Young Girl & Dead Bodies

"Years 1679, Month of Fall."

At time of almost dusk, at the eastern border of the Southern Empire, Questillia Kingdom.

A young girl was walking and humping while humming a song without a care in the world as her parents were watching following her behind happily. They are heading back to their village whist they just went to the capital town to celebrate the girl's eleventh years of birth as it was their only child wished but couldn't fulfilled it before as they belong on the lower society of the kingdom and empire, on top of that they are humans.

Though, the council implemented the coexistence of each being, there are still many who never follow and attack the ones who were at the lowest rank of the food chain.

Nonetheless, their current Arch-King who was a vampire didn't ever look up at the state of his empire. And there are rumors that their King was associating himself with the dark summoners, the most wicked being, they were brutal who eat human flesh and most of what they love were children and to this creatures, human childrens are the most nutritious meals.

The dark summoners was part of the mix witches who practices the revival of death and harvester of power, they can resurrect the dead by summoning the spirit of one person and put it on another body by sacrificing one body or more that was alive.

Hence, their previous Arch-King though pure-blood vampire was someone whom they can rely on, even though he had so many concubines he's someone who never looked down on any lower classes especially on humans, while he provides equality and peace, and would execute those who were injustice; thus, even if the previous Arch-King was ruthless, he still someone loved by people because he never wanted power to himself alone, he wants power for his people, and when he died fifteen years ago due to poison, and once the King's eldest son, the son of his queen, ascending the throne and crowned as the new Arch-King, their empire was now in poverty and the most main trademarks of slavery. The kingdom and the empire that the former Arch-King cherish become gloomy even though the weather of their lands were mostly sunny.

The couple watch their only child humming a country song while happily hopping while walking towards the entrance of their village, then they heard a screams coming from inside whist the couple just thought it has a fight going on as their village had less population of vampires and mostly human resided.

They just stopped by at the first village before theirs to buy a new dress for their daughter, and they are disoriented by the sudden quietness as they entered the village, the ones noisy village became quite that only the sound of the water could be heard at the nearby waterfall.

They went to the next town by taking a carriage to made it faster, thus it's fourty-five minutes away from their village and if by foot it's about one hour and ten minutes depends on how fast you walk.

The couple look at each other then call out their daughter's name that was still humming. hence, the girl didn't heard them and when they saw the front where their daughter is heading, their eyes turn wide upon seeing what was infront. They tried calling out their child again as they run to where she were, hence, when the young girl heard her parents called out her name with urgency, it was already too late. Because as she stop humming and frown whist was about to turn around to see what and why is it her parents called out with such urgency when they are just heading to their house; she felt a wind passed by her nick and felt like she was flying and crashed on the ground before she could properly looked at her parents.

She was disoriented as her mother was being dragged by the hair while struggling and fight back the black cape people while calling her name out loud, and her father was on the ground with blood on his head unconscious that was being carried by the black cape people before she feels like losing her consciousness.

When the couple run while calling out their daughter's name; however, before their daughter could even turn, a man in black cape beheaded the young girl and the head were sent flying in one brief movement of the man's hand. The man is holding a short sword as three other people went to them faster that they could not even react and was apprehended by them, the three hooded man.

The young girl's father was being hit by something on his head that had him fell unconscious, and the young girl's mother was being dragged on the front as fought back to go to her daughter where the black cape people with hoodies are, and was continuing what they are doing whist there nine of them.

At front, where the young girl was heading and what the parents saw was the village people were in there, where their heads are hanging on a rope and their faces had the impressions of shock, disoriented and lifeless while some of them were still blinking, thus the bodies was on the ground piling while the children are being taken with them.

The already burning bodies was being added by the girl's parents as they brought the young girl with her head, left the scene afterwards as they killed all the people inside the village and left like nothing happened. Without leaving any track.

On the way down to the village, an old man who passing by while riding his wagon to deliver some wood supplies on the next town as the cold season are approaching, he just went down from the mountain to gather firewoods and sell it to buy some medications for his wife who was bedridden for more than three years whist his been at the mountain top for almost six days to gather woods.

And while passing down the village, he notice how quiet the surrounding and the village itself when it was pass the morning dawn as the sun was almost shining at its peak with no people seen walking around; no noise could be heard from the villagers like there's no soul living in there, like the village was haunted with only the sound of birds and running water at the nearby waterfall could be heard.

He wondered what was going on, why so much quietness, and on of his curiosity he stopped his wagon then park at the side of the village entrance and went inside. He walks trying to sense and find a living souls, but since his a human he couldn't make sense of it and on top of that his old, whist he continue walking and saw the houses door was opened while the things inside of each was broken and messed up everywhere he look but there's no people in sight.

Then, he walk farther into the middle looking around, being cautious of the place his now in as he could smell a very strong queer scent lingering in the air then he look at the front that shocked him; a three piles of dead bodies that had some almost turned to ashes and some weren't completely burned, and when he looks up he become more terrified upon seeing what's above him as crows could be seen and heard whist feasting on the bodies, some were on the ropes resting while some were flying around.

An old man was so petrified that he didn't and could not move and his breathing were becoming erratic, and when he gain his senses he run off outside the village where his wagon was being park as he jump terrifiedly and drove on the next village to report what he saw while his face turn white and his hands were shaking nonstop, so does his whole body by what he just saw.

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The village official of another village next to where the mass murdered happen, were sitting on his chair leisurely at his office when the door suddenly slammed open, and an old man who looked like he has seen a ghost came while breathing erratically whist shaken to the core of his being.

The village official sit up properly and look at the man, he frown because he wasn't familiar with the man's face, like he isn't from his village, even so he ask the old man who has came to his office as he's the person assigned to looked after the village while gesturing him to take a seat. "What's wrong? Why are you so pale, like you have seen a ghost or something?"

"Boddd... Village.... Dead bodiii...", an old man could not properly talked and all that comes out of his mouth was a broken words.

"What? Calm down, Sir. Please.", said the village official and asked again, "What is it?"

"The bodies... All the village people and the village official were dead!", the man took the glass of water that should belong to the village official whist he drank it then after his really calmed down. "They were all being beheaded and burned to ashes while the heads were hang in a rope. There at the next village before you can go to the mountain! And I've been on the mountain for six days to gather firewoods to sell for the medications of my wife, and just came down but when I passed by the village it was totally quiet and feels like it... It doesn't have a living for awhile.", he said and explained nonstop without breathing.

The village official then task some of his subordinates to go and confirm the old man story. He didn't ask furthermore as he could see and feel the tension on the old man's body that's still shaken by what he saw: thus when the two of his personnel who he had tasked came back and confirm the old man story was indeed true. The village official quickly sent a letters to the Arch-King, the Duke of their town and the Council to handled the case, then after that the village official sent the old man at his own village.

'The letters would be arriving at each locations in a day. To the palace, it'll took two and a half hour; to the Duke, it would be one-hour and as for the council, it would take half a day.', thought the village official as he sit down.

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At the main palace, the letter then arrived and was handed to the butler who went to gave it to the Arch-King in his study chamber whose sitting on his chair behind the table, as he read the letter that just arrived his eyes turned wide and clenched his fist that was holding the parchment.

He then look at the butler and give him a command, "Ficus, go and take this letter to the first Prince. And tell him to handle this matter with the council and report back to me once done as I'll be attending the meeting hours from now.", while giving the letter back to the butler, Ficus.

"Yes, Sir.", Ficus then bowed and left the room went to the first Prince who's chamber was on the west side of the main palace.

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Five horses were galloping fast to get to the border of south-western part of Questillia Kingdom in board day light, like they are having a race.

The townies and villagers who were on the sideway of the street are looking where the sound of a running horses came from as they're curious about what was going on.

The people who are riding the horses were from the palace whist two of them at the back wearing a guard uniform while the other three at the front who were riding faster as it seems like they're running out of time with the way their horses were moving.

"Hey! Enlighten me as to why am I going with you now, when I was just passing by the hallway to go to your father?!", inquired the one who's on the left side while looking annoyed. He was just arrived and just passing by the hallway of the main palace when someone dragged him out on his back, and here he was now riding a horse to go somewhere with these two and the two guards. He didn't have any vague ideas of where they are heading.

"Naaa.... He'll be going to sent you in toe to me later! So either way, why not dragged you along now, this way less time would be wasted!", said the one on the middle looking around. He rode a black horse that looked elegant with the way he was handling it.

"Say, WHAT NOW?!", exclaimed the one on the left while turning his gaze and glared on the side where he looked at the man who dragged him. He has light brown hair that reached his above shoulder and brown eyes, thin eyebrow and a well slender body while wearing a white inner shirt and dark blue jacket, matched with black trouser.

Then the man on the right side said while glancing on his left, at the middle. "We're invited to attend the party and we thought it's about time to relax a bit! So, we dragged you! It would be boring if just us two going there, you know. This way, we can really enjoy!" He noticed the man on their middle that was suppressing himself to laugh over what he said: He wore a black shirt with yellow lining, dark grey trouser and brown boots as it look like he's on his early twenties with fair skin, and a lighter shade of red eyes while he raise one of his brows and his black hair was tied up like a ponytail as it swayed on the air.

The man on the middle couldn't hold it back and chuckled softly. "The letter arrived hours ago after it was sent to father, Ficus then sent it to me saying that father wants me to go and handle this one" And his expression turned to worry. 'When it starts? This was the third time happening in their Kingdom, just what's this people trying to accomplish?', he thought while clenching his hand on the rein of his horse. He has fair skin and bronette hair color that was combed backward and a pair of dark red eyes while wearing a light brown leather jacket with dark red inner shirt and dark grey trouser.

"But why now, is it a tea party?!", asked the man on the left side as its almost noon.

"Yeah, I think it is a late tea party!", replied one on the middle then asked, "Did you eat full stomach when you're on your way there to the palace?!", as he glanced on his left side.

"Of course, I ate a lots of foods. After all, it almost lunch.", the man on the left side replied while looking at the man on his side.

"Ohh. Well, good to know. Good luck!", said the man on the middle as he pat the man's shoulder and smirked then rode faster leaving the others behind.

The man looked at his side now to where the other man were with his expression and was inquiring what the middle man said to him before roding faster. Why did he said good luck?.

The man next to him knowing why he looked at him inquiringly says, "It was on the letter that was sent...", then glance on his side as if thinking something and continue to speak, "It stated on the letter not to have full stomach or you might vomit at the party when it's just begin."

"What kind of party is this we are going to attend to stated not to have full stomach or you might throw up'?" As he looked at the man like saying are you ridiculous, then he stretched his arm on his right side, "Where's the letter? I want to see it!".

The man look at his stretched arm and said, "It wasn't with me, Dion.", he then look at the front. "Don't worry. We're almost there.", while he nod his head at front to where at the far distance could seen two carriage was parked at the side.

"You two are thinking something stupid against me.", murmured the man on the left and shook his head as he too looked at the front, and saw the carriages and the place, he frown. 'This is the last village in this place before you can go to the one of the mountain where... But why does it seems like deserted and the council are here?', thought Dion while he looked and sence the surrounding.

And the man beside him as he observed Dion says, "The party is already started.", he smile and rode faster leaving Dion and the others behind and shout, "The letter is with me all along, Dionnn...!", while laughing as he waved the letter on the air.

Dion then looked annoyed and rode faster as well, leaving the guards behind who's following them and shout, "What should I expect from you, when you and him are the same!", he gritted his teeth and said once more, "Damn you, Fanies Emppp!", as the man named Fanies laughed out loud upon hearing Dion cursing him.