Prologue: The Dusk has begun for he who sows Chaos

With the fall of Kisaragi province, a massive gaping hole opened in the frontlines of the Northern Coalition which subsequently made the advance towards the heartlands of Coalition-held provinces to be smooth and unabated.

"Winter is beginning to clear up and soon enough, we'll have the alliance army sweeping back to the frontlines. Let's do this, lads!"

"""Yoosh!"""

With the winter snow ceasing to fall and slowly thawing with the onset of bright and warm sunshine, the ground where normal armies would tread would usually be a quagmire that cannot be passed through for a time. However, as both sides moved their men and supplies with trains, as soon as the weather permitted it, both sides maneuvered their forces to either gain or secure back the land.

The Coalition forces begun to rapidly place their forces on the border gaps left by the fall of Kisaragi province. In the western border that faces Yamato province, several infantry divisions and airships were stationed to both act as a shield and spear to the Shogunate capital. In the eastern border facing the now alliance held Kisaragi province, cavalry and entrenched infantry was placed to defend the plains at all cost.

The Alliance was in a better posture than their opponent. With the fall of Kisaragi province and the encirclement and siege of the neighboring Motomiya province led by the brutish Hakata daimyo, as well as the successful bombardment and decimation of harbors, bridges and roads leading to Niijima province, the Northern Coalition was now stuck between the alliance's unending advance and the freezing cold water of what could've been their last bastion.

"DAMN IT! DAMNED TRAITOOOOOORRRRRSSSS!!!"

The ever-deteriorating mental state of Miyazono Keiji brought not only his most trusted of subordinates to finally turn their backs on him in pursuit of their own interests, but also drew him closer and closer into what he deems to be the worst outcome to be had in his life.

As someone who not only cheated but has also repeatedly denigrated death, Miyazono Keiji's greatest failure was against a man who spared no effort onto making sure that he, the being of chaos that he has taken onto his very existence and even the depraved old world from where this new one is built over, will never be able to do those things again.

"HOW DARE THEY… HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO ME!!!"

And now, as this story is reaching its resounding end, the world that he didn't build, didn't make to prosper, didn't even contributed to for its good and instead, did noting but steal and despoil from those who had genuinely good intentions, is finally slipping out of his hands.

"Aragami! Get over here! Aragami!!!"

"…"

As he called his trusty left-hand man, there was no reply. Already in an enraged state after the losses they sustained against the alliance, Keiji was less than enthusiastic to treat even that close subordinate well since he didn't seem attentive enough to answer back when he called him.

"Where is that little rat…?"

As thoughts of brutalizing him until he is half-dead circled in his mind, the person he is looking for has just received a directive from his true master.

{"Burn the entire place and get out of there. The alliance is ready to move onto the offensive."}

"Finally… I'm freed from this place."

The inferno that devoured the palace where Keiji hid, not only brought him the fear of almost losing his life once again, but the fulfillment of the words that kept on repeating again and again in his head.

["It may no longer be me, but there will always be those that you have wronged in the old world that would enact their justice upon you, Keiji."]

"No… No way…! This can't be happening… This can't be happening!!!"

His days are numbered… the new life that he could've enjoyed as a salvation, turned to become his worst nightmare.