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Chapter 8 - Life and Death

The Joyern were able to retreat but at the cost of majority of their army. Lenin who was grievously injured was not looking so good. While he was unconscious he started hearing a faint noise "Lenin ..."

"Who is it?" He say

But suddenly he recognises the voice

"Father it that you?" Then out of the smoke Joseph Joyern emerges.

Lenin was elated to see his old man once again. But he was a little confuse.

"How am I able to see you ? HUH!! AM I DEAD?!!!?"

"No you idiot " Joseph replies

"But you are about to. We are in the middle of life and death right now. So I guess that's why I am able to talk to you"

"Oh well whatever may be the reason how have you been?"

Joseph asks with a fatherly and warm tone

Upon hearing those words Lenin starts to tear up a little.

He answers with a sigh " tired. I am tired. I want to go home and sleep"

"HA! That is so like you. Sometimes life could be this way but we have no choice but to keep pushing forward"

Joseph answers

" Pushing forward? There's nothing to push.

We lost. I lost. I have nothing left. There's nothing I can do now."

" Karma is strong isn't he?

Oh well that is life. You win some, you lose some." Joseph says while smiling

But that Lenin does not respond.

Looking at his optimistic and joyful son like this he says

" Who are you?"

"Huh? Lenin got confused

"You are not Lenin. The real Lenin will never quit like this."

"Didn't you see yourself, everything is gone, there's nothing we can do—"

Joseph interrupts him,

" When there's nothing you can do and you can do nothing. You try to do something. That's what you do. You are my son. Think like a Joyern. Look for a new perspective. There's nothing wrong with losing. What's wrong is to stay down after the defeat. You got to stand up and keep fighting. And remember I am proud of you my son. Now go, your people need you.

King Lenin"

Upon hearing his father's words Lenin suddenly wakes up coughing and grasping for air. There he sees dumpling crying. It turns out he had been unconscious for 2 days. Upon waking up tears roll down his eyes as he realises that it was the last time he would hear his father's voice. After coming back to his senses and rejuvenated, filled with new found determination and motivation he starts looking for a new angle and thinks of something. He knew with his current army he had no scope of winning against Karma so he decides to abandon his idea of capturing Gellnor and goes to support his uncle against Darzen's army for the time being.