Stick War: Inamorta and beyond

Chapter 29: The End of The Swordwrath part 1

3rd March 1074, 7.42am

Several days have passed since the recon team have taken Pleigh Town. Swordwrath morale is dropping fast. Their food supplies, water and weapons are getting depleted fast. There is a massive number of casualties on both sides. The Swordwrath are on the brink of surrender until they decided to hold out for as long as they can and kill as many as possible. They would rather die than to admit defeat.  Their capital, Osork City, is at stake. Meanwhile, the allies have a strong number of 3.7 million soldiers who are ready to take the citadel and eradicate the Swordwrath. The Swordwrath on the other hand have roughly 2.8 million men left. This will be a war of attrition. Recon team is about to receive their next mission until...

"Mark! For gods' sake wake up!" Grace shouted at the top of her lungs.

Recon team is at their own personal camp site, near the outskirts of Osork City.

"5 more minutes mum." Mark grumbled while being half asleep.

Grace was about to give up when Ace stormed into the tent. He used a good amount of strength and kicked Mark's butt. Mark then screamed out in pain.

"What the heck! Ace you bastard!" Mark shrieked and chased after him.

Ace laughed out loud and ran out of the tent. Grace meanwhile was speechless. She just facepalmed and walked out of the tent.

"Boys." She mumbled under her breath.

Grace's POV

Man... They sure have a lot of energy when they get up. I just cannot stand Ace and Mark, they behave like children.

I sighed at the sight of them trying to pull each other's hair out and walked to the campfire. When I reached, I saw Kim and Elizabeth talking and laughing. For some reason, looking at Kim having fun with Elizabeth made me feel like a needle have pricked my heart. I was not like this until that night...

'And that includes you.'

Everytime I remembered those words that Kim told me, a smile just naturally spread on my face. I don't know why. Anyway, I went to the campfire and interrupted them.

"Hey. Is Mark up?" Kim asked while taking a bite of breakfast, dried beef jerky.

"Yeah." I mumbled, trying to avoid eye contact with him.

He looked at me in a confused face and shrugged.

"Hey Ace! You bastard stop!" Mark the idiot continues to scream while chasing the prince.

"No way mongrel!" The 'prince' laughed while running towards us.

I still can't believe that a guy like him is a prince. He behaves like a kid, not a prince. Though I also know that he has gone through a lot like his brother being a general of the Swordwrath.

The two idiots continues to fight, I became very annoyed and stopped the fight by hitting both of their heads in the back.

"Hey! What was that for?" Ace shouted.

"Yeah! You ugly women!" Mark continued.

I snapped. I grabbed both of their heads and smashed them together. They shouted in pain and tried to escape my grip. I strengthened my grip and threw them into the ground.

Kim and Elizabeth laughed at the sight. At that moment, a messenger pigeon flew and landed on my shoulder. A small slip of paper was tied on its leg. I untied the paper and the pigeon flew away. I rolled out the paper and realised that it is a mission.