The war has continued for a few hundred years by now, cities have been taken and retaken new assaults on Reinholm failed and Keireen has been getting more brutal even if he fails in an attack he slaughters everyone who can be taken before calling for a retreat just to inflict more loss. Laraka has been getting more brutal in his training too make the elites even better, soldiers call him a demon for it but they later thank him when the training became more than necessary. Laraka stands in Renamerima castles war room with Zytaira, his helmet is off and on the table.

"This next mountain range has withstood years of attempted crossings but every damn time they pull out something new" Laraka says infuriated

"Indeed, the report from the last ones survivors detailed that there were chained up dragons guarding a certain section and thats after the magical traps, many patrols and war beasts though they did see multiple fortresses past the dragons so even if we got through all of that we'd have those fortresses to take care of" Zytaira says

Laraka sighs.

"The most infuriating thing isnt even that the mountain range is so well defended but that they have fucking barriers up on the side we'll have to coem from so that we cant just fucking teleport past them or even fly over" Laraka says

"Well even if we could get over or around like that we'd be losing out non magic combatants that we couldnt take and they'd have to brave the defences themselves which would be even harder without magic" Zytaira says

"Indeed" Laraka says

"How about you go to the king and try to devise a plan with him, Reinlas's magic while it can be shut down by those barriers the mages putting them up will have to concentrate fully on the barriers making it easier to see whos making them" Zytaira says

"Right, you give our soldiers the training they need Zytaira" Laraka says as he grabs his helmet, puts it on and teleports to Reinholm

Laraka appears in the castle the guards instantly straighten up as they see him.

"At ease, some others from Renamerima castle will be here to relieve you all at the end of the week then you can all get your training, tell that to the others when you see them" Laraka says

"Of coarse" One of the guards say

Laraka starts walking to the throne room where Reinlas sits on his throne speaking to someone before him.

"King Reinlas my village was burned to the ground by soldiers recently, we need your help" The man pleads

"I will send soldiers to investigate this, do not worry" Reinlas says

"Thank you my king" The man says as he walks out

Laraka walks over to Reinlas.

"Busy as always?" Laraka asks

"Indeed Laraka, especially since Keireens been sending more people to harass or burn villages more and more recently" Reinlas says as he gets up off his throne

"The bastard just destroys to demoralise us all but with you here Reinlas? Our morale stays as it always has, you are one of the first after all" Laraka says

Reinlas nods and sighs.

"... Right, come lets go to the war room" Reinlas says

Laraka walks there with Reinlas and they both look at the map.

"Where is this mountain range?" Reinlas asks

"Over here, north west of Okitera, we know of most of its defences or at least we know of the ones most of our people have been killed or injured by, annoyingly the mountain range is also close to the ocean so the only way to get past is to take the mountain range" Laraka says

"Alright, lets get planning" Reinlas says

A week passes...

Laraka has stayed in Reinholm castle devising multiple plans and backup plans with Reinlas and after a week they believe to have gotten a solid few that could work. Laraka leaves the war room for the day and starts to walk around to see if the guards are doing their job right. A guard looks at him.

"Laraka, the replacements guards from Renamerima castle haven't arrived" The guard says

Larakas right eye flashes red.

"That so? What are those idiots doing, its an hour past the time they are meant to be here!" Laraka shouts then sighs in annoyance

"Alright stay here, I'm heading back and ill get them here so you can then leave" Laraka says

"Of coarse" The guard says slightly terrified

Laraka teleports to Renamerima Castle and he looks around in shock as the castles been attacked, corpses everywhere and boulders in the castle walls and crushing barracks. The upper levels of renamerima castle has been knocked off likely by multiple boulders or magic. The three walls around Renamerima castle have giant holes in them where the gates once stood. Larakas right eye flashes red several times but then his left eye turns completely red. He starts scanning around.

"ANYONE ALIVE AROUND HERE!?" Laraka shouts

Laraka hears some pained shouts from the barracks. Laraka rushes over and conjures a giant pair of hands that lift the boulders out of the way and he sees some of hsi soldiers there including Vernamai without his metal legs. Laraka starts using healing magic on them.

"What the hell happened!?" Laraka asks

"A few hours after you left, a huge fucking force descended on the castle, they put up telepathic barriers so we couldnt get word out and they had the place surrounded. Worst of all they had erratic magic users, about fucking 20 of them!" Vernamai shouts

"How the hell is there that many?" Laraka asks

"I dont fucking know" Vernamai shouts

"Alright, alright, where are the others? There wasnt enough bodies out there to say that you all are the last. Also what happened to your metal legs?" Laraka asks

"They took a lot of us but left those of us who have lost limbs, they left us behind and as for your last question, they took my fucking legs off and knocked me out with them, it was so fuckign degrading" Vernamai says

"Use your magic to have temporary legs, I need everyone here to help search for other survivors. After that we're mounting a rescue" Laraka says

Vernamai and the others nod. Vernamai gets up with magic legs behind made but the others don't.

"Something wrong?" Laraka asks them

"We don't know how to make those magic limbs, we had all our limbs before this fight and none of us wanted to use our magic while trapped because we had so little and we thought the enemy would come back and kill us if we did" One female soldier says

"Vernamai teach them, if you run out of magic I'll need to keep helping any others who are possibly here" Laraka says

"Right" Vernamai says as he sits down getting rid of his own legs to start showing the process

Laraka spends the next few hours looking around in case he misses anyone due to them hiding with magic. Laraka realises that about 25 were left behind.

"Enough for a small attack, as long as we can get in and free everyone we could make it a full fight" Laraka thinks to himself

Laraka walks over to Vernamai and his group.

"I found more, they are currently resting, I'm going to check and see if we have any replacement metal limbs for you all" Laraka says

"Thanks Laraka" Vernamai says

"No problem" Laraka goes to the ruins of the castle and brings the conjured giant hands over which lift rubble out of the way for him

Laraka walks in.

"I know the names of everyone out there but I recognise two especially given that I gave them some mroe training last week and one was apart of the Okitera stealth mission, Natumra and Junaim. its odd seeing them with a limb lost" Laraka thinks to himself as he continues down to a storage room

Laraka looks around, the place has luckily been left untouched just some damage to the room. Laraka sees some metal limbs not enough for everyone though.

"Shit, we'll need to get Cykart" Laraka thinks to himself as he conjures a cart and puts the metal limbs in it as well as some weapons and teleports to everyone with them

Vernamai looks at the cart.

"Theres not enough arms and legs are there?" Vernamai asks

"No, I'll go and ask cykart for some, just sit tight and distribute what we have" Laraka says

Laraka de-conjures the cart and teleports to Cykarts shop in Reinholm and looks at Cykart.

"Cykart!" Laraka shouts

"ARGH FUCK! You cant fucking scare me like that Laraka!" Cykart shouts in surprise as he turns around he sees the red left eye of Laraka

"Uh something wrong?" Cykart asks

"I need new arms and legs, a few of my soldiers were injured and we dont have enough" Laraka says

"Your in luck, I have quite a few premade just in case things like this came up" Cykart says as he goes to a back room and grabs some of them and brings them to Laraka

"These should be enough, thanks" Laraka says as he gives Cykart a bunch of gold and teleports back to Renamerima castle with the limbs

Laraka give everyone who doesnt have metal limbs the new ones. Soon enough everyones ready.

"Junaim, I need you to find where our people have been taken" Laraka says

Junaim looks at his new metal arm and then at Laraka.

"I will" Junaim starts to fly away to go and find the trail

After a few more hours night has descended on the now ruined castle and Junaim returns.

"I found them but their position is a hard one, the place they are being held is near the mountain range, yeah THE mountain range" Junaim says as he lands

"Well fuck, exactly where?" Laraka asks

"The buildings are in a semi lucky position part of the place is outside the barrier so all of us can get into there but the rest well some will only have one arm or both arms but no mobility" Junaim says

"I want all of you to help me take that point, those of you who have lost one or both legs will stay there along with anyone who lost both arms one armed people will still come with me but you'll have to work side by side to defend eachother, got it?" Laraka asks

"Yes sir!" They all shout

"Junaim, lead the way" Laraka says as his left eye returns to its normal colour

Junaim teleports with them all to nearby the building. Laraka looks over.

"Decently high walls, good patrol routes, within view of towers on the mountains for reinforcements" Laraka whispers as he examines the building

"And the barrier" Vernamai says

"And the fucking barrier" Laraka says with an annoyed sigh as he keeps looking over the building

"Over there, theres a wall outside the barrier, could be a point of entry if blown up, though we might need mroe explosives jsut non magic ones" Laraka says

"Like these?" Junaim asks as he pulls some bombs out

"perfect, hand them over" Laraka says as he holds his hand out

Junaim gives him the bombs and Laraka pockets them.

"Lets go get our people back" Laraka says as his right eye slowly turns red

The others nod and stand up as Laraka does, Laraka draws his blade and starts to run towards the building conjuring a few catapults which get loaded and then fire at the building sending the enemy forces into a panic for a minute. Laraka speeds forwards tearing through multiple soldiers with ease while his soldiers follow behind, Vernamai uses his metal legs for some powerful attacks knocking enemy soldiers out or kicking holes through them then finishing with his blade. Junaim turns the ground beneath some enemy soldiers to quick sand swallowing them up then he burns the sand entrapping and killing them. After a little bit of fighting they reach the first wall and Laraka conjures giant hands that punch the way through.

"Into the building!" Laraka shouts as he runs forward cutting through an enemy soldiers waist chopping them in half

His soldiers follow into the building.

"Barrack the door with your magic if any get in take them down hard, those of you with one metal arm and no metal legs come on!" Laraka shouts as he runs further into the building running past the barrier

The soldiers with one metal arm and two organic legs follow and as they pass the barrier their metal arms stay in the position they were but unable to move.

"Pair up!" Laraka shouts and they do so

Laraka runs in and stabs into one soldier and quickly uses their body as a shield from a volley of arrows but then drops the body and runs to the archers his right eye burning red as he fights on more aggressively. He quickly takes down the archers at some point breaking his blade so he grabs soem arrows and stabs into them with those taking them down but quickly gets attacked by a battle-axe weilding soldier but he grabs the axe on a down swing.

"I'll take this!" Laraka shouts as he headbutts the soldier and takes the battle-axe

Laraka quickly kills the soldier he took it from with a decapitation. The soldiers that came with Laraka fight side by side and are trying their best to follow him. Junaim looks at Laraka.

"Keep going! We'll fight here and keep these ones off you!" Junaim shouts

"You better be alive when I get back!" Laraka shouts as he puts a bomb on the wall and backs up turning around quickly cutting halfway through someones head leaving only the jaw on the neck

The bomb blows up and laraka runs through hsi soldiers quickly forming a line at the hole in the wall to keep the enemy at bay. Laraka runs through a corridor and finds stairs down labelled prison cells.

"Likely some of my people are down there" Laraka thinks to himself as he runs down

Guards see him and rush him but Laraka quickly and effortlessly cuts into one guards knee making them scream out in pain whiel Laraka grabs the ther guards neck and snaps it. Laraka sees some of his soldiers and grabs keys unlocking the door.

"L-laraka?!" The soldiers shout surprised

"If theres more of our people down here find them, free and arm them then go help the others!" Laraka shouts

"Of coarse!" The soldiers shout and quickly gather armour and weaposn and take the keys running off to find more

Laraka grabs a bow and arrow he finds in the prison armoury and puts the quivers strap around himself and runs out the stairs again.

"I saw the part of this building area where the main part of our forces were, roughly 200,000 around the area I'd guess, you got this Laraka" Laraka thinks to himself as he keeps running through the complex

Laraka hears soldiers up ahead coming his way so he quickly grabs an arrow and aims down the hallway only to hear some coming from behind. He takes a deep breathe and his eyes narrow as both eyes turn red he breathes out and the soldiers round corners both behind and infront of him and they charge. Laraka shoots at a few in front of him and quickly turns around shooting arrows at them as well as soem get two close he hits them with the bow and grabs the battle-axe on hsi back and swings it down cleaving from the shoulder all the way down through his body splitting him in two. Some of the enemy soldiers move back from the sight of it but he starts runnign forward and swings the axe cutting three soldiers down as the ones behind him run at him he throws the axe backwards and grabs two swords from the bodies infront of him and starts cleaving his way through the crowd infront of him with finesse. Soem soldiers manage to stab through his arms and legs but bears through the pain to keep fighting. He sweeps the legs of a few making them fall back onto their allies blades and knocking them down, Laraka manages too get to the end of the corridor and sees the entrance to where his soldiers are being held but also sees a door that seems to go to a mages chamber.

"Have to kill them" Laraka thinks to himself as he kicks the door into the mages chamber open and throws his blades into 2 of the mages there and runs at another one drawing a dagger and stabbing into their heart

Laraka is now the only one in the room with soldiers converging on his position but he feels his magic return but still senses a barrier.

"There are multiple barrier mages, I jsut took down the barrier over this section, did it extent to my soldiers? Doesnt matter now, I need to fight" Laraka thinks to himself as soldiers run in

Laraka can faintly sense Zytaira is nearby and as one soldier charges him Laraka grabs the soldiers face and burns it before stabbing them in the stomach and throws the soldiers body into the soldiers who are rushing in. Laraka conjures a battering ram with a spiked front and it slams into the soldiers rushing in outright killing some and throwing others back into a wall knocking them out. Laraka quickly conjures two axes and multiple floating crossbows as he jumps at some soldiers chopping into them as the crossbows cover his back. He starts running to the door where his soldiers location is behind but as he kicks open the door he sees a long hallway filled to the brim with soldiers ready for him with Onikerm standing infront of them. Onikerm stands there with his normal insane smile as he stares Laraka down.

"Laraka? Oh what a surprise! I'm VERY glad to have you hear..." Onikerm says with a small giggle

Laraka doesnt say anything just stares as his floating crossbows float over just above him. Onikerm notices Larakas eyes.

"Oh! Interesting development! I need to see what makes you tick, Ill put you next to your second in command and her sister" Onikerm says smiling more

"... What did you do to them?" Laraka asks

"What did I do? Everything except anything sexual not today at least" Onikerm says giggling to himself again as he draws his blade

Larakas eyes narrow and both hsi eyes burn red as he speeds towards Onikerm, onikerms soldiers get infront of him to protect him.

"Normally I'd do this myself but I'm curious to see what he'll do" Onikerm thinks to himself

Laraka nears the soldiers and as he gets closer his arms shift and get dragon-like scales and hsi hands become claws but he is still able to hold his weapons and he stabs into the faces of the closest soldiers and uses his momentum to jump over them and bring the bodies by their heads and slam them down on the soldiers behind them as wings appear on Laraka and he stabs them through 2 soldiers at his sides.

"Some say I'm like a demon on the battlefield, I'd say I like that description" Laraka says with a demonic voice as his whole body shifts to a more demonic version of himself as he makes the crossbows shoot down the hallway killing multiple soldiers

Laraka starts killing mroe soldiers as he makes his way towards Onikerm hes not even looking at the soldiers as he dodges, deflects and ultimately kills them through multiple means be it snapping necks, decapitations or crushing skulls, Larakas eyes are focussed on Onikerm with murderous intent. Larakas wings stab through more soldiers lifting their bodies up like trophies as he Jumps towards Onikerm and slashes his stomach with a claw and axe simultaneously. Onikerm just laughs.

"Now this is a great fun side to see from someone like you" Onikerm says while laughing and teleports out from under Laraka and infront of him

Onikerm kicks Laraka in the face and runs down the hallway.

"Coward!" Laraka shouts as he stands up

Laraka drops the bodies off his wings and grabs two battle-axes with them and lets go of the smaller axes grabbing a couple swords from the corpses instead Laraka walks down the hall and sees soldiers running towards him but he makes his crossbows shoot them down like they are nothing. Laraka notices the barrier is up ahead but sees the torture rooms arent in the barrier so he kicks the door to the torture rooms off their hinges sending it into a soldier behind them and into a wall crushing the soldier. Laraka deflects an attack from another soldier but grabs their neck and crushes it, Laraka sees a squad running towards him so he lights hsi wings on fire and speeds towards them twirling between them, causing them to be chopped up by the battle-axes and be lit on fire by his wings.

"Imbeciles" Laraka says as he walks towards the cell doors

One guard stands infront of the room Zytaira and her sister Uniera and he doesnt give the guard a chance just grabbing their face and slamming their head into the cell door so hard the cell bar bends and breaks as it get shoved straight through the head splitting it apart. Laraka tears the door off its hinges and walks into the room and sees Zytaira and Uniera so he frees them from their shackles. He sees how injured they are.

"L-laraka? What the hell happened to you?" Zytaira asks

"Not important" laraka says and he finds Zytairas metal arm and gives it to her

Zytaira puts it on and looks over at her sister whos completely unconcious and covered in blood and many bones are protruding from the skin. Larakas left eye seems to burn a little more red as his wings fire extinguish, the battle-axes drop from them and he levitates Uniera up and behind him as his wings secure her on his back.

"I... will carry her and keep her safe, you can help fight if you feel up for it" Laraka says though he seems conflicted by that idea for a second

"I'm more than ready" Zytaira says

"Near the front of the building I have two groups of our soldiers I managed to help at Renamerima Castle, go and help them they will need you" Laraka says

"On it" Zytaira runs away

Laraka puts down his blades and picks up the battle-axes in his hands.

"Time to free an army" Laraka says as he runs out of the torture rooms and towards where his soldiers are being held

He senses the barrier is around them but continues on regardless and as he passes through the barrier he notices he doesnt shift back. Soldiers run at him but see his form and are left confused.

"Your barrier wont affect this form" Laraka says with a smirk as he throws the battle-axes lodging them in the heads of two soldiers

He runs at them grabbing the axes still lodged in the head as he swings the axes knocking soldiers down and out with the bodies. Laraka keeps running and gets to the prison where all his soldiers are and sees the mages keeping the barrier up over the prison so he runs towards them.

"What the hell is this?" The mages ask as they begin to attack Laraka

"Death" Laraka answers as he grabs one mages head crushing it

Laraka slashes across the faces of the other two mages killing them as well and the barrier goes down.

"We'll need three" Laraka says to himself

Laraka puts Uniera down and shifts back to normal as he conjures two version of himself one a normal spectral conjuration the other looking like how he just had but noticeably, Laraka himself has a bright red left eye while the spectral conjuration has a bright red right eye and the demonic conjuration has two red eyes.

"Everyone! Listen up! The barriers down! LETS FIGHT OUR WAY OUT!" The spectral Laraka shouts

Larakas soldiers break their cell doors open at his call and conjure weapons for themselves and those that have no magic and they run out to start fighting. Scyera and Lieran meet up.

"Lieran you alright?" Scyera asks concerned

"Yes I'm fine don't worry" Lieran says

"Alright" Scyera says as mist surrounds them and scyera grabs her scythe and they can hear growling from the mist

"I missed you as well Krenatur" Scyera says

Lieran conjures a mist blade and they run out to start fighting. Laraka picks up Uniera and starts healing her as he runs out with his conjurations who seem to enjoy the fight the battlefield is covered in mist though he can see through it as can the others except for Keireens soldiers. Laraka runs over to the outer walls and uses the last bombs and magic to blow up the wall.

"EVERYONE FOLLOW ME! MAGES AND SHIELDS AT THE BACK TO COVER OUT ESCAPE!" The spectral Laraka shouts

Laraka runs out with everyone and he starts teleporting people away as do mages and he teleports Uniera away with those people. Zytaira runs over with the two groups from the start of the rescue and starts to leave with them. Scyera and Krenatur keep fighting to make sure even less people get close to the teleport zone. After a few minutes everyone is teleported back to Renamerima castle and scyera teleports back as well. Theres a lot of injuries and quite a few deaths but the mission was a success...