A kid was sitting in a lotus position in the middle of a stone cell, its walls were full of moss, making a foul odor, the ground was tinted with green and blood, I didn´t know whether it was from puke or moss, nor did I wanted to find out, iron bars separated him from freedom, but what freedom was good if it meant my immediate death.
the soldier told me we were at the frontier of the Solaris kingdom, my apparent village was pillaged and burned to the ground by the enemy forces, an enemy kingdom of what the guard described as, "Pointy ears demos" and a series of insults even my more than 40 years of life made less unpleasant.
As for my 8 springs old body, it couldn´t be in a worse condition, I've been unconscious for 2 and a half days and for some reason my unfathomable Aura was even less than that of the guard in front of me.
- Kid, I know you are sad and miss your family, I know what it feels, I'm too from the border, but let me be clear, that cell is the safest place in the outpost, and you are staying there until Captain Mugen decides otherwise.
- Today he must interrogate you so you can tell us what happened in that village… sorry
Sorry, yeah, I feel sorry to for the people who died in that village, but I didn´t have a business with them, and they may even kill me for that, their general uses patients who could have lived for resources, when he finds out I don´t have anything to do with them, he must plan to use me as a bait to then use me as a una-bomber
My train of thought stopped immediately when a recognizable aura descended from the stairs, I learned to distinguish aura from person to person, so I could not be wrong, he was coming here.
- Captain, I know we´re in hell, but his just a kid, be easy on him, look, his even crying for what you did to…
- Corporal, silence, I won't tolerate your attitude longer, next time you speak without the direct order from a superior ill personally throw you to next horde who attacks the outpost, understood.
- Yes, Captain!
- Unshackle and escort the kid with me, we must interrogate the suspect.
- Yes, Captain!
The talkative soldier became as straight as he could and using military walk, opened and unshackle me, I was not in the best state of mind, the guard annoyed clearly by my lack of cooperation, forcefully lifted me up, the captain turned around and started walking stairs up, the guard quickly followed him, with me by his side.
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The sun was shining high in the air, the red sky had a darkish color signaling the dawn, many soldiers were running in different directions, a group of soldiers had their swords out, and opposite group of soldiers, heavily injured, were crawling until the medic staff quickly grabbed them and move them to what appeared to be a hospital.
If a war in hell would break out, this is what it would look like.
A grey building stood in front of us, the captain disappeared and opened the door from the inside.
- Private, dismissed, kid, come in, I must interrogate you.
- Y..y..yes sir
I was not faking it, I was stuttering, the man in front of my had an erratic aura, and everything he had shown me made me realize that he was not any normal captain, he was cold and did not hesitate to kill or use innocents.
- Now, child, my name is Captain Mugen Ironclad, I'm the captain of the frontier outpost number 4527, 50,000 men are under my command, I must perform the following interrogation to continue the investigation of the attack towards the village of Litua.
- Before we proceed, are you hungry or thirsty? you must be in the best physical condition, so, are you need of food or water? - Said the giant bear in front of me, with a serious expression on his face, the man who killed innocents because they weren't capable of fighting was asking me if I was hungry.
- No sir, sir, captain, but if I must ask, I'll like to sleep for some time
- I cannot grant you that request, every minute that passes, you´ll lose clarity of the events that happened, any more request?
- No sir captain…
- Excellent, I'll start the interrogation
The suppressive aura died down, I was free to breathe again, the captain took out a quill and paper and stared at my eyes, I saw a darkness that only a man who went through hell and back could have.
- first, what is your name son?
- my name is Aron, captain.
I didn´t know if some special spell was being used in the room or if his gift made him able to discern between truth and lies, so I had no other option other than speak with nothing with the truth.
- next, where were you at the time of the att…
*BANG*
A hellish sound came from outside, and a rumbling followed as if heaven and earth were switching places
- We will continue the interrogation after we repel the attack, do not leave this building, in case of emergency use this button and I'll teleport right away, I repeat, DO NOT leave the building, understood, Aron?
- Yes, Sir Captain!
- Perfect, I'll take my leave- The captain quickly teleported away, leaving me in a lonely interrogation room.
"Perfect, I must scape before they discover I'm not from here."
Or that was I hoped for, as if a divine being heard my thoughts, a red light covered the room, a trumpet announced a things arrival, then, the world crumbled.
My vision went blank.