High School Soldier
60. The gate is perfectly open
1914 Luan Kingdom, noon.
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I don't know what's going on today in Luan Kingdom, because there's a news story that makes everyone curious. Actually not only in Luan Kingdom was this news spread, the entire continent also heard about the news.
There were dozens of people wearing uniformly lined up in a field in a region of Luan Kingdom, like the special clothes of the country's magicians. There are also three giant pots that are on the fireplace that looks very hot.
The contents of the pot appear to have been boiling and very hot, it is not yet known what liquid objects are in the pot. However, it seemed like the liquid was some kind of metal that was heated to melting. But it is not yet known what kind of metal is in a giant pot.
This place is like a very wide grassland and looks flat, although there are some short hills and only overgrown with a few trees. This place by the people of Luan Kingdom is known as a less fertile area, so there are no settlements in this place.
Besides being known as a less fertile place, this place by the inhabitants of this world is known as ‘holy land’. Witches believe that this place has more energy flow than anywhere else.
Maybe because of that they gathered at this place, but it is not yet known what event was held. Because there are hundreds of people lining up near a giant pot.
But there is something strange about these people, although some of them have animal ears and tails, but that is not the strangeness. They looked anxious and frightened, but in front of them there was only a giant pot that was nearby had made a sweat bath.
Both their hands and feet were tied and connected to each other with chains that looked heavy. There are even some small children also seen tied with the same chain to bind the adults. They cry but are not cared for by older adults.
Dozens of Luan Kingdom soldiers were also seen marching around the residents, as if they were on guard. They were indeed lucky not to be sent to another world, but their duty here was as heavy as the troops sent to another world.
They seemed to be unconcerned about some children who kept crying. But when one resident tried to break away from the chains, several soldiers began to act.
The action they took against the residents who were trying to untie the chain was to let go of the chain, it did indeed calm down. But the next action that makes people who see will immediately goosebumps.
Three soldiers held onto the body of the male resident who tried to break away earlier, he was unable to shout because his mouth was already gagged with chains binding him. Then the three soldiers threw themselves into the pot with boiling metal.
The molten metal instantly devoured the man's body to the point of not remaining and without the slightest sound of shouting. Even the iron chains that were put in there also seemed to no longer exist.
The incident made the entire population look very frightened, even some to scream so loud that the crotch looks wet.
Some of the children were getting louder and louder, it made the soldiers lose their patience.
A magician wearing clothes slightly different from the others suddenly appeared.
“Hold yourself, warrior..” he said
His words made the soldier who almost threw the crying children into the pot undo his intentions, even with patience that was already at the end of the crown.
A witch came and approached the person who seemed to be the leader of the witches who was in this place.
The magician said, “Preparation is almost complete sir, we have already closed the entire Gate in another world and are ready to open one Gate that is more perfect than before.”
The leader of the witches here is seen smiling, then joining with other witches who are still casting spells since this morning.
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Bogat and Sheyn arrive at this place with thousands of soldiers left in the country. The leaders of the countries on this continent also gathered, to settle this supposedly unfinished war.
Most of the soldiers brought were indeed from monster tribes, and they were far more in number than human warriors. To fellow humans, leaders cannot simply waste the lives of soldiers. That was why they preferred to combine the army of monsters.
The other reason was the otherworldly army that might have never seen the monsters, so it was likely that the otherworldly army would become trepidated against them.
Sheyn's soldiers brought in about 400 men, with 500 as reservists. So that the total soldiers he brought numbered 900 soldiers.
The entire Barisan Roses soldiers were part of the cavalry force, that was why they all rode horses and carried spears 6 meters long.
Although the appearance of the monsters scattered in this world is almost the same, if they become an army it will definitely have some things that are differentiating. One of them was that the monster army was also ordered to become a flag army, so they would be known from the war flags it carried.
Ten bull-headed monsters separate themselves from the ranks, in another world they are mythological creatures called ‘minotaur’. They approached the residents who were getting more and more frightened by the presence of those monsters.
If including the length of the two horns sticking up, the height of the minotaur can reach 3 meters. That's what makes this army enter this monster tribe, so that the other world troops they will fight will be daunted by the presence of minotaurs who are famous for being violent when fighting.
However, the human soldiers looked ordinary with monsters, especially minotaurs. Because they have adapted to the monsters in order to cooperate in battle.
At least the monster tribe that joined this army was the one that had the sense, and could distinguish between where the opponent and where the comrades were.
Centaur, a tribe that has a body over humans, while the lower body is a horse is a tribe of monsters that have a human-level sense. In this world, there are even some figures from the centaur tribe who are quite influential.
Centaurs are known to be tough when fighting, especially the armor they wear is very thick and adds to their combat power.
Minotaurs, at least they could be trained in a short time to distinguish opponents and comrades on the battlefield.
Ogres, goblins, orcs, and other monster tribes had the wits of a 5-year-old human. However if in sufficient numbers, they had the equivalent strength of a Squad of troops.
“Dad, has the preparation been completed?” sheyn asked who seemed impatient to see another world.
Bogat then approached the witch leader who was still chanting the spell, he asked the same question Sheyn had asked him.
The witch leader answered her in a whisper. After that, Bogat returned with an answer for Sheyn.
“A little more, the witches are looking for the location we designated,” replied Bogat.
These joint forces really wanted to raid the location they had set up during the meeting, even the map they used was also in this place as a tool for the witches to find the location.
Some of the soldiers were seen giving the minotaur orders to do something. The minotaur simply answered the soldier's orders with a nod and a distinctive bull's voice.
They then held the two inhabitants in both hands, of course the inhabitants could only thrash around as the monotaur clasped tightly onto their bodies. The monotaurs then threw it into the three giant pans provided. They continue to do this until there are no residents in this place, children are also victims.
Hundreds of residents from the five countries who will fight again with the other world are used as collisions to open the Gate more perfect.
The three pots are then rolled until the contents are spilled by the monotaurs who do it with the help of a long stick. The scent of liquid metal that was somehow smelled, but the people in this place looked completely unperturbed.
The witches cast spells in increasingly harsh tones, and it made the liquid metal spills that had been mixed with the human body look radiant in dazzling golden color.
Moments later there was a moderate vibration, the whole person in this place tried not to panic with this vibration. The tremor only happens in this place, and it will not be felt outside this place.
A moment later the sky changed color, where it was originally bright without clouds and now very many dark clouds gathered which added to the gloom of the atmosphere now.
Along with the changing color of the sky, a gate-shaped object emerged from underground. That's the Gate created with ‘perfect’. The gate is decorated with intricate carvings, that's the added value to this Gate that was successfully opened perfectly.
The gate that opened now was much larger in size than before.
(Gate Illustration, image source pinterest.)
The entire person in this place smiled in satisfaction as the perfect Gate successfully opened.
This indicates a war with another world that is actually just about to begin. The entire combined forces looked impatient to enter the Gate and strike back at the other world.