Scar's Past

Scar continued his tale

"We all followed the Elite Knight to the gate where the Commander of the camp was waiting for us,

He was a strong middle-aged man with red hair.

The Commander told the Elite Knight the details and the directions of the mission, but I didn't hear most of what he said because we were behind.

What I understood is that an Elite Knight with a group of Knights and Soldiers are roaming in our zone, and we are supposed to go and deal with them, so we followed the Elite outside."

Leus picked up the pot and filled it with water

"Create some more tea or ... whatever that is"

Scar nodded and put the pot on fire again

"The Elite Knight was walking ahead of us, behind him were the Knights and we were behind the Knights.

On the way, the Elite Knight started giving us instructions

(I'll be in the front, I want the Knights to stay behind me in a semi-circle and fend off any Knights that attack me or try to break our formation)

After saying that, we -Soldiers- waited for our instructions, but he didn't say anything at all.

One of us asked (What about us?)

The Elite Knight chuckled and said (You? Ah .. Just stay alive.)"

" ... Damn"

Scar continued

"That was when I first felt it, Something was off.

Nevertheless, it wasn't like there was anything we could do,

if I tried to retreat then the Elite Knight had the right to kill me right then and there, and if I said something then it'd just discourage others.

Everyone else probably thought the same thing, and so, no one said anything"

Scar poured the drinks into the glass again and gave Leus his drink

"After walking for a couple of minutes, we saw them.

A group of about 30 people, The guy leading the group had green hair, and we instantly knew that he was the Elite Knight of the enemies.

We kept on walking behind our Elite Knight until only a little distance was between him and the enemy.

Suddenly, the two began conversing like old friends

(Took you long enough, Harkin) Said the enemy Elite Knight

(Yeah, we weren't really in a rush, Liko) Said our Elite Knight, Harkin.

Then Harkin unsheathed his sword, and the Knights took the formation.

Harkin and Liko nodded at each other, then BOOM, everything became chaotic."

Scar gulped his drink in one go and continued

"I don't know exactly what happened, I didn't see much, Everything was fast, blurry, and chaotic.

I just saw Harkin running forward with his burning, elongated sword and burning people to death on the other side.

On our side, I couldn't even see what was going on.

Liko seemed to teleport between us, Stabbing a neck, Piercing a heart, Decapitating, and just doing whatever he wanted.

It was as if there was no resistance at all.

Our Knights moved forward and engaged the enemy Knights, Leaving all the Soldiers, including me, behind with the rampant Liko."

Scar looked at the floor and his tone changed

"After killing a couple of guys, Liko came to me ...

My brother tried to save me, he instantly pushed me with his body, so instead of getting my skull penetrated, I only got this scar.

As for my brother, Liko stabbed him in the neck, and we both fell down."

Scar took a pause then continued

"For a second, I felt the world freeze.

I looked at my brother, and he was already lifeless ... by that time Liko had already disappeared from my view.

I looked around to see him, and that's when my eyes met his.

He looked at me like I didn't even exist.

He could've come back and finished me, But I clearly saw it in his eyes, He didn't care.

Liko didn't care about me nor about those whom he had killed, He didn't even care about finishing the job, to him, we weren't humans.

It didn't seem like he enjoyed killing us nor that he felt bad about it,

No, He was just doing it for the sake of getting it done, Nothing more, Nothing less."

Scar took a deep breath and continued

"After the massacre was over, Harkin came back, And Liko went back to his side.

The ground was soaked red on our side, And I could clearly smell the smell of burnt meat coming from their side.

The two spoke again for a couple of seconds

(Do we end it here?) Harkin asked

(Yeah, brainwashed fools.) Liko said

Then Liko turned around and left.

I just stood there in a daze and looked around me,

I went out with 1 Elite Knight, 10 Knights, and 20 Soldiers.

The only ones standing were the Elite Knight, 7 Knights, and 4 Soldiers -including me-, One of us without a hand"

Scar's face was contorted with rage and disgust

"Harkin looked at the Soldier whose hand was bleeding profusely and said

(Oh, we gotta take care of that)

He ignited his sword, Pulled the guy under him, and burned the wound.

The guy screamed but Harkin didn't care nor let go, He completely cauterized the wound and stopped the bleeding.

After he was done he looked at the remaining Knights and said

(Pick up the dead Knights and let's go)

One of the remaining Soldiers asked

(What about the dead Soldiers?)

Harkin replied mockingly

(If you can carry all of them then go ahead, I won't stop you.)

Then just walked past us and moved toward the camp"

Leus poured water into the pot and didn't say anything

Scar picked it up, put it on the fire, and continued.

"I was carrying back my brother and one of the Soldiers was helping me.

The Soldier missing a hand obviously just followed back silently.

As for the fourth Soldier, he had a friend that was decapitated, so he requested one of the Knights to carry the head, and he dragged his friend's body back"

Scar poured the drinks and sat back down

"And like that, we all walked back silently to the camp."