Chapter 33: Reunion!!!
Kendra was in Nosu's face yelling for the umpteenth time that day.
She had asked him repeatedly to open the entrance to the forest nation so she could go and meet her colleagues who had brought her to the forest nation, but Nosu had refused times without number, he had said 'no' so many times it felt like a melodious rhythmic monosyllabic word.
Kendra would not bulge nor relent.
She pelted him with her constant harassment to allow her to meet the people who had sacrificed so much to bring her to the forest nation.
In the face of the ever defiant Kendra, he could only give in and lead her to the point where the entrance connected with the outside world, the exact point at which they had left behind Lancelot and his entourage.
Right there, they stood, just after they had returned from the human world.
Lancelot stood in front like a valiant general, with 20 others that had accompanied him beside the lost 10 soldiers that were killed and the remaining 8 that were asked to guard the place and relay information if need be, making a total of 28 in place of 38.
As Kendra stepped out of the forest nation, the first person she saw was the only person she was hoping to meet.
Standing in front with the air of confidence around him and an aura of a leader, Lancelot smiled ever so gracefully.
It felt like happiness erupted on his face as he charged out simultaneously with Kendra.
They ran toward each other with no care in the world.
They both collided in a deep embrace, as
Lancelot swept her off her feet and swung her in the air with such a delightful spin.
The crowd was awed, Xanthu was frowning, and the Elven King that brought Kendra clenched his fist in anger but didn't utter a word there was jealousy etched on his face.
"How do you feel?"
Lancelot asked as he stared passionately into Kendra's eyes, cupping her face so gently, despite the callouses on his palm.
He held her so close to himself like she would break if he were to release his touch.
Kendra blushed so beautifully and felt such passionate romantic feelings despite her age, she was like a virgin deep in the initial love stage.
"The Elven King was by my side all the way and he took good care of me"
Kendra spoke so softly, that one would not know that the woman speaking was the most powerful element wielder of the water nation.
From the way she spoke she appeared to be so subservient, it was stark in contrast to her personality.
The mention of the Elven king now got
Lancelot's undivided attention, he then remembered the matter he had powdered on for a while.
He wanted to connect with the forest nation land to learn and acquire their abilities.
He also wanted to include them in his initial step to unite all nations under one rule, taking some of the elites with him to go through other nations and finally to the central nation he hoped to build.
He then called out to the Elven King but the latter turned his back dismissively, filled with jealousy, and in that state, he started to walk away.
"Elven King...
Lancelot shouted again but was ignored.
The Elven King then stopped abruptly and turned, pointing towards Lancelot and then to
Kendra,
He spoke;
"Get out of here while I'm still being nice"
The Elven King roared as he turned his back to go further before closing the forest nation's entrance.
Before he could close it completely, Lancelot broke out into an insane speed as he ran to catch up with the Elven King, and in the last minute dash effort, he used the element of air to shoot straight into the forest nation before the entrance closed and disappeared out of sight of the others.
This shocked those who were left outside, while Kendra secretly panicked, she knew the level of rage that the Elven King had been suppressing towards Lancelot.
She didn't fear for Lancelot's safety but rather for the Elven King, she knew that Lancelot had gotten to a point of power where he was almost untouchable.
Lancelot appeared to be crouching on the ground as he landed.
He breathed in the fresh air, as he felt the ground of the forest nation, instantly connecting to it.
The enraged Elvin King roared in anger,
"I was initially going to let you go since you are someone Kendra cares deeply for, however you broke my rule and broke into my nation, now killing you would be justifiable."
He said as he smirked, and there was a total change in his facial expression.
Lancelot was still connecting to the forest nation ground so he naturally wasnt aware of the dagger staring eyes of the Elven King.
The Elven King controlled two poisonous plants to shoot out of the ground and move to sting Lancelot with their thorns.
He also made many shrubs with sharp thorns like the desert lettuce and other poisonous plants to cover Lancelot completely.
Lancelot didn't resist or fight back but allowed the plants to cover him completely.
This unbothered reaction stunned the Elven King.
To him, this guy just gave himself an easy death, and he didn't even think it through to protect himself, such a fool.
Lancelot at that point had become one with the plant, this was the first stage of breaking through to be a plant controller.
The sharp thorns didn't hurt him one bit but they stood guard as if bowing to him, the shrubs were also delighted and elated in his presence as they kowtowed to him.
The Elven King then felt infuriated as he could still sense the life force from Lancelot,
'Why isn't he dead yet?"He was puzzled then his hands morphed into a wooden stake and he rushed forward to stab Lancelot, suddenly Lancelot got out of his trance-like state and used the shrubs that the Elven King had conjured to restrain him, he then looked with a smile.
"Elven King, I know why you detest me so much and as you can see, I have not only earned the approval of the Forest nation land but of
Kendra as well, all that I seek is that your people have representatives who would join the central nation as part of the move for a united kingdom consisting of all nations."
"The war is over, so I don't expect you to still be this defensive, I need your help to do this and tell your people about the state of the country."
"Let's put our differences aside and unite for a brighter future" Lancelot completed with a smile.
The Elven King was shocked at some of the words he said, like the war being over and a united Kingdom,
"What of the air nation?"
The Elven King forced himself to ask.
Lancelot took his time to explain to him properly how the air nation was destroyed.