The Academy and the enemy

It is morning once more and the events of the days passed unfolded in my mind. I thought of the increasing attacks from the rogwel republic, and of the new recruits that would be training under me in the academy soon. It occurred to me that I should launch a real raid for the cadets today, and so I kissed my sweet Yumi grabbed my armor and headed for the door. Academy training was not far off and I had to get going if I was to have them prepared for a real raid against rogwel on this day.

I arrived at the training grounds to find that the recruits today where nearly double that of the days prior and so I spoke "Conjurators lets get these troops ready for a siege" and with that the conjurators began summoning hordes of monsters and back to back I trained with my cadets as the mobs fell in large groups the cadets learned new techniques, and I was growing more confident in this raid as a Defender of Elerd I did not raid often this would be the first in many weeks.

With all of the monster slain an the cadets readied I spoke once more "It is time you find your medal and see the truth of the rogwel republic." The new recruits looked at me with confused expressions on their faces "We will raid against the rogwel republic as part of your training exercises today, This will be an all out attack on the republic so ready yourselves." with that I made my way to the pub and allowed the troops some time to soak in what was going to happen and ensure they are fully prepared.

After a few drinks and a fair lunch at the pub I gathered the members of DoE an informed them of what was about to happen. Together with the members of DoE each group of academy members made a small platoon 7 recruits to 1 DoE. With Excited expressions on their faces the cadets all looked like they where prepared perhaps even excited to be on this mission, After all it is not often you get to fight along side some of the bravest warriors in elerd!

With preparations made and several platoons gathered we made our way to the zepplyns. "Fly low I told the captains, We will land on the beach north of Ganendine" as the zepplyns began to start up the sound of thirty zeplyns all starting there engines in unison only added tension to the already intense situation. "We are off now" the zeplyns raise into the air dropping their weights they fly out of Nasdaim like a flock of birds in formation. Over the seas and into the boundaries of rogwel we where to return the favor the rogwel had given us earlier in ten fold today.

In my zeplyn fourteen new recruits stood with me and Valeska anxiously awaiting our instructions. "What possessed you to make an attack on rogwel now?" Valeska asked me. "I tired of these on going attacks in my own backyard Valeska it is time we hit them in theirs." I said. This was enough for Valeska. My comrades would surely follow me even into the deepest depths of war knowing they may never return.

The zeplyns land without issue just north of ganendine town on the beach it seems we where not spotted "this should be easy" I said to myself as we stepped off the zeplyns. Grouping our troops together and getting them in formation I could see oil stains on the beach and some green sludge all over the mountain sides "The rogwel republic sure don't take care of their land any better then their troops" I said. "It's no wonder they come looking for our lush land!" Said Erikalei. Getting in formation once more took some time but it was time we had since the rogwel nation was not aware of our presence.

"This shall be a night raid my friends under the fall of darkness we shall atk from 3 sides, 10 platoons will approach from the north 10 of you shall be posted to the west inside town and the remaining troops will lay in wait inside the training grounds to the east. We make our atk on the maestro of this land for he is cruel and unruly in his ways" With that the troops all had the plan in mind and we set off.

With no problems we have made our positions and it seems we are prepared I can see a glint to my right and to my left announcing that the troops in the east and in the west are prepared.

Many of the rogwel people are asleep however the inhuman maestro is always awake he stands in the center of town as if begging, No daring some one to attack him. With this I give the order by summoning forth my dragon to fire a flare up into the night sky. Which alerted the other groups we are ready, and We move to the Maestro.

There is little to no opposition as we approach the maestro suddenly we can here the maestro Screaming like a siren "Ganendine Castle is under attack!" again "Ganendine Castle is under attack!" "Someone shut that prick up" I said. Just then Battlesham cast sleep on the maestro and the troops moved closer. Battlesham cast root, stun, slow, on the maestro and the setting was made. Though the maestro stood 20 feet tall and was composed namely of metallic components we where sure to have victory on this day.

The troops all began their assault on the maestro though there blades where only like small scrapes to the maestro enough small scrapes and anything will bleed out. "Ganendine castle under attack" the maestro screeched out once more and still no one came.

"It seems we picked the right time to attack" I said as I started to chuckle. Just then a mass of troops began moving in from the south they had just arrived on the Hot air balloon.

"Make haste" I told the troops "for we are deep in rogwel territory if we do not finish this fast enough we will be flanked from all sides." Then I rushed with erikalei, Shany, and Sade at my side to greet the troops who had just landed.

With one swift impale I stunned the entire group Giving shany and sade time to conjure forth their massive mystical summons. Erikalei cast a mass root spell and Together we held off the force of the rogwel empire for nearly 30 minutes our summons laying waste to those who dared attempt passage. Suddenly a shadow walker appeared out of nowhere giving me a mortal wound. My summon quickly responded with a lightning bolt however the damage had been done I could no longer stand against the onslaught.

With that the maestro had finally fallen to the ranks of cadets and the DoE members, We where ready to move But I was in no condition yet to be running back to the zeplyn, and so while the summons held the remaining forces at bay Shany and Sade quickly tended to my wounds and got me back on my feet. With great appreciation for their assistance I thanked sade, shany and Erikalei one under each arm they assisted me back to the zeplyns and we boarded.

There was an awkward silence as we returned to nasdaim on the zeplyn with shany and sade both looking very concerned at me."Why do you always rush in like that?" sade asked "you could have been killed!" Shany scolded me "Well I could have been killed but I wasn't thanks to you!" I chuckled even though the pain was still great it was good to laugh. The remaining of flight went without incident and we returned to Nasdaim.

As the Cadets all made their way from the zeplyns "You have all certainly earned your medal today!" the cadets looked at me with pride in their eyes "You will all be receiving your new posts and orders on the morrow!" the cadets all cheered. "You have all graduated the academy this day and you are now known as warriors of the dragon!" with that we went back to our beds to rest for this had been a long day.

Shany and sade accompanied me back to the inn to assist me. They appeared to be suprised to find yumi there in wait. "I haven't seen you in months yumi!" shany declared. "I was wondering where you had gotten off to myself" Said sade. Yumi looked shocked to see that I had been badly wounded in the battle that day and rushed over to nurse me.

With a hint of jealousy in her tone shany asked "Well when did this happen how long have you been seeing romalias like this?" Yumi replied "Only but a few days now but romalias completes me". This made shany furious and she replied "Well how can you know this in such a short time!"
Yumi blushed and responded "Romalias is the best lover I've ever had" This made shany blush, Laying me down in bed to rest Shany and sade bid their leave an yumi began to scold me "You had better not come back to me like this again! I don't know if I could bear to lose you! Don't worry me so." I replied "But this is my life the life of a warrior" to this yumi said "Then from now on I shall accompany you on these missions to ensure your safety!" "So be it Goonight my love" I responded, and with a kiss we laid to rest for the coming day.