Winters in Kogiác have always been cold.

The leaves fall from the tree, leaving dry branches.

Kelda and her 10-year-old son, Luke, collect twigs and fallen leaves in the fields to make a fire for cooking.

Luke worked with his father, tossing the branches in the basket.

After a while, Luke stood by the basket and looked into the distance.

In front of me were large barren fields that had been harvested, and after the wheat and other grains had been harvested, there were only a few unburned plant debris left in the field, and some weeds that had just grown and died.

The hay is like a rope stuck in the earth, like the fluff of the earth.

Further away are the forests and hills, where the sun is gradually setting.

Luke turned to look in the direction of the quiet village in the distance, with children and young people chatting and playing games at the intersection of the village, and adults basking in the sun quietly at the entrance of the village.

"Father, when are we going back?"

"This little thing is not enough, pick up some more."

Luke looked at the man who spoke, his eyes full of grievances.

"I'm not talking about going back to the village, I'm going home, when are we going home? Back to town! ”

Kelda, who was bending down to collect firewood, slowly stood up and threw the rotten wood she was holding in her hand into a basket a meter away.

"It's not time yet, we're not done yet."

Kelda didn't know how to appease the child, so he said with a fierce face: "You can't stand it after only two months?" This time the matter is very important, if you don't obey again, I'll clean you up when I go back next time! ”

Luke didn't want to stay here, he wanted to go back to the town of Phumesius, or go to the manor, and spend the New Year with his mother and older siblings.

It's warmer than back home and doesn't snow as often, but Luke doesn't like it at all.

Kelda was very fond of the child who had been born to the Baumitheus woman, who was stronger and more obedient than the others.

"Listen Luke, I brought you out this time because you are better than your brothers, you are already almost a man, and when I return from this mission, I will help you find a strong daughter-in-law, you will definitely be an excellent fighter in the future!"

Luke looked annoyed, "I don't want to kill, why do I have to kill?" Wouldn't it be okay not to kill people this time? ”

Kelda stared at the teenager solemnly, "Luke! You have to forget about this nonsense! How can you be so cowardly? ”

"If you want to survive on the battlefield, you have to kill, of course, you don't have to do it, but you have to remember that you must not say such things in front of others, not even our family!"

Luke asked, "Can't you say it to your mother and sister?" ”

"Can't! No one can! Kelda was very anxious, "You must not expose your thoughts!" Let others know that you have such naïve thoughts, and you will be laughed at for the rest of your life! ”

Luke did not believe such words, and looked for rebuttals from memory, "Viscount Seravin did not dare to kill people before, and he obtained the approval of the prophet. ”

Kelda became more and more anxious, "No! Seravin himself went to Pig's Trotter City to kill his enemies! He also participated in several battles, and he killed a lot of people! ”

Luke thought for a moment, "The craftsmen of the manor, and the people of the monastery don't kill anyone, and you don't have to kill people to become a nobleman, and I don't want to fight with others." ”

Kelda became annoyed, and he didn't tell his son something, for fear that he would tell the villagers.

Only Kelda and the ten warriors knew about it, and if the outcasts of this place knew that the elves would attack this place, they would have run away a long time ago.

This time, the prophet was to test the ability of the people to unite the rest, including command and mobilization.

Now he concealed the displaced people who had gathered, but he also let his son know a little about the things in it, and he didn't know the specific things at all.

"The elves have not gone to war with us, and those elves have been in the forest all the time, and the prophet has faithful elves by his side, so why do we have to set up a trap to kill the elves?"

Luke was still babbling.

Kelda didn't want to hear these words, "Shut up! You! How could I have a son like you? Do you want to be beaten?! ”

Luke kept his mouth shut, but his face was still unconvinced.

Kelda was even more annoyed, "If you don't want to stay here, get out!" Go back, I'll have someone send you back tomorrow, and if you dare to tell others what you just said, I'll kill you!! ”

Luke was about to cry aggrieved, but he held back and turned around angrily and walked towards the village.

Obviously, if you stay at home well, you have to come to this kind of place to fight, and you still have to secretly ambush those elves.

Luke soon returned to the entrance of the village, where the men sitting at the entrance did not look at him, and these people would sit and rest boredly at the entrance of the village every day, as they had done for more than two months.

Luke had no friends in the village, his father wouldn't let him talk to the rest of the children, he worked every day except for work, and he couldn't understand the Kogiko language of the people.

The silence around him and the reprimands of his family made Luke unusually lonely and uncomfortable when he returned to the dark room.

Luke couldn't help but cry, the tears fell and were quickly wiped dry, and then his sleeves were wet.

Clang!!

Bang Bang!!

The iron bell of the village chief's house was struck, and the sound of the impact caused by the hard striking was quickly transmitted to every corner of the small village.

"Enemy attack!! All out! There was a war! ”

Luke quickly got up from the side of the bed and walked out of the cabin in a panic.

There was already chaos outside, and the women quickly hid in the house with the bewildered children, while the men quickly ran towards the entrance of the village.

There are also many people who flee directly to the other side, wanting to flee farther away.

Luke soon saw someone familiar, but not his father, but the same group of people who had been eating together for the past two months.

The group took off their dirty clothes, put on well-maintained leather and iron armor, and put on iron helmets.

Around the ten men of the village were also gathered the men of the village, and the men were equally panicked, and the ten men were constantly cheering and comforting the people in the Kogiac language, explaining what they were going to do later.

"Rush!!"

Ten warriors led more than thirty men outside.

Luke suddenly tensed up and quickly followed.

When the team walked to the entrance of the village, the sun had not yet set, and the figures and forests in the distance were clearly visible.

Luke saw the corpse lying on the edge of the ridge in the distance, and a group of tall men in black robes had walked past the corpse for a long time, and came to a place more than ten meters away from the entrance of the village.

The body had been split in half, the head was several meters away from the body, and the ground was covered in blood.

"Kill!"

Ten warriors quickly rushed forward with the villagers with farm tools.

Luke stood still, surrounded by adults and children who were just as panicked as he was.

Luke's feet couldn't move, his hands were cold, his lips were trembling, and tears of remorse were pouring out of his eyes.

The elves rushed and quickly dispersed, trying to surround everyone as if they were wild beasts.

The young men beside Luke were quickly stabbed to death by the long sword, and the elves' movements were fast and accurate, far from being able to fight against ordinary humans.

After another familiar and unfamiliar villager fell to the ground, Luke quickly clenched the axe in his hand.

Boom!

The sword and the axe collided together.

Luke saw the elf who was fighting him, and it was a young-looking female elf.

The female elf was also surprised to see a human teenager crying very loudly.

Luke's arm erupted with great force, pushing the elf's sword away, and then slashing upwards with the axe with both hands.

The heavy axe slashed from the elf's waist to her left shoulder, and a huge crack quickly appeared in the elf's body.

The intense pain made the elf unable to hold her weapon steadily, and the sword began to fall.

Before the sword fell to the ground, Luke's body appeared behind the elf, and a beautiful head fell to the ground.

Luke didn't know why he wanted to kill people, why the elves came to attack everyone, or why the Prophet had to kill them.

But he didn't have time to think about those things, and when he stood here surrounded by elves, he had to kill if he wanted to live!

Luke had no second option, and he went down this path without thinking about anything.

Luke wasn't the only killing machine on the battlefield, several others were even more ruthless than him, ending life after life.

Although his companions fell to the ground, unlike the elves who were slow to hesitate when their companions became fewer, the more people on Luke's side could kill, the more determined they were!!

"Retreat!"

The elves soon left corpses in the ground, quickly disappearing into the blood and moonlight. (End of chapter)