The Kingdom of Hope

"People of Livania! Your leaders have failed you. We came in peace, to progress together but your leaders betrayed us, your President, slaughtered us, the ogres, werewolves, and goblins, why? Just because he didn't thought about us like someone who are worthy enough to want peace with you? Just because you think you are superior?" I roared at the crowd gathered at the destroyed gate of Livania. "We didn't want any bloodshed, yet your leader threatened to annihilate us? I won't ask you to forgive us for retaliating. I won't ask you to forget about what happened today. But listen carefully. The city of Livania, is now under the control of ogres. Those are willing to try and live among them are welcomed here but those who think they are superior than us will have to leave, you can use the portals and go anywhere you want."

"You can't just kick us out!"

"Yeah, We want to talk to President Wong first!"

"He didn't ran away, did he?"

"He could have. He never cared about us why would he stuck around after we lost?"

"I heard he was killed, don't know whether it's true or not."

"What's there to talk about? We are being allowed to live here right? What's the issue then?"

People started talking about what they should do, whether to try and live with monsters or to abandon their homes and go somewhere else?

"Zeroll could've thrown us all out into the harsh and deadly dessert if he wanted to, but he didn't." Kayla spoke up. "But he didn't, even after what we did to him. He's willing to forgive us for our mistakes and you can't? Wong was a power hungry and corrupt bastard, you know this very well and still when President Niall got killed none of us had the courage to do what was necessary. So today I'm gonna do what I think is necessary, to stay with Zeroll and his allies because they are the ones who did what none of us could. We wronged them but still they're ready to give us another chance to correct our mistakes. So I'm willing to be a part of the kingdom Zeroll is making, the Kingdom of Lugan."

Ashira looked at Kayla, surprised. "You know what that means right?" She asked.

Kayla smiled and replied, "Hope. President Niall once told it to me, after I found him reading a book about 'ancient' ogre language."

"That's it then, those who wish to be a part of Luganian Kingdom step forward, and those who don't, have three days time to prepare and leave this place." I informed the people and immediately about 85% of the people sided to be with our newly found Kingdom, mostly the weak and poor who were tormented by the rich on a daily basis. The other 15% didn't share the same feelings though. It wasn't like I was expecting them all to join either way. As much as would've liked to lecture them and tell them to start packing their crap, I had other pressing matters to take care of.

*Sometime later at the hospital*

Beds were lined up with patients, both humans and ogres. Lawrence and his team were busy saving as many as they could, it was thanks to their efforts not many people died in that bloody battle. But it was now my time to help them.

"Arabella, start healing as many people, both humans and ogres alike." I said summoning her. Arabella wasn't the only one who could help the injured, both Ashira and I as well as goblins who also used magic to heal as many people as we could. I'll admit it my intentions weren't truly noble, and that I was healing them, so that I could win them over. After all they were soldiers. Soldiers who would be willing to give their life for someone who 'saved' them. I also sent a message to Leroy, that if he wanted to join us, then I'll be more than happy to welcome him, to which he instantly agreed. But other human colonies were entirely a different matter. As soon as they heard about what happened in Livania, the impregnable fortress was marked as lost territory, meaning the humans didn't have any intention of including us in their 'nation'. That meant the two way portals which were once used to travel around the cities of human empire, were useless once the people wanting to leave the kingdom of Lugan left. But now we could reprogram them and use them to travel faster from one ogre village to another, strengthening our defenses. With this thought after those who wanted leave had left, new portals were set up at every major ogre, werewolf and goblin village and the older ones were reprogrammed and linked to operate on these new portals.

The only issue left was dividing it forces into different units and appointing new leaders for those units. The army was this divided into for corps, first the human Corp, secondly the ogres, then the werewolves and finally the goblins.

Ashira was made the leader of ogres, our main force and also the powerhouse of our army, their brute strength was sufficient to overwhelm any normal force.

Lady Belmai, a goblin sorceress, was named the leader of goblin forces who were powerful magic users, highly efficient healers, and specialised in elemental magic.

Nathaniel alpha, was made the leader of werewolves. The werewolves were a powerful and agile species, and highly trained in the art of warfare and can easily fend off enemies on harsh terrains.

And lastly, Kayla was tasked with leading the humans, who with their tactical and technological advancement humans were capable to defeating any enemy.

Leroy was made the general of our army for to his experience on the battlefield. Lawrence was tasked with the medical and finance related issues and I was crowned as the king of our new found Kingdom, Kingdom of Lugan, a Kingdom of hope.