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"Huh?"

Garrete upon hearing what the ambushers' said, began to tremble.

Although he knew the Kingdom was at its weakest, never would he have thought it would fall in his timeline.

"Then why bother going here instead of mobilizing your full forces to the capital?"

"Well your King was assasinated, and now the capital is in chaos"

"Taking that oppurtunity, I suggested a plan to kill every heroes who was still on their way to the capital that has received the King's calling, weakening the already kingless kingdom, and now the factions are making their way to the capital"

"You self titled bastards are quite a pain in the ass to deal with afterall"

"Having limitless strength and an annoying charisma"

"God sure is unfair, eh?"

"While we people of the lands fought for bread and water, you bastards, would take it"

"Even our lands"

"Our trees and women, all of them!"

As the strategist began complaining about life the men in black once again nocked their arrows.

"Hmm? So there's still some remnants of the barbarians here, eh?"

The Old man said as he patted Lark's head.

I see so each people have their own kind of views to heroes huh?

Lark thought so to himself.

"Well I didn't care when or where the Kingdom of Zerna would fall"

"So are you letting those arrows loose or what?"

"Hmph! Let loose!"

'Swoooo~'

A volley of arrows could be seen twinkling under the night sky.

As the signal to fire the arrows was said, the old man grabbed me and charged towards the forest.

"Shield bearers! block that beast!"

Sillhouettes could be seen coming of the forest as they soon blocked our way with a huge wall of Iron shields.

The clanking of armors and the tremors on the ground, would have surely made men tremble in fear, but there's always exceptions.

"Gah!"

"Argh!"

That man destroyed the wall like it was something made of clay.

"Heh! In the end they're just flesh, imitating an impenetrable wall"

Soon the two managed to finally get through the thick forest.

"Have men burn that forest"

Says the strategist as he began to fan himself.

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"So they started burning the forest down now, eh?"

The Old man at that time was already breaking, I could see it, those old bones finally giving itself up.

"Lark!"

"Bah!"

The dirt got into my mouth, the taste of earth, it was disgusting,

"You hear the sound of that?"

"What?"

I looked at where the old man was pointing.

"There's a river there"

"So?"

"Go and hide there, you retard!"

"Huh? you want me to drown?"

"Argh!"

With the sudden burst of anger within the old man came out he grabbed me again, and after that I fell unconscious.

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At that time I only woke up only to find my self staring at a waterfall inside a cave.

After I got out of there, the Old man wasn't there nor the soldiers, only the smell of charcoal and fire.

I decided to go home, and after a few days I got the news that the old man died after saving villages one after another.