CHAPTER 1

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An entire kingdom was ablaze, a savage inferno consuming everything in its path

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An entire kingdom was ablaze, a savage inferno consuming everything in its path. 


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Flames licked hungrily at homes, shops, and castles alike. Towering columns of smoke choked the night sky, blotting out stars and turning the air thick with ash and embers.

People screamed for help, but even the protectors joined in their cries. Some knights dropped their weapons, stumbling as they tried to shield others from the chaos, only to fall victim themselves.

The earth was littered with the bodies of knights, merchants, and commoners, scattered and bleeding.

It was pure horror—

The deafening roar of the flames, the agonized cries of the people, and the hollow crackling of homes and kingdoms slowly turning to cinders.

Everything around was on the brink of collapse—

With no refuge left to flee.

A girl, tiny and desperate, sprinted into the chaos, her eyes wild as she searched for her mother. She had slipped away from the knights who tried to drag her from the burning kingdom.

"Mother! Mother! Where are you?! Mother! Please, we have to go! Mother!!"

Through the smoke, she glimpsed a barn going up in flames, horses trapped inside, their bodies thrashing as the fire spread.

They broke free, stampeding blindly through the streets, their manes and tails ablaze.

They screamed—a horrifying sound that joined the wailing of the people—before collapsing, their bodies writhing as they succumbed to the flames.

The people behind the kid watched as she ran straight into the chaos. A knight broke from the ranks, sprinting after her.

"Kid, stop! You can't go there! The kingdom's falling apart! There's nothing we can do! It's the king's orders! Please, don't make this harder!"

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