Chapter 206: Opening Of War
Sherry's perspective
Day 30 of the first Winter, 1173 (November 30, 1173)
1st-afternoon bell (1:16 PM),
Keris Palace - Warsaw Kingdom
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I cannot believe that time had slipped so fast. Today was day 30 of the first Winter, the war was very near to our neck. This time I was inside the King's room, alongside His Majesty to discuss the plan to unify the entire continent.
To be honest, he must be hallucinating about this idea, Hoster was thinking too far than what he could do. He ordered the craftsmen to make a very large map of the Human Continent for him to put in his room. Now the map had been finished, and he was walking along it to watch its detailed making... alright.
While standing to observe His Majesty, I realized today was in Winter but it was not as cold as the previous years. Because from day time, we would use the sun source to light up our room. Windows were available in each room and were always open to having the sunlit.
Until when night comes, we would use the sources from candles or lanterns to light up the room. Back to the present, I could feel the cool air from outside flying in here instead of the cold of Warsaw winter.
I was a bit nervous to know about the incoming war. His Majesty said it would occur at the time the Queen gives birth to John Rigen's baby, but the way how Hoster makes it happen was beyond my imagination and prediction. From this time, the baby inside the Queen's belly was about to be coming out. To me, the second Winter would be the day it would happen.
I hope everything will be fine, 'cause Lord Rigen and his subordinates were now preparing very well for the incoming war. The plan to strike it hadn't been exposed yet. So in case the war happens in the future, we would be all able to deal with it without any big struggles.
But to deal with the war, we should not let our guard down. Especially when the Prime Minister and the Queen were still here with us... His Majesty was now planning to assassinate them during the war against Attenta alliance. Needless to say, I could not predict anything furthermore since time forward would be hard to do that.
In the past few months, Prime Minister Alt Toten had gone to Attenta Kingdom to meet up with the King and stayed there for a while. The real purpose of his trip was mysterious to me and Hoster. But thanks to that old man's disappearance, we had used that time to extend our allies and conduct secret operations in the military.
A few days ago, we received a letter from that old man, it said he was on his departure, intending to return here after a long time in Attenta. But maybe we should not be too worried about his return. Everything was under control, we had done our best in the time he wasn't here to manipulate His Majesty.
"Advisor Sherry". - From this time, everything was under His Majesty's control, the war would be a one-way side
"Advisor Sherry... I want to ask you something". - Maybe I should ask Hoster to put John and his folks to the frontline when the war occurs, that man must suffer for raping me, he must suffer all of it!
"Advisor Sherry?". - Not just John but also his fellows must die all, must suffer all too!
"Advisor Sherry, answer me!". "Flinches!". - Suddenly I heard a loud voice sounding toward me, turned out that His Majesty had been calling me for a while without having my reply
"Uhhh... yes, Your Majesty?". - Well, I was startled when I reacted to his voice, but I managed to keep myself calm, fitting my posture and returned to say calmly
"The map is very detailed and satisfying to look at". "I'm impressed with the craftsmen you've chosen to work on it". - Hoster praised me while staring at me, though his feet kept moving along the large map which was placed on the floor for him "to step on"
"Thanks for your compliments... but I think the craftsmen should be praised instead, Your Majesty". - I stayed humble, bowing toward Hoster to show my respect
"At first when you said the map was finished, I could not believe it would be this good". - After speaking to me, Hoster returned to walk along the map while pointing his eyes at every nation on the map
"Warsaw is a badland, it doesn't have many resources or the wealthiness like others". "Cannot wait till all of these Kingdoms fall under my feet". "To do that won't be an easy chance but a long progress to conquer all of them... it's so interesting". "From the first place, the Goddess doesn't support us but wants to play with us... but I don't see it a big deal...".
"Advisor Sherry... you tell me, how long until the lands become mine?". - After walking along the map for a while, His Majesty stopped his move bit returned to ask me
"Ummm... Your Majesty, with the rate like this...". "I analyze that it'll take us for a century to conquer all Kingdoms". - Honestly, Hoster was just an ignorant, Warsaw's previous regions hadn't been unified but he kept dreaming about conquering the entire continent in only his lifespan
"A century...? Too long, I cannot live long enough to see it, shorter it... as possible". - He was just so stupid to think about this idea... but I know when he says about doing it, he won't give up on it that easy
"Then it must be 50 years to be shortest, Your Majesty". - Alright, let's fondness His Majesty to earn some trust
"That's way too long too!". "That time would be my 70th year old in this world... but living till that time is not so common, must be quicker".
"But Your Majesty, you mu-".
"Only in 30 years to be shortest, Advisor Sherry!". - After declaring, His Majesty stepped into the middle of the map, showing his highness pose mixed with his madness and arrogance for the duty
"When all of these lands fall under my feet, I'll place myself as a living God, higher than the Goddess herself". "This will open a new age, the age of Empire which has never happened in history". "Our descendants, our people and our ancestors will be proud to be part of Warsaw, we'll proudly claim ourselves to be the children of God". "Unifying everything in our sight, later step in the new lands to name ourselves". "Our ancestors always dreamt to step into the land of demons and other continents... I'll be the one to make the first step for it". "But to do that, at first the entire Human Continent must be under my feet".
"I believe you can do that in a short time, Your Majesty". "Everything will be yours".
After making fake compliments toward Hoster, he looked at me and smiled for no reason. Later, he stepped out from the map and oddly approached me slowly, as if to intend to do something to me. I just stood there calmly while holding the document in my hand tight, a bit nervous about why he approached me that suddenly.
"To do that... we must sacrifice our youngster and time to let our descendants inherit all of the rewards we make...". "When that old man and that useless woman have been getting rid of... you, will be mine... both of us will rule this Kingdom together, Sherry". - Suddenly, His Majesty put his hand on my cheek to cuddle me, which made me blush, I know... he loves me!
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, we cannot do that here...". "What if your wife finds out...? The Queen is still around with us, you know?". - Actually, I care about His Majesty, loving him maybe will take me a while to decide, but I must not let him know that, to me it was dangerous
"Then what...? She doesn't even care about me, so do I...". "There's no problem to make out here, Advisor Sherry...".
"Ummm... sorry, Your Majesty". - I managed to calm myself down, so I put his hand away from my face and looked away
"Just take your time... I won't force you to love me...". - After speaking to me, he walked back to the map to observe it
Should we discuss something about the war? I wondered. 'Cause that was the reason we stayed in this room all the time, Hoster calls me here every time he needs to discuss. When I was not in need, he would ask me to stay with him for a bit longer. Though it stopped now since I showed my unwillingness to him, so he decided to return me to my room when my job with him was done.
Maybe His Majesty thought accepting my demands would make me fall for him... but no. Just... Hoster was just in love with me but wasn't know that I did not really love him, but only care about him. By the way, I should not let him know my true thoughts or I'd be in big trouble.
"Ummm... Your Majesty...?".
"What do you need?". - His Majesty replied to me with his eyes glancing at me while looking at the map
"Should we discuss more the war...?". "I want to make sure that we won't miss any details". "Otherwise, we'll be struggling for more when the war breaks out, its intensity will be beyond our imagination due to our carelessness for the plan".
"You sound very reasonable...". "Yes, we can".
"I'll prepare for it, Sire". - This room had all the things for the war plan discussion as I needed, but maybe I should return to my room to grab more things
Later I turned around to head to the room's door, intending to return to my room to grab out more things to discuss. Strangely, the door when I opened had a maid standing in there. I was surprised to see her, as if she was standing there recently with the purpose to open the door.
"It's a big honor to meet you, Sire Advisor". - The maid bowed to me when she saw me standing in front of her
"Speak, why are you here?".
"Ummmm... may I meet His Majesty, Ms. Advisor?". - After hearing her beg, I stepped to the right side to let her come into the room to speak
"It's a big hon-".
"No need to be formal, speak up!". - His Majesty demanded
"The Queen suddenly feels unwell, she's been taken care of by the healers...". "Somehow the Queen is about to give birth early, Your Majesty... should you think about visiting her?". - Oh, I got the situation now, Stella was about to give birth early, this maid seemed to want to ask Hoster if he cares about visiting his wife or not
"That's so... what a good time". "When the birthtime is over, bring the baby here to me... I want to see my offspring". - Suddenly, Hoster's face changed to a bit smiling, he demanded the maid to bring the baby to him when the birth time was over
"Understood, Your Majesty". - After taking the order, the maid nodded and walked away from the room
"I'm sorry for being late, Your Majesty... I'll return to take things for the discus-".
"No need for that, Sherry...". "Stay here to see the baby". - Huh?
"What are you planning to do, Your Majesty? See the baby? What's your true purpose?". - Surrounded by the strangeness when Hoster behaved like that, I turned around to stare at him
"To see... if it's my blood and fleshes, or John's...". - What?
I didn't get it at all. But as I was ordered, I stood in the room, nervously waiting for the baby to be brought in. Suddenly, I recollected the words when His Majesty used to say to John Rigen during the time he summoned him to the Palace to discuss.
"When the baby is born, the war will break out"
Now I was quite nervous to think about the scenario when the baby gets brought to His Majesty. My face was sweating a bit thinking about it, but I managed to calm down my nervousness.
Come on... nothing will happen!
To stop my nervousness, I closed my eyes while trying to breathe steadily. I put the document down on the nearby chair to keep my hands empty, to feel more comfortable in this situation. Somehow, our prediction had gone wrong a bit since the time Stella give birth was wrongly calculated.
At first, we thought the baby would be born in the second Winter but now it was about to be brought into this world. Just hope that nothing wrong will happen. Otherwise, the war we had planned and predicted would beat us up due to our carelessness.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry but I want to check up on something before proceeding with the next move". - This time, must check on Stella to make sure everything was still under control!
As I finished speaking, my feet naturally moved without my control, intending to head to the Queen's room. Because the maid didn't say to us where Stella was giving birth so I thought the location must be in her private room.
"Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries! Ahhhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahh!". - All of sudden, when I stepped to the door and was about to grab its handle, on the other side, loud crying sounds could be heard from afar
I stepped back after hearing the cries. Seconds later, the door was opened and it appeared to be the maid who used to get in here before, got in here once again. Her appearance was like other maids but only... a thing she was holding in her hands.
"Cries! Cries! Cries! Ahhh! Ahhh! Cries! Cries!". - That was just a dense white cloth that wrapped the baby, it was crying very loud, seemed like just had been born recently
After seeing the baby, His Majesty curiously approached it with his pose kept pushing me slightly toward the maid. Later, we approached the maid and she pointed the baby closer to us to let us have a better view. Turned out that was a baby boy, seeing him crying was so cute.
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"Ahhhhh! Ahhh! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries!". - This baby was so cute, he looked to be stouter than other babies who I used to see in my life, must be a very healthy child of John...
"...". - His Majesty kept silent while staring at me deeply, sometimes using his pose to push me slightly toward the baby, as if to order me to carry him in my hands
"I'll take it here, now you go". - I asked the maid to go away to do other things while I'd take care of the baby, she nodded and I received the baby
Shortly, she left the room after closing the door. This baby was so stout that I was trying to hold him in my hands gently, to stop him from crying after getting brought into this world. Somehow, I saw myself like a mom while holding this boy, just... closing him to my chest made me feel like this was my offspring... I was blushing...
"Cries! Cries! Cries!". "...?". - Magically, the baby who was crying previously, now had stopped and opened his cute eyes... somehow he kept staring at me non-stop, blushed!
"Hmmm...". - Well, John was the one who I hate but not this baby... he was so cute, a child has no fault to blame
"Hmmm... so cute...". - This was my first time holding a baby so... quite clumsy doing it, I was leaning him to my chest with comfortable touches to make him feel good
"Just like our children...". - All of sudden, His Majesty whispered to my ears, saying as if this child was ours, which made me blush more than usual
"What a cute and stout boy, this baby must be very strong... this is... an angel". - Hoster later patted the baby's head while making good compliments
"Good... he doesn't look like me at all apparently... this child has proven very well". - Suddenly, Hoster glared at the boy while his hands squeezed harder while head patting, seeing it was dangerous so I kept the baby from him
"Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries!". - All of sudden, the baby started crying again and louder than before, he must have been scared off by Hoster
"His appearance is so annoying... cut it off...". - His Majesty later said in a cold voice, as if to ask me to... kill the baby
I was terrified to hear that. Seeing this baby needs me to survive, I risked myself to step closer to the door, attempting to get him somewhere safe. But not as I expected, His Majesty glared at me powerfully while approaching me, his stance was too powerful and invincible...
"Your, Y-, Your Majesty, wait". - I kept holding the baby while shaking my hands, I froze like an ice stone while holding the baby, could not move because of scared
"Cut it off... do it, do it...". - His eyes were too terrifying so I looked away to make myself more comfortable
"Come on... grass must be burned all, outsiders... must not live... do it... do it...". - Someone, please help me!
Before I could realize, my left palm was now on the baby's face. As if when I wasn't noticed, His Majesty had put my hand on the baby, ordering me to kill him, no!
"Do it... do it... do it... do it...". "Do it... do it... do it... do it...". "Do it... do it... do it... do it...". "Do it... do it... do it... do it...". "For the Great Warsaw... do it... do it... do it... do it...". - After whispering those cold words without working, His Majesty coldly grabbed my hand and permanently made me cannot move out of the baby's face! No! No! No!
"Do it... do it... do it... do it...". - Seeing I could not fight back, I surrendered before Hoster, while squeezing my hands to smash the baby's face, sorry!
"Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh! Ahhhh! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries!". "Ahhhh! Ahhh! Uhhhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhhhhh!". "Ahhhhh! Ahhh! Cries! Cries! Cries! Cries!". "Ahhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhh! Cries! Cries! Cries! C-...". "Cr-". "..................................................". - After a short moment of squeezing hard to the boy's face, those nightmare crying sounds kept sounding in my head even when the baby "stopped annoying"
I later put my hand out of the baby, he was now very silent, not even crying or breathing anymore. Somehow, I could feel the temperature inside the baby was lowering... because he was dead now...
"More better, isn't it?". - His Majesty just casually walked away and returned to step on the map after killing the baby, how ruthless he was!
I was terrified of him but kept trying to calm down. This time, I held the baby while checking for his living conditions, but it seemed meaningless, he was dead. That was my fault for not being brave enough to stop this tragic death. I held the baby in my chest, showing my mourning face, hoping he'll meet the Goddess in heaven.
The room was so silent as the baby died, I was still trying to calm down after killing him through His Majesty's order. Now my mind was drawing out the scenarios after the baby died. "Is this how the war started?", I wondered.
All of sudden, I was startled while holding the dead baby as the room's door suddenly opened without our interaction. Those who stood in front of the door were the Prime Minister and the Queen, somehow they got in here together at this moment.
"Your Majesty, how irresponsible you are!". - Prime Minister Alt scolded Hoster for being terribly irresponsible, this old man was holding Stella, she looked pale
The Queen could be seen standing not so properly, her face was so pale and weak after giving birth. So the Prime Minister was holding her while approaching us. They hadn't noticed the real thing was, the baby had died in my hands.
"Come here, I want to talk to you, Your Majesty!".
"No need to be that rushed, father... welcome back from the trip, don't be that piss...". "You're old, watch out or you might go away by some high blood pressure at any time...". - Hoster replied to his "adoptive father" with a very insolent attitude, he approached him while patting the dead baby
"You! You dare! Hmmm...". - This old man was a bit out of control so he pointed his finger at His Majesty in anger, but later calmed down
"If you don't have any care about your wife, at least have to visit her when she was giving birth...". "This time, you left her there and brought my grandson away without letting me see him". "Just had returned here recently, but seeing you cannot make me stand it!".
"I do care about her, father". "If not, I won't take time to look at my offspring... he's so cute, what a good heir...".
"Cough...! Cough...!". - Stella coughed a bit while trying to approach the baby, she looked so pale after giving birth
"Ummm... my baby, I want t-".
"Don't worry, my daughter... I'll lead you there, just take it easy and steady". "Just like that, keep going, it's good". - Seeing the Queen was too weak to move by herself, Prime Minister slowly held her shoulders and assisted her to approach the baby
"I want to see... my baby...". "Give me him, give me him...". - So heartbreaking...
"My wife, don't be that tense... just stand right there to rest". - Hoster slowly took the baby away from me, later handed him to the Queen
"Ohhh, my baby! He's so cute". "But... why... he doesn't cry?". - The Queen was so happy to receive the baby, she kept cuddling for a moment and then realized the strangeness
"Well... he is sleeping... a very sweet dream, my wife...".
"Dream?". - Stella looked up and watched Hoster with her questioning face
"...". "Oh my Goddess!". "Ahhhhh! Cries! Cries! Cries!". - After being silent for a while, the Queen checked on her baby once again, found out he had died, she fell on the floor, broke down and cried aloud
"My grandson, no!". - The Prime Minister was also shocked, he went kneeling on the floor while hugging his daughter-in-law and his dead grandson, poor them...
"Sigh... stop crying, so annoying, cut it off, please". - His Majesty just didn't show any remorseness but turned around while looking above, giggling lowly and alone
"Chop my offspring's limbs off, and send it to my father-in-law as a present to... longing our relationship...". "Send to him the message: Father, today I want war". "Now do it, father... stop crying, real men don't cry".
All of sudden, even I didn't have time to react. The Prime Minister mysteriously pulled out a dagger from his sleeves and charged at His Majesty when he was unaware. I wanted to warn Hoster but my mouth was shut and I got crushed to the floor by someone, I mean some men!
"Uhhh!". - As I could see, His Majesty pulled out his loaded flintlock pistol to defend but it was too late, the gun fell on the floor as the old man shook it away
"Say... what do you want?". - Hoster said to the old man when his throat was pointed to by the dagger, the Prime Minister picked the pistol on the floor up fastly, which made him could not do something to escape
"Don't pay any respect to your father can be tolerated... but killing your own blood is a big crime, cannot be forgiven". "You dare to make me suffer, you don't worth to be my son".
"I never your son, my dad i-".
"Was...".
"Then now what you want?".
"Go out of the Palace... and we will talk, the two of you go". - The Prime Minister later pointed the dagger at Hoster's back, he walked to the door as instructed
I was later lifted up and joined Hoster. Now I realized that behind me was a bunch of dozens of Warsaw guards and General Dunkel - His Majesty's former retainer was the one who was grabbing me. They must be the spies, or men of Alt Toten, I cannot believe it!
"Dunkel, I can't believe you betrayed me...". - Hoster complained about Dunkel while being escorted by the abductors
"Keep going, lady... don't do anything stupid against me". "Kicks!". - After warning me, Dunkel kicked me forward to go alongside Hoster
Both of us had been released but our movements were locked, we must follow the Prime Minister's instructions. Now I could see the Queen walking alongside His Majesty too, as if to join the disguise to make the abduction success.
"Dunkel... what is this thing? Know to use it?". - The Prime Minister while walking out of the room, he showed Dunkel the flintlock pistol
Of course, these "firearms" were secretly crafted in No Man Zone. Only His Majesty owned one like this, so only he knows how to use it.
"It looks like a demon weapon, I think I can...". "I saw His Majesty practiced this thing alone a few times". "I can teach you to use it a bit, Prime Minister". "Like this...". - While escorting us to the destination we don't know, Dunkel was doing his best to teach the old man how to operate the gun
I intended to escape with His Majesty but guards were around us during the escort, so it was impossible to escape. While walking past the guards who guarded other rooms in the Palace, we had to behave like we were going in a group for a big reason.
About Stella as I could see from this time. The Queen looked like a soulless person after losing her offspring, just kept walking without a clear direction, so a guard always be there to assist her. Her hands kept holding her baby, though he was dead and his body was very cold.
We kept walking past each zone of the Palace without being exposed the disguise. This time the Palace's door was near, we would be brought out somewhere after this. Luckily, a patrol group of dozens of Warsaw guards walking opposite us, they were coming here.
"Ahh, Your Majesty". "Long live, Your Majesty! We're all honored to have the occasion to see you in person". - Those guards said loudly to greet His Majesty, they stopped patrolling
Instead of ignoring the patrol guards, Hoster didn't buy stood there so the abductor group also stopped with him. That moment I thought we could escape but no, I was so naive to think about it. The Prime Minister suddenly put the flintlock pistol's barrel to His Majesty's back...
As if that old man was intending to shoot Hoster if he dares to against him.
"Your Majesty, what're your needs with us?". - Those guards just simply didn't know anything, they stopped the patrol 'cause they thought Hoster needed them
"Nothing". "My wife feels unwell after giving birth, we intend to go with her somewhere to comfort her". - He was too brave to say it
"Ahhh, we understood". "Do we need to send one to prepare for you a carriage, Your Majesty?". - As the guard finished talking, the old man Prime Minister rotated the gun's barrel, pushing it closer to Hoster's back, threatening him to go
"No need for it, my father already prepared one".
"Understood".
"We'll be going, no need to greet me again".
"Understood, Your Majesty". - The patrol guards nodded and left us, they kept patrolling and we kept going to the Palace's doors to go out
Both of us kept going along with the abductors, everything seemed fine but I know the Prime Minister was now very serious than before. He would not be joking around anymore but was very eye on "his bad son". The Palace's doors later closed... and we walked outside.
As we walked outside, a big red carriage which happened to be the Prime Minister's private carriage, was parked in the middle of the entrance. Beside the carriage, two guards could be seen guarding it. Somehow the front yard of the Palace today was a bit empty, fewer guards and servants... wait a minute.
"Get inside, my son". "And we'll talk".
Both of us kept following the Prime Minister's instructions, we got off the guards, but still approached the red carriage. While walking, His Majesty grabbed my hand and held it tightly, as if he was scared of death. Honestly, both of us know our fates will be unknown at the time we step in the carriage.
"You think you get the spies, but the spies are already beside you all the time...". "This Palace always has one... you never know...". - While we approaching the carriage, Prime Minister kept whispering to us from behind, as if to ask us to give up
We kept walking while holding hands till both of us presented before the carriage, waiting to go in. One of the guards who was guarding the carriage, took the instruction from afar with a nod.
"Your Majesty, Ms. Advisor, please come inside". - He opened the carriage's door, later asked us to come inside with a formal voice
"My son, you come in first". - This old man, why can't we go in there together but have to wait?
"I'll be protecting you, Sherry... don't be scared...". - After hearing the order, Hoster whispered that he would protect me, later approached the door as instructed by the old man
"Smash!". "Ughhhhh!". - All of sudden, another guard who was guarding the carriage left his position, he pulled out his sword and hit Hoster's head with the sword's hilt when he was stepping into the carriage
"Huhhhh!". - Seeing Hoster pass out after getting hit by the sword, I panicked so was intending to escape
"Ummmmm! Ummm! Ummm! Ummmm! Umm! Ummm!". - But someone just grabbed me back and put a brown bag on me to cover my head, by now I could not scream!
"Smash!". "Ummmmmmm!". - As I was resisting, something hit my right side forehead, that was hurt and I felt my body so heavy, so I fell on the ground, the pain was stil-
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All of sudden, I got back consciousness... now my head could still feel the pain that made me pass out earlier. But somehow, the scene around me was still very dark, as if I w-
"Uhhh...? Ummmm...". - Someone just had pulled out the thing which used to cover my head, now I could see the light source from the sun, but still closing and opening my eyes to verify things
"You good... you think killing me will make things better?". "You damn old psychotic... that will surely cause the war!". - As I was trying to regain my normal vision, a voice sounded beside me, I turned my head to the left, 'cause that was Hoster's
"You already made it happen... the one who declines his true family, even killing his own blood... will not be... tolerated at all costs...". - The Prime Minister's voice suddenly sounded, my vision after a few moments, now was normal again
I looked above in front of His Majesty's side and saw that was the Prime Minister. Later I was overwhelmed by my fear when seeing all around us, 4 sides were dozens of men in black leather armors with swords in hands, looked like assassins.
The Prime Minister was now pointing the flintlock pistol at Hoster's face. He kept stepping back in his sitting pose, he was very scared. Seeing that I was not the target, I was both happy and nervous... because I don't know where to escape!
Instead of running away, I was so scared so I cowered my body, holding myself to hope something good came to save us. Please, save us!
"Goddess... pl-, please, plea-". "Please come an-, I mean, please save us... please...". - This time I was praying for help, the Goddess was very kind, she would surely help us in this dangerous situation!
"Please! Please... please...". - Please show up to save us, Goddess! Or give us a way out! I'll do everything for you! Please! Please save us please!
"Bang!". "Ahhhhhhh!". - All of sudden, a gunshot was fired and I was startled, I opened my eyes to look at what had just happened when I was praying
"Run, Sherry, run!". - That voice was His Majesty's, I could see he was struggling to resist the Prime Minister, the pistol was now pointed above... and smokes popping out from the barrel
"Run Sherry run!". "Run Sherry run!". "Run, Sherry!". "Urrrrrgggghhhh!". - While yelling to ask me to run away, he received a kick from the old man, later fell to the ground
"Yarrrrghhhhhhhhhh!". - The waves of people suddenly charged at Hoster, they were trying to kill him with their swords but he kept rolling so they all missed
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!". - Suddenly a man charged at me but I dodged him perfectly, he shook the others and himself on the ground
Seeing some assassins lying on the ground, alongside Hoster who was attempting to get up after getting fall. I ignored him but ran for my life. I ran to the north with an unknown hope, kept running while a horde of men was behind me, chasing me madly.
As I could see from my vision, both of us were dropped in a strange forest. This must be from No Man Zone, or worse, would be Tod forest - the border between Warsaw and Attenta. Those men were still chasing me non-stop.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!". - While running, I wasn't noticed at a low ground before me so I fell, rolling straightly forward
"Ughhhh... it's hurt...". - After reaching the ground, I stopped rolling but was still very hurt, so I tried to get up
"Kill that woman!". - Shit!
When I got up from falling, in front of me were dozens of men who were very near. They suddenly charged their swords at me, which I could not dodge, I don't want to die! I don't want to die!
"Sherry!". - All of sudden, someone grabbed me and both of us fell to the ground
"Ahhhhh! Urrrrrgggghhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh!". "Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh! Ahhhh!". - That was Hoster, he held me very tight, hugging me while doing his best to cover all of my body to not let me get stabbed by the assassins
"Ahhhhh! Ahh-, uhhhh.. uhhhh...". "...................". - After a short time being stabbed in his back, Hoster was now silent, his eyes didn't move anymore, as if he was now...
"Urrrrrgggghhhh! Pull him out! Kill that bitch!". - Hoster hugged me so tight that even when he died, the assassins were struggling to pull him out of my body, not so successful
"Give it up! We will burn them all! Burn them all!". - Suddenly those men gave up, I was startled to know they intended to burn me alive
"Fire!". "Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!". - They used fire magic to burn me, the ground around me was now full of fire, the heat was too big for me to take! I don't want to die!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!".