After Golanier left to take the villages assigned to him and the army, Yorun continued to train with Dralocran but as the hours passed he eventually had a short conversation with Gira at which point he soon sensed them both leave presumably for Qur'Anther given the topic of conversation. Yorun then teleports around the border giving multiple undead mages some magic for the purpose of bringing anyone killed at the borders into the army and for telepathy if needed then when he gets back he senses Golanier has returned alongside two people he doesn't know. Yorun heads to the prison they have in the fortress where he senses they're at, when he gets there he sees in two cells a human man and in the other an elven woman.

"So who are these two?" Yorun asked drawing Golaniers attention

"The two we missed out on in Joaralta, Azkelts cousin and his elven paramour" Golanier said

"Were he still a noble 'paramour' would probably be a right word, given their current situation 'lover' is probably more apt" Yorun said as he looks at the former noble Holaire in the cell before them who says nothing

"Get anything out of them?" Yorun asked

"Heard a lot of talk from the woman but he's not said a single word" Golanier said nodding his head at Holaire

"...You mentioned his cousin Azkelt, do you work for the Pertaki family?" Oarsteri asked cautiously from her cell drawing the attention of both Golanier and Yorun

Yorun's eyes glow a little more green as a scream suddenly comes from what the two assume to be Yorun before noticing his face is like that of stone then both Oarsteri and Holaire see the source of the scream appear next to Yorun. The spectral visage of Azkelt's soul.

"No" Yorun said coldly as he stopped using Azkelts magic stopping his screams

"Cousin?" Holaire asked confused and with a soft weak voice surprising Golanier given his silence till now

"Fuck that always hurt!" Azkelt shouted before remembering his place and he quietens down looking into the cell

"So, the cousin appears" Oarsteri said before trying to spit on him but it goes right through him much to her confusion while he doesn't even bat an eye in return for that as he's focussed on Holaire

"Hello cousin, it's been years" Azkelt said

"What... happened to you?" Holaire asked as he looked over his cousins spectral form

"Same as what's probably going to happen to you and your lover" Azkelt said as he disappears once more

"W-what did he mean by that?" Oarsteri asked now slightly scared by the implication

"As per what Raeknar allows so that I may do my job those who would go to Konlair after death I will take their souls to use their magic for our job" Yorun said as his eyes green from his magic almost seem to dim with the grim matters being discussed

"Y-you can't be serious... How do you even know we fit that criteria!?" Oarsteri shouted both scared now and angered yet her eyes also wonder over to the wall separating herself and Holaire worrying about him

"Nothing to say Holaire?" Yorun asked and yet nothing is said in return

"Holaire rarely talks, his voice is weak after an injury he sustained in Joaralta" Oarsteri said trying to calm down and think of a way out of this

Yorun senses Sunhale get back to the Fortress at this moment.

"He didn't teleport back did he?" Yorun asked as he looked at Golanier

"Nope, seems he's learned something new. We'll ask later" Golanier said

Sunhale makes his way down to the cells and he looks into them seeing Holaire and Oarsteri, he recognises the two from pictures back in Joaralta.

"Huh the two we missed in Joaralta" Sunhale said

"You knew that quickly" Yorun said

"I remembered the pictures we saw of their faces, you two forget?" Sunhale asked

"It appears we did" Golanier said suddenly remembering it

"So going to take their souls?" Sunhale asked

Yorun looks the two over then looks at Sunhale.

"Maybe, we should figure out more about them for now, scan them and we'll keep them for a bit. Unlike other times we aren't limited on time here so we can see if they've changed any from what we knew about them" Yorun said as he began to walk away

"Where're you going?" Golanier asked as he and Sunhale followed out of the dungeon

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"The next city around where you took those villages is called Kelinrask and I think its a good time to try and do something about it sooner rather than later" Yorun said

"I actually agree, it's a port city like Joaralta was so if the place isn't taken down quickly enough they can easily hold out on a siege through getting reinforcements, food and other such things via the sea which could be a problem" Sunhale said

"Yet it could also be a benefit, if they call reinforcements obviously it'll mean they have more forces against us but it also means that they're adding more and more to our forces as well" Golanier said

"Fair point, couldn't we have the dragons attack ships though to stop the incoming supplies?" Yorun asked

"No, port cities and typical trade routes have defences against such things, water dragons exist after all as do other creatures within the ocean they'd need to defend from plus if its really important blessings from the gods could be obtained" Sunhale said

"Basically a siege if we do one is going to either need to be done quickly or it'll be slowed down quite a bit" Yorun said

"A siege is the only option, the cities leadership are fiercely loyal to your imperial family and will not just yield the city without a drawn out siege" Sunhale said

"Fuck" Yorun said sounding out exactly all their thoughts

"Even if it will only have a slight benefit I have an idea, now might be the time to utilise Kragrum, both of you come with me and I'll explain" Golanier said

Both are hesitant to use Kragrum but they'll hear him out, Golanier then opens a portal to Kragrum with no troubles this time, all of Yoruns training making it easier for him. Its the same place they were before, the Golem bodies from Deranel as well as the parts that remain from Golaniers old undead generals. Yorun looks around as the towering Celentriak appears next to them and kneels to Golanier.

"My lord, it is great to see you once more! After the incident in Joaralta there's been a few demons who've come back to the fold and aided in making this place safer. They remember how you took parts of this realm now" Celentriak said before letting out a loud demonic laugh that sounds almost victorious

"Good but I think they might just remember a bit more soon enough" Golanier said with a smirk

"Golanier explain this idea of yours" Yorun said as he makes Raeknars scythe appear in his hand staying on guard against Celentriak

"Well first off, Kelinrask is going to be on guard as by now they'll have knowledge of some force being in the direction we're coming from plus with the war against the elves they will be on guard to the point they won't let anyone in unless its by the ports so we can't sneak in given we have no ships, Joaralta had all its ships destroyed during what happened there or else we'd use the ones from there. So in terms of a siege we can have just one person show up outside the walls, preferably myself given my undead nature and how used to opening these portals I am, anyway point is we can get these golems active again to batter the walls and have our army come out of the portals to harass the enemy guards, the dragons could be useful for that as well but what we can also do is use the material left over from 1000 years ago" Golanier said as he turned to what remains of the undead generals especially the part from a giant

"Ok I see where this is going, it'd be a shock attack too fast for them to react to as they would an approaching army but given their cautiousness they'll react well enough likely even having magical defences up at all times plus the suddenness could stop effective communication for back up for a while, given they'd typically have time to send out messages before an army gets there" Sunhale said

"Exactly, now when it comes to the pieces of the undead generals body parts we can make a giant one since there is a giants chest plus Ghairlakriars body, might as well give them a large undead target to worry about as well plus it'd certainly be a message alongside the dragons that we've fought far worse than humans even if its not wholly true" Golanier said

"Alright Golanier you get on that and get those golems moving, if you can also please move this portal and expand it a bit so that the army can move it'd be useful" Yorun said

"My lord allow me to move the portal as it's open I can easily manipulate it" Celentriak said looking at Golanier

"Sure, go ahead it lets me focus on these ones" Golanier said as he motions to the body parts and golems, he quickly teleports some of the materials from Ghairlakriar to him before the portal moves

Celentriak looks at Yorun and he quickly gets the information of where the army is at that moment then he simply looks at the portal and the other side of it quickly changes from their point of view to where the army is lined up, the portal then expands.

"That was quick" Yorun said

"Its a portal of this realm to which we demons are VERY connected to so it's easy" Celentriak said

Yorun walks through the portal and looks at the undead soldiers.

"All of you march through the portal!" Yorun shouted

Within seconds the undead soldiers who were already lined up march one line after the other through the portal, the very same army that marched with Golanier now marches into the realm they'd only ever have accessed due to him. Yorun watches as they march in to make sure they all do so until he feels the ground below him shake, its shook a few times due to the chaotic nature of the realm but this one feels like its been done through less chaotic means so he looks over at Golanier where the two giant golems are getting up ready for their orders while at the same time he is also making the giant undead with some parts from Ghairlakriar and the other smaller parts for its intelligence. He notably ignores the legs from what they now know to be a Kai Tamar undead general as he does not wish to further anger Jinarl should they see him again one day.

"Seems that's going well Golanier!" Yorun shouted

"Well? Its gone perfectly! How much more of the army to come in?" Golanier asked in response

"The army's barely had time to come in yet so the majority of it, it is a fairly sizable force still even with all that's been left at the borders" Sunhale said as he looks through the portal

"Fair point, I'm just excited for a good siege" Golanier said as he continues to work on the undead giant

Time passes as the army continues to come into the realm and soon enough Golanier has made them an undead giant though he has made some clear modifications, the limbs having to be made from Ghairlakriars parts have scales across them and it has a set of giant wings that no giant as far as Yorun and Sunhale know of would have.

"That's a unique design choice" Yorun said

"A logical one though, Jinarl in what we were shown by Ghairlakriar used his wings to block enemy attacks so imagine a giant capable of the same thing, I don't give two shits if it can fly with them though that'd certainly be a threatening image" Golanier said with a laugh

Sunhale sees the last of the undead come through then both Yorun and Sunhale walk over to Golanier.

"Alright that's that, we shall rest for today and then tomorrow Golanier you get to initiate the siege" Sunhale said

"Excellent" Golanier said with a smirk

They all leave the realm and Golanier closes the portal before they then return to the Fortress to rest all the while the port city of Kelinrask has no idea what the following day will bring them.