"With these five villages' food, we should be good for a few more days in supplies. Now if only the garrison would arrive." Sky says waiting.

"That might be soon enough." Zora says passing by.

"They better get here soon. It has been a few weeks already." Sky reminds.

"You have to remember, this is all new territory to us. It won't be as fast as Gaul." Zora reminds.

"Who says? We don't even have to conquer half this time." Sky reminds.

"But it's new territory." Zora says again.

"I won't argue that, but at the same time, the messenger should have reached them by now. Either the messenger was intercepted, our troops tied down dealing with another assault from Belgica, or someone is slow to respond." Sky says.

"Then we might have to send another and plan for without the reinforcements." Zora suggested.

"I don't want to leave the camp for the remnants of the army we just defeated if they snuck around us or for later bandits. If we don't get the garrison soon, I will be left with two options. Either we pull back to the territories we have already conquered or we demolish the fort and move to their main stronghold." Sky states.

"And we lose the ground we gained or another moves in and takes what we have." Zora says shaking her head.

"Exactly…the only other option I can think of is to ask the Hurricane dynasty to send reinforcements to help garrison this, but with their war, they may not have the soldiers to do so." Sky says.

"Or even care." Zora adds.

"Oh, they care. After all, the question is should we reveal our alliance now, revealing it to the entire world or not? I would rather we don't reveal it until after we control all of Libya." Sky says.

"And even then, there might be a backlash. As you gain more chairs, others will lash out." Zora warns.

"I know by controlling Libya, I will become a huge threat to the rest of the provinces." Sky says before a messenger rides up to the fort, flying Sky's colors.

"About time." Zora says as they watch the messenger run up to them.

"Overlord, the garrison is less than half a day out. The lord apologizes. It took longer than expected to gather supplies for them." The messenger informs.

Sky hums. "Good. We finally have some news about their fates. Take a break. Eat and sleep. I might need you at a moment's notice."

"Yes, overlord." The messenger says before walking off.

"This means we can prepare to march." Zora adds, looking at him.

"Yes, soon we will move south and finish this." Sky says as he writes a letter on the wall.

"What is that?" Zora asks looking over his shoulder.

"Sending a message to find out how the Dark Moon Knights are doing." Sky informs, before putting it in the metal cylinder on the hawks leg.

The hawk screeches softly before flapping its wings and flies off.

"Depending on what it is, I will alter my plans." Sky informs as he looks to Zora, then to his five maids.

"I have come for thee…!" Luna stops short as she realized she just teleported into a room where only Flitter was reading a book and looking at her and nopony else. "Where is he?" She asks turning to her.

"My husband?" Flitter asks.

"Yes. Where is he as I would like to speak to him about something important." Luna requested proudly.

"In Libya. We have already taken the northern border fiefs and are moving south creating a foothold." Flitter informs as a tiny head pops out of nearby covers.

Luna hums. "So he's moving again and who's in the bed?" She asks looking to it.

"Oh. That is Harmonic Luck. Mine and Sky's first born daughter." Flitter informs.

Luna smiles gently as she walks over and bends her head down to Harmonic who coos at her and Luna smiles and nuzzles her, making her laugh. "Such a good filly." She says before looking to Flitter. "How is his teaching going?"

"It is going well. Your teacher Zora decided to marry him." Flitter says flipping the page.

"Ah. Good. At least I finally beat my sister in another department." Luna says chuckling before stopping. "I might have to change the connecting seal to somepony else to see him, though."

"So why are you here for? Is this a social visit?" Flitter asks.

"Somewhat. It is also business and teaching." Luna says looking back to the foal.

"Explain please?" Flitter requests.

"I wish to advance his studies with a spell only I know." Luna says smiling.

'Tell me, Luna, what would it take for you to come over to Sky's side?" Flitter asks.

Luna hums. "Hostile takeover." She says smirking. "Then I would have no choice but to respond."

"So if we were to say conquer all of Celtica, would you surrender?" Flitter asks.

"Please. I would give my body to him if he just took over my fief." Luna says chuckling.

"But then all of the continents would attack us unless that is your plan to destroy us." Flitter says glaring.

Luna hums. "True. But my sister doth know of thine plan. She has another waiting in the wing."

"So just declare that you came to an accords with him and joined him." Flitter suggests.

Luna sighs. "What fun is gone."

"This isn't about fun. It's about survival unless you do want to destroy him." Flitter says reaching for a weapon.

"Please. My best student?" Luna asks smirking.

"Still doesn't mean you wouldn't like your sister." Flitter says.

"So? It's more fun. Those who look forward to retirement are those that didn't have a happy life." Luna recites.

"If you ever dare try to destroy us, we will kill you as you will be an obstacle to unifying the continent." Flitter informs now holding a sword.

"Yes. Now calm down. I would never think of hurting you or the others." Luna says waving a hoof and makes the sword fly off into the wall.

"Why am I suspicious then?"

Luna chuckled. "Maybe because I have become smitten with him."

"Sir, we have taken the keep. The remaining knights and levies are surrendering." A captain says.

"Very good." Sky says.

"Now…what are your next orders?" Zora asks looking to him.

"We hold here. This fortress shall see if any of them makes a move." Sky instructs.

"If they do." Zora says looking out to the field.

"We have the remainder of the Crosuba Dynasty and two other enemy fiefs to our southeast and southwest of us. They may move because this has been sought after by them for years as it is a breadbasket." Sky informs.

"Well let's keep it safe and away from their hooves." Zora says smiling.

"Exactly." Sky says as a hawk's screech was heard.

"Oh good. The message is back." Zora says eagerly.

"Let's see." Sky says taking the message and reads it.

"And?" Zora asks leaning in.

"The Dark Moon Knights took Galatia and convinced the Ruby Fang tribe to join us." Sky informs.

"Ah. Good. Now this makes things easy." Zora says going to a map.

"Should I send them to take the Crosuba Dynasty final fief and leave most of the army to guard this fief while we head east to hit them from two sides?" Sky asks thinking about it.

"We should. They are exemplary in what they do." Zora advises.

"Now I understand why they are called powerful even amongst the the other knight orders." Sky says.

"And why we should as well." Zora warns.

"They have to have taken casualties, though." Sky says.

"Then we help them with that." Zora says smiling as she leans against him.

"What about the other knight order of Libya? They haven't attacked us yet. What is there? What is the word? Which way are their wind blowing?" Sky asks.

"Strangely, haven't been seen or heard for a while." Zora says concerned.

"Find them." Sky instructs uneasy.

"Yes, it is a huge concern." Zora says.

Sky starts writing a new letter as the hawk rests.

"It might be tough to do so or might be easy. There are many places in this area." Zora says looking to the landscape.

"Send messages to our three allies to see if they know and you take this back." Sky instructs putting a message into the container.

The hawk wakes up and flaps its wings and takes off again.

"Prepare ten thousand of our troops to move out. The rest stays here, repairing and reinforcing the castle." Sky instructs, petting her flank.

Zora moans and bends down a little. "Okay."

About three weeks later, Sky and his now eight thousand ready for duty soldiers caught up with the Dark Moon Knight as they raised the flag over the capital of the Crosuba Dynasty.

"We are late." Sky points out annoyed.

"Are you going to have revenge hate sex with her?" Zora asks smirking.

"No. Raven, is she in there already?" Sky asks.

"Yes. And she is holding the leader." Raven says shaking her head.

"Go deal with it. I will take over the occupation of the city." Sky instructs.

Raven nods and teleports away.

"Move in and get this city under control." Sky instructs before moving up.

Zora sighs. "These mares will be the death of us."

"Not yet." Sky says.

Sky held his troops and the Dark Moon Knights in reserve in the capital of the fief for months to rest, recover and resupply.

"Alright, prepare to march out!" Sky declares in front of the army.

"Overlord." A messenger calls running up.

"Yes?" Sky asks before leaning in to let the messenger whisper into his ear and at the end, Sky nearly falls off Celebrimbor.

"Something wrong?" Raven asks a bit concerned.

"They have surrendered to us already." Sky says.

"You have to be kidding!" Raven yells, catching everyone's attention.

"No. Apparently they drained their manpower from years of feuding with each other and no longer have the capacity to wage the kind of war that would be needed to even stave us off." Sky says rereading the letter.

"That means…we are winning left and right here." Zora says in disbelief.

"Yes. We own most of Libya. Send a message to our three allies. Tell them to meet us in Zagreb at the castle." Sky instructs.

"Yes, Overlord." The messenger says before running off.

"What should we expect?" Raven asks.

"Lots of arguing. Those three kingdoms have always been rivals." Vinyl says.

"What the…?!" They all yell as they look in between them and sees Vinyl leaning on Celebrimbor.

"Vinyl." Sky says frowning. "Give us a heads up next time."

"Nah, so come on. Let's go." Vinyl instructs.

"Hey. I give the orders." Sky says pointing to himself and Vinyl looks to him. "All right. Let's go." He calls out and Zora shakes her head as everyone starts to move out.

"You sure you want to go into that battlefield?" Vinyl asks as they hear things being thrown all around in the dining room.

Sky sighs. "I might have to. I can't let this fight go on."

"I don't envy you." Vinyl informs.

"Geez, thanks." Sky says sarcastically before entering.

"Touch me and I'll smear the walls with you!" Vinyl hears as she shakes her head and walks off.

"One hour and all three of you of your house are already fighting." Sky say resisting the instinct to facehoof.

"Then make them back off!" Spitfire yells to him.

"Enough!" Sky yells with authority, making the room quiet.

"Sky." Shadow says nodding as she still glares to the two.

"I don't want to hear it. Now, what is this all about and don't try to twist it. Let me know the facts." Sky orders, leaving no room for argument.

"We are all arguing over Venezia." Spitfire says.

"Map." Sky calls to the servants.

The servants rush off and then grab a rolled up map to which they place it on the table between them and rolls it out for them.

"Let's see…here. It is right in the middle of all three of you." Sky says.

"Yes. And they both are trying to stake a claim on it." Rainbow accuses pointing a hoof at them.

"The fact of the matter is, none of you will be happy if one of the others gets it, correct?" Sky asks.

"Yes." They all grumbled.

"Then the solution is simple. None of you get it." Sky says.

"What?!" They all yell.

"One of you getting it will eventually cause a fight between all of you soon. Instead, your three houses will work together to choose someone new and they will become the lord of this fief." Sky instructs.

They all look to each other and then glare.

"Is that understood?" Sky asks, not leaving room for argument.

"Yes." They all said frowning.

"Good and now I believe you all remember another part of the agreement the four of us had?" Sky asks smirking.

They all blush as Shadow smiles a bit. "Yes." The two says dreadfully as Shadow happily said it.

"Well, then the first order of business for you three as my wives is to choose the location for where a new capital for Libya is to be built." Sky informs.

"Mine." They all declared before frowning at each other.

"Guess I need to have a night of hateful sex." Sky says chuckling.

"Oh, that sounds fun." Shadow says.

"And it will belong to the royal family. I.E., all of you are included." Sky informs.

"Yay." Rainbow and Spitfire says sarcastically waving a hoof in the air.

"Oh, volunteers to who goes first tonight." Sky jokes.

They just bonk him on the head on that.

Sky smirks and wraps his hooves around the two mares as they were now close.

"Aw. They want to do it at the same time." Shadow says teasingly.

"Now no more fighting you three. We have bigger concerns now that Libya is also within my rule. Those south will do a lot to try and take us down." Sky informs.

"We can help." Shadow says smirking.

"I know. You need to devote most of your armies to the border." Sky says.

Shadow gives a salute. "Yes, sir." She says smiling.

"Now for you two, will you agree to this?" Sky asks.

"Yes." They grumbled frowning before going wide-eyed as Sky strokes their flank.

"Hey, buddy. Hooves up." Rainbow warns.

"Why? We are basically married." Sky reminds.

"He's got a point and I don't mind." Shadow says beside them and strokes Rainbow's flank. "Good one."

"Watch it." Rainbow growls.

Celestia sighs as she rubs her head. "One problem after another." She says looking at the piles of paperwork all over her desk and the latest letter of the Overlord of the north taking over Libya.

"Archmage. I have a report on those we have been tracking and they have gotten an army formed from recruiting in our city and the surrounding provinces." Twilight informs.

Celestia shakes her head. "This idiot is on a revenge spree and he probably bought them out. If he goes on, I doubt the Overlord will take kindly to it." She says before looking up. "I know you're there."

"No fun." Luna says walking out from the shadows.

"Did you get him to agree to stop like I asked you to?" Celestia asks.

Luna scoffs. "Hardly. I didn't see him at all. My connection point was stuck at one of his old castles."

"We have to get him to stop." Celestia says trying to think.

"They will attack anyway. It doesn't matter as all the lands know how strong he is and what he is capable of." Luna says shaking her head. "It doesn't matter if we stop him or not, they will still cause an all out war."

"But what if he cedes land to them? Then maybe it will be avoided." Celestia says trying to think.

"He will never do that." Luna says.

"Are you that sure archmage Luna?" Twilight asks.

"He went this far. I doubt he will stop until he gets us all." Luna says turning to look out the window.

"Is he that power hungry?" Twilight asks unsure after he helped her 'brother' and sister-in-law.

"He just wants all the fighting to stop." Luna says looking back at them. "At least that's what his new wife says."

"Then he should stop." Celestia says.

"I doubt he will. Considering his conviction. Remember, he started out in the northern tribes and worked his way down. Lady Cadance and Professor Twilight's former brother will probably be an example of what he must stop. After all, the Queen was unusually calm when we called the yearly meeting." Luna says sitting down on Celestia's fireplace chair.

"We all knew they were planning something for years now." Twilight points out.

"But never any real evidence. And now the queen is dead and a new one has risen from its place. And they are now loyal to the Overlord's rule. He might be causing trouble, but trouble and wars would have inevitably come forth after all these years." Luna points out.

"It doesn't mean th…" Celestia was cut off by her sister.

"Sister, the land has been at war for centuries. This is common place or has life in peace here for so long made you forget that?" Luna asks.

Celestia stops and looks down as Luna shakes her head Twilight looks between them. "So…is there anything we can do?" Twilight asks.

"If he comes and finishes taking Celtica, I have decided to throw my lot in with him." Luna informs.

"Sister. You know we have to remain independent for a reason." Celestia scolds.

"He will find the land anyway. He will be curious as to why there is a supply convoy once a month to the mountains and he will find out what we have hidden from the lands." Luna explains frowning.

"But if you do that, then everything will be in jeopardy." Celestia says.

"Sister, the times are changing." Luna simply says.

Celestia stares at her before sighing and leaning back in her seat as Twilight looked confused. "What convoy and what mountains?"

"I'm not telling that. Also, this may be the last time I share information. The vampires have sided with him now." Luna informs.

"Then I guess my school needs to prepare. There is no avoiding what is to come." Celestia says shaking her head before looking to Luna. "I guess we will see each other once we have agreed to the terms once he has marched in."

"That may be a long time. You are a long ways south from Libya." Luna says.

"But that doesn't mean you are." Celestia points out.

"Also true." Luna says sighing. "Still…at least I read that there is a lot of peace in his lands. I seem to have taught him too much." Luna says smirking.

"What do you mean?" Celestia asks.

"I did say it is the last time I share information." Luna says getting up.

"Sister, wait." Celestia says.

"Ta ta." Luna says before teleporting away.

"You were saying Twi?" Celestia asks.

"They have gathered an army of around fifty thousand and none of the local provinces are happy about it and there are rumors of them doing banditry." Twilight informs.

Celestia shakes her head. "I can't see any other option. Our best bet is to let the Overlord deal with them."

"They most likely aren't returning alive that way." Twilight informs.

"That is what I am hoping for. He can make a quick and decisive victory." Celestia says.

"This also shows that the racial divides amongst us archmage." Twilight says.

"And it was bound to happen. You can never stop racial problems." Celestia admits.

"I heard that the knight orders have been put to work. Routing out bandits and keeping order in the overlord's territory. A change from when they were just sitting in their castles." Twilight says remember when she was stopped a few times in his territory when she went to see her former brother.

"It shows how convicted he is." Celestia says narrowing her eyes.

"I would think he would put them on the front lines, not securing his territories." Twilight says.

"He knows how many he has and he wants them all under control. It's how he is still able to get soldiers to the front to fight." Celestia explains.

"Also, what do you make of this?" Twilight asks giving her a copy Sky's decree for a professional army she got in Cadance domain.

Celestia hums as she takes it and reads it. "Let's see. Well…this is surprising."

"He isn't satisfied with just levys it seems." Twilight says.

"Yes. He wants his army to become stronger. Not surprising given the latest news of what happened back there." Celestia says putting down the decree.

"This decree is years old, so…" Twilight trails off, letting the archmage say it.

"Is that the army that was fielded this time?" Celestia asks.

"I guess so." Twilight says.