Chapter 8 The Siege of Capital Zentaris [2]
At the same time, elsewhere…
"Mama look!, the world is lighting up again"
"Is Papa playing with fireworks again?" A child asked.
He looked back at his mama waiting for an answer curiously.
The mother looked at her child nervous hesitating to give an answer but eventually answered his curiosity back.
"Oh my sweet little child"
"Your Papa isn't playing but working"
"He'll be back here soon"
"Okay mama" The child replied.
"Dear, I hope you make it back home alive"
"Our child is waiting for you to come back soon…"
His mother muttered to herself in a low voice while looking at her child holding hands with her.
BOOM! BOOM! The sound of artillery could be heard at the distance.
"Did you hear that?"
"I hope us citizens don't get dragged into this war"
"In the name of the father, the son…"
"God, please protect us" The citizens murmurs could be heard.
KABOOM! One of the buildings exploded in the distance.
The citizens curious, turned back behind to see when suddenly, the soldiers escorting them shouted.
"Move faster!"
"Don't look back!"
"Move!"
"Keep moving and don't look back!"
BOOM! A nearby building was hit and debris flew everywhere.
"MY ARM!"
"AHHHH!"
"HELP!" One of the citizen screamed and cried desperate for help.
His arm torn apart from one of the debris who flew by a nearby building explosion.
His arm now amputated from the debris was oozing out blood at a rapid rate.
An arm layed on the ground next to his blood.
The soldiers noticing the problem quickly shouted back.
"Keep moving!"
"Walk faster if you don't want to become that man!"
"Blegh!" "Aughh!" One of the citizen puked upon seeing the scene.
"Mama, what is that red thing flowing out his body?" A child asked curiously.
The mother quickly covered her child eyes seeing the scene.
Her child curious, asked "Mama, why are you covering my eyes?"
"Because…" "Because it's…"
"Just listen to your mama and don't look back okay?" Her mother stuttered before giving an answer back to her child.
"Dear, please make it back home…"
"Just please… Our child is waiting for you…"
"Please make it back home alive…" Her mother whisphered to herself silently crying.
At the same time a vrrrr sound could be heard at the distance.
A military truck could be seen at the distance slowly coming their way.
The military truck stopped shortly after arriving.
The soldiers quickly moved forward to meet the men in the truck.
"Identify yourselves!" One of the soldiers shouted.
One of the driver in the military truck quickly presented his ID.
After verifying that it was one of them, the soldiers quickly shouted and ordered
"Load the women and children first"
One man slowly stepped out of the truck, holding a mana weapon.
"What a sight to see"
"Destruction everywhere, that's the harsh reality of war" The man commented.
One of the soldiers inquiring his identiy asked.
"State yourself"
"Who are you?"
"Me?"
"Im Andrzej a C rank melee hero"
"I've been deployed here to help defend the capital" Andrzej replied.
The man quickly grabbed his ID in his pockets representing that he was a soldier deployed to help them.
"Identification verified"
"It's a 1 hour walk there before you stumble upon enemy lines" The soldiers stated.
"Thank you" Andrzej replied back.
In another part of the capital where the fightings continued.
RATATATA!
"Die you empire bastards!" The man holding the machine gun shouted.
CLANG! CLANG! The two sides clashed again.
"Ahhh!"
"Help!"
"Help!" Both sides screamed for help.
At the distance, a man holding a mana gun could be seen.
Hiding behind one of the empire's tank, the man put his mana gun and began concentrating.
The mana around his surroundings slowly gathered towards him.
The man began absorbing the mana in his surroundings and infusing his mana gun with his mana.
His mana gun began going glowing hot, before finally pulling the trigger.
PSCHOOOW! The mana bullet flew loudly.
BOOM! An allied tank was hit and exploded on contact.
"4 down now" The man commented.
"News for you Mr. Leon" A soldier informed him.
"What is it?" Leon replied back.
"We have received news that an enemy hero is here"
"Our general demands that you intercept the enemy hero"
"Before he becomes any problem"
"A hero huh?"
"It's my first time being deployed in a war"
"I have no experience in fighting a hero, so it might be difficult for me" Leon answered.
"Don't worry about Mr. Leon, the enemy hero you will be facing"
"Will be a C rank melee hero"
"You have the advantage Mr. Leon as you are a C rank ranged hero" The soldier said while praising him.
"Fuck! I didn't know there was gonna be an enemy hero"
"I don't even have any experience in war but also a hero?"
"Im screwed damn it!" Leon thought to himself.
"I hope Ill make it back alive…"
"No, I must make it back alive no matter what!"
"I made a promise that I would look after them" Leon thought, mustering up the courage to return alive.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the capital.
"Hahaha!"
"These empire soldiers are too weak"
"They're no match for me" A man holding a mana weapon commented.
"Run!"
"Ahhhh!"
"Help!"
"Please don't kill me, I beg you please"
"I have a family waiting for me back home!"
One of the soldier asked begging for mercy.
"Why should I?"
"Doesn't that apply to my soldiers here too?"
"They're just fighting for themselves as you are" The man commented.
"Please…" The soldier begged.
SLASH! SLASH!
"Aughhhh" "Why…" The soldier asked before his vision faded out.
The man stood in front of a lifeless soldiers body for a minute before leaving.
"Kill them hero!"
"Don't give them mercy!"
"They deserve death!"
"Yeah!"
"These guys deserve death!" One of the allied soldiers yelled.
"Retreat!"
"Run!" The allied soldiers shouted running away from the frontline.
"Hero, we need help!"
"An enemy hero from the empire!"
"Our soldiers keep dying from that man!" The allied soldiers asked begging for help.
"They also deployed one too huh?"
"I'm curious to see the hero they deployed"
"Entertain me! Hero from the empire…" The man thought to himself.
"Where is it located?" The man asked.
"It's in the frontlines hero!"
"Those empire bastards keep wiping out our men!"
"Please wipe them out hero!" The allied soldiers replied asking for help.
The man holding a mana weapon began walking into the frontlines, going deeper into the enemy lines.
When suddenly one of the allied soldiers yelled.
"Enemy artillery!"
"Everyone hide!"
Quickly sensing the danger, the man quickly hid in a nearby building.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
THUD! THUD! One of the buildings slowly collapsed after being hit by the artillery.
"Charge!" One of the empire's officers shouted.
"Raaaaaaa!"
"Die you allied bastards!"
"Kill them!" The empire soldiers yelled charging inside one of the buildings.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! The man holding the mana weapon quickly sliced through the enemy.
"He's a hero!"
"Run!"
"We don't have a chance fighting a hero!"
"Retreat!" The empires soldiers shouted, quickly running away from the hero.