Seven hours and seven minutes after the fall of Turk.
The Army of Ruth made its way back to the territory of Ruth. They stopped at the border Castle of Rnim to resupply and tally their losses.
The original deputy, and the current commander, Nic Mesith, the cousin of the lord of Insight Sol Mesith sat inside the guest room of Rnim Castle.
The new deputy stood behind him, reporting the status of the army while the lord of Rnim Castle, Miso Rnim sat opposite.
"My lord," The deputy began the summary," We set out with five thousand troops of various clans, led by the lord of Insight."
Nic nodded, signalling The deputy to continue while mentally preparing himself.
"After the fall of Ruth....we have two thousand remaining, of which five hundred are in grave condition and will likely not make it."
Nic took a deep breath before speaking, "What about the casualties inflicted?"
"My lord, the army massacred about three thousand men in the villages surrounding Turk, and One thousand in the Siege of Turk itself. Totalling approximately four thousand casualties inflicted and the fall of a major city of Caldan."
"Give the gravely injured a choice, they may choose to continue serving the empire. Create a bunch of wooden towers around the castle, they will only be temporary. All must be connected by sight of each other, in order to obtain the real time moment of the vengeance army that is to come following us. Those of gravely injured who agree to serve will be stationed in the towers, burning their last values."
"As you wish my lord. But-" The deputy clearly hesitated, "What about those who disagree?"
"They won't!" Nic declared calmly, "If they do then the report was wrong and had 'accidently' reported a dead soldier as a wounded one."
The deputy nodded before going back to relay the order, and give the 'choice' to those wounded.
"You truly are ruthless! Lord of Insight!" The Castle lord laughed out aloud, clearly unbothered by the cruelty of Nic.
"Miso, I am not the lord of Insight, He is dead. Titles are not hereditary, they are earned." Nic calmly clarified, disregarding the obvious effort of flattery by Miso, the castle lord.
"Hahah of course, of course. But I sincerely believe that no one is more suitable to be the lord of Insight than you."
Nic did not comment on this, only stared at Miso without blinking.
"What do you want?" His voice was filled with cold rationality.
Miso was about to state his request when he looked into those eyes. Those eyes that cared for only victory, with emotions not existent within.
Those eyes, they seemed so similar to the true lord of Insight. No, Miso shook his head, these eyes were still too emotional to be comparable to Him, too weak. If it had been the true lord of Insight here, then he would not have granted a march death for those who refused.
No, he would give them weapons and then threw them towards the encroaching army, lefting them kill as many as possible, while also putting the Dangerous flowers 'Boruis' on them. (Bomb flowers).
"Miso?" Nic tilted his head, confused at why the castle lord wasn't responding. Could it be that he didn't have a request, and he had just guessed wrong?
"What? Oh yes, my lord, I hope that a part of my clan can escape to the capital, these only include the young and weak, with no combatants and not me. This, I promise."
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Author's note
Hey guys.
Has anyone got any creative talent? If so, I want an idea for a type of magical creature species. Like the Bufl and others one. Please be sure to include their name, normal lifespan, habitats, diet (carnivorous, Omnivore or herbivore), their looks, size, their main way of hunting/foraging and their unique place in the ecosystem.
This would be very much helpful to me. If you don't have confidence, then don't worry, I just need inspiration for the creature. Have confidence in yourself, it can do wonders.