Celestina's briefing is long... I need to make myself busy for a while, I left Deadly Romance back at the camp as I scour my way towards a river from afar.
Though it doesn't strike me as dangerous, there's this feeling of pressure for somewhat reason. I don't know, but I need to be cautious going there.
As I grew closer to the river, I heard leaves and wood cracks that echoes throughout the whole area. There's also a faint sound of what seems to be crying...
As I walked closer and closer to the end of the river, I found myself back where I started. There is someone out there trying to mask itself for reasons I don't know.
Should I pursue it or not?
***
After a long briefing, I'm finally out of the camp. However, I didn't see even a single sight of Eloise.
I approached Deadly Romance with curiosity.
"Deadly, where is Eloise?"
"Mademoiselle? She went that way."
Deadly Romance pointed in the direction, to where lies the river from afar. It's a magical river that has a large blessing of magic, but why is she there? What piqued her curiosity about going there?
***
I've penetrated through the barrier to which I saw a kid weeping as she looks towards the river. Her eyes were red, from what it seemed from crying for so long.
As I try to approach her, a massive pressure pushed me to the ground.
"Feel our suffering."
***
I felt massive goosebumps all of a sudden, I tried to walk through the river but for some odd reasons. I feel like I'm going back to where I started.
This means something, the spirits of those who died are doing something right now! And their victim is Eloise!
***
As I was devoured by the darkness, I could see the memories of the spirits. It was a vast array of memories of love, care, and happiness.
But it was then engulfed with the pain and suffering as the war started, what once a happy memory turned into a distasteful and sad memory. As one child is left in the void of darkness.
***
I managed to penetrate through the magic spell, and to my surprise, I saw Eloise on the ground. Though unconscious, I could feel that there is something that is tampering with her mind. What could that be?
***
I can't breathe, through this endless void. I'm trying to reach the child who is in the spotlight, yet I can't reach her. I can't, I do not have the strength to run anymore.
For my final hurrah, I tried to reach her as my vision starts to get fuzzy, she was turning into nothing but a blurry sparkling beam of light as I lose my consciousness.
***
Eloise finally woke up from her trance, she gasped throughout her waking up, gasping for air needing it as if she was suffocated.
"Eloise are you okay?!"
She looked at me with concern, but soon slowly turned into a smile.
"I just got this weird dream of mine."
The Spirits are messing with her, but why? Are they telling her something?
Eloise stands up and held my hands, we walked and walked until we arrived at a place that made my heart skip a beat for different reasons.
A pile of bodies slowly but surely rotting on the ground, and worms start to infest their skulls and flesh.
"Rest in peace..."
Eloise raised her hands as the ground engulf the bodies slowly. Leaving nothing but a patch of dirt of what was once a pile of bodies.
"Who are they, Eloise?"
"They're the victims of war, those who are weak that never got the chance to fight for themselves."
"No..."
Is this the extent of the war? Even the weak and children were even affected by the battle! What has the realm become?
This needs to stop...
***
After recouping my memories of what has happened to me in that void. It's quite disheartening to see that even children are affected by this scale of war.
It seems it is truly unavoidable to save everyone in a war, even in my world before. Not even children are spared from the war.
What kind of inhumane things are they doing as well here? In my world, it is far more brutal and immoral.
***
We've gathered our troops as we march toward the center of the battlefield. The God of The Wildbeast voiced his concerns but also his will to fight in this war.
Eloise and Deadly Romance are brewing something with their combined magic. I and My Brother Aether are going to be in the front line, whilst Elven Knight and Serena would be the support for our pillar.
I'm getting anxious as we grow far closer and closer to the battlefield, no one knows what will be in store for us. it could be a wasteland full of bodies, but also the raging war between our kins.
***
We could hear the raging war on the other side of the tree, as we step foot into it. We're greeted with a massive fire coming from the middle of the battlefield. The War has grown to an extent where they've used magic far greater than it needs to.
The Destruction of what once a teeming life of lush green trees is now plastered with sands of explosions.
***
What was my home, a paradise that homes that the elves to an extent of a beautiful life. Now turned into a wasteland, a far cry from what it was once.
It is up to me and my brother to extinguish the fire that is burning right now, with the help of the god of the wildbeast, Deadly Romance, and Eloise.
We'd turn the tides of the battle, and we will reclaim the throne!
-TO BE CONTINUED-
[Extra Extra!]
Ohoho! This is the start of the battle to which they'll reclaim the throne from the tyranny to whom banished Celestina!
But after this war... Will she leave me? Will I become alone again? She's the sunshine and the ray of light to my darkness, what if she leave-
Nah, I'm overthinking much. This concludes Extra Extra! Bye!