Harvest Begins

"Girl speak your truth," Taekwon said to Vanessa from the back "I know its not the same thing but when I went home with Ziesoo with the invitations, we had to be all We are the Princes of Tiger Clan,

everybody better bows down and offers your necks and pays your respects and if you don't we going to behead some people for high treason, it's like you literally have to go all out when it comes to dealing with celestials clans

I got your back girl I understand you the gods love some karma" Taekwon said, "do what you gotta do you are the queen let them know!"

yuqi returned with Nike holding the orb with a triumphant smile

"What did we miss?" yuqi asked

"Nothing much Taekwons preaching and just these two playing queens of the sea and going to war to reclaim some medieval cities under the ocean the usual chaos" anna summarised

"well we are all the same team so we are rooting for you guys, you can do this" Nike said "I was listening with half an ear it's good to see you guys be safe out there"

"we will thank you for your help Nike," Zyle said

"so you guys are all good though? otherwise I mean?" Justin asked

"We are trying to save an ocean kingdom down here," Vivan said "this is not a call to have fun come on guys we need that spell"

"ok ok sheesh you do know we worry about you guys so far away from home without us if we could come there we could help you but the wedding and all" yuqi said bringing the orb to the mirror

"We know but we are doing fine," Vanessa said, "no one's been hurt not to brag but we are the most powerful queens in the sea right now who is going to really mess with two nine-tailed fox queens?"

"ok miss thang go off," Taekwon said the back where he and ziesoo waved

Zyle and Zehan waved back the tigers and dragons having a tacit understanding

"hey Bethany Takehiko you guys good?" Vivian said waving to the couple

"we are fine good to see you girls" Bethany waved back with a grin "gotta send us pics of dragon land?"

"sure when we get the chance" Vivan promised

and Zyle reached out his hand energy glowed around his hand and the orb floated in the air

vanishing from the other side and reappearing on their side he was now holding it in his hand

"thank you so much for your help yuqi and Nike we are most grateful we will return the favor," Zyle said

"We hope it works," yuqi said "take care of yourselves call us again," Anna said "we probably will," Vanessa said

"Thanks, guys don't worry we will protect your sisters well Anna," Zehan said

"is there anything you want? we have come into a lot of precious goods lately that were hoarded by the black dragon

there might be a few useful cultivation things some interesting weapons and such if we find anything you might like we'll send it to you"

"spoils of war Zehan?" Justin asked chuckling

"they are very excellent spoils" Zehan replied with a smirk

"There isn't anything in the above world like them they might be useful for the quest too so think about it carefully we will contact you later"

he ended the call

"we will get to work on this spell," Vivian said and the two queens left the room to go cultivate.

by the afternoon the captains and the ships had arrived escorted by clones dispatched by Vanessa it was

stunning how much the two were contributing to the campaign due to Vanessa ability they were

getting things done very smoothly the feeling of the presence of the two queens power was more than Zyles and Zehans presence

as the kings who were working with the military had not been seen by as many people save for the general and a few people

the two sisters soon came out of cultivation in the evening

"We have learned the cultivation spell created by yuqi and are prepared to go out," Vivian sent the message to Zehan at the warship

the captain's crews and vessels have arrived and are prepared as well

"We have a total of six ships two of them will harvest for the military the other four will harvest for Draconia," Zyle said by way of greeting when they both returned to port

the small jetty they had built as the camps port was six large ships were docked and sea crews were aboard looking chipper in their uniforms

it was suddenly a very busy place filled with people as they prepared to go out to harvest

they flew down the port where the warship was waiting

boarding the ship and were soon cruising through the kelp forest

schools of fish swarming in the dancing reeds along the route as they sailed through

wow the sisters breathed as they stood on the deck of the ship

"it almost feels like I can literally reach out and catch a fish by hand they are so close"

Vanessa said they soon reached the mapped border where several

clones had another camp built an outpost where they were conducting further mapping of the forest beyond

Vanessa collected the current new information from her clones "we can extend the barrier a few more miles from here still, nothing yet found, just more forest more fish more celestial beast"

Vanessa reported "we can fly out from here on our own and set the barrier only the clones will be allowed to go beyond it for mapping purposes"

everyone agreed

they flew from the ship covering five more miles of the forest the two began to

cast the spell waves of celestial energy came off the two as the rings around the bodies spun and

glowed the energy shot of rings and into the air and then there was a ripple in the air as barrier appeared and began expanding like a big invisible wall that cuts through the forest

truthfully it was less than a quarter of the forest they had claimed given its comparative size they had taken the chunk of forrest

that existed directly behind the city until it reached the drop off at the edge of the strait they had crossed to get here

they still had vast territory to harvest from if they maintained it well there would be no need to go beyond the barrier what so ever in the future

soon the captains and crews were getting to work harvesting and loading their ships holds full of fish and kelp and were returning to camp

from their first harvest joyous the ships crew members could be be heard singing sea songs in raised voices that made the return trip quite lively

as they returned to camp four of the ships left to sail back to Draconia City to deliver the food to the port where it would be delivered

to merchants in the city markets for sale a new food source and trade route to the city were established

the next thing left was to take the city

"what do we know about Storm fort city?" Zyle asked as they sat around a map of the city on a table on board the war ship they were on the edge of the kelp forest the city lay just beyond

"according to my clones, the entire city is a military training facility," Vanessa said

"yes it is" General Saevar explained "we use Storm fort to train troops to support our other cities

there are several generals in charge of the troops in the entire city

and the Minster Akos and his people are the ones in charge put in place by your uncle

after removing the previous minister who worked for your parents he wanted to take control of our forces

so he made offers to high ranking generals to come to his side, those that did got a high-level post in Storm fort some good generals fought and were killed

a few them escaped and fled the continent i heard rumors that they might return if you two retake the throne"

"so there is still some loyal people out there," Zehan said "but we have no means of bing able to reach them now"

"i have come up with a plan to take down these generals and replace them with look-alike clones under our control," Vanessa said

"if you approve Zehan we can take their memories and use them to control the troops and take the city once we get inside the city we arrest Minster Akos and his people"

"We can then take our troops and reclaim the last two cities" General Saevar finished

"How soon can we do this?" Zehan asked

"the night becomes quieter the generals will be asleep soon it will be perfect time for my wisp to slip into their quarters while they are unaware," Vanessa said

"permission granted," Zehan said softly

Vanessa smiled and went to the deck of the ship a moment later little flickering purple lights swirled around a crystal in her hand and then when went flying away towards the city

dispersing themselves they quickly vanished from sight "now we just wait for the results" she said with a sublime smirk