In the magical world of Reinhart there are 4 major continents named Ishantal, Truven, Destir, and Alfons. In them many nations rise and fall over the course of many years. However it is unprecedented that out of all the many nations, 4 nations stands out from the rest.
The Redrickson Empire that mostly governs the continent of Alfons, Theocratic kingdom of Shaval that governs the entire continent of Ishantal, The Republic of Inroth that governs the continent of Truven that is on par with Shaval, and finally the aristocratic nation of Desmod that governs the continent of Destir.
In the 4 major continents where countless nations has rised and fallen, it is unprecedented in all of history that 4 Superpowers each with their own ideology have flourished to this extent.
However...
When there is a Nation, there is a ideology, so it is natural that most cultures and societies shall shape themselves over the type of ideology that is dominant in their own nation but what do you suppose shall happen if a nation encountered another nation with a different ideology?
For one confusion shall arise because they haven't encountered another nation with a different ideology, they will have naturally have no experience on how to communicate with them.
What happens next is a attempt of understanding, humans are curious creatures so it is inevitable to try and learn what it is and in this case that 'is' is none other than a different ideology after they have learnt their ideology it will be a breeze for them to learn how their society and their culture worked.
That is if it work...
When their attempts of understanding the other party has failed it could lead to mistakes and misunderstandings, there are many ways for it to fail for an instance if their ideology contradicts your own. E.g Aristocrats can never understand a Republican.
As said before when their attempts of understanding the other party has failed it could lead to mistakes but that 'mistake' could escalate to something worse.
And that something, is war. (you've probably guessed this already -_-)
Or rather in this case the [Great War] . The [Great War] has lasted for a centuries bringing inevitable bloodshed all over the continents in particular the 4 great nations. No nation has greatly suffered other than these 4 great nations as they have clashed at each other neck after neck completely rejecting each other of their existence.
But that war happened in the past. It is currently the era of peace and each great nation has agreed anonymously in the option of peace cause there is no point in shedding more blood for their people however that doesn't mean that they accepted each other, they have merely stopped because it won't get them any merit cause each of them had a standstill.
Each and every great nation are powerful without a doubt however when they face each other it always end up in a tug of war of sorts.
But in the end what matters is peace and that is the conclusion that is agreed upon of all the great nations. (although it looks more like a truce to me XD).
12 years haved passed since peace has been announced in the Kingdom of Aeindel. The Kingdom is one of the few that remained neutral over the course of the [Great War] hence it is also one of the few that prospered greatly due to their undisturbed neutrality.
They have prospered so great that no other neutral nations can compare but they still fell short when the great nations are in the play.
Currently Sierra Horths the 3rd princess of the kingdom is on her way back to the Royal Capital.
"Young miss, don't you think it's dangerous to go on a journey with very limited guards?"
Says the old man wearing a butler attire, sitting in the carriage of blue facing towards a girl with a slim body but a delicate one, her crimson eyes complimented her long black hair that reached over to her waist. As the 3rd and youngest princess of the kingdom she gives off the air of an sheltered lady however that atmosphere contradicts with her attire as she wore garments similar to an adventurer.
"Are you still worrying about that, Dave?"
Says the young girl with an innocent smile. Dave can only grimace as he held his hand over his head.
Sierra has mostly been a tomboy and she hated being treated as a girl, she was also a adventurous person more so than anyone that Dave has ever known. When Dave was first assigned to take care of the princess it was a joyous moment for him however at the time he still doesn't know the princess too well, and through a series of events that gave him the most headaches throughout his life there is this one time when he had taken out the princess for a stroll just outside over in the castle outskirts, she almost made Dave faint when she had climbed a very tall tree just to get a good view of the outskirts of the castle and soon after when she had attended her first social gathering she kicked a son of a Marquis right in his ding dong which made a humility on himself just because he had ask her to marry him, which by the way made the her father angry at the time causing the entire Marquis Family to be executed, if only Dave have not calmed his majesty down he might have really executed all of the Marquis' family.
"Haa... Such is the life of a royal butler"
"Hm?, did you say something?"
"It's nothing, I was just-"
"Bandits!"
One of the guards escorting the carriage shouted as he unsheate his sword. Not long after the guard had alerted the situation sounds of blades clashing together can be heard together with loud crackling sounds of magical flames known as [Fireball]. Sierra had a serious expression on her face as she was going out into the battlefield to help out her people she was stopped by Dave before even going out the door of the carriage.
"What are you doing Dave?!"
"I'm sorry young miss, but I cannot let a member of the Royal Family go out and risk herself fighting back the assailants"
"But they need help!"
Shouted Sierra as screams of both her guards and the bandits can be heard in the background, Dave shooked his head refusing to let her go. Sierra might not liked being treated as a girl however she was not a cold person in fact she was the kindest one, out of all the daughters of the king just don't treat her as a girl and you'll be fine.
"Young Miss even if you go and help right now i don't think it can help, especially so if it's an ambush since we don't know what they have stored in for us"
Sierra gritted her teeth as she griped the handle of her sword by her waist, she unsheated her blade and she began to slash it towards Dave. Dave widened his eyes towards the princess as he can see that a blade was approaching him however the princess was not aiming at him, just as Sierra was about to hit Dave she stopped midway, her true aim is that by using the sword to make Dave move aside and rush out of the door.
*bang* *bang*
"!"
Sierra and Dave both flinched as they both heard the loud sound of gunfire reverberating throughout the battle field. Sierra dropped her sword and curls down to a ball as she covers her ears in fear cause she was not used to deal with loud noises like thunder and more so if it's the gunfire of Aldelio's gun.
Even though she hates being treated as a girl if one looks at her right now, she looked just like an ordinary girl that was afraid of loud noises albeit if you don't pay attention to the contradicting adventurer's adventurer's outfit.
"Ngh!"
Sierra could only whimper as sounds of gunfire keep ranging out but that only lasted for a few moments until it became silent again.
"I-is it over?"
Sierra stuttered with her trembling hands, on the other hand unlike Sierra, Dave looked at the window of the carriage when he heard the loud sounds of thunder.
"D-Dave?"
Dave cannot respond to the princess as the scenario he just witnessed was too unbelievable and fell into some sort of a shock.
"H-how can this be?!, the bandits which our guards are having hard time were just dealt with by a single man?!!!"
Sierra narrowed her eyes on Dave when she heard that, Sierra called him out again
and this time Dave flinched and finally calmed himself down after just witnessing something shocking. taking a deep breath Dave reassured Sierra that he was fine and he was just shocked.
"What?!, how?!"
Sierra was dumbfounded because she never thought that even Dave was shocked, although Dave was a butler assigned to her, Sierra also knew that he was also a former member of the [Black Gold], [Black Gold] is a group of elite assassins that was hand picked by her father himself. Every assassin in the [Black Gold] is an expert which had dedicated their entire life mastering the arts of assassination because of this, Even if he was retired and was now a butler Dave was used to killing different targets with different means, he had already saw people getting burned to a crisp, beheaded by his razor cut wires, be he still haven't saw a type of killing that involves guns which Aldelio just used.
the bandits have their bodies full of holes and some are even big enough where you can put your finger in, and the supposed powerful mythril armor was also ridiculed with holes and not even the mages can stand up against this man as they are already killed before they can launch their spells.
"What!"
"What!"
just after the bandits have been killed Dave and Sierra had witnessed even more astonishing events, suddenly out of thin air a metal box have been formed afterwards the young man mounted the metal box and it suddenly began to move away at astonishing speeds. Dave and Sierra can only watch the young drives away as both their jaws looked like it was about to came loose.
"What just happened!????"
This marked the first encounter between Aldelio and the princess and they will came across each other again in the future.
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In the Driftwood Forest, just after Aldelio and his platoon have massacred the entire hobgoblin a masked man wearing a gray robe was watching just behind the scenes.
"Hmm... To think they have defeated the entire hobgoblin horde, i must report this back to higher ups"
Suprisingly the one who is watching Aldelio was none other than Gastov. Gastov was the trusted subordinate of Devant which is also the one who failed to silence a certain messenger however that was just a front, Gastov was actually an assassin who belongs to the [Dark Guild], the [Dark Guild] is a type of criminal organisation where as dangerous criminals gather together. Originally the [Dark Guild] sent Gastov to a certain organization as a spy however Gastov have just received an order from the guild to compromise their mission which he did successfully but when he was just about to left the Driftwood Village through the Driftwood Forest he heard the thundering sounds of gunfire which he diverted his attention to and it resulted in him watching Aldelio and his new allies massacring the goblin horde.
"Hm?"
Suddenly Gastov sensed someone's presence nearby and they are searching roughly in his position. 'could they have found me out?' Gastov thought while he reached out for his dagger by his waist. The bushes began to ruffle and a young man dressed in a M35 uniform came out, he aimed his PPSH-41 at his surroundings carefully before confirming that there is no danger.
"Nothing in the west side!"
Shouted the man as he used the sling of the gun to holster it by his chest through his neck. Afterwards he goes back into the bushes disappearing from Gastov's sight.
"That was close"
Gastov sighed in relief as he jumped off from the top of a tree. Just as Gastov have landed in the ground a Soviet Soldier have sneaked up behind him from a tree and used the stock of his rifle to knock out Gastov. However Gastov sensed the incoming attack and he moved his head slightly and it missed, afterwards he did a leap backwards to create some distance from the enemy.
"How?"
Gastov broke a cold sweat as he asked the man, earlier Gastov didn't sensed any presence behind the tree which made the appearance of a soldier surprising for him.
"Huh..."
Suddenly Gastov's vision began to blurr before turning into deep black as he slowly lose consciousness. 'damn looks like i was still too slow'
Those are his last thoughts before his consciousness fades away completely.