Experience of War 1

4/1.

49,985,000 km² in size and a 1,667 prefectures containing inside it, Reign Empire were not only really big, it was bustling with citizens.

More than billions lives resides inside this country mostly humans but some demi-humans—it was only possible through the safety it kept and the stability it recognized through time.

Compared to other countries, it was passive yet, in terms of powers, it wasn't inferior to other higher-ranked city.

Of course, lower-ranked city were even at worse, having no outstanding powers to defense itself, it is a land filled with lives. If some higher-ranked city decided to target in the lower-ranked city for some particular reason…

It has no way to defend itself.

Yes… like those in Agrenoria.

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"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Why did the Riseland suddenly target my country!" Without knowing the reason behind it, the lord could only run as he watch his land being invaded by these despicable knights,

with every knights being stronger than Krainhold.

Once a flare ignited, it spread in an astonishing rate as it swallowed buildings from next to next. Of course, the citizens inside their residences… weren't spared

"Mommy I am so scared…" the cries of children, the agony of adults.

As the knights invade deeper on Agrenoria, the man-made hell increased in size—in the citizens' eyes, these knights looked no different from neutral monsters.

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In the orphanage, Led who finally came back from his long work outside the countries was evacuating he children.

"Gero, stop playing around, this is not a game. Run on that direction! This country is… not safe anymore!"

As pathetic their lord was, he was the first to be informed the raids and was the first to run away from his own country.

Low Ranked Cities were like that. It has no much history in it yet, and is weak. On that, the lord of the city doesn't care about their citizens.

"Led, calm down." It was that playful child who said that.

"Think of it. These knights must have invaded this place because they don't want a talented child like me to be sold at other countries."

"So whatever happens to this place, these knights will surely don't kills me." No one knows whether he was dumb or smart, but he had the audacity to say that.

"Enough with your nonsense, go evacuate quickly! O' Goddess Yuen… ~" as he scolded Gero once more, he changed his attention to another kid to heal the scratch on the children's knee.

As Led searched around, he began to worry more. He confirmed almost all the orphanage evacuated… except for the uncomfirmed one…

"Kuro… where are you, Kuro!" As he searched around, the knight march began to close in.

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"Sire, we detected a foreign spatial energies inside this country." As a single troop reported a news to the commander, the commanders played with his moustache surprisedly.

"I didn't think a magician or esper who can use spatial energy inside this lower-ranked city to exist…, Ready that." He ordered a command in which he thought he don't need to.

"Rogers!"

As the couples of knights received their commanders' orders, they saluted as many changed their attention on building an transparent barriers.

With the efforts of couple magicians, they managed to form an colossal transparent barriers blocking all sorts of energies from escape or entering.

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"An old man and a child, oh." The knights' reaction were rather dull as he raised his blade toward the sky.

From then, Led cancelled his healing mid-way as he shove the children far away from his spot, without being able to do anything except waiting for the blade to slice his body.

"There you arwe" As a childish sweet and small voice sounded out, the ground below the knight became slightly wet as the small leg swiped the knights, ruining his balance also changing his sword's trajectory.

The adorable child didn't let this chance go as he went in for the 2nd strike when the knight has just reacted.

Vibrate.

During the knight's fall, the child stroke it's chin as it sent out an vibrating force inside its brain, making it fall unconscious.

"L-led… hi…" Kuro's voice were slightly trembling. It was the first in many years did he have met Led.

The truth is that, he wanted to meet Led but, he really had no convenient way, and he didn't want to interrupt his work.

"Is that you, Kuro? Where have you been gone? Did… someone decided to adopt you?" Led's words came based from how Kuro's look.

He wasn't as thin before like those many orphans, nor was he dirty and most importantly, he wasn't wearing orphan clothes.

"N-… yeah. I was adopted by someone generous—but let's not talk for now. These knights is coming in after noticing the strange."

Kuro decided to tell the lies in which he can make Led comfortable.

As he detected the knights coming in with his Ki Sense, he warned Led and he was quick on it, understanding Kuro's personality—the two ran off.

'This is rather, troublesome… they blocked the whole area with an strange transparent wall. I can't teleport out of this place.'

Without much choice, Kuro was forced to run with 2 legs, while changing the route based on the way whether knights existed or not.

'Ah, damn it. They have a sensory-type.' It only went well for start, as unexpectedly, someone find them out.

"Kuro, hide over there! I will distract them."

[Shiota Style: Stealth]

Kuro didn't bother to explain anything as it was too much waste of time—without a delay, Kuro killed his own presences as he disappeared from Led's thought.

"I'm here! Chase for me if you can!" With Led acting as the bait, the 3 knights chased for him without much reaction…

Whilst running, one knight suddenly fell unconscious but the rest two were either too focused on the prey in front of them, or they didn't expect a weak prey opposing them, they didn't notice it.

It was only when the 2nd one took a heavy blow in his chin implied with force of vibrations that the finally one managed to notice it.

However it was too late. Once an unknown substance of black knife impaled onto his hand, he suddenly lost his sight in front of him…

"Damn it! a dark magic!" As he shouted angrily, he adverted all his attention onto his sense of feeling, but unfortunately, he failed dodging Kuro's attacks which was outside his consciousness.

"Led, let's run already-… that may be impossible." Warm sweat traveled down Kuro's forehead at the sight of multiple knights which suddenly arrived on the spot.