The air was filled with the normal weather of a day, Walker was sure that it should have been night, but with the fact that they were all resting for some time in the earth dominator dragon's ruins before flying, and training, they had managed to pass through the nights and in to the daytime again. It was odd since it threw off his processing of time, not that time mattered since they were moving so fast.
The issue was that when Walker started to pay attention again, he noticed that there were easily a hundred angels ahead and the royal dragons were slowing down to approach them. The angels were wearing the same armors as the Rize Empire, proving that they were soldiers sent from the Rize Empire to hold the border in some fashion.
"Mordant, stop here, and let's see what's going on." Walker felt that this would not be good since there was the chance that the Rize empire would be wanting them to stop and remain in their empire. Or they would want more explanation as to why the wyvern queen had been left alive. There were also the ruins and a few other matters that could catch the group up on their way.
"The border shall not be crossed! You are asked to land and remain here until soldier-"
The soldier with the most armor almost got out a full sentence before Ignus released a roar that sent many of the angels falling through the air toward the ground. The look of fear was extremely clear on the soldier's faces. It was said and done at that point. Instead of figuring out what to do, it appeared that the next move was to give them their own speech.
"We are the genesis alliance. We are carrying members of the Fel empire after saving the Rize empire from the encroachment of the wyverns before the world recognized them. We will not be stopped as we have full ability to move through your and the Fel empire. If you stop us we will take it as an act of aggression. Remove yourselves or face the consequences of your actions." Walker used the wind manipulation to push his voice around the area as loudly as possible.
The firm tone was enough to make the angels look around and become very uneasy. They were not planning to make this a big event but they had their orders. "We are required to stop anyone from invad-"
"There is no invasion, this is the last warning before we force through without any respect!" Walker was warning them mostly because he saw that Ignus was done with the angels' drama. None of the royal dragons could care that the angels did or did not want their enemies to be helped. They had no choice since Genesis had their own goals to achieve.
When the angels saw that flames had appeared around Ignus's mouth, they followed suit and started to lower themselves from the air in front of them. It was enough for the flight to start again toward a second further group of angels wearing darker armor. Clearly, there had been a standoff between the Rize and Fel empires knowing that Genesis would be on its way to the border soon.
The moment that the darker armored angels saw the group, there were some that waves them on to come to the ground in a clearing. Some small homes were built around the edges of the forest in the clearing but mostly, there was space to land. Before they had even set down, the life mages, healers, and crystal mage from the Fel empire jumped up and sped toward three of the more heavily armored Fel empire soldiers.
They seemed to have known something like this would happen and a little bit of annoyance showed on Walker's face. It was inconvenient after all. "You made it safely, that we are very happy for." the Fel angel that approached made it clear that he was trying to show respect. However, his eyes were hungry. He had a lot of curiosity.
"Well, you are lucky that we did. It appears that you and the Rize empire have had some meetings. If you start a war again, there will be issues. Genesis will not support either side and we will take away any races allied with us. That includes the wyverns and whoever else we find." Walker made a point to say this very clearly. He was not happy that there was almost an issue as soon as they started to head to the Fel empire.
"Of course! We will not be battling at all. We had a small meeting and the Rize Empire desire you to stay for a longer time. They are in some disarray. Luckily, you have made it here with our healers and we are grateful. We can provide you with anything you need while in our empire. Even if you decide only to stay here on the edge." The respect felt surface deep. The angel's eyes showed a hungry curiosity that was trying to learn as much as possible just from being near the dragons and Walker's group.
"We came to handle the issues with the undead. We have reason to believe that the criminals we are chasing are heading there to have a wyvern corpse brought back to life or even to steal the knowledge to create immortal undead. We will be heading there to battle sooner than later. We expect help in any form. Especially since you should already be fighting them. Also, allow ten of the Rize Empire light mages in. They will be a great help to you. You also sent ten healers with us to the wyverns. It will be fair and start a bonding of friendship instead of war. Genesis will not compromise on this."
This was all already set up from the time that they had met and decided to go to the Rize Empire from the embassy. But making sure that it was said all over again was very important. It really drove home the focus on creating bonds and respect between them. Especially the fact that they did not want the two empires fighting at all!
Hearing that there was absolutely no room to push or pull, the Fel empire angels halted their thoughts on pushing the Rize empire in to a corner. "We can send a delegation to the border immediately then. I assure you we will welcome them the exact same way that we were welcomed."
"Good, since it is light affinity soldiers coming then Rise will go with you to make sure they are up to the task and you all meet properly." Walker looked at Rise and saw an approving glance in his direction.
It wasn't just that Rise would have the best opinion on anyone with light affinity. It was also because she had no intention of giving room to anyone or anything that would stop their progress. Her strictness would be ideal for this situation where tension was high and the two empires needed to be held in check. She also had no qualms with using her power to enforce that precedence.
The tense atmosphere slowly started to break away as the life mages came back to stand near Alice's side. Some were looking toward Su as well. It appeared that they had gained a significant respect for the two of them due to their healing knowledge. The feeling that they would rather learn beside them than go back to their usual tasks was almost comical. Especially since they clearly cared a great deal about research.
That was the thing though. Genesis was new. A bunch of new skills, systems, races, and so much more. Any researcher could get swept away in the wonder of something new that they had never known. It would clearly be a major facet in making the Fel empire relax and stop any negative intentions.
"We will need the most in depth maps that all of the scouts have created of the desert area. I understand that it may change based on sandstorms and shifting sands." Walker made sure that he didn't ignore the fact that nature couldn't be controlled here. Nature did what nature wanted. No one could stop a desert from changing shape and form with the sandstorms.
"We have compiled a few. Those you sent to scout around greatly assisted before they went off to hunt for signs of your criminal. It was very impressive since they used methods that tracked monsters. They even memorized some tracks faster than most would without taking any copies of our journals." It appeared that a positive impression of Genesis had already been created. A good way to change the emotions in the air and work towards some progress.
This just left them to actually begin planning and then head toward the desert. The main goals were to make a solid plan and be prepared for when they reached the tough environment that could easily hold the soldiers back. Especially Current and his water affinity dragonkin.
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