☠️ Scene One: The Emperor's Advance
Time: Dawn of the fifth day since the war declaration
Location: Northwestern border of the Kingdom of Wei
Force: 30,000 soldiers led by Van Raigor
Van's armies spread like a crushing flood,
the battlefield shook beneath their feet,
thirty thousand black banners with a red sun blazing in the center, waving above the heads.
On his black horse, Van led the front lines himself,
his armor shining under the sun, his face like stone.
Behind him marched the unified armies of Gold and Peace —
a combined force for the first time in the continent's history.
Van raised his sword high and shouted across the desert:
"We do not invade the South...
we reclaim what was stolen from us,
and extinguish a fire burning in our hearts for two years!"
Then the charge began.
Their first target: the stone fortress "Vanitro" — the first line of defense of the Kingdom of Wei.
After four hours of fierce fighting, the fortress collapsed as engineers blew up its foundations,
and Van's soldiers slipped through the breaches like scorpions, slaughtering all resistance.
After capturing it, Van ordered his son Darin's banner raised over the fortress,
saying:
"This is not occupation... but a warning. Worse is yet to come."
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🔥 Scene Two: Kaiden and the Burning Sea
Time: Simultaneously, at the southwestern coast of the Kingdom of Wei
Target: The port of "Miral," the South's supply lifeline
Force: 1,200 elite warriors led by Kaiden, the Black Knight
Under the cover of darkness, the shadow ships crept, draped in black cloth, silent and unseen.
Kaiden stood at the prow of the lead ship,
his black helmet on his head, sword planted in the earth,
and said to the soldiers behind him:
"This is not a war... but a lesson.
Those who do not understand words will understand fire."
In an instant... flaming arrows were unleashed.
Then jars of burning oil were hurled onto the grain silos and storages.
The port burst into flames.
Screams of soldiers, explosions of warehouses, towers collapsing...
everything turned into a living hell,
while Kaiden walked through the fire, sword in hand, cutting down supplies like parasites.
Before retreating, he told one commander:
"Leave one alive... to tell them the sea is our enemy, not our friend."
The ships departed, leaving ash drifting in the wind.
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🩸 End of Day:
At the Wei palace, news arrived amidst shouting:
The first fortress has fallen.
The port is ablaze.
The supplies destroyed.
Black banners wave from the North... and the Sea.
King Tai-Zo, enraged, roared:
"Van started the war… fine.
Let's show him how it ends."