The Encampment

Location: The land connecting The Eastern and The Middle Continent

The Strife Zone between The Crimson Castle Kingdom and The Vice Kingdom,

Northwest of the Crimson-Walls City

Date: Year 2110 of the Magic Era according to the Archivist's book

Also referred to as The Crimson Year 440 Inside the Crimson Castle Kingdom

Inside the Military Camp of the Crimson Castle Kingdom's Army,

A red-haired man was walking with quickened steps with multiple envelopes in his hand

After walking for a bit, The man stopped in front of a specific tent

The tent was more on the bigger side, Bigger than the average tent but noticeably smaller than the Commandant's tent

Inside The Encampment, The size of the tent was an indicator of the occupant's position in the hierarchy

Soldiers don't have their own tents, They sleep grouped in medium-sized barracks

Knights have their own small tents

Elite Knights have medium-sized, comfortable tents

The Commandant has the biggest tent, However, It is used as an office and a location to hold strategic meetings as well as a residence for The Commandant

The Commandant's tent also has 2 Knights standing in front of it all the time, However, They don't serve as guards but as lackeys.

The red-haired man stood directly in front of the tent and called loudly

"Elite Knight Blaze Inferno, A letter has arrived for you"

After a couple of minutes, Blaze came out of his tent and looked at the man's face for a few seconds

"Oh? Danny, You're delivering the letters this time, Where is Logan?"

"He died"

Blaze replied nonchalantly while taking the letter from Danny's hand

"Unfortunate"

Then went back inside his tent

He sat on the bed and opened the letter

(Blaze! I have good news,

Remedy said that I no longer needed treatment, Please come home soon,

Everyone is missing you and a lot has changed in the last 10 months, Leus and Amethyst began studying and Leus' hair started to grow! Its color is so unique!

Come soon to see it, We're all waiting for you

From: Your loving wife)

After Blaze read that he was grinning uncontrollably

'Really? Viro is cured? ... I can't believe it'

But something didn't make sense

'Leus joined Amethyst in studying? That's strange'

After a couple of seconds, Blaze realized what happened

'She was so excited while writing the letter she wrote Leus instead of Merlin, Silly Viro'

With a smile on his face, He put the letter in his pocket and exited the tent

Blaze walked toward the middle of the camp, Directly to the biggest tent, The Commandant's

As always, Two Knights were standing in front of the tent, When they saw Blaze approaching they saluted him, and one of them shouted

"Commander, Elite Knight Blaze wants to meet you"

A voice replied from inside the tent

"He may enter"

Blaze politely nodded to the Knights then entered the tent

The Commandant was a middle-aged man with bright red hair and red eyes, He was the strongest and the most experienced Elite Knight in the camp

When Blaze walked in, The Commandant spoke without removing his eyes from the papers on his desk

It's not that he was disrespecting Blaze, He's simply too busy

"What brings you here today?"

"Cyrus, I'm done, I'd like to go home now"

He didn't expect that, So he removed his eyes from the papers and looked at Blaze

"Now? Why so suddenly?"

"I do not need to overwork anymore, Whatever I wanted is achieved"

Cyrus sighed and spoke in a slightly annoyed tone

"If that's the case then you should've given me a heads up a couple of weeks earlier, You told me that you'll stay for a year, Two months are left"

To Blaze, All of that was irrelevant

"Doesn't matter, I just got the news as well, Now, When can I leave?"

Cyrus ran a couple of calculations in his head and then decided

"Alright, I'll make sure you can leave within the next month, Probably at the end of it, That's the best I can do."

Blaze didn't find that so convenient, But it wasn't so bad, He was in a pretty good mood today, So he didn't mind compromising

"Works for me"

After Blaze said that he left the tent

Two weeks after Blaze's conversation with the Commandant, A Knight came to Blaze's tent and called from outside

"Elite Knight Blaze, You're requested on the field, Head to the Commandant's tent to hear the details"

When Blaze heard that, He became slightly annoyed, But he knew that talking to this Knight was pointless, He was only a lackey, So he directly walked to the Commandant's tent

He entered the tent and spoke in an irritated tone

"What does this mean, Cyrus? I have already told you that I want to leave"

Cyrus didn't look at Blaze and replied neutrally

"It can't be helped, We need someone to hold back Whirlwind"

Hearing that annoyed Blaze even more

"I'm not interested in fighting anymore, Especially not that bastard Whirlwind, All my fights were against him, Find someone else"

Cyrus looked into Blaze's eyes and replied

"No one else is available, And what do you mean by especially not Whirlwind?

Should I go to the Vice's encampment and tell them to send a more entertaining opponent?"

He looked back at the papers and continued

"Send him back and this will be your last fight"

Blaze was annoyed, But if this was the last then so be it

"Fine"

He walked out of the tent and went to the training ground near the southern edge of the camp

He went to the Elite Knight supervising the Knights' training and spoke to him

"I need 15 Knights"

"Any specifics?"

"No, Any 15"

"Understood, I'll send a unit of 15 Knight to your tent, When are you planning to go?"

"Now"

The man looked at the Knights in front of him and contemplated something then nodded

"Understood"

After the other Elite accepted his request, Blaze walked back to his tent and prepared himself for the last fight of the year