Ciara Citadel City, Eisenhiem Kingdom’s New Capital

The cat after jumping into the ranks of the allied armed forces; successfully evaded the pursuing demons, and made a beeline for Ciara citadel that lied ahead of him. With an unimaginable speed, that no one could ever hope to match up… it soon left the battlefield behind and was now standing in front of a 50-meter wide moat which was filled with water, the water in the moat was supposed to come from some underground tunnels, which were connected to the great snow river. Behind the moat; was an endless 35 meter tall wall made up of stones, which protected the entire Ciara citadel city inside it, the layout of entire city was circular; having a diameter of 20 kilometers, with the entire perimeter of the city being shielded by these 35 meter tall stone walls. There were countless old buildings inside the citadel including a huge cathedral, a giant infirmary, and soldier’s barracks while at the centre of the citadel town stood a huge old castle which was currently in a pretty bad condition.

Well, the entire city of Ciara citadel was in a stagnating condition, with a low population and a high emigration rate. There were countless old rundown buildings, which were scattered throughout the entire city; simply put this city was more of a big old village, having a castle and spanning across a whopping 314 square kilometers protected by huge walls, rather than a proper city; and was about to lose its status of a city, until a recent announcement made by the current king of Eisenhiem kingdom, King Nobius declaring it as the new capital of Eisenhiem kingdom, revived this long forgotten city; which was once used as a frontier for the kingdom’s northern conquest 200 years ago.

There were eight entrances that lead inside the citadel and were located at all the eight directions*. All the eight entrances had an enormous stone bridge constructed over the moat, leading to an imposing bent entrance complex. Would-be assailants to the citadel would have to take over five turns up a vaulted entrance ramp, over which there were many machicolations for pouring hot liquids on attackers from the mezzanine above.

The cat, after experiencing his newfound powers, thought that he would be able to jump over the 35 meter huge wall… So, he tried to jump over the huge citadel walls and in the process collided in the middle of the wall and fell straight into the moat.

The cat frantically tried to get out of the moat, as the cold water of the moat was freezing the cat while drowning him too… this made the cat’s deep hatred for water rise, to a whole new level…

“Meowwrrr!”

*BOOM**BISHHH*

The while drowning cat unknowingly casted a ‘Dragon’s rage’ spell that blew up the moat’s water sky high, creating a fountain of water, followed by a rainbow in the sky.

*RING**RING**RING**RING*

*ENEMY ATTACK ON THE NORTHERN WALL*

All of the sentries lined up on the top of the wall. With some of them equipped with bows and arrows, some of them with crossbows. There were even some ballistae and mangonels lined up that were ready to fire on sight. Some mages also stood beside them and were continuously chanting incantations.

“It seems like our army lost… but we won’t give this city to the demons, all the soldiers get ready, we will fight till our last breath…” the commander in charge of the city yelled to all of his men, he was about to give an order to retaliate; but got interrupted by a guard, who reported that no enemy was sighted on the northern wall.

“What? Then where is the enemy?” he asked the guard.

“Well sir, up until now we have no reports of an enemy forces trying to attack us.” The guard replied politely.

“Then what about the explosion earlier?” he asked the guard with a queer look on his face.

“We are investigating it sir… and will report our findings to you as soon as possible.”

Meanwhile our furry little friend was half frozen and nearly exhausted, just by trying to swim in the moat and was about to be drowned.

“Hey… there’s a cat drowning in the moat here.” A soldier from the recon team yelled as he reported the captain of the recon team.

“Leave him be… we need to get inside the citadel as soon as possible.” the captain of the recon team commanded.

“Nooo! We can’t let a cat die from drowning in a moat… I’ll go and save him” A young human mage who was in the recon team screamed. He was a cat lover and couldn’t see a cat die in front of his eyes.

“Ok… Cat Romeo! But you should hurry as we won’t be standing here all day… and you won’t be getting any help from us.” The captain replied.

“It’s fine by me… sir!”The mage replied as he rushed towards the cat that was on the verge of getting drowned.

“Levitate object” he casted a spell on the drowning cat and pulled him out of the moat. He then put the cat on the ground and sat in front of him.

The wet cat after coming out of the moat trembled; and tried to jerk some water off his body, as to dry himself.

“Meowww!” the cat politely meowed in front of mage as if he was thanking him for saving his life.

“You must be feeling wet and uncomfortable…let me help you… Dry” the mage casted another of his spells, as to help the cat.

“Prrrr…” the car purred in pleasure as all the uncomfortable wet feeling was gone and was now replaced by a soothing tickling feeling.

“You know, you are quite lucky that we arrived here just in time… that moat is enchanted; and the water inside it freezes and drowns the people who are unfortunate enough to fell in it...” the mage spoke while helping the cat.

“What were you doing outside the city? Hunting?” the mage asked; as he lifted the cat up in his arms, after he had finished drying the cat.

“Meoww!” the cat replied.

“Oh! So you were hunting… so, what did you hunt?” the mage asked the cat while he stroked his head gently.

“Maw!” the cat replied again…

“Tuna!?! How did you hunt a tuna here?” the mage asked the cat.

“Mau Mau…Mau...Meow!” the cat replied.

“You saw a giant tuna on walking legs, in a place where many people were fighting?” the mage got confused by the answer that he got from the cat.

“Captain, he’s losing it… again…” a soldier yelled while he pointed out the mage who was talking with a cat!

“Oh boy!” the captain exclaimed with a sorry look on his face, that could be clearly seen by everyone present there… except the mage and the cat, who were enjoying a light conversation.

“I’m Alan by the way, what’s your name?” the mage asked the cat.

“Hey Alan, stop trying to talk to a cat!” the captain ordered the mage.

“Maww…” the cat replied.

“I’m sorry…what did you say was your name again?” Alan asked the cat.

“Hey Alan, leave the cat and come here right now…or we’ll leave you here.” the captain yelled in anger.

“I’m coming…” Alan replied as he stood up.

“We are going inside the city… as this place is not safe, you should come with us.” Alan told the cat.

“Maw” the cat replied as it followed Alan.

The recon team, after completing their half a day of work; returned back to the citadel, to report their findings and to relax a bit.