The Civilian Outfits 2 has Janie on it now.
She is also the last member of the Troop.
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Chapter Thirty One
Escape From Regalshin: Part Two
"Telm, is everything ready?"
"Almost."
Telm, a young Euto Guard with unruly brown hair sighed as he closed one more box of supplies. He turned to another guard and handed it off, instructing the man to take it to the convoy.
"Dent…why were we chosen?"
Dent shook his head, this man, only a few years older donned a cross shaped scar on his left cheek, he had silver hair with oddly bright green eyes that stared at the ceiling. He shook his head "I'm not sure but Krayvon is putting his faith in us…"
Telm nodded "I'm getting the last of our supplies ready right now…do you know where we are going?"
"The only truly safe place right now…Pozem."
Dent and Telm remained silent for a short moment before Telm resumed packing and Dent turned, picking up his weapon. "I wish I could fight…but…"
"We know this won't end well, Dent. They'll do everything they can and we must do everything we can."
The knights sighed before Dent left the room "Blood above blood. Blood for blood…"
"Pillar!" Two huge stones erupted from the earth and extended high up, blocking the two main entrances to Ukla Cave and shielding the troop as they made their way to a higher level.
Mikel fell to his knees, breathing hard "Soren…got a…plan?"
The tactician looked around, listening to the soldiers screaming outside and the constant strikes against the pillars blocking Ukla Cave. Fourteen of them against hundreds outside, he had no doubt they could cut through them but that would not help their image. What he couldn't understand was why this was happening?
"Soren!" he turned to Mia and nodded "The hole the snipers used to get in gives me an idea…everyone, back to the base floor, Janie, think you can tunnel us out of here?"
Janie turned and smiled "Sure…I'll need a lot of time to focus though…" she then got serious "We're putting everyone in very real danger…half of us could die here…and that is being generous."
Zihark smiled "Not likely…those stories I told you about us, the ones you thought I exaggerated, they were completely true…we'll survive this, now get to digging."
She kept her eyes on Soren and Mia who nodded, turned to Zihark who gave her a thumbs up then jumped over the railing to the base level and began digging as the rest of the troop formed around her, Fistivus and Lune were farthest away, against the wall while Soren and Wyre stood closest to Janie with their magic ready, Kay'Shera and Tyazaer on their mounts were ahead while the rest of the troop spread themselves among the open floor as the stones shielding them from the outside continued to get beat down.
"Retuu! How does it go up here?" a knight called to the head sage on the roof. Retuu, commanded the other sages shooting streams of fire, lightning and wind at the charging soldiers. Every time they got close they prepared several hooks to grapple onto the roof; the sages easily knocked them off and caused the enemy troops attempting to scale the wall to fall back to the ground. Retuu himself commanded fire magic and made his priority the cavalry, though many were well armed seeing as how Wilt was a Great Knight.
"We are maintaining on all sides! Has the main gate been breached?"
Before the knight could respond a call went out followed by a massive explosion. Retuu narrowed his eyes and looked out towards the back of the army "Cannons…"
Another knight appeared "The enemy has torn through a wall and is entering the Research Center!"
The two knights left as the sages continued their assault.
Below, Krayvon's first line of guards maintained by the main entrance while the third and fourth grouped up and took off to the hole in a room to the west, a division of sages followed them as another call went out.
"Get down!" a massive blast tore through the main gates as Krayvon called out for an immediate counterattack, spears and magic filled the air, shooting through the burning rubble of the main gate. Several soldiers and horses stumbled into the Research Center before falling dead; eventually a regiment of swordsmen, halberdiers and paladins ran in, Krayvon called the first line to charge in, the second to maintain and the second and third mage divisions to provide back up.
"Krayvon! A wall into the east laboratory has been breached!"
The general cursed "Take the sixth mage division and fifth knight line over there, call a few divisions of the standing rear guard to join you!"
The knight took off calling back the orders as the divisions took off after him. The second line of knights moved in, holding their shields up they stabbed into the air with their spears, skewering passing paladins and causing the horses to storm off in a panic, arrows began filling the air and cutting into the mages, knights filled the upper walkways, using their shields to protect their magical forces.
Another call rang out and high above the torn main gate another section of the wall was destroyed, hooks appeared and men began climbing in. Krayvon called his archers and they emerged from custom made hiding holes in the walls. The hidden forces cut through the attackers before sealing themselves up again.
"You there, call another group of standing knights from the rear to the main gate!" the knight bowed and took off as Krayvon watched a line of cavalry break in and slaughter more of his knights.
One of the stone pillars exploded and several wyvern riders stormed in followed by horsemen and warriors. Soren and Wyre took down the aerial forces with aid from Rhogam and Mikel's bows while the other ground troop members charged and met the Regalshin forces.
"We fight for our lives! Kill or be killed!" Lyle screamed, and as much as Soren hated to admit it, they had no choice.
Mia and Lyle reached the warriors and with their nimble blades, cut through their armor and dodged their fierce axes as Wayu and Leena followed behind Orgoth. The knight used his weight to shove horses aside, as the beasts stumbled and regained themselves, the women cut down their riders.
Tyazaer and Kay'Shera charged into the mess of soldiers with the Trickster To'Eltz close behind, Tyazaer's hook lance swung about constantly, either ripping into skin or ripping off portions of armor which allowed To'Eltz to sink his blade into many bodies as he made his way through the Regalshin ranks.
Kay'Shera's lance with its intense momentum from Michalis tore through knights on the ground with ease. The roc flew as high as it could, constantly dodging arrows from the enemy before shooting back down.
Zihark spun his blades and charged a general followed by two more halberdiers as the second stone pillar came apart revealing a squad of mages unleashing hell, aiming at Ukla Cave itself causing rocks to collapse from the ceilings or walkways and destroying inns and stores.
Soren moved aside as a slab of stone landed near him "Everyone! Focus on the mages that just came in!"
Moving aside, the mages allowed Great Knights and Dark Knights to ride past them followed by Wyvern Riders led by the Wyvern Knight Yushez.
"Rhogam! Mikel! Wyre and I will handle the wyverns, take out that armored cavalry!"
The pair nodded and charged, followed by Tyazaer and To'Eltz. A Dark Knight barreled towards the paladin, with no hesitation she tore through his magic and struck the dark rider with her blade several times as they passed each other. As Tyazaer dealt with another Dark Knight, To'Eltz leapt went to work on the injured one Tyazaer left behind.
Rhogam, using his larger size, grappled with horses causing them to rear up to kick him or turn away, throwing off the aim of the Great Knights on their back. Some of the Regalshin warriors fell off their mounts and as quickly as he could, Rhogam buried his axe in them.
Armed with a hand axe, Mikel tossed it repeatedly at the riders, each time they deflected it he dove aside as they charged past him. Keeping their attention he allowed Leena and Wayu to get past him and cut off the approaching mages. The women dealt with them quickly as more wyvern riders began filling the cave, their wyverns screeching in unison.
As Orgoth killed a warrior, a swordmaster charged from behind, the knight turned as the foe's Armorslayer cut through his armor and skin. Orgoth stumbled back and held up his lance, a massive swing from the swordmaster severed the lance. As Orgoth reached down, the Armorslayer sank into his leg. With a cry he picked up the severed end of the lance and jammed it into the swordmaster's throat causing the man to choke and fall dead. Pulling the blade out, Orgoth stumbled back and picked up a stray lance to continue fighting in spite of his injuries.
Mia and Lyle were soon joined by Zihark and the three engaged a squad of assassins that charged in followed by a few generals. As they fought a huge wyvern flew overhead. "Gorm…" Zihark muttered as he killed another man.
One assassin fell to his knees but grabbed Lyle's arm "Let go you-"
The assassin screamed and Lyle noticed a fire bomb on his chest "Mia! Zi-"
The assassin exploded, tossing Lyle, Mia and Zihark in random directions.
Zihark flew into Tyazaer and knocked her off her horse, the pair rolled across the ground past Soren and Wyre. The former cursed and pulled out his blade "Hold this place Wyre, no matter what."
The sage nodded as Soren took off into the battle field, as he killed a man with his flame covered sword, Michalis screeched as two arrows struck him and he fell out of the air. Kay'Shera leapt off and rolled to her feet only to be struck by a hand axe and knocked to the floor.
Mikel threw his axe and struck down a man behind Rhogam; the Reaver prepared to thank him but instead called out "Behind you!" A spear thrust through Mikel and as Rhogam ran toward him a stream of Arcfire burned into his back and sent him face first into the ground.
Mia stood again, followed by Zihark who tried to help Tyazaer up but noticed a large gash from an axe in her side "Stay down for a bit! I'll-"
The Daein Trueblade leapt away as Yushez atop his wyvern dove by and swung at him. Seeing that, Mia extended her hand "Coward!" releasing purple flames into the sky, burning the wyvern's tough skin and causing it to thrash and spin.
A loud crash caused Mia to turn, looking straight at Gorm aboard his Wyvern; he swung his axes into the ground as Mia back flipped away.
She stumbled across Lyle's badly burned body and cursed as more troops approached her.
"Janie! How is it going down there?" Wyre called as he overworked his Brave Bolt tome.
The Elder Mage stopped briefly and turned nervously, "It…it's going…" she really wished she spent more time studying earth magic as opposed to playing around with Zihark or the random creatures of the Umbarra Heights, she wasn't digging nearly as fast as she thought she could.
"These people will not die because of me…Freen…lend me your strength!"
"Hold the line!" Retuu screamed the mages were doing well until more cannons were pulled in and now aimed at the roof; one shot blasted a squad of his mages to pieces. Most miss and crash into the cliffs behind the Research Center but the ones that hit the mark, even roughly, cause many casualties.
Taking a step back he began to breathe slowly before leaping into the air "Meteor!" a large flaming rock shot down from above him and crashed into the center of the Euto/Treige forces, the sages cheered him on as they continued the assault. Another cannon blast tore into the Research Center wall and then came up through the ceiling, throwing several sages aside.
In the main hall, Krayvon's forces were nearly routed as Commander Wilt entered with several more Great Knights at his side; they easily ran over the remaining knights, Krayvon called up "East or West? Which wing is doing better?"
The knight above called back "The East is being overrun! We should retreat and join with the West Wing!"
"Call the remaining standing forces! Archers! Clear out the hall!"
As Krayvon and the few remaining troops pulled out of the main entrance, the hiding holes opened up and fire bombs were thrown out, Wilt saw them land around him and his knights "Take cover!" He screamed as the bombs exploded, the room collapsed all around the enemy forces, burying them.
Above, Retuu felt the building tremble and cursed, the man realized the Research Center would not survive. He closed his eyes and recalled his first meeting with Kolkem; he served alongside that man a lot and was convinced to stay on with Eminse. "I'm sorry you're research had to be lost this way…"
Retuu renewed the assault and thought of all the files he and Eminse decided were best to take with them, much of the progress the Center has made will be lost but what has been saved are the most worthy experiments of all.
A figure leapt high into the air and landed on a sage, killing him. Retuu turned "Ottenz…"
The war monk stood and looked at Retuu as several more sages turned to face him. "I'm still not entirely certain of what is going on…but after what Jikahn told me…it doesn't matter…"
"What are you talking about Ottenz?"
"Blood above blood…I'll avenge her death."
As the war monk charged he screamed "This is for Rey Oshwa!"
In Regalshin, Soren leapt away as his arm was encased in fire from an enemy sage; To'Eltz was thrown to the sage's feet. A large gash was on the side of his head as a result of a strike from one of Gorm's axes.
Hearing a scream, Soren turned as electrical magic grabbed Wayu and threw her across the room. Leena and Mia continued to fight a squad of warriors until a pair of Reavers emerged alongside a General and began to beat them back.
"Wyre!" Soren called, turning to see the sage get struck down by Yushez who took off again. Preparing a black flame Soren fired it into the general causing him to stumble back as Mia dodged one of the Reavers. Leena wasn't as lucky, after a powerful strike she fell to the ground limp.
Soren turned as a man charged him; Zihark cut in and killed the foe "Soren! We are NOT dying here!"
The sage shook his head as he saw three arrows in Zihark's back, one on his shoulder and several cuts along his chest area, even a small scratch on his cheek bled as he faced Soren.
"No matter the cost, I'm getting you and Mia out of here!"
"I won't be responsible for your death, Zihark!"
"You won't be! At least, I'd like to believe that."
Soren cursed "Damn it Zihark, we're getting out of this! All of us!"
The sage watched as Zihark nodded slowly before turning to face the overwhelming enemy forces.
Soren closed his eyes "No one is going to die here!"
A voice came through Soren's head "No one is going to die here? If only that were true…all of you are going to perish…sad really…"
Everything seemed to stop as Ashnard's voice continued.
"I expected more from one who not only has Royal Daein Blood but also Royal Dragon Blood…there is something in your memory that I think can help both of us…"
"Don't talk to me as if I'm related to you in any way!" Soren called back at nothing, the battle remaining frozen.
"The Branded Shift…if there ever was a time to try it…it would be now…"
Soren shook his head as the battle resumed and Zihark fell to the ground followed by Mia getting thrown across the room by Gorm.
Yushez himself descended on Soren and slammed his weapon into the ground as the sage jumped away.
"It's over…surrender now or we kill all of you…" Gorm stated. Soren noticed that there was a man and weapon aimed at all of his fallen comrades.
"Yushez! Gorm!"
The pair turned as Orkra entered "We shouldn't be doing this!"
Yushez laughed "Too late!"
"Not quite!" A figure darted across the area, killing several troops, as more turned to find the culprit, arrows entered a dozen skulls, the arrows flashed before exploding causing Yushez and Gorm to duck.
Soren ran over and healed Zihark quickly; the rest of the troop was still down though Mia was struggling to get up, as was To'Eltz.
"Who?"
Before the Daein could finish, Uhnie appeared in front of the pair in new assassin gear. She smiled "Once a Greil Mercenary."
Shinon dropped down near them and saw Zihark "You look like shit."
The trueblade couldn't help but smile as Shinon helped him up, "Soren! Get your troop out of here!" Orkra called as she pulled out her axe and began killing Regalshin soldiers.
Shinon and Uhnie shot out to aid her and Soren nodded, proceeding to heal Wyre "We need everyone up and able to move as soon as possible!" he told the sage.
Yushez and Gorm raised their weapons and called the Regalshin soldiers to ignore Orkra's position and kill her as well.
Seeing the enemy commanders prepare to mount their wyverns, Shinon shook his head "Now, now." He shot several explosive arrows that struck the ground around Yushez and Gorm.
Yushez laughed "Seriously?"
Gorm grabbed the wyvern knight and tossed him aside before bringing his arms up as the arrows exploded.
"Now!" As Wilt's forces stormed into the West Wing, archers and sages rained down on them, killing most of them, however every dead man was replaced by two and the last lines of knights began to charge forward.
Krayvon turned to his side "Dent. Take Eminse…now…"
The younger man, Dent turned to Krayvon "Sir-"
"Now…" Dent turned to his comrade and nodded before facing Krayvon again "It's been an honor." He bowed and took off as Krayvon screamed and charged into battle, ripping through bodies without remorse.
One the roof Retuu stood across from Ottenz, all the sages lay dead around him, the Fire Archsage watched Ottenz pace across the roof "Rey Oshwa…she can't be dead…you have to know this!"
"I wish I didn't! Jikahn showed me the truth! Without her…nothing matters anymore…the least I can do is kill everyone responsible!"
"Even if it were true, we aren't responsible for her death!"
"No, but Jikahn will tell me who is and where they are once the Center falls…I didn't want it to come this far…but I have no choice, blood is blood."
Retuu took several steps back "Ottenz…this isn't you, you don't kill comrades…we are of the same country you fool!"
The Archsage saw the conflict in Ottenz face; even now the war monk was not on Jikahn's side.
"We'll help you…we'll find out the truth! Jikahn can't be trusted! He killed messengers from Regalshin attempting to learn of the Korgan attack on the Euto Research Center! He is involved in something bigger than both of us and will go to any length to protect it!"
Ottenz shook his head "A conspiracy spanning the entire continent? You expect me to believe this!"
"We are a part of it! These kinds of things don't happen in the age of peace! So what are we doing?"
Ottenz looked around, the forces outside of the center still storming in and the sages he killed.
"What if, even now, there are wars like this being fought in Ymarkteg…yet we don't know because the crowns don't want us to know!"
"The kings and queens of Ymarkteg are running a fake peace? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? You are speaking of the very crown you swore to serve! You speak against Amaryllis! Against Anondye's Queen! Who are you with!?"
"I'm not with anyone…I'm for the truth!"
Ottenz and Retuu remained there, watching each other "Realize this…before you do something you regret!"
Ottenz shook his head and charged Retuu who called down a meteor, crashing into the roof and destroying it.
Below, the ceiling and floors above began to collapse; Krayvon killed another man and turned, seeing he was the only one still standing. Turning to face the approaching men he screamed and began cutting through them, back through the halls he retreated through, back into the rubble of the main hall and over countless bodies of allies and enemies until he emerged in the field in front of the Euto Research Center, dropping his destroyed axe and ignoring the countless wounds he sustained.
The commander looked up, his eyes resting on Wilt who was taken out of the building as the main hall collapsed from the fire bomb explosions. Next to him landed Ottenz, covered in burns from the explosion on the roof but still alive.
"Krayvon…" Wilt stated "Was this worth it?"
Elsewhere, Eminse's convoy rode up a hill; she dismounted despite Dent and Telm calling her back and stared at the ruined Research Center until she noticed Krayvon standing before Wilt and Ottenz.
"Krayvon…"
Half the troop stood again and as they fought alongside Shinon, Uhnie and Orkra, the rest were brought back towards the tunnel Janie dug. Despite the relief the reinforcements brought, they were beginning to tire as well. Shinon cursed at agreeing to come here, a slap from Uhnie stopped his complaints but the Regalshin forces continued to charge in.
"Sorry I'm late!" the group turned as Leah leapt down from the roof and cut through a wyvern, he landed near the troop with the dead wyvern and rider crashing down behind him.
From the hole in the ceiling about a dozen Froghuls emerged and engaged the Regalshin forces.
Zihark turned to Soren and Mia then to Leah "The Invincible Four are back together!"
Shinon shook his head "Not for long! Soren is everyone up yet! You have got to get out of here! Now!"
"What about all of you?" Soren asked.
As Leah charged forward and began cutting through more foes, Orkra turned to Soren, clutching her side she smiled "We'll be fine…we can't let them pursue you…we'll hold their attention as long as we can until you all escape…they can't follow you to Pozem."
Shinon and Uhnie nodded as Janie emerged and shot out several black bolts into approaching enemy forces, the beams stopped in midair, forming into orbs that exploded violently. Janie turned to Soren and nodded "Complete! Let's go!"
Leah flipped over to the group and gestured towards his Froghul allies "We're just the advanced guard, we have some more help on the way, we'll be fine!"
Mia came up to the group "How do we know-"
Zihark smiled "We won't die here…we've been through too much."
Shinon sighed "No heartfelt bullshit right now, they're still coming."
Uhnie laughed "Shinon really does care."
Mia put a hand on Soren's shoulder, he cursed "We expect to reunite with you all in the future…don't die here."
Leah, Shinon, Uhnie and Zihark all nodded, the sage then turned to Orkra "I'm truly sorry for dragging you into all of this."
"I did it for myself…and for a worthy cause…I know that the charges are lies…whatever is going on, you all are the only ones who can stop it."
Janie came up to Zihark "Tag team time Z?"
The trueblade shook his head "No, Janie…we've been together for quite a while…but I think you'll be more useful with Soren and Mia…how will Freen know to trust them otherwise?"
Janie remained silent despite the chaos all around "Z…I can stay, I can-"
The trueblade turned to Janie who swallowed before looking down at the floor "I…I understand…I'm gonna miss you Z."
Zihark smiled "I'll miss you too…and don't worry, we aren't going to die here, you can bet on that."
As Zihark and Janie hugged, Shinon, Uhnie, Leah and Orkra reengaged the enemy alongside the very few remaining Froghuls.
Soren and Mia shook hands with Zihark though the latter elected to hug him as well "Survive…that's all we can say…" Soren stated.
As he and Mia moved away she called out "We will meet again!"
The pair joined the troop in entering the tunnel, Wyre turned "We're leaving them behind?"
Soren closed his eyes "No choice."
Janie looked at Zihark one last time before taking off and leaping into the tunnel.
Leah leapt back to Zihark who grinned "Nice cape…you're new look really suits you…"
"Not so bad yourself old-timer…"
Zihark laughed "I resent that…so…Froghul reinforcements?"
Leah shook his head "I just wanted to help push Soren and Mia to continue on…"
The last Froghul fell dead and Leah sighed "That was all the help Master Ghul could give me…it's just us now…"
Zihark spun his blades "Then let's get crazy!"
The Daein and Hitenticul Trueblades charged into the fray alongside the Tellian Marksman, Thyremog Assassin and Regalshin Hero.
"Why Ottenz…why are you doing this?"
Ottenz kept his eyes on Krayvon "Why are you doing it?"
"Because this is all a lie…I knew it would either end with us being killed silently or in the open, defending the truth…and our loved ones…"
Wilt shook his head "Kill silently? Do you believe our government is trying to cover something up?"
Krayvon smirked "I'm guessing you just follow orders…you don't question anything…you don't think…"
Wilt remained silent before turning to Ottenz "You know what the orders were."
The Great Knight gestured at Krayvon; Ottenz turned to the fallen general and closed his eyes.
"What is it we say? Anything for our blood? Our families, our loved ones, our crown is what we fight for…what we defend. Krayvon has turned against all of that, the soldiers from both sides will not see their family again, their loved ones and can no longer defend their crown…you'll be doing all of them an honor, Ottenz, and you know it."
Ottenz gripped his axe tightly as he recalled his meeting with Jikahn.
"That is a lie!"
The war monk yelled as Jikahn took back the Myillheim report. "I'm sorry to say but the people you and Iltar'Elm allowed through Treige caused some kind of mayhem in Myillheim and it claimed the life of your beloved…I really wish it wasn't true, Rey Oshwa was part of Numengate's new direction…what after the Dalton Debacle…"
Ottenz backed away until he hit a wall "Why? Why would they-"
He cursed and slammed his fist into the wall "What could they gain from her death? Why her…"
Jikahn stood "We are doing this for her and all loss because of these people and their terrorist activities. Once you help us here, I'll know where your loyalty lies and I'll put you at the front with Wilt, once we locate them, you'll be one of the first in to get your answers and your revenge…all for your blood right?"
Ottenz looked up at Jikahn who grinned and extended his hand.
Ottenz turned to Wilt who nodded before looking back at Krayvon. Retuu's words came back to him.
"I'm not with anyone…I'm for the truth! Realize this…before you do something you regret!"
The war monk approached Krayvon "I'm for the truth…the truth of what happened to Rey Oshwa…I'm for redemption…for what happened to everyone because I wasn't careful…"
He raised his axe "I'm sorry, Krayvon! But-"
The general grinned "Blood is blood…"
The war monk remained still as something in his conscious spoke "No coming back from this…"
Giving in, Ottenz screamed as someone else cried out "No!"
Eminse's tears fell and her hands covered her mouth. She fell to her knees as the war monk Ottenz ripped his axe out of Krayvon's dead body.
Dent grabbed her and took her into the convoy as Telm gave the signal to start heading for Pozem. Dent spoke softly to Eminse as the convoy cut through the forest, away from the Euto Research Center "There is nothing we can do…"
Telm remained silent, he turned back slightly, seeing the Research Center as trees obscured it and they continued to move away.
Soon it would be discovered they escaped, whether or not they reach Pozem in time and find 'those people' remained to be seen.
The war monk turned slowly facing Wilt who nodded to him and called the rest of the force to begin cleaning up.
Near the battle another man remained silent, his bow string drawn taut with the bolt aiming at Ottenz. The other border commander, Iltar'Elm could not bring himself to kill his friend and prevent him from making this huge mistake. Rage and sadness filled the man as he turned away, his fists tightly clenched and shaking.
His right hand walked over to him "Sir."
"Re'Zin…we have a problem."
The nomad nodded as Iltar'Elm continued "First, get in touch with one of our men in Numengate…look into Rey Oshwa…"
"What about you?"
Iltar'Elm came to a stop and sighed "I need to find out where Soren and Mia went…they need to know what is happening here…"
Re'Zin raised an eyebrow "You trust them?"
Iltar'Elm faced his comrade "I have no choice but to…"
Governor Jikahn watched the entire attack and now stares at the rubble of the Euto Research Center with a smile "What do you think?"
He turned around and faced his comrade "Perfect…now make sure there is no one else who knows of this…and place a man you can truly depend on to protect the border…"
The governor coughed "What about Iltar'Elm of Sarhara?"
The mystery man shrugged as he turned and left "You're a creative man…you think of something."
Jikahn bowed as the man exited the building with a smile.
As the mystery man walked past a comrade of his he spoke.
"The conflict continues to grow…more complex…"
The second man followed, one of his hands clenching a golden watch.
"Wouldn't have it any other way…"
Regalshin END