The Witch's Curse
The Magical Elsavador

When the King had recovered, their retinue met with the decipher of the Elf kingdom. The Holy Commander representing the kingdom of Cordovan offered a war alliance, so that, too, the cipher was to deliver them to his kingdom.

The journey of King Markian's entourage turned the direction. They did not return to the capital, but continued westward, to the Kingdom of Elsavador, where the forest fairies were located.

*

The Nymphea forest they passed by looked foreign. This time, it was not the melting of the ice from the branches and leaves due to the witch's attack, however, the blossoming of the flowers and the fragrant aroma they caused.

"We're in Elvis Forest" explained the fairy.

"My name, is Firly," he continued, using human language.

"You can speak human?" ask the commander in chief not to believe.

"really. I speak three languages, fairy and dwarf, human, and animal. That's why I was sent as a scout" he explained.

"That's smart," praised King Markian.

"This Elvis forest is our territory. You are already in the area of the fairy kingdom. Frozen Nymphea Forest, Elvis Forest not. Curse magic only attacks the Cordovan Kingdom," Firly explained.

"So, you know about the witch's curse?" ask King Markian.

"of course. Thas right. Your kingdom is cursed" he said sure.

"How can you be so sure?"

"We are magical creatures. Of course we can feel the black magic that is in your kingdom. You're human, very insensitive,"

The commander nodded in understanding. King Markian, inevitably, had to admit it. Sensitivity where the witch can not be felt if it is in a location. Markian who can use sword aura, can only feel magic if fighting a living creature.

"Well, we've arrived" Firly escorted them to a rainbow bridge. Only by crossing it would they arrive at the gates of the Elsavador Kingdom.

"Well, that's fast," Markian was amazed.

"Come, please," Firly guided them across the rainbow bridge. Below it is a large river flowing. The fish seemed to pop out from the bottom of the river, what a sight could not be found in the frozen and cold Cordovan.

*

The Elsavador Kingdom is vast and magnificent. Many flower gardens, and also a beautiful fountain in the palace courtyard. The trees are pink, different from the trees in the human world. Everything is very sweet and also small in size. The beautiful flowers, looked even more mesmerizing with seemingly fairies among them. The pacing palace workers also looked adorable. The shape of the fairies was tiny, the size of an adult's arm. The difference is, the workers can fly, so that their short step range can be exceeded through the air.

The Elsavador Kingdom, though occupied by only small fairies, however, the royal building was almost as normal as the human kingdom. The architecture is no different from the existing architecture in the Cordovan Kingdom, typical of the middle ages, with high roofs and all-gold furniture that adorn the interior of the palace. Although the roof of the palace is not so high, however, the fairy palace can be entered by humans. Elsavador Royal Palace is beautiful with flower-shaped carvings, as well as magnificent towering pillars. The height of this palace is adjusted so that it can entertain guests from other countries. Of course, after passing through a tight filter. Not just any human can enter the fairy palace, because the Queen does not want to risk unexpected attacks from uninvited guests.

"Greet Her Majesty the Great Queen," Firly bent her knees greeting the Queen.

"Say, who are they, O you password?" ask the Queen from her throne.

"Take them to the meeting hall. I'll be right there with the foreign minister,"

"Okay, Your Honor,"

They also moved to the meeting hall. The atmosphere of the fairy palace was no different from the human palace where Markian used to be.

"Please sit," the butler arranged the chair and the hall table to form a circle. The King and the Commander sit in the space provided. Their five knights were entertained in the guest room so they could rest comfortably.

The Queen slowly joins them, with a male elf who serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"So, explain, what happened?"

The king then told about the war in his territory. The Queen already knew that, because the Kingdom of Elsavador was also shaken. The magic battle of the great Witch and also the Holy Commander boomed across the continent. The queen had just arrived from the royal leadership conference organized by King Timon, of the kingdom of Salvas. They came together to make alliances and defend their respective territories.

"So, you've made an alliance?" ask King Markian.

"Yes, right. We need you who have fought directly against the witch" the Queen asserted.

"Absolutely. When can we set up a strategy? We need your knowledge to destroy the Golem" Markian immediately agreed to his offer.

The queen then asked for a day to gather the other kings and conduct a strategy meeting to repulse the armies of the Witch Maxi.

In the Britani Continent, there were only four kingdoms created after the British Empire collapsed, five hundred years ago. The Cordovan Kingdom was the largest kingdom and existed in the north of the continent. The Elsavador kingdom was to the west, bordering Cordovan. The Kingdom of Salvas in the east of the continent, and the Kingdom of Arazon in the south, bordered the Indiyah Continent. Gene Island is an island in the kingdom of Arazon.

*

"So, tell me, what's your plan?" ask King Timon of the Kingdom of Salvas.

"Golem is an immortal monster. However, his weakness was ice that could extinguish the embers present in his heart. You have to stick ice magic in his heart and he will die. The hot lava of the volcano embodies the heart of the Golem, and it will live on if the embers are still burning" explained the Great Queen of Elves, Queen of Slavina.

"Is that so? Apparently very easy," said King Markian who was born as a drop of the Blue Phoenix Bird with an affinity where ice crystals.

"After the Golem is destroyed, we must immediately clean up Witch Maxi," continued Queen Slavina.

"Do you know his weakness?" ask the Commander while noting the results of the meeting on the small scroll he always carries.

"No. I don't know. What about the other kings?"

"We don't know anything either. We thought witches were a myth hundreds of years ago and extinct" said King Congo, of the Arazon Kingdom.

"No problem, let's think about it later, while carrying out the plan of extermination of the Golem," said King Markian sage. They ended the strategy meeting, and prepared to start the battle again. The alliance of the continental kings will send their best troops to head to the capital of Cordovan, as soon as possible.

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