Stick War: Inamorta and beyond

Chapter 36: Ambush

A long long time ago, long before the five great nations were formed, humanity lived in peace under one nation. There were no laws, wars and even the concept of money. Everybody shared everything and depended on one another to survive.

But everything changed 5000 years ago. A meteorite from the heavens crashed onto earth and landed onto the now Maikill lands. A Man approached the meteorite and was granted with powers that no human has imagined. He was the first man to possess magic. His name is Rikar Parker, or commonly known as
Mage of Creation.

And that man will soon be the first leader of the now great kingdom of Magikill. He then sought out for support and taught people the ways of magic. However, some people were afraid of this power and thus, gathered numbers to match the power of the Magikill.

And for the first time in humanity, a war has broke out, millions were killed and hundreds of millions were wounded. The war saw no end, humans started to invent and create even more powerful weapons to overpower the other side.

The war created an ash cloud that blot out the sun and shrouded the world with deadly ash that was so hot that it could burn the skin on contact. Even with all the destruction and murder, humanity continued to sought war. The bloody war lasted for almost a hundred years and ended with a stalemate, neither side was powerful enough to overpower the other.

And so, the Magikill and the other human race signed a peace treaty to end the war. Overtime, the ash cloud cleared and the sun shone onto the earth for the first time in a hundred years. The land will heal itself just as wounds do but scars won't. Over the course of the war, more than half of the human population were killed.

And finally, peace resides until another war was waged. A civil war broke out in the human empire and was thus separated into the five great nations.

However, this is not the end of the story, there will be another time that I will tell you. Until then, let's get out of the past and into the present shall we?

14th March 1074, 3.26pm

"Kim? Kim. KIM!" Mark shouted at his dazed leader.

"Huh? Yeah? What is it Mark?" Kim asked.

"You okay? You have been like this ever since you escaped from death." Mark stated.

Mark and Kim are currently in the Spearton camp and are resting up. They are being escorted by a Spearton army to go meet Emperor Alexander to make a peace treaty and also to clear up a misunderstanding.

"Really? Sorry that I worried you Mark. Just... Something's on my mind right now." Kim apologise to his childhood friend.

"Come on buddy, we have known each other for ages. Tell me what's going on." Mark persuaded.

'I can't tell Mark that I am the Hero of Light.' Kim thought to himself.

"It's nothing serious! Really, it's also very embarrassing to talk about." Kim lied.

"Hmm, okay then. I guess we have to keep our own secrets to ourselves." Mark replied.

"Anyway, what was it you want to ask?" The leader asked.

"Oh, I just wanna show you some fighting moves that I created. I want you to see if they need some improvements." Mark replied.

"Okay then, meet me at the training area in 5 minutes, I will be there." Kim said.