Chapter 21: The Iron Cross

One Astral being got in prison for causing so much violence during the siege revolution to overthrow the Weimar Republic alongside with his allied rebellion, his name is Lothric Von Rudendorf aka Temujin, his eyes is filled with hatred, thirst for vengeance for those who betrayed the German people. How did he ended up in bars, going back to the year 1914, Temujin struggles to find a job, now he has nowhere to live anymore since his parents passed away at a young age, then the people in a city of Munich gather themselves up to listen a man who is about to ignite the flame, telling them "The Celestial beings assassinated our allied friend from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Siberians think they can get away with it, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONLY GERMANS". While the people are eager to fight the enemies of Germany, Temujin is happy for what he had heard from the man, as the man screams "WAR WAR WAR!" All of the people chants the same word as Temujin follows them as well. Temujin volunteers to fight because he thinks that it is a free job order, but he will experience true battle.

As the German Empire mobilize their troops to Belgium in August 21, 1914, Temujin is assigned in the German 4th army for the Western Front, as he marches alongside his a normal Germans and Astral beings, one the soldiers introduce themselves as the conversation begins:

German Soldier: What's your name?

Temujin: My name is Temujin sir, from Munich.

Manfred: *Shakes his hand* I'm Manfred nice to ya lad, so did they army draft you lad?

Temujin: No, I volunteered sir, I took this as a job opportunity.

Walter: Job opportunity? This course is more than a job opportunity lad, this battles will cause you your life son. *Shakes Temujin's hand* Names Walter by the way.

Temujin: Nice to meet you too sir. I thought this was a job?

Manfred: It is lad, all we have to do is follow orders.

Walter: Manfred is right, in this war, we are not expected to survived you know.

Temujin: *The face now in fear but he hides it* Alright, I'll do my best.

Manfred: That's the spirit lad, we have to keep marching.

Temujin: I have a question, where are we headed by the way sir?

Walter: We are going Ardennes in Luxemburg where there we will kill some French dicks there, *He tells the whole platoon about what's ahead* You smell that lads, French perfume right ahead.

Temujin: *An Energy Bombardment appears* What's that sound sir?

Walter: MEN!!! Energy Bombardment inbound!! FIND COVER!!!!!

Temujin: WHAT IS THAT EXPLOSION I JUST SAW SIR!??

Walter: Energy Artillery Barrage, performed by the Ethereal beings fighting for the French army. The bombardment has stop, MEN ATTACK!!!!!

The Germans and the French had collided in a brutal fight, as the Astrals fight the Ethereals on a energy skill combat. Temujin has no clue what to do, the Ethereal beings surrounds Temujin, perform a Energy skill to kill him, Manfred uses his skill, the Phantom bullets to kill the Ethereal beings, as the two watched their back, Temujin kills his first, it was a French Ethereal being by performing a skill known as Phantom Razor slash, Manfred compliments the skill, as they continue to to fight for how many hours, Manfred is exhausted, Temujin can still go on to kill more of the French troops.

In the Next day, many are still waiting on both sides on how will drop first blood, The French army ambushes the 4th German army in the nearby trenches by gunshots, killing the young German boys, as Temujin watches his comrades die, his feeling started to change as his rage exploded, he Transforms into Astral Progress, using more skills to kill more French troops in front of him as the 4th Army follows him, the French are overwhelmed at the scene to flee the place in Ardennes. The Germans looks at him, as they want to be his friend for saving their lives. But the French fake their flee because it is like they will be baited for the next day. The French army hides in most of the abandoned buildings because the people who work there fled for their lives.

In August 23, 1914, The German 4th army along with Astral beings, they continue to march forward to the enemy line, the French troops with Ethereal beings, waiting to fall for their trap, Temujin is able to sense it in that abandoned building, Staff Sergeant Walter feels the same, as the Astral beings begin to bombard the whole building the French begins to crawl out of the collapsing building, the ambushed failed as both sides clash in a brutal combat, The Ethereal beings battalion arrived as reinforcements, Germans did not want to run away, they continue to keep on killing them one by one, then the French cavalry arrives to begin the French Counter-Offensive on the Germans, Walter orders the sensory units to make contact to the High Command that they are outnumbered, they agree to send one of the platoons from the 2nd German army to aid them, the High Command tells them they will wait for 2 minutes, Walter tells his men to hold the position as he tells them to keep on fighting, Temujin helps the Astrals by giving them a hand, blasting most of the French unit to bits, he transforms again to Astral Progress as the Ethereals can't do the same since they ran out of energy during the counter-offensive.

The 2nd German Army arrives, bombarding most of the French positions, killing multiple enemies in 12 minutes of artillery barrage, then the astral beings do the same with their energy bomb barrage, killing most of the remaining French forces, including the Ethereal beings. The French forces look up the air as 12 German war planes appear to strike down the bunkers, forcing the French army to retreat and abandon their positions in fear of their lives, later on this battle ends resulting a German Victory, gaining more territories in the land of Ardennes.

In a big tent where the General Hindenburg, Commander of the 4th and 2nd army, giving the war medal known as the Iron Cross to the few men of the 32nd platoon from the 4th German army, who survives the Bloody French counter-offensive onslaught one by one. Only 13 men remains in the 32nd Platoon, as General Hindenburg was about to give Temujin the Iron Cross, Walter says "General Hindenburg, This boy Temujin, he killed 41 French soldiers, including 17 Ethereal Beings in 2 days sir!" Hindenburg replies with a honored compliment "*Inserts the Iron Cross Medal to Temujin's chest* This boy is not promoted to Sergeant first class, I have a nickname for this boy, The Iron Spectre" In that day Temujin feels so honored that he thinks the job for him is better than a regular one. The 32nd platoon celebrates their victory with plenty of cigarettes, drinking beers, but Temujin now smokes for the first at a young age, the platoon knows that he is the youngest, they already call him a real young man.

2 years later, The British and the French fears the Astral beings for their terrifying energy skills, Temujin now leads his 32nd battalion of the German 4th Army to march to a place known as Champagne, where both Germans and the French before during and after the first battle of Champagne in 1915, it results in a stalemate. Now Temujin will armed with destructive energy to full fill his quest for the German Empire to complete the objective in the next chapter.