Chapter 16: First Hurdle

13 January 5555
[Florencis Forest]
[King Claude IV]

Second week of King Claude's travel in Florencis. After the king has ordered his battalion to split into three groups, one to search for food, one to recon the area before the king advances on his journey and one to accompany the king. All this of course was directed by Blaine while orders were merely given by King Claude

[Battalion one: Food hunters]

"This cannot be! This cannot be!" shouted one of the Battalion Colonel's guards as a he witnesses his Colonel being mauled to death by the abnormally large Florencian bears, having torn him and a few other comrades' bodies apart with their sharp fangs and claws.

"These three bears are insanely oversized!!" shouted another soilder as he dropped his weapons and started running aimlessly though the trees. Something strage was happening in the forest, and the squad was in trouble.

"Use the flare potion now!", without hesitation, the second-in-command immediately shot a flare potion into the sky, signalling the rest of the Empirian army that they are in trouble, before noticing a large shadow looming above him. It was one of the bears, before the commander could even ready a strike at the huge bear with his sword, it's gigantic claw sliced the commander into half, sending his upper body flying towards a tree. It appears that nature has decided to throw a tantrum on the Empirian army.

[Battalion Two: Elites (Mainly used to protect the king)]

"BATTALION ONE IS IN TROUBLE! BATTALION ONE IS IN TROUBLE!" shouted one of the messengers for Battalion Two.

"Darn Blaine, I thought you said everything is going to be all right!" growled King Claude.

"This cannot be! The Colonel in charge of them was fairly famalliar with the areas in Florencis, he could not have lead them into trouble!" Thought Blaine to himself as sweat streaked down his forehead, something terribly unexpected has happened.

"Baetos Knights, recon the area now!" Commanded Blaine. Without further ado, a squad in the battalion immediately got into their formation and charged towards the designated location to check out what is going on.

"I knew our trip was going all too smoothly, could this be the Megandale Giants?" asked Claude, who has calmed himself down a little.

"I do not know your majesty, we can only move forward now while waiting for the news." Replied Blaine, Claude's trusty advisor and mentor.

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[INFORMATION ABOUT FLORENCIS]
Florencis Forest
Famous for: Elf-eating beasts

In contrast to Davesbury, exploring Florencis isn’t exactly a walk in the park. Florencis is rumoured to be home to vicious Florencian bears and wolves, the biggest threat to the Davesburrian Elves. If it wasn’t for the steadfast Empirian forest guards, the Davesburry would be a luxurious food haven for these monsters. Florencis forest has also become a deadly battlefield for the Empirians and Megandale Giants, where both parties are continuously fighting for the colonization of Davesbury and Florencis. The giants haven’t had any luck though.