Who truly is the strongest

The rest of Rufus's friends were walking back to their house without him. They had spent the evening at the bar and were now returning.

Amala was irritated with Pema trying to calm her down.

"Amala, just try to calm down," Pema said.

"What the hell is that idiot thinking! He is such a dumbass!" Amala yelled back.

Amala was still furious with Rufus about what he had said.

"Just take a breather Amala," Edward said back.

"TAKE A BREATHER. WHY DON'T YOU AT THE SAME TIME TELL ME TO TAKE A SHIT ON THIS STREET WHILE YOUR AT IT!" Amala yelled back.

Everyone went quiet.

"Wow....she even curses almost at the same level as you Joan," Haley whispered to her.

"Shut up...."

Doreen then stepped up and placed his hand on Amala's shoulder.

"You really don't hate him that much, you just are disappointed in him and he just let down your expectations," she said to her.

Amala realized what Doreen said was right one hundred percent.

"Rufus will do the right thing. You know it, and we know it," Pema explained.

Amala then sighed and walked forward.

"Just let me yell one more time at him and then I am good," Amala said.

Yosef walked next to Pema and whispered to him, "You guys have therapy right since that is not a healthy way to relieve stress."

~~

They arrived at their house and as they opened the door, they expected an empty corridor, not a bunch of unknown knights.

The greyhound knights and the friends of Rufus stared at each other with neither knowing what to do.

"Uhmmmm...should we like fight these guys ooooooor what?" Yosef asked.

The knights were starting to get their claws ready as the friends of Rufus were also getting ready to fight. Just as a fight was about to start with just the slightest of sounds, Maxim Ludd rushed through the door, completely drunk.

"I....I...I need help. I can't drink anymore. Someone else, tap me out....cause...I...I will...BLUUUAAAAARGGH" Maxim yelled and puked on the floor.

The knights and friends of Rufus were completely speechless and even more confused. Maxim then fell on his puke and passed out as Ritter walked from the doorway.

"I told him not to try too hard. Knights, make sure he doesn't choke on his puke," Ritter told the rest of the knights who immediately went to carry Maxim away.

Ritter then spotted Rufus's friends and said happily, " Oh, you must be the compatriots of Rufus. Please come and join us."

They didn't know who that young man was, who so casually invited them into their lounge. They walked inside and saw Rufus sitting awkwardly on the couch.

"Uhmmmm, hi. How are you guys," Rufus said.

"Who the hell are these people!?" Doreen asked.

"Oh yeah. This is the king of the Aurelian kingdom, Ritter Aurelian," Rufus explained.

They were dazed and were unable to utter any words.

Ritter then placed teacups on the table and asked them, " Does anyone else want some tea perhaps?"

~~

After a couple of hours and making sure that everyone was up to date and no one was confused anymore, the meeting between Rufus's friends and the king of the Aurelian kingdom began.

"May I say something first," Amala asked, "I am sorry Rufus for my outburst."

"It's okay," Rufus said back with a smile.

"You are a dense and sometimes completely off person, but you are our dense and completely off person," Amala said back.

"Way the go to say sorry and insult at the same time," Ritter laughed.

Doreen coughed to indicate she wanted to talk now.

"So, why are you here to begin with?" she asked.

Ritter smiled.

"As I said to your king, I am not planning on bowing my head to the emperor. I plan to fight and I have come here to see if the king and Raja Rufus, would like to help me in this."

Everyone looked at Rufus.

"I don't plan on bowing to anyone," Rufus said determinedly.

Everyone smiled, with Amala being the happiest.

"So, good. It seems you have helped Rufus make his mind," Doreen said.

"Not to be pessimistic, but as I always seem to be the mood killer...What are we going to do with the emperor who no one can defeat or with his large armies no one can match?" Yosef asked.

Everyone was silent, except Ritter.

"Do not be worried about the imperial armies. I already made sure that we will have a fine army to counter the imperials," Ritter explained.

A greyhound knight then brought a large map and placed it on the table. On it was the entire Aesis world with all the kingdoms and nations.

"The Westica continent has already been conquered by the emperor, but, many soldiers and knights have started to gather to our kingdom. The titan knights of the Cassian kingdom, Oaken knights from the nation of Elva and many more incredible warriors are gathering to fight to reclaim their countries back," Ritter explained.

These famous warriors were as famous as the knights of the black sun. Great warriors with their fame being spread across the Aesis world.

"I also will promise you, that the rest of the independent nations are ready to join us and fight with us. The Guiscards, the Harldrar, the nation of Sparv to name a few at least. I promise you, we will have an army worthy to face the imperials and beat them."

This was the first time in history that such a force would gather. Never had there been such a coalition of nations and countries. This upcoming war would be the fiercest that the Aesis world had seen since the age of the founding kings and queens.

There was still one problem.

"What do you plan on doing with the emperor?" Edward asked.

The emperor could not be beaten by anyone in the room or by any other king or queen. He was unmatched on the battlefield and could destroy their entire army if he wanted to.

"He is the strongest person in the Aesis world and no number of warriors and soldiers can change that," he added.

"Maybe on this world, but have you thought about adding the green solo moon world to that equation?" Ritter asked.

They knew of the green solo moon world. A smaller world orbiting their world with humans living there also. The only problem was that it was closed off with no one to be let in or out. People of Aesis knew barely anything about it.

"On the green solo moon world lives a person who can match the emperor. Queen Satifa of the desert."