The Raid and the Raiders
"Why am I clumsy today? Damn." Oli said while cleaning the shattered glass.
"Why are there so many hindrances that are happening to me right now? I wanted to go to Leefside immediately." All Oli could only do was sigh in defeat as he quickly finished cleaning so that he could go to Leefside immediately.
"Open portal," Oli spoke loudly, then he thought mentally about his room in the castle. When the portal opens, Oli instantly goes through the portal.
When he arrived in his room, the deafening silence greeted him. When he looks at the window that was currently closed, Oli sees that Leefside right now is a bit bright outside this evening. Oli shrugged it off as he thought that the residents put a much more torch this time around.
So Oli walks out of his room and starts to stride the path outside the castle where the distribution of food currently happens at this moment.
But when Oli was walking in the corridor, he found it weird that there was an utter silence not only in the castle but also on the outside, where that place should be too noisy because that's where Aunt Sia distributed the food for everyone.
Oli strode faster because he felt something were weird. When he reaches the castle door, Oli has stunned by what he sees.
Oli couldn't believe what he saw...
His brain cannot process what he saw.
Oli stood at the door while looking at the...
Looking at...
The Leefside village...
Which is engulfed in flames.
***
Earlier, before Oli came to Leefside.
"Commence the Raid."
"HIYAAHHH!"
"LET'S GOO!!"
"LET THE HUNT BEGIN!!"
With that, the group of hundred heavily armored men charges to the village. Twenty-five is riding on the horse, a cavalry, to ensure no one will be escaped.
The other twenty-five loaded their crossbows with fire arrows, ready to rain it down to the village bamboo walls. They were just waiting for the order from their Boss.
While the other fifty, which are the infantrymen charge forward to the village's gate and were going to breach it.
"RELEASE THE ARROWS!!!"
***
And while the armored men were charging to the village, the residents of the Leefside were currently on the outside of the castle as this is the time when Aunt Sia will distribute the food to them.
"Mother, what is that?" The little girl asked her mother while looking at the dark sky.
"Hmmm? That's a star, my dear." The mother said without looking at her daughter as there is the next to receive the food.
But the little girl full cloths of her mother urged her to look at the dark sky. "But mother looked! Did the stars that bright and falling?"
To entertain and satisfy her daughter's want, the mother looks at the dark sky only to see what her daughter meant. "W-what's that?!" She shouted while pointing at the bright thing that falling into their village.
The shout she made aroused the attention of the majority, and they started to look at what was the woman was pointing at in the dark sky.
They also saw a bright thing that fell into their village.
"W-what is that?"
"In the name of Chronos!"
"W-why is it, falling unto us?!"
The ruckus the residents made caught the attention of Zion that currently helping his sons to bring the food outside.
He also looked at the sky only to see what the others saw. Zion narrowed his eyes, carefully assessing the bright thing in the sky, then suddenly, his eyes broadened when he realized what was that. Without any remorse, he quickly and loudly shouted to everyone.
"RAIDERSSSS!!! QUICKLYY!! GO TO THE SHELTERR!!!"
Zion shouted, and when the residents heard, they were stunned for a few seconds. But when they processed what Zion said, they started to panic and run all over the place, terrified.
They forget about the Raids and Raiders.
They forget that around this time, the Raiders will Raid each village and town in the Wasteland Countries, take and abduct some of the residents and sell them as a slave to the slave traders.
They forget because of how peaceful and good living they experience at the moment.
They forget that they lived in a chaotic world, where the strong devour the weak.
As for Suri, this is the first time she experienced a Raid, so she didn't know what to do, and based on what she saw on how the residents reacted, they are in danger. But then she remembers what her master--Oli told her earlier that don't move away from Aunt Sia and Mia, so she does what Oli told her.
As for Zion and his family, Zion handed Mia to Sia and urged them to go to the shelter fastened matter. The same goes for his three sons.
"Father! We can fight! Let us join you to face the Raiders!" His eldest son, Liam.
"Elder brother was right, father! Let us join you!" Noah, the second son.
His third son Eli only grabs the hilt of his sword that hanging on his waist.
Zion only shakes his head in disapproval of his sons' request. "You don't have any experience in the actual battles. The mock battles that we always do are not the same as real-life battles. One wrong move and your heads will roll around on the ground. Joined your mother and sister in the shelter, I will leave the safety of them and the others on the hands of you, my sons."
"THEY ARE HERE!!"
"UWAAAHHHHH, MOTHERR!!"
"MY DAUGHTER!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"RUN IN THE SHELTER!!"
"AHHHHH!!"
There are various shouts residents made when they saw that the fire arrows landed on the walls, on houses, and on the gates, the Raiders are forcing their way into the village.
One reaction that the residents made was terrified. They are terrified and don't know what to do.
But some remain calm amidst the panicked residents. And those who remained calmed quickly vacate the shelter. As for those who panic, they run all around the village. Forgetting that there was a shelter that would shield them from the Raiders. vacates
What's the thing that Oli forgot? That is, Oli didn't assign and deploy any kind of guards or militia that would serve the resisting force of the village. All Oli did focus is on the internal affairs of the village, neglecting the external affairs that may occur at any moment.
***
"PUSH! PUSH! STRONGER! PUSH!"
"THE GATE IS ABOUT TO OPEN! PUSH STRONGER, YOU FUCKERS!"
"SHUT UP, ROVER! DON'T ORDER US AROUND!"
*Creak Creak*
*Bogsh*
"IT'S OPEN! START THE RAID!"
"ORRAAAAA!!"
***
The Raiders--infantry, made their way through the village, hunting down each resident they could find, and tied them both on hands and feet to avoid getting escaped.
The crossbowmen rain down fire arrows upon the village houses and wall, engulfing the village into the sea of fire.
While the cavalry was circling the village to ensure no one was escaping outside the village.
But not everyone followed what they told them to do...
"AHHH!! GET AWAY FROM ME! HELPP!"
"KEKEKE, THERE'S USE OF RUNNING AWAY WOMAN!"
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!"
The cry of a woman has heard while she was running away from one of the Raiders. Her clothes were tattered and deteriorated, showing that it was a force to be turned that way.
"GOTCHA! KEKEKE."
"PLEASE, DON'T, I-I HAVE A DAUGHTER. PLEASE!"
"KEKEKE, you are the most healthy and clean woman I've ever seen since I came here. Kekeke."
"Please, spare me, please. I have a daughter. Don't."
"Kekeke, I will now have a taste of this wonderful fruit. Kekeke."
"NOOOOOO!!!"
***
"P-please, s-top."
"Huh? Don't order me on what I need to do."
"P-please! D-don--kuaakk..."
The lifeless body of a man drops on the ground when the sword pierces through his heart. The blood flow in his mouth shows that before he draws his last breath, he experiences torture and torment.
"UHAHA UHAHA, HAAA, I can't get enough of this. Blood! More blood!!!"
"HIIKKK!!"
The man forcibly looks at the source of the voice only to see a little boy that currently trembling his entire body and seems to stick his feet on the ground.
The Raider smiled wickedly and slowly walked towards where the boy standing. "Will you play with me? Boy?"
***
Aside from the abduction that the Raiders do, they also engage in rape, killings, torture, pillages, and other different things that the madman will do.
Did their Boss stop them from doing so? No. First of all, they are not knights. The Raiders are composed of criminals in their own right. That's why their Boss didn't bother to stop them from doing different things, as long as some residents would remain to become a slave that he would deliver to the slave traders.
*Kuwaackk*
The head of one Raiders rolls on the ground when Zion cuts it forcefully.
He also admits to himself that these past few days, he became lax in this past days just like everyone else.
When Zion was sure that there were no Raiders in his current position, he immediately started running and praying to Chronos that even if one... Just one resident he could save.
When Zion turned into one of the main roads of Leefside, he was disheartened and weakened by what he saw.
Bodies of men and women were laid around regardless of age. The men are either cut or pierced by the sword and the women's...
This is why Zion regrets what he did and hates himself by following and believing the teachings of the Supreme Pontiff and the three Cardinals. Believe in the Creed of Pynis.
If not because of his doings, the Leefside village--the residents wouldn't experience this kind of situation.
All the villages and towns in Vedrain Country wouldn't experience this.
'I hope my family, Elder Alfred was safely going to shelter. And young master too. He cannot handle himself in this kind of situation.'
Zion thought while running fast as he could to save any residents as well as to confront the Raiders.
As for Oli? He just opened the portal this time around. Without knowing the village he leads and carefully built in the past months are now experiencing chaos.