Meanwhile,

For weeks, Samara had been trying to evade the pursuit of the Southerngard Imperial Army. Ever since the incident at the inn, they had been relentless in their pursuit of Samara.

"Are they still after me today?" said Samara worriedly.

"Cyril... What has happened to you this time?, I hope you found out the truth about your father," Samara said again in her heart, worried about Cyril's condition.

> [ The Kingdom of Southerngard is an orcish kingdom on the southern border of the orcish realm. In the past, they had a fairly close relationship with the orcs, even to this day. So this kingdom stands neutral and is not in a state of favouring any nation during the current war ].

At the time, Samara was in the area around the Loridean River, hiding from the pursuers. Suddenly, she heard the footsteps of a number of people, soldiers from the Southerngard Kingdom, who were following her.

"It looks like she's gone, come on !!!, let's search quickly towards Mount Lanstern, we need to find him before we can," one of the soldiers said to the others.

Eventually they left and Samara could breathe a sigh of relief that the soldier who had been chasing her was gone.

"I've run far enough, I should stick to my own plan," Samara said to herself.

Then Samara rushed out of her hiding place and took out the map she had in her pocket (it was a map of all of Western Escalodia).

"Well, it looks like I'm getting close to Southerngard," Samara said as she pointed at the map. Then suddenly Samara saw thick smoke rising from the direction of the hills, then Samara rushed to where the smoke was coming from to find out what was really going on. After packing up all her stuff, she went to that place.

"Oh my God, what is going on here ?!" said Samara with great sadness and surprise when she arrived at the place where the smoke came from. The small village that had been destroyed was called "Longleaf Village".

> [ Longleaf Village is a small village near the Loridean River, a village where crops in the form of corn and vegetables are quite abundant, this village is under the rule of the Southerngard Kingdom. This village has a population of about 150 people, mostly humans and a small portion of forest elves ].

"This was one of the peaceful villages in the past, I often visited this village, why is it like this now ?" Samara said in her heart, remembering her childhood when she often visited this village.

"Is this the work of the Southerngard army ?" said Samara as she looked around to see if there were any survivors.

Samara began to shout, asking if anyone was around, but there was no answer. Samara continued to circle the place, but there was no one she could ask what really happened, so far all she saw were the ruins of the village and scattered corpses, but of all of those there was no soldier's corpse.

"I feel something strange about this ?" Samara said to herself in confusion.

Shortly afterwards, Samara suddenly felt very dizzy and said, "What's wrong with me? Is this all an illusion ? Damn it !" as she said this to herself Samara's eyes went dark and she fainted. As she said this Samara's eyes went dark and she fainted.

"Got you now, Gokh Garhar is waiting for you," someone said as they carried the unconscious Samara away.

> [ Gokh is a name for Orcs who have a high reputation or expertise in the art of war ].

"Go, tell Gokh Garhar that I have found Samara and will bring her to Loosen Jar," the one who had captured Samara said to a crow. Then the crow went away from him to a place.

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> [ Loosen Jar is an orc stronghold under the rule of the Southerngard Kingdom, and the ruling government in Loosen Jar are the orcs of the Lunkhansen family, but the Lunkhansen family itself does not stand with the Orc Kingdom at this time, for they still hold to the ancient laws and culture of the orcs ].

Shortly afterwards, a messenger raven arrived at the palace and the guard unrolled the letter to Gokh Garhar. After reading the letter, he smiled.

Samara arrived at the gate of Loosen Jar Fort with the person who had brought her, "OPEN THE GATE !!!" shouted the person who had captured Samara, the gate was immediately opened and they entered the fort. Samara, who was still bound, began to come out of her stupor.

"Where is this ?, What's going on ?, Who's got me ?" she asked herself as she tried to regain consciousness. After travelling quite a distance from the main gate, they arrived at the gate of Loosen Jar's castle gate.

Then the door of the castle opened and they entered.

"Gokh Garhar, I have found him," the man said as he dropped Samara in front of him.

"Well done, Kyllion, you are reliable," Gokh Garhar replied with a smile.

"It's been a long time since we've seen each other Samara, if father knew he'd be furious," Gokh Garhar said very gently to Samara.

"What are you doing now ? I told you I don't want to be involved in anything that has to do with this place or this family, I want to be free," Samara replied to her brother in a rather angry tone.

> [ Garhar Sylp Lunkhansen is the first son of the Lunkhansen family of knights who was born and lived in Loosen Jar and is currently one of the lieutenant generals of the Southerngard Royal Cavalry and is the current leader of Loosen Jar, he is a tough figure and has strong principles, he also currently leads 3000 troops under his command ].

"Samara, you know how sad I was when I found out that you ran away from Loosen Jar," Garhar said to Samara.

"You are very tired, you should rest first and in the morning we will talk about this again," Garhar said to Samara with pity, because he saw Samara who was shabby.

"Guards, please take Samara to her room," Garhar ordered one of the palace guards.

Then Samara was helped to get up and was immediately escorted to her room by the guard. But as soon as Samara arrived in her room, the door to her room was immediately locked by the guard and they stood in front of Samara's room door to keep watch that she did not leave her room.

"Garhar, as your brother, isn't this too hard for Samara, after all she's my sister too," Kyllion said to Garhar, feeling sorry for Samara.

"No Kyllion, this is the best thing for her right now. After all, I promised our father that I would take care of our youngest sister," Garhar said, reassuring Kyllion.

"All right, I will support you in your decision," Kyllion said, smiling at Garhar. Then Kyllion was about to leave the palace room and return to his patrol around Loosen Jar.

But before Kyllion left, Garhar called to him and said, "In my absence, please take care of Samara and make sure "he" doesn't touch her. Kyllion nodded and left the palace.

[ Kyllion Horn Lunkhansen is the second son of the Lunkhansen family of knights and the current advisor to Gokh Garhar. He is also Loosen Jar's war strategist and has the ability to communicate with animals through telepathy ].

Soon after, a guard came running very quickly to Garhar and said there was something important and very secret he had to tell Garhar. Garhar was surprised to hear the news, and the guard gave Garhar an object. When he had told the secret, the guard returned to his seat.

"Why did you come back at such a bad time ?" Garhar said angrily in his heart. Then Garhar ordered all the palace guards to get ready, because someone was coming, they were told to stand guard at their respective posts.

(There was a loud eagle sound) - Kyllion, who was patrolling around the palace, suddenly felt a bad atmosphere.

"Is he back ?!" Kyllion said in his heart with fear. Then Kyllion used his telepathic ability and an eagle that was flying above him came to him and whispered something to him. After hearing the eagle's words, he quickly returned to the palace.

In the meantime,

"Damn, they locked the door," Samara said angrily as she looked for a way out.

"Brother's character has never changed, ever since father died he has always imposed his own will on me," Samara said, annoyed at Garhar's behaviour towards her.

"I have to keep looking for a way out of here," Samara said to herself. Soon Samara felt a very unpleasant atmosphere.

"WHAT IS THAT ?!" said Samara with fear and anxiety and a huge feeling of confusion.

Suddenly, a powerful whirlwind appeared in front of the castle gate, and suddenly, a figure emerged from the whirlwind.

"Hello everyone, it's been a long time since you threw me away," the figure said, laughing sarcastically.

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