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Chapter 2: New life, new beginning.
Recap from previous chapter:
Mashiro's mind went blank at that point. "What was I thinking…" Mashiro murmurs to herself.
"Enough talking! Quick, get our acts together and leave this damn place!" Dimitrius commands impatiently.
5 days later at Windbloom Castle ground…
Standing in the balcony of Windbloom Castle before his fleets of battalions and Windbloom citizens, King Assym announces," King Solomon is dead! So as his pathetic 12 officers!"
The whole crowd is in dead silence as if they are mourning to the King and fellow fighters who are sacrificed in the Great War.
"Windbloom Kingdom is now officially under Cardair Empires ruling!" declares King Assym.
The sound of Ashkars hitting the tips of their sword to the ground rumble and got louder. Despite all the glory, King Assym knows how the people are feeling now, full of hatred and provoked. Sickly, it is what he wanted. In addition to that, he know that King Solomon is still alive and probably living like a street rat now.
Nevertheless, the sends a clear message to the rest of the world,
'Don't mess with him'.
The castle is left alone and King Assym later decides to restore it as a mark of his glorious victory over Solomon.
Soon, war ends. Crop fields destroyed, rivers polluted, burnt forest and much more similar scenes loomed across the land. By now, there is nothing left in Windbloom except the empty castle once filled with treasures and the lifeless land. From that moment onwards, the city became gloomy and darkness conceals the city completely.Cardair Empire has become more powerful than ever.
The most terrifying region in the Western Continent.
Many former Windbloom citizens migrated to neutral kingdoms at the Far East Continent, Bays of Bengal, RyuKyu Islands and Ming Empire. They are kind enough to allow mass migration of former Windbloom citizens to their land and provide shelters, clothes and food.
The question is 'How long could those kingdoms support the migrants?'.
Windbloom region is a huge one and it was estimated that around 20 million people lived there. There are millions of them swarming into the Far East kingdoms each day. The Orient Council consists of permanent representatives from Far East kingdoms are having headaches on what to do with the large surge of migrants.
Only time could tell.
Year after year, King Assym never give up searching high and low for the fugitives.
Fast forward
In Year 15, King Assym eventually stop hunting for Solomon, the 12 HiMEs and the mysterious man behind the whole escape plot.
Remaining Windbloom prisoners are deported to other regions to be slave to avoid revolt against the Cardair Council. Slowly, Windbloom fades from people's memory and erased from history.
Later, things loosen up…including them.
As for King Solomon, 12 HiMEs and Dimitrius with his legion, they lived for 15 years hiding and disguise just to keep them out of trouble. Yet, they never give up living because they believe there is hope in reviving Windbloom.
Yes, all these while they feed themselves with hope and the love they share among each other to keep them sane. It was never easy but at least they try. The bond they share is now unbreakable.
Actually, they have been hiding in the Far East regions and disguise as Windbloom's migrants. It is amazing to see them slipped into the mass of local and be part of them effortlessly. Therefore, they never got detected.
They are overwhelmed but happy to see their people move on and start a new life.
Sorry for bad command of language :P