Alfenheims Warlords (a SAO fanfic)

Chapter 29

"So you're telling us that the portals defenses are now almost nothing compared to what it was the first time?"

The chamber was large and had a vaulted ceiling with a chandelier. The table everyone was seated at was a long, oval table made up of oak bark as it was a tree of its ownself. The chairs were its branches and had tall backs that sprouted its own canopy of leaves from the top.

All around them were assorted guards of the various Alf races and then sat at the table were many lords and ladies that still remained, Eugene being one of them and also the maker of the comment. Among some of the other lords and ladies, all of them being players as well, were the ladies Sakuya and Alicia as well.

And then Kirito and Asuna were together on one side as they were all trying to get these lords and ladies behind them for the fight ahead to take the portals entrance.

"Yeah," said Kirito. "THe only things there were the lesser mob units and catapult and trebuchet's... the Princes and Princess are all gone along with their armies."

"But how do we know they wont come back the moment we try another invasion with everything they have?" asked one of the other lords.

Much agreement was heard with that statement as Asuna sighed and as she sat Kirito down with a gentle push of her hand, she then stood up as she said, "Look, we both went in there with a bare minimum force. There is nothing there that the enemy could possibly use to teleport a whole army on top of that place instantly."

"What about how the Plague Prince was able to get out with his shattered army?" asked someone.

"That likely was a retreat sort of teleport... I don't think they can use that to advance or anything."

Everyone was discussing this all when Eugene then said, "But how can we know for sure they will not come running so quickly or use that teleport magic against us?"

"Well... we can only hope, I guess..." said Asuna. "But if don't take this opportunity, we may lose any chance to gain some advantage against them. At least if we have those fortifications we can bury down deep and hold there until we could move forward."

"She's right." said Alicia. "If we can hold our own here, why not take the fight to them?"

No one spoke a word as many of them were in deep thought but then Eugene rose as he then said, "Well.. as much as I hate to admit it... but at this point I cant hold on against the enemy with a purely defensive standpoint.. so I say we take the fight to them and at least take those portal defenses!"

Everyone looked at him before then rising up as many said the same thing and as Kirito looked at them all, he smiled as he knew this was going to change everything and how it all went.

Kommando293 slowly crept towards the door as he poked his head inside of the room he found Sinon sitting at her mirror desk as he watched her, for a moment, slowly go through her hair with a brush.

it had only been a day since the Ghastly Stag hunt but Kommando was pretty sure Sinon had somewhat enjoyed it. Problem was, trying to make up ideas for dates while also running a kingdom was practically impossible these days since he was pretty sure the Alfs were planning to attack soon and only the meager Bone Princes were at the gates to defend it.

But as he slowly slid the door open and walked over to the side, he was starting to not care much for the gates at all. The one big battle was, well, exhilarating but he knew it would have been rather boring if every invasion force was annihilated before they could even reach the gates. The others were the same too, it seemed, and so as Kommando293 slowly walked towards Sinon, he knew that simply sending Bone Princes would be the only thing he would do for that area from now on.