The Return

"Yes your majesty"

"Let's get ready to see these fireworks" said queen Maralah chuckling."3, 2, 1"

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Queen Maralah was laughing hysterically, if there weren't so many people in the throne room she would probably be rolling on the ground laughing.

"Ah if only I could see the look on his face, it would be perfect. You thought I was dead didn't you Ambrus? Oh how naive you are" Queen Maralah thought to herself.

Queen Maralah and Queen Mira had troops waiting near the forest for the explosions to happen because it was their starting signal. As soon as the explosion was heard troops rushed into the forest screaming with their swords raised high. Everything went smoothly, she had so many troops on standby. The only problem is she didn't warn her people beforehand, afraid there was a spy so all the people were in a panic, she quickly got it under control and had all the people close to the battlefield relocated. Even after knowing there were 700 mercenaries headed to the battlefield she wasn't worried, so she had a good nights sleep. Her palace was far enough from the battlefield to not hear all the shrieks. Queen Mira was waiting for the signal near her window, but she was concentrated on a handheld mirror looking at reflection. She nearly yelled at the people in the room but then remembered that sound was the explosion. That was her signal to wait 5 minutes then set off explosions at the eastern forest. Besides Queen Maralah, King Zephyr was also relaxed. His people were calm because the war wasn't on their land, and he had already done his part, his troops were already on enemy grounds ready to go. 

A couple of weeks before the war happened King Zephyr had sent a letter to Queens Maralah and Mira requesting an alliance. They both accepted and decided to meet up at Queen Maralah's palace.

"Ambrus' kingdom is in the way of our expansion, we should get rid of him first then see what happens." said Zephyr.

"Yes, after getting rid of him lets split the land evenly" said Queen Maralah.

"Well how are we going to do this?" asked Queen Mira.

"I have agreed on an alliance with Ambrus, he has asked me for troops which I sent him, so I know how many troops there are in total and where they're located. He tells me all his plans." Zephyr answered.

"Oh then you can tell Ambrus when you meet up with him that Maralah and I are going to meet up at the eastern border, but Maralah won't really go she just sends a look alike which will be killed, and he will believe Maralah is dead and that it's just me left." said Mira.

"That is a great plan Queen Mira" said Darya

"I agree" said both Maralah and Zephyr

They proceeded with their plan while king Ambrus remained completely oblivious, which led to the current situation. Fighting continued for 3 days straight and King Ambrus had enough. Being a god himself he asked for lesser deities to come down from the heavens and help him.Once they arrived down on the earth he sent them out into the battlefield.

"The lesser deities and mages go out onto the battlefield and fight!" King Ambrus ordered.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! BOOM! BOOM!" 

"What was that?!" asked Maralah. When she looked out her window she could not believe her eyes, the forest was on fire. Flames as tall as mountains could be seen. In the same forest troops were located, you could hear men's pleads for help as they were being enveloped in flames. There were also cheers from Ambrus' men since their enemies were disappearing, not even bones were left. King Zephyr immediately knew what that was, those were flames from gods. He himself, also being a god, proceeded to ask lesser deities to come down and help him, but since they controlled wind he could not do much they would just make the fire stronger, however they could fly, so he quickly sent a message to the queens. Mira and Maralah, who were also goddesses, immediately summoned lesser deities themselves as they could not win the war with just mere men. All the lesser deities were sent to all three battlefields. Now the crackling of burning wood could be heard and smoke could be smelled miles away. While the battlefield's sky was dark the outside areas were bright, the sun was still shining brightly. The water and air deities united produced so much water and with the help of the heat from the fires and the air from the deities they formed hurricanes. The deities Queen Maralah had called for help created steep hills, stopping the fire from spreading further into the cities. They created trees stopping the approaching enemy troops, which only lasted minutes before the fire burned the trees. Explosions were heard left and right as fire deities continued shooting fire balls. It was complete chaos, corpses were flying in the sky, men were on fire it was a total bloodbath. The forest which was once filled with wildlife and the chirping of birds was no more. The landscape had changed dramatically, there were massive craters, new hills, even lakes had started to form.

"This is dragging on for too long! I will go onto the battlefield myself!" said King Ambrus with a furious voice

"That is absurd sir, we could just ask for more help from the heavens." said Anshul with a worried look.

"I do not care my men are dying and I'm just sitting here, get my armor ready!"