374 War: Preparations (1/2)

”Nina, Tori. Come, it's time to go.” The voice of a lady filled with motherly affection sounded inside the room where two girls were playing.

The twins, Venina and Victoria, giggled at the sound of their mom calling them. They dropped their toys ands started walking towards her.

Eva took their hands and smiled at them, the twins continued giggling as they went outside of their house.

”Look! It's Daddy.” Nina pointed out as soon as they exited the house.

”Daddy!” Tori called out while jumping.

Luis, who heard the voices of his children, smiled and took both of them on his arms. He gave each of them a peck of their cheeks and the twins did the same. He then said:

”How are you girls? Did you behave well while Daddy's out?”

”Yes! We're good girls, right Tori?” Nina answered.

”Um!” Tori nodded her head vigorously, ”We're good girls!”

”Good job!” Luis laughed as he tickled both of them, causing the girls to giggle merrily. ”Okay, if you continue doing that, then I'll buy you cakes when I return.”

As twins heard his promise, their eyes shone with excitement. Nina started clapping while Tori started drooling.

”Promise! We will behave! We want cakes! Yay for cakes!” Nina exclaimed.

”Um, cakes! Must be a good girl for cakes!” Tori nodded vigorously while agreeing.

Luis laughed then he brought them down, they then ran towards Eva and the four started walking to a nearby carriage. The twins went inside the carriage first, their attentions were immediately caught by something shiny which prevented them from hearing what Luis and Eva were talking about.

”Is this really necessary?” Eva asked Luis, doubt was present on her face including worry and fear.

Luis sighed and hugged his wife, he then said: ”Yes, it is. I wouldn't compromise for your safety.”

”But what about you? And the kids?” Eva asked, the kids she's referring to were Luna and the rest of Raven's team.

”They've made their decision.” Luis firmly said, ”They're no longer kids anymore. They willingly accepted their responsibilities for the Kingdom and they want to uphold it.”

”Just be...careful out there okay? You must return alright? If you dare make me a widow, I'll hunt you in the afterlife.” She warned him, making Luis smile wryly. ”And if you see your son out there, drag his ass back home for me will you? I'll have to teach that kid a lesson for not even updating us about his well being.”

”Yes, yes, and yes.” Luis answered, he planted a kiss on her lips as he gently urged her to ride the carriage. ”Go, take care of our children.”

Eva looked at him with eyes full of worry before turning around and getting on the carriage. Luis signaled the man and then the carriage started moving, it's destination is towards the Royal Palace.

It has been two days since all Knights on the Kingdom dreamt about the upcoming calamity. That's right, all of them. Anyone who's at least Knight Realm and above dream of the same thing and since then it had been a hot topic amongst their ranks.

A decree was released from the Royal Palace, forbidding anyone to release this in public to avoid paranoia from the citizens. All knights were then summoned and was briefed about the issue. Since then, the Kingdom started preparing for the upcoming war of survival.

All civilians were asked to move towards the Inner Court of the Kingdom. All they were told was that the Kingdom is facing yet another beast horde. And since this was a regular occurrence from time to time, the mobilization occurred in an orderly fashion.

Every soldier began attending drills to prepare for battle. They also received some pre-war supplies which they can use to boost their strength in the upcoming battle.

The Sacred Leaf Tavern had been extremely busy. Every single one of their alchemist had their hands full with huge orders. It wasn't just them of course, each association were also busy for war preparations as well.

The Blacksmiths had been working on some of their revisions for the Worker Constructs, somehow they were able to attach some offensive capabilities to the constructs, making them useful for the upcoming war. Those who can't participate in the project, had been tasked to create armors and weapons for the soldiers.

The Inscriptionists were creating additional defensive arrays and formations for the Kingdom. They are also tasked to create some deadly traps or anything that could slow down the advance of their enemies.