Death is the beginning of a beginning
Outside the house, a carnage was manifesting.
The stench of blood changes any smell, dismembered bodies lying everywhere.
Enemy soldiers killed anyone who was not themselves, men, women, and children died without mercy.
The men and women defended themselves as best they could, although they managed to kill some soldiers, the number is too low to drive them back, rather awake in a bloody frenzy of revenge for their fallen comrades.
"Vengeance for our fallen brothers, kill them all" The commanding officer gives a thunderous cry.
Mothers died protecting their children, children died because they were weak, men died in futile resistance.
HELP ME! HELP ME!
PLEASE NO AHHHHHGGGGG!
Some surviving villagers gather to break through the weakest fence and flee.
"The bastards try to flee to the northwest, send reinforcements" The commanding officer redistributes the troops to reinforce the encirclement and prevent the villagers from escaping.
After a short time, the last resistance was put down, only a few villagers were left fighting or hiding.
"Search the houses in search of valuables and possible cowards" The officer orders "Bring the cowards to have fun with them, then we will burn everything"
The soldiers meticulously check each place taking valuables and violently capturing the hidden villagers, most of them were women and children. "
"Sir. Several bastards barricaded themselves in the ranch and our men still have not managed to break the fence" A soldier reports.
"Those damned are regular soldiers or mercenaries hired by the landowner, look for my second in command and tell him to burn the farm, if they don't want to leave, we will force them to leave"
"That about ten soldiers follow me to kill the stragglers of the hacienda"
In the house of the two old women while the chaos persisted outside.
A soldier enters exploring the place and when he reaches the darkest part he is stabbed in the neck by Xian with a quick movement and covering his mouth to avoid any moan.
"My granddaughter I beg you to continue sleeping, everything will be fine" Yao Yu tightly hugs Xian Yu who continues to sleep despite the bustle outside.
The closet is pushed and Xian appears with bloodstains.
"! Big Sister! " Yao Yu raises her voice and Xian covers her mouth quickly.
"It's not my blood and doesn't scream, we have to get out of here, follow me" Xian helps Yao Yu to stand up and they exit through a hole in the wall.
Because she was always a thief in her past life, Xian always planned various escape routes, when both sisters came to settle in the hacienda, Xian every day in morning would walk around the hacienda and the surroundings to plan different routes of escape, that habit has always kept her to prepare for the worst.
Xian guides them through bushes and objects to avoid being seen. Despite the advanced age of the sisters, a kind of mysterious energy keeps them more active than ever.
They both move stealthily and nearby enemy soldiers do not detect their presence.
Meanwhile in the mansion
"Commander, I'm afraid our barricades won't last long" A young man approaches to report.
The Commander clenches his fists tightly, previously his title was stripped by the feudal lord for not supporting the war and much of his wealth was stripped, but his lands and hacienda were not touched.
Since then, it has been assisting refugees and hiring mercenaries or arming people who can fight for safety, but these cannot be compared to well-trained troops.
"We must endure as long as we can while the others escape through the secret passage, use what they find" The commander orders as he secures the main door.
"Commander, enemy soldiers with torches are preparing to burn the ranch" A young soldier with a bandaged arm hurriedly reports.
"Let the archers deploy, we must kill them before they throw the torches"
The archers' fire at the enemy, though they kill some soldiers, the torches fall on the mostly wooden hacienda and the fire quickly spreads.
Many refugees run over each other in the passageway creating a traffic jam and some of them are killed by footfalls.
The commander's soldiers stop the massacre committed by the villagers themselves and make them retreat to the main hall
"We have no choice but to break through, we will give you as much time as possible to save as many lives as we can" The commander takes a thick sword and with the help of his companions, they pull the barricade from outside to hit the soldiers who were next to the doors.
"The rats came out, kill them" The officer's bloody fervor is transmitted to his soldiers
The confrontation between both sides took place, as part of the commander's plan they used the last remaining troops to break through and confront the officers, thus attracting as many enemies as possible and distract them so that the surviving villagers escaped.
The commander kills a soldier by stabbing him in the chest and confronts the commanding officer.
"Do you think you can oppose an insignificant warrior before me? I will make you wish you had not been born"
Both face a duel to the death, despite the difference in strength the commander does everything possible to buy time as do the men who fight next to him.
"Do not allow anyone to escape, you damn unhappy" The officer grits his teeth in fury as he has not yet been able to defeat the commander
The sisters watch the fight from afar and continue their escape now that the number of enemies has been reduced.
A cloud with the stench of fresh blood drifts with the wind and reaches the sisters who cover their noses and suppress the urge to vomit.
Xian Yu who rested as always when he felt the smell of blood undergoes some changes. Her body begins to move and have slight convulsions, she makes strange sounds, her breathing also accelerates and her eyelids tremble.
"Big sister, something is happening to Little Yu" Yao Yu spoke somewhat altered.
Xian checks her too "I don't know what is happening to her, but we must hurry; when we are safe, we will review it better "
Yao Yu hugs Xian Yu tightly "My granddaughter hold on a little longer and we will heal you, please hold on"
Xian Yu opens her eyes a little and closes them quickly, but she can see a reddish color glowed singularly.