The Wielder of Death Magic

Chapter 356

Chapter 356: Chronicle of War III

24th January XX90: Arda’s noble faction disbanded. Duke Mundy’s reported missing after being captured. Henry III and Krask suffered the same fate.

27th January XX90: Easel Run-Gard sends a platoon of 150 soldiers to Hidros.

29th January XX90: The Pope denounces Sharon as a fake apostle, the devil’s sent.

4th February XX90: The Empire’s religious belief changed as a true apostle of the God of Kreston arrived.

9th February XX90: The new border between Castle Garsley, now under the Goldberg’s and the whole of Dorchester under Kreston, is fortified.

17th February XX90: Arda’s economical situation improves as demand for magical weaponry sky-rockets. Phantom becomes an influential arm’s dealer.

20th February XX90: The Pope arrives at Iqeavea per the Emperor’s orders.

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27th February XX90: The first council meeting of the Argashield Federation is hosted. King Staxius, Queen Gallienne, and the young Prince of the Easel Kingdom met at a secretive location.

2nd March XX90: The accounts of advanced weaponry in Hidros’s hand has the Emperor furious. The Cobalt Unit is called forth on a top-secret mission involving the project of a ship that could be used as a portable base.

5th March XX90: Phantom’s research unit split into four divisions. Air, Water, Land, and weaponry. The profits from selling Gate Six’s signature assault-rifle all over the world has had the company boom. As part of the Federation, Phantom agrees to give 25% of the profit to Hidros. Arda’s mind was set on the extraction of precious metals and gemstones. The continent of Alphia, directly East of Iqeavea has had an influx in demand for jewelry. The Alphia Empire revolved around the unity and well-being of its inhabitants. People of which held magic-like abilities. They didn’t require mana to perform certain tasks. Special abilities obtain by birth, a race of humans named Sultria, based off Sultria I’s name. The latter being the first Emperor. The current leaders were his descendant, Sultria VI.

10th March XX90: The Argashield Federation sends King Staxius Haggard to Alphia.

13th March XX90: The Pope performs a mass blessing to convert those who wish to partake in a rumored Crusade.

16th March XX90: King Staxius Haggard returns in victory. He persuaded the Emperor of Sultria to sign a non-agreement pact as well as a trading agreement. One that stated all their demands of rare precious ores and gemstones, would be handled by Arda.

17th March XX90: Queen Gallienne recruits mercenaries and adventurers from all over the continent. The Argashield Army is instated, one that would be under the Federation’s command. It contained fighters from Arda and personal armies of the nobles still in Hidros.

19th March XX90: Kreston’s standing as a province raises atop Hidros. The Emperor is baptized by the Pope thus officially changing the Wracia Empire.

20th March XX90: Discord among the Five Kingdoms is felt subtly as leaders expressed their discontent with the Emperor’s selfish actions.

25th March XX90: Kreston, backed by the Wracia Empire, declares war on the Easel Kingdom. Troupes sent by the Emperor weren’t for reinforcement, but an invasion. He had planned to use Kreston as a decoy and have Easel Run Gard blind-sided. 5 thousand men planned to arrive next month.

28th March XX90: The Prince of Easel Gard asks for help from the Federation.

29th March XX90: Phantom, under King Staxius, answers the call for help. A squadron of fighter-planes is soon to fly over. Later on that day, the Emperor’s fleet is taken by surprise. A bombardment of novelty weapons and planes; only sound was heard.

30th March XX90: Reports arrived of three ships carrying 500 men sunk.

31st March XX90: To everyone’s surprise, Queen Shanna Islegust comes out of hiding in the company of Princess Lizzie.

1st April XX90: The Argashield Army is flown over to Easel Gard. King Staxius accompanied by his team join the fight as well.

7th April XX90: Preparations for an interception is made while in Hidros, Queen Gallienne has troops stationed around the borders.

10th April XX90: The public’s sullied image of Queen Shanna is soon cleared by the news and an interview from the King. He explained in greater detail why things had to be done. Many of the turn-coats were given no mercy.

19th April XX90: Kreston’s sight is set on taking Easel Gard.

27th April XX90: Ships are seen over the horizon. The battered ships approached over yonder.

28th April XX90: A squadron of planes with Phantom’s on their tail, take flight. From shore, missiles built in a week had the ships in sight. King Haggard watched in the company of the Prince. What came out of the exchange was nothing but the image of a mushroom-shaped cloud and a fire. No sound nor shockwave, the fleet sank. Few managed to escape via boat, boats that were soon captured by Phantom.

29th April XX90: A close blood-cousin of the emperor was found among the survivors. Negotiations of his release went underway.

2nd May XX90: Emperor Paradus accepted King Staxius’s terms. The cousin was set free under the conditions that a non-aggression pact of a year, excluding Kreston be signed. The deal was settled behind closed door as the pressure came from the underground.

5th May XX90: The Pope returns to Kreston. Rumors of weaponry and mercenaries being hired from the Wracia Empire has the Federation cautious.

6th May XX90: Queen Shanna’s return was accepted by many. It was made possible not only because of the interview, but that the Blood-King became the ruling Monarch. A new faction, a new council, new nobles, and everything changed. A new rule and a new way of living.

10th May XX90: Pathways around Arda were built, the Dryad’s accepted to the king’s demands. They saw the threat and harm that was done without a stable means of transport. The capital would have fallen on the day of the revolt if not for Erna. She did slaughter many, thus saving the city.

11th May XX90: Arda is split into various districts to allow an easier rule. Haru is made in charge of district Ela which contained Town Eden. The latter is reopened to Oxshield. The populous is soon to make a steady growth back into a quiet life.

16th May XX90: The borders between Arda and Dorchester are reinforced by the Nightwalkers.

19th May XX90: Gate Six begin the testing phase of a new engine. One that would be used to power their projects.

24th May XX90: The world moves into a race to accomplish the first engine that could convert mana in the atmosphere to raw-output. The theory of Mana Dispersal is made public and subject to debates. The Author of said prospect was Staxius backed by Gate-Six. The reason was that the theories were getting smarter by the day. People were asking many questions, questions that were directed at the very fabric of the world. Hence, to stop the curiosity, a paper was published.

5th June XX90: Some shady characters moved behind the scene. The Wracia empire which had alienated Hidros were suddenly in trouble. The leaders were soon to dislike the Emperor. The council compromised of Kings wanted answers. Rumors, hate, sent a clear target, manipulation at it’s finest.

6th June XX90: A council meeting of the Wracia empire was hosted. It came as a surprise when the King of Arda stood beside the Queen of Elendor. She wielded power over the West. A span of that rivaled the Emperor. The sheer amount of untapped resources had her as a prominent figure on the table. The Emperor was always used to staying on the low and avoiding her fury.

7th June XX90: The meeting ended with Staxius as the winner. The Emperor proposed of planning for an invasion of Easel Run Gard. The prospect was shunned rather angrily. Queen of Elendor fondly enough didn’t speak. The king of Arda did so in her favor. Not to mention, the other kings seemed to agree on what he proposed. It was concluded that the Wracia Empire should have their King’s think of what is best for their country. He fully exploited Paradus selfishly being baptized. Wracia Empire was nothing but a non-aggression pact.

8th June XX90: Kreston made moves on trying to sway nobles from the queen Gallienne’s faction.

19th June XX90: The completion of the Azure wall reached 50%. It was set to finish in XX92.

20th June XX90: The tower of Aris with monster drops as coins, had Hidros’s economy stabilized. The adventurers made a very good progress.

25th June XX90: Roth was reinstated as the Adventuring guild headquarters. Many in lack of work returned slowly. The guild leaders had very few recruits, the effects of a negative income Kingdom was felt across. Luckily, Staxius handled the crisis perfectly.

29th June XX90: King of Arda remained at Dreqai in the company of the Queen of Elendor. The duo became very good friends. The lady was smart, overly smart, smart to the point of her choosing to remain without a husband. She thought poorly of men in general, however, Staxius’s allure felt different.

12th July XX90: Kreston’s forces gathered and marched to Krigi of old.

15th July XX90: Erna aided by Hamael, took to the edge of Castle Garsley. In the time that had passed, a good network of transport was built.

16th July XX90: A formal declaration of war was sent via messenger by Erna. An act of courtesy since last time was a bit underhanded. Received, the reported force of 2 thousand station soldiers would be met by a force of 7 thousand. Since the Emperor wasn’t allowed to fight, he delegated the activities to an outside man. Part of his force became mercenaries and took off for Kreston. The latter built an airport, thus allowing easy transport.

17th July XX90: The rumble of tanks and fighters replaced to the chirping of birds. Planes were seen circling the area. A gift in form of a Squadron of seven planes by Paradus. At noon, the forces moved to the hills and forest. A siege with the Goldberg’s making a stand. The battle of Garsley II.

23rd July XX90: The castle was conquered by Kreston. A victory that came at the price of many o souls. The bell of retreat sounded sharply at dusk, the forces fled to Savaview bridge and burnt what remained behind.

27th July XX90: Kreston was soon to build a relay that curved inside Dorchester and headed for the border. A place where Arda, Oxshield, and Dorchester overlapped. The area was a massive ravine of which only a plane could fly. The climb would be met by nothing but water.

30th July XX90: The Pope proposed an idea, one of building a bridge using magic to cross the canyon.

2nd August XX90: The Federation focused its efforts on securing the Savaview bridge. The King of Arda remained in Dreqai since the Order called for him to explain the paper that was presented.

3rd August XX90: Staxius Haggard of Arda is given the Lodle-Award. The Lodle award, with its peculiar name, was a recompense given to people who made discoveries beyond what humanity could have envisioned.

5th August XX90: The Alchemist returned a hero. This boosted the popularity of the Argashield Federation, especially in Elendor’s eyes.

7th August XX90: Disagreement stacked when Paradus rejected Queen of Elendor’s offer of opening the borders for Arda to do business.

10th August XX90: Kreston is at war with Oxshield. The border is soon to be conquered.

15th August XX90: Intervention from Phantom stopped their progress. The planes given to Kreston didn’t suffice since those own by the arm’s company out-performed in every way. A clean-up operation was ordered; thus the combat-helicopters took to Castle Garsley.

16th August XX90: The supply chain was broken leaving Castle Garsley opened for a push.

18th August XX90: The Argashield Army pushed through Savaview Bridge.

20th August XX90: The Krestonian army is spotted inside Oxshield on a routine flight by Phantom. They made progress towards Dundee.

21st August XX90: Trucks rushed down East to flank Savaview bridge.