"I will speak." king Lauihnio replied. Lord Garthine Polion then leaned on the balcony and motioned for one of the drill guides to step forward. he said some words to him which made him nod continuously. when he was done whispering the drill guide moved towards the soldiers. "Halt! you bastards halt!" he bellowed "fifty men ten columns ten units at attention before your king!" the five hundred soldiers who were skirmishing held down their wooden swords and quickly arranged themselves in an orderly manner according to the instructions of the captain. Standing at attention chest out and chin up coupled with a confident look the soldiers appeared gallant eagerly awaiting for their king to speak. "The stage is yours my king." Lord Garthine Polion bowed and took some paces backwards to let king Lauihnio seize the moment. with all eyes on king Lauihnio he peered upon the soldiers admiring how gallant they looked on their bronze bracers and already wet subligaculum as a result of the enorm

"What do you want Lauihnio you are disturbing my peace." Lord Mordian said feeling annoyed. King Lauihnio ignored Lord Mordian and continued his stare on the scrolls in his hands. after some time he heaved a sigh. "Okay enough of the facade, uncle I need your help." Lord Mordian looked shocked, he turned his eyes to Lord Garthine Polion then returned them back to King Lauihnio, he started laughing. "I am serious uncle." King Lauihnio said chin up. "Then I supposed you have come to the very wrong place." Lord Mordian muttered. "Uncle - uncle Bauthinia is in trouble, the Quanians plan to attack us we seriously need all the help we can get." King Lauihnio bent towards his uncle holding his right shoulder. Lord Mordian stared at him for a while then frowned, he grabbed king Lauihnio and pushed him against the wall, pining him to the wall he held a short knife at the king's throat. On seeing this Lord Garthine Polion quickly removed his xiphos sword from his scabbard and held it at Lord

"Um yes I can remember only a few - why do you think this men might be working for king Brothlander?""I have to investigate every suspect I can, I have ordered a thorough search of the residences of my noblemen including my barons." "Wow. this is serious." Lord Garthine Polion said. "yes it is uncle - and those men of yours, you uncle will find them and lead us to them, we will investigate them and see if they are guilty." "Okay I am fine with that but you have to let me handle this investigation myself if not you will not get a single word from them. that is if they are the spies you speak of." King Lauihnio stared at him for a while. "Okay you do it your own way but I want the whole process to go smoothly.""I give you my word it would go well." Lord Mordian assured him. "I so cannot wait for things to get back to normal again." King Lauihnio said trying to imagine the good years that the Bauthinians experienced before the news of king Brothlander, even before the joint campaig

King Lauihnio charged towards his uncle with the aim of striking him with his wooden sword. "I hate it when people say such things about my days as a gladiator - haaaa." Lord Mordian ducked at the effort making the already enraged King to strike thin air. King Lauihnio then turned to his uncle breathing heavily and staring balefully at his direction. "I have heard many people talk about my success at the arena as a result of favour given the fact that I was the crowned prince at time - I am sick of all of those lies." he said angrily. "I worked hard for every fight I partook in at the arena, I spent my flesh, my sweat, my breath and my blood in order to be crowned champion of Bauthinia three good times." Lord Mordian was still trying to recover from the shock of King Lauihnio's attempted attack on him. "But come to think of it Lauihnio you achieved such feet at the arena, yet you never killed a man at the arena, how can you explain that." Lord Mordian asked looking like he tried to

"Uncle I would like to see this power of the dragon egg." Lord Mordian almost choked on the wine he was consuming, he spattered the wine on the king's golden table with some of the wine staining his woolen tunic. he coughed as a result and when he recovered he gave king Lauihnio a surprise look. "what did you say?" he asked squeezing his face. "I said I would like to see this power of the dragon egg." "oh great Oridon not again." Lord Mordian whispered to himself. "anything wrong with that? - you look like you have had a terrible experience with the egg before." King Lauihnio asked. "of course I have. the last time I helped your father harness the power of the egg he nearly burnt me to ashes." Lord Mordian said looking annoyed. "but you said no one could decipher the writings on the egg." "Well your father and I found a way, anyway that is not important why do you want to see this dragon power?""I am curious, I would love to see the power that emanates from the dragon egg." "W