Full Crimson Knight
"Something bad? Is the Kurukaya creature attacking?" asks Krilo. Kurukaya is what they call the giant tank before the name 'The Richter' being given.
It derived from one of the 7 cursed creatures of the void that fought The Nature in the time of genesis. The Holy Order depicts Kurukaya as a bull-like man that rides a pale chariot. Its pride knows no bounds.
Months before, the region west from here is devastated by the loud noise of the 50 howitzer cannon and hundreds of machine guns armed in almost every side of the humongous tank. The renaissance technology would not stand a chance fighting post world war 2 type of weaponry.
It will be the end of us if Kurukaya wreak havoc in The Gewjory's Marvis region. The one region that is agreed upon for the Voltingen and Gewjory as a special joint operation area. A military headquarters which is built near The Capital of Marvis Region, Reasca.
The headquarters will be stationed with trebuchet and catapult, meanwhile the soldiers will all be the dynamite cavalry batallion. The steadfastness of the Terra's buff equipped horses by the [Chanter] combined with the rune imbued dynamite by the [Rune Smith] class, is believed to be the answer.
Everyone in this god forsaken realm is really optimistic with the war propaganda provided by the coalition. But the insider info from House Regent tells otherwise: 'Every battle against Kurukaya is a slaughterhouse.'
Not counting the war against the other strange machines floating on the sea 'The Raahtu'. The Colossus that took its name from the other 7 cursed creatures. The situation is more or less the same as Kurukaya.
'Something happened near Reasca but no Kurukaya spotted?' Krilo can't help but feels something off.
Fire soared in the sky. Krilo's [Warrior] battle sense is tingling. There is a battle happening nearby.
Someone running towards Krilo and Enna direction, in fact people flocking away from the source of the fire. Krilo quickly grabbed one of the passersby.
"Let me go kid! The reds went into a rampage and suddenly killed everyone. Run if you don't want to be blown up in smitheren." The horror in his eyes confirms his statement. The Sound of the explosion is getting louder and more visible.
"Come with me Enna, we must stay in the compound first until it's safe." Krilo quickly grabbed Enna's delicate wrist.
On his way to the compound, one of the guards gave a gesture signal to his general direction. A gesture that had already finished gathering the children inside the orphanage's wall.
With the current status of the children, Krilo immediately rushed into the walls. Several guardians are assigned to the orphanage post.
Armed with muskets, they had sworn with their life to protect the children. Krilo wishes to see the battle unfold, but realizes he is currently protecting a royal and also his crush.
Both of them run towards the small building in the corner building, not following the children that go into the main building. Krilo has a hunch that somehow something bad will happen. But, he must have faith with the guardians.
"But this is the storage room, why do you think this is a good idea?" Princess Enna begins her doubt.
"It is not an ordinary storage. Wait here, okay?" Krilo begins to get rid of the tools from a specific place. His hand sweeping the floor under it. And pull the handle embedded on top of the wooden floor. Revealing a pitch black space under them.
He grabs one of the torches outside and begins venturing down. One by one, Krilo lights up the torches down there, illuminating the place with a dim light. Krilo's right hand emerges from the secret room. Waiting for Enna's palm to respond.
Enna slowly descends. She takes a careful look to the room she is at. The content of this room greatly upsets her. "A wine cellar? In an orphanage?!"
"This area is used exclusively for the guardians. It is concealed so that the kids could never know the other side of them." Krilo tried to smooth talk the skeptic royal.
As someone who likes children, she is not amused by the statement from the man she just kissed an hour ago. There are so many cases involving drunkards that she has seen with her own eyes, particularly with the commoner. Also her third sibling was banished from the palace because of it.
Enna is thoroughly identifying what she is surrounded with. Dozens of barrels taller than both of them combined, are being put in the whole perimeter of the wall. She is somewhat impressed with the display. Even though her family has a way bigger wine cellar.
A wooden table is put in the middle of the room, with four barrels near it, four wooden mugs with some of the wine still remaining in the bottom, and an unfinished set of Mozeza. A traditional card game in the realm.
Loud bang startled them both. It is almost mere meters above them. Loud footsteps start getting closer, sounds of horseshoe smashing the stony surface of the orphanage paving. Krilo's fear begins to affect his composure.
Horrific screams above really shook Krilo's soul. He almost recognized all of the children's screams. A brief sad scream with no continuation. It almost physically makes his heart ache.
Footsteps on the storage wooden floorboard startled them both. Brushing aside the sadness, Krilo grabs Enna's hand and swiftly goes to the large barrel with a red 'x' on the surface. He opens the barrel's lid, revealing an empty interior with no wine.
They close the lid as soon as they are inside the barrel. A crack in the barrel surface enables them to see in the direction of the way downstairs. "We should be safe here," consoled Krilo looking at the damsel scared expression.
Shadows begin to disrupt the torch's light. An adult with several children a lot younger than Krilo in his care. 'Guardian Holis! You are alive?' Krilo's heart simmer down.
"Keep quiet kids, everything will be alright," Guardian Holis embraces the children.
Suddenly a loud bang comes from the floorboard.
"Like a fish in a barrel, eh?." Full crimson armor knight storms down to the cellar. He begins to grab one of the children and toss them into the subordinate behind him.
"Please take me, but spare the children," pleads Holis. An axe suddenly slashed his head with a high speed.
"How about you child? Come with papa, and everything will be alright." He teased poor Hedwich and lend his hand towards the child.
A lean hooded man with a mask suddenly charges in front and stabs poor Hedwich. Not only Hedwich is the victim, but 4 others behind the axe knight lying in the pool of blood.