Nick_Alderson

Do people chase greatness, or does greatness chase us?
A.I. genius, Gengyo, through the assistance of SAPPHIRE attains the means to time travel. He seeks a simpler life, and wishes to experience the warmth of a family.
But often we do not get what we want, we get what we deserve. And his peaceful times soon end, as war storms Japan, and in order to protect his peace, he must conquer. Join Gengyo as he walks a blood-stained path toward absolute domination, seizing control of Japan.

//Brief extract from one of the battle scenes. Written from the point of view of a samurai landowner, Niwa Nakatane.

The hooves grew closer to Nakatane's position and their beating hearts grew faster.

Perhaps they could simply remain like that, hiding behind the tree, and allow these barbarians to pass? That way could they not return home to their families? Could they not give their dear wives one final kiss, or share one final story with their enthusiastic youth?

Nakatane knew exactly what they were thinking. And as the ground rumbled, and the mounted beasts howled, he was the first man to step out from the trees and make his stand.

"OORAH!"

Possessed by a furious energy, he thrust out with all the aggression of a war god, puncturing Ochi's stallion through the chest with the sharpened wooden point of his lengthy spear.

The mammoth fell from his mount clumsily, his head colliding with a nearby tree root. He ceased to move, and a pool of blood began to form around him.

"ARM THESE SPEARS MEN! VICTORY SHALL BE OURS!"

He stood in front of the charge of over 150 horsemen, alone. But he did not give a single inch of ground. He met the charge of the next man in line, roaring vengefully, possessed by all the rage and power that had accumulated in his body over these past years.

The horsemen shrieked like a pack of hyenas, fanning out, each eager for a piece of the man who had brought down their leader.

//I did not create the book cover. All credits go to the original creator.

A Time Traveller's Guide to Feudal Japan

THE RISE OF LEGENDARY GENERAL AND RAIDER VOL, BROTHER OF JOK

MY LEGENDARY GENERAL SYSTEM

There were several more messages sent throughout the night between Matsudaira and Gengyo as they planned their next move. The Hojo and Imagawa soon caught sight of the scouts coming to and fro and they began to fire upon them. The last scout returned riddled with arrows, barely clinging onto his life, but he still held Matsudaira's message tightly between his fingers.

"You did well," Gengyo told him, before shouting for help from the medics. "Get this man everything he needs!"

He unfoiled the bloody roll of paper as the scout was carried away and he read it to himself in a whisper. "The enemy likely know that you have retaken the fortress. Come morning, they may decide to throw all their forces at you. If that happens, I will lead my men to hit them in the rear when the time is right. If they decide to continue to attack me, then you will be able to cut them to pieces against the wall. If they decide to do nothing at all, then we should also do nothing."

Starry Sky