Elrad : King of the Eastern Land

Chapter 7 : "Bastions"

In the woods of Greenbelt, where 'E' was left behind and is fighting a Nijj. The group of Rence arrived on the scene, and as they reached their destination they saw 'E', sitting on a trunk, covered with his own blood with a lot of wounds. The group's faces where covered with fright and surpirse.

With a great surprise and shocked by what he saw, Rence said;

"WHAAAAAT!? what happened here 'E'!!? a.. are you.. are you alright!?".

"Just a littel play around Rence, I'm fine and theres nothing to worry about.. ..That bastard, he managed to escape". It a shacking voice and panting 'E' replied.

"What!? are you insane 'E'?" Rence with his worries tone of voice.

"You are bleeding brother!" De'Wa then spoke up.

"It is just a scratch, I can handle it. By the way, how are the villagers?" 'E' then said even if he is a very bad safe, he is worried about the well being of the villagers.

"They are fine, we can talk about it later 'E', for now let's go back to camp, and treat your wounds". Rence then replied to 'E' with a worried voice.

Three days later, in the Estian Kingdom.

On the inner town of the Estian Kingdom, a lot of town's people gather around to welcome the group of knights who came from a training, the crowd are cheering and very much happy seeing the group of knights marching in and is about to enter the main castle.

"What kind of training did they undergo?" "They looked so great!" "I want to be a knight when I grew up!"

The crowd are commenting the knights of their kingdom.

Into the main castle, into the chamber of the Estian Kingdom's throne. After the king delivered his message and announcements to what happened in the Yellowcape into the public, the king is now waiting for the arrival of his knights who came from a great training.

"My King! They are here!" a knight on guard on the entrance of the throne's chamber reported.

"You are late Albert! I just finished giving my words to the people." the king spoke to a certain man who is one of the knights that arrived.

"I wish I could have heard it my king!" with joy the man replied, and after this the entire group kneeled in front of the king, as a sign of respect to the man who they are serving.

The man that the king is talking to, is the man known to be the Strongest Knight in the Estian Kingdom, He is a famous knight and the most respected knight. He is the Leader of the Jimorians, a group of knights that serves the royal family specially the king. He is also the Head of the Chiefs, the most trusted knight and the Right Hand of the King, He is Albert Althezar, The Scorching Lion of the Estian Kingdom. A tall, handsome and fearsome man with his signature beard and long hair. He is a man of focus, loyalty and pride. A perfect personification of a Great Knight.

"But on top of that my king, Let me present you the 'Bastions'." Albert then present the newly trained individuals, knights that where selected among the heavy class and the light class, they where selected among the rest to be trained by none other than the strongest knight Albert, this individuals will form a group to serve the Supreme Knight, they are like Jimorians but not equal in terms of strength, ability and skills. They are the junior version of the Jimorians, whos aim is to serve and follow the commands of the Supreme Knight, they will accompany the Supreme Knight on many missions and task given by the king.

"The finest and chosen knights among the heavy class and the light class, I King Jim Phantomblade, congratulates you, you have passed the trainings are all ready for the ceremonial rites!" "The Bastions! The younger version of my Jimorians!" the king then proudly speak and with honor he congratulate the newly form group as he stood up and spread his arm with great joy.

"You are always making me proud Albert, You constantly make me proud." the king then admire and coated Albert with comments.

"It is an honor my king, thank you for the admiration". Albert then humbly replied with a smile on his face.

"Would you mind if I ask, what did we miss my king?" Albert then asked the king.

The king then walked down the throne and walking towards Albert, then he speak;

"I was about to speak it up, since you did not make it to my speech, It is more preferable to tell this while all of you are still here".

"First of all, the treaty is no longer in effect, thanks to the Maslih." the individuals who are not present during the speech was shock and speechless to hear the message, the king then continue to speak;

"You have might asking how this thing happened, well a sudden m******e occurred in the Yellowcape town, our men who where deployed there where slaughtered!" "And after that they burned them, a lot of townsmen witnessed it, and with a great fear a lot of townsmen immediately evacuate and seek for a refuge to the neighboring villages under our rule"

"They are terrified and some of them suffered mentality by it" the king then walks up again towards to his throne and continue to speak;

"A single light class managed to escape and survived, he was crawling in tears and fear in front of me, shuttered mentally and physically, as he spoke up on what had happened. At first I do not want to believe it, but I personally witnessed the outcome of their doings."

"I and some of the Jimorians immediately went to Yellowcape and as we arrived, the town where in chaos, burnt huts, homes that where destroyed, a clear indication that the Maslih humiliates the entire town."

"As we retrieved the bodies of our men, I was filled with anger!" "They where burnt to death, killed with no honor, they where decapitated, with my anger I immediately took actions! no words, no mercy! and I did not bother to confront the Maslih, they just released the beast with in me!" the king angrily spoke up and as the anger cover his face he continues;

"We took revenge on Landergrass, I ordered Zern to humiliate that village, and with out question he did. But that is not enough! I and the Jimorians head up to Greenbelt for another retaliation attack. but as expected, some of the Maslih Soldiers managed to arrived first and already doing the evacuation of the villagers."

"But it's okay, we didn't come to fight them from the first place, I just want to convey my words to their king and it was successful, they already knew what happened to the Landergrass and spoke to one of his soldiers, and I told them, that a WAR will emerge because of their actions!" with anger and full of pride the king said his words to his knights.

The chamber of the throne covered with great anger and unacceptable feelings.

At the same time into the Maslih Kingdom.

"My king, the Royal Crescent are on their way back here, after they escorted the evacuees to Brownstone town" General Kufrih spoke to the king.

"And about the message that Commander Mina sent two days ago..." Commander Mina, Commander of the Royal Crescent sent a message to the king about the allegations that the Estians are accusing them, She wants to confirm it and asked the king to immediately conduct an investigation.

"...We already managed to gather it, here it is my king, the details and the information about the events in the Yellowcape Town". General Kufrih is in the chamber of the king, he was holding something, he is there to hand over the information's of the investigation that the king ordered him.

As General Kufrih handed the information's, the king quietly read it, as he read the details and the information's of the report, his face covered with questions and disbelieve.

"My king, we already confirmed the allegations about what happened to Yellowcape Town, it came out true, but one thing baffles me... There are no identity records of the Maslih Soldiers involved in the incident, they are not registered soldiers of our army!" the General said.