The Battle for Leyta

A Small Window of Peace

It was the end of the third week of the existence of Lerna Sovereignty. The day started like normal. At around noon, a messenger from the Kingdom of Frugr appeared and asked for an audience with 'Dorian'.

"Let them in," Dromer said.

The guards opened the doors to the throne room and the messenger entered. He walked towards Dromer and stopped 6 meters away from him knelt on one knee, put his right hand over his heart, and said:

"Greetings, Lord Dorian. My name is Xerphan. I'm a messenger sent by the Kingdom of Frugr. I come bearing news."

Dromer looked at Xerphan and said:

"No need to be so formal with me, Xerphan. A messenger of the Kingdom is a friend in my eyes because the king approved Gyera's rise from a village to a city and the capital city of my country. Even acknowledged Lerna Sovereignty as a new country. Tell me, what are these news?"

Xerphan stood up, took out a scroll from his back pocket, opened it, and read:

"I, the eighth king of the Kingdom of Frugr, Thranter, declare war on Lerna Sovereignty. Although the last king saw Lerna Sovereignty as an independent nation, I do not. You can delay your response for as long as one month from the day you receive this declaration of war."

Then, Xerphan rolled up the scroll and placed it back in his pocket.

"Ah... So the last king has passed away and now this new king is declaring war on us, even though we're sworn allies... Well, thank you for this, Xerphan. I shall act accordingly."

After those words, Dromer stood up from his throne, went down right next to Xerphan and teleported himself and Xerphan to the throne room of the Kingdom.

Xerphan didn't even have time to react. The next thing he knew, he was back in the Kingdom's throne room, looking at Thranter.

"What is this?!" Thranter exclaimed after seeing Dromer and Xerphan appear before him out of thin air.

"Hello, king Thranter. I am Dorian. Ruler of the Lerna Sovereignty. I have come to give you my response to your declaration of war, personally."

Thranter immediately shouted: "GUARDS! INTRUDERS!!!"

The guards in the throne room started to close in on Dromer and Xerphan.

"I'd advise against it, people. You don't want to make me angry."

Right after those words, all guards were encased in ice.

Thranter, seeing that, exclaims: "How?! How is that possible?!?!"

Dromer, as calm as ever, replies: "You see, you f****d with the wrong person. Now. As per my response... I accept your declaration of war. Tomorrow, at the break of dawn, I will commence my attack. Don't worry though. I won't send any of my soldiers here. I will destroy your army and your country all by myself."

After that, Dromer teleported back to Gyera and sat upon his throne, and got ready for a broadcast.

"Hello, people of the Lerna Sovereignty! I bring you urgent news! As of today, we are at war with the Kingdom of Frugr! But do not worry, I will protect you all on my own! The entire army will depart tomorrow morning to the border with Trenice to make sure that we don't get invaded by them while we are at war with the Kingdom!"

The sudden declaration of war status in Lerna sent waves of shock across the entire nation, but, it all calmed down quickly thanks to the trust the people have in their ruler and their army.