King Darius, the Queen, Commander Augustus, General Aedric, Colonel Karl, lastly, Captain Finn, is in the hall.
King Darius sat on his main throne, there is another throne for the queen next to him, while Kurnias stood beside him smiling.
Four of them kneeled down to the king. The king stood up observed them. He walked towards Aedric.
"Welcome, welcome to my castle. I am King Raegan II. How's your travel General Aedric." King Darius said.
"I'm fine. This is my subordinate officers, Colonel Karl and Captain Finn." Aedric replied while looking at them.
"What a fine gentleman General. This is my beautiful queen, Queen Nelda, and my commanding general, General Kurnias." King Darius added.
Queen Nelda is one of the beautiful women in this land. She has blonde hair, red eyes, pink lips 5'9 tall, and her skin is white as snow. She wore a queen's robe, one diamond in front of her small crown, and white sandals.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Queen Nelda." Said Finn with sparkled eyes, delighted.
Karl looked at him angrily and tells him to be quiet.
"Come, come, I will show you our meeting hall." Said, King Darius
All of them followed him except the queen. They entered the meeting hall and they see a large table in the center of the room. On top, there is a large map and a small flags per faction.
The room is well constructed. It has full of decoration and paintings. It has small windows at the top, only light can enter.
Kurnias walked towards Aedric, smiling.
"So you're General Aedric." Said Kurnias.
"Indeed I am, General Kurnias" Replied Aedric
"You're young, but I can see in your eyes the eyes of a general. I don't expect it, but you're really are a general" Kurnias said while smiling
King Darius walked towards the table.
"Come, let us gather," King Darius said.
They surrounded the table, stood up.
"Augustus said that your weapon can kill 5 men in just seconds." King Darius said.
"Yes, it's true. I can kill a battalion in just a second." Aedric Replied.
"I can give you a fief. My Castle and one of my village. Darius castle and Darius village. There are near your base. In one condition" Darius said. He pointed out a specific place on the map.
"Tell me," Aedric asked.
"We have a common enemy in years that we cannot be defeated. You must help me in our battle and prove me your weapon." Darius added.
"So who this common enemy?" Aedric asked.
"The orcs!" Darius shouted.
"The orcs?!" Aedric, Karl, and Finn said in a high tone.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! You seem new to this land?" Kurnias asked while smiling.
"The orcs are one of the strong faction here in Calarada." Darius Declared.
"Calarada is a country of all races, but there are 3 major kingdoms divides this land. The Syndian Empire (humans), ruled by King Darius, the Brithomb kingdom (elves), Ruled by king Haleth, and the Lowscream clan (orcs) Ruled by Warchief Garad." Said Kurnias.
"Tell me the war status," Aedric said.
"The orcs raided some of our villages and killed innocent people. They have almost 100,000 troops. We need to defend Castle Etrosq and the village near it. It is the nearest Castle in their territory. Our marshall, Lord Rafarch will help Lord Etrosq to defend his castle. We would not lose Etrosq castle at all costs." Kurnias answered.
"Tell me about the orcs." Aedric Added.
"The orcs is one of the strongest races in this land. They are green skin, sharp teeth, 6-foot 7-inch fall. They are not originally from this land, Warchief Drek'sar father of Warchief Garad and their Lowscream clan retreated here." Kurnias said.
"We will help, but we need first a safe place to stay. I would suggest that you give me first the castle and the village and we discuss it further." Aedric propose.
"Very well, I will provide you your needs."
King Darius walked towards the cabinet beside the wall and took a piece of paper. He wrote about something. he gave it to Aedric.
"This is my diplomacy letter, proof that you now own the land," Darius announced.
"Thank you, king Darius. We must leave now." Aedric said.
"Be careful on your journey," Darius added.
They walked out in the meeting hall, they suddenly heard footsteps coming, as the footsteps moved closer to the direction, they saw Kurnias
"The sun is setting down, you must rest in the town for tonight and leave tomorrow," Kurnias said, smiling.
"Here is the address of the inn," Kurnias added.
"Thank you," Aedric replied.
They got the address letter then left.
The sky got darker and some people lit on their candles. They got amazed by the candlelight shined in the town. The moonbeam shined through Igread.
Three of them searching where the inn located, they asked some of the people nearby. A minute passes, they saw an inn called blocked in.
The sign is a black wood, below it, is a logo of a mug. They entered the inn and it's crowded and noisy. Some are drinking, some are eating, and some are talking.
They walked towards the counter. Three of them are exhausted. Then Karl wondered and shock.
"General, did you bring any money?" Karl asked.
"No, I didn't, I still don't have any currency in this world yet," Aedric answered.
Then Karl looked at Finn.
"Captain, did you bring any money?" Karl asked again.
"Of course not, how can I have money since I'm new to this world," Finn answered.
Three of them worried and starved. They did not know what to do.
Suddenly, they saw a hand holding coins.
"Three Breast chicken, three chicken soup, and three ales. Ha! ha! ha!."
It was Augustus. He paid the food for them. There are glad of his kindness.
"Thank you." Three of them said at the same time with gladness in their faces.
"Eat! Eat! It's all yours" Augustus said while smiling.
The food is ready, they get the food and sat on a vacant seat. Then they began eating.
"I must leave now general." Said, Augustus.
Aedric patted his shoulder.
"Once again, thank you, Augustus. Take care of yourself." Aedric said.
Augustus and his men left the inn. After an hour, The table is empty and their stomach is full. The inn is quiet now, a few people eating.
"We should rent a room," Aedric said.
Suddenly, Karl is in shocked again.
"We don't have any money," Karl replied.
"Did Augustus give you any?" Finn asked.
"No, not at all," Karl answered.
Then the young lady at the counter moved towards them.
"Excuse me, umm... Augustus paid us much so you can rent a room for one night on the second floor, first room." The lady in the counter said.
"Thank you very much, young lady," Finn said with gladness.
The young lady left and they walked towards the room which the lady said.
The room is made up of wood but the structure is good.
It has only one bed for two persons, one candlelight in the table, and a window.
"I'll sleep on the floor," Finn said.
"No, I will," Aedric replied.
They arranged and cleaned the surrounding. Aedric placed a cloth on the floor and started to lay down.
"Sleep now, we will leave tomorrow morning," Aedric added.
Then Aedric blew off the candle. It was dark and now, they slept.