《Knight Endeavor: The Crimson war》


 Prologue: Regret

    Year 1702


    ¡°Hah!!!!!!!!¡± with a loud shout a kid attacks with his sword


    ¡°Clink¡± ¡°Clank¡± ¡°Clink¡± The sound of two swords clashing while the crimson light of the sun was reflecting on the two . Two people were fighting in a open field near the village.


    .¡°This is the end¡± said by the kid''s opponent. Holding his sword he immediately attacked him with a swift strike. The kid was frozen on his feet not knowing what to do.


    Waiting for the last strike he closes his eyes. He waited for the last strike to come but it did''nt came.


    Opening his eyes he was astonished the blade was infront of him it was like the steel of the blade was


    looking inside him.


    The kid slumped down on the ground because exhaustion. His opponent came to him and stretched out his hand to help him up


    ¡°Can you stand?¡± he said with a smile on his face


    ¡°I think my legs are numb¡±


    ¡°Alright as a treat for giving me a run for my money while we were training I''ll give you a piggy back ride to home son¡± He picked him up and proceeded to put him on his back


    ¡°Thanks Dad¡± he was full of joy because he can spend his time everyday in training


    ¡°Hold on tight, I''m gonna run faster. Don''t want your mom to scold me for being late and beating you up at the same time¡± While saying this he began to run faster and faster. It feels like a wind flew by your face


    His son''s name was ¡°Shiragaki Natsuo¡± 10yrs old he was the son of ¡°Shiragaki Akuma¡± who was his father and ¡°Furumi Yumi¡± who was his mother.


    After running through the forest without a sweat. They arrived at a village in which is located deep within the forest. It was a small village filled with people who just wanted to live in peace because the crimson war.


    The crimson war is the war between humans and demon. It was the country of Alkenia against the race of demons who was lead by the demon lord.


    ¡°Honey we''re home¡± He pushed the door with his foot. Startling his wife


    ¡° Geez can you just once come through the door in a ordinary fashion¡± His wife refutted with a frown in his wife but then she smiled at him with joy thinking that they are a happy family together with her husband and son.


    Akuma and Natsuo sat down on the chair inforn of the table. Yumi began to put plates of food in front of them and all three of them began to eat. The two was very hungry they became like wild animals while eating.


    ¡°Man I''m stuffed¡± Akuma hold his belly sticking out. Natsuo just laughed at his father and he was accompanied by his mother.


    After eating dinner. Natsuo and his mother talked with each other about his training with his father.


    ¡°Father beat me up real good¡±He said with an innocent smile on his face


    Yumi was irritated with Akuma because of his harsh training against his son. She grabbed the pot and Akuma was scared and he ran away for his life.


    .Time flew by while they were talking. Finishing up their talk Natsuo was already asleep in his mother''s lap


    ¡°He really is just like you¡± his wife exclaimed to him with a smile¡±


    ¡°Should I put it in a good way or in a bad way¡± He replied with a joking tone.


    The two parents look at their son with joy and happiness. To them this was the ultimate joy they could ever have in their lives


    ¡°I wish we could live together like this forever¡± Natsuo said with a lowkey voice while sleeping


    ¡°Eh?¡± They were both startled with what he said. But then they just smiled at him and patted him at the head and Akuma said


    ¡°Dont worry we will¡± He said with full confidence while they''re son to sleep


    .


    But on the other side of the mountain in the village there was a dark shadow looming


    ¡°General there is a village up ahead¡± He lowered his head while reporting to someone who has a shadow that reflects a horn on his head


    ¡°Good we will have our feast tomorrow¡± He let''s out a big grin then begins to laugh maniacally


    ¡°Gather the troops and inform them about our incoming feast¡±


    ¡°Yes general¡±


    The foot soldier began to run to each camp and they assembled. From the sky there was an army.


    ¡°Tomorrow we will feast¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡± Everyone shout with enthusiasm and they started to polish and ready their weapons.


    In the morning. The light of sun reflected on Natsuo''s face and he began to wake up from his sleep. First he wash his face and took his sword for his father''s training. To him his everyday training with his father was his special bonding time with him.


    ¡°Dad let''s go training now¡± His face was full of admiration for his father with his loud shout Akuma woke up from his bed.


    ¡°Yawn¡± He lets a big yawn


    ¡°Well.......well let''s eat breakfast first¡± She replied to him while holding food in her hands


    The three ate their breakfast happily and after eating. Akuma took his sword with him and Natsuo followed him. They walk through the forest in order to reach their training grounds.


    Natsuo on the other was always bored while walking to the the grounds


    ¡°I hate this part¡± Exclaimed by Natsuo with a sour look on his


    ¡°Wanna race?'' Said by Akuma


    ¡°Yeah!!!! Dad¡±


    ¡°Alright 3


    ¡­............................ GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡±


    ¡°What......................... You did''nt say 2 and 1 ¡° Natsuo was bewildered and shock because of Akuma''s trick.


    Akuma had a head start on him but Natsuo he did''nt let up. He run as fast as he could and he manages to catch up with his father but his legs were already at their end he begins to slow down


    ¡°What''s wrong giving up?¡± He laughs at him while running ahead of him


    ¡°Like hell I will¡± Putting every strenght he has left he dashes forward he begins to pass his father. Akuma was very surprised and happy at the same time because his son was already this strong in just a early age but that was''nt enough he puts on a serious face and dashes forward with immense speed.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    They arrive at their training grounds within minutes. The first one to arrive was clearly Akuma and following was his son that was breathing heavily and his legs were trembling.


    After resting for about an hour . Akuma and Natsuo both picked up their swords and they stand against


    each other glaring.


    After a minute. They both lunged at each other to start their training. Sounds of metal clashing against one another. Metal to metal. Steel to steel. The sound of it was music to their ears.


    While training ,


    On the other side of the village there was a whole army marching withing the country of Alkenia but their destination is elsewhere. It was towards the hidden village beyond the mountains


    ¡°General we are almost there¡± He said with a grin on his. He was excited for the feast that was coming


    ¡°Okay... be ready¡±


    All of the soldiers were marching fast. They could''nt hold their excitement for their feast.


    On the other side of the moutains. Akuma and Natsuo were training till dawn


    ¡°Ha......................ha..................Ha¡± Natsuo was breathing heavily holding his sword against his


    father. .


    ¡°Let''s stop here and rest¡± Akuma exclaimed while putting down his sword


    .¡°Why I can still fight¡±


    ¡°Stop bluffing I am your father I can tell when you are lying or not¡± He patted his head while saying this


    ¡°Okay¡± said with a dissapointed face


    They rest for an hour in order for them to regain their strenght back but during their rest. They saw smoke rising from the forest


    ¡°What is that¡± with a puzzled face said by Natsuo


    ¡°It looks li.......¡± without finishing his sentence. His face turned pale


    ¡°Hurry and get on my back Natsuo and get your sword¡± He immediately spring into action he did''nt took any of their bags or belongings. He just took his sword besides him. Because he knows that the smoke was coming from the direction of their village.


    ¡°Hold on tight¡±


    Without any hesistation he began to run as fast his can in order to reach their village


    ¡°Just hold on¡±


    Meanwhile in the village,


    ¡°This is the best¡± Tons of people getting stab. Blood everywhere the sight was gruesome


    but the emotions of the attacker was different they were thrilled with excitement


    ¡°You''re you................................re?¡± His lips were trembling


    ¡°I''m a demon¡± He picks his ears and he stabs the man


    Yumi was inside the house hiding luckily their house was not burning. All the houses around them was being burned down and the people were killed stab in their hearts and was consumed


    ¡°Everyone is dead¡± the thought of this filled her with sorrow


    She was shaking of fear but she knows that her husband will come for her but at that moment he hears the door opening. She took the knife in the kitchen and held it against the door . Upon opening she was surprised at what she saw


    She ran up to him and hugged him. It was Akuma and Natsuo. She was crying tears of joy


    but she knows there is no time for that. She was just glad that his husband and son were safe


    Natsuo on the other hand was filled with fear inside the sight of his friends and townspeople blood everywhere. To him it look like hell but it was already hell


    His legs can''t stop shaking. He has trained with his father all this time. He knows that he should''nt be scared. He knows how to fight but still he can''t still shake this feeling of fear.


    After finishing the preparation they got out of their house and began to escape. But the demons noticed them


    ¡°There is a live one here¡± They began to chase them a whole army was chasing them


    But Akuma was holding his wife in his hands and on his back was Natsuo. Even though that Akum was running at high speeds the demon also is at their tail. Akuma knows that he can''t keep this up because he knows that they will eventually catch them.


    He suddenly stops and begins to talk with both his wife and son.


    ¡°Take care of mom for me son¡± He smile wryly


    ¡°What are you saying? You''re gonna come with us¡± He shook his father hard but he was just smiling at him.Thinking that he raised him pretty good


    Natsuo knows what will his father do. He will fight them all head on


    Akuma notices that the devils were near. He decides to punch him unconscious


    ¡°Guha!!!¡±


    He gave Natsuo to his wife unconscious. Yumi just smiling at him because she knows that this is what he wants to do and he can''t stop him for it.


    Instead of stopping him. She just kissed him in the lips


    ¡°Thanks honey for everything you have gave me¡±


    ¡°No Thank you for giving me this kind of life¡±


    After their lips part. She ran holding her son in her hands


    ¡°Now lets get ready to party¡± with enthusiasm he shouts


    The demons was already facing him


    ¡°Heh You''re pretty brave¡±


    He was surrounded by demons but he knows that his wife and son are safe so it gave him peace inside his mind.


    He then begins to attacks demons around with every slash he makes the enemies fall down to .theground. Akuma was relentless he did''nt let a single enemy pass through him but they were too many


    ¡°You ¡­........ you''re not human are you?¡± said by a demon who was about to be slash


    ¡°Well I don''t know about that¡± staring at him with cold eyes


    He beheaded the demon with his sword,he then notices someone powerful was coming


    ¡°Well we did''nt expect someone who can fight was here¡± It was the general he is surround by a dark aura in which Akuma begins to tense


    ¡°Can you give me the satisfaction of fighting before I kill¡± The general draws his sword


    ¡°Well let see you try¡± He pointed his sword against him


    h Demons from the army pass through Akuma. When he was about to kill them someone was al ready in front of him. Two clashing swords


    ¡°Hey hey you''re fights with me¡± The general said maniacally


    ¡°This is bad I need to stop them¡± Inside his mind the danger of fighting this guy . He also knows that there is no way out without saying anything he attacks the general.


    Akuma begins to attack him with a flurry of slashes but the general blocks every slash.


    ¡°You''re too slow¡± Then the general begins the counter attack first he aims his neck


    Akuma barely dodging his fatal attacks. All of the general''s strikes were aimed at his vitalsHe was becoming weaker every second of the fight. His whole body was full of wounds. He can barely stand but he faces his enemy with no hesitation.


    Then his body gave out before his will


    ¡°What is it already over¡± The general walks up to Akuma. With a look of scorn on his face because Akuma was smiling and laughing


    with the final strike he dropped his sword on his head. Akuma was dead infront of the general of the demons.


    Laying down on the ground dead Akuma was smiling thinking before he died he protected his family but that was just wishful thinking


    Meanwhile on the edge of the forest


    Her legs was already at their end. Natsuo on the hand began to open his eyes. Seeing that he was being


    carried by his mother and Akuma was nowhere to be seen.


    Natsuo began to talk ¡° Mom let''s go back to dad¡± He was frustrated at himself for being scared and he just left his father out to die


    She just looked at him with eyes filled with sorrow


    ¡°Sorry Natsuo we can''t¡± She was about to cry . Tears well up on his eyes


    ¡°But¡± Anger, Regret. Sorrow. Resolve almost all emotions was felt with just one word


    then they began to hear footsteps. She knows what it is it was the DEMONS!!!!!!!


    .Five demons appeared infront of them holding their weapons in their hand filled with bloodlust.


    Natsuo draws his sword against this five demons his legs was shaking. But he knows that he needs to protect his mother


    a strong will isn''t enough. The five demons was stronger than him . He is just 10 yrs old. He is just a kid.Yumi thinking of a plan to escape but in her mind there is only one way.


    She then pushes Natsuo of the hill. Natsuo was shock with the events the unfolded. Before falling he


    was kissed by his mother on the cheek and was sent of by a ¡°Goobye¡±


    He then saw that the five demons attack his mother helplessly.


    Natsuo falls on top of the hill and just barely landing on a mysterious cave.He can barely stand all over his body there were bruises so he crawl up to the the cave He then went inside the cave to find shelter. He created fire with twigs and rocks just like his father taught him to in order to survive.


    He then curls up and begins to cry


    ¡°WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH¡±!!!!!!!!!. He cried and cried. He cried like a baby thinking that he lost everything important to him. He then punches the wall because of regret. He kept punching and punching at the wall until his fists bleed. He did''nt feel anything he was numb to the pain.


    ¡°I''m pathethic¡± saying with an angered face


    but then he saw a red crimson light shining within inside the cave. He pursued the the crimson light and he found a sword resting in a rocks. The sword was very beautiful it shine a crimson red light. It has runes etched on the its handle


    Then the sword spoke


    ''¡°Are frustated that your weak, you can''t protect anything¡± Natsuo was startled when the sword spoke but it seems the sword was just only saying the inner most desire of the people near it


    Natsuo began to reflect on his actions. He lost everything his home and his family. Without any hesitation. He holds the handle of the sword


    It slowly began to come out of the stone and after pulling it. It began to shine even brighter at the hands of Natsuo.

 Chapter 1: The Knights will

    Year 1722


    A man was walking through a desolate forest wearing a brown cape and holding a sword in his back.


    It did''nt matter where he''d go. He wandered aimlessly


    After walking a few kilometers. He suddenly stopped. There was a vague smell of blood and rotting corpse. Following the smell there was a small trail of blood leading to a little town. It looked like a ghost town.


    He wandered through the little town without any emotions of fear nor anxiety.


    Then he heard a rustling sound in one of the houses. Out of curiousness he went inside to inspect. It was a small house like a cottage. He inspected every part of the house. After going through all of the trouble of inspecting the house he found nothing but there was still one door left yet to opened.


    He went near the door little by little.


    ¡°BOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. The door was suddenly broken and coming out of it was a ¡°DEMON¡±.


    The demon suddenly kicks the man in the temple. He was knocked back out the window.


    The man stands as if he was''nt fazed by the demon. He just smirks and says


    ¡°Found you¡±


    The demon comes out of the house. His face was ugly and his body was huge. There was blood and organs sinking into his teeth it looks like he just finished eating.


    Suddenly more demons appears . A dozen of them appear from the houses it looks like they were startled with the noise that they heard. They surrounded the man.


    ¡°He looks tasty¡±saying this while his tongue was sticking out


    ¡° I got dibs on his head¡± said by a small demon


    The demons jumped at him all at one but the he was just standing there doing nothing.


    Without any hesistation he draws his sword. Demons were closing up on him


    ¡° RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± The demon shouted


    A gust of wind passes through the demon.


    ¡°Eh?¡± The demon passes through the man not knowing what happened. His upper body falls to the ground. But his lower body was still standing. He cuts him in half


    As other devils look to him. They say a sword that was incredibly long and it has a crimson red color. T


    They were slightly intimidated but that does''nt stop them in attacking him. But everyone stops on their feet


    One by one they fall until one was left standing. He purposely not attack him because he was the first demon he saw in the town.


    This was the first time the demon felt fear. He walks slowly to the demon inch by inch.


    The demon can''t even breath his throat was dry. No words can escape the demons mouth


    Then the man speaks


    ¡° Tell me does demon feel fear?¡± with cold blooded eyes he stared into the devil.


    Then he struck the demons heart falling onto the ground. The man wasn''nt satisfied he impales the head of each demon assuring that they are really dead.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    In order to prevent them from cause any more harm to people. He gathered all the dead people from the little town and he dug graves for each of them. This was the only thing he can do for them


    ¡°Rest in peace may your soul be at rest¡± the man bowed to the graves and he picks up the beside the tree.


    He decided to stay at the town to rest because it was already dawn. It''s hard to travel in the night.


    He sets up a camp in the middle of the city.


    Night aproaches the town. One fire is lit at the middle of the town. He is eating a boar that he hunted. ¡°


    ¡°Yawn¡± He lets out a big yawn. His eyes were drowsy and he proceeded to sleep.


    He thens open his eyes he was standing in a village on fire. Many demons roam around the village. One by on he saw his friend being eaten and then his eyes suddenly widen and someone spoke to him


    ¡°Help us. Why did''nt you help us¡± They grab his legs as if they were pleading to him then they dissapeared. Voices bombarded him


    ¡° You can''t protect anything¡±


    ¡°You''re weak¡± as if the voices were scorning him


    ¡°Shut up¡± He covered his ears to block out all coming sound but it does''nt stop


    ¡°SHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT UP!!!!!!!¡± He screamed


    He then wakes up and look at his sword


    ¡°Nightmares huh?¡± He looks up to the sky thinking back to the memories that haunt him. But it does''nt bother him anymore.


    After talking a short rest. He picks up his belongings and sword and begins to wander again.


    On the other side of the forest.


    There was a carriage passing through the forest which just came from another kingdom for an important meeting. Sounds of horses running. There was a man driving the carriage and there 2 guards accompanying it.


    It holds a girl with a beautiful face and long hair wearing a long dress heels it was the princess of the Kingdom of Borania in the country of Alkenia.


    ¡°HIYAAAA¡± As the man prompts the horses to go faster but then he suddenlt stops midway


    The guards confused with what''s happening they go out of the carriage to survey the situation.


    ¡°HEY what''s happening¡± The two guards shouted loudly


    The man driving the carriage pointed out something in front of them. Their eyes could''nt believe what they saw it was a human corpse


    ¡°Find another route¡± The two guards where startled with what they saw and they sense the impending danger upon them


    ¡°Hehe¡± someone grins hiding in a branch of tree holding a arrow


    suddenly he pulls the string of the bow with an arrow in hand


    She was anxious with what was happening her anxiety got the best of here so she decided to look outside.


    ¡°SWISHHHH¡± The sound of the arrow being released from an arrow.


    It hits the head of the driver of the carriage. The two guards panicked and they ran to go to the side of the princess but two men blocked their path.


    They were holding a dagger and a sword.


    The two shouted ¡° RUN AWAY PRINCESS¡± They were both stabbed in the heart. Their lifeless body was toss aside


    ¡°Now for the main mission¡± They closed in to the carriage upon opening the door there was no one


    ¡°Tch¡± One clicked his tongue


    They were mercenaries. Their objectives were to capture the princess blaming themselves for fooling around. One smells the ground the points his finger to the west


    ¡°She went there. She may have gone too far¡± They began to pursue her


    Two were pursuing on ground and one was hopping tree to tree


    She ran as fast as she can. She managed to sneak pass from the three while they were busy with killing rhe guards. She felt regret for leaving them but she knows that she can''t do anything. So instead she ran


    They were furiously chasing after her.


    Her chest heaved rapidly with heavy panting. She was at her wits end she can''t run anymore but they were almost close she falls onto the ground it was like all her strenght were fading away.


    Then loud footsteps were heard. She looks up thinking that this is the end but as she was looking up to see the face of the killer.


    It was a man with a brown cape covering his whole body. The three mercenaries suddenly shows up and they say saw the man standing in front of the princess


    ¡°Hey that is our prey go get your own¡± They sent out an intimidating aura to intimidate the man. He did''nt flinched an inch. Grinning at the sight of the stand off.


    He pulls the string on the bow and releases the arrow.


    Without a second thought he releases his sword to deflect the arrow and it reflects back to the bowman and it hit his head.


    The mercernaries attacks the man. One gets on his back and holds him in a headlock then the other one prepares to stab him at the heart but then bloods drip from where he stabbed


    ''


    but it was''nt the man was stabbed but his fellow mercenaries.


    ¡°What the?¡±. His eyes widdened. The body of his comrade fell after removing his sword from the heart.


    ¡°Where are you. Show yourself¡± He shouted in forest demanding the man to show himself.


    He panics not knowing where the man is. He then hears a voice behind him


    ¡°You are humans but you are demons on the inside¡±


    The mercenary attempts to attack him but it was already too late. There was a sword already impaling his chest. He pulls his sword and the mercenary falls onto the ground.


    The man swings his crimson sword to remove the blood. His eyes then wanders to girl hiding behind the tree but he did''nt bother then a strong wind blows on him his cape was remove.


    She saw his face it was face of a man that has saw many bloodsheds in his life. But she was''nt scared to approach him because he has saved her life.


    ¡°Um....¡± She was nervous talking to the man


    ¡°Thank you¡±


    The man just looks at him and puts his hood back on. As he was about to leave she asked


    ¡°What''s your name?¡±


    He did''nt pay heed to the question. She was dissapointed then she heard a voice


    ¡°Shiragaki..................................Shiragaki Natsuo. Natsuo vanishes from her sight.

 Chapter 2: Purpose

    Shiragaki Natsuo vanshes from the sight of princess


    ¡°My name is...............................¡± But she did''nt get to finish telling her name. Her name was Akane Harumi.She is the princess of the kingdom of Sovania


    Harumi decided to go back to her kingdom in order to report what happened with the meeting with the other kingdoms and the attempted murder of the mercenaries.


    Harumi ran towards the direction of east towards the kingdom of Sovania. She took a few brakes before arriving to the main gate Sovania. Harumi sighed with relief thinking that there are no more mercenaries pursuing. She came closer to the gates of the kingdom


    Many guards were stationed at the main gate. They saw a silhoutte of a girl running ragged clothes. They prepared themselves thinking that they were being attacked but as she was closing. The guards began to recognize her face face


    ¡°It''s the princess¡± one shouted


    Guards at the gate hurried to go to her side in order to help her but the only problem she has was fatigue due to her endless running.


    Harumi was escorted by a few guards after taking a short break. They went back to the castle in where Harumi lives. The castle was huge and it looks beautiful. Entering the castle there was a huge garden inside of it. Before facing here father to report with what was happening lately she went to her quarters to take a rest.


    Evening came


    Harumi went to her father''s side to report. She knocks at the door


    ¡°Father I''m coming in¡±


    ¡°Enter¡±


    As she enters the room. She was hugged by her father a smile came onto her face feeling the love of his father


    His name was Akane Charles. King Charles III. He is a brave and kind king. In which many citizens of the kingdom admire him for it. He was also a very loving father.


    ¡°Sorry for making you go to the meeting¡± with a sad toned voice


    She shooks his ¡°It''s okay. This is for the kingdom of Sovania and for the safety of people against th demons. She began to tell her father all the things that happened in the meeting.


    Harumi said to his father that the other kingdom will gladly help in the strenghtening of the borders and they will send addional troops. Her father was delighted with the outcome of the meeting because Sovania is the strategic point of the country of Alkenia if the demons happen to seize control of it . It will lead to the demise of the whole country and the death of many people in which the king could''nt let that happen so he sought for the help of other kingdoms.


    King Charles then called upon a messenger to relay the message to the 4 generals of Sovania to prepare for the never ending Crimson War.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    ¡°Father how did the Crimson war started?¡± she exclaimed


    King Charles face then becomes more stern


    It has been 40 years since the start of the crimson war. It started when the humans discovered the demons first they were few but years pass they began to multiply and they attacked the country that is near to Alkenia which is led by the Overlord but luckily Alkenia managed to hold back the demons which led to the battle for survival between us human against demons. There are different kind of demons. There are demons that looks like us but you can distinguish them from their pressure that they give and the other are humans who sell themselves to the devil and lastly pure demons these demons act like real demon and looks like one too. That''s how the Crimson war started.


    King Charles finish his explanation to Harumi but his face told another story


    ¡°To be honest I don''t like this. Sending people to their demise and I''m just here sitting watching but this is my job as king to ensure the safety and care of the people¡± He smiles wryly


    Harumi was surprised with his father''s expression. His face looks like a man with immeasurable sadness which is contrast to his usual brave and courageous look.


    ¡°I also got to meet a strange knight¡±She said to her father with sparkling eyes .King Charles was baffled with what her daugther said


    ¡°Strange Knight?¡±


    Harumi then explains to his father with what happened with the strange knight and attempted assasination. King Charles was intrigued with the story thinking that there is man that is strong and he began to have weird thoughts of taking that man into the 4 generals of Sovania generally there were 5 generals but one died in battle in the Crimson war.


    The night wears on for the father and daugther talking about for the preparation of the crimson war.


    Natsuo continues to walk on the barren wasteland with no goal in mind but only to kill demons. A nasty aura began to envelope him animals ran away birds flying away from Natsuo but he manages to dissipate his nasty aura.


    His stomach began to rumble in which his is saying that he is hungry. Natsuo cannot find any animals to hunt due to him scaring away the animals. He holds his growling stomach. Natsuo then spots a large castle which is surrounded by walls.


    ¡°It''s now or never¡± He then puts all his power to his legs then runs as fast as he can


    The view was becoming closer and close until he reaches the gate. It was the Kingdom of Sovania.


    He then goes to the gate of the kingdom. There were guards stationed at the gate. Inspecting each person coming inside the kingdom if they are demons or humans.


    ¡°Tch¡± Natsuo clicks his tongue out of frustration


    Natsuo was closing in to the gate as he was passing by it he was stopped by two guards. The two guards look at Natsuo suspiciously.


    ¡°State your business here in this kingdom¡± The guards blocks Natsuo''s pathway


    Natsuo''s look was suspicious to the guard he was covered in a brown cape and he was walking around with an odd crimson sword on his side


    The tension begins to rise as the guards begins to suspect that Natsuo is a demon suddenly the heard a strong growl from Natsuo


    ¡°Eh?¡± They were dumbfounded with what they heard


    ¡°I''m just hungry just let me go already¡± He complains


    ¡°Tch¡± They clicked their tongue thinking that they were stupid for stopping a useless guy like him


    They put down their weapons and they let Natsuo in.


    Natsuo hurried to find a place where they serve food and luckily he easily found it. After eating at the


    pub Natsuo then heads out he looks around the city in the kingdom. He can see all the smiling faces in each people that pass him.


    He thinks to himself that as long as he is live he will not let people experience the things that have happened to him. In which he will carry the burden of killing demons and humans who are corrupted by the demon.


    He sat down in a open field and holds his sword in front of him. Thinking back to the tragedy he witnessed this is the thing that gave him powers that he has now. He still does''nt know what is this sword but it gave him the power he sought because of his weakness but inside''s his heart there is small hint of darkness


    "I should take a rest in this kingdom for a couple of days". Natsuo was thinking that he should first find a job in the kingdom in order to replenish his supply for his next journey


    His eyes then becomes drowsy because of the wind was hitting against him.


    He then doze of in the open fields in the kingdom..


    but the clouds told another story. There was a storm upcoming in the kingdom of Sovania


    ¡°Are the preparations ready?¡± He asks his subordinate. He was covered in darkness and a silhoutte of his shadow can only seen in which the shadow looks like a dignified and a strong figure


    ¡°Yes my lord¡± He bows with respect to the figure


    He then smirks and thinks to himself¡± It is now our time¡±. The man laughs without any restraint .


    A storm was brewing in the country of  "Onigui"