King Of Limbo

It took another week to pass for Belle's airship to finally arrive at the war-zone.

Said war-zone was in the skies above the Aethela sea, for the battle to be have been that close to the continent showed that Ettenheim was clearly at an advantage and that if it carried on like that then they'd eventually make land fall.

Currently Lady Belle stood atop the deck of her airship and looked forward at the chaotic scene in front of her.

Numerous airships had been engaged in fierce battles whilst others had received so much damage that they could no longer stay up in the skies and began to decent into the sea.

'What was that old fool thinking, if all factions are selfishly trying to gain prestige with no higher chain of command then the battles will be disorganized and crude.' Belle thought with furrowed brows as she questioned Issac Lovitz's plan for this war.

In her mind it made sense for capable individuals to be given that chance but to allow even the lowest of individuals to participate with no one to command… they were basically sending people to their deaths.

She could only click her tongue in irritation before taking out a messaging scroll and writing down what she saw. The chaos, the burning fallen airships, the bloody bodies of both sides floating in the waters below and the seemingly never ending sight of both airships and naval ships from both sides.

Belle made sure to describe it as vividly as she could until one of her subordinates came behind her and bowed, this was none another than Aela.

"Milady we're receiving messages from multiple factions for help, they believe with your airship and command Ettenheim could finally break through." Aela spoke with her head lowered but received no immediate response from Belle.

It was only after she finished and put away her scroll that she looked at Aela from the corner of her eye. "Reject them, we will remain stationary for now while I thoroughly analyze the situation." She responded with a tone of great authority before walking past the bowing young lady.

Had Aela looked up in that moment she would have seen a very annoyed look plastered on Belle's face. The reason for this was many kilometers away, comfortably laying on a bed with a beverage in hand…

…

Lady Rose was in her room laid on the bed whilst casually reading the contents she had just received via the messaging scroll from Belle.

While she was doing so Aron made his way into the room after another short trip to the lower level which he did three times in that week.

"Is something the matter?" Upon entering the room Aron had immediately turned to the lone woman comfortably laying on the bed with a small smile on her face.

"She's arrived at the scene of the battle and has asked if she should engage now or not?" Lady Rose didn't bother going into needless details about the scene Belle described and only told Aron what mattered. To this he nodded his head and looked at the window with narrowed eyes.

What he saw was the silhouette of the Aethela continent that was still a few days distance away from where their airship currently was.

"Tell her to join the battle tomorrow at noon but she shouldn't go all out, she needs to slowly chip away at the enemy. If she shows incredible prowess from the very start then Aethel may retreat and just reinforce their land boarders instead, giving up on arial and naval battle completely." Aron turned back to Rose after telling her what she thought and she looked ready to relay that but hesitated slightly before doing so.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked as she was no expert in the art of war, theory and reality were two very different things and so in this she had to trust Aron's capabilities more.

To her surprise however he shook his head and sighed. "Neither you nor I have any experience in war Rose, far too many variables exist making it very hard to make predictions. Despite this however no matter what event pops up stick to your role and do not divert from it, leave everything else to me."

Aron's words exuded pure confidence with which Lady Rose could find no fault in so she simply looked at the supposed young man before her with a slight smile. "As you say then. That aside so you think we shall encounter that elven woman again? I have quite a few questions for her." Lady Rose's interest in Sayiva had never once dwindled since the Komi Islands, the fact she knew the mechanism behind the ruin meant she was likely very knowledgeable.

That one possibility meant Rose would do whatever it takes to gain said knowledge considering she felt Sayiva was weaker than her.

"That remains to be seen, how do you plan on having her tell you what she knows?" Aron had already gained some potentially useful information from Sayiva so at the moment he only cared about confirming it and not seeking her out.

Rose however was different, the more she conversed with Aron daily concerning new topics, theories and the like, the more her already deep interest in knowledge grew… so much so that one could even call it an obsession.

"The same thing I would have done to you, had you been weaker than myself Aron." Lady Rose replied while keenly looking at Aron who didn't seem fazed by what she had said. "I'm curious as to what that may be." He replied indifferently, bringing another yet more sinister smile upon Lady Rose's face.

"You need not concern yourself with that Aron. As long as you continue to provide me with new knowledge, you shall remain the most important variable in this existence to me."

….

Meanwhile many kilometers away on the continent of Aethela a fleet of airships could be seen roaming the skies. Among them the one that stood out the most was Sayiva's dark and eerie one which laid at the center.

She currently stood on deck with no emotion on her face as she looked towards the central settlement which was the equivalent of a capital city.

The settlement was a large and beautiful city built into the natural landscape without disturbing nature. Many of it's buildings where a clean white with a touch of light blue and gold, the representative colors of the elves.

'They've certainly advanced in terms of architecture.' She thought but didn't look the least bit happy with this and the echoey voices within her seemed to share the same feeling.

[ This could prove problematic for us… ]

[ The more established a race the less likely they would need us. ]

[ Tread carefully lest you wish for fate to repeat itself… ]

[ You must fully merge with the body's original owner or all our efforts would have been in vain ]

Sayiva gave no response to this and remained silent the rest of remaining journey.

Even after they airships had settled and she was being escorted to the palace, she made no comment and mostly just nodded.

This act was seen as acting high and mighty but she couldn't care less about the thoughts of some mere insects towards her.

Once inside the palace, one could immediately see a luxurious throne room which had many individuals gathered, all staring and whispering about Sayiva as she was escorted in.

"It really is the princess…"

"She looks so devoid of life."

"What do you think her sentence shall be?"

Sayiva paid no mind to these whispers and directly walked to the center of the throne room and looked towards the only two individuals who were seated. The King and Queen of Aethel.

"Dear sister…" The Queen was the first to speak in a low tone that seemed to carry great emotion as she looked Sayiva.

She held a beautiful and mature look like most elves did. Her piercing blue eyes and her long platinum blonde hair that resembled Sayiva's own all added to what most elves would call her a majestic beauty.

However before Sayiva could respond the man on the throne beside the Queen's spoke. "It is customary for subjects of Aethel to bow to their queen, surely being outside hasn't clouded your manners now has it?" He asked in a powerful though gentle tone.

"I would never bow to someone weaker than I." Sayiva boldly declared as she stared down at the King and Queen.

This sentence sparked rage and caused the guards to charge in and encircle her but even with this she remained calm and unperturbed.

Unbeknownst to everyone, in that moment Sayiva had now become one with the mysterious existence she sought in the Komi Islands. Her once dormant soul that could only observe the actions her body took had now resurfaced, under specific conditions of course.

[ I need you to provide me with the bodies of the best five individuals in existence here, I've granted you near unrivaled power to seek out the justice you wanted… fail to do this and your life will be forfeited ] The echoey voice warned as a stream of memories flooded her mind.

"Princess Sayiva, cease your disrespectful ways!" A man who looked to be the head guard ordered this while pointing his spear towards Sayiva who couldn't help but chuckle before glaring.

"Do you hate us?" She asked as an eerie shadow began to emerge from her body…