Moirai woke up from his dream. He looked around him, the trees were thick, and the sun was rising. Moirai stood up.
“It’s been a long time…”
(10 years after the first holy war)
Moirai picked up his bag and sheathed his sword. He gathered his belongings while looking around.
Once everything was ready, he started walking through the forest on the path. There was no sign of people living in this forest. The sound of birds and the wind through the trees accompanied Moirai out of the forest.
Step by step Moirai went through until a few hours had passed, he saw a dragon crossing out of the forest towards the mountains. Moirai also left the forest area and began to enter the mountains. High mountains and several floating islands could be seen around the snow-covered mountains.
“Huh… I haven’t been here in a while…”
Moirai walked through the snowy road to the top of the mountain. Step by step he walked through the snow-covered path. there were many footprint marks around the path.
Moirai stopped to look at the footprints in the snow.
“It’s hard to believe people would pass through this place…”
“Isn’t the main road more convenient than this place…”
Moirai continued his journey to the top of the mountain. Occasionally dragons were seen flying over the mountains in pairs heading to the floating island.
“Have all the dragons moved here?” Moirai said while looking at the dragons in the sky. “War really does change everything, even for dragons.”
When Moirai was heading to the top of the mountain suddenly one by one bandits appeared from various directions, and immediately surrounded Moirai. they took out their weapons and prepared for battle.
Seeing this, Moirai with a tired face said
“Hey… Usually bandits choose the main road over this road…”
“Look buddy… A wandering knight, surely equipment can be sold at a high price kekeke”
“It’s been a long time since we partied, hey you homeless knight quickly hand over your equipment, that way I’ll let you pass” said the bandit horde.
Moirai took out his sword and pointed it at the bandit.
“Don’t call me a homeless person…Go away…while I’m still good” Moirai said.
“You freak…” said the bandit.
The bandit immediately attacked Moirai. One of the bandits tried to injure Moirai with his sword but in an instant Moirai kicked the bandit in the stomach.
Another bandit also tried to attack with his axe but Moirai successfully parried it with his sword. Moirai responded with a punch that knocked the bandit unconscious.
“Drop your weapons, and surrender.”
The bandit ignored Moirai’s words and continued to attack Moirai.
Moirai immediately beat up the bandits. When the bandits attacked with weapons he parried with his sword and countered with fists or kicks until the bandits could no longer fight.
Not long after, the bandits were defeated by Moirai. After the fight, Moirai tied the bandits one by one near a tree so they wouldn’t run away.
“You guys… just make other people difficult”
Moirai raised his hand, and instantly a fire appeared that formed a bird. then he released the bird to fly into the sky.
“Go my little friend, report what happened here.”
Suddenly an old man appeared from behind the trees and approached Moirai.
“Woah…thank you sir knight…my luggage was robbed by them while I was walking here hehe…” said the old man.
“By the way you’re a knight right, hehe can I borrow your services to escort me down the mountain? I’ll pay more.”
“You don’t have to pay me… I already have plenty of money and I want to pass this mountain anyway” Moirai said.
“Thank you… thank you very much,” the old man said as he bowed.
The old man smiled and put on a warm face as he picked up his bag and belongings and carried them. Moirai accompanied the old man through the mountain.
After a while Moirai arrived at the top of the mountain, there he saw various floating islands that were the lair of the dragons, on the other hand he also saw a puff of smoke in the distance.
“Ahh, the front line of the battle is here… I guess I should look for another route” said the old man.
“So that’s why you chose this mountain route?” asked Moirai.
“Well… you could say that… the battle between humans and demons never stops… even 10 years after the holy war.”
“Millions of people died and the economy went downhill… Back when the holy war was going on, my losses as a merchant almost bankrupted me… Luckily I managed to get through it… But my colleagues and peers don’t seem to be as lucky as me”
“Blood and tears were a common sight back then, I was lucky enough to live in a well-defended city, I can’t imagine living in a small village during the war” said the old man.
“At least you’re still alive right?” Moirai said.
“I was just lucky enough to survive… I didn’t do anything during the war, and strangely those who had merit and were more useful than me died during the war.”
“You know… I think destiny is the right word… your destiny brought you here, it’s better if you believe that it’s destiny rather than a mere wind of luck. And also those who die in war must feel happy that the people they protect are still alive”
“You’re right… thank you sir” the old man said with a smile.
“Sir knight… pardon me if I offend but… do you have a master to serve?”
Hearing that Moirai put on a haggard face.
“I have… but that was in the past”
“Oh sir, I’m sorry if I offended you” the old man apologized.
“It’s okay… I can’t help but face destiny though”
After that conversation they continued their journey down the mountain. After a few hours, the snow that covered the road had thinned, indicating they were out of the mountain.
“Thank you, sir, for your help…” the old man said, bowing his head.
“No need to thank me, it’s my duty… we’ll part ways here, goodbye” Moirai said.
“Wait sir, doesn’t that lead to the front line of the battle? Are you okay to go there?” asked the old man.
Moirai smiled
“I’m just stopping by for a moment here… be careful out there”
He continued his journey leaving the confused old man behind.
Step by step he passed on the path, in the middle of a vast grassland which was initially empty for a while then there began to be corpses scattered on the road. Moirai continued walking without paying attention to that and looked ahead. there were flags flying that were stuck on the ground or stuck on various corpses.
Moirai approached one of the flags and observed it.
This…is the flag of the Holy Empire, I haven’t seen this flag for a long time.
Moirai also looked around and saw many human and demon warriors who had become corpses.
This battle… the holy empire was beaten back huh, but the demon army also have many casualties
While Moirai was looking around, suddenly a group of black-armored knights approached Moirai as if preparing to attack Moirai.
