Prisoners of war
Standing on the beach, I decided to dry my clothes first, finding a nearby cliff, I hid inside a cave took off my clothes, and put them on a rock to dry.
Inside the cave, I thought deeply about what just happened. The abyss order invaded the Church's underground to look for something, then after fighting the herald I was sent here by a portal...
"Hugh it doesn't make sense in any way!" I scratch my hair in frustration.
Even worse I'm Inazuma, and from what I heard from my father, the shogun ordered the entire country to close off access from and into Inazuma. The only way he could access it here was through his connection with the higher-ups.
And even if I manage to meet one of them, I can't declare I'm father's son and repeat the insane story I went through and let me out of this place.
"Hu, calm down, there must be a way out, I just need the right time and enough patience" After taking a deep breath I calmed my mind and looked outside and realized I had thought of this matter for an hour, and my clothes have dried a long time ago.
"Put your hands up!" Several voices screamed and out of instinct, I did what I was told.
"Slowly face us and identify yourself"
"Well, you might think I'm crazy but I fell from the sky after coming from a different region" Slowly turning I saw several guards with a purple scheme, pointing their spears at me.
"Don't say a lie! I'll repeat myself, Identify yourself or we will be forced to use apprehend you"
"I... My name is Akaal, I am from Mondstadt, and was sent from the abyss order"
"Mondstadt? abyss order? I never heard of such a name" Still doubting me he extended his spear to threaten me.
"Please believe me, I am not an enemy of yours" Feeling some sincerity in my voice they believed me a little but were still doubtful.
"You. follow us" They discussed something and came to the conclusion to bring Akaal into their camp, that way, he would be surrounded by walls that he could not escape.
"Could I at least wear my clothes" They looked at me who was only wearing underwear and nodded.
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Walking to a large encampment I wondered why they were so cautious around me, my father said even though the guard of Inazuma is strict, they were never aggressive until you gave them a reason to.
"Open the gate!" The man beside me announced and some people looked over from the towers to us and let us in after identifying us.
Inside were many soldiers training by the batch, giving a feeling of a military camp in the middle of a war.
"General, we found a deserter on a beach we were patrolling" We stopped in front of a tent in the middle of the camp.
"Good job warriors, you may leave" After being dismissed a figure emerged from the tent, a buffed old man, he looked at me from top to bottom before talking.
"Who are you"
"Not your enemy"
"So you're saying you are not an orphan of war" He scratched his chin to think before looking back at my figure.
"we'll see if you are truly not an enemy. Guards! Put him in prison"
"Wait wait wait, there must be a misunderstanding" I saw several guards coming to the tent.
"Sorry, but you must understand that an unknown person like you is more dangerous than a known enemy" After saying so he entered back to the tent and I was instantly grabbed by the arm by several guards.
"Kuh" Thrown into prison and the wooden doors closed behind me I dust off my clothes first before looking around.
"Good god, Inazuma do not have manners" I mumbled and saw I was trapped in a wooden cage, probably a temporary prison.
"Got captured as well?" A voice came from the other cage, Looking over I saw a man wearing a white uniform.
It seems a lot of people wearing the same uniform were caged.
"So are we in the middle of a war or something?"
"You ask some funny question kid, we're in an archon war, of course, we're in the middle of a war"
"The... Archon war..." I blanked out in response.
The Archon war was supposed to end several hundred years ago, why is it still going on here?
"Then could you tell me who is the archon of Inazuma"
"Of course, the archon will be our god Orobashi! He will win this war" His announcement was accompanied by several cries of agreement from the other cages.
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At night when the cold wind blew, only some guards were up as many were asleep at this time.
Noticing several shadows climbing over the walls, I realized it was probably the Orobashi's troop planning a surprise attack.
One black figure separated from the group and went toward us, but one guard was standing in front of me, on guard duty in case one of us try to break out of the cage.
"Hey, could you come over for a moment" Grabbing the attention of the guard, he put down the torch for a moment and came to me.
"What do you want kid?"
"I need to take a piss for a moment, could you open this door and let me take a leak?" Fully having the guard's attention, the shadow moved behind the guard and unsheathed his dagger.
"Sur- hmf " covered in the mouth and stabbed in the neck, it took a second before he ended his struggle.
"Well that removed my appetite" After searching around his pocket, he found several keys and unlocked the door.
"Good move kid," A man covered in black cloth said thanking me before unlocking the other cage.
"So? what's the plan" I walked to his side and asked.
"After going to the armory to get armed, the troops outside will attack the front gate at the signal of the shinobi team"
"An attack from the inside and outside, anything goes in wars it seems"
After unlocking all the cage doors, we moved to a nearby tent that had all of our weapons.
After taking down more guards we moved inside the tent and I retrieved my sword, a curved sword with a beautifully crafted sheath depicting a black long dragon.
"Whistle Quite a beautiful sword" The shinobi looked at my sword.
"Mind selling the thing, I'll pay a heavy price"
"Not for sale, this thing is a gift from my father, and might be the last thing my father gave me"
"Ashamed, but if you change your mind, you'll know who to ask first"
But hearing the bell the joking mood was instantly dissipated, the shinobi looked sharply at all of us and we knew what this meant.
"ATTACK!!" A distant scream was heard, and several rain of fire arrows were fired, hitting several tents and setting them on fire.
We all rushed outside and engaged in combat.
One person rushed towards me, charging with a spear.
"Click" A white flash appeared cutting the spear in half, and with a bash to the head from the butt of my sword, he was knocked out.
Not even several minutes had passed but it seemed the Orobashi's troop captured the general already.
"We have captured your general! we will kill him if you do not surrender" A booming voice announced. And all who heard this was distraught and instantly dropped their weapon
walking over to the middle where I saw the buffed old man kneeling while a blade was pressed against his neck.
The old man looked at me who was casually walking towards him and his hatred grew.
"I knew I shouldn't have trusted you"
"Sorry old man but it was your troop's fault, not your own" I grabbed the sword lying on the ground and approached him.
Standing in front of him I placed the sword beside me and I placed my hand on the sheath of my sword.
"Click" Several heads rolled down, each was a member of the Shinobi team that surrounded the general.
The general's eyes lit up in suprise, thinking why I would betray them.
"As I said, I was never your enemy" I tossed the sword that was beside me to him.
"Traitor!" The cage-mates saw the scene and screamed in betrayal.
Ater recovering from the shock, the quick witted general raised and grabbed the sword
"Troops of Inazuma! fight for honor until the very last breath!" The General's voice boomed, giving courage back to the camp.