My Beginning After the End

The First Camp

(One Week Later)

It's been about a week since I got here, it's been pleasant, we have not come across any camps yet, but that is fine.

We were slowly getting closer and closer to the Elven Kingdom, at the moment, we were marching in a forest.

I created clones with blood magic to help search for the enemy, they went off in different directions to help expand our distance.

In the front was Callias, Melody, and I, we led the way, I already had "Blood Oath" activated and ready to go.

It was going to be any time now, an Alacryan force will show up somewhere underground, and I can let loose.

"Anything?" Callias asked me, and I shook my head. "Damn, we have been at this for a while now, you sure you can sense them?"

"I'll be able to." I told him. "Patience, Callias."

"Haha." Melody laughed. "I have to admit, when they told me I was going to be working with a Lance, I wasn't expecting you to be so open and talkative." What was she expecting, I was eleven, almost twelve, I think.

"Oh, he isn't anything like the other Lances." Callias nudged me as I stepped over a rock. "I met Lance Bairon, Lance Varay, and Lance Aya, they are all very serious when they are around people." That was true, but Aya wasn't serious when she was around me.

"I kind of noticed that." Melody said. "Lance Virion, do you think it is because of your age? Aren't you twelve or thirteen?"

"I am eleven." I turned to her, and stopped walking, causing everyone to slow down. "We got something." I went into my one clone's consciousness. "Five miles to the east, my one clone found something."

"Are you sure?" Callias asked, causing Melody and the other soldiers to examine my reaction.

"It's a division of five hundred soldiers, we should be able to handle them." I turned and started to walk in that direction. "Callias, send word down the line to Daryl to send a note to Commander Virion." I'll be responsible here; I'll tell Elder Virion about this.

"On it." Callias turned around and started to chat with a soldier.

"Let's do this." Melody said, and then followed me, causing everyone to follow me. "We should make camp when you actually sense them, it's your clone that does right now, right?"

"Yeah, and I agree." I said, and then went on. "Once they come into my range, I'll tell you, and then we will set up camp."

"Okay." Melody responded.

My clone was hiding in a tree now, waiting until we arrived. This should be a walk in a park, it is only five hundred soldiers, I probably could kill them by myself, but they don't want me to try.

I already am creating a plan in my head to take them all out, and this time, hopefully, the portal frame is not destroyed.

I could get into Alacrya, but that isn't part of the plan, so I can't tell anyone what I was currently thinking.

I have six earth mages; they are the key to everything. The one element I never had, but wish I did, so I was going to have to rely on them a little.

"I still can't believe there are Alacryan forces underground, so far in to Dicathen." Melody said to nobody, I think she was talking to herself. I couldn't tell her that these five hundred soldiers is nothing compared to the force hidden somewhere else.

I don't remember the size of the force that invades the Elven Kingdom, but it has to be over thirty to forty thousand, maybe even a lot more.

"Let's get ready!" Callias jumped to the front next to me, pumped for some reason. "We are going to bring home a victory, are we not!" He shouted to the soldiers behind me.