The corps

In the dead world in the middle lies a hidden city, Only a few can find their way into the place. It was mostly cloudy, as silent as a graveyard the way most adventurers remember It to be, the place is the perfect definItion of mystery. Our grandparents stories replica, Once the protectors of Shinda sekai. They now remain an interesting part of history.

Fujiwara (藤原) Yula was born amongst them, His parents Akane and his father Daichi were part of the corps, a rebellious group formed in the dead world before it became an individual nation. Zawara was a kingdom in the dead world long before Yula was born, it was ruled by an unfair king whose crown passed down to generations, Akane father being one of them, they made offsprings and welcomed newly dead people into their midst.

For a long time, zawara stood tall above others but unlike the past kings Noboru was considered soft and often submit to bully requests out of rage the corps was formed by one of his loyal servants who just wanted to protect his king. Formidable army, His father daichi was a commander who decided to join the rebellious group. Princess akane who was already in love couldn't just watch her lover go, so she decided to follow him.

The Corps that was created, enraged Waruki who encouraged the king to destroy the corps suggesting they are bigger than his rule over them. King Noburu who already lost his daughter and his best friend to them decided to follow his heart, he resented the group and ordered it to be scattered.

Unknown to him waruki had other plans to take over and destroy his kingdom.

Silivar, that was the leader of the Gundan 軍団 he had to take an arrow to his heart, Akane with the other women were doing their thing when the camp was set on fire. Her husband was protecting the other base, She was heavily pregnant with a child.

Waruki had ordered the King's messenger to be executed and was replaced with a messenger followed by an invisible army of his own. He broke the rules when the man sent killed silivar who unfortunately let his guard down because he believed his king would never harm him. As soon as he had his last breath next to his killer both lying in a pool of blood.

The war started, the other soldiers invaded, the corps were skilled with swords and battle weapons, but nothing could defeat the dark forces that surrounded them. Waruki ninjas burned their tents, raped their women, killed their men and buried few of the children alive.

It was vile, his outright rage destroyed thousands of lives including daichi who died after watching his men and comrades fall, the sword pierced his heart, he muttered a prayer for his wife and unborn child because he couldn't protect them.

He fell and died resting on his sword with a knee down, the true hero stance.

Akane however survived, she had always been strong and relentless. Daichi had shown her a way out in case anything happens, and she showed her fearlessness, Heavily pregnant she leads 21 women and most of the kids through a tunnel. She and her husband planned this ahead because he was a pessimist and would always the worse.

He was a firm believer of happiness can never truly last, her and the other survivors found a nearby cave to hide and rest. The women and child were starved and silent through the night.

The corps was no more and zawara became waruki next target, it didn't take long for king noboru to discover he has been betrayed but by the time it was already too late for him, his soldiers were slain and his loyal subjects fought till their last breath to protect him.

"Silivar was right about you" Noburu said sitting on his throne as he awaits death

"Regrets, regrets" Waruki replied laughing as he burned a man with his bare hands in front of the king

"I thought you meant well" he said to the man

"I never mean well my king, Your greatest mistake was trusting me and discarding silivar"

"I was a fool"

"Oh yes you are, Your poor daughter is probably dead right now and your best friend."

"Nooooo!!!! Akane you did not, what did you do to silivar" He cried out

"Nothing Sire, just corrected a bit of deformity in society. Nobody loves peace more than a mad man who can't seem to be separated from his crazy thoughts and the world doesn't understand his vision because he isn't ordinary. So guess what he did, he decided he will take over the world. You can only control what belongs to you."

"So you want to own the world"

"No" Waruki replied squinting his eyes "I want to bury the world, make it smaller until it can fit, then I'll grab it when it lies on my palm and crush it"

Noburu felt regrets wash all over him, he is weak just like his father will always say. He wanted peace, he desired it. His father called him soft but gave him the throne regardless because he couldn't have another child.

"You are weak," He remembered his father's words as if he were right there saying it with pain obvious in his eyes. Men lived like animals his mother would tell him, he was passionate like her, unfit for the crown, but he wore it regardless. He ruled Zawara fairly and trained his daughter to be strong like her mother. Despite everything in his last moments he was alone with his whole life flashing right in front of him, His memories replaying in his head and him being unable to fight the monster he was staring at.

"No fight left in you" Waruki smirked "Pathetic" he spat then continue to advance menacingly in the huge palace.

Men tearing King's apart.

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