Blood in the rose thistles

Chapter 15

"We're here." Cale whispers to Alexina who opens her eyes and greets with a girl and some warriors waiting at them. They stepped out of the teleportation portal. Alexina finally let go of Cale and stood properly beside him.

Cale looked around and saw Litana and her personal guards were keeping the teleportation portal at the shore operational. The Jungle's mages also set off some alarms in the sky. At the center of the beach, there was a tent filled with various magical devices. It was dark outside, but the magical lights around it illuminated the area.

"Your highness, young master Cale. Your party is the last one to arrive. All of them are already waiting for you at the tent." Libitina informed them, and she was sneaking a glance at the woman who was lucky to be wedded to the Great Hero of the Western Continent. Looks like the said girl took notice.

"Queen Litana -nim, the queen of the jungle. My name is Alexina Keres Libitina. It is an honor to meet you." Alexina slightly bowed while introducing herself to Litana .

"Hyung, should we start now? There are two individuals that will make the mansion hell if the meeting will take long. And we need to get ready for the banquet." Cale whispered to Alberu who nodded, and got everyone's attention.

"All right, let's get started. The night is short, and we must return before morning. There are two individuals who would be crying if you weren't there."

They had to finish their meeting before the morning, so they could go back.

Litana pointed to the tent where the other rulers of each kingdom were waiting. They marched towards it.

"Choi Han, can I ask you a question. The twins weren't able to get your thoughts about their swordsmanship. Are they good or terrible? If they ask you, just tell them honestly, no need to make your words flattering."

"Alexina-nim. I personally think that the twins have excellent skills in swordsmanship. It's hardly believable that they are just eight years old. I even think that they can use Aura if they are taught." Choi Han honestly said, that's what he observed when he was watching the twin spars.

"Really? Then, can you teach them?" Alexina asks, she thinks that it would be better if an actual swordsmans will teach the twins.

"If that's what you want then, I'll train them." Choi Han smiled, thinking that finally after many attempts of trying to convince Cale to study swordsmanship, a carbon copy will learn to yield a sword. Not his actual dream but well they looked very much so it was the same thought.

"Little Alexina!! Do the little humans have swords?" Raon suddenly pops into the conversation. Alexina glanced at the dragon before answering.

"I do believe that they have some practice swords that I bought, Dragon-nim. Why are you asking?" Alexina asks, and Raon just shakes his head.

"Nothing." Raon simply said and flew to Cale's hands and settled there. Alexina raised her brow at it but didn't comment anything.

They entered the tent and were greeted by the leaders of each kingdom, and also some alliance. John, the first prince of the Breck Kingdom, Harol Kodiang, the Chief of the Whipper Kingdom, Witira of the Whale Tribe, and Gashan of the Tiger Tribe, Bud Illis, Rex of the Moguro Empire, and Fredo Von Ejellan of the Endable Kingdom are all waiting from them.

"It's nice meeting all of you at once. I believe the last meeting that we held was the final preparation against the White Star, and looks like we will be dealing with another war, against something that we don't know." Alberu casually said, and sat on the empty chair. There are four empty chairs, inside the tent left. Cale, Alexina and Eruhaben seated, while Choi Han stands next to Cale.

"So, you're saying Prince Alberu, that the message that we got was actually true?" Prince John asks, he can't really understand as to why, there is another war that they need to win after the war against the White Star that took around 4-5 years until they won. And now there was another one.

"Indeed, but It will be my first time hearing the details just like you, since the young master silver shield didn't give me any details. Commander Cale, can you share the information right now?" Alberu ask, Cale who stood up, and started walking to the center where in there was a big map plastered.

"Every 500 years, the Nether Gate appears on a different continent. That gate leads to the underworld. No, this gate is not the Endable Kingdom; it is a more dangerous and destructive foe to our world. That is why, every 500 years, a family chosen by the Gods will handle and maintain the locks for the next 500 years. The Libitina were that family. Every 500 years, they will travel to each continent and stay there to observe the location of the gates. When the time is right, they will travel to each gate with the dragons to strengthen the seal and lock the gate. After another 500 years, the next gates appear right in front of us. Each of the Gods of Death, Sun, and War has three main gates and three minor gates. There will also be a main gate after all of the gates appear. The main gate, as Eruhaben-nim explained, is much bigger than the other gates that will appear." Cale explained, and everyone listened. Alberu snapped his attention to Alexina who was looking down on her skirt. Not her gown, but the roses that were connected to a rose in the room that the twins were sleeping in. Alexina couldn't help but not to worry even though, the kittens were sleeping next to them.

"Cale, you mentioned the Family Libitina, is your fiance one of them?" Alberu asks, so Cale nod his head.

"Indeed, for some personal reason she is the only Libitina that was alive in her generation, and she will be the only one closing the seven gates, all by herself. We already encounter one, but according to Alexina that gate is just a trial gate for the Libitina family to know that the time for the gates is starting." Cale answered the crown prince question.

"But Young Master Cale, what are we actually fighting?" Witira asks, and Eruhaben is the one who answers instead of Cale.

"Undeads, and when I say Undeads, there is no skeleton that the Necromancer Mary was controlling. I'm talking about corrupted corpses that were dead, and are crawling their way out of the Nether to try to live in this place. We were also dealing with some ghosts. You will know that those are ghosts if they looked like a black smoke floating. They don't have any physical body."

"I understand about the Undead part, Eruhaben-nim but how are we going to fight a entity that does not have any physical for-" Bud wasn't able to finish what he was talking about when the magical alarm began to sound loudly.

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