The Legend of the Guardians of the East Gate
Ch.1

"it's like releasing a lion cub among a pack of coyotes," -****Zhou Ming 1307.

Day 90, autumn, in the year of the fire kirin, the old forest is the outermost layer of the East Gate.

"gaaakkkk" the deafening voice of the crow.

The Ruler of the day did not reveal himself as the sky was covered in endless thin cloud, shabby old trees humming moodyly, eyes as sharp as the sword of hundreds of crows were waiting impatiently, as if I would know in a few moments something terrible would happen, and of course, beginning with the screams of death and blood, a fog of sadness again enveloped the face of this earth, a bad day to take your last breath before closing your eyes.

A tall, burly man stood gallantly, leading the 8 thousand troops who looked so alert with all their war supplies, he said, and the burly man shouted loudly while staring up at the hill behind the large army, and a soldier was waving a red flag, and dozens of drums began to be hit.

"duuue.. duunnggg"

"did you guys hear her!????"

"i asked, did you hear me?" shouted the burly man again with a thunderous voice.

"huaa... huaa... huaaa," replied the entire army as they stomped their feet and the tip of their spear-handles to the ground, making the atmosphere so roaring.

the whole army looks so violent, the hair is a little visible from behind the head protection, the mustache is also an unkempt beard, a savage brick highlight, the, and the blackened dirty teeth showed they had been used to it for years on the battlefield, the scars on their faces adding to the gruesome troop.

The burly man placed his palm around his ear, with one of his eyes half-blocked like a no-hearing gesture, and returning to the eight thousand troops repeated their answer and this time much firmer made the burly man smile with satisfaction.

"good, that's what you call spirit, now you see that flag? it's a sign that we're ordered to attack, so no more retreat now, prepare yourself to die," shouted the burly man and approached a soldier holding a bow.

The burly man quickly snatched the bow and plucked out two arrows simultaneously from his soldier, and with a single movement turned his body and released an arrow towards the old forest in front of him, at almost the same time.

Sjssswuuuussshhh....

creeebbbbb......

an arrow pierced through one's ankle on top of the tree, making the person slightly sway from where he was hiding, but it could still hold his grip, he said, but unfortunately his head was slightly visible to the burly man's eyes, the burly man's eyes were like slow movements began to be closed and his hands removed his following arrows.

Sjssswuuussshhh.....

creeebbbbb......

the second arrow stuck in the man's neck and made him fall.

All the warriors in that place widened their eyes while holding their breath, looking at someone who had such sharp eyesight, and the speed of releasing such arrows without aiming at them at all first and precisely hitting its target, they were so amazed by the ability of their leader.

the burly man slightly smiled like he was so happy to see the reaction of his subordinates and returned the bow to the soldier earlier,

"so, what are you waiting for, make a formation and level the East gate," the burly man shouted so loudly, pointing at the forest in front of him.

"Huaaa... huaaaa... huaaaa..." the rumbling sound was heard again and was so deafening, the entire army began to form a formation.

Thousands of pennants were seen fluttering with the troop's steps, approaching the old forest at the East gate, as only 10 more steps came into the mouth of the forest suddenly,

"jeduubbbbh...."

The earth was like a mountain, waves of energy like water ripples came out from the outskirts of the forest, threw leaves and thousands of birds away from the forest, the ground was shaking, even if only once, the forest was falling, but the tremors shook to the bottom of their hearts, making the team stop for a moment and look at each other, like asking what creatures were waiting for them in the old forest.

The wind suddenly blew in the opposite direction, their banners fluttering in the opposite direction from before, the cold began to infiltrate the eight thousand troops to their bones.

The burly man who was the leader clenched his hands,

"warriors keep going even in front of you hell though, we've faced this kind of situation so often, and we always win it, remember this is nothing," said the burly man and took the earliest step into the forest,

They entered the woods the burly man saw a man who was lying face down, trying to move his hands on the ground, while wallowing in blood that was still pouring from his neck, and the arrow that's still stuck in his neck.

The burly man kicked the young man, Henga was thrown far enough into the forest, and now lying face down to the ceiling of the forest, the burly man crouched down near the young man's face, while looking into the young man's eyes was full of arrogance.

The wounded young man smiled as his lips were covered in mud mixed with blood, his dirty fingers moving like a gesture for the General to come closer.

"have you not just been warned, hikhikhik..," there was a blood-stained laughter on the young man's lips.

The burly general stared deeply at the young man,

"i'll forgive if you point your way to your master's place" said the general, who saw several roads branching off.

"cuuhhhh.." the spitting voice from the lying young man's lips toward the burly man's face, but his strength was so weak that the blood spit out of his lips again fell on his own face.

"looking at your answer, like I was wrong, you're not at all afraid of death, well. I'll grant it," said the burly man and stood up, and as if it had no sense of pity the burly man stepped his right foot into the young man's neck slowly pressing down on it little by little.

"mmmm.... eekkkkk... ekkkk ..aahhhh.." that's all that came out of the young man's lips, covered in bubbling blood.

kreekkkk.." Like the sound of broken wood.

the burly man had already smashed the collarbone along with the arrow that was still stuck in the young man's neck, and calmly stepped into the forest deeper.

"he's really terrible" one of the soldiers whispered to his friend.

On top of the hill where the soldiers were waving red flags, the royal emblem of Wei was installed so large, thousands of tents had stood for quite a long time, this can be seen from the grass and the streets are already hard due to frequent use, and even some of the tents already look like a settlement, complete with sturdy kitchen facilities, and also the farm.

A warlord, and no less than 35 thousand of his troops were observing 8 000 of their new comrades were attacking the East Gate with a fiery spirit, and now had fully entered the old forest.

their faces looked hopeful considering that the famous general Qing Chen was so ferocious and had an extremely powerful army.

General Qing Chen and his 8,000 troops were not actually troops from the Wei kingdom, General Qing Chen was a help from the Qing empire who always secretly helped the Wei kingdom in every battle.

But their hopes began to turn drastically into anxiety, as they saw a thick fog begin to descend into the old forest at the East gate, because the fog was so they feared, he said, the nightmare for the past eight years has been for anyone who wants to attack the East Gate, and that fog belongs to the Eastern Gate Guard.

"kaa-kaa-but the devil," said one of the soldiers with his mouth shaking violently, and followed by the boisterous of his other soldiers, making the commander so shake his head while exhaling his long breath.

In another corner of the thick fog enveloped the trees that looked so old, the General smiled as if he knew this.

"oohhh, why is this stupid mist so famous," muttered General Qing Chen, and nodded towards his troops.

Several warriors jumped forwards simultaneously, performing a little dance and once a bang, fireballs began to be thrown from their fists.

blaaarr.....

blaaarr.....

Hundreds of fireballs smashed into the trees, and stuck to the branches of the old trees, making the place a little bright, he said, and from the outside, the fog was yellowish red because of the fire of General Qing Chen's troops.

General Qing Chen began to step again, followed by his troops, but only a few steps later a snowflake floated before his eyes,

"Snow?" inner General Qing Chen.

And the fire of the army began to dim as the snow fell more and more, and in no less than half an hour the fire was entirely extinguished.

Now the footsteps of the soldiers who were originally so excited and agile now began to slow down, their faces seemed to begin to pale, although the air was so cold yet the sweat droopy drenched their foreheads and their eyes looked at each other once in a while, it was clear that their confidence had completely disappeared.

General Qing Chen had entered the forest long enough, but had not discovered the existence of the troops from the opposing kingdom, his eight thousand troops had already been scattered due to the thick fog, and the longer the atmosphere was getting dimmer.

"it's a disaster" General Qing Chen quietly muttered.

The palm of General Qing Chen's hand opened and was lifted next to his face, as a gesture for the troops who were following him to stop.His eyes stared intently at the figure who was standing on his back not far from his spot, and the closer General Qing Chen got to smelling the blood so thick of the young man.

"say, are you that coward of the East Gate Guard?" general Qing Chen asked, his eyes staring around looking for movement, but his sharp eyes only saw the thick fog and shadows of the tree trunks close by.