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A long time ago back in the [Ancient Era], there existed figures of unfathomable power known as the [Titled Ones].
Their stories contained feats thought
to be impossible by most and were spread throughout the Cosmic Sky.
Today we shall explore the story of one of these unfathomable figures...
.....The Legend of Crimson Fist.
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Before the Crimson Fist rose to prominence he was a simple farmer named Vaharan living in Atrax.
Vaharan is an Atraxi, a humanoid species with light-red skin color, yellow-orange eyes, and an innate ability granting them with herculean strength, endurance, and stamina.
Though blessed with astonishing might, the Atraxi became a very modern civilization, having access to interstellar travel and plasma-based weaponry.
Vaharan grew up from a middle-class family. He was both clever and mature from a very young age, though his intellect was rather a little lacking.
In school, Vaharan got himself into many fights and brawls against his fellow students due to his unintentionally provocative ways of words but nevertheless he managed graduated and lands himself a job in accounting.
However, as time passed, Vaharan quits his job as he realized that he wanted a job that could truly drive his passion.
After changing into multiple jobs, Vaharan finally found the job he was looking for....farming.
It was a humble job, though less paying it was an honest work and Vaharan was up to the job.
At first, Vaharan really sucked at farming as he has no prior knowledge nor experience in farming, but as time passes, Vaharan quickly begun to love the work and became knowledgeable and experienced enough to create profit off his crops.
Vaharan truly loved farming, in fact he joined many farming communities and made friends with other farmers. These connections became a huge advantage for Vaharan in selling his crops through more channels, raking in more profit, as well as gaining different types of crops he didn't have before to add to his fields.
At some point, Vaharan created a guild named "Atraxi Farmers' Association" where other farmers could gather, trade, and discuss for their collective benefits.
This guild was very special to Vaharan as this is where he meets the love of his life, Amelia. Friends at first, eventually becoming lovers over time.
When they married, it was a sight to behold. All of their colleagues, friends, and family were there to witness their most special day.
And after a few months later, it was announced that Amelia was pregnant with twins.
Vaharan was happy, he felt like he was the most happiest man in the world....but everything...cannot always be happy.....
During Amelia's first month being pregnant, Vaharan received a letter from the governemnt. It was a letter calling to all abled men to gather and be trained so they could fight in the frontlines of the war.
Vaharan was confused as the Atraxi hasn't been in a war in almost 5 centuries, so he turns on their television and switches to the news channel.
Through the news channel, it showed that from late night yesterday, another species called the Kyln had waged war against the Atraxi under no justifiable reasoning.
Atrax due to being in peace for almost half a millennia, only had a limited militia and declared that civilians must undergo conscription so they may be able to defend their homeland, the people protested at first, but when the government declared that there will be rewards, waves of people were in full accordance.
Concerned for the safety of his loved ones, Vaharan decided to join the conscription and leaves them in the hands of his parents before giving them enough money for whatever they could need to better prepare themselves in case of danger.
When Vaharan arrived at the conscription site, he realized that the government had lied about something.
There was no training whatsoever, it was straight-up being assigned to a company under the leadership of a higher-up, being handed with weapons and taking off to space to fight the Kyln Armada.
In just 1 day, Vaharan was already headed into space to fight without any kinds of training. Fear and doubt spread throughout Vaharan's mind but he shakes it off as he knew that it will only cloud his judgement and would be a detriment to his safety.
The ship where Vaharan's company resides was headed to the frontlines, in order to support the other milita ships, as they were being pushed back by the powerful and numerous, Kyln Armada.
However, on the way to the frontlines, they were ambushed by multiple Kyln ships. They had no choice but to go on a full defensive.
Vaharan and a few others was assigned to be gunsman of the ship's guns. Despite having no training, having only been taught the basic controls, Vaharan was able to adapt to the situation and managed to gun down a few ships, earning the praise of his comrades.
However, what they didn't realize was that the initial ships that ambushed were just decoys....a mere diversion.
The real ambush was through Kyln stealth ships that secretly made its way to the ship's hangar with no one to expect their arrival.
The Kyln Forces quickly made their move on the unsuspecting ship's crew and before they were found out, a third of them was already killed.
Alarms and flickering red lights were everywhere, indicating that there were intruders. The leader of the company called all of his remaining men to enact a frontal assault, planning to scare off the intruders and maybe possibly killing all of them.
However, these were untrained "soldiers" against an intruding group of highly trained soldiers, meaning when the two groups came into contact, it was a massacre....even the leading officer was killed.
Vaharan however, manage to escape their attack by hiding in a dark spot. He breathes heavily, holding his weapon that had almost run out of ammo.
His mind was being filled with fear and despair, thinking of his family knowing that if he dies here, he'll never be with them again.
And then....an enemy spots him....after almost massacring all of them...the enemy didn't even bother to put his guard up as he thinks that they were to weak to put up a even struggle....and that...is when the enemy made a crucial mistake....
The Kyln walks up to the scared Vaharan and taunts him...
"Well well well" said the Kyln "it appears that you are one of the last survivors"
"The look in your face.....the fear.....i love it.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Oh how the weak wepts their tears out, begging for mercy.....wait....do you have a family?..." asked the Kyln with a menacing smile
".....Yes..." said Vaharan in a tone of despair
"How sad....you're a disappoinment...i guess you told your family that you'll fight for them and protect them.....but now.....your life is mine to take...." said the Kyln
"YOU LEAVE MY FAMILY OUT OF THIS!!!!!" shouted Vaharan
"Why should i? You're already a dead man to me.....or is your family that important to you.....is your wife by any chance a beautiful one...because right now i'm kinda craving for some..."action"...." said the Kyln in a devious tone
"YOU DARE!!!!!!!" shouted Vaharan in anger
He balled up his fist tightly and punched the Kyln's chest, send him through several layers of steel.....killing him.
Vaharan looked at his fist in shock, though the Atraxi had astonishing power, it wasn't to the point of punching someone and sending them through multiple layers of steel.
Had he unlocked some kind of secret?...did his anger unlocked something within him that significantly increased his strength?
In curiosity, Vaharan let out another punch this time on a wall. Once more, the punch pierced through several layers of steel with ease.
The newfound strength both bewildered Vaharan and filled with confidence, confidence that he would surely need to surive this ordeal.
Though blessed with new strength, Vaharan was only one man and fighting against a group of highly trained soldiers was of no easy task. So he decided to pick them off one by one.
Vaharan stealthily looked around the ship and notices a Kyln soldier in his vicinity. He waited for an opportunity to strike and when it did come, he snapped the Kyln soldier's head without a single sound.
In order to better hide himself, Vaharan wore the armor of the dead Kyln soldier, so that he can blend himself with the rest and potentially kill them without anyone noticinng.
He explores around the ship and meets up with lone Kyln soldiers and killed them off, one by one. But eventually he had to reveal his cover.
Vaharan reaches the ship's hangar and notices that the last survivors of his company and the enemy Kyln forces were fighting it out.
If he joins up with his comrades, it would blow his cover, so Vaharan decided to "join" the enemy forces, find their leader and kill him.
Vaharan successfully got into enemy lines and finds their leader. He was surrounded by other soldiers but that didn't stop him.
Vaharan rushed to the leader and punched him so hard, his body was sent out of the hangar into space, killing him.
The Kyln soldiers quickly reacted and aimed their plasma rifles at Vaharan. However, fortunately for Vaharan, the plasma rifles had an automatic setting where it disables it self when its aimed at targets bearing the same armor as the Kyln to prevent friendly fire, meaning it was fair game for Vaharan.
One by one, Vaharan sent the Kyln forces to death with his punches. This was notcied by his comrades and realizes that Vaharan was on their side, so they joined him and fought back, and eventually they managed to kill off all of the remaining Kyln forces.
The survivors were astonished by Vaharan's strength and how he was able to just punch the enemies to their deaths, declaring Vaharan as their Hero.
Vaharan's feat was spread throughout the battlefield, reaching the high commands of the Atraxi and the Kyln, through this feat Vaharan was not only promoted to a higher rank but was also titled; the [Crimson Fist].
Now at higher rank, Vaharan now leads his own force and together they destroyed multiple Kyln ships, killed numerous and Kyln soldiers and officers the like, further promoting him up the ranks into Atrax's Amry General.
Vaharan was now feared by the Kylns, seen as a threat that can become a detriment to their conquest of Atrax.
The Kyln was slowly losing their grounds and they had come up with something to lower the morale of their enemies and gain an advantage to turn the tides of the war.
So the Kyln High Command thought up a scheme in order to achieve those goals. They sent off their best forces on a secret mission to infiltrate Atrax and get a hold of Vaharan's family.
Because most of Atrax's militia was on the frontlines, infiltrating was easy for the Secet Kyln Forces.
When they arrived at their location, they massacred Vaharan's family and captured the pregnant Amelia as a hostage to use as leverage.
When Vaharan learned of what happened, his anger reached a boiling point.
He prepares his forces to lead a front assault on the Kyln Mothership and when they were about to leave, they were interrupted by The Kyln High Command's call.....
"General Vaharan, it is good to see you" said the Kyln High Command
"To hell with your greetings, why did you massacre my family and WHERE IS MY WIFE!!!!!!!!" said Vaharan, his anger going through the roof
"What we did was nothing short of the ordinary, it is war my friend, all tactics must be used to ensure victory" said the Kyln High Command
"As of now, you are currently losing so to hell with your tactics also" said Vaharan "you will return my wife or face my wrath"
"You and what army?" said the Kyln High Command in arrogance
"I myself is enough to destroy all of you" said Vaharan
"You are risking your army's morale and maybe "victory" for a mere woman?" said the Kyln High Commabd in a mocking tone "how selfish of you General"
"She is not a mere woman, SHE IS MY WIFE!!!! AND MY LOVE FORE HER EXCEEDS MY LOVE FOR MY HOMELAND!!!!" shouted Vaharan in full confidence
"You are about one thing Kyln Hig Command"
"Do tell" asked Kyln High Command
"I am not risking anything by going alone" said Vaharan "but you are risking your safety by taking my wife"
"I will not let you get the best of me by using my wife as leverage, but i will shall reward your actions by death, a thousand fold."
Vaharan cuts the call and headed off towards the Kyln Mothership. They parked on a hidden location and Vaharan set off towards the Mothership through a stealth ship.
It was through anger that unlocked Vaharan's newfound power and now love shall strengthen his resolve.
Vaharan manages to get inside the Mothership and stealthily gets himself to the Mothership's control room, where the Kyln High Command is located.
Vaharan now experienced in the art of combat after fighting the Kylns for a few months now, swiftly killed the guards and entered the control room through a vent.
From behind, Vaharan grabs the Kyln High Command on his neck, ready to kill him at anytime.
"Like i said, you're risking your safety by taking my wife" said Vaharan "now where is she?"
"Talk now or i break every bone in your body before i make you talk"
Instead of fear, filling the Kyln High Command's face, it was instead....laughter.
"AHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH" laughed the Kyln High Command "how about lets play a little game?"
"I don't play games with those who harms the people that i love" said Vaharan strengthening his grip on the Kyln High Command's neck
"Well you have no choice either way" said the Kyln High Command "INITIATE SELF DESTRUCT!!!!"
Suddenly the control room became filled with flickering red lights and warning sounds.
"What did you do?" asked Vaharan while further tightening his grip on the Kyln High Command's neck
"In 10 minutes.....this ship.....is going to explode....AHAHAHAHAA--your wife is on the bottom layer of the ship...lets see whether you'll make it in time" said the Kyln High Command in a menacing tone
In anger, Vaharan broke the Kyln High Command's neck, killing him. Vaharan looked at the map of the Mothership and find the location of where his wife is.
With only 10 minutes to spare, Vaharan knew that running there will take too long so instead of running.....he'll just punch through the steel layers on the ground.
One by one, Vaharan punched through the layers of steel but it proved a little difficult as the layers were very thick. But nevertheless it didn't stop Vaharan.
With only 2 minutes to spare, Vaharan finally arrives at the cell and rescues his wife. He calls his ship's operative and orders them to risk it and pick them up at the Mothership's hangar which was fortunately located near her wife's cell.
The ship arrived but was getting barraged by gunfire from the Mothership's defense system, unaware of the destruction that is about to happen.
Vaharan and Amelia quickly got inside the ship to prevent further damage from the barrage and was able to leave the vicinity before the Mothership exploded into pieces.
Vaharan managed to clear two birds with one stone. Not only was he able to rescue Amelia from the Kylns but had also destroyed the Kyln Mothership, the main base of operation of the Kyln Armada.
With such an advantage on their hands, Vaharan wasted no time and alerted the Atrax government.
After the Kyln Mothership's destruction, the remaining Kyln were a mess due to lack of leadership, so they were gradually destroyed by the Atrax Forces.
Vaharan had single-handedly ended the war through his strength and love. He was regarded as a Hero throughout all of Atrax, forever remembered by all Atraxi. A statue of him was erected in the captial with a qoute which says:
"From humble beginnings creates a legend that will be forever remembered by the generations. Let those who seek to conquer Atrax be smitten by the wrath of The Crimson Fist."
After the Atraxi-Kyln War, Vaharan retired and went back to his passion of farming. Amelia his wife, gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. 78 years later....Vaharan and Amelia dies of natural causes....
Wow.....for a [Titled One] to die of old age, especially with his loved one.....what a peaceful death.....i know of many [Titled Ones] and those that died such a peaceful way?.....i can only count them in one hand.
I wonder if i'll die the same peaceful way as Vaharan.....well i don't think such thing will happen just yet.
That concludes the story of Vaharan, the Crimson Fist. I thank all of you for exploring this story with me.....once again....I am the Narrator, a mere storyteller...see you next time...
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