The Ashen Empire

"You know Veronica, this is the first time i have felt like i actually mattered. in my past life i was nothing, working a nothing job living in a tiny nothing apartment. i led a really pitiful existance til i got here. it's crazy I've only been here five days. My life went to boring to non stop excitement." i said eyes fixated on the lines of soldiers marching towards me.

"is that a bad thing?" she asked with a smile.

"No I guess not." I chuckled walking forward.

My mind filled with images of what happened to the village, then the faces of every villager entered my mind. I knew what I had to do. A large man on a horse led the army, his horse slowly trotting towards me.

"Stop and turn back. I will only warn once. this village is mine, mine alone." I called out to the man. the marching stopped and the horse whinnied as his master ordered him to stop. a loud laugh bellowed from his helm.

"You and what army tiny man." a gruff voice called out."

"Don't say I didn't warn you." I replied walking back.

"Charge!" the order came out just as I spun around

"Holy barrage!" I yelled

the sky filled with a yellowish light and the sound of arrows fling through the air echoed in the otherwise silent night. the first three lines of men fell filled with golden arrows.

"A mage are you?" he bellowed in rage looking at his fallen troops.

"Nope, just someone whose standing before the worlds dumbest general." I called back.

the men yelled war cries as they jumped over the fallen. their yells turned to yells of surprise as they began falling into the traps I had made. screams filled the night air. I could tell Veronica was letting shots off every few seconds.

"Look Whatever your name is, you killed these men and for what? what ground have you gained?" I yelled laughing at him.

"I want his head." his voice bellowed after me.

now the men skeptical of their approach, began poking the ground with their swords, checking for more traps.

"Cosmic meteor show." I called out with my hand in the sky.

glowing lights appeared above us. dozens on dozens, as I pointed towards the approaching group. suddenly a loud whizzing as the first rock pierced through the chest plate of the man closest to me. his eyes opened wide then he fell to his knees. blood pouring from the hole. The men stopped dead in their tracks. all horrified. i smiled and snapped my fingers. the whizing began again. this time scores of men fell to the ground. the general sat on his horse watching his troops fall before him. I could feel the anger and dispair raidiating off him. He was becoming desperate. he kicked the hind of his horse and began charging at me. A few feet of me his horse fell to the ground, tumbling him to my feet. arrows stuck from the neck of the horse. i sighed, twirling my sword around.

"your men dying i care not but that horse was a gorgeous horse. your stupidity killed it, you will end up like your other group of men. strung from the posts outside my village, nothing but corpses feeding the ravens." i growled kicking the man in the stomach. a loud clank echoed as the man rolled onto his back coughing.

"you strung my men up like common criminals?" the man barked.

"Oh yes, right after i burnt them to crispy litter critters." i cooed at the man.

he yelled and forced himself to his feet. he drew a long claymore style sword and began running at me.

"Ah some fire left in you still huh? very well, let this end." i said twirling my blade around.

He madly swung at me, cleaving nothing but air. the smell of copper wiffted around us as he swung his blade. each try blocked easily. He began to tire, to slow. His end was in sight, his anger drained him. he couldnt fight back and more. he fell to his knees before me.

"How, What did you do to me.?" he asked as he tried to lift his arms.

i walked up to him and knelt before him.

"in the world i come from, i played a lot of rpgs and read a lot of comics. ive amassed an amazing grasp of magic here as well. not that yould understand of course, so let me put it this way. you couldnt see all the tiny cuts i was taking out of you with each swing of your own blade. each slice you made only hurt yourself. you see its a spell called reflect. its a personal favorite of mine." i replied whispering into his ear. i stood back up to see a horrified expression, i spun around and made sure that was the last expression left on his face.

"Veronica did you wound one?" i asked.

she grunted as she drug a struggling man. he was screaming curses and damning us. she threw him at my feet.

"Hey....Hey shut your damned mouth!" i yelled slapping the man.

he stopped yelling.

"Take this to your king, tell him i will kill any and all who step foot here from your empire." i said throwing him the head of his general.

the man looked shocked and let out a little yelp.

"Do you understand" i asked.

the man shook his head yes vigorously.

i kicked at him as he limped away. the fields were litered with dead men. the traps almost filled. today blood ran like a river.