Flock in waiting
Intro: Sound of insects chirping in the new dawn, and so the low ruckus of people rally to different evacuation sites. To the castle guards' commander, Zahamara speaks, "The third division squadron, our unit, and the shadow army's squad are on standby around the area of northwest wall. The same goes around northeast, southwest, and southeast walls. While our men and the shadow army's squads are accommodating this task, ours must not confront the opponent when sighted. We should let the members of the Craze Guild handle the matters. As for the situation becomes dire, our side must be obliged to support without hesitation. Despite we cannot join the fight not until we manage them cornered in the trap point, we must not let our strongest allies fallen. The survey provides further details the possibility for those portals can transport heavy equipment. We lack fundamental data of the underworld's latest invention and progress. We might be at disadvantage."
"I guess, we might really be at disadvantage. I can assure you that my men aren't negligence about their orders."
"We have to keep the cost minimal as possible. Our lives are not a tool for sacrifices but to be treasured. Yet we can't let those heartless do as they please. The citizen must be protected at all cost."
"I understand and agree."
While the evacuation continues, inside the mansion, Criselia drags the newly awaken Jesifer, still on her long white dress. To a spacious area, where florescence lights shine inside and where busy scholars—
Some of them are directing people, carrying package of books. Some persons are arranging boxes to a divider. A group is carrying a divider. A gathering of people is analyzing, planning, and designing in a table. A person is labeling the experimented chemicals.
—both of them arrive. Being amazed, Jesifer asks, "What's with the light? What is this place? This is too new to me."
"Oh, don't be ignorant. Try to act not surprised, like you know everything." She chuckles. "I asked the materials from a bald blacksmith, a friend of Jaino, on the headquarters. There was an exchanged though. I told him some method on creating a fine equipment. And of course, I gonna give him some useful idea if I come up with one." To a table where a gathering of scholars analyzing a very long paper, Criselia shows to Jesifer.
"A ship," has reacted by Jesifer. "The same on Altrass..."
"Altrass, who?"
"Don't mind it. But what actually are you trying to do? Migrating into another place?"
"Before I answer your question, answer me first. Are you not worried to what happening outside? Pack of people are moving and soldiers are guiding them."
"I'm not worried." On her mind, Marshal Dogel told me everything that my brother is to be assassinated. Yet, Jaino's involvement is at stake. Show me how he'll dealt with this. The person you are rooting for, Criselia. This is harder for me. Yet, to be safe I have the main exceptional general to do the work. I will come to rescue if everything turns unexpected.
Criselia whispers, "You surely are carefree as the current queen." To the blueprint, she puts her hand. "This is what you shall call an airship."
"Airship..?"
"Yes. It can float into the sky."
Altrass' ship is known by our ancient documents to float in the sea. So there was ship that can navigate to the sky too. "Why travels on the sky?"
"You really know nothing about this whole Dandia, am I right?"
"I might be lacking of knowledge, I admit."
