Jeon jungkook was slowly riding his horse towards his castle. The night was peaceful though there wasn't the moon or stars. He could spot some torches lit in the streets of the village and faint noises of the cattle resting outside the houses.
He was disguised as a guard, so there was no worry of someone recognizing him. He let out a deep sigh of satisfaction watching his small kingdom. His horse moved slowly on the dusty path towards his castle.
The doors of the castle opened for him to enter. Giving his horse a slight tug on its rope, it started to move inside the castle at a normal pace. The doors behind him were closing but his horse stopped moving all of a sudden.
"What's wrong my boy? " Jungkook gently patted his horse. It shook his head violently and turned back towards the doors of the castle. Jungkook held a confused expression on his face. His eyebrows furrowed at its weird behavior.
The horse started moving towards the ends of the village. He went along without disturbing it. It finally stopped at a large well at the end of the town. Jungkook looked around to spot something wrong but there was nothing.
He got off his horse and walked around the well. Everything was peaceful. He looked back at the animal and walked towards it.
"Everything is fine my boy, look around." He gently kissed its forehead. The horse nickered at his affection.
He grinned flashing his bunny teeth at the animal. His face glowed in the warm light of the torches outside the houses.
"Let's get going, you've worked hard today. We will get some food for you and you can rest with your mates." He spoke with it in a soft voice.
He mounted back on his horse again, making his way towards the castle.
"Fire! My house is on fire! " A loud scream of probably a middle aged woman reached his ears. He jerked his head backwards to find a few people sprinting and a house on fire.
"Mov--" before he reacted and tried to get off his horse, he saw a few torches flying onto the huts. From the thick greens and wild bushes, he saw the wicked and most dreadful creatures coming out with weird smiles on their faces as they set more houses on fire.
It took a second for his mind to register.
DWADE.
Large swarm of men with dirty clothes, weird jewellery and uncivilised weapons. Anything they find, they use it to kill. All they do is kill and serve their master, dwade.
"MOVE AWAY FROM THE FIRE! MOVE TOWARDS THE CASTLE EVERYONE!" Jungkook yelled. He was afraid, and scared from inside. He could feel his legs shaking and body trembling.
No kingdom in the history, which was attacked by dwade was left peaceful. Green lands turned to barren lands. Healthy people turned into slaves of dwade's and the kingdoms were not happy kingdoms anymore. They were worse than graveyards. Now, it was jungkook's kingdom. He could see the future of his kingdom.
He could imagine the happy children crying in hunger and his strong men working like dogs in wolfaan. Beautiful women and little girls as their play toys. His imaginations were going so wild and his mind which was always positive was now the most pessimistic now. Not to blame, but he was most likely right. Because once the monster attacks, there is no turning back. He felt like his synapses in the brain were disconnected and miswired.
He could feel the tears prickling the corners of his eyes and his nose burning. A hard lump formed in his throat. He couldn't swallow it. His body stiffened and legs froze.
A small kid running away from the commotion tugged jungkook's leg pulling him out of his string of thoughts. His cheeks were red and eyes were puffy with tears streaming down his face. Jungkook quickly got off his horse and took the small boy into his arms.
"Momma, in fire." he hiccupped as he spoke pointing towards a hut which was almost burned out. Jungkook scolded himself for drowning in thoughts. It's no time for fear. His people need him now. If he can't save the kingdom from being conquered, he can at least save his people from getting in the hands of dwade.
" You go into the castle, I will bring mom to you. Okay?" He kissed the boy's forehead and handed him to an old man.
He signaled the guards to ring the emergency bell and allow people to move into the castle.
He unsheathed his sword and took a deep breath. One by one, he slashed all the heads in his way and moved towards the houses. A few of them were crying for help and few were trying to stop the fire. It took all his might, to lift up the fallen wood on the hut to help a family come out of the house. The heat from the fire was burning and scalding his skin but he cared less.all he wanted is his people to be safe. Even if it cost him his life.
His sword slashed and killed many of them but the result was no use as more and more of them showed up. The doors of the fort closed after all the people entered inside. With the amount of men that were coming, they could break in at any moment. His skin was burning and the wounds were bleeding. But his heart was hurting more. He was feeling helpless.
He was trying his best but there was no use.
" we can't hold on anymore,prince jungkook. Their number just keeps increasing." a soldier said as he dodged out another man.
"Hold on a little more, i will ask for help from erewhon." Jungkook affirmed as he ran to the back of the castle. He entered inside through a secret path to grab a sheet of paper and ink.
He wrote a letter to king jung hoseok and handed it to the messenger. Now, all they could do was to hold on a little more until the help arrived. The last hope to save his kingdom.
He hastily returned back to the castle door where he saw a few people trying to break into the castle and the soldiers trying their best to stop them. He shot arrows at them making the fall limp on the floor and the soldiers sighing in relief.
"I won't let you ruin my kingdom." he swiped his sword on his trouser to clean the blood and moved forward again. Just when he was about to raise his sword, a dagger came towards his arm tearing and splitting his skin rooting deep inside. The sword in his hand fell down onto the ground with a clank.
The dagger was pushed more deeper rooting into his flesh by a pair of rough and blood stained dirty hands with crooked nails. A wicked smile crept onto the face of the man seeing jungkook screaming in pain. Jungkook used his leg to knock the man down and picked up the sword with his left.
It was the general of dwade's army trying to kill him. The brown haired prince raised his sword to kill him but was interrupted by a group of men falling onto him pulling his sword away. There were nearly six of them who were trying to take away all the weapons from him. Their weight on his body was getting too much as his arm was bleeding like a river.
The man whom he just knocked down woke up and sat beside him, that wicked grin still resting on his face. Jungkook's body was completely trapped and he was excessively injured. The loss of blood did nothing but drain out more energy from him.
" now, buranda is ours prince jeon. This is the end of your story and your precious kingdom for which you have dedicated your life." his laugh echoed through the dark.
He placed his hands on jungkook's throat and pressed them down. Air knocked out of his pipes as he tried hard to breathe but there was no use. The prince's eyes rolled back and his eyes were closing slowly. His face turned pale and lips inked blue with lack of oxygen.
"This is the end." he yelled once again as he saw life going out of jungkook's body.
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