"I think he'll be happy to know that his two children are working together to restore Escalodia, hahaha," the elf continued with a laugh.

"I know you already knew this, but why did you hide it from him ?" the elf asked Jacquiz again.

"I just want him to concentrate on what he wants to do right now, but I've decided to protect him until he can meet his father," Jacquiz replied.

"Hm... that seems to be the right decision for now," the elf said. "Well then, I'm going to eat with the others first, would you like to join me ?" the elf asked Jacquiz.

"No, I want to stay here," Jacquiz replied to the elf.

Finally the elf left, but he said something before he went "He is on top of the highest mountain in Escalodia right now, and he is keeping an eye on everything," the elf said to Jacquiz.

Jacquiz smiled at the elf's words. "Oh, and one more thing, make sure you and your brother come to see him when this war is over," the elf told Jacquiz again.

Meanwhile in the palace dining hall,

"Where is Lord Syrr Tyr, why isn't he joining us for dinner ?" asked King Hyrion to Commander Sylvienn.

"He went out for a while, perhaps he will be here soon," Sylvienn replied. Soon the Lord Syrr Tyr arrived and sat down to eat with them.

"I'm back," Lord Syrr Tyr said to everyone in the dining hall.

"Where have you been ?" Sylvienn asked him.

"I have been walking along the walls of this fortress to see if it is strong enough to withstand the assault of Dark Urkmar's army.

"Oh, well," Sylvienn's commander said to him.

"Come on, come on then, more, more. Let's enjoy this time before we face the war," King Hyrion said to everyone there. They had fun, but deep inside they were still thinking about the war.

2 days later,

Halstad dock area,

"THE ARMY OF THE LOOSEN JAR IS COMING !" shouted a Halstad soldier.

By this time, King Hyrion and his generals, as well as Commander Sylvienn and Lord Syrr Tyr, along with Cyril, Jacquiz and Phillian and Samara, had gathered at the docks to greet the troops from Loosen Jar. Then the orc troops from Loosen Jar disembarked from their fleet of ships and were greeted by all the troops from Sylverian and Halstad at that time. Then the leader of their forces, Gokh Garhar, disembarked from his ship and approached King Hyrion.

They both shook hands, then Gokh Garhar said to King Hyrion, "It's been a long time since I came to this place".

"You must remember that you are always welcome here because you are my grandson, Garhar," said Hyrion. Garhar was touched by his grandfather's words and hugged him tightly.

"I miss you so much, Grandpa," said Garhar, who began to shed tears. "You still haven't changed, Garhar," his grandfather said as he hugged his grandson tightly.

"What a touching meeting," said Syrr Tyr as he saw Garhar and Hyrion embracing.

"Don't exaggerate," Sylvienn said to Syrr Tyr.

"Behind the cruelty of this war, there is a good side where these two can meet again," Cyril said in his heart.

"Brother !" cried Samara as she immediately ran to hug her brother. "Hey sister, you look good," Garhar said as he hugged Samara.

"Brother, do you know about Kyllion ?" Samara said to Garhar. Garhar immediately hugged Samara tightly and said, "Yes I know, he must be happy to see us together again and to be reunited with Grandfather. Samara nodded her head while shedding tears.

Then, as they gathered, a Halstad soldier came up and said loudly, "THE DARK URKMAR FORCES HAVE BEEN SEEN FROM ABOVE THE TOWER !".

"WHAT ?!" they all said, shocked at the news.

"They're fast," King Hyrion said to himself.

"EVERYONE RETURN TO YOUR OWN POSITIONS, AND THE GENERALS WILL MEET WITH ME IMMEDIATELY TO DISCUSS THE STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT WAR" King Hyrion ordered them all.

"Yes, Your Majesty !" said everyone who heard King Hyrion's words. Then the generals of Halstad and the allied generals, along with Cyril and his friends, attended the meeting. They all listened carefully to General Hai'Ryn's explanation. Afterwards, they all went to their positions, including King Hyrion.

Before that, they all put on their full armour. Phillian could also be seen already in position, along with commanders Pharcy and Sylvienn and their troops at the top of the Halstad fortress wall. Jacquiz, Gokh Garhar and Commander Kraven were also seen preparing with their cavalry inside the fortress. Cyril was also seen taking his Val'Andil sword from his room and unwrapping it from its scabbard. He then rushed to the place where King Hyrion stood ready. As Cyril entered, all eyes were on Cyril and his Val'Andil sword.

"As I said, you are very worthy to use it," King Hyrion said to Cyril.

"Come quickly, we must go to the walls of this fortress," King Hyrion said to Cyril. Cyril nodded his head and said to Samara, "You wait here, we'll be right back".

"Alright," Samara said to Cyril. King Hyrion and Cyril went up the wall to meet Commander Brosniaque and his troops.

As they walked, all the soldiers were watching Cyril and the sword Cyril was carrying. For they knew that the sword he was carrying was no ordinary sword. Soon King Hyrion and Cyril arrived at the top of the wall, facing the Dark Urkmar army. Cyril was surprised to see such a large number of Dark Urkmar soldiers.

"Is it possible that we can win this time ?" asked Cyril in his heart, beginning to doubt the number of Dark Urkmar troops.

"Don't worry, we will definitely defeat them," Hyrion told Cyril with a smile. Cyril also seemed to regain his confidence after hearing King Hyrion's words. Then King Hyrion stood on top of the wall and saw Commander Brosniaque coming under the wall, accompanied by his generals. King Hyrion was accompanied by Pharcy, Sylvienn, Phillian and Cyril.

"You've seen how overwhelming Dark Urkmar's army is, haven't you ?" shouted Brosniaque from beneath the wall to King Hyrion. "Are you sure you still want to fight us ?!" continued Brosniaque.

"We will not retreat, so be ready," King Hyrion shouted at Brosniaque.

"You are indeed a stubborn old elf, I will show you the true power of the dark elves," Brosniaque shouted as he and his generals returned to their positions and prepared for battle. King Hyrion and Cyril did the same, both returning to the palace and preparing for battle.

(The sound of the trumpet from Dark Urkmar's army signalled that the war had begun).

"DARK URKMAR..., ATTACK !!!" shouted General Arkmar to the entire Dark Urkmar army. Dark Urkmar's troops stormed the walls of Halstad and climbed the long stairs. Their trebuchet were already firing.

"PREPARE..., TAKE AIM..., FIRE... !!!" the Pharcy commander ordered all the archers. They shot their arrows and wounded many of the Dark Urkmar troops. "DARK URKMAR ARMY..., SHOOT !!!" General Hlyn ordered in response to the arrow attacks from Halstad's army. A hail of arrows rained down in front of Halstad's wall, causing many casualties.

"KEEP SHOOTING THEM !" General Arkmar ordered.

"DESTROY THEIR STAIRS !" commanded Commander Sylvienn to the troops standing guard on the wall, but Dark Urkmar's troops managed to climb the stairs and reach Halstad's wall.

"ATTACK THEM !" said Commander Sylvienn as he drew his sword and attacked the Dark Elves, as well as Pharcy and Phillian, who also attacked the Dark Elf troops that had reached the top of the wall. Then Phillian knocked down the ladder that the dark elf army had built.

"Focus on the stairs !" Phillian shouted. Halstad and Sylverian's troops tried to bring the ladders down, but as the ladders were quite heavy, it was not easy to bring them down.

The stones thrown by the Dark Urkmar trebuchets damaged the fort quite badly, and eventually the western wall collapsed under the attack.

"DARK URKMAR FORCES, ATTACK THE WESTERN WALL !" General Arkmar ordered to his troops. The trumpet sounded again and they attacked through collapsed wall. Commander Sylvienn, seeing this, immediately went down and joined the troops under the wall.

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"TROOPS..., DON'T LET THEM GO ANY FURTHER !" Commander Sylvienn ordered his troops. They quickly form a line to block the Dark Urkmar's troops from advancing, and a great battle ensued on the western wall.

The cavalry, led by Commander Kraven and Gokh Garhar, began to move, targeting the trebuchets of Dark Urkmar's forces and preparing to attack.

"HORSEMEN... ATTACK !!!" commanded Commander Kraven to his troops.

"LOOK AT YOUR SIDE, THERE'S A SOLDIER FROM THE LOOSEN JAR," shouted one of Dark Urkmar's soldiers.

"KILL THEM ALL !" cried Gokh Garhar. The battle was inevitable.

"Yngryd, destroy their trebuchets," Jacquiz said to his sword. Soon the sword flew and destroyed Dark Urkmar's trebuchets. The dark elf soldiers ran to see Jacquiz's Yngryd sword.

"COMMANDER, OUR TREBUCHETS WERE ATTACKED AND DESTROYED BY HALSTAD'S FORCES! " said a Dark Urkmar soldier as he reported what had happened to Commander Brosniaque.

"WHAT ?!" said the Brosniaque commander, shocked by the soldier's words.

"Tell General Argo to move his cavalry," Commander Brosniaque ordered the soldier.

The soldier immediately went to carry out Commander Brosniaque's order. General Argo, who was ready with his horsemen, listened to the soldier's words and moved immediately.

Meanwhile, in the middle of the battle,

"GOKH GARHAR, LOOK AT GENERAL ARGO'S FORCES MOVING HERE !" said one of Loosen Jar's soldiers to Garhar.

"FORM A LINE AND PREPARE TO ATTACK !" Garhar ordered his troops. After hear that General Kraven ordered his troops, "YOU, FOLLOW GOKH GARHAR'S COMMAND !".

Then they formed a line to prepare for the next attack. Not long after, the trumpets of Dark Urkmar's army sounded, then General Argo and his cavalry were seen. "DARK URKMAR... ATTACK !"

General Argo commanded his troops. The Dark Urkmar soldiers shouted furiously at General Argo's words.

"BEST SONS OF LOOSEN JAR AND HALSTAD, USE ALL OF YOUR STRENGTH, ATTACK !!!" Gokh Garhar yelled to his troops. Their troops also came forward to attack the Dark Urkmar troops led by General Argo. An exciting and fierce battle ensued.

Meanwhile, in the main line of the Dark Urkmar troops,

"Commander, General Jacquez is awaiting orders to attack," one of Dark Urkmar's soldiers told Brosniaque.

"Tell General Jacquez to attack the fortress immediately," Brosniaque ordered the soldier. Then the soldier left to carry out Brosniaque's orders. Soon General Jacquez's troops were moving quickly towards Halstad to destroy its defences. But unexpectedly, Lord Syrr Tyr suddenly faced them alone. He appeared holding his lute.

"STOP...!" General Jacquez ordered his troops.

"HEY OLD ELF, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DO YOU WANT TO DIE IN HELL ?" asked General Jacquez to Syrr Tyr.

"Calm down, let's have some fun and listen to my lute," Sir Syrr Tyr said to Jacquez and his troops. Then he began to play his lute and soon General Jacquez's troops fell asleep to the tune of Syrr Tyr's lute.

"WHAT IS THAT...?!" said General Jacquez, who finally fell asleep after hearing it.

"You young people don't know how powerful music is," Syrr Tyr said with a smile.

"Troops, attack them !" shouted Sir Syrr Tyr's. Soon the Sylverian army of about 200 elves came out of hiding and killed the entire army of General Jacquez of about 2500 dark elves.

"I will not let you near the Sylverian kingdom," Sir Syrr Tyr said as he looked at the sleeping General Jacquez.

He drew his blade and killed General Jacquez. He decapitated Jacquez and stuck his head on a spear, and the spear was stuck in the ground near the body of General Jacquez. "Let this be a warning to them," said Sir Syrr Tyr.

"SOLDIERS, LET'S GO BACK AND HELP THE SOLDIERS IN HALSTAD !" Lord Syrr Tyr ordered his soldiers. Eventually, they returned to Halstad to help the troops defending the fortress. Not long after, a group of Dark Urkmar soldiers passed through the area and found the bodies of General Jacquez and his troops.

"LOOK... GENERAL JACQUEZ HAS BEEN DEFEATED," said one of the Dark Urkmar troops, pointing to General Jacquez's head. He took the head and reported it to the Brosniaque commander.

"HOW DARE THEY DO THIS ?!" said Commander Brosniaque with great anger after looking at General Jacquez's head.

"ENOUGH !" said Commander Brosniaque to all the dark elves.

"ATTACK HALSTAD WITH FULL FORCE !" Commander Brosniaque ordered his troops. "YES, COMMANDER !" said all the dark elf generals. Dark Urkmar's main army, led by Commander Brosniaque, moved immediately.

Meanwhile, on Halstad's wall,

Halstad's and Sylverian's troops were still in the process of defending against the dark elves' attack.

"Phillian, watch your back !" shouted Commander Pharcy as he fired his arrow at the Dark Urkmar soldiers who were trying to attack Phillian from behind.

"Thank you, Pharcy," Phillian said as he continued to fend off the dark elves' attacks. Phillian also managed to kill the dark elves that were nearby.

Suddenly a voice was heard in the distance, "COMMANDANT PHARCY, DARK URKMAR'S MAIN FORCES HAVE STARTED MOVING !" shouted one of Halstad's soldiers. Pharcy and Phillian looked at the line of Dark Urkmar troops below the wall. They both froze for a moment at the sight of the troops in full mobilisation.

"This will probably be the last battle for all of us," Pharcy said to himself as he saw the movement of the main Dark Urkmar army.

"Phillian, tell all the troops up to King Hyrion that Dark Urkmar's main army has moved," Pharcy's commander ordered Phillian as he continued to attack the dark elf troops.

"WHAT ?!, ARE YOU MAD, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU !" Phillian said as he continued to attack the dark elf army.

"Hurry up Phillian !!!" Pharcy ordered Phillian.

Phillian was silent for a moment as he looked at Pharcy, then he quickly ran off, informing every army he passed of the movement of Dark Urkmar's main army.

Meanwhile, the situation on Halstad's western wall,

Sylvienn, along with his troops, continued to defend with all his might against the onslaught of Dark Urkmar's forces. Suddenly, the sound of a lute came from the rear of Dark Urkmar's troops.

"Where has he been ?" said Sylvienn, smiling at the sound. It wasn't long before the Dark Urkmar troops at the front in the western part of Halstad fell asleep. The Sylverian troops were surprised to see what had happened to the Dark Urkmar troops as they asked questions of each other. Then Sylvienn saw an opportunity and tried to suppress them.

"Sylverian troops..., this is our chance..., attack at full strength !" the Sylverian commander ordered his troops, raising their morale. The Sylvienn troops immediately pressed the Dark Urkmar troops against the western wall with all their might.

"Sorry I'm late," Sir Syrr Tyr said to Sylvienn as he killed the sleeping Dark Urkmar troops.

"Never mind, we better take care of them first," said Commander Sylvienn to Sir Syrr Tyr. After they had managed to kill most of the troops.

Suddenly there was a voice from the direction of Halstad Fortress, "DARK URKMAR'S MAIN FORCES HAVE MOVED !!!". "WHAT ?!, THIS IS STILL NOT FINISHED !" said Sylvienn in her heart.

Commander Sylvienn ordered his troops, "SOLDIERS, FORM A LINE !, PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ATTACK !". Then they formed a line and prepared to defend themselves against the next attack.

"They have a lot of men !" said Syrr Tyr to Sylvienn. The two of them stood in the front row, facing Dark Urkmar's troops directly.

Meanwhile, the situation with Garhar, Kraven and Jacquiz.

"ATTACK THEM !" yelled Gokh Garhar to his troops. "There are so many of them," said Commander Kraven as he continued to attack Dark Urkmar's troops. "They're really serious about this war," said Jacquiz as he held back the Dark Urkmar soldiers.

"Yngryd !" shouted Jacquiz. The sword immediately flew towards Jacquiz and helped him fight the Dark Urkmar soldiers who surrounded him.

"But we cannot let them win," Gokh Garhar said as he continued to fend off the Dark Urkmar's attacks. They were beginning to tire of fighting the large Dark Urkmar army.

Meanwhile, from the top of the hill near eastern Halstad,

"Looks like we're a little late," commander Augusta said to his troops as he looked down on Halstad, which was surrounded by Dark Urkmar's troops. Villmort's cavalry, under the command of Commander Augusta, currently numbered 1500 men. They were the best troops and had fought many wars together. Their strength was comparable to twice their current number.

"FORCES PREPARE!, FORM A LINE," Commander Augusta ordered his troops. They formed ranks and prepared for battle.

"TO HALSTAD !" said Commander Augusta as he pointed his sword at the fortress of Halstad. Soon Villmort's troops and Commander Augusta were moving quickly towards Halstad.

Meanwhile, at the dock of Halstad Fortress,

"Hey, look, there's a small boat approaching," one of the Halstad soldiers standing guard at the dock said to his friend. Suddenly a very strong wind came towards them.

"What's this wind ?" said one of the soldiers.

The small boat approached and stopped at the Halstad dock. The two soldiers drew their swords and approached the boat to see who was coming. They were both surprised to see that the boat wasn't carrying anyone. They asked each other what had happened.

"Looks like I'm a little late," said the one in the cloak.

"We just need to find out where he is," said the man as he surveyed the chaotic surroundings from the top of the palace.

"I seem to have found him," said the person, then a strong whirlwind blew and he disappeared with the whirlwind.

Meanwhile, back to Gokh Garhar and his troops,

"'DAMN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT DESTROYED," said Garhar, who was trying to fend off all the attacks from Dark Urkmar's troops.

"Our troops seem to be under a lot of pressure as well, Gokh Garhar," said the Kraven commander, struggling to survive the onslaught of Dark Urkmar's troops.

"Damn !, there are too many of them," Jacquiz said in his heart. Suddenly a strong wind blew and a cloaked figure appeared right in front of Garhar.

"DAMN, WHY IS HE COMING OUT AT THIS TIME ?!" said Garhar in his heart.

"GOKH GARHAR, BEWARE !" said Commander Kraven as he tried to attack the suddenly appearing figure. But the figure used its wind magic to knock Kraven from his horse. "AKH...!!!" shouted Commander Kraven. "It seems hopeless," said Garhar in his heart.

Meanwhile, in the western part of Halstad Fortress,

(The sound of the trumpets of the Dark Urkmar army)

"ATTACK...!" Commander Brosqianue ordered all his troops.

"FOR DARK URKMAR !!!" yelled the Dark Urkmar soldiers as they ran towards the Sylverian defences.

"EVERYONE, DEFEND HALSTAD TO DEATH !!!" yelled a Sylverian commander to his troops. The Sylverian troops cheered at the commander's words. "This is it," Sir Syrr Tyr said as he looked at Commander Sylvienn. Sylvienn nodded his head

"BEST SONS OF THE ELVEN PEOPLE, STAND UP, CHARGE !!!" shouted Commander Sylvienn as he brandished his sword at Dark Urkmar's army.

Sylvienn and Halstad's troops advanced to attack Dark Urkmar's troops. "AAAKKHHHHH..... !!!" the Sylverians shouted as they ran to attack Dark Urkmar's forces.

"FOR SYLVERIAN GLORY !!!" yelled the Sylverian commander. Halstad's troops, hearing the Sylvienn commander's words, were galvanised.

"HALSTAD SOLDIERS, DON'T LET THEM TAKE OUR FAMILY PLACE..., ATTACK WITH ALL YOUR POWER !!!" shouted Commander Pharcy to his troops. They cheered and continued to try to defend Halstad from Dark Urkmar's onslaught.

Meanwhile,

The cavalry, led by Commander Augusta, were still on their way to Halstad. "I'm coming..., Cyril," Commander Augusta said to himself.

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