Chapter 22: The Birth Of A King!!!
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At the Air nation
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Lord Paige Kalliester stood at the forefront of the gathered battalion. He was heavily dressed as the new general 1.
The former general 1 had a look of anger and injustice written all over his face but he clenched his teeth biding his time and waiting for the opportunity to revenge.
Lord page Kalliester was clad like a gladiator, having this intricate design of helmet and fabric combined so beautifully to protect all the vital parts.
He always had a smirk on his face anytime he looked in the direction of general 1 as if to say; 'l dare you to challenge me'.
Suddenly, the air blew strongly, the air nation priest and priestesses could be seen coming in a distance carrying a green arrow flag.
Right then and there, a roar could be heard coming from the wind that blew as they came.
The strength of the wind increased as they got closer and instinctively every soldier genuflected immediately, it was then that they noticed the presence of their god.
~'The air nation god'
That was the god of the Air nation who was going with them to battle for the first time in 2000 years.
He didn't even make an appearance when other gods fought for their nation, but now he was going to war to kill a single man.
Lord Paige felt puzzled and the more he thought about it, the more puzzling it was for him.
'Is that brat so strong that you had to be present to handle matters?
He thought about it and got even more confused.
'Nonetheless, it's time to go to war, only victory matters now';
Lord Paige finally shook off his thoughts and cleared his mind.
The god of the Air nation was sighted to be in the form of a man all clad in white apparel. Every part of him was like the wind making waves, waiting to break off into a storm.
One could sense the atmosphere thick with the air element. Everyone could feel that their abilities were all amplified to a higher level.
They could become even more threatening as a unit, the soldiers cheered loudly for their god.
Their faces beamed with pride.
They thought all other gods were dead so this should be an easy victory. Back at the Water nation.
The beast nation decided to join the war, and even the god of the beast nation that remained neutral and in hiding decided to join the war, for some reason.
After three days the beast nation battalion had been mobilized to move towards the water nation.
High Chief Goro stood in front as the leader of the squad. High Chief Goro was informed by a crystal message from Kendra about the war they were going to face.
High Chief Goro wielded his authority to rope the beast nation into joining the war, he convinced them that they could not stay on the sidelines anymore and that they needed to battle for the true king of the elements and the future of the beast nation.
Of course, some people decided to defy him and stay behind, in an act of insubordination.
Chief Goro decided to ignore such matters till he returned and with the help of Lancelot, he hopes to teach such soldiers a lesson, but for now, he had to show his courage and loyalty to the King of the elements.
Lancelot came out, he was clad in the soldier attire of the water nation, making it hard to spot him in the crowd. .
His entire attire from the breastplate to the heavy metal boot was all bearing the marks of the water nation soldiers.
Beside him was Kendra who had been by his side ever since their preparation for war started
Cherry and Dice also stood confidently with a four-man army following them from behind.
All the sea soldiers came out to join the party, there was nervousness on the faces of the soldiers.
The reputation of the air nation as an undefeated and ruthless nation gave them a fearful chill.
Even with all the years of experience of Kendra as the legendary air nation soldier' killer, she still felt it was not enough to just kill a few of them.
Everyone felt within their spirit that this time the war might decide the fate of the whole earth.
Messages had been sent to other nations about the birth of a new king of the element, 'Lancelot', and the battle to come, for them to come and show their respects, but so far no one had made an appearance.
The war itself had not given Lancelot enough time to go through all the nations to show his identity as the chosen one, the legendary King of the elements.
Every major element nation had its different personality traits, for instance, the fire nation was known to be hot-headed while the forest nation was known to be subservient to leading powers.
The water nation was cool-headed, the air nation was power-hungry, and so on.
These unique traits formed the different driving forces and unique characteristics to be put in perspective when dealing with each nation, and Kendra knew too well how to play the different nations to dance to her tune.
She had sent a message to the fire nation two days ago, stating how the chosen one, the fated king of the elements was birthed and happened to be from their nation.
She also told them not to chicken out of war otherwise their fame might just die out.
This simple piece of information had driven the fire nation mad with rage, that they instinctively started to prepare for war.
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At the fire nation...
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The fire nation chiefs sat at a round chair meeting, and the major general of the fire nation stood in the middle and started to speak;
"My elders, a war is coming to the water nation, a man named Lancelot is rumored to be the chosen one, the King of the elements, as written by the prophecy, and this time the rumors are true, even the beast nation had decided to show their loyalty and join the fight..
That last statement drew gasps from the crowd
The previous piece of information might be possible but beast nation joining a war, that's like saying pigs were flying, it really is something no one could say was possible.
So if they decide to join a fight that must mean, the stories were true.
"The man happened to be one of us, a fellow fire nation member, we need to stand by him now"
The general continued, The side remarks also continued with chatter here and there,
At this point in time, an elder stood up to speak;
"We've been on the air nation side for a long ⁴ and formed an understanding with them, and they have kept their word. If we go to war against them now won't that be defying the order of things and heaping trouble for ourselves?"
Another elder stood up and spoke as the murmurs grew louder,
"We are fire nation, the fire burns in our bones, we are not to kowtow to any nation, we're not subservient to air nation".
This drew acceptance from several Chiefs who nodded in agreement.
"Then we put it to a vote, whoever is in favor of us going to war raise your hands"
The General spoke to save time and make a quick decision.
As the votes were counted, it was noted that 1 0 of the 18 elders raised their hands in agreement.
The general counted and said "Then it is settled, we go to war"
He then stood up, turned, and left the meeting.
The remaining eight elders who didn't vote for war were shocked, but they knew nothing could be done anymore.
The process of deliberation took place in other nations but only the fire nation decided to join the fight.
However, the news of the birth of an elemental King had spread to other nations and there was joy slowly forming in the heart of other nations.
'The King of elements' is finally alive and he is going to war to save the nations from the tyranny of the air nation.
This war would be regarded in years to come as the war that birthed a king.