Word of the incoming imperial forces was spread like wildfire through the cities guard force and then the civilians, panic nearly erupted but the undead assigned to the city were unphased due to their nature but it oddly helped some people calm down and those that didn't began to riot at which point the undead responded quickly while the normal guards were only beginning to respond. Golanier is flying above the city watching it all and just smirking reminiscing on the many times he watched all of this in the cities he conquered back in the day but regardless of his joy in watching he makes his way to where Yorun is which is on the western wall of the city.

"So Yorun how goes the battle preparations?" Golanier asked as he lands next to him

"About as can be expected, Wonakris people know a lot more than I but at least you as well as Forina can aid them in such matters" Yorun said

"I suppose so, we should try and get you to lay some magical traps however" Golanier said

"Magical traps?" Yorun asked

"Similar to the way the curse worked when you found me, a magical area where something can happen but obviously it needn't be what it was when you found me it could be a number of things" Golanier stated

"We'll do that later then but for the moment do anything you can that's normal understood?" Yorun asked

As Yorun and Golanier are about to leave to help with preparations the shadow made form of Sunhale appears next to them.

"According to news from other Pira'Koles they are mere hours away, any magical preparations need to be done now or not at all and preferably around the western wall since it seems they are coming from the west" Sunhale said

"Fuck! Golanier we don't have time for a lesson on these traps so lets see if I can do this" Yorun said

Yorun begins to use the soul of the Pertaki noble causing the unseen soul to scream in pain but Yorun and the others ignore it as Yorun begins to channel not only the nobles magic but his own to Golaniers soul empowering it.

"I can feel that working Yorun and I see your idea, once you give me enough I'll make the necessary traps" Golanier said

"Make it so we activate the traps as opposed to them just stepping into their radius. If they truly don't know the city has been taken as we suspect then we can use the traps to take out as many as possible right off the bat by luring them in" Yorun said

"Smart, you're definitely getting better at this Yorun" Sunhale said

"Never in my life did I think I would be getting better at warfare of all things" Yorun said

It does not take long for Yorun to have given as much magic as he can to Golanier who immediately jumps down from the city wall and begins to make invisible magical traps around the walls however most of them are at the western wall. Wonakri walks over and looks over at Sunhale.

"I'm not even going to ask at this point" Wonakri said

"Best not, it's classified so you know" Sunhale said

"Fair enough, I've dealt with secrets with higher ups in the past and I am not about to mess with it especially with the things you people get into" Wonakri said

"Alright good, anyway the imperial forces are only a few hours away, our current plan is to let them get close so the traps Golanier is setting can be activated at the right moment to take out as many as possible" Yorun said

"Smart, if it works but know this the imperial army has many mages and those that are willing to ask the gods for favours so this fight will not be easy" Wonakri said

"Be that as it may Wonakri we have the element of surprise and hopefully the chaos of the traps will confuse them enough for our people to begin their own attack on these bastards enough to cause damage anyway" Yorun said

"Hopefully this works" Wonakri said

Preparations continue but as the hours pass and the incoming army is visible those outside the walls quickly retreat into the city, Yorun gets out of sight as does some of the other noticeable undead, the human ones that are unaltered by anything stay upon the walls as it's deemed unlikely that the incoming soldiers will notice them from below. Wonakri stands atop the wall watching as the army gets close and just before the first soldiers step onto the trapped areas one soldier seemingly of high rank steps forward while the others all stop in place.

"General Yika, it's been a long time what brings you here?" Wonakri asked

"Captain Wonakri, good to see you alive given the state of the empire currently" General Yika said

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"Didn't answer my question General, you know I don't like people marching up to my city" Wonakri said

"We've gotten disturbing reports about someone commanding undead who may have attacked the Kolakinta Mountain Fortress and we are going to rest here and then go there to investigate and secure the area" Yika said getting an aggravated sigh from Wonakri

"Fine, get in here" Wonakri said

Yika then had the army march forward to the city's gate and after only a short while there is as many soldiers on the traps as their can be and they suddenly activate chaos immediately ringing out through the army as green fiery explosions kill dozens of soldiers, spikes shoot up from the ground impaling soldiers and golems break out of the ground and begin to kill soldiers yet as all of this happens every single soldier that dies soon begins to move again, standing up after a few moments their now green eyes fixating on the living soldiers Yika commands even the impaled soldiers rise from the dead pulling themselves off of the spikes and joining their undead brethren's attack. Before the army can properly prepare themselves for this new attack the undead are already upon them attacking them but as the fight goes on for just a few minutes the soldiers are quickly forming shield walls, the golems from the traps then come in to attack the soldiers who are making those shield walls breaking through them as arrows and magic from the soldiers on the walls begin to rain down.

"Wonakri! What the fuck!?" Yika shouted over the chaotic battlefield

"We joined the undead leader Yika! We aren't going against Raeknar!" Wonakri shouted back as Yorun stepped into view with Golanier and Forina

"Golanier, Forina stop them from forming their lines" Yorun said as he gave all of his magic to Forina

"Of course master" Forina said

"Let's get going, this'll be fun" Golanier said

Golanier and Forina quickly fly from the wall into the battle dodging the arrows and magic of both sides as they land on opposite sides of the opposing army trying to disrupt their efforts to make their lines and they are successful in that but only in the area in which they landed the rest of the army however does manage to organise once more and beat back both the undead and golems effectively forming their lines, shield walls and mage created barriers are quickly going up. The furthest back lines of mages and archers were assembled first and are now unleashing hell upon the battlefield and the wall while the front line soldiers are figuring out how to deal with the undead they manage to destroy the golems from the traps quickly using their fallen bodies as ways to block the undead temporarily as a miniature wall. Yorun and Wonakri are now watching from within the wall gazing out through the arrow slits.

"Shit seems they managed to organise though it does look like Golanier and Forina are still breaking up some of the lines" Yorun said

"Those backlines need to be kept an eye on but your people need the front lines dealt with to have more forces" Wonakri said

"Golanier, Forina, ignore the backlines aid the troops and destroy the front lines, raise any new corpses as well" Yorun telepathically said as he looked to the soldier controlling the gates controls motioning for them to open it

As the cities gates open the undead soldiers who had been placed within the city since it was ceded to Yoruns control, the only remaining undead in the city are those on the wall aiding in the attack with bows and arrows. The enemy mages quickly work with the frontline soldiers to push back the undead however Golanier and Forina quickly pose a problem so the mages as they use their magic to set up walls to funnel the undead in use the time to also create two large stone golems that break out from the ground, they are about as tall as the city walls but still nowhere near the size of the giants of the world. With the introduction of these new giant golems that begin to walk towards the city wall Golanier and Forina switch targets to the Golems in an attempt to defend the city significantly taking pressure off of Yika's forces. The mages continue to set up walls to block the undead while the soldiers begin to form better lines to combat the undead who are clearly lacking in the magical department and as such the best mages are focused on the barriers above that keep the mages on the city walls from slaughtering them.

"I need a small detachment of mages to aid and protect the priests at this rate we'll need them!" Yika shouted to the mages

While some of the mages go further back with the priests Golanier focuses on one of the Golems while Forina tries to fight the other one, Golanier is scanning the Golems and notes they have been constructed well knowing these kinds of golems were made many times by these mages, he gets an idea however on how to deal with them. Much like back when they took over the fortress Golanier makes large skeleton arms come out of the ground and grab onto the golems legs, these golems were given one mission to walk to the wall and destroy it and as such it doesn't have enough intelligence to not try and keep walking forcing it to be tripped up by the skeletal arm's death grip on it's legs. The golem gits the ground hard due to it's weight causing the ground to shake which knocks down both undead and living soldiers on the battlefield, Golanier takes the opportunity to uses some of his own magic and his greatsword to sever one of the gigantic arms of the Golem and then lifts it with his magic to send it crashing down onto the centre point of the golem breaking it apart.

"One down and one left to go!" Golanier shouted before smirking and flying over to Forina aiding her in defeating the Golem in the same way however easier due to her involvement

The quick destruction of the golems horrifies Yika and his forces but they continue to fight all the same as Golanier and Forina are quickly shot out of the sky however by what looked to be a beam of pure light. Yorun looks out to the battlefield for where it came from since it moved so fast he can't but his eyes are drawn to the furthest back lines of the enemy force as he senses something, it scares him as he senses divine magic. Golanier and Forina quickly get back up with fresh holes in their chests but being undead it matters little to them, Yorun looks to the sky feeling more divine magic from there and his eyes widen as he sees a figure Infront of the sun.

"Oh gods.... EVERYONE MO-" Yorun's shout is quickly cut off as a large beam of pure light larger in radius than a house hits the wall where he stands he had managed to push Wonakri away just in time however taking the brunt of it himself

As Wonakri begins to stand, he looks to the section of the wall he was just on with Yorun, it's just gone only dust remaining in such a dense fashion anything that may be left he cannot see and as a result he can't see Yorun but he knows it's not good as he sees undead out on the field dropping lifeless once more even without being in direct combat yet Golanier and Forina are slowing down as everyone begins to think Yorun is gone...