Reclaiming undersea Territories

all attempted to flee the hall Vanessa used her powers to slam closed the doors of the hall

and Vivian let her arrows fly as a rain of arrows burst into the air humming with celestial power they glowed as they shot through the air

each one finding their mark entrapping the fleeing ministers in glowing sealing nets

"where do you think you're going?" Vivian growled

Vanessa unleased willow wisp across the room swarming around the captured men the willow wisp attached themselves to the men and took control of them

and before long all their secrets spilled out of their minds into visions above their heads as everyone watched

Zyle and Zehan both filled with anger at to extent of what they had done so many innocent

dragons had been killed because of them and the black dragons desire to keep his control of dragon clan

"should we execute these traitors now your majesty?" Minster Maia asked

she had been an elder minister who had been serving the clan since long ago

since during the time of Zyle and Zehans parents rule she had served the clan loyally and had managed to survive by her cunning and intelligence

she had secretly and quietly worked towards the day when the rightful kings would once more stand on the throne

she was shining with pride and relishing lust as everything was now laid bare for the brothers to see

she was sure the Kings would see her contributions and she would be well rewarded with a position she deserved she had worked together with the loyal ministers

to protect as much as they could for the clan for the future never doubting that Zyle and Zehan would someday be their rightful kings any orders their kings gave now would be carried out immediately

"No not yet," Zehan said "Zyle and I have discussed this exact same matter on our way here

i wanted to then, but seeing everything they have done, they have people in our military and other people in our other cities doing all kinds of disgusting things

we need that information, so we can purge all of them from the dragon clan, I want all of them

found arrested and dragged before the people for judgment before they get publicly executed for all of our people to see it would be justice"

"I can completely drain their minds of everything thing know they can be stored as knowledge in one of our storage crystals," Vanessa said

"very good do it," Zyle said she smiled and her willow wisp each glowed with power and

streams of energy were shot out of them as she summoned out a crystal and threw it into the air the streams of energy shot into it

and the crystal spun in the air as it began to absorb the memories raided from the men's minds by the willow wisp and painful screams began to fill the hall

"be quiet" Zehan snapped in annoyance casting a silence spell over the men so they were no longer heard disturbed everyone in the hall

before long they were all drained and lay in collapsed unconscious heaps on the floor

Vanessa was holding a glowing crystal in her hand as she presented it to Zyle with a smile

Zyle and Zehan changed back to their human forms Zyle taking the crystal from her hands

"thank you," he said gratefully "I personally wanted you both to arrive in the dragon clan happily

without causing bloodshed hopefully amidst a celebration the kings and queens of the dragon clan have come home not that there might be a bloody battle for a throne to be fought and a kingdom to save"

"I don't know whether to annoyed now, or happy for the fact that our mates are being so considerate of us when they have an entire kingdom to secure," Vanessa said with a smile

"a kingdom that controls the entire east seas for that matter" Vivian added

"what would you prefer your Highness" Minister Maia asked the twin girls with a smile

"We have a grand royal wedding to attend soon," Vivian said "we are supposed to be giving out invitations that also extends to this clan understand that all the members of quest teams

hail from all the existing large clans in this world it will be the first time in many thousands of years where all clans are gathered together in one place it will be a most important and historical day our wedding day"

"We want our wedding day to be perfect without threats hanging over our heads," Vanessa said "without our family members lives in danger because of whatever lurking enemies might be about"

"our wedding day should be the happiest day without any fighting or monsters or death," they both said at the same time

the twin vibe was strong in the room as they spoke energy danced between the pair everyone who saw was awed and had a healthy respect for the power the two queens wielded

"so we agree sister this matter should be taken care of and settled immediately," Vivian said

"It is of the highest priority we go hunting, and put an end to all our enemies and secure dragon clan," Vanessa said as her whip appeared in her hand

the tails of her whip hissed like angry serpents as they danced in the air and the blades on the end of the tails spun in the air of their own accord

the queens of blades had spoken

"Zyle if you do not have the desire to fight," Zehan said then stay here and manage things for us see what needs to be done to start restoring order, our people have suffered long enough"

"General Saevar please provide him some of your troops" "I will lend him a few clones as well to assist," Vanessa said with a swish of her tail a troop of her clones appeared

"very well then" Zyle agreed

"captain of the guard drag these men away" General Saevar ordered

"make sure they are locked up securely do not allow them to escape" the soldiers that had run in earlier quickly gathered the captured men in the nets and dragged them off another troop lined themselves up with Vanessa clones

"minster of finance where are you?" Zyle ordered as he started giving orders as minsters gathered around him they quickly left the hall with Vanessa and Minster Maia at his side followed by the troop

"your majesty allow me to accompany you to the garrison" General Saevar said

"We must gather our troops for this mission for securing the kingdom"

"Indeed we must," Zehan said as he and Vivian and General Saevar also left the hall

as they headed to another large complex surrounded by a large wall with a big gate

General Saevar cast power from his hand and the gates slammed open and they swept inside

he summoned out a large conch shell and put it to his lips blowing it hard a mighty sound was heard throughout the garrison

every soldier in the garrison knew what that sound meant

many soldiers quickly arranged themselves bowing to greet them in neat lines where ever they passed

and before long lines of thousands of troops were assembled and

lined up in the yard of the garrison the foot troops as well as the Calvary those riding upon the backs of giant sea horses

there were other celestial beasts gathered as well as a massive collection of some deadly sea beast that was kept and raised by the army

"wow it's way bigger than I expected it would be this place doesnt look that huge Vivian marveled

"The garrison is just small headquarters my Queen," the general said proudly

"I am a quite smart and capable master strategist at your service, I was able to successfully keep most of this hidden from the black dragon king he was a tyrant,

but he was rather stupid he didn't care for managing certain things that would require him to work hard he felt that his power and dominance was all it would take to get everyone to obey him

he didn't care for the details as long he got his way the way he wanted it so it was quite easy to deceive him in some areas I have been

here since the previous dynasty, The late king and queen were good people, they led us well we thrived then, I knew when Zyle and Zehan returned to reclaim the kingdom it would be no small task, so I have been quietly preparing"

flags were flying in the air bearing the symbols of dragon clan above them their blue and gold uniforms and armors shimmered majestically in the light

dragon clan was preparing to go to war they continued past the training areas and barracks into the garrison they came to the generals office they walked into a large war room

a large table had a magical map the entire territory including the city itself where they were now was just one part of a huge kingdom

they were at the capital but they still had three other territories and cities to reclaim

cities that were under the iron-fisted rule of the black dragon's allies

"We must secure all of dragon clan before the quest or else it will all fall apart before we return," Zehan said

"We must do so quickly as well," Vivian said "the best strategic point to hit first would be here," she said pointing to a city on the edge of the map it was connected to the other three cities by various routes

"if we have this as a stronghold we can take the others"

"but thats the hardest one to take," Zehan said "it's fortified by its mountains its defenses are extremely difficult to breach"

Vivian leaned over the table and smirked

"right now you think you have to take it from the front gate it is unreachable the mountains give them sanctuary but from the back, however"

she turned the map showing that the back of the city was then vulnerable

the city was built was in a valley between the two mountains with a thin pass to the front that was blocked by the city gates spanned from one mountain to another closing the mountain pass entrance from the front

however, behind the city was the open sea weed forest that went on for miles to the back of the mountains that ended in a drop off to the open ocean at the edge of the continental plate they sat on the other side of that open water was the other end of the continental plate where the capital city of Draconia was located where they were presently

"if we travel along the back of Draconia to the edge of the continental plate and cross the water we can flank the city and use the forest for cover" she explained

"it is believed that those seaweed forests are filled with demonic beast possibly," the general said "it's unexplored its not a bad idea but we have to get our armies there safely"

"We take them from the back Vivian said vanessa and i can scout the forrest using clones we can even map it to see if it's safe to move our troops through

and set up a camp in the forest itself they won't know that we there or that close we can keep our troops hidden until the right time"