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Along the way, Don and his men came across a couple of refugee groups and sent them towards Agoria to take refuge. Although it was not much, it was a step forward to increase the population of Agoria and hasten the construction works.
After a long journey, the sun was at its peak and the men wanted nothing but stop marching and take a long rest under the trees
”Why is the carriage slowing?”
Don was meditating with eyes closed when Lord Clemo noticed this as Arrora put her head out of the window to look ahead
”There's a group standing on the way”
Arrora said as the carriage came to halt
”Come, let's go see what's happening?”
Seeing Don was still meditating, she didn't want to disturb him as she and Lord Clemo stepped out of the carriage
”Lower your weapon soldier, we mean no harm”
Arrora saw Arwen was aiming an arrow at the group on the way
”King Edward?”
Lord Clemo was surprised to see King Edward, the king of Sigalla in the front of the group with his royal guards
Arwen lowered his bow when he saw Lord Clemo recognize King Edward but still kept his guard up in case the guards tried anything funny
”King Edward, it's good to see you again, what are you doing here?”
Lord Clemo walked towards King Edward with a wide grin on his face.
”It's good to see you too, Lord Clemo, what would the people think about Sigalla if we didnt show us the hospitality of Sigalla?”
It was clear to Lord Clemo that he wanted to make sure that Don goes through his kingdom rather than taking the outer lands route.
”Where's King Don? Lord Clemo”
King Edward was gawking at the two carriages
”His majesty is meditating inside, let me go tell him”
King Edward was an average built man with red hair, he was neither too tall nor too short and looking very calm and cool.
”Your majesty, King Edward of Sigalla is waiting for you outside”
Don slowly opened his eyes and looked at Clemo who is holding the door for him
It was an unexpected gesture by King Edward to personally come here to welcome Don as he nodded and stepped outside of the carriage to meet King Edward
When Don stepped out, Arrora noticed that King Edward is slightly surprised, maybe his surprise was due to Don's young age
”King Don, it's an honor to make your acquaintance”
King Edward said with a smile and reached out to shake Don's hand
”Pleasure's all mine, King Edward”
Don shook his hand and let go of King Edward's hand
”That's a strong grip you got there, King Don”
”A firm handshake makes a great first impression, King Edward”
”That's very true, King Don, you'll never get a second chance to make a great first impression would you?”
Don nodded
”Let's go to my castle first King Don, the sun is scorching”
It was the first time Don seeing a portal outside of Everlight
”King Don, shall we go now?”
”Lead the way, King Edward”
Don was not going to reject this gesture of King Edward as the horses and some of his men already looked tired from the long march.
One by one, King Edward and his men stepped into the portal
”Let's go”
As he said, Don followed King Edward's men into the portal as Arwen and the men quickly followed him behind
After stepping out of the portal, they reached the capital of Sigalla. In the sky, the searing heat from the sun was the only entity present, not even a single cloud could be found in the sky. It was just a bright, gaudy sun stationed at the sea of blue. If not for the battle energy in his body, Don would have been a fool to wear full black armor in this weather, and if not for the design that let air circulate into the armor, the men would have bathed in their own sweat by now.
Sigalla seemed exactly opposite in the weather as in Agoria, people tend to stay in their house most of the time and in Sigalla, they stood outside wiping away the sweat on their faces.
”That's where we are going, King Don”
King Edward pointed at the castle in the distance
five massive, round towers were scattered in a seemingly random pattern but had been built for an ideal defense and were connected by huge, narrow walls made of light green stone.