New Beginning

Everyone in Ashland has defended from the split Pantema army, they now all stand and stare at the last battle which is yet to be won, Arthur clashing swords with Leon, both tired and out of breath they stand in the firey orange lit battlefield, all their soldiers have died around them.

The only thing everyone can see are mounds of bodies, Arthur and Leon both continue to clash swords, Leon and Arthur both step back taking a breather "Well Arthur look around you, your troops, no...your people have died in battle the people in the village died because of you how does this make you feel."

"Your wrong Leon it's not my fault, my people gladly wanted to defend this kingdom and so they did my people still stand you're the last one you led your people to die," Leon grips Salamander tight and goes to strike Arthur "you imbecile ROT IN HELL!!" Arthur moves out of the way using Leon's weight of his heavy armor against him then kicks him down the mound of dead bodies they stood atop.

Arthur charges at going in to sucker punch him, Leon gets back up in time to avoid the punch and grabs Arthurs arm using him to get him off the ground he knees Arthur in the gut winding him. Leon jumps back putting distance between him and Arthur, not so soon after Arthur puts Vanir in front of him he inhales and exhales,"Vanir strike true!" Arthur tosses Vanir at Leon as it spins rapidly toward Leon.

Vanir continues to spin rapidly while Salamander is being chipped away, the sword cases its spinning turning into yellow dust and rematerializing in Arthurs's hand; Leon then slits his forearm and lets his blood run down salamander a black and green flame surrounds him "SALAMANDER!!!" Leon screams as the green beam is sent towards Arthur, Vanir starts emitting white energy as it circles the blade like a tornado, "VANIR...decimate!!" Arthur thrusts Vanir Forward as soon as the blade is about to collide with him a massive gust from Vanir then battles out against Salamanders beam.

Both stand there with both gust and beam still colliding giving off a spectacular display, Vanirs gust then starts to give way as Arthur blocks the rest of the beam with Vanir as it Sears his fingers and forearms.

Leon lunges at Arthur full force clashing down on Vanir forcing Arthur to kneel to be able to defend, Leon goes in for another strike but that gave Arthur the opportunity to shove Vanir into his hand making him drop Salamander.

"Ahh, you little shit know your place!" Leon picks Salamander back up and strikes Vanir out of his hand Leon with his extra arms grabs Arthur around the throat strangling him as he squirms around desperately clinging for life," you could never be a better lord, scum like you would only know the true meaning of failure" Leon in anger, tosses Arthur at a mound of dead bodies, Arthurs impact sends the bodies flying across the battlefield.

He gets back up and picks up a stench of rage and malice Arthur kneels over puking over the overwhelming scent he looks up to see Leon with glowing red eyes and has grown at least one meter taller giving a hulking size of four meters, Arthur rushes over to pick up Vanir shouting out to Lisa "THROW ME ASCALON!!" Lisa nearly able to hear him rushes over to the front gate to grab Ascalon and runs up onto the battlefield and tosses it to Arthur, the blade lands and sinks itself into the ground just far enough for him to grab it.

Arthur picks up Ascalon while Leon stands there menacingly, he mutters the words in that instant. "The sacrifice I'm willing to pay for this new contract is my humanity." red marks then appear all along Arthurs body as both Vanir and Ascalon disintegrate into thin air Arthur materializes a new sword it was temporary but it was long enough to get the job done the sword is called Ascaline Arthur then hunches over with a rugged look.

His eyes also glowing red but no change physically Arthur disappears from Leon's site Arthur then clash swords with Leon making extremely loud bangs that could be heard from the walls to the villages, Arthur disappears again coming from above he thrusts Ascaline sending a giant deadly gust at Leon digging him a mini crater, Arthur comes flying down on top of Leon clashing swords yet again.

Arthur moving and dodging his way to victory he slams Salamander to the ground, Arthur then shoves the blade through his Leons chest but he still stood, Leon takes Ascaline out of his chest tossing Arthur and the sword away, hitting the muddy puddled ground Arthur picks the sword back up and charged at Leon and he struck him relentlessly, they both became tired and the red marks on Arthur start to fade and Ascaline starting to fade to ash.

Arthur mumbles, "if I am to win I need to put every ounce of my strength into one strike he forced his body and got into a rushing stance as Ascaline is held by his side, Leon grabs Salamander while black flames erupt from below him, Arthur charged at Leon "I need more strength this isn't enough, I need more!" Ascalines blade glowed a radiant white while the blade extended.

Arthur comes to the finishing point he swings and strikes, both swords colliding but the winner isn't even clear because of how fast it happened a sword is heard shattering as Leon with the duration of his ability has worn out decreases in size, Arthur collapses onto his knees bearly awake Ascalines blade turning back to normal and then turned to ash, Leon loses massive amounts of blood as he has been half cleaved he falls over as his last words as a lord are "I never asked to be a lord, I never asked for war, I just wanted peace in my own way, just promise me you will lead as a symbol of peace and hope, not fear and destruction." In his dying words and labored breaths to Arthur Leon dies and Arthur unconscious.

Soon after the great war was finished Arthur stayed in a coma for ten years, his age is now thirty, Leo now forty-five, Melissa at forty-four, and Lisa who is twenty-nine the kingdom was no longer known as Ashland but now it was known as Kinsland soon after Arthur came out of his coma he decreed that the unity between all the surviving pantemas, Heartlands, and Dracnots that they shall all live in peace.

And for all our characters futures well, soon after the war had finished Melissa and Leo got married in the newly founded kingdom with four districts for each kingdom, Kinsland they were known as the unbreakable fortress for years to come, even though she was married she became a tactician leaving the hard work of being a general to Leo and she was also a personal escort for the lord and also known as her brother.

Even though Leo was married to Melissa he knew she had her things and he had his things to do so he stayed in the training department so the rookies were perfect to go into the frontlines, if there were any other neighboring kingdom that posed a threat, they were ready.

And Roland? well nobody knows what he's doing now he said his goodbyes to Arthur and his friends and the last thing he said before leaving on that day was, "nothing left to do but to explore" after that happened he hasn't been seen since then, sometimes when scouting parties come back they report the infamous basket being dragged across the land but that's just a rumor.

Lisa became a baker retiring from the army she sells cakes bread all sorts of things that are pastry-related sometimes she visits Leo and Melissa when they aren't busy with their duties to catch up, she also lives in the castle with Arthur with their two kids.

And Arthur The Sword Saint a mythic legend in the flesh he dawned the nickname after he came out of his coma remembering the time Leon called him that, he got married to Lisa and has two kids named Ace and Emily, people see his kids frolic on the town streets having fun and playing the people also say that they must be a handful but Arthur says in reply to the comments, "They are kids."

This is the end of The Four Kingdom War for now even though in victory there is always another battle to be fought else where.