Emperor Of War

Swift

gered heavily in the air. Bodies lay scattered across th

h arrogance and laughter. Now it was filled

ned fixed on

ame man who had terrorized countless innocent people now looked like a cornered animal. His remai

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im. The sound of my shoes ec

very step made h

oments, neither of us spoke. Then I crouched do

k at

bled. I could see him searching his memory. Trying to understan

en years had passed. Age

. Because I had relived that ni

mber me?" I

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victims. To them, it had been just another job. Just another night. But

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collar and pul

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continued. "A dark road." His breathing becam

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urning. I saw it happen. The realization. The r

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wly. "Now yo

completely from

shook. "It

led.

. Everyone was listening

er boy s

ugh he had seen a

er. "You remember the

nswer in his eyes. He remembered. Of

irst man to pul

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ice cracked.

only following orders!" His words echoed t

d sent chills throu

repeated. "Yo

ncontrollabl

e floor as he crawled toward

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s eyes. "I was

? No. Soldiers protected people

ou hunted my father." I tightened my grip

e, General Otti truly underst

fear. Death.

at

head. "Plea

had begged him to stop. Ten years ago, my little brother h

? My sword s

yes wide

ough the air. A silve

nd, nobody moved

ad ended. And one of my family's debts had finally been repaid. I lowered my sword. The room re

one of Quinzerland's most feared men

ar as I was concerned, Gen

ss here i

A soft voic

o his feet. His wife stood beside him. Their daughte

s head respectful

d. "If you had

She couldn't fi

ded. "You ar

their faces. For the first time that evening,

wife suddenl

ai

stared at me carefully. Almost as if she were studying

Very familiar. Then I remembered. The old neighborhood.

to run around with me and

he had been

is a gro

he memories aside.

k her he

fixed on me. "Yo

smile. "I don't

convinced. Th

is you

grew qu

oment, I cons

her the truth. "

n's eyes

hat's

oked s

new also carrie

d not

versation. The past belonged in the pas

he sound of engine

ived. The doors opened. Dax stepped

os

Everything was ready. General Otti was gone. Now onl

erything. The man respons

sible for my b

d won. A cold smile appear

d. "Where

rkened. It was time. Time to remind a certai

visit that

d. "Yes,

red to life. And somew

idea that death was