A few days have past since Reinlas's magic returned and with the aid of some time magic users training of the elite soldiers and construction of metal limbs for those who need them could be completed much faster than they naturally should be able to, some people were also re-tasked to build seige engines also aided by time magic users. Reinlas is in the throne room as Laraka walks in with Zytaira who has become like a second in command for him, her metal arm is made to look like apart of her armour including some small spikes for parrying blades or stabbing if it comes to it.

"My king, we are here as per your request" Laraka says

"Good, come with me" Reinlas says as he gets up off his throne and walks to a nearby room with Laraka and Zytaira following behind

As they enter the room they see its a big room with a massive table with a map of the world on it, strongholds, villages, cities and random castles are shown on the map with some spy reports next to some.

"A war room?" Zytaira asks

"Indeed, when Linra gets here we discuss our next move" Reinlas says just before Linra comes in the room

"Good timing it seems" Linra says

"Indeed" Reinlas says

Laraka and Zytaira look at the map and Reinlas points to a castle near a small hand drawn picture of two swords clashing.

"This is Renamerima Castle, the closest stronghold to where the first battle took place days ago, we dont have exact numbers as to defenders but no matter the number their position is a good one. Its in the middle of a mountain range with three walls of defence before getting to a main courtyard then castle entrance where every window has an archer or mage some have both, the inside is packed with melee defenders while the roof has multiple ballistas" Reinlas says

"Well damn, that is pretty well defended" Laraka says

"Indeed" Zytaira says

"Well Laraka, Zytaira this castle will be your little elite army's first mission" Linra says

"This will be tough" Zytaira says

"Indeed, though maybe not impossible" Laraka says

"We wouldnt make it your first mission if it was" Reinlas says

"Our scouts of the area reported that the castle hasn't got any new soldiers after the first battle, some spies that managed to get in and out of the castle then told us it was due to fear of the reinforcements being ambushed so none have been sent yet" Reinlas says

"Seems like a major oversight" Laraka says

"Well Keireen would apparently rather prepare for a sea attack on a big city rather than a siege on a castle close to our borders" Linra says

"Ok less of an oversight but theres more opportunity here, if we have the regular army go to the nearby villages around the castle and take them over, freeing them of Keireen and cutting off reinforements from them" Laraka says

"Good idea Laraka I will be with both the regular army and your elite force by using cloning magic as the regular army is most likely the bigger target shoudl keireen actually attack ill be there, you have my clone" Reinlas says

"Good precautions plus your power would aid us greatly in this fight" Zytaira says

"Indeed" Laraka says

"Tell your elite force of the plan, we head out tomorrow the sooner the better" Reinlas says

"Of coarse my king" Laraka and Zytaira say as they teleport to their soldiers to inform them

"This will be a hell of a fight but experience trumps all training and we definitely got much of it the other day" Reinlas says

"Indeed" Linra says as a bird flies in from a window and lands on linra shoulder and gives it some food

"If we get this castle though small in the grand scheme of things it will be our first major victory, the battle the other day was barely a victory" Reinlas says

"Indeed but I believe this one will be a better victory" Linra says with a confident voice

"I believe so as well" Reinlas says as he kisses her

The hours pass and the next day comes Reinlas stands at the grounds of the first battle with the regular army behidn him numbering at abotu 500 million due to many still being healed from this previous fight and those that are dead. Laraka stands at his side with Zytaira with their elite warriors behind them numbering at about 250 million.

"You have your job Laraka, good luck and I hope my clone will aid you" Reinlas says as he makes a clone of himself with about half his magic halfing his own magic

"Lets head out Laraka" The clone Reinlas says

"Of coarse" Laraka says

"EVERYONE MOVE OUT!" Laraka shouts telepathically to everyone and his elite warriors start marching with the siege engines moving up with them as well as the clone Reinlas

"EVERYONE ELSE SURROUND THE CASTLE BY TAKING THE VILLAGES!" Reinlas shouts telepathically to the regular army who begin to go to the nearby villages, some guards actually loyal to Keireen put up a fight but get killed while the others surrender

Over at the Elite Warriors army...

They march through a mountain pass on the look out for any enemies when the Reinlas clone holds his hand up to stop them.

"Something wrong my king?" Laraka asks

"Above us, 10 soldiers pushing rocks, MAGES ROCK ROOF!" The clone shouts as he also uses earth magic to pull the rocks at the side of the mountain out to make a roof above the army as rocks fall down from the top of the mountain onto the roof

"That was close, ARCHERS GET TO THE BACK AND PICK THEM OFF!" Laraka telepathically shouts to the army

Soon after the screams of some soldiers are heard as the archers shoot them and kill them.

"Ok minor distraction" Laraka says

"Indeed, KEEP MOVING" Zytaira telepathically shouts as they march on and eventually see the castle and it has been fortified more since the spy and scout reports

"Well it may be a little harder than we thought but at least it's not changed much" The Reinlas clone says

"Indeed" Laraka says

They all scan the walls of Renamerima castle.

"They now have new ballistas on the walls, they'll tear through the siege towers like nothing, barriers could be used to protect them" Zytaira says

"It'd use to much magic with each hit" The clone Reinlas says

"We have the metal in the ground here, metal manipulation magic could be used to cover the towers in new metal to ensure they hold up better" Laraka says

"Good idea, get those mages on it" The clone Reinlas says

Laraka leaves to go and get those mages and upgrade the towers and Reinlas looks around the mountain range.

"They didnt take the opportunity to have more defences on the mountains though that gives us an advantage" The clone Reinlas says

"How so?" Zytaira asks

"Think, they dropped rocks onto us as we went through the pass, if soem earth mages went onto the tops of the mountain they could target the top of the walls with boulders from there alongside the trebuchets making our approach easier" The clone Reinlas says

"I'll get them on that" Zytaira says as she runs to the earth mages

The earth mages teleport to the top of the mountains and begin throwing boulders onto the enemy walls targetting the ballistas mainly and the trebuchets are moved forwardto also attack the walls making causing some heavy casualties to enemy garrison. Laraka speeds over to the clone Reinlas.

"My king the siege towers are ready" Laraka says

"Then lets go" The clone Reinlas says

"EVERYONE GET INTO THE TOWERS OR PREPARE TO FLY" Laraka telepathically shouts and all the soldiers get into the towers or take flight if they have magic

The towers are moved forward towards the wall, the remaining ballistas try to shoot through the main points of the towers but get stopped by the new metal upgrades. The towers open onto the top of the first wall and soldiers pour out and start attacking the enemy soldiers, much blood spills and flows down the walls as more people die, mages are causing much damage to the soldiers through magic spikes or fire brunign people alive and using lightning strikes to kill them as well. The clone Reinlas flies onto the secodn wall with laraka following behind with Zytaira, soldiers begin to charge at them and the clone Reinlas draws kylorn from his scabbard and lights him on fire and begins to slice through enemy soldiers with ease, their armour not stopping the strength behind the blade or the heat of the fire as it cute through them like a knife through butter. Laraka and Zytaira begin to fight as well zytairas new metal arm allows her to grab onto enemy blades and just take it from them and kill them easier. Laraka is a demon on the field hes still cutting down hundreds as they come towards him. Ratankira teleports onto the wall.

"Oh how interesting, the King of Geirlanth is here" Ratankira says

"I know you, your Ratankira one of Keireens generals, aided in the assassination of Itanrora and Yaitera" The clone Reinlas says

Ratankira seems surprised that he knows this and immediately draws his blade.

"I've aided in the killing of others of the first, you'll be no different" Ratankira says as he speeds towards the clone Reinlas and clashes blades with him

"I beg to differ" Reinlas says as his eyes turn black and he grabs Ratankiras neck suddenly and throws him through on of the defence walls breaking his arm instantly

"You and Keireen have caused too much pain alongside that laughing insane bastard, Im going to ensure your death comes today" The clone Reinlas says

"Oh I doubt that" Ratankira says as he uses mind control on a large part of the elite warrior army making them charge towards the clone Reinlas who uses earth magic and raw strength to stomp his foot onto the ground causing a small earthquake under the elite warriors knockign them off the wall and knocking them out

"You will NOT use my people to kill me! Dont fight like a coward!" The clone Reinlas shouts pissed off at ratankira

Being called a coward annoys Ratankira as he speeds towards the clone Reinlas and they clash blades again fire swirling around them as Reinlas controls it to try and attack Ratankira with it but he uses conjuration to make shields alongside bows and arrows, the shields stop the fire from hurting him while the bows fire at the clone Reinlas and the clone speeds backwards and looks at Ratankira.

"ill say it you are a spectacular fighter but quick to anger and easy to lead into conflict during that anger" The clone Reinlas says as he jumps off the wall and makes a giant fireball and throws it at the part of the wall hes at blowing it apart

Ratankira disappears in the explosion.

"Smart King Reinlas but I am also a master of stealth, I noticed your actions and guessed when you started to lead the fight further away from your soldiers" Ratankira says as he suddenly appears behind the cloen Reinlas and stabs multiple daggers into the open points of the clones armour quickly, hurting the clone badly

The pain pisses off the clone more as he turns around and punches Ratankira square in the face sending him into the side of the mountain and the clone flies to where he is and kicks him into the mountain more putting a hole into the side of the mountain as they fight into the mountain almost carving a cave with their fight, Ratankira sees Reinlas's black eyes and the almost black liquid on his finger tips.

"Is this what the reports from those kingdoms is refering to?" Ratankira thinks to himself as he blocks an overhead swing of Kylorn from the clone Reinlas and kicks the clone Reinlas back

The clone makes lightning in his hand and combines it with a fireball and throws it at ratankira who ddges it but when it hits a wall behind him it bllows up sending ratankira flyign towards the clone who holds Kylorn out stabbing through ratankiras armour and piercing through his stomach causing ratankira to teleport off the blade and start bleeding alot and coughing some blood.

"Fuck. Keireen will kill you, seems hes the one best equipped for it" Ratankira says

"You wont be telling him" The clone reinlas says as he swings hsi blade towards Ratankiras neck who teleports away but makes the walls explode starting to bring the mountain down on the clone Reinlas who begins to hold up the mountain and starts using his earth magic and begins to make the mountain stay up again and he stops holding onto it.

"That felt too easy" The clone Reinlas says to himself before teleporting back to Laraka and Zytaira who are now facing the full army of Renamerima Castle alonside their own soldiers

"Ah seems this would be why" The clone Reinlas says as he flies up and uses hsi fire magic to begin incinerating many of the enemy soldiers as a ballista that was hidden in the castle shoots out a window and hits Reinlas, it doesnt pierce his Geirnaiam armour but its momentum and force sends him flying back through multiple defense walls and his armies own siege towers but leaves only a large dent in the metal of the towers

"Ow, fuck... that was... horrible" The clone Reinlas says as he gets up feeling disoriented from it after a few minutes he gets up and flies towards where the ballista shot came from and bursts through the wall and kills the soldier operating it and grabs the ballista and conjures balista bolts into it and flies into the air and begins shooting the enemy army with a huge load of bolts hes now lit on fire

Laraka is completely covered in blood as he keeps killing and killing the ememy soldiers soem try to run from him but he catches them and kills them easily as Zytaira uses her matter manipulation magic to turn enemy soldiers armour and weapons to liquid metal and kill them easier.

Hours and many corpses later the battle is won and the castle lies conquered and with minimal damage.

The enemy forces lie defeated and the elite warriors seem to have suffered minumal casualties as well the cheer for their victory. The cloen gets absorbed by the real Reinlas who flies over and lands then he walks to Laraka and Zytaira.

"Seems victory has been acheived, with this castle and the villages we have a better forward point into enemy territory, more lives saved from keireens tyranny and better defences for our kingdom" Reinlas says

"Indeed my king" Laraka says

"What now?" Zytaira asks

"Now? I suggest this place be cleaned up repaired and garrisoned by your soldiers, its your victory, your new base of operations for the elite warriors with you as its leader Laraka as stated before and Zytaira as your second in command" Reinlas says

"We are honored King Reinlas but are you certain?" Laraka asks

"If I wasn't this wouldn't have been your soldiers trial" Reinlas says to him as his eyes flash and the regular army is sent home

"We shall get to work immediately" Laraka says

Reinlas then teleports back to Reinholm castle and there is cheers across the city very audible even at the castle.

"I need not hear you say the words victory to know we won" Linra says walking over with a smile

"Indeed, today is a good day" Reinlas says and he puts his arms around Linras waist

"Im glad to hear it, though I do have something to say to make this day better" Linra says

"What would that be?" Reinlas asks

"Im pregnant with twins" Linra whispers into Reinlas's ear...