Recruitment [4]

Everything changed in that instant.

Damien never revealed himself. The people who came to apply for the army didn't even see a glimpse of his face.

The second he decided that he wanted to start the test, he did, thrusting them into the unknown without any time to prepare.

The entire world changed around them.

'W-what happened?'

A boy stood with legs shaking in the middle of the same field he was in moments prior, however, it was not the same at all.

The sea of people around him, suffocating him and terrifying him, was completely gone. He was left alone in the field, as if everything he knew was an illusion.

'T-that…w-what am I supposed to do?'

His name was Hershel. He didn't have a last name. His parents were commoners from an ancient line, from a time when they weren't allowed such privileges.