[ IP ] Lava Ruins

I looked out upon my kingdom, the beautiful green fields replaced by the murky reds. The cool blue streams replaced with the burning red lava plumes. I wish I could say I did n't know how it ended up like this, but I did, All of this was my fault. I still remember my wish. 
 
 `` Make my Kingdom Impregnable.'' 
 
 At the time it seemed like a good idea at the time. The enemy had been on our borders for weeks, our defenses were close to falling. When I made the wish, almost immediately a large crag wall appeared around the kingdom. 
 
 The Invaders tried to climb it, but it was burning hot. With that I thought it was over and it was for the most part. Than 2 weeks later the merchant's came for an audience. 
 
 They wanted the wall gone, they could n't leave to trade their goods. Although I did n't see much point, I ordered some workers to help them carve out an exit. Little knowing the events I had set into motion. 
 
 It started with a single hit of a pickaxe. As soon as it collided with the wall a ring of red murky ground appeared at the base, just as hot as the wall itself. This did n't stop the merchants, they just commissioned boots that could handle the heat. 
 
 However it seemed like a wasted effort a day of digging resulted in another yard added to the,'Ring of Fire' as my subjects began calling the encroaching red ground. 
 
 It made no difference either, when the workers would return the next day, the wall looked as though they had n't dug at all. This made the merchants impatient, without my knowledge they had bought a large amount of gunpowder from a disgruntled quartermaster. 
 
 I wish those fools that thought about the consequences. When they lined up their explosions and set them off. They heard another succession of explosions in the distance. 
 
 These were the volcanoes bursting throughout the kingdom, engulfing townships and villages in lava. I watched from my balcony as my kingdom slowly sank into the earth underneath an ash grey sky. I suppose the greatest sorrow was, there was no escape. The explosives had failed to make it through. 
 
 It's been a long time since than, long enough for the others to succumb to the heat or toxic air. I'm not sure why I'm not affected, perhaps the wall needs something left to protect. I know why it has done this though. 
 
 The wall responded to'attacks' always fighting back. It saw the merchants attempts at escape as acts of attack and retaliated. 
 
 I suppose for my wish, I've earned this position of King of Ruin. I still weep for my people they did not deserve this, and I pray for the attackers. Hoping they can make it through that accursed wall, before their own kingdom succumbs to it's burning retaliations.
