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The Green Kingdom Part 2

The Red Kingdom soldiers haven't returned to the Red Kingdom yet. Our troops have packed everything and was ready to evacuate, but surprisingly, the main force of the Red Kingdom army didn't come yet.

     "I don't believe it," Said Richard, "We've got their capitol surrounded and they won't even send reinforcements?"

     "Something is fishy," Nos, who had raised himself as commander said, "Their mustering their troops, preparing for something else."

     "What is that something else though?" I said, "They've got nowhere to attack... except for the Green Kingdom."

     "With all our troops up here attacking the Red Kingdom, our home is virtually unguarded." Nos said, "We must leave at once, the Red Kingdom might be attack as we speak."

     "But," Hal said, raising his hand, "If we do leave the Red Kingdom, we'll lose the only lead we have. This is the only time in the war where we've been ahead of the Red Kingdom. If we leave now, that lead will slip away."

      "We've got no other choice," Nos said, standing up, "We can't let the Red Kingdom burn our capitol again."

     "That's probably Ivor's plan," I perked up, "He's counting that we leave the Red Kingdom and help our capitol. We've got a couple legions there, along with a few hundred soldiers from the silver chain, but that won't be enough. We have to go back."

     Nos nodded, "Alright, lets leave then. Get as many horses as possible, we need to get back as soon as possible."

     2 hours later, we're cruising along the fields of mainland Gala, leaving the Red Kingdom behind. Luckily, we don't get attacked by any  bandits or Red Kingdom scouts, but the sun was already setting once we reached the Gray Kingdom. We were running out of time.

     Once we reach the Gray Kingdom wall, we make a wide loop around, but we're still close enough to see the Red flags flying on top of the walls.

     I remembered what Wulfa told me about the resistance inside the Gray Kingdom. We were going to need those soldiers, but not now. We needed to save the Green Kingdom.

    After a couple more hours of boring riding, the night fell upon us. Nos made a last minute decision and said that we were going to camp for the night. We were wasting precious time, but Nos said that it wouldn't do us any good if the soldiers were exhausted not ready for a fight if we arrived.

      We got a dinner cooking and I realized that I haven't ate anything since the Red Kingdom. I was starving. Once I was finished dinner, I collapsed in my tent, but I didn't feel like sleeping. Instead, I got out a map of Gala and examined it.

     We were near the Green Kingdom, just a little East of the Gray Kingdom walls. To the south, layed the Gray Kingdom and the ocean. To the West, The Red Kingdom and to the East, the Green Kingdom.

     Instead, I looked up North. The land narrowed to a tiny path, but that was covered by Mt.Orb. I thought back about the giant wall that I had seen when I was there. Too bad the Royal Library had been burnt down, I could have had lots of good information there.

     Exhausted now, I rolled the map up and stuffed it inside my bag. Soon before I knew it, I was fast asleep.

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     We woke up at the crack of dawn and broke camp in about 5 minutes. We got a couple of nuts and berries for our breakfast and soon we were on our way. We soon saw the Green Kingdom. Our walls weren't as tall as the Gray Kingdoms, or as well built as the Red Kingdoms, but it was long, stretching further than we could see. On top of the walls, armored archers and soldiers patrolled around , but nothing fishy seemed to be happening.