The Fallen World

Nine

“Look, is there an answer?  Once I won the North Shore, I had to go here right away to help.  Don't delay, I want to rest, these people! "

  The soldier began to show his resentment and grinned uncomfortably.  The euphoria from the victory and the historic scene suddenly zeroed in on its own.

  "Ah ... if you ask the captain, he's lying down!"

  Lennox said, and raised his hand to wipe away the tears that flowed spontaneously.

  The soldier walked quickly in Lennox's direction.  He slipped in the pool of blood and fell to the ground.  That scene, the majestic status, is now completely gone.

  "The pain, why your dirt?"

  Now sepia has stained his body.  Although they were saddened that their comrades did not survive, the survivors still could not help but let out a little laughter.

  "Oh, hello Gray, are you dead at last?"

  The soldier whispered to his commander's mutilated body as he sat down.  He was joking, but had no respect for the deceased.

  "Here I come, as promised, but you don't seem to be interested in Marris' Dervo anymore ah?"

  Having said this he took a small round flask from his belt, gently opened the lid and poured it into Gray's mouth, then wiped the wine all over his body.

  "You're crazy, you know I don't like to drink, so I don't have to hold back."

  The noises coming from the mouth of the bottle saddened the people.  Normally, when he was injured, antiseptic alcohol filled his liver, and here he poured the whole bottle, even though Gray was dead, he must have felt too much pain.  When the last drop of wine flowed from the neck of the bottle, he shook the bottle and threw it into the sea and stood up.

  "How did he die?"

  He slowly approached Lennox, spitting a puddle on the floor.  No one thought it was a man of high rank.  That soldier was rude.

  "He… he got dynamite exploded right above his head."

  Lennox said with a choked sob.  Skylar stood up and cried as well.

  “Um, obviously.  At least he was lucky that he didn't eat the heads of those stinking dragons.  And that's Gray's sword, isn't it? "

  He pointed to the sword Skylar was holding.

  "Ah, yes ... This is the commander's sword."

  "I'll take it, don't you?"

  "But what about Mr. Gray?"

  Skylar wondered.

  "I'm just a kid who's been following him for a long time, that's all."

  Skylar hesitated, but she still agreed to give the captain's sword to the soldier they only knew.

  "Thank you!"

  Then, the soldier released a beast training whistle and put it in his mouth and exhaled a long breath.  Soon, a Fortis appeared and landed on the deck.  He took off his helmet.  In the distance, Fortis cavalry and maneuvering ships began to organize an attack on the enemy fleet anchored offshore.

  "Damn it, I shouldn't have thrown it away, now it's full of blood and whatnot."  The soldier grumbled as his hat seemed to have just been buried in the trash.

  Somewhere, a few small laughs appeared, perhaps those people were trying not to make a loud sound.

  He climbed into the Fortis and flew away, not looking back.  The crew wondered as the figure flew, joining the distant knight holding the remaining Union troops.

  The number of survivors on the ship began to rise, one group went to collect the corpses of the dead, another inspected the ship’s equipment and cleaned up the damaged ones.

  "The person is weird just now!"

  Stand said as he dragged the captain's body to the collection position.

  "Why did you give him Commander Gray's sword?"

  Lennox smiled at Skylar.

  “It's just ... what's up?  I feel like that person is telling the truth, this is someone very close to Dan! "

  “I just found that guy rude, saying all kinds of nonsense, not respecting him at all.  Gray always acts like he's not very close to anyone, I think you're deceitful. "

  Lennox began to disobey his brother.

  "Let's clean up this place and then talk."

  Stand annoyed at the two people.  He fixes the captain's lying down.

  “Hey, you have nothing to do?  See how many small boats are still intact to return to shore. "

  A crew member struggling to remove the body of a companion on a broken wooden pole turned to Skylar and Lennox to blame.

  "They already know!"

  Chapter 3: The child in that person.

  About two hours later the Fortis cavalry returned.  They help the survivors recover the corpses of their slain comrades while also clearing the corpses of their enemies.  As for the ships, more people and equipment are definitely waiting.  The vanguard of the Storm Empire rebels was ordered to return immediately in front of Weiz.

  "This Sucrose is still alive!"

  "Kill that too, those bastards will die peacefully!"

  The group of people rioted on the beach.  Skylar stands between his comrades and the surviving soldier Sucrose.  There was a look of confusion on his face.  All those with him had weapons in their hands.

  "Wait, the war is over, right?"

  "Do you want to let this man live? He poured bullets and explosives on our heads."

  “But ... he is useless.  He can't hurt anyone anymore. "

  Skylar tries to reason with everyone.

  People ignored Skylar’s ​​words, and the two hurried to pull Skylar out despite her backlash.  Someone standing outside punched Skylar hard in the stomach.  The Sucrose soldier winced in fear, his lips stuttering as if he wanted to say something but could not be released.  Lennox and Stand see Skylar being hit and rushed to the person who collided with Skylar.  It soon became a riot.

  "Hey, what's going on here?"

  The people were stunned by the voice that seemed to shout in the ear and at the rough shoulders that sailed at them one by one.

  "Get out of the way. Who are you going to kill?"

  The three identified it as the soldier who rescued them on the train from the braid and scarred face.  He continued in his loud voice:

  "It's getting dark, how long will you be late for work?"

  "Sir, we just want to kill the one who killed those with us."

  Explanation of one of the majority.

  "They lost, he's pitiful, you see, he can't even fight back."

  "He still deserves to die!"

  The screaming crowd completely overcame Skylar's defense against soldier Sucrose.

  "SHUT UP!"

  Loud cry of the benefactor of the three.  Immediately the whole crowd fell silent.

  He slowly walked over to Sucrose, sat down in front of her and started looking at her with a questioning look, then reached out and touched her cheek.  It seemed to squeeze quite hard causing him to show pain and open his mouth.  This man had a dangerous half smile on his face.

  The soldier began to rotate his face to the left, then to the right again, lifting his head back to see the neck.  When the “examination” of the face was over, he began to tap his shoulders, arms, abdomen and legs as if the doctor were examining a patient.

  “Tchh”

  He bit his tongue.  After clicking his tongue, he waved his hand and punched Sucrose in the middle of the face, causing his head to bounce.  This was followed by a kick to the stomach as he stood up.  Everyone sighed in shock.

  Sucrose fell to the ground, his nose bleeding.  He touched her stomach with one hand, and raised a hand to caress her face.

  “So it's okay, isn't it?  Is there another question? "

  The crowd was stunned, no one spoke.

  “You lost a loved one, so have you ever thought the opposite?  You killed their comrades too, didn't you?  We will be the same.  Killing someone who can't fight anymore, do you think that's a glorious thing? "

  His voice was replaced by conversation between superiors and subordinates, no longer the same as before.  It carried an invisible force that completely suppressed the rage of the mob.

  "That's it!"

  "Um, come on."

  "Let's clean the body!"

  Rumor has it in the crowd that there is so much going on.  From time to time someone still looks at Sucrose with angry and grumpy eyes.  However, before the proud standing posture and the sharp silver eyes they hurriedly turned around.

  Skylar, Lennox, and Stand remained stunned by what happened to the inmate.

  The soldier found a piece of rope drifting on the shore of the wave.  He picked it up and walked over to the Sucrose man.

  "Work hard, it's not good to let your hands loose like this."

  He quickly tied the prisoner's hands.  That ended the job “incarcerating” him.

  "That's all, if you don't want to make a fuss, then voluntarily follow me."

  The soldier looked at the three.

  "Aren't you going to do anything?"

  "Ah, sorry, we'll ..."

  It’s usually a bit fierce, but Lennox also flashes with a lot of weird male dominance.

  Suddenly he remembered something after the shock, he cut Lennox.

  "By the way, where did you take Gray?"

  “Ah, if you want, let me lead.

  Stand stretched out his hand in the direction of the rising smoke and led.  The soldier, Lennox, and Skylar followed closely, the prisoner also hiding behind him.  The area of ​​concentration of the body is a few hundred meters from the shore.  Upon arrival, a large shallow hole had been dug.  Body collectors began placing the corpse in the pit to prepare for cremation.

  Captain-general Gray was in a secluded spot not far away, wrapped in a cloth embroidered with the emblems of the Tobiaso army.  Next to him were the bodies of the other ship's commanders.  Many soldiers come here.  One representative stood giving a speech which he arranged himself to pay homage to the commanders, others stood around with their hands clasped in prayer.

  The speech ended when the man ran to where the speaker was.

  "Excuse me, can I have a few words?"

  The speaker nodded, he stepped aside.

  “Uhm, Hem… On behalf of the main force on the main front, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the brave men who fought in Jax Bay.  We are extremely proud that a young novice army has achieved results beyond our expectations.  Part of that is also thanks to the creative leadership of the command unit here. "

  He paused for a moment.

  "Among those who fell, there was Gray Tobimous-who was my commander-in-chief, and the man who taught me so much from the time he saved my life until the moment he passed away."

  … He is an old man with a terrible personality: an alcoholic, a prostitute, and a gambler… ”

  The people standing in prayer widened their eyes in shock.  They wondered if it was a eulogy.

  "… He has a bad sleeping posture, his posture is crooked, his behavior is rude."

  "… A man crazy about his ass and boobs, he even digs me once, and I'm a man."

  There was laughter from nowhere.

  "... He still owes me eight outstanding Toname coins."

  What kind of speech is this?  Is it a eulogy or a story about the dead?  There were people expressing anger at the man’s lack of seriousness, some trying to suppress the laughter that was about to come out.

  "... But no matter how involved he was, he was a very reliable man on the battlefield."

  "… He always does a great job as a commander leading his soldiers."

  "… He doesn't want to be too close to anyone, his behavior is not friendly, but he always knows how to help others."

  “… And most of all, he is my teacher, my benefactor.  I want to express my contempt for Dan’s vices, and my respect for Dan as he fought for glory for the rebels.  Take your sword, I will fight for you until we achieve the final victory.  Please rest in peace! "

  It was a strange scene: the praying people laughed and cried at the soldier’s eulogy.  The soldier stood up dignified, raised his left hand above his head and then lowered it, clenched his fist, clasped his arm and brought his fist to his left chest - an oath to the vanguard.

  Apparently encouraged by the crowd, they also swore and said at once:

  "For Tobiaso!"

  ***

  In a hurry to send reinforcements once they win the Northern front, the knights are exhausted from the battle of Jax.  They and the defenders rested for a few days as they waited for supplies.

  After three days, the beach was pretty clean.  One by one the Fortis cavalrymen of the Marris Empire left, and the Storm Empire rebels were told to wait a few more days in Jax before the convoy arrived to take them to the Empire’s capital to retrieve their reward.

  "Ah, may I ask, how many troops do we have left?"

  Skylar wondered.

  "There are eight hundred and one here, and the north is about one and a half thousand."

  Soldier's answer.  He was with the Sucrose man who was doing something with the rotten coconut tree.

  “Fifty thousand troops joined the battle with Marris, now only more than ten thousand and a half are left.  The loss is heavy. "

  Skylar couldn't help but be surprised at the loss of Tobiaso's army.  If, according to the soldier, they only have a quarter left, maybe even less, even if the allied forces are on the defensive.