Flos town, Horti street
In this small border village, today's congestion was a bit abnormal. Everyone seemed happy, and the talks never stopped. It's as if everyone forgot they had to work.
In the Aglaophotis restaurant, the agitation was no less, Arian hurriedly took orders and listened to their discussions at the same time.
- How much fuss is made for just a few people !? I don't see why people are so excited about this visit ?!
- You don't understand because you don't know who is coming !!!
- Damn it, who cares if you all have such reactions?
- War heroes come to the village, the Blue Order !!!
- What the !!!?? How come I didn't hear that !?
- Because it's a secret !!! Uncle Fin said it by mistake last night when I was celebrating his daughter's engagement, the poor man drank too much.
- Did he say the orderly came to the village? For what reason ?!
- It is not known for sure, but Uncle Fin said something of a royal order given to one of the generals to protect this region!
- That will come to stay here permanently ?!
- So it seems !!
- Stay ! How many come from the Order and which ones !!! ???
- Well, I don't know about that, but they will arrive today or tomorrow from what Uncle Fin said. I hope it's Knight Huio or Eli !!!
- Whoever comes, our village will surely flourish !!!
Everyone in the restaurant was talking happily about the Knights, and no one noticed that the friendly waiter Arian was petrified in the middle of the room after hearing their conversations. His face had a tumult of feelings that wanted to take control. His eyes were troubled and somewhat helpless.
- Arian, I want to order something!
One of the customers who was ready to order called Arian. He recovered instantly, his face no longer showing any of the feelings he had shown a moment ago. His bright business smile was visible again.
- You are as bright today as ever!
- Obviously! My restaurant is full of people so I am happy!
- What a witty young man. Would you like to tell us today the continuation of your story?
The room calms down now, because Arian's stories were wonderful! For their small border village, this restaurant was like an oasis in the middle of the desert when it opened 3 years ago.
The village had several more important occupants such as mining or cultivating, and they all knew and spoke openly. Even in modern times, people here were not as immersed in technology as other villages.
They liked to do manual labor and did not want to rely too much on cars.
You could say that people here like the past, but that doesn't mean it doesn't evolve. They love stories.
The village itself always gathers on Saturday night at the town hall to watch a movie. Not because they do not have their own TV, but because joint activities are very important to them.
Because the population is 300 people, of which only a third are elderly, the evenings are the most often chosen action and adventure films.
The villagers were somewhat greedy for stories…
Arian, who appeared 3 years ago in the village with 5 other young people, has renovated the old restaurant and has been working ever since. But Arian says at the request of a client, he continues the story once a week.
- I can't believe we've been listening to your story for 3 years and it's not over yet!
- Well… do you want it to end?
- Not ! Could you say a little more this time? I'm dying to find out what happened to you !!!
- Arian says more!
- Your story is very good, I want to know how the hero gets to the end!
- I will not say more than the other times! Anyway, I'll start, so be careful!
Arian took a chair from the table and sat down. He waited 10 minutes before everyone gathered and sat down.
The news that Arian was continuing the story spread like wildfire and the whole village gathered at the restaurant. The restaurant had the ground floor and the second floor as the terrace where every citizen gathered, there were a few who had to listen from the windows but no one commented.
The love for the story told by Arian was so great that they forgot about the important figures who were to come to the village.
The people present stopped moving and were ready to listen to his story.
Because the restaurant was used to this, they even bought a microphone to hear Arian's story together.
Our young man was sitting relaxed in his chair and with the impatient looks of the people he began to tell stories…
'Alex had reached the depths of the Jiuli jungle, but there was no sign of his team. Their mission was their own but he could not give up his friends like that. At least that's what he thought. Thus, using a satellite location identification program, he searches for his subordinates ...
Occasionally the general's words echoed in his mind about the mission's importance, but each time he ignored the feeling of uneasiness and continued desperately to search for his missing team.
To his surprise, their last location was not far from where he was supposed to meet, which excited him. Packing all the devices and carefully placing the package that was intended for safe delivery beyond the jungle, in the backpack. He began to advance to where he thought his team was.
Suddenly something flashed through his mind, 'Something's wrong!' That's what he thought. His instinct warned him about his surroundings. What frightened him was that the danger came from any direction.
Before he could process what had happened, a pain like a mosquito bite assaulted his exposed shoulder.
Glancing, he saw a feathered arrow.
'That's bad!' He thought, and he was right. Suddenly the world darkened, and when he regained consciousness he was tied to a log.
Glancing around, he saw his team tied up in the same way, but he had horrible injuries.
Looking at them, anger exploded in Alex's heart. Thanks to his countless experiences in life and death, he managed to calm down in a few moments, and now he was thinking of ways to survive this situation…
But he did not manage to draw up a plan like the world before a man in a familiar suit arrived in the middle of the savage camp.
The arrival of that person was so shocking to Alex that his mouth was shocked.
'What is the general doing here ?!'
Suddenly feedback on the general came to mind, and the dubious events were connected to each other forming a huge conspiracy, which was aimed at …HE!
The shock and sadness were far too great for minutes he could not form a thought in his mind, and that general who was the source of all these disorders had fun torturing some members of the team.
His cries of pain pulled Alex out of the black cloud of emotion in which he was drowning.
Now the crisis he was in was countless times greater than the previous ones. My plans appeared in his mind and disappeared.
These were good but the losses were large and thus inconclusive. A few seconds passed and his mind was clear and deep in thought. Which for his age was amazing, but it wasn't enough!
'Come on Alex, find something! It must be a solution! '
But time did not seem to want to wait for him. That enviable general on the talent of his subordinates was ready to kill his best friend, and there was nothing he could do to stop him.
Impotence and horror appeared in his mind, and when the pistol was ready to fire out of nowhere a 'Bang' was heard followed by the general's scream of pain which was shot directly through his heart.
Wild tribes began to stir and search around for traces of noise, forgetting their prisoners.
Alex was still amazed at the general's sudden death, but when he felt his hands free, I wasted no time.
Quickly retrieving his backpack or weapons. He equipped himself with his sword and to get rid of this situation he knew that he had to shoot down all the enemies. He could not carry 4 wounded people through this thick jungle.
'Good . There are a total of 32 savages. You have to knock him down quietly and quickly, or I'll fail. This is their territory, so they have the advantage of the field and numerically, but if I play the surprise attack card well, there are chances that I can win without risking the life of anyone on my team. '
Alex quickly calculates advantages and disadvantages. Making the decision for the moment that the person who helped him is an ally and planning to thank him later.
Thus, moving carefully, he shot down man after man, even if his movements were slower than usual because the effect of that drug in the arrow had not completely passed, he managed to shoot down half of the enemies.
'The main factor for which they succeed is because they are wild, they are not very united it seems. I have no idea how the general managed to get them to work for him. '
Because he had no one to guide them, each one walked chaotically and they became easy prey.
In 10 minutes, everyone was dead, except for one who was tied up for information.
Alex returned to his team, left speechless after seeing the scene in front of his eyes.
His friends had all their limbs cut off, their mouths were stuffed with material to prevent screaming. All bodies were mutilated, beyond recognition.
The sound of palms made him turn his head. Next to his best friend was the only person who made Alex do his job as a soldier.
The murderer who killed his entire family without mercy… the person who took everything from him…. the bastard who haunts her dreams since the age of 7… .That person was…'
- Will follow ! Ask for the rest next week!
-You can't be an older brother !!! Please tell me who that person is at least!
A child who was closest to Arian protests for the sudden interruption of the story…
- Yes ! Come on, Arian says a little more… At least who is that someone !?
- Please!
- Not . Next week we will continue with the story now is the time for you to continue your activities. Don't you have a job too?
- How can you be so stingy? It's only 11 o'clock. There is still time !
- I'm sorry, but I won't say anything until next week.
With that, Aria got up and started going to the kitchen with the other 5 young people who worked here.