Will of chaos

That night I gathered all the leaders in the room, my two sisters were there wanting to know what I was going to say and what I was going to do, apart from the two of them, I called Vanessa, Elsaris, Ivan, my children, Nira, Freya, Diana, érica, Ibuki, Kira, Athena, and Rakan.

I told everyone everything I knew, making clear the situation of the continent and the war, Elsaris complemented some things she found out, but it was just the nations that are participating in this war on both sides.

Kira also adds some things saying the places where the battlefields or at least the ones she knows so far are located, gathering their information I asked Nicole to use a holographic map with her magic that she adjusted according to the information.

“It is very clear that the Dungeons were the work of the Church of Light, look at these points, they were the places of attacks, they are all points where the battles are taking place and are within the territory of the allies of the Black Empire.” (Ivan)

“That everyone has noticed, but that only gave them a slight advantage, they are still outnumbered.” (I)

“Just as far as we know, we don’t know what cards they have hidden.” (Ivan)

“I don’t think we’re qualified for this discussion, we wouldn’t be able to fight this war.” (Irina)

“Our objective is not to fight, our objective is here and here.” (I)

I point to two locations on the map that everyone already knows about, they are the locations of the two Elf villages that we haven’t been to yet.

“These places are close to battlefields.” (Freya)

“We can take a Teleportation Gate and…” (I)

“All Teleportation Gates or at least the vast majority of them will be inoperative if they aren’t already.” (Vanessa)

“That should be obvious, a gate behind enemy walls through which an invasion can take place, in any war, they turn that thing off.” (Athena)

What they say makes sense, during a war an army can use these Teleportation Gates to invade in disguise and make an unexpected attack from within, at least I would do that.

“We can use a Floating Ship, the White Elf village is closer and it’s on a floating island.” (Rakan)

“The problem would be the monsters, the sky is completely open, we would be targeted by flying monsters and monsters on the ground with long range attacks.” (Diana)

“That’s not counting the war, we’re going to be going close to one of the battlefields, not to mention all kinds of people are going to take advantage of the chaos of war.” (érica)

“Theft of military supplies, ambushes of troops, betrayal of mercenaries and attacks on small towns, these all happen during wars, let alone wars, but these things happen while people aren’t looking.” (Nira)

“But you forget, the war has started now, we still have time, besides our Floating Ship won’t be the only one.” (I)

“Traders, military, nobles, and Adventurers will still need to travel, without the safe option of the Teleportation Gates, only means of transport by land, air or water remain.” (I)

“It doesn’t change the risk.” (érica)

“Actually, these means of transport are cheaper and much busier than the Teleportation Gates, we’ve spent fortunes traveling this way until now.” (Diana)

“I already told you this, but nobody listens to me!” (Nira)

“I know we’re spending a lot, but in my defense, with my horrendous luck, I will always choose the safest solution possible.” (I)

“You can’t argue with that, we’ve all seen what our trips between continents are like.” (Irius)

“Travels with Dad are so much fun.” (Lilith)

“You say that because you didn’t have your body disintegrated by a bolt of energy coming out of nowhere.” (Layla) ｂ𝚍ｎｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏｍ

“The truth is, it shouldn’t be that dangerous to travel like this, common routes should be kept safe with Adventurer’s Guild quests focusing on keeping strong monsters or groups of monsters away from these areas, but we’ll need to know about these routes before planning our path.” (I)

“I already know that, I’ll pass the information on to Nicole, it will be easier to show.” (Elsaris)

While we wait for Elsaris and Nicole to update this information on the map, I start talking to the others about other things, mostly talking to Athena to learn more about how the Church of Light fights.

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Pov Juliano (Founder of the Black Empire):

I was sitting on the front steps of my cabin, I could feel my guest coming, he was making it very clear that he was coming, and it wasn’t long before he arrived just after dawn.

“It came faster than I expected.” (I)

“It’s not often you invite me, you idiot.” (Arash)

“Come on, you’re not upset about our last date yet, are you?” (I)

“You only won because I got drunk!” (Arash)

“Hahahaha… the great Dragon Emperor making excuses for losing?” (I)

“I still won most of the time, I have 32 wins out of 47 fights.” (Arash)

“Number doesn’t matter, last one to win wins.” (I)

I throw him a bottle, getting alcohol that would get someone like him drunk was really hard back then.

He drinks from the bottle and I get another one to drink too.

“Talk, why did you call me here, I know it’s not to remember the past.” (Arash)

“You must know the current situation, there is someone among the Dragons of Light that only you could fight.” (I)

“No! He’s dead! I killed him that day!” (Arash)

I had to spread my Authority around the area before he arrived knowing something like this was going to happen, I knew those slurred words would be enough for him to figure out who I’m talking about.

Anger at him turned his eyes completely red as his Aura smashed my beautiful cabin into rubble, I used my Authority to keep the situation under control as best I could.

“Calm down Arash!” (I)

“…” (Arash)

“Are you saying he’s still alive?” (Arash)

“I know he’s alive, I’ve known that for a few decades.” (I)

He moves towards me at such a speed that a ditch forms in the ground the way he walked, I grabbed his hand before he could get to the glue of my shirt.

“It wouldn’t do any good to tell you, he wasn’t in this world, he’s still not in this world even now.” (I)

“By invading the mind of a certain Guardian of Light far away from here I discovered this and I knew what you would have done if you told me at the time.” (I)

“Let’s talk somewhere else.” (I)