The Message That Changed Everything
The night was quiet. In the distance, an owl could be heard hooting through the trees, and the leaves rustling in the wind. Ishin sat by the fire, sharpening his sword. It had been a long day of training, but after a few weeks, things felt normal, and Ishin was very happy to have a place of his own, like a family.
Keal and Lyria also arrived. They sat next to Ishin. Keal "What's wrong, you're out there all alone, is there something wrong?"
Ishin turned to Keal and shook his head, "No, no, nothing like that, I wish I had come here earlier."
Lyria understood Ishin's feelings and softly said, "Shall we have a barbecue since there's a bonfire?"
Keal stood up and raised his hand, "Great idea, let's have fun tonight."
Ishin put his sword aside and happily said, "Yes, let's have fun tonight."
The three of them were happily sitting around the bonfire, enjoying the barbecue they had prepared. Lyria whispered in Keal's ear, "Look how much he's enjoying this like a little kid." Keal nodded and accepted it.
A demi-human came there, his eyes widening, as if scared of something. He shouted, "Keal! Lyria! Ishin!"
The three of them jumped at the suddenness of his voice. "They're here!" "The black armor soldiers... they're coming for us!"
Lyria's face darkened. "This time... it won't be easy for us."
A battle they couldn't win
Before Ishin could realize what was about to happen, the sound of heavy boots echoed throughout the village. From the shadows, black armor soldiers pushed down the gate and entered the village, their black helmets shining with torches.
The black armor lidar's gaze, which Ishin had seen on his first day in this world, swept through the villagers and landed on Ishin, Keal, and Lyria.
"I told you, I'd be back," a familiar voice spoke.
From behind the soldiers, lidar appeared, a miserly look in his eyes from behind his helmet.
"You didn't take advantage of it when you had the chance," he said, his voice dripping with satisfaction. "But now, it's too late. We'll take this serum, and make up for my loss."
Keal clenched his fists. "Your idea won't work, I'll just have to run away like I did then!"
Keal didn't hesitate, he ran to the nearest soldier, his sword gleaming in the moonlight. Lyria followed Keal, moving with deadly precision. Ishin froze for a second before joining the fight.
The village was thrown into chaos. The black-armored soldiers were stronger than ever - stronger than any opponent Ishin had faced before. Every blow he struck felt like it was hitting solid iron.
Keal knocked one soldier to the ground, but he was struck from behind. Lyria fought her enemies swiftly, her speed unmatchable.
But there were so many that it was not easy for her.
A moment of despair
In the middle of the battlefield, Ishin barely managed to He was saved by a sword. His heart was pounding. He wasn't strong enough to win this fight.
He was hit hard by one blow after another, and he dodged them as best he could.
A sharp pain pierced his side as a soldier's sword found its mark. Ishin fell to his knees. His vision blurred.
Through the mist, he saw Keal and Lyria fighting against a vast army of soldiers. One soldier grabbed Lyria and pulled her to the ground. Another attacked Keal and threw him away.
No. No, no, no!
Ishin tried to get up, but his body refused to move. He watched in pain as his friends were grabbed and dragged away by the black-armored soldiers, all he could feel was the warmth of family.
His world was crumbling before him.
Then, a voice.
"Still weak, aren't you? You still don't understand yourself."
Ishin's breath hitched. The voice didn't come from outside. It was coming from inside.
"Are you just waiting like that? Doing nothing? They're just lying in front of you like that, right?"
A dark reflection of him appeared in the corner of his mind, staring at him with glowing red eyes.
"How many times are you going to let this happen? This time I'm going to stop it, whether you like it or not."
The reflection of him inside Ishin put a lot of pressure on Ishin. The black armor soldiers had already taken Jaya under their control, knocking all three of them to the ground.
Ishin's story was almost over here.