“Fiora, stop flirting and come here.” Kiefer ordered the titan, watching her pout before stroking the hair and cheek of one of the elven girls and then trotting over.
“I take it you are going to return to your volcano after this? I need you to go inform Feni that the battle is over and the war will be too in no time.” (Kiefer)
“Feni? Who’s that?” Fiora asked, tilting her head trying to remember anyone that might have been named Feni.
“She’s a fox girl. I modelled your little statue after her, so it shouldn’t be difficult to locate her. She is quite famous so just keep heading south until you find some soldiers, show them the statue and have them guide you to her.” Kiefer explained, pointing at the Feni statue that was in the knapsack slung over Fiora’s shoulder.
“Ok!” Fiora exclaimed excitedly, unable to hide her intention of meeting the fox girl. She walked briskly over to Luna and invited her to come along for the trip. Luna seemed to agree, nodding her head before coming over to talk to Kiefer.
“Kiefer, I can’t thank you enough for what you have done for us titans. I also thank you on behalf of my province’s residents for ending their unending turmoil against Diantes.” She said, bowing her head before taking to the skies after Fiora.
Kiefer’s heart cringed at Luna’s gratitude, knowing that he had killed the wrong titan and yet had chosen to hide the truth about the whole matter from them. He then decided in his mind that he would first tell Sher and Sana and act based on their reaction. If anyone was going to forgive him, it would be the two of them who had been closest to him.
Calling Feir over, Kiefer informed Isana that he would be gone for a while to tie up loose ends in Diantes, and then ran at breakneck speeds atop of the giant wolf towards the city of Diantes. Feir bolted through the mountainous terrain that had formed after the battle, heading north to where he had met Kiefer for the second time.
Kiefer passed by several squads of Diantes army scouts that have come to check out the new seismic change, ignoring their warnings to stop as they spotted him racing towards them from afar. Most of the soldiers were too slow to react to Feir’s speed, and those that were fast enough, had their attacks repelled as the arrows and bolts just bounced off Feir’s grey fur.
With a great leap, Feir bypassed the security check at the city walls and landed heavily in the middle of one of the major streets, leaving footprints in the stone paved roads where he landed. Kiefer paid no mind to the small fry guards who were making their way to surround him and the giant wolf, as his vicinity was suddenly shrouded in thick black smoke, obscuring any vision.
Kiefer blinked away in the confusion while Feir, according to Kiefer’s prior instructions, transformed and mimicked Drigor’s human appearance and snuck off into the alleyway. The dense smoke cleared within seconds and the wolf and his rider were gone, as if never having been there. The only evidence left behind, were the arm-length footprints where the wolf had landed.
“Hello again, Revil.” Kiefer spoke out abruptly, causing the man to jump out of his seat in his study. Kiefer had blinked silently behind him from outside the house.
“Wha- Kiefer?” Revil stuttered, trying to process the situation that was unfolding in front of him.
“Yes it’s me again. How’s Nicole? And how’s the business doing?” Kiefer asked, worried about the state of the mines ever since Feir told him that his pack was killed and chased off.
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“Nicole still thinks about you every day, clinging onto the pendant you gave her. Business has started to dwindle. My competitors are ramping up their sabotages and without you around, I’ve already lost 30% of my mines. My workers are afraid to even show up for work.” Revil complained, rubbing his temple as the problem with work hacked away at his concentration.
“Yes well, I apologise for that. But security at the mines should be taken care of soon, latest by the end of today. My companion will make sure of that. For now, tell Nicole I dropped by to say hi. I have a home in a newly founded city along the southern shores of Shearwood, so you should come visit sometime. This here is a present from me to Nicole. Make sure she gets it.” Kiefer explained as he pulled out 5 raw mithril ingots from his PD and laid them on the study table.
Meanwhile, Feir had appeared within the royal palace and demanded an audience with the king as instructed by Kiefer. Through the comms in his ear, Kiefer guided him along the conversation.
“Human. I have now accomplished my goals. I am shutting down the necromancer school effective immediately and you should withdraw your troops from the battle. I have negotiated for a diplomatic conference with the leaders of the other provinces and you should be expecting a cessation of all conflicts within the week. Recall all the necromancers and tell them to meet outside the gate of the eastern port road tomorrow night. That is all.” Feir repeated what Kiefer said, and then excused himself from the palace before the King could even return a response.
Feir then made his way to the varradon mines where he was once stationed to guard. With his new ability from Drigor, Feir summoned large doppelgangers of his true form out of the ground at each mine entrance. The copies all had a mind of their own, obeying Feir’s commands as if their lives depended on it. The workers returned the next morning only to be shocked by the appearance of the friendly monster that seemed to stand watch over them as they worked the mines.
Kiefer had one last objective in mind before heading back to Isana and then back home, where he would reveal the truth to his family. Watching the necromancers from the bases all return and gathered outside the port road, Kiefer made Feir appear before them as Drigor while he hid atop the walls out of sight. Sending his mana out to trace the necromancers’ mana, Kiefer located the connection between their mana and the netherworld portal, and severed it by overloading the connection with his own mana.
Feir then acted his part, informing the necromancers that the war is now over and that he had cut their link to the netherworld, allowing them to return to their former dreams and giving them back their original mana recovery rate. With this, the last objective was completed and Kiefer returned to the shore with Feir, meeting up with Rashael, Sher and Isana.
For reasons only known to him, Rashael had personally requested to stay in Mutatis, to which Kiefer agreed on the condition that he found his own place instead of crashing in his home. Taking one last look at the cliffs and the waves washing onto the shore, Kiefer set foot onto the Brig, and ordered for the vessels to set sail back towards Mutatis, his home.