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Chapter 28 - Echoes of the Lost Warriors”

After Chucky killed Boxery, he moved toward Ruka's cave to finish his remaining work.

After a few minutes, he reached there.He shouted, "Oribgod, come out! Where are you and Ruka? Be ready to learn the truth — and then you will kill Ruka.

"Oribgod and Ruka came out. Chucky said, "Did you eat something or not? If not, take some blueberries to eat. And you too, Ruka — eat them first, because after this, you may die."Oribgod said, "Now, Father, tell me the truth."Chucky replied, "Ruka will first tell you about Zaid's story, and after that, I will tell you the reason behind all of this.

"Ruka began speaking, "Zaid was a true warrior. He never wanted to become a devil. But the situations grew worse, and in the end, he said he had no choice. He had to destroy humanity because everyone had become our enemy."She continued, "When the special squad came — where I, Zaid,

Boxery, and Marcho were living — Boxery captured Zaid with the help of his force and a soldier named Reio, who also belonged to the same Serian country."Boxery tried to open Zaid's mind to create fake memories inside him. But instead of fake ones, Boxery saw Zaid's real memories — the memories that his father, Draxel, had erased.

Zaid told me that his father wanted him to complete the command of his mission."Zaid's father always protected me from the aliens. We were three friends — me, Zaid, and one more.

"Oribgod asked, "Who was the third one? Can you tell me?"Ruka looked sharply at him and said, "Don't interrupt me while I'm speaking. This is my first and last warning to you."Then she continued, "Zaid's friend's name was Kuze.

He was an intelligent boy and calm. He always talked about the world beyond the doors — about the oceans and deserts outside. He loved to fight; even when he didn't win, he never gave up.

When I went to help him, he always said, 'Why did you come? I can manage it myself.' I loved hearing that. He was brave.

"She was crying as she spoke."We went into battle to capture the Yellow Door, under the command of our leader Boketo.

But we lost that battle. Boxery was sitting on barren land outside the field, where soldiers were dying one by one. Then Boxery started firing with the Soul Stones.

"Inside the door area, our enemies were hiding under the ground. When Zaid tried to close the door with stones, Reio suddenly came out and started fighting Zaid. We all went to protect him, but we fell in the chaos.

"Then our leader Boketo made a plan to kill Boxery's alien form. He ordered Chucky, 'You must kill him.' They all rode their horses and rode straight into death.

"The commander shouted, 'My soldiers, do not fear death! If we die today, the world will remember our names in history. Move forward!'"But Boxery shouted, 'Idiots! They are rushing toward their doom!' He unleashed the Soul Stones again, and everyone died in a single blast.

No one survived."Ruka wiped her eyes. "I am only telling you the most important things about Zaid. His story is too long; the whole truth cannot be told in one day."Oribgod nodded and said, "It's okay.

Tell me what you want to tell, but don't hide anything from me."Ruka continued, "After a month, we came back to the Rose Door.

Zaid was very weak. Then one messenger arrived from Queen Victoria's place. She was also a soldier — but secretly, she was the real queen of the Three Doors."The fake government was ruling then.

They had erased the memories of all people who knew the truth of how the aliens became powerful and how everything changed. That false government was overthrown later by our legendary leader, Boketo. Before going into battle, he completed that mission."

The second time, we went again to recapture the Yellow Door, under the command of Lorya. This time, Zaid succeeded in closing the door.

But Reio and Danielle were still there, hiding underground."Reio came out and started fighting Zaid again.

Zaid hadn't yet recovered from the first battle — but still, he fought bravely. After several minutes, they captured Zaid. We tried to save him, but we failed.

Our missiles and weapons were finished. They took Zaid away."After that, Boxery sent his messenger, Marcho. He came and said to Commander Lorya, 'You must come to the cave tomorrow. Zaid will be joining his brother Boxery.'"

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