The flaps of the tent burst forward to reveal Kutaru and Glestel rushing out of it together. The guards have already moved away from it to help mobilize units so the surrounding area was empty. The only movement visible to them was the drove of soldiers making their way out of the gates. Amongst them were large wooden structures being pushed by a mixture of Humans and Oraeka. It seemed hastily put together with various ropes keeping it all together. Kutaru and Glestel waste no time hurrying to catch up to their forces, all the while barking orders to those under them. They march out from the makeshift walls into the open plains of Metha. The travel miles out, collecting various parts of the rest of the army that had been sent out ahead of time. Small bands of scouts scattered into the forests and ahead of the force. They brought to their leaders only grim news as they usually come back with fewer bodies. Luckily those scouting ahead came back with the news that the enemy’s main body hadn't occupied the space they wanted. They waste no time forming their formations at the base of the hill. The humans surround their war creations with groups of workers prepped. The rest of them made defensive walls around them with large tower shields. It’s the best they can muster right now as the Oraeka climb up the hill in a line. At the top, they stand strong over the stretched plains before them. They shine with brilliance with the falling sun with storms threatening to cover its rays.

They wait patiently. The sounds of an oncoming march are clear in the air, which makes a few of the Humans nervous. The noise is deafening to them as the Kraeka army finally makes an appearance. Kutaru’s thoughts on their formation were correct once they notice their front formation is of nothing but Earth Kraeka. Donned in their specialty of heavy armor they come to a stop in the distance and begin to spread out.

“Their numbers did grow.” Glestel was biting her lip as she stared out at them. She turns to Kutaru as if to read his emotions. He stares blankly ahead, more focused on his enemy’s movements.

“They’re shifting the front line around.” His brow furrows. He eyes the distant clouds and the Earth Kraeka shuffling. “Glestel they're about to make a wall. Domes. We need domes!”

Her eyes widen quickly from the realization. She spins on her heels to face the Oraeka formation.

“DOOME!” She screams the words out and her orders are obeyed without question. The line of Oraeka focuses their aura around them until they glowed softly in the light. Slowly the light leaves their skin and pushes outward into the air. It continues to spread until the army had been surrounded in a shimmering wall of light to separate themselves from the Kraeka before them. The ground around them continues to shake as on the other side of the field a wall was being erected from the surrounding earth. Before it stopped moving, figures appeared in the air as a fiend flock. Energy cackled to reveal the sheer number of Air Kraeka charging their aura in the sky. The light was blinding and the buildup of static was causing various particles to raise off the ground. Kutaru and Glestel’s hair stood on end while watching the enemy outside of the light.

BOOM! A beam of electrical current had slammed into the shimmering wall protecting them, an Oraeka specialty. The constant cackle was deafening with the wind blowing all around their dome from the pressure releasing.

“Humans!” Glestel’s voice booms were even louder than the barrage of energy. Those at the base of the hill look up towards Glestel, whose form eclipses the light from the spell being launched at them. “You've proven yourselves to our kind once before that you have the strength and resolve to belong alongside us! Today we will prove that they are no match!” There's another clash of noise as another beam connects with the barrier. The electricity crawls across its round surface in pulses as the enemy keeps trying to break into the barrier. Glestel faces back towards the outer rim of their barrier. “Prepare your weapons!” The Humans did as they were told. They hustled around their mechanical war tools to bring down a hold area, which they created various sized boulders to load onto. Then they infuse it with their aura creating a rainbow of color at the base of the hill. Kutaru was watching this process in awe. To him, this was far superior to the creations the humans to the north had made. He turns over to Glestel to give her a nod of confirmation, which she returns back to him. Glestel raises a hand into the air with her fingers stretched towards the sky. “Mark this day upon your calendars! Today will be another day you Humans prove that you're not to be trifled with! We stand by you this day as you are our descendants!” The beam of energy dissipates into a small cackle, sputtering out in the air. The Oraeka drop the shimmering barrier holding the attack's from the enemy at bay. Before their eyes were the Kraeka Army in the air as well the ground. A sizable wall fortress had been carved from the ground to impose on those who wish to crash into it. Glestel takes a deep breath of air into her lungs. “RAISE AS ONE!! FIRE!”

Their wooden beams creaked from the shifting weight. The counterbalance swung to bring the main holder up and forward, launching a mass of aura at their enemies. They streaked through the air in various colors over Kutaru’s head. The Air Kraeka saw the cloud of aura first. They tried to contest with it with their own aura, that was until they realized the projectiles were physical. Those that were in the air and in range were swatted out of the air. The rest of their attack clashed with the Earth made Wall or went over it into the army behind it. It met with resonating success. Certain elements the Humans put into their boulder caused various explosions of the wall, dealing heavy damage to the fortifications. The army scattered trying to avoid various aura they weren't immune to and bodies flew into the air with screams. As successful of a first attack it was, the Kraeka army still holds a firm formation before them. The ground units begin to march forward. The soldiers in the air, however, nose dive towards the Oraeka.

“Don’t relent on your powers, Humans!” Glestel shouts as she unsheathes her blade into the first Kraeka to get close to her. The Oraeka follow suit while shouting a war cry at their enemies.

“RAISE AS ONE!” They repeat the words of their leader to signal both sides are done showing off.

The clash of forces was immense. The Air Kraeka swoop in with blurring speed to pick at the front lines. They launch various aura of electricity and wind at them to try to disrupt the movement or footwork. Any Oraeka that lost footing for even the slightest second was met with a flurry of cuts along their body. Of course the same could be said about them, for a lot of them met their end at Oraeka blades.

During a reload, a line of Humans emerges out from the formation of catapults carrying bows in their hands. They raise them to the sky while notching arrows. Light flares up from the fires at the tips and a volley is launched up and over the hill. The Air Kraeka react too late to the cloud approaching them. They retreat but take heavy losses. The Humans cheer from below from the newly gained sliver of hope. Kutaru looks over the field at the retreating Kraeka. The walls would show no sign of movement if not for the Air Kraeka retreating. Something feels off to him though, where was their main bulk?

The ground quivers beneath Kutaru’s feet. He looks around in a panic before realization dawns on him. He spins around to look at his commander.

“Glestel!” He calls out to her. “The bulk tunneled!”

The ground splintered in front of them to catch various Oraeka unaware. Chunks of rock are forced upward by an explosion revealing a mass of Fire Kraeka. Earth Kraeka emerge afterward finalizing a note that the main bulk had buried underground while they were busy fending off the Air Kraeka. Oraeka directly beside the blast were quickly slain before they can react. Glestel and Kutaru were able to react in time with an aura bubble protecting their sides of the line, but they both drop it promptly to join in on the clash. The Kraeka could not reach the humans at all costs, or the battle would more than likely be lost.

Kutaru’s blade clashes with an axe of a Fire Kraeka. This is done with relative ease as none of them compare to Kaede, the current Great General of the Fire Kraeka and his ex-girlfriend. He forces the shaft of the axe back to cause a loss of footing for the soldier and makes a quick motion to end the fight for them. He hated this feeling of seeing another perish. He pushes the thoughts aside quickly when he barely evades the arms of an Earth Kraeka. Kutaru maneuvers around him to the backside of his armor and holds his hand outward. Aura pours from him in the form of flames that promptly incinerate the being in front of him. Kutaru then makes his way through the fight towards Glestel.

A shockwave flows out from her to knock back the surrounding Kraeka. A few of them curse at her while charging back in. Their war cry ends abruptly as Glestel's blade ends up on the other side of them in such a swift motion of her strength. Their aura is visibly sucked into her being to create a hesitation in her foes. They know of the powers the Kazashi family held, one where the very essence of their being can be used against them. It's what made Glestel so strong, and why she was the commander of the Oraeka and none of the others. However, they all had a fight to win and the commander of their enemy is before them. Steeling themselves for a tough fight they press onto Glestel by trying to use the surrounding chaos and numbers to their advantage. They charge in by trying to use various diversion tactics or by attacking when she’s defending. Overhead swing by a Fire. Parry. Electrical shock from Glestel. She spins around in time to duck from the incoming greatsword of another and drains this one’s power to further enhance herself. The sound of the steel connecting with different blades rings behind her to cause her to whirl around. Before her was Kutaru’s blade holding back an Earth Kraeka. The ringing sound of the metal grinding against the other as Kutaru slings back the Earth Kraeka with force to knock them away before he gives Glestel a sly smile.

“Need eyes for the back of your head?” Kutaru presses himself against her back, breathing heavy from the fighting.

“What’s a commander without her formidable strategist?” Glestel laughs to mask that she too was out of breath.

The two of them set themselves into a stance as the enemy once more surrounds them on the battlefield. The combination of Fire Kraeka and Earth Kraeka makes for a deadly frontline force of both heavy armor and incredible power. The metal shines on them as various lights of the explosive fires and crackling lightning is cast from many different sides. Kutaru shifts his eyes between them all, making it a purpose to look them all one by one in the eye. Each one told a different story about how they felt being there at this very moment. The unbridled hatred they have for their enemies and yet… hesitant. They hold their swords with a clenched fist yet they have the posture of someone who is unsure. Kutaru takes a deep breath. A clap of an Air Kraeka’s aura being used in the distance seems to set off the wall of the surrounding enemy. They charge in a frenzy towards both Kutaru and Glestel with magic pulsing around them. The Fire Kraeka are swifter to approach as they use their Aura to bring about small explosives for speed. One of them brings their blade down onto Kutaru’s shield with a shockwave of sound. Behind him, he heard Glestel parry one down and the screams of both foes that charged them go silent as they make their cuts into them. The way these two fighters danced on the battlefield was truly a sight to behold as the lights of many auras being used cast shadows of their fight. Balls of energy being hurled above them from the Humans tools of war below. The crashing noise in the distance as Kutaru clashes with blade after blade of this tiring fight.