The whole commoners' area was destroyed pretty badly, barely any house remained intact to the ground. The field of wheat was totally destroyed, not a grain to eat.
The field of Barley looked like it never existed, only dead bodies of monsters on it.
The other fields, they all were stained pretty badly with blood. They had dozens of human dead bodies and organs, from intestine to the lungs.
The sun was slowly entering into the world, it's crimson gaze was all over the kingdom by now. Those monsters who were still alive and failed to enter the dense forests or into a water body, all were burned to nothigness by now.
There was not a single soul on the commoners area except Rodrigo, who was laying on the ground, fainted. And Lucien, who was laying over a pile of dead corpses of the monsters, his eyes closed and his breathing rate, it was moderate. He had blood all over his body, his armor was turned red. His white hairs, they also had the saturation of red.
There was no sound, only silence in the whole kingdom. Many soldiers fall, many innocent died, yet the royals, they were still standing on the top, showing their might.
Commander Ervis and commander Dante, they both walked down to the commoners' area through the wooden bridge made by commander Rodrigo's lieutenant.
Both of them running with their might to the commander Rodrigo. They were scared, they were afraid, their whole body trembling with fear—fear of Rodrigo's death. They wanted him alive, they wanted him breathing—doesn't matter wounded or fine.
Darkness from the sky was slowly fading away. All the birds in the stained mountain started singing their song. Few other birds flying high in the sky, eagles and hawks on their hunt. In this world, there was wildlife but they mostly remained hidden, as they were also the prey of the monsters.
Ants were walking over the pile of corpses, taking few amount of flesh for themself and their family. They were scavenging over the dead bodies. Not even them, some other insects also. Flies were sitting over those dead bodies—as if extracting their soul.
There were many wild animals outside the collapsed main gate of the kingdom attracted by the scent of blood and flesh. Few even entered inside the kingdom to drag some dead bodies for themself.
Few wolves even entered the kingdom to drag some dead bodies for themself but after walking a distance, they encountered brown bears and Iberian Lynx and engaged in the battle of food with them.
Commander Ervis and commander Dante reached to commander Rodrigo, they were happy to see him alive—though he was wounded pretty badly.
His was breathing very heavily, blood all over his face, his nose bleeding. The impact of the clashes was to great that it even broke his right hand.
Commander Ervis and commander Dante carefully pulled commander Rodrigo and commander Ervis carried him on his back, a piggyback.
Commander Ervis said to commander Dante, "I am sorry to ask you for a favor in such disastrous moment, but please, if possible, can you do me a favor? ".
Commander Dante replied, " What are you saying commander Ervis!? You can ask me anything. At this moment, we must help each other, we must climb the ladders together—not leaving a single soul behind. We must ascend together. I will do anything you want! ".
Commander Dante replied with a firm voice. He has determination in his eyes, promises in every word he spoke, he was the perfect candidate to be a supreme commander.
Commanded Ervis spoke with a very soft voice, " Can you please find the grandson of my long gone old friend? He must be around this area, his outfits are similar to that of a mercenary. He carries a long sword, very beautiful. He have long white hairs and a scar on his face. ".
Commander Dante put his hand on his chest to show acceptance and replied with a firm voice with his head lowered slightly, " Yes, absolutely, commander Dante! Leave this matter to me and I shall accomplish it! ".
Commander Dante walked away from there in search of Lucien.
He forgot to ask his name, but it was of no importance.
A man's name is of no importance until he have a worth in this world, until he matters to society, until he is the one who fulfills their needs.
It was the same with Lucien, his name, for now was of no importance to anyone. He has not accomplished anything for this kingdom yet.
Commander Dante could see broken dreams and hopes of commoners. For a common people, what could be his/her hope? What could he his/her dream?
His/her home and family, it is their hope. Until they have a home and family to take care of them and love them, one always feel empty. A family without a home and a home without a family, it is worthless, it is empty.
Infront of the commander Dante, many homes and families were laying on the ground, broken and dead. Even the new born children were either eaten as their guts were coming out of their body like a worm, or they were crushed by the steps of the Butcher Of Souls.
Commander walked few steps and infront of him was a pile of dozens of corpses of monsters, different kinds of monsters with different color—though they were not identifiable as their body was cut pretty badly, every organ of their body was visible; a very disgusting view.
Commander Dante was only in his 20s—never saw this many and disgusting corpses. At one moment, he felt like puking, his pink lips were refusing to open the mouth, his eyes refusing to see anything, his ears refusing to hear anything and his nose, refusing to smell anything. His right palm blocking his lips from opening.
His face started turning green and he couldn't stop himself and puked. He looked again at that disgusting scene and saw someone laying over the pile of corpses, a human.
He noticed that he was a male, white long hair, scar on face, mercenary outfit.
Commander Dante was sure that it was him, the grandson of Commander Ervis's long gone old friend.
Commander Dante didn't want to climb the corpses after the disgusting sight of these corpses.
He called him, "Hey! You! On the corpses! Can you hear me!? ".
No reply came, he called him again and again no reply.
He assumed that he was either dead or fainted like commander Rodrigo.
Rather than climbing the corpses, he think of another method.
But no other method came on his mind.
Suddenly, Lucien's body started moving, he stood up and saw commander Dante below him.
Commander Dante said, "See, if you walked even a step, you will fall on the gound, do you understand!? ".
Lucien heard him but he acted like he didn't. He walked a step and started falling on the ground.
Commander Dante panicked and stood below him to catch him and successfully caught him.
He looked at his face, his eyes closed again, he fained again. Commander Dante was carrying Lucien on his hands like he was his bride.
Commander for the last time, moved his sight towards the pile of corpses of the monsters and few words came out of his mouth, "What kind of monster is this guy? Did he really hunted them down? ".
Rather than wasting his time there, he started walking back to the royal area while carrying him on his hands. His every step felt disgusting as he had to walk over the guts, kidneys, part of brain, head of humans and monsters. Everywhere was just blood and dead bodies. It was the most disgusting sight to him. He had gone to war with other kingdoms and achieved unmatchable feats but this sight, he never saw something like this.
He walked, walked and walked until he reached the bridge to the royal area. There, commander Ervis was standing, awaiting his and Lucien's arrival. Commander Ervis' eyes widened after seeing Lucien, at first he thought that he was dead.
He came running to commander Dante and asked, "What.. what the hell happened with him!? ".
Commander Dante replied, " Calm down commander Ervis. He is absolutely fine, he is just exhausted and having a good sleep. ".
Commander Ervis asked, " Exhausted? ".
Commander Dante spoke, " Yes, after killing dozens of monsters like a monster, anyone could be exhausted. ".
Commander Ervis could not believe his own ears, the words of commander Dante. He knew that Lucien was a skilled man but to this extent, he never expected that.
It was such a great feat that not even a dozen of soldiers could achieve, his skills were enough to get him into the personal army of the king.
Though he didn't waste his time thinking about this stuff for now. He took the responsibility of Lucien from commander Dante and carried him on his back.
All three of them crossed the wooden bridge and entered the royal area where many were wounded, many were fine, many were sad, many were happy, many were crying, many were laughing, many were worried and many waited for their loved ones to come back alive.
Emily was also among them, she was worried, waiting for Lucien's arrival. Her sight fell on commander Ervis and the person he was carrying on his back, Lucien Vale.
She ran to him but blocked by commander Dante.
He spoke with a firm voice, "Woman, do you know what are you doing!? ".
Yes, that was the place of women in that time period. Their single action was considered wrong, until that action was performed until the authority of their father or husband.
Commander Ervis spoke, " Forgive her, commander Dante. I know her, she came to me because she was concerned about this man. ".
Commander Dante looked towards commander Ervis, than towards Lucien and than towards Emily.
He remained silent for few seconds and then spoke, "As you say, commander Ervis. ".
His voice was firm as always.
Emily spoke, "Commander Ervis, what happened to him? ".
Her voice showed concern, her eyes full of tears, she was going to cry. Her hands, her legs, her waist, every part of her body was trembling.
Commander Ervis spoke, " He is absolutely fine, Emily. He is just sleeping because of fatigue. ".
A smile came on her mouth, she covered her mouth using both of her hands. Tears started running down her cheeks and few words came out of her mouth, her soft voice, " I am happy. ".
It was as if she was in love with Lucien, to commander Dante it looked ridiculous but to commander Ervis, it looked good, a smile came on his face too.
He gave the responsibility to Emily—though they had no home anymore, the inn itself was destroyed.
She grabbed Lucien and kneeled on the ground. She put his head on her lap, letting him sleep with a comfort.
Her care for Lucien was visible to commander Ervis.
Commander Ervis spoke, "Did you went to your family? ".
She first looked at commander Ervis but then, her eyes and head lowered, a sad expression on her face while she pat Lucien's head. She remained silent.
Commander Ervis got his answer. Her silence spoke more than her words, her eyes spoke more than her sentences, her expressions spoke more than her actions.
It was a time of great destruction, the kingdom was entirely destroyed and the day only arrived.
Commander Ervis asked, "So, what are you going to do now? You have no place to call a home, you have no shelter. ".
For few seconds she remained silent and then spoke, " I do not know. But I know one thing that we will do something. I am sure. ".
An unknown voice spoke, " Yeah, we will be alright, commander Ervis. ".
They recognized the voice, it was familiar to both Emily and commander Ervis, they looked towards Lucien's face, even commander Dante looked towards his face.
Lucien's eyes opened, a smile on his face and he was looking towards Emily's face.
First, Emily said, "You, you are awake. I am very happy. ".
But then she realised her position and what she spoke, her face became red and she hide her face behind her soft palms.
Lucien sat on the ground and looked towards commander Ervis and spoke, " We will be allright, I can promise you that, commander Ervis. ".
He spoke, " Medivas, you are all right! ".
An unknown voice spoke, "So you are the man who used the holy body of my daughter to satisfy yourself? ".
Lucien and Emily looked behind and Emily's eyes widened, her body trembling with fear.