My Beginning After the End Four Armies

Etistin

Virion Leywin

We were taking Etistin today, Damon, Arthur, and me, but there were no troops there, so it wasn't going to be hard. Scythe Viessa moved all troops to Xyrus to create one large force that could stand up against us, even though they weren't going to be able to, or they were just going to retreat.

I actually didn't know what Agrona had planned, he told Melzri, my spy within, that he was going to help, but didn't say how. I can't tell Melzri to ask that, but I did tell her to ask him if she could go help, but he declined that and said he had it covered. I don't think it really matters, there isn't much Agrona can do, even if he sends all the Scythes, Arthur and Damon will be with me, and they can fight them with ease.

"You guys ready?" Arthur asked Damon and I as we stood outside the city gates, preparing ourselves to go in, some of the people, more the higher ranking people, joined Alacrya in the shift to Xyrus. They were traders to Dicathen, I don't care if they are trying to save themselves, it's pathetic.

"Yeah." Damon and I said at the same time as we got ready to exit a portal, we were camped outside of Etistin, Arthur wanted to play it smart, which makes sense. "I'll open a portal up into the city." I told him, he nodded, and I had a portal open up in front of us. "Let's do this."

'Should I stay hidden?' Hades asked, and I sent him a mental nod. He would probably scare anyone within the city. 'Damn, I feel like I haven't been part of a fight yet, well, then again we aren't fighting, so I'll let it go.'

I rolled my eyes as Arthur stepped into the portal, then Damon, then me, and we appeared within the city of Etistin. The city was dead, half of the citizens gone, was there really a point in trying to reclaim it. I shouldn't say that, Etistin was the capital, it was important that we go it back.

"Is that???" Someone said, stepping out of a store, looking at us. "It's Lance Arthur, Lance Virion!" At those words, people who could hear, all came out into the street, then cheers erupted like they usually did when we retook a city, there were a couple left that we still had to retake, but they were small cities, like Slore, which like Etistin was abandoned.

"Yeah!" People shouted. "We are saved! The Vritras are no more!" That was an incorrect statement, but I guess I shouldn't call them out for it, the Vritras were still alive, just not in their city, maybe they know that, maybe they don't, who cares.

"My name is Arthur Leywin, my brother Virion is here as well." Arthur looked at Damon, not knowing what to consider him, so he just took the easy path. "And Damon Leywin, we are here to retake the continent, you are now all free from Vritra law."

"Yeah!"

"Can I leave?" Damon asked, looking at me.

"I don't give a fuck." I waved my hand, not caring if he left or not, if he wanted to go back to Vildorial he could, if he wanted to fly somewhere else, he could, however, Arthur shot me a wide eyed look, then looked at Damon. "It appears as if I should care, so, no, you may not leave."

"Haha." Damon laughed as more and more people flooded the streets, this view was one that never got old, people cheering and celebrating their freedom. "Alright, I guess the people here should know who I am."

"Veer." Arthur said my name, then motioned for me to do the thing we planned to do, and I opened another portal, one that was linked to Vildorial, and as it opened, four figures stepped through, causing the people here to cheer even louder as their royal family returned back to them.

"Oh, it is good to be back." King Glayder said, then guards started to walk out of the portal, following closely behind the royal family. I could feel Damon's distaste for the King, probably something that he got from me, I hated the King as well. "My people, your King has returned, and it is thanks to the Lances before you!"