In a dark and musty room, one that only the most cliche of villains could ever live in, three shadows appeared.
"Is it done? What I asked you to do?" The clear leader of the bunch snarked.
"No, Your Majesty, It failed. This time, the guilds that came have come prepared. I count five hundred ascended among them." The second shadow knelt down and said with a raspy voice.
Both of them were men, clear from their voice. And as the second shadow knelt down, the third one slowly walked up to the leader.
"Your majesty." The third shadow said with a seductive voice that almost felt like that of a succubus.
"These enemies are too strong for us to leave them like this. We need to take care of them and make sure they do not advance any further." She said as a shadow of her hand swept through the leader's body.
"Do not even try to seduce me now, Marianna. This is not the time, nor the place." The leader scoffed.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty. That was not my intention. I am just here to bring to your attention that our territory comes next in line. We are worried that we might fall just like Bahur and his brethren have." The woman, Marianna, said with a slithering voice.
"The rest of the dire-wolves have escaped to our territory, and they demand our resources. We are already swamped dealing with these wolves. And now, those heaven defiers are coming our way. What do we do, Your Majesty?" Marianna asked.
"What is the purpose of your tribe, Marianna?" the leader asked with a deafening voice.
"To- to protect the swamplands. To protect out territory and push forward when given the chance." Marianna stuttered.
"And do you know why you and your tribe is in the forefront even though you don't excel in battle? Because I know what you are capable of. Against men and women, your tactics are too difficult to go against." He said.
"You know what needs to be done. Even at the cost of your life, I want you to make sure that this batch also faces the exact same fate that all the rest have faced. I want them to turn tail and run as fast as their puny legs can take them." The leader scoffed.
Marianna didn't respond in return. Her shadow slowly retreated from the leader, and she maintained her distance.
"This time, they have warriors that are too strong for us to go against, Your Majesty. If we could only have one or maybe two squadrons from the Imperial Army, we will be able to maintain the resistance." Marianna said, all the confidence from her voice drained away.
"You want me to sanction the Imperial Army to help you out?" The leader had almost a joking voice.
"If the Imperial Army was the answer to everything, then why do you even exist? I would tell them to take care of every single invader. In fact, the Imperial Army exists, so all of you are useless, right?" He bellowed.
"That is not my intention, Your Majesty!" Marianna shouted as she knelt on the ground.
"You know what your responsibility is. And you also know that if not for me, you would have no place in this world. Without me, your tribe would have died a long time ago, in place which the rest of the world has trapped us in." The leader spat out.
"And we will be forever grateful, Your Majesty." Marianna nodded.
"Belhondir." The leader called out.
"Yes, Your Majesty," the second shadow in the room, the one that had been subservient all this time, immediately responded.
"Send someone to take command of the wolves. They lost their battle, and weren't even able to stall them, and yet they ask for food like they are kings? Either the heaven defiers are pushed back or the wolves die trying."
"While Marianna and her women do their job, the wolves will help them out with a little fire power. Understood?" The leader spat out.
"As you wish, Your Majesty." Belhondir nodded.
"And Marianna. That applies to you. Either those men turn around and leave, or you die fighting them. You are welcome to kill them as well, but all of us know that if you were able to kill ascended, then your tribe would have been able to hold their own ground." The leader chuckled.
"We will protect the swamplands as our ancestors have promised you, Your Majesty."
"That was never the discussion. If you dared go back on your word, your entire tribe would have been massacred before the ones who came here. Now go back. Make sure that they don't cross the river." The leader said.
Marianna's alluring and captivating figure slowly slithered back into the shadows, until she was no longer in the room.
"Belhondir." The leader called out again.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"She grows impudent. If they are not able to win this battle, then that means that she and her women are no longer needed. This has always been a world of the strongest, and I never liked the fact that they could crawl their way into this world."
"In this fight, if there is even a chance of us losing, I want you to pull the plug. Sacrifice all of them for the betterment of our lands." The leader said.
"Do you mean, that forbidden spell, Your Majesty?" Belhondir stuttered.
"Indeed. It has been sealed for too long, and maybe it is time it makes its return. After all, even the world giant has come out to recognize the opponents that have come this time." The leader said.
"About that, Your Majesty. We might have a problem with that. Our sources say that the World Giant didn't come out for the groups. It came out for one person. One among the army that has come for us. One that is strong enough to pass the trial that has been in these lands for far longer than we have been."
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