Yorun and Golaniers soul stand in the captains cabin of the main ship of the undead fleet staring at the map of where they know the first son of the emperor and his fleet is coming from, the air around them is chilling as the reality of the situation is dawning on both of them. Yorun calls Koralin in who perches on his shoulder.

"Koralin go and find those ships, we need to know what we're facing as soon as possible" Yorun said

"Hold on" Golanier said before looking at Yorun

"What?" Yorun asked

"Get Koralin to fly up outside, I'll take the body and fly there faster" Golanier said

"Won't be on the seas so you can act got it" Yorun said

"You'll still be able to see through the eyes so don't worry plus we can talk easily due to our souls binding" Golanier said

Yorun motions for Koralin to fly outside and both he and Golanier follow getting off the ship before Golanier quickly flies up and takes over Koralins body then within seconds the little undead bird flies in the direction of the navy fleet so fast a sonic boom is heard down on the islands and Yorun begins to look through the same eyes as Golanier, Golanier in Koralins body zips through the skies cutting a noticeable path through the clouds for five minutes yet as he senses the himself approaching the navy fleet he comes to a grinding halt before flying as a bird naturally would to not arouse suspicion. Golanier flies in the sky above the navy fleet and counts the ships until he counts more than a hundred with several ships larger than the largest ship in his and Yoruns own fleet yet more worryingly is the sheer magical powers he senses on several ships namely the head ship which he can only guess is the prince Honaril Ghohalan.

"So, his imperial highness is pretty strong, guess its no surprise for the eldest brother of Helimiral. We can't fight this though Yorun even if the prince wasn't here" Golanier said telepathically to Yorun

"Agreed now fall back, we need to figure out our next steps" Yorun said back telepathically

Golanier uses some of his magic again to fly back to the Zeilna islands creating yet another sonic boom as he cuts through the skies however as he flies off and before even the sound of the boom is heard by men on the ships Honaril is already moving. Within the fractions of seconds between the take off of Golanier and the sound reaching the ships below Honaril is using his own magic to match and exceed the speed as he creates and aims a bolt of lightning in his hand, his soldiers in extreme slow motion to his eyes as he proceeds to throw the lightning bolt into the sky after Golanier with its own sonic boom coinciding with Golaniers own while the shockwave rocked the ships and forced the waters below the ships to be turbulent. Golanier feels the Lightning behind him catching up rapidly yet it shoots right past him and just as he starts to think he missed clouds suddenly appear above and lightning strike after lightning strike follows his little bird body until he can't dodge and several strike the undead bird that is Koralin, though Golanier remains fine the body is heavily damaged by the lightning with feathers being burned off and even half of the left wing being completely torn off, Yorun separates from Koralin and sees him fall lifeless. Golanier catches the dead bird with magic and continues the journey back as the lightning dissipates. Yorun waits for Golanier and sees him land with the now once more dead bird and Yorun looks shocked and despite his face being mostly obscured by the helmet saddened.

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"What the hell happened?" Yorun asked as he walked over and gently touched the dead Koralin gently causing lightning still coursing through the body to disperse through the draconic armour

"Turns out that first son of the emperor is as powerful as we thought, fucker reacted to my presence just as I was leaving and caught me with a lightning storm" Golanier said as he hands

"Look at poor little Koralin though" Yorun said with a tinge of sweetness to it Golanier rarely hears from him these days

"It was an undead bird Yorun" Golanier said

"And the undead have personality, when Koralin wasn't scouting I did care for him and he was the first undead I ever brought back it's... I don't know it feels like another little piece of me has been killed" Yorun said softly

"Well we'll raise him again but he does need a little healing, we're just lucky the brains not been completely destroyed so he should remember" Golanier said

"Could have made him a new one" Yorun said

"Never needed to make a bird brain before so I guess it'd be something new but its not the point. It'd hardly be the Koralin you cared about at that point if memory serves me correctly you said this bird was brought to that healer alive by a child, that bird was more than likely more friendly to humans in the first place hence the more caring attitude. New brain means its got none of that for the personality to build off of" Golanier said

"...Right" Yorun said

"We need to discuss out next steps anyway, with that fleet inbound especially now that they know we've seen their force we need to figure out what we're doing as soon as possible" Golanier said hurredly

"Right, you're right, bigger things right now. As much as I want to take that fucker and his fleet down we will be crushed and I'm not losing my family and friends chance at life over such a stupid thing so regrettably..." Yorun said but trailed off not wanting to say the words given his prospective opponent

"We retreat to Kelinrask and leave behind a token force here to mess with then using the defences" Golanier said finishing it for him

"Yes though admittedly I didn't think of the second part but we do need them distracted in some way" Yorun said

Yorun telepathically orders a small force large enough to control the population till the ships around to stay behind while he and all the others quickly get onto the ships and begin to sail back to Kelinrasks port. Yorun looks to Golaniers soul as they sail away from the Zeilna Islands.

"Tell me honestly, how do you think our chances are against him?" Yorun asked

"Well his army is far larger than ours at least if we're walking about excluding the ones at our borders or in cities and villages we took over but more than that he has elite soldiers with him since as he is the first son of your emperor he is the heir if his father dies but to add on to that he himself is an exceptionally powerful mage, its been a long time since I've felt such potent lightning from one so young, would have been a problem for even me during the midway point of my conquering days" Golanier said

"Fucking fantastic and he's not even a chosen" Yorun said

"Don't sell yourself short Yorun, the scythe, cloak and armour you have is a deadly three way combination. If you get into a fight with him you'd stand more even than you think especially thanks to your training plus honestly you need a personal win" Golanier said making Yorun a little confused

"What do you mean?" Yorun asked

"Out of the most challenging people you've faced over the majority of this war of ours in your quest for revenge and resurrection how many have been killed in a scuffle between gods?" Golanier asked

"Fair point, I hardly want for Raeknar to be the one to kill them, It only extends my journey ever more each damn time but these chosen are something else" Yorun said

"And I killed many chosen in my day, their gods will feel insulted if they are called on to deal with a mortal who their own chosen cannot beat, they'll refuse regardless of transaction or not" Golanier said

"Yeah easier said than done" Yorun said

"Don't keep putting yourself down, you'll be fine and keep hold of Koralins body we'll need to bring him back remember" Golanier said

Golaniers soul disappears while Yorun sits down in his cabin waiting out the time till he returns to Kelinrask knowing the Zeilna islands will fall easily to the force he'd seen and he worries of what the outcome will be when the time comes for him to face the Prince...