The Rage of Fairy Tail (Fairy Tail x OC)

100: Beginning Plans

 It had been around three weeks since the Red Guardians sent Captains accompanied by twenty Privates to deliver messages to King Toma, Mayor Jarin, and the Masters of the other Magic Guilds to request help for their next mission.

 And in about four days after they sent out the messengers, they got responses from the King, Mayor Jarin, and each of the Guild Masters, each saying they were more than willing to give support. A lot more support than Solus imagined.

 Ellinor Sapphire, along with Helena Sapphire, Norelia Acrux, Rovar IronMight, Aliyah Sunlily, Commanders Arbor Steelborn, Glandrith Runespike from the Peace Keepers were joining them. As well as 2,100 Peace Keeper troops and 60 Lieutenants to command smaller units, plus 100 of the Peace Keeper elite soldiers and also nine other Commanders Solus hadn't met, from SteelHurst Stronghold. They also said they would be bringing 6 Seraphic Cannons, and materials for other siege engines they might need.

 Mayor Jarin of Dryhold City was also happy to assist Solus and the Red Guardians in their mission. He promised to send 500 of his city's guardsman to help them, and 100 of them will be Knights/Elite guards. And while King Toma E. was just as eager to offer support, he couldn't really send too many soldiers from Fiore's Royal Army as sending large amounts of the kingdom's soldiers to one place might draw suspicion from all around, and could possibly alert The Axis. But he agreed to commit at least 200 of Fiore's soldiers.

 With the 2,260 Peace Keepers, 500 Dryhold guardsman, and 200 Fiore soldiers. Solus and the Red Guardians leaders decided to leave at least 200 soldiers to guard BlackWinter Castle, but were still going to bring 1,280 Red Guardian soldiers and 64 Captains, adding up to 1,344. Making the combined force number 4,304 in total. But although the total enemies at IronSolar Fortress and the four minor bases still outnumbered them, the gap in numbers wasn't as large as before, and Solus and the Red Guardians were beyond grateful for the support. 

 Plus, Wizards from Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, and Quatro Cerberus would be joining them as well. They spent the last two weeks and three days after receiving the responses to prepare, and today was the day before the day they would begin to take IronSolar Fortress.

 The first objective was to take NightFall Keep, which was forty miles NorthWest from BlackWinter Castle. Over the past five days they had established a small wooden fortress/camp about twenty miles SouthEast from NightFall Keep, and twenty miles NorthWest from BlackWinter Castle. It was currently late afternoon, not too long until the sun set. They would be meeting with their allies tonight, before they began the mission next morning.

 The fort was built in the center of a sizable glade that was around twenty acres, within a vast snowy forest, surrounded by trees and consisted of twenty-five foot tall wooden palisade walls with rampart platforms for guards to stand on, with a thirty-five foot tall tower at each corner of the walls, the length of the walls from each tower was sixty feet long and there were two extra towers on each side of the gate which was on the southern wall. And inside the walls of the fort were 256 tents that housed five people each, which was enough for all 1,280 Red Guardian troops, there were also 8 eight person tents for the Captains, as well as extra tents for the Guild Mages and other tents that contained food, weapons, armor, and other supplies. 

In addition, there was a quite large wooden pavilion that had at least fifty-five wooden chairs around a stone fire pit in the center of the fort. The seats were reserved for the Red Guardian leaders, as well as the leaders from the Peace Keepers, Dryhold, Fiore's Army, and the Mages from other Guilds. And around the wooden pavilion, were four additional tents a bit larger than the others, that were reserved for Solus, and the other High Captains.