After travelling for about two days, the weather was cloudy that day. Cyril and Samara watched from a distance as a group of soldiers from the Dark Elf looted merchants from Villmort.
"Look Cyril, it looks like there are Dark Elves looting a merchant of the Villmort Kingdom, even though they tried to kill us, we still have to help them" Samara said, looking at the looters. Cyril agreed with Samara and they quickened the pace of their horses to help the merchant.
"Hey you! What are you doing with that merchant ?" Cyril asked the dark elf soldiers.
"This is none of your business, get out of here you little brats !" said one of the soldiers.
"Everything that has happened to the people of Villmort Kingdom is my business now !" shouted Cyril angrily at the soldiers.
"Let's finish this, kids," said one of the dark elves. "Yeaahhhhh !" shouted the Dark Elf soldiers and suddenly the rain fell quite hard.
"Samara get ready," Cyril said, smiling at Samara with a reassuring tone. Cyril and Samara fought again with about 8 dark elf soldiers. The two of them dismounted from their horses and prepared to fight the soldiers. Cyril and Samara immediately stepped forward and swung their swords at the soldiers. The fight started and Cyril was able to split the soldiers into 2 groups, 5 against Cyril and 3 against Samara.
Cyril kept trying to survive from the attacks of the soldiers who surrounded him.
Meanwhile, Samara was trying hard to dodge the attacks of the soldiers and with enough martial arts techniques that Samara had mastered, she was able to dodge and take the sword that one of the soldiers was holding and stab it back into the soldier from behind. Samara then used the two swords she was holding to block all of the soldiers' attacks, then took the opportunity when they started to let their guard down to thrust the two swords at the two soldiers, piercing their backs. Having defeated the three soldiers with her, Samara immediately went to help Cyril. The frightened merchant shouted at Samara from behind his cart, "Hey miss, use my arrow", then threw the arrow at Samara, who thanked him and used the arrow to help Cyril.
As Cyril tried to fend off all the attacks from the soldiers, an arrow shot very quickly towards the soldiers surrounding Cyril and hit the body of one of the soldiers, killing him. They were all shocked and wondered where the arrow had come from. Then they all saw Samara from the top of the tree getting ready to shoot his arrow again. Cyril moved very quickly to take advantage of the situation and managed to wound a soldier in the leg, killing him. The soldiers' concentration broke and Samara was able to kill two more soldiers with her arrows. And Cyril killed another soldier with his sword, leaving one soldier alive as a hostage. Then the rain slowly stopped and the sun came out again.
After defeating the soldiers and taking one of them hostage to get more information, Cyril and Samara went to the merchant to check on his condition.
"Sir, are you all right ?" Cyril asked the merchant.
"Yes sir, I'm fine. Thank you, sir, for your help," the merchant replied as he bowed down to hold Cyril's leg. But Cyril immediately helped the man to wake up and felt it was inappropriate to bow to him. "Hey sir, don't be like that, I'm just doing my job as a human," Cyril said to him with a smile.
"Sir, I will return the bow to you, thank you for helping us," Samara said, handing the bow back. "No miss, you keep the thing, just think of it as a gift from me, because you both helped me. I do not know what would happen to me without you two," the merchant said. Then they went to the nearby cave to spend the night.
After discussing Villmort's situation with the merchant, the day passed quickly and night fell. Cyril also approached the soldiers he was holding hostage to ask what was really happening.
"Answer my question correctly, what are you doing in human territory ?" Cyril asked in a rather loud tone. "We are just soldiers sent to monitor and patrol the Villmort area, sir," the soldier replied in fear.
"Then why are you robbing this merchant ?" Cyril asked again in a louder tone, then slapped him.
"At that time the food supplies were running out and we were starting to starve, then the merchant passed by not far from where we were. Please forgive me, sir, please forgive me," the soldier replied, crying.
"And why were you ordered to spy and patrol this area ?" Cyril asked again.
"We from the Dark Urkmar Kingdom (Dark Elf Nation) are at war with Villmort and we managed to enter the city, but we were defeated by the forces of the Human Nation Alliance, so we couldn't take the city. So we have prepared more troops to attack Villmort again. Perhaps in a week or so the Dark Urkmar army will arrive in Villmort and attack again.
"The soldier replied as he explained what would happen to Cyril.
Cyril was surprised after hearing the soldier's story and said to him, "Okay, you can go now and tell them that I, Cyril de Arc Mirage, will not back down and will wait for you on the battlefield later," then Cyril freed the soldier and let him go. The soldier thanked Cyril and promised to deliver the message to the Dark Urkmar Kingdom.
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Then Samara approached Cyril and grabbed Cyril's shoulder while saying to him, "It's time for you to rest Cyril, this has been quite a day, hasn't it ? we have to leave for Villmort in the morning anyway". Cyril also said to Samara, "Well, we should both rest for tomorrow's journey. Then Cyril and Samara and the merchant who was with them went to sleep.
Early in the morning, before sunrise, the three had continued their journey towards Villmort. After a long journey, they arrived at the gate of Villmort Kingdom and were surprised to find that part of the walls of Villmort Kingdom had collapsed and the city had been successfully burned. Then the three of them entered the Villmort Kingdom and headed straight for the palace. Only the soldiers could be seen along the roads of the city, repairing the walls and trying to clear some of the city.
The three of them arrived at the Villmort Palace and met the guards, who asked the three of them, "What are you doing here ?".
"We have important news and want to deliver it to the king, it has to do with the Dark Urkmar Kingdom and the upcoming war," Cyril replied to the guard. Then the three of them were allowed to enter, still accompanied by the guard. And inside the palace, the generals of the Villmort Kingdom and the royal advisors had gathered. They were all surprised by the arrival of Cyril and Samara with the merchant.
"What is this stranger doing here ?" One of the generals asked Cyril.
"We have important news about the Dark Urkmar Empire and the attack that will take place," Cyril replied to the general. Then Cyril told everything to everyone present, and the generals and advisors began to strategise how to survive the attacks of the Dark Urkmar Empire.
Shortly after Cyril had told everything, a scout from Villmort, who was on duty near the Guildon Valley (a valley located on the border of Villmort, about 1 week from the Villmort Kingdom), came and said: "Gentlemen, I am from the scouting team near the Guildon Valley to report the movement of Dark Urkmar's troops, who are heading here with an army of about 7,000 men. "We better strengthen our defences by digging trenches filled with sharp spears as traps around the city walls, then fully arm our archers to withstand their attacks," Cyril said quickly after hearing what the scout had said.
Then the generals conferred and one of the generals said, "All right, listen, Commander Ludwig Bulkhansen and Commander Strauz of Gylffon will lead the training of the soldiers whose citizens will help, Commander Francis de Horn will take care of the citizens who will be evacuated to the Kingdom of Zilgor. Commander Hans Jorgensen and Commander Braug Hillsman will concentrate on the defence of the city, and you young people (pointing at Cyril), you will help Commander Braug with his duties, all of you understand ?! " said the General.
"All right, General Guillermo," replied everyone who was in that place.
> [ General Guillermo El Fiendgard is one of the highest-ranking generals in the Villmort Kingdom, along with Augusta, and he is famous for his ability to analyse enemy movements quite well and for his prowess in the war against the elves in the past. Indirectly, this General Guillermo is also the sibling of King Stuart, who supports the current King's government ].
Then disperse them all by carrying out their respective duties.
Meanwhile, Cyril and Samara met the merchant and said, "Sir, you better go to the kingdom of Zilgor to make it safe," Cyril said to him.
"Yes sir Cyril, it looks like I will go there to make it safer and thank you very much you, then for the last gift I have armour ranging from body armour to pretty good weapons and I will give it all to you, wait here for a moment" then the merchant went to his chariot to take what he had promised Cyril.
"Samara, should you also come with him to Zilgor so that you can be safe there and start a new life," Cyril said to Samara as he tried to convince her to leave, but Samara refused and said "No Cyril, I was indebted to you when you helped me out of prison and from now on I will accompany you wherever you go". After a long debate, Cyril allowed Samara to be near him, but on the condition that she first listened to everything Cyril said.
The merchant arrived with what he had promised and gave it to Cyril. Cyril also tried it on and it fits Cyril perfectly, making his appearance even more masculine than before.
"I just don't want to lose the person I love for the second time, I want to always be by your side to take care of you, Cyril," Samara said in his heart. Then they began to part with the merchant, who was leaving with the others for Zilgor.
"I'll be waiting for you there," the merchant said, waving to Cyril and Samara.
Then Cyril and Samara gathered with Commander Braug's troops to help him strengthen the city's defences and begin training to be ready for the real war. The remaining troops in the Villmort Kingdom at this time numbered around 4,000. Cyril also began to share his opinions with Commander Braug. They are all working together to complete this task on time, so that what has been planned will work.
Meanwhile,
The Dark Elf soldier who had met Cyril earlier had arrived at the Dark Urkmar troop camp and met the commanders there, passing on what Cyril had told him. Then one of the Dark Elf war advisors, who was also one of the 13 highest-ranking wizards, "Ra'El Elthamar The Watcher", said, "The time has come. Then he gave the order to speed up the preparations for the attack on Villmort Kingdom.
Elsewhere, Commander Augusta, who was near the Zilgor-Villmort border, heard the news of an attack on Villmort Kingdom, so he immediately returned to Villmort Kingdom with the remaining troops he had. There were about 1,200 cavalry left from the previous war.
The day passed so quickly, and Cyril had done his job as well as the others. And the day came when the attack would take place, and it rained quite heavily that day. Prepare all Villmort troops in their respective positions. Then came the sound of a trumpet, which was quite loud from afar, and Dark Urkmar's troops could be seen from afar, approaching the kingdom of Villmort. Forming their ranks and completing their weapons, they are ready to go to war.
Then Commander Guillermo could be heard shouting as he encouraged Villmort's troops, "Sons of Villmort, prepare to defend your homeland, don't let them intimidate you, but raise your heads, stand in your pride, protect our homeland, our family, and all those we love here. ..... , Archers...... ready, aim your arrows, FOR VILLMORT...... SHOOT !!!" as He shouted to the Villmort troops as he pointed his sword at Dark Urkmar's army.
"This is the time I will fight for the true land of my birth. Wait dad, I will definitely finish this and I will definitely meet you," Cyril said in his heart.
Next Chapter "Book I : Save My Homeland (Part II – Last Part)"