With a flash of bright light, the teleportation formation within a building just behind the forward base of the defenders lit up. The soldiers manning the hall-like building all stood straighter and turned their attention to the person who had just stepped through, only to pause with surprise a moment later.
"Y-your Excellency, Leon!" The soldiers collectively greeted Leon when they saw it was him. It was a bit hard to recognize him after the abrupt change, and in their eyes, a curtain of mystery obscured their vision. However, there was a familiar hint in his aura that allowed these guards to link the him of now and the him of then.
