The First Alliance

John, Idena, and Mikuru stood around a round table with a map of Springfield on it. The table was rather high tech for the old castle it was in, able to project holograms of troops and commanders on any map placed on it. Currently, Lord Brighton and his daughter were placed on the Brighton Manor area, as commanders of the far superior Order army that were surrounded by 250 soldier icons. Meanwhile, only five commanders appeared on top of John’s house, showing the uphill battle John had to deal with.

“We are severely outnumbered, John,” pointed out Mikuru.

“Yes, I can see that quite clearly. What we need to do is come up with a plan to actually be able to survive against them,” pointed out John as he stroked his chin with his hand, his eyes analyzing the data present on the map. John needed an army quickly, and his current citizens were not fighters by far. I hope Gali and Miho comes back with good news, else my reign will be a short one, thought John as he continued to look over the map.
“OOOOOOO! LOOK AT THE SHOOTY THINGY!” came a loud voice that echoed down the stone hallways of the castle.

“I WANNA TRY IT! I WANNA TRY IT!” came another loud voice.

“NO, ME!” replied the first voice.

“NO, I ASKED FIRST!” The two voices continued to argue about who got to use the shooty thing first.

“GIRLS, QUIET!” came a stern voice shortly afterwards that silenced both the voices of Mimi and Yatina, John assumed.

“Looks like Gali and Miho have returned with guests.”

“And the poor fools met Mimi and Yatina first,” giggled Idena.

“…and then breathed fire and crops started burning!” Yatina told Miho, whose hands were occupied by both Yatina’s and Mimi’s hands.

“Yeah and then I was like ‘Derp laser!’ and middle snek shot one at the castle and part of it fell off!” regaled Mimi.

“Oh wow! Sounds like you two have been having a lot of fun since Yatina turned into a dragon girl!” responded Miho, a smile on her face as she listened to the story the girls told her.

“Master! We were telling Miho about derptime!” Yatina told John as the three entered the war room.

“See? Told you sneks would find him! They are good at finding people!” Mimi said happily, with the sneks nodding in agreement, as Miho rewarded her with pats on the head.

“How was your mission, sister?” Mikuru asked her sister, getting straight to business.

“You two go along and play, we got grown up stuff to talk about,” Miho said to the girls as she patted their heads one more time.
“Aww, but we wanna play with big sis Miho!” the girls whined in unison.

“And you will, but later. Now go!” commanded Miho, to which the girls reluctantly left, their heads hung low.

“It was successful. Gali and I were able to meet up with her tribe. They’ve been displaced by a large orc army, and were willing to meet with you to see what you have to offer. They are in a **** state that you might be able to use to our advantage.”

John heard Miho’s words and was happy. While it was unfortunate that the elves were having troubles with the orcs, it did allow an opportunity for John to start building an army to counter the Order’s inevitable attack. John’s mind began formulating a plan to ensure that the elves moved into his kingdom and became his citizens. Besides, they’d be much safer overall in his kingdom once this whole thing with the Order is over, right?

“And here we have what appears to be our new war room, is that correct, king?” Gali said as she came around the corner with two stern looking elves slightly behind her.

“That is correct, Gali. I figured if we’re about to be in a war, we’d probably need a war room,” he told her as she and her guests took the open spots around the table.

“Hmm, seems like the situation was worse than you described, Galienia,” said the first elf. He stood around the same height as John, the two being able to look eye to eye as they spoke.The elf had long white hair, with part of it up in high ponytail. Even with his hair in the ponytail, it still flowed a good amount below his back. His left eye was covered in a simple eye patch, a nasty scar running its course from above his eyebrow down to his cheek. A pointed goatee rested on his chin, as white as the rest of his hair. His eyes held a golden hew to them, their connection to the sun and its power obvious. He was covered in a crimson armor, inlaid with gold. The armor had intricate designs etched into it, giving it a most regal look. A blood red orb sat in the middle of his chest armor, gleaming in the light cast onto it. His shoulder pads were rather impressive, forged in what appeared to be gold and in the shape of wings. A warm light glowed between the wings of the shoulder pads, a testament to the elves mastery of magic and crafting.

“Yes, that’s where I hoped you and your people could help,” John started but was interrupted by this elf.

“So you want us to abandon our homes to the orcs and flee here, to your kingdom, where you are currently in a war with the Golden Rose? I fail to see how our situation changes for the better. We’re merely switching one enemy for another,” the elf pointed out.

“While that is true,” started John, “alone we stand no chance against our enemies, but together,” John said, his left hand held open as his right hand was balled into a fist that he pulled together, “together we can beat them! And you aren’t the only allies I am seeking. I will make a Grand Army of Terebas to strike down our enemies that march to our gates! And perhaps, when we are finished with the Order, we could march on the orcs and regain your lands!” John said eloquently , confidence and charisma filling his words. Gali’s face shone as she heard her king speak, a warmness swelling inside her. Her smile radiated back to John as he looked at her and their two guests, trying to gauge the reaction to his little speech.

“Kornac, take his words with a grain of salt. Currently, all he has is talk, he has shown us nothing to prove to us that his words will come true. We must be cautious in what we do,” The words of caution came from Ranger General Kornac’s advisor, the grand magister. She wasn’t as tall as the other elf, but was quite beautiful. Her white hair matched Kornac’s, and was just a bit longer than his, going down to the middle of her back. Her eyes had the same gold glow that the ranger general also had. Her face looked extremely soft, as if she never had a bad skin day in her life. Her alabaster skin stood out against her white togaesque dress that she had draped over her body. The slit of her dress went all the way up to her hip, and not once did John see any sign of panties on her. This would match her up above, as he saw her clearly defined and hardened nipples and outline of her dark areola against the white cloth. She did have a gold band wrapped around her thigh, which matched the two wrapped around her biceps. If John had to guess, there was probably one wrapped around her other leg as well. I’ll have to double check later, you know, for science… he told himself as he continued to take in the presence of this woman. Gold trim was located along the slit of her dress, as well as at the bottom and right below her breasts. The gold below her breasts made her already noticeable assets even more alluring, clearly a D or perhaps E cup. She had sleeves on both arms, white with gold trim just like her dress. On her left shoulder sat a small gold shoulder pad that was connected to the dress via gold strings. Two necklaces sat on her neck, one rested along the neckline of her dress while the other was more akin to a choker with a large ruby looking gem encased in it. She held a rather simple staff in her left hand, with a gem at the top that was flanked by white could be wings on either side. At the bottom of the wings, where they grow from the staff, there were 4 rings on each side that jingled when she moved it.

“I agree, Aliressa, that’s why I’ll take it under advisement when I determine the course of action of our people,” came a feminine voice from the back.