King Nolan stands on a large hill and looks back at the large army smiling to himself as he comments seeing Queen Crane next to him.
"My lady with our numbers we may very well stand a good chance"
Queen Crane shakes her head looking over the large field as she comments.
"Any army traveling the kingdom must cross this field. We wait and ambush them as we see. We must kill Lord Bution if we don't the army will remain strong. The best way to win is to get the sword of old and bury it again. It will even out the war and slow down his forces."
King Nolan looks over the land commenting as he eyes the bright green grass and the dimming light and smiles.
"or we could turn it on them kill them all in one swoop"
Queen Crane shakes her head disagreeing as she looks over the future battlefield.
"It is forbidden, their king whoever he is will pay in blood. We disarm Lord Bution, and we let my men rip the information from his body"
King Nolan shakes his head and stares out at the field commenting.
"this would go easier with the savages of the mountains helping us"
Queen crane shakes her head as she stares over the large army and smiles to herself.
"This is the last of both our armies. The O'Sullivan's refused to get involved they know they are safe and they don't want to anger Lord Bution and bring his eyes to them. We will need the safety of the mountains and bringing the O'Sullivan's in is too dangerous. If we do the mountains may become a war zone, my lord."
Lord Nolan looks over the field and shakes his head as he stares over the mixed army and looks down into the dirt.
"Queen Crane it just seems odd to me that Lord O'Sullivan wouldn't spare a few hundred men. He controls one of the most elite armies in the monarchy."
Queen crane nods her head staring over the soldiers and back to king Nolan.
"aye, it does seem odd his technology is superior to most in the kingdom he relies on new world technology, it protects the clan."
King Nolan nods his head as he stares at the setting sun and eyes the darkening fields.
"Queen Crane I fear king O'Sullivan may not be trusted"
Queen crane walks up to the men yelling out to them and they stand at attention. She nods back to king Nolan and walks along her men with him as she comments.
"never trust an O'Sullivan they are slime. We are at their mercy now, begging at their feet like cowards and they love it, every second of it"
King Nolan walks among the men eyeing their weaponry as Queen Crane walks beside him quietly. He stops eyeing a few men sitting and yells out to them.
"on your guards! We do not falter Lord Bution will kill us all if we do"
They continue walking and King Nolan stops at a large tent entering it and Queen Crane follows behind him. He eyes two men in full battle gear and hears them arguing over strategies as Queen Crane yells out.
"be at peace men!"
They stop at attention and bow to her and she turns to king Nolan.
"they are at unease, but we will end it today with the death of Lord Bution"
The men remain quiet and King Nolan motions out and they leave as he speaks quietly to Queen Crane.
"my lady I wish for you to ride back to O'Sullivan city you will be safe there even if they aren't to be trusted they will not bring war on their city"
Queen Crane bows her head to King Nolan.
"as soon as a battle is upon us I will ride with guards to the city"
King Nolan nods to her and she walks out of the tent and up to a few of her men.
"we ride to O'Sullivan city and send word of the first battle"
Queen Crane is helped up onto a horse and looks around at her royal guard as they take off down a road. She stops hearing an odd screeching sound and her horse runs forward making her fall to the ground hard. She looks around her eyeing her men off their horses standing around her and hears a voice scream out.
"Queen Crane your head is mine!"
She watches her men slowly fall to their knees and looks up eyeing the young man with a glowing blue sword. The man looks down at her and nods his head as he comments to her.
"Pity you were never trained in swordsmanship your husband gave a good fight"
Lord Bution walks closer to her and she kneels pushing her head to the ground screaming
"I beg of your mercy, I beg of your mercy of the old kingdom. I surrender my kingdom, my children, whatever you wish I beg for mercy"
She flinches feeling the man's hand grip her throat as he whispers in her ear.
"you wish for mercy?"
He places his sword away and runs his fingers through her hair laughing as he mocks her.
"the great feared Queen Crane begging for mercy?"
She begins crying and pleading to the man
"I beg you, I can see you have a noble cause, my Lord."
Lord Bution turns his head sideways and she stares down breathing through his tight grip pleading to the man.
"my children will be motherless, you, you are friendly with the O'Sullivan's are you not, my Lord?"
She looks down at the man and begins pleading more.
"aye, my daughter Sailione will be an O'Sullivan she has already provided a child for Archibald. I can be an ally to your people, to your cause my Lord you are connected to the clan are you not?"
Lord Bution turns his head sideways again and Queen Crane looks down at him as he asks
"do you wish to see my face?"
Queen Crane smiles to herself as she whispers.
"aye my lord I am loyal to your cause"
He pulls down his mask and Queen Crane frowns as she looks into his eyes whispering.
"please, mercy!"
The man stabs her through the chest whispering into her ear.
"you will die so your children can live, my lady"
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King Nolan raises his sword eyeing the army before him as he yells out.
"to the death!"
He eyes his men rush forward and collide with the dark army and frowns looking at the assault. King Nolan rushes forward coming to his men's aid but stops feeling himself collapse to his feet as the men around him do the same. He looks up eyeing the dark army move aside as Lord Bution walks out with his sword held high and at the tip of the sword is Queen Crane's head. King Nolan looks on in shock as Lord Bution smiles under his mask and walks forward towards King Nolan. He stops in front of him as King Nolan's army around him falls. Lord Bution looks around smiling to himself and comments to King Nolan.
"Today is not your time Nolan, you will be the last."
King Nolan bends down in pain as Lord Bution walks away from him. He feels himself regain his composure and grips his sword running towards Lord Bution jamming his blade forward into the man's back. Lord Bution falls to his knees and looks down as King Nolan comments into the young man's ear.
"You didn't wear a shield?"
Lord Bution looks down eyeing the blood pouring out of his stomach and looks up eyeing his army evaporate around him as the King's army regains their composure and begin cheering. Lord Bution whispers looking down at the blood pouring out of his chest to King Nolan.
"His retribution will be swift, my lord. I am not the only hand of justice he has picked more will come."
King Nolan watches as Lord Bution's sword disappears into thin air and Lord Bution looks back whispering to King Nolan
"Have mercy on my clan, for they did not know."
Lord Bution falls forward dead and the men scream out yelling to each other.
"this is, these are Cranes, and Nolans!"
The men stare at the corpses of the former dark death and Lord Nolan stands over the corpse of Lord Bution eyeing his masked face. He leans down pulling the mask down and eyes the rotted flesh and whispers.
"Edmond O'Sullivan?"
A soldier leans down behind him whispering as he stares at the face of Prince Edmond.
"aye sir, but what of his face? Rotted to the bone in some places?"
King Nolan looks over the scary sight and points to the corpse.
"we march it back to O'Sullivan city; the king will answer for his crimes!"
The men nod and the king walks around eyeing the corpses of the other soldiers of Lord Bution and eyes them all rotted to the bone. He looks around him at the thousands of corpses and whispers.
"what witchcraft is this?"
A person whispers standing near him.
"aye my lord they have broken the oath of 200 years the O'Sullivan's have to pay"
King Nolan nods agreeing with the solider and looks over the field full of corpses and comments.
"aye, he is a loyal boy to the core, for his father, a future king. I can guarantee he did this on word of his father."
The soldier nods agreeing,
"aye my lord, what say you?"
King Nolan closes his eyes commenting as he looks at the field full of corpses and turns back to the soldier.
"rally the men we march on O'Sullivan city tonight. The king's head will be ours!"