Hannoic War
Red Steps (Part 3)

"Sometimes 'Silent' is a great work of art in a conversation"

the Marcus Tullius Cicero

Red Steps

*Tuk*Tuk*Tuk*

The sound of knocking on the door sounded.

"My lord? Mr Kalavvar? I want to go in" said the waiter with a salam with a glass of wine and bread on it.

*Tuk*tuk*

Tap the door again, waiter.

"Master? Open master, said your healer needs to be bathed every morning to heal your wounds..master?" said one of the waiters again with a towel and hot water basket in his hand.

Noisy waiter in front of Kalavvar's room.

Some servants came with their own necessities some carrying clothes and brooms.

Some of them kept knocking on the door but it remained unopened.

Some of the servants tried to open it but the door was locked.

Then came the sound of footsteps and armour stepping towards them.

"What is this?" said Scerl with a sword on his hips as he walked towards them.

"This is lord daritadi Mr. Kalavvar locked himself in the room and did not answer" said one of the servants.

"Mr Kalavvar locked himself in a room?" said Scerl.

*Is he sleeping? Or bring a prostitute into her room without our knowledge so that she locks her room?* ,thought Scerl.

Then Scerl stepped in front of the door.

"Get aside" said Scerl to the waiter as he prepared his hand in front of the door.

*Tuk*Tuk*Tuk*

"My master open" said Scerl.

*Why do I feel worried.* , thought Scerl.

*Tuk*Tuk*Tuk*

Scerl kept knocking on the door.

He even opened the door, knowing it was locked.

Scerl was worried about what would happen.

Then Scerl took a few steps back from the door.

*BRAKE!*

Kick Scerl to the door firmly and quickly the door falls.

The wood powder was scattered everywhere and the door of Kalavvar's room was broken.

"Mr Kalavvar!" said Scerl, entering Kalavvar's room.

Kalavvar Room in front of Scerl.

The room is quite clean with a neat mattress and a clean table. The window opened with the sound of birds chirping heard.

Kalavvar was not found everywhere in the room even on a mattress where he always slept and lay.

The map on the walls of Kalavvar has disappeared every day.

The great sword called "Red Iron" belonging to Kalavvar that he used in the Tyronian War disappeared.

Scerl knew what this meant and was confused about what to tell her if this happened.

"Mr Kalavvar!? LORD KALAVVAR!" shouted Scerl's voice to fill this one room.

__-_-____

"Hehehehahahhaha! Go Tedrick! Let's go! War awaits us!" said Kalavvar, carrying a great sword in his hand and with an iron armour.

Their walk in the middle of the forest outside the capital and the capital wall could lie behind them.

"Lord wait for me" said Tedrick in the back with a bag full of food and stuff he was carrying.

"Look down, son! With me beside you! Then we will be famous until people make songs for us! WAR I AM COMING!" said Kalavvar smiling happily with the great Red Iron sword he lifted up.

___-_-___

Standing up an old grandfather stared at Harlaw's harbor which was quite destroyed and damaged by being looted.

Smoke rose from the city, with several buildings burned and destroyed by the soldiers.

The bodies of people from old, young to small lie all over the streets.

There were several corpses piled up on the street as well.

*I should have come here to crown a king instead of slaughtering ordinary people.*, the old man's inner heart with heavy guilt in his heart.

His dark brown eyes were firmly staring at the city that had been damaged by the massacre and the behavior of the troops.

He could only turn around from that.

What could he do? He's just a former pirate, what he can do in front of a king.

Walking the old man turned around and went down the stairs to get down from this tall tower.

The night was approaching and the sun sank the sea changed from light to a dark blood red color.

Harlaw's palace had turned dark and the servants were preparing to light torches and candles.

Soldiers began to change the watch schedule, while some soldiers were relaxing enjoying the treasures and women they got from the looting.

*Tap*Tap*Tap*Tap*

The sound of footsteps could be heard leading to his establishment along with the sound of ringing iron armour.

The soldier walked up to him and lowered his head politely.

"Mr Qharlan, the noble Trivistane is calling you to discuss the war plans" the soldier said.

The king called him.

Years passed quickly and his body began to feel tired.

His eyes began to fade while his memories began to break and sometimes at night he remembered everything, all the blood and flesh that he kept cutting for decades.

And the face of a woman who nurtured him for years.

The woman's words when she saw her return home from decades of sea life and blood.

'You used to play with seashells and even make necklaces out of it and you still haven't changed into liking clams'

But then all that changed in a scene in the middle of the ship attack where he cut the mother and child in two on a ship.

Flames were everywhere and the screams of women could be heard ringing in his head continuously.

"Hahh.." ,sighs the old man named Qharlan.

He just remembered it. If all this was war....

___-_-_____

Vespasian rode the horse gallantly on the road with his iron armour.

He was seen hanging some soldiers in the street, for rape and against his orders.

Several mounted knights were seen lined up neatly with their horses behind Vespasian.

Many commoners looked at him curiously, while some of the little ones looked very happy to see the iron knight in front of their house.

"Sir.we are ready" said a knight approaching him.

Vespasian just fell silent and looked back at the thousands of people, iron, and flags behind him.

With a cold and sharp look he looked ahead.

Vespasian then drove his horse out of the city of Ballerius.

And tens of thousands of troops with iron and flags followed behind him..

__-_-____

The setting sun changed from bright light to blood red.

Perrin stood in front of the window, looking at the red sunset.

Besides, there were Perrin guards.

He was still wearing his black iron armour.

"Take off Ibuk Vappa" Cyrus said, standing firmly behind Perrin with a slightly angry look at him.

The other heroes stood behind him.

Cleorah, Elara,Vairy,Szeth,Elric,Nadar,Sera stood behind Cyrus against Perrin.

Cleorah could only fall silent.

Elric looked at him sharply and waited for what Perrin was doing.

Elara just hid behind Elric.

While the other heroes are seen putting an annoyed face towards Perrin.

Unless Dryer looks behind him staring at him behind the crowd of heroes.

Perrin then turned from the window and looked sharply at Cyrus and the heroes.

"I've run for Prime Minister and succeeded. I've brought all the heroes here that's what you want, right? Let go of Ibuk Vappa" Cyrus said.

Perrin then turned his gaze to his mute soldier.

"Take him off" Perrin said in a powerful voice.

Then the silent soldier opened a wooden cabinet.

And when it was opened an old mother suddenly fell with her body tied.

The old mothers fell and lay on the ground.

"Your mother!" said one of the heroines quickly stepped forward to see the situation of the mothers.

Then Szeth stepped forward.

"Why did you ask Cyrus to be prime minister? Our goal is to save the world! Instead of conquering and leading this one country, the hero of being the prime minister of a country is a strange thing Perrin, it will make many people make our status as heroes even more fake!" Szeth said.

Some of the heroes were seen nodding and agreeing with what Szeth said.

"You have not seen it more widely Szeth, since the understanding of many who have doubted us. From the beginning I could hear that most people didn't believe we were heroes" Perrin said, shifting his chair.

Then Perrin sat in his chair, tidying up some papers.

Perrin then took a teapot filled with stamp liquid.

"Humans are Szeth's opposers, you think they'll immediately believe that hero's coming? Do you all know what heroes mean? We are the Messiah of the Bible who came to save the world! We are the Prophet Isa of the Qur'an who came to save the world from the Dajjal! Do you think people will easily believe that the Dajjal comes and will follow someone who claims to be the prophet Isa in the street?!" Perrin said, staring intently at the heroes.

Then Perrin poured a warm seal of liquid into one of the letters.

"Humans will continue to refuse if there is a fire in their home.Even when they smell smoke, humans will believe the house is a fire when he began to be surrounded by fire ..." ,said Perrin who then pressed the seal liquid with the suppressor.

Perrin chicken feather pen swayed on the letter paper.

"Do you think most people out there will immediately believe we're heroes? Do you think that noble doesn't talk about it and laughs at us in the back?" said Perrin, staring at another hero with a monster's gaze.

The other heroes simply fell silent and could not answer.

Szeth began to feel fear in him.

Cyrus just stood firm.

*BUKK!*

"OO! YOU ALL ANSWER! DO YOU THINK THEY IMMEDIATELY BELIEVE!? , Perrin said as he smashed his hands into a shirt.

Then Perrin stood up from his chair and with an angry look he looked at Cyrus and the other heroes.

"I'm surrounded by idiots.You are all disabled beings, slow in thinking or moving.Think that all this is a novel and a tv show...." ,perrin said in a heavy voice of anger.

Then Perrin looked at a frightened looking man inside the group of heroes.

"Galactus.you were drunk at the party after the coronation.fallen in front of the table even to be helped standing by prostitutes......Do you think their savior is someone like you?" Perrin said.

The man was silent and looked down in shame.

"You.." said Perrin, pointing to another man in the midst of a hero.

Other heroes then begin to distract their heroine appointed by Perrin.

"Dare.because most drank wine at the feast after the coronation.you vomited in the hallway..Do you think their valiant savior against the demon lord is you?" said Perrin angrily.

Once again the male hero can only be silent as well as other heroes who can only see listening to Perrin.

Perrin then turned his finger towards the woman.

"You....Your laughter was so giggling and weird at the party after the coronation that almost all the nobles turned towards you.....I can't even believe the laughter I heard wasn't from animals.How can other nobles believe that you're a holy woman who will save this world from destruction huh?" ,perrin said with a serious look.

The woman could only duck down and in shame fell silent while closing her mouth.

"ALL TIMES!" , said Perrin in a big voice, "all of you are not aware.what are you doing.and who are you.." , he said in a heavy voice.

Then Perrin returned to his shirt and then showed him a golden gadget on his desk.

Badget Prime Minister.

"All of you don't understand how valuable this is.." ' said Perrin in a stronger and heavier voice while staring at the prime minister's badget, "no matter if we are heroes or not....whoever holds this in a time when the crown is weak and a little woman sits on the throne of the kingdom then that person will control this kingdom"

Then Perrin put it back in his shirt the golden gadget.

"Everyone will be disinclined by a new name, not a hero because most people have started to think that we are not heroes. But we will be respected as the prime minister's faction." Perrin said.

Then Perrin approached Cyrus who looked silent and quite angry.

Cyrus stood stronger than any other hero.

The two faced each other, one was feared while the other was loved..

This time the feared won over the beloved..

"I don't care about our status as heroes" Perrin said, "go away.If you're against my movement again then don't expect me to protect you from laughter and cut off the tongue of anyone who insults you" ,perrin said as he turned his shirt.

Then the hero begins to move starting with Elric walking among the silent heroes to get out with Elara.

Other heroes began to move including Szeth and Dryer.

Cleorah began to walk out of this room but then she turned her head back to see Cyrus who was still standing firmly.

Then another heroine started to come out while holding Vappa's mother to come out.

The heroes started moving all to get out except Cyrus.

Cyrus finally then moved out with a face that could only fall silent.

Cleorah then came out as well.

As Cyrus stood before the exit, Perrin spoke.

"Oh yes, don't forget to order everyone to bring Cyrus my second government documents" Perrin said, standing in his chair and staring at Cyrus with his strong yellow eyes.

Cyrus who heard his words turned towards Perrin and with a dark face he saw Perrin.

"I don't want you to bother me anymore, with that ideology of justice and heroics" Perrin said as he sat on his desk and looked at Cyrus with his monster gaze.

After stopping listening to Perrin, Cyrus finally came out and closed the door to Perrin's room.