[Seastone Port City - The Aquaria Kingdom - Southlands]

Teuila stood on the walls watching an army preparing to siege the port she was defending.

At first, she couldn't believe the message she received claiming the Nethanians turned on them and invaded. Rumors say that the First Prince Jayhan Samra poisoned the king and aligned himself with Solhaven and the Aurelian Kingdoms.

The combined three armies smashed the Aquarian border defenses but were stopped thanks to the military boost from all the lands they received in the last war.

They managed to stop the invasion thanks to the inner kingdom castles and forts. The mana cannons pushed them back for now.

This was the only reason the kingdom hadn't fallen yet. But bad news appeared when a Solhaven naval attack succeeded in the west, and they took the port city of Dawnhaven.

But she soon helped arrive when the Zenians sent an army south and was due to arrive in a week. Teuila was watching the enemies as the city's guard commander informed her. ''The Aurelians have launched their attack, princess. We must prepare.''

She nodded, and the commander started barking out orders, and the cannons began to roar to life as they fired into the enemy ranks.

Some shots hit their targets, taking out many Aurelians, but the mages blocked most.

That's when Teuila spotted a small group of soldiers rushing toward the wall. She turned to the loyal and battle-hardened soldiers gathered along the battlements.

They were looking at her, their trust in her unwavering. Her voice rang out, solid and commanding.

"Listen well, my warriors," Teuila began, carrying across the silent night. "The enemy approaches. They seek to breach our walls, but we shall not yield. Our kingdom, our home, is at stake. Stand firm, for tonight, we defend Seastone with every ounce of our strength."

A murmur rippled through the ranks of her soldiers, their resolve bolstered by her unwavering leadership. Teuila's hand tightened around the hilt of her sword as she glanced at the soldiers under her command. She knew the time for words had passed.

She was a warrior, princess, and protector. She would lead by example. Without hesitation, Teuila leaped off the towering wall, her cloak billowing behind her like a dark shadow.

As the Aurelian vanguard approached, their torches flickering in the distance, revealing their positions.

Teuila landed gracefully among them, her sword drawn and gleaming in the firelight. The clash of steel against steel echoed through the night as she met the enemy head-on.

With unparalleled skill and courage, her blade was a blur of deadly precision. She moved with the grace of a dancer and the strength of a lioness, striking down her foes with each swing of her sword.

The enemy, taken aback by her ferocity, faltered momentarily, but some Aquarian soldiers joined her attack. Together, they pushed back the vanguard, driving them away from the walls.

Teuila's heart pounded with the thrill of battle, and her soldiers fought with unwavering determination, inspired by their princess's fearless example.

As the first rays of dawn broke over the horizon, they stood victorious, but that was cut short as more soldiers rushed at them. They were forced to retreat into the city, where a long and bloody siege would occur.

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[The Zenian Empire]

Nefertiti stayed in an army camp in the north while in a foul mood due to not seeing Archer. She knew he was trapped but was still angry either way, and her Father asked her to help the Arcane Mages.

They were sent to the north to stop the Pharothonian's attack, while her siblings were sent southwest. Her Father went west to put down a rebellion that sprung from nowhere. Nefertiti just returned from an attack.

She was walking through the camp when an alarm warned everyone of an incoming attack. Nefertiti walked over to the wall and climbed up.

When she did, she saw a wave of beasts, but they were being controlled. The Zenians started firing arrows and spells.

Nefertiti got to work and started firing Arcane Blasts into the horde, sending many flying and crashing into each other.

The attacks continued like this for hours. When the beasts were dealt with, everyone was tired when they heard a horn in the distance and saw a new army joining the fray.

The Zenian commander ordered a retreat to Sobek Castle, and within a day, most soldiers were back in the castle.

Nefertiti's temper worsened as she stood on the wall and fired spells into the Pharothonian army.

Soon, the battle of Nilewinds Province started, and it would stretch on for weeks as battles were won and lost, but it always ended in a stalemate.

The emperor sent reinforcements, and over the next two weeks, the Zenians pushed forward and reclaimed lost land until the Pharothonians rereleased their beasts.

The north was now at a standstill as the beasts constantly roamed the land and attacked convoys and patrols.

Nefertiti was now stationed in Karnakhold Castle, which blocked the way south and was the last Zenian bastion in the north.

She started to pray to whatever god would listen that Archer would return and help as she was getting irritated and fed up with the war.

As the days passed, she received news that her Father was victorious and her siblings were still fighting while she was bogged down there.

The emperor was sending reinforcements to the north, but they were taking their time thanks to the long distance.

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[The Solari and Lunaris Empire's - Land Of Mediterra]

While Archer disappeared alongside Llyniel, Hemera and Talila rushed home and helped out the Solarian mage core as they were stretched thin.

The Delphosians rallied the Aeternumians and Achaeanians before launching a two-pronged attack on the Solarians and Lunarians alongside a large band of pirates working with them.

The empires were caught off guard as the Mediterra war was all but over, and a peace treaty was in the works.

After the attack, the Elves regrouped and started launching counterattacks, and they managed to reclaim the territory they had lost.

Together, the two armies pushed the Western Alliance forces back to the banks of the Hyacinth River.

The war became gorilla warfare and raids that the elves could handle as long as the Republic didn't send reinforcements alongside the other two kingdoms.

Hemera, Talila, her guards, and her academy friends were dispatched to the southwestern region and were stationed at the Arcadian Castle that guarded the western border.

Talila was taking out many Republic soldiers trying to sneak across the river while Hemera and the Solari commander just watched.

When the Aeternum and Delphosian laid siege to the castle, the Lunarians were pushing the alliance from the north, forcing the alliance to split their army.

But what they didn't expect was the Zenia Empire in the south steamrolling the Achaean Kingdom and helping the Solarians.

The same was happening with the Lunarians, they were pushed back but thanks to reinforcements from the eastern part of the empire they managed to push back the invaders.

They blocked all bridges that crossed the Hyacinth River before the moon elf armies set up temporary fortresses on their side.

Hecate didn't return, and she wasn't missed. The emperor was still confused by Archer's choice and wondered why he picked the odd daughter.

However, whispers had reached his ears, suggesting that the young man was happy with the girl and had been spotted together with her on multiple occasions.

This information had been relayed to him by the Solarian emperor following the signing of a peace treaty that had cemented the two former enemies as allies in the Mediterra War.

The war came to a standstill, with neither side able to press forward without losing thousands of soldiers.

So both commanders decided to hold at the river and launch raids into the empires and vice versa.

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[Sentinels Reach - The Summerfield Duchy - Southern Avalon]

Sia breathed heavily on the battered castle walls as the Avalonians repelled another assault. This time, they lost even more soldiers and were only left with twenty thousand Avalonians and Moonhavenians against over one hundred thousand Duskmire and Silverpeak soldiers.

She looked at the mana cannons and ordered them to fire at will. They roared to life and fired over the wall. The charged mana blasts slammed into the enemy soldiers, causing some of them to turn into ashes, but most of the attacks were blocked by the Duskmire Mages.

The first battles weakened the Nagendra Kingdom, forcing them to return to their border as Silverpeak could invade them anytime.

That left the Avalon Empire and Moonhaven Kingdom to fight the unexpected war, but the outcome would've been different thanks to the emperor's preparations.

But something unexpected happened as enemy reinforcements appeared, throwing out the window every plan they were making. Two hundred thousand soldiers from the Everfallen and Shadowfen Kingdoms on the southeastern border declared war and joined the alliance.

They invaded by using the bridge that led into the Iron Marches. An area that has seen thousands of battles between the empire and Southern Kingdoms over its long history.

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