, until Pyon made his way to him, lifting him up from his neck, Pyon looked Sirius deep in the eyes… "looks like your men have abandoned you, I guess to them the king comes first uh?.. well as it should be I guess (laughs)… but you've really earned my respect commander, never thought a human like you existed (sigh) now I really wished we settled this the reasonable way after all, I wish I didn't have to end you, but unfortunately you said I only get what I want over your dead body… and my lord's orders are absolute, so you die now, but am glad I met someone like you dear commander (sigh) you would have made a great grand four, way better than that worm called Drako (his eyes twitched with the thought of Drako)… this is it for you… Soul Casting…" said Pyon but he was interrupted… "oh… don't think… you've won… you demon… (choking sounds)… if am dying… I will make sure… I bring you… along w-with me… {forgive me my king, just know it was an honor to die for you and my nation}" said Sirius and it looked like he was smiling… "what in the world are you goin…" before Pyon finished his sentence, a loud explosion was heard, and a thick black smock covered the area, taking everyone around with it…
back when Sirius got his upgraded weapons from the second Princess, he was warned with all seriousness not to ever let them over heat… to avoid it over heating, he had to make sure he doesn't over use it, same goes for the sword, as they are both still prototypes, and still pretty much unstable and dangerous, remembering that conversation Sirius implemented it while he was on the ground, firing shots after shots at the soldiers that surrounded him and at Pyon.
Collecting some of his men weapon and firing it off too, then he signaled for his men to retreat, leaving the troops of Pyon and Pyon himself… all the weapons he used got over heated and it became so unstable that the pressure made it explode, taking everyone around with him, as his men watch in horror, their commander just gave his life to protect his king and kingdom, it was so painful, but they know he was happy to do that.
Then suddenly, as the smock started to die down, the royal guards could see a silhouette of someone walking out, and to their horror again, it was Pyon, but he was missing an eye, his ears were also bleeding, and he was also missing one of his arms, his troops were completely whipped out.
Walking out of the smock feeling very dazed, and his ears still ringing, he didn't know what was going on, he hadn't noticed one of his arms was missing, until he tried touching his face as he felt something rolling down it, when he finally noticed, he was incredibly pissed… "(screamed in pain and anger)… that insolent human, how dare he do this to me… I will melt everything here and poison everyone!!" he screamed with anger, and held nothing back as he stormed the castle gates again, destroying it with ease this time, he was mostly upset a human injured him that severely, and going back to meet Jace in such an embarrassing state, not necessarily because his eyes and arm were missing… some of the royal guards scrambled to warn everyone in the castle, while some stayed and tried their very best to hold Pyon off, but he was swiftly making his way to the castle as no one was able to completely stop him even with one arm and eye.
Back in the castle, Vetra and Alice were quickly making their way to the research room of princess Clover, on getting there, they passed the twins rooms but Vetra didn't bother with them, he just kept going only thinking about Clover, Alice doesn't know the castle so she didn't know that was the room of the twins, she just kept on following Vetra.
At the very edge of the hallway stood a metal door, Alice stared with her mouth open as Vetra knocked on the door, no one answered at first, then with a second commanding knock, a woman's voice was heard, and the door was opened, without any warning Vetra forced himself in the rest of the way, a behavior Alice did not appreciate, the woman who opened the door for them was agitated cause of how she was treated by Vetra, and she was very verbal about it, but Vetra didn't care about what she had to say and just pushed on, making his way towards Clover.
On getting to Clover, all her attention was focused on a very strange contraption and she didn't bother looking up at who entered, but she was still aware of the manner the person entered, and she didn't appreciate it too… "was you barging into my private research room and disrespecting my assistant in that matter appropriate to you… uh?… commander of the slingers… in case you've forgotten I am still a princess of this nation and I won't accept any form of disrespect" said Clover upset, but still focused on the work she was doing… "we do not have time for this your highness, we are under attack by Jace himself, and you have been made a target… please you have to come with me right now to the more secure strategy room" Verta side in a panic, but Clover still didn't budge, as her focus was still in her work… "commander of the slingers… am not moving away from here until two things happen…. the first is, I finish what am currently doing within the given time, so I won't be behind schedule… the second is, you apologize to my assistant Rose for the disrespect… only then I will listen to you" said Clover, running out of patient… "grrrrh… what a pain" Vetra complained… "just apologize commander, what you did was unnecessary in the first place" said Alice in support of Clover, with a very deep breathe and reluctantly, he apologized to Rose and to Clover, she nods in approval… "but am sorry your highness your first demand can't be accepted… you are really in danger, you can't stay here any longer, we really have to move" Vetra requested, with worry for her safety, but yet again Clover refused to move… "your highness, please pardon the late introduction, I am Alice Will Hidenham, a four star high ranking holy knight, am here from the kingdom of Righteous as an escort to my king and today's guess Prince Jericho Von Menssai (and for the very first time since they came in, Clover frozen and turned her attention to Alice upon hearing the name of Jericho… seeing this, Vetra felt very infuriated)… and as an outsider I have no right to tell you what to do, but this is an emergency, commander Vetra is right, Jace is here himself and you are his target, lord Jericho specifically asked me to get all of you to a more secured area and wait for his arrival… so please your highness, we really need to go" said Alice with honesty and a look of concern, princess Clover froze for a moment then let out a long sigh… "so… you are saying Jericho is here?… In Warmark, and he is fighting for us too (Alice nods in response… and with another sigh Clover stood up and it looked like she had a smile on her face but it quickly disappeared)… okay I and Rose will be coming along, let me just close this up (sigh) I will really be behind schedule, but you leave me no choice" said Clover as she and her assistant Rose got to work rounding up, Alice thanked her with a very bright smile, while Vetra was still very upset that Clover agreed to moved only when Jericho's name was mentioned, it really didn't sit right with him, and his dislike for Jericho only increased, soon enough Clover and Rose was done and they all left the room together.
At the room of the twins, they was two guards and maids put in charge of them as the commotion was going on, then their door opened and Vetra and the others entered, seeing him, the guards saluted in respect, then he informed them of the situation and that he was now put In charge of the twins, he gave them orders before they both left with the maids…
Upon seeing their sister, they both ran to her and gave her a huge hug, she hugged back, then they noticed the new face among them… "hey sis, there is a strange lady behind you" said the female twin… "let me introduce you okay, this is… umm… hmmm… excuse me, what was your name again?" Clover asked, to the surprise of Alice, who couldn't believe she already forgot… "{sigh… looks like the commander wasn't exaggerating when she said Princess Clover doesn't pay any attention to people whom she deems not useful to her course (sigh) it kind of hurt a little… so what was that reaction I got when I mention Jericho, do they know each other?} … My name is Alice Will Hidenham…" said Alice before she was interrupted by Clover… "oh yes, this is Alice, she is a guest from Righteous… and Alice these two cuties are the twins and the youngest of the Warmark royal family… the girl is Princess Spade Stella Von Warmark, the oldest of the twins by just three minutes… and then we have our only brother, prince Ace Alexis Von Warmark… say Hi" said Clover with a smile, Ace waved and blushed after Alice waved back… "she is really pretty sis, I like her" he said with a red face… "I thought I was the one you liked lexis" Spade said a little upset by what her brother said… "don't be like that Spade, you will always be my favorite" Ace responded then gave his sister a hug, she then gave Alice a look of 'I won' written all over it, they laughed, until Vetra lost his patients and reminded them of the danger they are in, they then finished the introductions and continued on their way.