Battle to defend (2)

"Just only looking at the pictures makes sense a bit, but the entirety and explanation to understand it is still not enough. Still couldn't get it. I should take this book and let my grandfather teach me how to read these kinds of books for me to understand."

James walks out of the library and heads down the stairs. After heading down the stairs, he sees his grandfather, who is also cleaning the shelves of another bookshelf near the door. He walked up to his grandfather. At the exact moment that he stands behind his grandfather, it was also the time when his grandfather was turning around.

When his grandfather sees James, he quickly grabs him by the collar and lifts him up. This is because of his battle-ready mind. Luckily, he came back to his senses because he saw James' teary eyes. After that, he carefully puts down James. He is too stunned to speak.

"WAHHHH! SCARY! GRANDPA IS SCARY SCARY!"

James shouted as he dropped the book and ran upstairs hurriedly while his tears dripped to his cheeks. His mother sees him crying and quickly hugs James. And asked with a soft calm tone so that James could feel that he was fine, and comfortable when spoken to.

"Grandpa is scary, he lift me up and WAHHHH he is scary mommy"

James continues to cry. That is why his mother assisted him in going back to his bed. After being tucked into bed, and slowly close his eyes. His mother walks out of the room to check on his grandfather.

While she is walking down the stairs, she hears her mother and father discussing something. When she peeked from the small hole that was having an overview of the living room.

"Are you out of your mind activating such a skill to your own grandson!? Are you that stupid? Remember, you have been out of service for 14 years!!"

Her angry mother is shouting at her father, clenching her fist, and is about to punch her father. But suddenly she walks out from the stairs. And her mother stopped from punching her husband.

"What is happening, father? Mother?"

She looked at both of them with a serious gaze at them. Both her parents have potent feelings that her father had done wrong on James.

"Talk to your father. I don't want to get high blood because of this low headed bastard."

She walks out of the house and heads to the chicken farm they own. When the lady and her father remained inside of the house. He looked at her daughter, who got confused about what was happening.

"I am sorry, it's because of my battle sense darling that I was mistaken James to be one of a backstabbing goblin from when I got deployed in the Demi-human territory. They are ones of those goblins that have given me trauma because I have a lot of comrades who have fallen for that type of death."

She quickly crossed her arms, and her tears filled her eyes. While she feels lost because she did not expect that her own father would try to kill her son.

Then James feels something different, like he was being swallowed whole. So without hesitation, he opened his eyes.

After opening his eyes, he was inside of the white room. That he previously visited when he gained the ability to use the inner manifestation for the first time. He raised his hands and checked if he could move each of his fingers. As he moves his fingers, he also tries to see if he could also move his toes.

"Okay, now that I know well that my hands and toes are working properly. Time to think of something that could give me a hint while I am here inside of this empty place. My grandpa and my grandma called this place the white box. But I don't see a resemblance that it is a box. For me, it seems like an endless wall. But before I have touched the limit the end wall. I should try it again."

Each step he took is a distinct step in the other world. When he stepped closer towards the wall that he was trying to touch. A light from above opened a bright color of red and blue appearing in front of him.

"Red and Blue…"

The words he could speak as he looked at the light that suddenly diminished as he stepped closer to the opened a chest in front of him. With the carvings of unknown letters that even he could not read. Then James feels something that attracts him into looking at the object inside of the box.

***

The following day, the 23rd Regiment of Foot soldiers arrived at the location. When they arrived, the place was flourishing with flora that they had never seen. Because most capital imperial soldiers have never seen such a flourish flora before. Acting assistant to the commander rode his horse towards the middle as he ordered the vanguard to slow down their advance. When he arrived at the middle formation where his commander got positioned. He said with a calm tone of voice.

"Commander, we have arrived at the location that is on the map. I should warn the vanguard to hold the advance and we should take rest before we execute the orders of attack."

Then his commander answered back while looking at the map and surveying the area. Because they were at the high ground, they could see the trenches that were being organized not a few meters away from their position.

"Alright, give the vanguard the rest they need, because I will send them first. I want them prepared by 6:00 PM tonight and make sure they are alive. I don't want soldiers who are retreating and not firing a single shot at those traitors. Understood?"

The Acting assistant to the commander answers the commander with a charming tone of voice.

"I understand, Commander. There will be no problem with that kind of cowardice. The vanguard position is those who are specifically battle hardened individuals. That can eliminate any enemies they will face."

After that he rode back to the vanguard position, where he ordered his staff officers to let the vanguard force to rest before they plan the offensive.

"Officers, I want all of them to take a rest. Tell your sergeant in line to take charge for a moment. While we take on the planning of our mission in this place."

30 minutes after, they disseminate orders from the acting commander to the plebes. The vanguard acting commander, who is the acting assistant to the commander of the regiment, stands straight while his staff of officers surrounds him. In front of them is a table and a map. Also, the scouts that have returned also given their assessment on the location that they will take as their first offensive.

"According to our scouts, the target that we are going to deal with is a heavily guarded trench. It's a dug cover that is about 10 ft tall to 15 ft tall. It said that this trench is longer than it should be. Both of its flanks that are not built with trenches are defended with spike wires."

The acting assistant to the commander pointed to the location of the spike wires that were spread out. While pointing to the location, he is also looking at the faces of his officers that will lead the charge of the attack. Because they too know that retreating or being a coward is not a choice to make.