《Shattered Side of Yowen Empire》 Prologue "Charge, men, charge," yelled out a man in a military uniform with a major rank. "Pierce your bayonet into the hearts of basterds from Stainad Kingdom!" All bayonets out front, ready to dig into the uniform and flesh of their enemies. All men at the same time, like one, clashed against the fools. The fools, in a state of confusion, starts to back away at the immediate threat. Suddenly chaos could be seen. Blood could be seen flying left and right. Bodies fell toward the ground, all limp and lifeless. As the chaos unfold, the winners came out. The unit and the major celebrates the victory. Each person pumping their arms into the air and chanting. "For the glory and honor of Wukegon Kingdom. Fear the might of our lord." But the celebration didn''t last long. A black dot seems to be forming over the horizen. A young man rushed toward the commander and give him his report. "Major, a unit have been spotted on the west." "Who''s their commander?" Just as he spoke, a light appeared in the sky. A reflection of a young girl shows up in the light. The beautiful young girl have red eyes and golden messy hair. A short girl who has a small chest and a plump bottom. She declared in a loud, proud voice. "I, Amalia Heissler, have come to take you to hell." One of the men points his finger at the light. His body shaking like he''s in terror. He questioned in a stuttering voice. "Amal...ia Heis...sler?" "A girl? No need to worry then. It''s just a little girl who wants to play soldier." A man next to the shaken one said that with his chest puffed out. The major quickly jumped onto his horse. And shout out words of encouragement. "Men prepare for combat once again. We will triumph in this battle and make it our second vic-" If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. Before he finish his words of encouragement, a loud pop came from afar and blown his face apart. Likewise an explosion occured when the commander face exploded and the blast radius torn up men inside it. Burnt flesh could be smelled and peices of body parts everywhere. With the commander dead, the unit slowly starts to fall apart. Men who have lost their morale feld like cowards while others stayed to fight. "Major is dead. As the highest, I''m taking control of this unit" The lieutenant shout that out to inform the men of the change of command. "Orders, sir." "Maintain position and keep supressing fire. Since they''re out in a open field, they have the disadvantage over us." As if in sync, the enemy take off into the sky. "We''re fucked. It''s a air unit disguised as a ground unit. Run into the forest men." Everyone ran for their life. Going as fast as they could. But before they could reach the forest, another unit slowly came out from the bushes and shadows. Guns pointing at lieutenant and his men. With magic, Amalia Heissler spoke with a megaphone voice. "Surrender, Wukegon soldiers." The lieutenant upon hearing that he turned around, facing an air unit descending toward their direction. Anger starts to build up and upon this chance he starts firing at them, hitting one of the enemy soldiers in the arm. "We won''t surrender to Stainad dogs and we will take your head, you ugly swine, to Major''s grave." The unit took action along with their lieutenant and starts to fire at both the two enemy unit. Amalia Heissler annouced that with a really huge smirk. "Then it''s time for your execution, fellow scums of Wukegon." Chapter 1: Memories 1 Once there was an empire that once united a continent together. But the empire once so powerful, slowly fall to its doom. Without protection and without a government, the people starts to form their factions. Two hundred years have passed since the Empire had died out, three major factions come out above the rest. They are Dourin Empire, Rusna, and Netopia Kingdom. Dourin Empire is the biggest of them all and borders with the demons. But yet for some reasons, there is hardly any probelms being occurred between these two. Aside from being the biggest, Dourin Empire have the best military power. Rusnia, unlike the other two, is surrounded by water. With that, Rense been cultivating its navigation skills and boat making skill. Over time, they managed to create a powerful navy. With a navy thats powerful, Rusna has plentiful of resources through trade with other nations. Netopia Kingdom doesn''t have a powerful military or even a navy. Despite the lack of military power and navy power, this nation managed to control the continent of Aelodend. Not through military might, but through religion. Making the common and rich folks believe that the best way to lose your sins is to pay the Church of Xottos or you could simple hand them military weapons and ships or even resources. The bigger and better it is the closer you are to God. ____________________________________________ The sun have risen over the land. Piercing its light into every crook and cranny. The people of the land have woken up from their slumber. All except one little girl. "Hey, wake up sleepy head!" A boy crouched on the side of a girl. He appears to be waking her up from her slumber. With the first attempt failing, he starts to gently slap both sides of the cheeks to wake up the girl. "Wakey, wakey." The girl slowly opens her eyes. Being blinded by the sun, she covered her eyes with her right arm. "There you go. Feeling alive yet?" The boy stood up, stretching every fiber in his body. The girl, stood up in an instance and give a glare to the boy. "I will be once you get a taste of my pain." "Sure, sure. Do what you want, Amalia." Amalia walked a couple of steps away from the boy. Both of the two were playing a game of catch until the boy put more power than intended and accidentally got a headshot. Technically, Amalia got knocked out because she wasn''t expecting a powerful throw from her childhood friend, Youngmin Rausch. Amalia put herself in position. She then throw the ball with as much power she can. The ball misses Youngmin and flew into her parents'' window. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. All of a sudden, an explosion set off in the village. The villagers all confused and suprise of what was going on. It took them almost a minute to realize that an explosion had happened. When they did snap out of it, the villagers all start working right away. Some went to find any survivors while others grab medical supplies. Like a bunch of ants, they didn''t question what they are doing. They simply understand that it needed to be done now. "Help me, im stuck under the debris." A man stuck in the debris called out for help. A villager closeby heard the response and try to aid the man. Some of the villagers suspect something and start to be cautious. Dark silhouettes surrounding the village, slowly make their way across the trees and open field. Not being spotted until the last second. All dark silhouettes charge into the village. The leader of the dark silhouettes annouced in a very loud voice. "We, the holy knights of Church of Xottos declared the villagers to be annihilated for committing treasons against the Pope for being demon worshipers. Holy knights, start the execution." Villagers who stood there like a statue in confusion, but once they hear "start the execution" they all scram for the life. Its now their life they have to worry about and leaving the wounded to be left behind. While running away gunshot could be heard. A few ran into their houses and bring out their Mauser M98G 7.92mm and start to fire back. "Church of Xottos, you dare commit acts of violence to this peaceful village. We''ll make you pay and also make you pay for destroying our country!" Amalia and Youngmin stood there not knowing what to do. A young woman and man rushed over to those two. "There you are Amalia. We got to run. We got to escape." "Momma, what''s going on. Why is daddy holding his hunting rifle." The mother picked up Amalia. The father crouched over Youngmin. "Youngmin, your parents aren''t here at the moment. They want to protect this village." "Me too. I can''t leave them behind." "You''re too young for such things. I won''t let you. Honey, run away with the kids. I''ll try to buy you three some time." "No, daddy. You can''t." "Daddy will be alright, darling." The father stood up and rushed into the battleground. The mother knowing that the children must survive, set off in the opposite direction. Toward the forest they run. Upon reaching the forest, darkness consumes them. Chapter 2: Memories 2 The very next morning, the village is bustling with life. Not the same old village since bunt down houses and a giant crater could be seen. Blood could be seen spattered against the ground and on houses. Pieces of body parts such as hands, chest, and even heads could be found near the giant crater. Bodies of villagers is massive compare to the other side which suffered a few casualties. Outside the villiage lies a camp or more accurately an execution ground for the remaining ones who been caught or surrendered. Gunshot could be heard from a mile away. Bodies of the dead form into a small mountain. A battalion, split into platoons and went in different ways to collect the remaining villagers that are hiding. Villagers that somehow with luck or a miracle managed to escape through the gaps of Holy Knights. Some are hiding in the forest with great covers of vegetation. A few jumped into the open field of tall grass hiding. Ever since the commotion yesterday, Jayden Sutton have been up all night patrolling at the near the edge of the forest. Jayden is a rugid man covered in dirty tattered clothes. Yesterday when gunshot was heard, the boss wants more patrols out. His brothers wants to pitch in but none can do at their current conditions. Two days ago they attack a small village hoping to get "resources". When they attack, they were all expecting an easy time. But due to their surprise, the villigers fought back with guns and anything that they could grab like a pitchfork. After the attack, they grab what they could find even their "resources". His brothers all suffer stab wounds and bullet injuries. Some could hardly walk and most couldn''t even feed themselves. Luckily, a few of his brothers who have medical skills stayed back and watch the base. Since then, those who got medical skills been working without rest and a few that recovers need to go watch and guard their "resources". Jayden patrolling near the edge of the forest with caution happens to stumble upon footprints. Such signs is no big deal since it was a common sight since yesterday but this one was unusual. A trail of blood and it didn''t look like a small injury. Seeing such good news made him chucked to himself and start stalking the tracks. Moving through the forest quickly and quietly. He stumbles upon the results of the tracks. At the end of the track was a corpse of an adult man holding onto a hunting rifle. Sneaking up to the corpse, he jumped and pin down the dead body. Immediately the body struggled but with an injured arm and broken leg he didn''t last long. In a last attempt he tried to yell. Before his voice could be heard, Jayden puts his hand over the guy''s mouth and pulled out his dagger from his waist. Upon seeing the dagger, the guy starts to struggled again and even made an attempt to use his rifle. Jayden brings the knife up to the guy''s neck and slit his throat. Blood started to oozed out. After a few second, the guy stops struggling. Jayden wipes the blood away with the dead man''s clothes and sheathe his dagger. "That rifle look really good. Imma use it now that your dead. Hopefully you left some clips for me." Jayden check the dead body all over and only manage to found two clip left. Taking his time to load the rifle, he just realized that there was even more footprints. Just like before, he follows the track and slowly made his way though the thick vegetation. ____________________________________________ All tired and out of breath, the three sat down on a dead tree and rest. Amalia and her mother sat close togethor while Youngmin was about two feet away from. Amalia hug her mother and looked at her with a depressed expression. "Mommy, will Daddy be back?" "He will. He''s a very sneaky man when he was younger. Any problems that he ever gotten into, he always managed to come out fine." As the two were talking, Youngmin asked a question that had been on his mind for a while. "Ma''am, do you know why they attack our village?" Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. "..." Feeling the silence in the air, he changed the subject. "I''m getting hungry. I wonder if there''s any berries near-" "For such a young boy, you sure are interested in adult business. The mother said while looking at Youngmin. Upon hearing that, Youngmin seem surprised. "It''s been on my mind for a while that''s all. Youngmin stared into the sky as if remembering something from the past. "My father once told me that information is the key to victory." "Your father have always been like that. He was actually a major role once in my times." As she finished her sentence, there was an awkward silence for a while. Youngmin wanted to know more but couldn''t bring himself to say anything. Amalia ended the silence by giving out a loud yawn. The mother jokingly said. "Looks like someone need a nap." "I''ll go and scout ahead. While I''m at it, I will try to gather berries for us three." As if on cue, a loud bang was heard. A projectile flew itself right into Youngmin. Youngmin immediately fell to the ground. "Put your hands up lady. I got my rifle pointed at you two. If you dont, wanna die then do exactly as i said." Amalia who got startled by the gunshot was now wide awake and rise her hands up. The mother slowly put her hands up as if trying to buy time. Youngmin emerges from the shadows and jumped at the enemy''s back. Upon receiving the impact the enemy staggered and lost his balance. Before he could process what happen in his mind, Youngmin wrap his arms around the guy''s neck and put him in a headlock. The mother said in a very serious face. "Vice versa now that the situation had change." Seeing that the situation was now under control, Amalia''s mother run toward the man thats pinned down. She then give a good kick straight to the gut. The guy groaned at the pain. "Good thing you set up that clone of yours before hand." Amalia''s mother give Youngmin a thumbs up. "You need to thank my father instead. He warned me about the bandits a few days ago and was planning on dealing with them." The mother return her point of focus back to the bandit. "I''m going to make you spill everything you know or there will be something else spilling." The bandit lifted his head and match her gaze. "Fine. There''s nothing I can do now. But I''ll let you know that I won''t let this slide." For almost an hour, Amalia''s mother starts to interrogate the bandit with questions like where they located and his name. The bandit didn''t resist and comply to all questions. His name is Jaydon Sutton and he was on patrol all night due to the gunshots from yesterday. The base is in a cave located next to a river. Youngmin who was on guard, heard movements in the forest. He creates a clone of himself with magic and disappear into the darkness. Back over at where the interrogation is happening, a few feet away was Amalia who got bored and decided to draw in the dirt with a stick. Her mother on the other hand was preoccupied with interrogation to hear the sound of footprints coming from the trees. By the time she actually noticed it, it was too late. Surrounding both the mother and Amalia was a group of bandits. All of them appears injured in one way or another. Yet the bandits didn''t show signs of discomfort or pain. One bandit who took a while to show himself was dragging a young boy. He then threw the boy into the circle of bandits. Amalia look down to see the identity of the boy. Youngmin face shows up and if you look closer, he got bruises all over his body. Amalia''s mother immediately ran toward Youngmin and took both the kids into her chest. The man, that was dragging Youngmin, walked closer and closer to them. With a rifle in his hand, he swing the butt down on her mother who dropped right away. The last thing Amalia saw was a bright blue light coming from the man''s finger who pressed it against her forehead. After that, she fell into a deep sleep. Chapter 3: Memories 3 Waking from her nap, Amalia saw a bunch of children. All of them covered in dirty rags and most were all scrawny. "Welcome to the cage, this will be your new home until we have sell you off. So enjoy what little time you have left." A bandit gave a smile and walked away. Looking around, Amalia noticed that there were three cages in total splitting the young from the adults which the adults were separated by sex. Male adults appears to be covered in bruises. As for the females, same situation for them too. Looking over at the male adult cage, a familiar figure stood out from the rest. A 12 year old boy with dark color hair leaning against the bars. "Youngmin!" Youngmin look at the direction where he heard his name and saw a little girl waving her hand as if she is saying hi. Youngmin give out a disappointed sigh, shook his head, and went back to doing what he was doing which was nothing. Across the room for the women cage, screaming could be heard and along with a bunch of voice. As the noises slowly come closer to Amalia, she saw her mother still in good health being dragged by four dudes. One sound particularly familiar but since he''s being covered by shadows Amalia couldn''t identify who. Coming close to a door they stopped moving. "Let me go, you scumbag. Let me go see my kid and Youngmin." The mother cursing the bandits and hoping that nothing happen to the two kids. The person in the shadow spoke up in a chilling voice. "Didn''t I say something about not letting it slide Her mother look at the eyes of the figure and reply in a hoarse voice. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. "Do what you want but you better keep your words." Fire could be seen in the eyes of the mother, she then proceed to walk to a door and enter the room. Two month had passed since then, Amalia and along with Youngmin had been dragged out of their cage and put into a wagon. They been traveling on the road, chained and heading straight toward child labor. As young as Amalia is, she knew what was about to come. Knowing that, she''s been feeling down for the past few days. Youngmin was on a different wagon so they never got to chat with one another. "Your name was Amalia right?" A tall, blond scrawny girl sitting across her questioned Amalia. The girl sitting across her had been quiet ever since she been thrown in the cage. Yet she''s questioning her. Amaila had a slight feeling of happiness. "Yeah. What''s yours?" "I don''t have a name." She replied while looking at her feet. Not even a minute passed until she lifted her head and said. "They called me R-45." "Then nice to meet you R-45. I hope we can become great friends." "Likewise." R-45 smiled at Amalia and for the rest of the afternoon, they talk and talk and talk with no end. As the moon reached it''s highest point in the sky, everyone was fast alseep. Everyone except the lookouts and guards. But someone was also lurking in the darkness. Using the skills, he learned from his old homeland, the shadow slowly took down the guards and lookouts one by one. Once he finished, he leaped back into the forest. It wasn''t that long until a cry was heard, coming from the same direction they shadow went. It wasn''t just any cry. It was a battle cry. "Charge!"