A few weeks later a large convoy armed to the teeth came to town. I readied myself for the possibility of a pitch battle. Arriving at my doorstep.
Lux Lich Ares :" Calm down Aether , they're not our enemies. "
Aether :" Then who are they , father ?"
Lux Lich Ares :" They are the escort my old friend has brought here, although I told him to be more discrete when taking care of problems , I guess he never change , despite his old age ."
The person in the front carriage step outside of his ride and walked towards us . There He announced the arrival of an important figure , whom I could've never imagine would come here.
The Announcer :" Announcing the arrival of king Gerald Lind Vares the Third of the Armed nation of Lind.
Aether :" Father by any chance are you ?"
Lux :" Yes , you've guessed it , I'm The Sword Master of the Armed nation of Lind ."
Aether :" No wonder , you weren't scared of the priests threat , If I had known you were a sword saint father , I would've just killed the priest to avoid further complications ."
Lux :" Calm down Aether , things should be settled peacefully , force is only necessary if there is no hope of reconciliation ."
Aether :" Understood father ."
King Gerald arrived on the fifth convoy headed here . On a massive vehicle powered by magic and machinery . With several other carriages and vehicles carrying mind blowing number of troops and arms.
King Gerald :" Its been along time old friend !"
Lux :" Its been along time Gerald , How's things been working out for you since the battle of Anzter ."
King Gerald :" Well king wise , Its been hectic since you decided to stay in this small village in the far edge of the nation. "
" I had to find another Sword Saint to fill your position, but thank fully an arch mage was trained to fill your position as the nations trump card, although he was no Sword Saint, he is capable enough to act as the nations protector ."
" But it would've been better if you return to the capital with me ."
Lux :" Sorry Gerald , You know I couldn't do that , All I wanted was to life in peace here with my family. "
King Gerald :" Okay , okay , I understand , alright now down to business , How do you want to handle the Dawn Church ? "
Lux :" I would like to send the head of the church a letter sealed by the royal seal , explaining the incident. "
King Gerald :" Huuuh , That's boring , lets just built a military encampment here and wait for them to come to us , then we attack them with the full force of the Armed nation !!!"
Lux :" Hold your horses Gerald . We intend to finish this incident peacefully , not by causing a War in the process. "
King Gerald :" Okay , I'll tell the troops to guard this town for now , I'll go back to the capital to write a letter to the Head of the Dawn Church. "
Lux :" Thanks , Gerald , and by the way , this is my son Aether Lich Ares. "
Aether :" Greetings King Gerald the third , I'm Aether Lich Ares ."
King Gerald :" Nice to finally meet you Aether , Your father has sang high praises for you in his letters , I'm expecting great things from you ."
Aether :" I won't disappoint you ."
King Gerald :" Good , Very Good , Oh and one more thing , from now on you can call me uncle Gerald ."
Lux :" That won't be appropriate Gerald , you're still a king , you have to show royal authority in public ."
King Gerald :" Stop being so stuck up on ceremonies , fine then in public you can call me King Gerald , but in private just call me uncle Gerald understood Aether ."
Aether :" Yes , Uncle Gerald ."
King Gerald :" Good boy , now I'm off to the capital, come visit me any time ."
Lux :" Of course , see you soon ."
Aether :" Father your really close to King Gerald hmm ."
Lux :" Yes , we've fought on the battlefield together many times in the past ."
" You can say we're brothers in arms ."
Aether :" Interesting ."
Afterwards the King returned to the Capital and organised an official party to send his letters to the Head of the Dawn Church . However the content is more , how you say more draconian then expected . He wrote that the priest should be hung for treason and he won't accept anything less than a full apology from them .
If the demands are not met there would be a global conflict of interest. King Gerald is a prideful King Who doesn't tolerate insults thrown towards him nor his people. Since the armed nation of Lind is a large country with a massive military and magical force . The Dawn Church would be coerced to fulfill his demands .
Although the Dawn Church is pretty influential itself with a surprisingly large armed forces . It lacks the forces needed to face the Armed Nation of Lind in an all out war . So its in their best interest to negotiate the terms in a national conference between the two major powers.
Before leaving for the capital King Gerald stationed 500 of his best knights to guard the Village. including 5 mages and 100 archers. Whilst he went back to the capital with an escort of 200 heavy knights.
Father took the opportunity to command the knights to built defenses and walls to protect the villages surrounding . In the case of an attack from the priest troops nor the mercenaries from the priests side . They built many towers , stakes , spike traps and trenches here and there making the village look like a big fortress. 100 knights are assigned in each cardinal direction with 1 mage in each detachment . While the 100 remaining knights are kept as reserves.
The archers are positioned on the ridge adjacent to the main road leading towards the village. On that ridge they built multiple fortifications towers and fire signals along the way to warn the others of an impending attack.
By night fall they've built a few guard stations along the roads. And a main gate leading to the village made of wood tied together with leather ropes and vines.
The construction continued onwards for several days. Till its completion after a weeks work.