At that moment Gandalf turned to face the man, then sighed, "Follow me then."
All this while the entire Imperial family watched on, Catherine, and Aurora were stunned beyond belief, everyone knew Vesper was strong, but they felt the intensity of that tribulation and they knew, they would not have survived if they were in his position.
And that was all they needed, the motivation to be at the top with an example right before their eyes. One by one they all left their positions and went to different location, some went to meditate, some went to meet the training master, some went to plan for the war, but all of them decided not to be left behind.
In a room within the Imperial Palace Adolfus could be seen standing with a few men in military uniforms, as the crown prince he had studied war strategies from childhood and now he was putting that knowledge to use.
"We are unable to use a pincer attack, we can only strike through the mountains, but the enemies can also use the terrain to their advantage in that location." A general said.
"Do not forget that the barbarians ride Siberian tigers, they would be able to up scale the mountains as they are not that steep." Another general with a scar said.
"What do you suggest crown prince?" the first general asked.
"Why don't we take the war to their fort?" Adolfus replied.
"That seems too risky your highness." The general with the scar replied.
"Allow me finish, General Thorsten. We will send an army of 500 men as a distractions while we have our archers mount the mountains then a part of the martial force will be with the archers just in case of the barbarians scaling the mountains."
"Our true attack force will attack from the other end of the camp, sealing the barbarians retreat to the desert and they will join the sky fleet."
"The noble families and the imperial family troops will be at the end of the mountain region, we will attack from there." Adolfus laid out his plan.
The two generals were not excited with the plan but they knew without doubt it was a great plan, but there were so many risks.
"I know what you are thinking, but as men bleed for the empire, the nobles and royalty should do as much, remember their family gained nobility due to their contributions in war, they have no choice but to uphold that legacy." Adolfus said, with no room for argument.
After the issue with Vesper, Marcus gave Adolfus full command of the army, but Vesper was one of the generals, due to his experience and battle power.
Although Adolfus did not like this, he knew that there was little he could do.
In another room, Catherine and Chloe danced with their weapons, floating around like fairies but their clash was nothing as beautiful, it was intense, a slight mistake and either of them would end up with injuries, on another end, Diane and Jonathan clashed.
Fist to fist, all of the royal children battled in training, they could not afford to relax and focused their minds on improving.
In a room Gandalf, Marcus and the martial grandmaster stood, on the bed there was a boy with black hair laying down, his body glowing in a silver radiance.
"Your Majesty, Lord Protector, I am called Vahn Kiba. A member of the Martial God Hall." The martial grandmaster said.
Marcus and his father looked at each other and turned back to Vahn.
"So you need to speak to my student, why?" Gandalf asked.
"Lord protector, I believe, the young master is a talent of the martial way, and he should be invited to the Martial God hall."
The Martial God hall was a sect of martial artist outside the Empire, they were filled with martial artists, and were a force to be reckoned with, but that did not mean the empire needed to fear them.
"Then if you say he is a genius, why address him as young master, when you have clearly not seen him before?" Marcus asked.
"That has to do with a secret from my Sect, I can not disclose unless the young master is awake, pardon me." Vahn replied.
As they spoke, Vesper let out a grunt drawing the attention of the three men, opening his eyes, he saw three men standing by the bed he was.
Confused he got up, and stared at them longer before asking
"Am I dreaming?"
Gandalf rolled his eyes and sighed, Marcus and Vahn were left speechless, even if you were dreaming, was your dream supposed to say yes, you are dreaming?
"Little Vesper, it is good you are awake now, with all the commotion you have caused you sure, didn't lose your humour." Gandalf spoke.
"Hey old man, it is not my fault, I followed what you said and kept it hidden, only to be feeling this tug a few hours later." Vesper said.
"Hours? Boy you were in closed section for five days, and the next thing you do is cause a very large disturbance." Gandalf replied.
"Huh? Five days? I swear I barely closed my eyes to medita... so that is how it is huh?" Vesper said to no one in particular.
"This man here is Martial Grandmaster Vahn Kiba, from the Martial God Hall, he wished to speak to you so I let him follow." Gandalf introduced Vahn to Vesper.
Vesper stared at the man with a bit of confusion, then his expression brightened as though he understood. Gaining the knowledge of this world he knew the different powerhouses, The Empire, The three Sects and the other major kingdoms.
And the Martial God Hall was one of the three major sect, accompanied by the Supreme Academy and the White Flower Sect. The supreme academy was a place for Elemental users and the White flower Sect was an all female sect.
"Grandmaster Vahn, how can I be of help to you?" Vesper asked.
"I greet the young master, I wish to invite you to our sect, and partake in the Martial God inheritance." Vahn said.
Hearing this all three men were stunned albeit Vesper was stunned for a different reason
"What the hell is young master?"