The Battle for Greenwater Begins

On the outskirts of Greenwater, an armed squadron on horseback where hidden in the tree line as a few scots reported that Greenwater was not flying their flag as had been instructed. A banner bearing the mark of Irenfell indicated who they worked for as they prepared for their march toward the town; their numbers were around three hundred.

"Hmm," One of the several leaders noted; he was a lean man with only one eye, he had chestnut scruffy brown hair that fell just past his shoulders, and was wearing plate mail adorned with the Irenfell seal on his chest, he had a shield on his back with the same seal and a sheathed sword on his belt. Next to him was a larger, muscular man dressed in the same armor but with a large zweihänder greatsword on his back; the third in line was a muscular woman with two kukri knives on her belt. 

"The town is still full of monsters walking about like their people," The lean man noted. "I thought maybe he was just defecting and trying to take full control of the area for himself, but it's safe to assume Doren has failed in his task entirely,"

"Of course he did," the larger man said, "That idiot was always too big for his britches, he probably got all his men killed while he was at it," The Man turned to the troops and began speaking; he raised his hand and formed a fist with it as he talked, "I told them sending a scout to infiltrate was pointless, but these Kings never listen to the church," He motioned his hand towards Greenwater as he continued speaking,

"Surround the town, we'll enslave any monsters with strength and kill those who are weak along with any traitors who would dare call themselves human after defending these creatons, once clear we'll have a solid foothold as we wait for the holy church to send some of of the seven heavenly saints to put an end to the Demon Lord Argit," 

The man turned his horse and looked at his men. "Remember this day, for it is the last day that monsters will be allowed to desecrate our lands. Soon, all monsters will either perish or bow beneath us as we Humans will claim our rightful place as the superior race." There was a cheer, and the horses moved out.

"8th battalion, ride with me," the lean man declared as he and his men rode towards the town on horseback. The larger man rode towards the side of the town without several others, and the woman rode towards the Lake alone, eyeing the mansion specifically. The army split around them and surrounded the entire town to prevent anyone from escaping.

As the residents of Greenwater followed protocol and began barding themselves in their homes and businesses since running for the tree-line had high possibility of ending with being shot by archers.

Billie decided to stay as Billie in the hopes she might be able to defuse the situation as a human, with the added bonus of hopefully getting through a conversation without having her eyes mocked, she stood in silence as she watched the large number of horses riding towards the town.

"Attention everyone," she declared, "An army has come to lay siege to my town, with the exceptions of Winnie, Minerva, and Sheepy; everyone is to drop everything. Don't let them kill a single person; This is my town, and there for everyone here is mine,"

The man leading the 8th battalion rode into the rapidly clearing streets as most people ran for shelter; Bree and Inky stood alone on the roads.

"An old lady," The man noted in a bored tone, "Holding some sort of revolting slime creature," The man held his hand out and declared loudly, "I am your master now; kneel before me, and kill the slime to prove your loyalty to Irenfell, failure to comply will result in your death,"

"No," Billie replied, " As the current representative of this town, I must warn you that if you don't leave, you will all die; of course, we are not evil, so we will graciously spare your horses, but you and your men will die slowly for daring to go around trying to conquer my town,"

"Kill her," The Man said simply. Two archers on horseback knocked their arrows; Billie fully prepared to stand her ground before realizing she was carrying Inky.

"Anti-artillery," She declared as she put a barrier around Inky to keep him safe before snatching the fired arrows out of the air with one hand. Inky laughed as Billie set him down and smacked the protective barrier with glee.

"A defense spell?" The man questioned as Billie turned back to him, "Clearly you've spent your long life well, your skills have impressed me, yes you will make a fine servant once I've burned the holy teachings of the church into your skin, lay down and surrender or be forced into submission,"

"Okay, you no longer get the option of not dying," Billie decided, mildly irritated at being called long-lived even though her face looked more tiered than old. "The same goes for you two archery boys back there who aimed those arrows at Inky. The rest of you, leave now or die." After a moment, the Man got off his horse and pulled out his sword.

"Guess I'll have to force you down," the man said as he equipped his shield. Men start kicking down the doors of all the buildings." The Man took one step when a voice screamed out.

"Orion is best mount of all!" As the giant cat slid into view with Silver riding on his back.

"By order of my Mistress, you are all to be slain," Silver proudly declared. "Rejoice, as I am sure Orion will find you all delicious." Orion bore his fangs and hissed at their foes.

"Soul-bind," a female voice responded confidently; the spell hit Orion and shattered, making her falter.

"A Volunteer," Silver cheered as he jumped off Orion's back and withdrew his great sword. Come and face your death with honor. For your bravery, I will grant you the luxury of being dead before I feed you to Orion." The woman held up her hand again and failed to Soul-bing Silver.

"Attack him as a group," the leader said. His soldiers proceeded to draw their assorted arms, and Silver nodded.

"Obeying your leader even to your death, I must give you more respect," Silver held out his hand and pointed directly at the women who had tried to soul bind him, "I shall leave you for last," Silver took his great sword in both hands and took a defensive state, "Now come at me with all your heart and soul," 

Billie had been looking at Silver when she felt death approaching her. Swiftly, she dodged a strike from the leader's sword.

"Well now," She said as she looked at the blade, "That is no ordinary sword,"

"This divine blade can cut through all," The man replied. "Now give in to me or die,"

"My, how horrible, it would seem you can kill me," Billie decided, taking care to say her peace while activating the message spell. Instantly, she felt the earth begin to rumble as something shot out of her mansion like a cottony bullet, "Sadly, I can't fight you without instantly killing you, and you have proven that you need to suffer for your words; I grow tired of everyone insulting my face upon meeting me,"

"Funny that you think you can escape," The man said as he raised his sword to swipe, only for something to slam into his side. Suddenly, he slid across the ground and, after picking himself up, found what looked to be a woman made of plush holding a needle and a button.

"Hello," Annie said as she held her needle at the ready, "You will pay greatly for your attempt on Mistress Billie's life,"