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Drachen Sichlor.

Seated on his iron throne in Castle Stahl Festung, Emperor Stangian Drake Eisernfaust, the Dragon Scyther, sat with his four generals.

A calm young voice called out. "Any news from the two?"

"Raylene and Angelo?" A lady replied. "Well, they haven't come back yet. I've sent my scouts to see them and search for them." The lady wore a white mask with three red stripes on the lower right corner, like claw marks. The eye holes were sharp in the edges. Her short hair was black.

She looked back at the young man.

He had black, flowing hair and was fairly thin. His sword was on his side.

A woman in black robes added insult, "Heh, they should be back by now if they succeeded. How come they even became generals?”
“Silence Xena.” Emperor Stangian ordered. “I don’t want any conflicts between my generals, alright? Now, lets—“

Radio static cut the emperor mid-sentence.
“Yes?” The masked lady spoke on her radio. “Uh-huh..”

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“Yes.”

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“What?”

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“Ahh… Ohh…”

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“Okay. Thank you for the report. You may return to base now.”

“Your scouts?” Xena asked.

“Yes. They found Raylene on Blancamur, uninjured. But the sword she brought is not with her. She looked faint, too, as my scouts described her.”

“We’ll she’s unsuccessful.”
“Yeah. The Second Squad of scouts are still searching for Angelo in Surterra.”

“Okay”. The Emperor said, “We’ll wait for the report before we start our meeting.”

The eldest of the generals was thinking. He was stroking his long white beard and pondered on things. He knew Raylene well. He was her battle instructor. She wouldn’t leave her sword unless it was worthless. And, she has that ideal that no sword is worthless, unless…

Unless it was broken. Now. How the hell did her contenders break her sword? Its Cieragon steel… Unless…

“The Second Squad just reported back” the masked lady announced.

“They just found the general Angelo in the eastern part of Surterra Forest. Apparently, he was frozen from neck to foot. They are requesting the support of Xena’s medic mages to thaw him out. They have sent Angelo’s guard on the area already, to guard him and to search for the princess.”

General Xena kept silent, with eyes closed. A few moments later, she spoke, “I’ve sent my support squad to Angelo’s area. They’ll be with him in a few minutes.” Mind telepathy is really handy, she thought.

The emperor was looking at General Gunther, the eldest general. He knew he was thinking of something. He was thinking of something himself. Finally, he spoke. “Okay, generals. We will postpone the meeting today. We will wait for Raylene and Angelo to return here in Maschital. Xena, alert your mages to tell the two generals to come back as soon as they can here, tell them the emperor seeks their audience. Shaira, assemble your scouts and order them to continue the search for the princess. We need to find her as soon as we can. Roy, prepare your units. We will follow another attack after we meet. Gunther, stay. We will talk about some things. As for everyone else, dismissed. I want no one, even you, guards to stay. Leave us both here.”

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“Everyone is out now, sire. What was it you want to talk about?” Gunther asked.

“You know that I know you are thinking of something. Now, speak your mind, general.”

“Hmm. Yes. Well, it’s Raylene’s defeat. I fear we have some competition now. The princess might have found some strong allies.”




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