The War Has Begun

In the kingdom of Krenon where the foreign traders who sold acrylic for making portraits and some other resources like fine wood to the other five kingdoms, their leaders were gathered to discuss the lack of food for their horses, children, and even themselves.

A man named Drusper started speaking,

“ For many years we have been in a treaty with the other five kingdoms for us selling our acrylic to them for their portraits and they selling some of their food to us in return without the threat of war.

But these other five kingdoms have suddenly stopped selling food to us leaving our entire people starving and some dead”.

“So what do you suggest we do?” asked another leader amongst them.

“Let’s go to war with the other kingdoms, we will start with Sepy King Quince’s kingdom,” said Drusper, the head of the people.

“But Drusper what if they form alliance with the other kingdoms and fight against us ?,” asked one of the ministers.

“We will still win afterall we are much more than them and bigger than them” replied Drusper.

“Then we should prepare for war” agreed the other leaders.

In king Quince’s kingdom Sepy, he and his ministers were preparing for the war that was about to befall them.

King Quince was able to know about the war, because he had sent a spy to the kingdom of Krenon, though he didn’t know that his kingdom’s traders had stopped selling to Krenon so he had to also settle this misunderstanding.

When he had come back from Dorne things had been peaceful but those damned people of Krenon just had to wage war on the day before his wife’s labour.

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Back in hell, the gatekeeper was singing for the death of oncoming souls who were going to end up in hell he sang,

"Come, come to what you will become, prepare prepare for what is to come, oh….” Gatekeeper was singing when he heard Flamer saying,

“Why all the ruckus gatekeeper, you have turned hell into a melodious place and I can no longer concentrate on the agonizing screams of these disobedient souls, now be quiet gatekeeper and let me find peace in the screams of the souls I torture”,

“Why are you so purely wicked I could bet master Azazel embedded more of his hate in you than in any other demon. Now don’t be so red and listen to this song, the beauty in death” said gatekeeper.

“Do not be so confident gatekeeper, remember why I am Flamer the toturer it is because I have the power to toturer every demon either highly or lowly ranked”, said Flamer

“And don’t forget I can also reap any soul either half dead or half alive” said Gatekeeper.

Azazel walked in and the two lowly demons immediately bowed their heads in greeting as they chorused

“Master”.

“What’s with all the squabbling?. Gatekeeper prepare for the oncoming deaths that will befall mortal.The death reapers should be assigned to the reaping of each oncoming soul” commanded Azazel.

“As you wish master” replied the gatekeeper and with that Azazel left.

As soon as Azazel left, the gatekeeper increased the tune of his song because he was happy that there were finally going to be fresh souls.

Well, even Flamer the torturer didn't stop him anymore because he too was happy that there would soon be new souls to torture.

In King Levi’s kingdom, Allegra sat behind the rusted dungeon bars with mice crawling inside and shackles around her legs and hands.

She could hear the screams of the people who were being tortured for committing treason against the king. Allegra had made backup plans before she was arrested.

She had paid one of the maids to poison Levi’s food but he had ended up not eating because Elena had decided to cook for him and their son.

She had also tried to murder Levi in his sleep using a shshadow one strange which she met, had conjured but for some unknown reason, the shadow had vanished into flames the moment it got close to the doors of Levi’s room which his wife and son slept.

Minister Fegural regretted listening to Allegra in her plans to kill Levi.

Now here he was stuck in this dungeon, where his family didn’t even know if he was alive or dead while Makari was still surprised that King Levi had locked him up in this dungeon even after he had told the truth.

He didn’t even know why his mother’s voice had to speak that time saying,

'Say the truth and you shall be free’ after that, his conscience poked at him and he told the truth to Levi, now look where the truth had ended him.

In the kingdom of Sepy, Queen Agatha was on her labour bed while Quince was carefully patting her and encouraging her that everything thing was going to be alright, a maid informed him that one of the court’s ministers, seeking his presence.

Quince left everything he was doing, to hear what he had to say and on getting there, the minister said,

“My king the war has begun”.

Quince knew it was going to come to this where he would have to choose between staying with his wife or going to war and the kingdom always came first.

Quince dismissed the minister and went to change into his armour.

When Agatha, saw her husband dressed in his full armour, she knew he was going to war.

Quince walked over to his wife to leave a lingering peck on her temple and said to her

"Give birth safely to our child my love, and tell him, papa’s coming” Agatha nodded her head and told him to be back soon so with that Quince finally went to join his army in battle.

Levi had received a letter from Quince two days ago, about the oncoming war on how he wanted to form an alliance with him.

Levi had expected him to be here today because the journey from Quince’s kingdom to his was one day and since Quince wasn’t here yet, he guessed the war had already begun but he was worried for Quince’s safety because he considered him a friend.