Beast

I am a soldier, or I should say I was a soldier. At the age of 12 I went to sign up to the army. The training was strict and older cadets were acting high and mighty. And I was bullied by them. Not just by them. By everyone. I don’t know if bullying is the right word. What they did to m eis something I can’t express in words. I couldn’t protect myself. Reason? Simple. I was weak. Extremely weak. My body in itself could not handle much of a stress.

That was one of the reasons I even vent to the army. To change myself to change my fragile self. If only I would know what would happen. Well I think I would still choose the same option. Only through hardship one can grow. That’s what my mother always tol dme and yes mother and not father.

My family is all and well, but I do not talk with them. There’s no grand reason for that. We just seperated from each other after I went to army.

And so my years flew so fast and at age of 18 I finaly completed my training. When you complete your training you get a rank depending on your performance htrough the years. My rank? Lowest of the low I won’t even mention it’s name because noone will call you by that anyway oh no, everyone who gets this rank is just called fodder you pretty much can guess why.

Well anyway after all was done I was send to my unit. My unit was called 16th front line code named Black whisper. Just so you know code names aren’t something all units get. Hell I never even heard of units having a code names. I even asked captain and he beat me up and gave me ehm let’s just call it “ cleaning“ duties. You don’t really want to know.

We were established at outpoust close to the kingdom of Navar. Our kingdom was called simpy Aremia.

And so I spent half a year with my unit, until hell cam loose. Our two kingdoms declared war on each other. The reason was unknown to us and truthully I did not even care. What’s the point of knowing anyway? As a soldier you just need to do your duty and complete your orders.

And so after a month of declaration of war. The true horror of war started. Both armies clashed at Napharian hill. It was a bloodbath. After a week of battle. A certain man came to our camp. Since the declaration started we did not get any orders and now such a suspicios man comes here. Our captain went to the tent with him and for more than an hour they were talking or more like shouting at each other.

Afterwards there was a calm and both of them came out of the tent. Captain shook hands with him and the man disappeared in the dark of night.

Our captain had a worried expresion and went back to the tent. We could hear him drink like no tommorow so we knew what happened inside the tent was important.

That night we all were worried but even so fell asleep. I don’t know how much time passed since I fell asleep, but I could hear shouts around me. I opened my eyes and could not believe what I saw. Our camp was on fire and shouts of death could be heard. You don’t need to be a genius to know what happened. It was raid. Bandits or enemy kingdom? Who knows. After such spectacle you just want to survive so you just try to find a place to hide.

And so I rand inside a tent. With nerves I had I did not even know where I ran to but what I saw there sparked my end. Our captain was bleeding and before him was a corpse in costly full plate armor so I understood what happened. Enemy kingdom attacked us. I went to help captain but when I saw his wound I knew ot was the end for him.

When he saw me come I could see glint of light in his eyes. Was it hope? I don’t think so. He knew that he is at the death bed but why would he have that glint? I just asked him and he just smiled and gave me a letter and tol dme that i tis of the outmost importance to deliver it to the city of Solerik.

He tol dme that a man anmed Rachet would be at the tavern called Musk. And then he fell on the ground. I could not comprehend what just happened. I lowest of the low got mission of utmost importance from the captain. I know that he not really had a choice but even so. But what really stuned me was the name of the city. Solerik. That city is at the border of the enemy kingdom so yes i tis part of the enemy kingdom. I did not really want to go there but what other choice did I have. I could try to help my collegues and die with them or at least I could try to at least once in my life become a true man.

I took of my uniform and wore just my plain white shirt and blust trousers. Every soldier has some basic clothes under armor. Reason? Increased protection. I needed to tokk it off. There were several reasons. First I would not be so suspicious on the road. Second is much more important. If I would take it of in the forest they could find me through my scent but if I let my uniform here they could never find witch one was of the bastard who ran away. And so I stealthily got out of the camp and ran through the forest.

For several days I traveled through the forest. Ate what I could find until finaly I found a village. I was so incredibly happy. Ofcourse I did not went inside the village. I don’t have a death wish. I just waited for the most opportune moment. To snatch clothes.

Culture of our two kingdoms is different so is design of our clothes. Even peasnt ones. So when noone was looking I snatched some and my old ones buried to the ground.

I traveled for few more days until I finaly came to my location, City of Solerik.

I wen inside the city. Guards aske dme a few questions but I was able to get in but before I went I aske dwhere the inn is. I got directions and after a little bit of searching (3 hours) I found it. I went inside and asked the innkeeper if man named Rachet is here. He said yes but is not right now in the inn. So I just waited for him to come.

What I did not expect was that after 2 hours guards came inside the inn. I thought nothing of it and just though they came to drink for break time. I wa so horribly wrong.

They came to my table. My heart started pounding and they asked me if I am the one who asked for Ratchet. What could I possibly do? I just answered yes. The man grinned and took a bag that was hanging on his belt and through it on the table. He said to open it and so i did. Inside was a head. I wanted to threw up and so I did. The man was angry because I threw up on his shoes.

I was shaking from fear and I knew this is the end for me but I could not let it end like this and so before they could do anything I took the letter out of my pocket and through it inside the fireplace.

They aprehanded me and knocked me out.

I woke up tied to the iron desk. I was scared shit and it did not get any better when I saw all kinds of torture tools. I could see torturer but I did not say anything. I just hoped he will think that I am still unconscious. And it worked for 10 minutes or so. The guard that gave met he head entered and woke me up by toring one of my finger nails. I screamed like no tommorow. I saw him smile. That smile burned inside my mind.

After this kind act of waking up they started to get information from me. They tortured me and as you probably can think of I told them everything they wanted to know. But even so they tortured me for several hours.

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I woke up inside a cell. I was in the prison. I could see other prisoners walking outside the prison cells so I went outside too. After I went outside I was surrounded by prisoners until the gus that was probably boss came. He said that from now on I am his bitch and will do everything he wants. And so I did. To survive moral goes away, but it was uselles.

They did everything they wanted to do to me. They started breaking me mentaly. They did not fuck me or such but you can break person on all kinds of methods.

This went for a weak or so until the boss came. I thought he will save me from other. Again I was gravely mistaken. He wanted to have fun with me. He came to me and punched me in the gut. I lost my breath and was curled on the ground. I was beat up by him and other. They laughed so much until I started seeing red. Then boss took my hair and told me something that you would never want to hear. Something that I don’t want to remember.

When he through my head against the ground and I was lying bleeding and broken something in my head snapped. After that I was extremely calm. I got up like nothing ever happend and calmly step by step went to the boss. And after I stood behind him I took my hands and before he could turn around I snapped his neck and killed him. I just like nothing ever happend I stood there.

Everyone was dumbfounded and none could understand what happened. Some roared and wanted to punch me but then asomething tol dme, voice in my head, to move right and spin to the right with my elbow and so I did. I just heard a big crunch and looked at what just happened.

I saw a guy lying on the ground his head on one side punctured and I knew he was dead. When other saw that rage overtook them and they al charged me. I moved flawlessly and not even one punch hit me. Several times I was attacke din my blind spot but that voice always told be to move away.

After a while I stopped and looked around me. A grotesque scene around me. Limbs bend like they should not have been. Bodies lying limp in embrace of death. I just stood completely calm and then I heard a voice. But this one was different it asked what have I done and I understood then that was my human part. I don’t know why I knew that it was my human part I just did. Then when some prisoners saw me stan dat the same spot they tried to attack me again and voice talled me to devour them. And so I thought. Calmness on my face until only one of the prisoners was left.

He ran to the door where guards were stationed and begged them to come here. I just stood and watched him. Then I just turned around and with gracefull movements went into my cell. I just sat down and thought about that voice. It was like hat voice was instict. Beast like instinct. And then it spoke again. It told me someone is coming and after that doors were kicked so hard that the guy who was still begging to be saved fell unconscious due to the hit. And that guard came. The same one that put m here, but I did not feel anything. No rage, no hate just nothing. The guard looked around and asked who did it. And agin the voice spoke and tol dme not to bow to him not to fear him to stand beyond him to show who is better but the human voice spoke too. Just a whisper but I knew in fact it shouted but in my head it was just a whisper telling me to hide. I always was unlucky.My choices my human choices always gave a pain so I choose the beast voice and stood up and vent before the guard. He looke d at me and just grinned. The voice spoke again and tolled me hit is coming. I don’t know how but I somehow with minute movements and by controling y muscles to be like a cat paw soft and sturdy absorbed that hit to my stomach and did not even blinked. The guard’s eyebrow twitche dwith uncomprihension on his face. He thought it was a fluke and punched me again and again but my face never even twitched. Pain was there and I could not absorb everything but it was like a distant shout. Quick and soft.

When he could not make me twitch he told the guards to také me to the torturer and so I was tortured again. All my finger nails were ripped of my skin. My hands cut with a rusty knife and y fingers broken but I never screamed. They could not understand and the guard was furious but he told them to také me to the cell.

Incomprihension was in their face when they saw me. When they released the bond on my arms and legs I just stood like nothing ever happened and walked away limping but it walking. Blood went in a stream from my wounds and the guard captain shouted at them to bandage me so I won’t die and so I was bandaged and taken to my cell.

When I finaly got there I immediately went to sleep.

When I woke up a felt pain in my head like something crunched but that pain was washe daway quickly. I could hear human voice gain but now I could not hear him at all. It was slowly fading away. After that I heard beast voice and just one word was said one feeling was produce atthat was fun. I did not understand but almost immediately guard captain came and walked to me with a grin on his face.

He took me from my cell and while we walke dhe tol dme that I should be happy. For my yesterdays actions I was chosen to go to the arena. Even I knew what arena was. It was the death trap of kingdom of Navar. Everyone who was send there was a living dead. Noone will survive there.

While we walked I heard rumors that guard captan staged a fight of a certain prisoner with a Fergal. What is Fergal? Simple it’s 4 meter long, 2 meter tall dog like creature. The only difference is it has wings and instead of fur it has black feathers and the best of all red eyes. It is the most dangerous beast of kingdom of Navar. The voice tol dme agin fun but now there was one mor word. It was fear.

And so I was forced inside the arena. I just got some completely useless sword but even so I went. My face since the time I woke up was always calm but now my blood started to boild and on my face was grin. Why was there grin even I don’t knwo just when I saw the beast I wanted to grin so I did.

When the beast launched at met he voice tol dme what to do. I cut his left wing apart and it stumbeld but quickly got up. It was much more cautious now and watched my every move. Voice tol dme to fight and so I ran to it. Audienc ewas laughing at me and htought I wanted to commit suicide but I slid under the Fergal and cut his front and back leg.

When I got from under him I jump on his back and cut off the last with. I stuck my sword in his hands and with both my hands I trust them inside one of his eyes. I squezed them while I was inside his eye sockets and then I through that gel out. It could not see and trashed around and I just calmly stood up and jumped in the air and with my weight I pushed the sword that couldn’t net pierce too deep inside his sklull and brain killing the creature. The brain matter splatered on me and I just grinned and started to laugh and whole audience was silent. With a calm face, smile and eyes of madness I looked at the guard captain and finally I understood.

The Beast was unleashed.