Oz 'explained' the situation after I calmed down and I forbid him from drinking alcohol again.
He might not of hurt our body but he sure as hell hurt our reputation luckily we already brought everything we needed from Traunist otherwise we would of had some problems.
I still felt horrible but I wasn't walking straight into combat we were just walking to the imperial army's base so we could rest more there.
I made sure everything was okay and we set off to the imperial army base near the city of fire.
The base was in a cave system which used to be mines but has since fallen into disrepair.
The city of fire was more than just a battle for a city in the book it was several consecutive failures of the imperial army that the MC had to survive.
Serothor would be no different but I just hope to save as many lives as possible for a few reasons.
First as a former medical professional preservation of lives was ingrained into me and my personality.
Second every individual can make a difference in war all it takes is for a patrol to be one person short and all hell can break loose.
Lastly it will make me look good to the imperial forces something which will be very useful later on.
Two hours after we left sight of Traunist a small mountain came into view not exactly the most subtle place for a camp.
That mountain which used to be an old mine had tunnels that ran deep and were spacious enough for several battalions of soldiers and all their supplies.
We walked closer and raised Serothor's flag which had a silver city on a black background and the imperial flag which was a rising golden sun on a red background.
This was to show that we are allies to the empire, we walked to the entrance of the mine and were met by a contingency of heavily armoured men.
One man walked forward he wore shiny golden armour which matched his hair and introduced himself to me as I was at the front of the army.
"Hello I am commander Heiz of the 5th division answering directly to the 3rd general of the imperial army may I know your name and who you represent?"
I took a breathe and spoke.
"I am second prince Zeth of Serothor I am the general of the Serothonian army and I represent the city state of Serothor therefore by proxy I represent king Lucio of Serothor"
Commander Heiz nodded and spoke.
"You're earlier than expected but we were expecting you but this doesn't seem to be all your forces?"
I replied calmly
"As I said in my letter to the emperor I will support the empire in wartime however I have no need to bring all my forces for such a battle"
Commander Heiz nodded once again and spoke.
"Very well go inside Marshall Heron will guide your army to there place and squadron captain Xavier here will take you to the third general"
I was split from Serothor's army and was taken in a different direction and I found myself being walked through a series of tunnels finally reaching a large tent.
Then the squadron captain Xavier spoke.
"I shall go in first and announce your presence then you can enter"
I gave an affirming gesture and Xavier entered the tent and I heard him speak.
"Ally of the empire second prince Zeth of Serothor has arrived with 2000 soldiers I have brought him here to you my general"
I entered the tent and inside was the third general of the imperial army he had black hair and black eyes he was 2.2 metres tall with a body covered in scars and muscles.
He spoke introducing himself.
"Hello prince Zeth a pleasure to make your acquaintance I am the third general of the imperial army my name is Machiavelli De Sancti but you may address me as Machiavelli"
I replied.
"Likewise it is a pleasure to meet such a high standing person but can I make a single request?"
Machiavelli nodded and spoke.
"Go ahead"
I took a breathe and spoke.
"Please withdraw all forces"
The officers in the tent put their hands on their blades and Machiavelli had a slight look of disgust as he spoke.
"Why would we withdraw our forces? The empire's army is strong and it sounds to me that you are committing treason!"
I replied calmly.
"I can't commit treason against the empire because Serothor is a protectorate not a vassal in addition you should already know I have future sight and am a capable strategist.
As for why well it's obvious we are going to lose the siege but if we take it one step further if there is a counter attack we can only retreat here which is not a very good location"
Machiavelli shook his head and spoke.
"Firstly Prince Zeth it is well known that your prophecies are cryptic and unreliable second we have just as much chance at winning the siege and the mountain is perfectly defensible"
I sighed and spoke.
"No need to get worked up general but don't blame me when I am right and we lose, Serothor's army will be acting as support and rescue team for the siege.
I will now return to my forces but when everything seems hopeless come see me and I will help my prophecies may be cryptic but they are prophecies none the less"
With that I had squadron captain Xavier guide me back to my army thanked him and started planning for battle this was going to be tough even if I know the outcome.