"Come," Samara said as she led them into the throne room. They stood in front of King Hyrion.

"Grandfather," Samara said as she knelt down to honour King Hyrion. Cyril, Jacquiz and Phillian also knelt to honour the king, as did Samara.

"Please rise, who are you bringing, are they your friends ?" King Hyrion asked Samara.

"Right Grandpa, there are things they want to ask you directly," Samara said, explaining the purpose of the arrival of Cyril and his friends.

"What do you wish to ask, brave young men ?" the king asked the three.

"Is it true that Dark Urkmar is on his way to Halstad ?" asked Cyril to King Hyrion.

"As you have heard," King Hyrion replied.

"If that's true, why don't you and your army evacuate, surely you're outnumbered ?" Cyril asked the king again.

"I am not a coward to let the homeland destroyed by others, I will protect this place until my last breath," King Hyrion told Cyril.

"If you were me, you would do the same, wouldn't you ?" the king asked Cyril.

Cyril smiled and said, "Then let me help you defend Halstad, I feel like I'm fighting for my homeland too," Cyril said to Hyrion.

"Are you sure you can help us ?" King Hyrion asked Cyril.

"Forget that, you are still young, you better evacuate to a safe place and train there," the king said to Cyril.

"You underestimate us ?!" said Phillian, annoyed by King Hyrion's words.

"Can you prove your words ?" asked King Hyrion to the three of them.

Jacquiz suddenly used his Yngryd sword. The sword flew very fast and stopped right in front of King Hyrion's eyes. "If you move just a bit, this sword will blind both your eyes," Jacquiz said to King Hyrion. Samara was surprised at what Jacquiz had done to her grandfather.

"HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?!" Samara shouted very angrily at Jacquiz.

"Calm down Samara," Cyril said to her calmly.

"What's really going on ?" asked Samara in her heart, confused by what she was seeing. Suddenly Jacquiz's Yngryd sword thrown off by the arrow.

"Don't you dare threaten King Hyrion," said Commander Pharcy, who was holding the bow.

"Damn it, he can easily hit yngryd," said Jacquiz in his heart. "Don't move or you'll die," Phillian said, pointing his gun at Pharcy.

"Turns out you're interesting too, dwarf," Pharcy said, smiling at Phillian. Then another general came quickly and tried to attack Cyril from behind with his big axe.

"Who's behind me ?!, he's so fast, I can't even dodge, woe !" said Cyril in his heart.

"No way, am I going to die at a time like this ?" continued Cyril.

"TIIIIINGG.... !!!" (the sound of metal clashing).

"I won't let you touch him," Jacquiz said as he blocked the general's attack with his yngryd sword.

"Thank you Jacquiz," Cyril said to Jacquiz.

"You deal with Hyrion," Jacquiz said to Cyril. Cyril also took out his sword and faced the king of Hyrion.

"We're not playing anymore," Cyril said to Hyrion as he pointed his sword at Hyrion.

"I seem to have misjudged you," Hyrion said to Cyril.

"You seem interesting too," Hyrion continued.

"Then get ready, old man," Cyril said to Hyrion.

"I appreciate your eagerness," Hyrion said with a smile.

"STOP !!!" Samara shouted loudly. "Why are you all playing around when the situation is so critical ?!" continued Samara, who was angry and sad to see what was happening.

They were all surprised to hear Samara's words and lowered their weapons. Samara also went to her room, angry at what they were doing.

"Samara," Cyril said in his heart, because he saw Samara who was sad.

Soon a soldier approached them and said, "KING HYRION, THE OTHERS HAVE GATHERED IN THE STRATEGIC ROOM FOR THE MEETING !".

"All right, I'll be right there," Hyrion said. After hearing King Hyrion's words, the soldiers left.

"Pharcy, Kraven, come with me," King Hyrion ordered his two generals.

"Yes, Your Majesty," the two generals said and then followed Hyrion.

"Hey you guys, you said you wanted to help me, come here!" said Hyrion to Phillian and Jacquiz. "Hey, what's your name ?" asked King Hyrion as he looked at Cyril.

"My name is Cyril," Cyril replied.

"Ah Cyril..., why are you standing there ?" quickly chased after her. You must take responsibility for this misunderstanding and don't forget to come to the strategy room afterwards," Hyrion said to Cyril with a smile.

Cyril immediately hurried to Samara while Jacquiz and Phillian accompanied Hyrion to the meeting.

"Knock, knock, knock..." (the sound of knocking on the door)

"I want to be alone, go away," Samara said from her room.

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"Samara, it's me, Cyril," Cyril said to her. Soon the door opened and Cyril came in. He saw Samara sitting in front of the window of her room, crying.

"Samara, I'm sorry if I made you sad," Cyril said as he tried to calm Samara down. But Samara didn't say anything.

"Samara, you just misunderstood, we didn't mean to kill each other," Cyril said back to her. But Samara remained silent.

"Well, if you really don't want to talk to me right now, my apologies again," Cyril said.

"I have to go to the meeting with your grandfather," Cyril continued.

"I just don't want to lose anyone else," Samara said sadly. Cyril also looked at Samara.

Suddenly, Cyril hugged Samara from behind and said, "You won't lose anyone again, I promise you," Cyril said as he hugged Samara.

Samara was surprised by what Cyril had done to her. But she felt calm when Cyril was around.

"Is it true ?" Samara asked Cyril. "Calm down," Cyril said as he wiped away Samara's tears. Samara also seemed to calm down because of Cyril's treatment of her.

"Then I'll go first, I have to go to the meeting before it's too late," Cyril said to Samara, then he hurried to the meeting place.

"Thank you, Cyril," Samara said in her heart as she looked at Cyril.

After asking the soldiers who were standing guard around him, Cyril managed to get to the room and then entered the room to join the meeting.

"You finally came," Hyrion said, smiling at Cyril.

"Since you've just arrived, I'm going to make this brief again, so listen carefully." General Hai'Ryn said to Cyril.

"First, Commander Pharcy will lead the main archer unit as our defence, it's likely that we will receive reinforcements from the Sylverian Kingdom, for I have heard that they will be sending reinforcements and will be led directly by the Commander Sylvienn Ga'armarttel along with Lord Syrr Tyr Ar'drakken of the legendary 13 high ranking wizards," Hai'Ryn said.

"In return I ask you, Phillian, to join the troops under the command of Commander Pharcy. You'll be the deputy commander of Pharcy in this battle," Hai'Ryn said, looking at Phillian.

"Very well then," Phillian said to Hai'Ryn.

"Secondly, Commander Kraven will lead the cavalry to break up the attack of Dark Urkmar's troops later, this troop is also a siege troop to break up the concentration of Dark Urkmar's troops and destroy their trebuchet, but you must be careful because it is likely that Dark Urkmar will use their horsemen to drive you away," Hai'Ryn said while looking at Commander Kraven. "It looks like you're going to get help from Loosen Jar, because I've heard that Gokh Garhar is going to lead troops directly from Loosen Jar to help Halstad, so I ask you not to act rashly," Hai'Ryn continued.

"And I ask you, Jacquiz, to help Commander Kraven, for I have heard that you led the cavalry when you were in Dark Urkmar, didn't you ?" Hai'Ryn told Jacquiz as he asked him. Jacquiz just nodded his head and said nothing. \

"Well, I take it you understand," Hai'Ryn said as he looked at Jacquiz.

"Thirdly, King Hyrion will lead the last defence force to be stationed in this palace. This force will serve as the last defence Halstad has and will protect King Hyrion until his last breath. I will accompany King Hyrion in the execution of this battle strategy," Hai'Ryn said.

"And I'm asking you, Cyril, to help me protect King Hyrion, I know you can," Hai'Ryn said, looking at Cyril.

"You can trust me," Cyril said with great confidence.

"We still have about three weeks before the attack, so I hope we can strengthen our defences and train more to deal with the Dark Urkmar," Hai'Ryn said.

"I ask the three of you to help us strengthen our defences and train Halstad's soldiers," Hai'Ryn said again, looking at Cyril, Jacquiz and Phillian.

"We will," Cyril said.

"Good, we better start building defences and training hard. We will end this meeting here," King Hyrion said to all the generals and commanders as well as Cyril and his friends.

"Yes, Your Majesty," they all said to King Hyrion. They went and did their work.

Meanwhile at the Halstad fortress gate,

"Are you all ready ?" said a soldier to the people being evacuated to the Sylverian Kingdom.

"Don't let anyone get separated from this group, hold on to each other," the soldier said. Soon they were on their way to the Sylverian Kingdom. Rhea looked at Halstad and stopped.

"They'll be fine, trust them," Walter said as he tried to calm her. Rhea smiled at Walter's words. And went back with the group.

The next day,

Early in the morning, the fortress of Halstad was very noisy. Halstad's soldiers were busy building their defences, forming fences of large logs to ward off Dark Urkmar's riders. While others were busy making weapons for the battle, Commander Pharcy and Phillian were also seen helping them make weapons. The other soldiers were also busy practising to be better prepared for the battle. Commander Kraven, Cyril and Jacquiz were also seen helping to train the soldiers. The total number of troops in Halstad currently stood at around 3000.

Meanwhile, in the Sylverian Kingdom.

"TROOPS PREPARE ! FORM A LINE !" said each battalion commander as they prepared their ranks.

"Queen Phariah, we are ready to leave for Halstad," said Commander Sylvienn as he knelt before Queen Phariah.

"Sylvienn, I leave all this to you, please bring home the victory for Sylverian," the queen said to Sylvienn.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Sylvienn said, then immediately left Queen Phariah's presence.

"SYLVERIAN FORCES..., ARE YOU READY FOR WAR ?!" shouted Commander Sylvienn to all his troops. The cheering of the Sylverian troops could be heard loudly.

"TO HALSTAD !!!" shouted Commander Sylvienn as he pointed his sword at the fortress of Halstad.

"FORWARD...!!!" each battalion commander said to their respective ranks. There was the sound of the marching footsteps of the Sylverian soldiers. The total number of Sylverian troops heading for Halstad was around 3000.

Meanwhile, in the port of Karron,

A large number of war fleets from Loosen Jar were seen sailing towards Halstad.

"GOKH GARHAR, ALL PREPARATIONS INCLUDING THE FLEET ARE COMPLETED, WE ARE READY TO SEND TO HALSTAD," said a Loosen Jar soldier.

"Then let's set sail," said Garhar to the soldier.

"Yes, Gokh," said the soldier, then left Garhar's presence.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Grandfather," said Garhar, looking out at the sea.

"ORC WARRIORS OF LOOSEN JAR, LET'S GO TO HALSTAD !" said Gokh Garhar to raise the morale of his troops. A boisterous voice rose from the orc army of Loosen Jar. Finally, they set sail for Loosen Jar. The total number of Loosen Jar troops who left for Halstad was about 2000.

Meanwhile, scouts from Sylverian and Halstad were preparing to scout the movements of Dark Urkmar's forces along the Myrrie Valley.

Meanwhile, in Greghold Forest,

"I have to go, I don't want to miss the war," Adrielle said as he locked his door. Then he put on his cloak and hurried away.

Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Villmort,

"COMMANDER AUGUSTA, THE TROOPS ARE READY. WE CAN LEAVE FOR HALSTAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE," one of the generals of the Villmort army said to Augusta.

"Then we're on our way," said Augusta as he mounted his horse.

"I hope we get there in time," Augusta said in his heart. The total number of troops from the Kingdom of Villmort that would be going to Halstad was about 1500 people.

Back to Halstad Fortress,

Two weeks had passed since Hyrion and his generals had met with Cyril and his friends. The defences of Halstad Fortress were almost complete and their weapons seemed to be almost ready. They were also training very seriously, even late into the night. Halstad really seemed to be preparing for war.

Cyril looked up at the sky and said to himself, "Can I really end this war ?", Jacquiz was seen sharpening his two swords, including his yngryd sword.

"You have a very good and powerful sword," said Commander Kraven to Jacquiz.

"It's like half of me," Jacquiz said, looking at his sword.

Soon a Halstad soldier approached Cyril and said, "Sir Cyril, King Hyrion wishes to speak with you.

"Why is he calling me ?" said Cyril, wondering in his heart.

Meanwhile, from the King's private armoury,

"It seems the time has come for you to have a new master," said King Hyrion as he looked at one of his weapons.

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