Thank you for reading. I don't own kingdom.

So let us continue with the story our protagonist to the bottom line is not a fellow of high justice. Sure he has morale's but when it comes to war they are completely thrown out so he can win the fight. One thing many people don't know in real warfare people change depending on the training and social acceptance of the army. We don't need to be war experts to know that 90% of casualties are civilians, because of how warfare was waged throughout history and today.

So say you are a soldier, 9 out of 10 times you killed someone you would kill a civilian. Now in ancient china it was a little different, you fond the enemy force you killed them or drove them off then pillaged the area. A battle can last a day to hours to a couple days while pillaging of a entire area would last weeks or even months. In that time you would have restless soldiers who to get rid of their anxiety would attack and rape to their hearts content.

Lia's forces are no different the difference is that they are well trained and will wait entail the order is given to pillage. And sense Lia used to be a citizen of Chu and was a victim of pillaging he doesn't needlessly slaughter.

Okay moving on.


Chapter five

Taking life.

"Alright let's go."

Lia nodded and quickly moved up to the ramparts. His four other companions followed on his heels. They quickly tied a rope to a battlement and threw it down. Lia couldn't help but have a nervous smile on his face as he slid down the rope.

One of his men stayed up on the wall to put it back down when they were coming back. If he failed to do this, Lia and his men would be killed before the sun could rise over the horizon.

"I still think this is insane," Lau whispered, "going into an enemy camp taking a commanders head and getting back is suicide."

"Well then you should have stood guard instead of coming with me," Lia hissed, "we take the thousand man commanders head and get out simple as that. We know where his tent is so all we got to do is sneak through the encampment, and run a sword through him as he sleeps."

Lau nodded. He clutched his teeth has he followed his commander in this idiotic death wish mission. He had to say he wasn't surprised after all Lia was famous for doing suicide missions. It was one reason why he trained his soldiers to the point that they wouldn't turn tail and run even if they had a chance to do so.

They got to the edge of the camp without fail. Sentries and patrols went through the camp. It was easy to see them however they all carried a torch or stood under a fire. Lia was the first one to move forehead. They went one at a time keeping fifty feet away from each other as they snuck through the camp to the commander's tent.

Lia made it to the tent without any trouble. His heart was crashing against his ribs and sweat dripped from his chin as he looked at the tent. The lights still shown but that didn't make any difference. They would kill the commander before he had a chance to scream.

Lia went to the tents side and put his ear to the cloth that stood in his way and the commander's head. His comrades circled around the tent and surrounded it.

Moaning of a woman came from inside of the tent. Lia smiled, it was a good sign the commander thought he was so safe that he would sleep with a woman. Lia drew his sword. He sliced the fabric in two and moved into the tent.

He came in silently. Lia's comrades came in as well. The light was low and glowing. It helped that the commander was focused on the woman he was on top of as well.

However he stopped his movements and turned around. He stared straight into the eyes of Lia before a sword ran through his back, Lau's hand wrapped around his mouth as he tried to scream.

Lia bolted forward. The woman gave a short scream but was cut off as Lia clasped his hand around her mouth. Tears filled her eyes as Lia raised his sword. He pulled the woman to her feet and ran the sword through her abdomen and out her back. She screamed into his hand tears streaming out of her eyes and sliding down Lia's fingers.

Lia saw that the woman was no older then a girl of fourteen or fifteen, she sobbed as her strength withered away. She fell to her knees her eyes still locked on Lia's cold hard gaze.

"Take your revenge in the next life," Lia whispered into her ear, "remember my face and put me through torment at your wish."

She tried to escape his grip but his hand was like iron against her mouth. He twisted the blade making her eyes go even wider. He pulled the sword out of her flesh with a sick sucking sound as it came out. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head.

He let her go. She was dead, gone from this world. He took her life just because she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Lia hoped that she would remember him. He was expecting her wrath to come upon him when he joined her in the afterlife.

"All done," Lau stated as he put the commanders head in a bag. "Damn I thought the girl would surely give us away. Nice job Lia, I don't think I would have the strength to kill a little girl such as her."

Lia nodded, in fact at that moment as he watched the dead girl. Her chin was smeared with blood that seeped from her mouth. For some reason she reminded him of that girl that just hours prior dressed his wound. This girl was prettier though with long hair and seemed to be not half starved but she had the same eyes of the Fu girl.

"We're done here," he hissed, "let's get going."

They slipped out of the tent and proceeded to escape the enemy camp. The entire time the face of the girl slipped into Lia's head. It wasn't like he hadn't killed girls or someone without a weapon before. In fact he was ordered once to slaughter an entire village before. However he did give the villages a chance to run away, but he still killed around a hundred women and children.

They got at the edge of the camp when the shouts and cries of alarm irrupted everywhere. The four men got to their feet and ran for it.

Lia ran as fast as his feet could carry him. He heard a cry from one of his men. He turned around just in time to see a second arrow hit the man's back and send him to the ground.

"Leave him!" Lia shouted. "Just get to the wall."

They ran forward. However Lia halted when a figure came stalking out of the shadows. The flash of a blade made Lia draw his sword.

"Lia," Lau said coming up beside him blade in hand.

"Get going," Lia commanded, "all catch up."

The officer nodded and continued to the wall. Lia took a breath and held it in his lungs.

The soldier came at him. Sense it was dark both he and the soldier could barely see each other swords. It was a blind fight, however caught the others flesh first would win.

Lia ducked as the blade swung over his head. He could barely see the blade, but he could hear it deep in his ears as it tore through the air.

Lia swung his own sword and caught the soldiers' thigh. The man gave a gasp and stumbled back. Lia ripped the sword free from the man's flesh. He sheathed it and took of sprinting again.

Not even moments later he heard the sound of hooves hitting the ground just behind him. Lia's heart jumped in his chest as he tried desperately to make it to the walls before a spear went through his back.

Something flew over his head and the sound of a body crashing to the ground filled his ears. He didn't stop, he didn't look he just ran. A man might say it was cowardice, but through his life Lia realized that being brave never won a war. It was the ones that could dive into the dirty tricks of war. Those were the men who came out on top.

Lia grabbed onto the rope and began to climb. Arrows shattered against the wall around him as he climbed up. He waited for one to pierce his back and send him to the afterlife but none did. Many got close but not one hit its target.

He came over the wall to a small group of soldiers who watched him with blazing eyes of anger. He couldn't help but start to laugh. He was still alive and had the head of a commander in his possession.

"I thought you were going to be shot for sure," Lau stated with a grin, "looks like luck was on your side."

Lia didn't reply. It was true luck always seemed to favor him, but he couldn't help but think that it might well be starting to dwindle. He was just waiting to be struck down in battle, laying there with his guts hanging from his stomach and a head full of regrets. He had no doubt that was going to happen to him someday. But for some reason he didn't feel any fear of knowing that fact.

Ten rubbed her eyes. It was too early to be getting up. She hand Shin was awakened because of the news of someone going outside of the walls. She wondered if it was a spy, if it was they had a simple solution. The person would have his or her head severed and that would be the end of it.

However when the person came in with two guards on his side Ten and Shin just looked with wide eyes. The person that went outside of the walls was the commander of the Shili unit, and in his right hand he carried by the hair an enemy commander's severed head.

He tossed the head to the ground, and looked at the two of them with a dark glare in his bloodshot animal wild gaze.

"So what the hell is this?" Shin asked.

"I took his head," the commander said flatly, "and next all be taking their generals head as well."

Shin erupted in laughter. Ten just watched silently crossing her arms across her chest.

"Kai was right," Shin stated, "they don't call him Zisha Lia for nothing. I haven't seen someone pull off something like this and get away with it."

"They let fear get a grip of their heart," Lia told Shin, "if fear grips you for but a second in an enemy camp then you won't come out of with your head still attached to your body."

"Why would you take the risk?" Ten finally asked.

He must have done it for glory, honour and fame. Not to mention he would probably ask for a reward to something as this. That was some of the only reasons someone would go to such dangers to take a commanders head.

Lia cleared his throat, "because it was fun."

"Fun," Shin and Ten said at the same time.

"What do you mean it was fun?"

Lia shrugged at Ten's question, "because it was fun, simple as that. I wondered if I would finally get my head severed but I didn't so I took that man's head instead. Death is a regular thing in this time, killing is only natural. Losing family in battle is something everyone has to accept. So why not enjoy it? War is nothing but politics just in another form. So why not just enjoy it while it lasts? You win you get to live you lose and you die simple as that."

Ten heard Shin chuckle, he got to his feet and walked up to Lia. They were both stood eye to eye but Shin was the more bulky of the two. Shin was a power house of meat with sharp eyes and an army of strength.

Lia was a force of madness with wild crazed bloodshot eyes. Both of them didn't back off of the stare as they stood in front of each other.

Without warning Shin grinned. "You're quite interesting."

Lia gave him an evil smile, "I thought the same of you Shin of the Hi Shin unit."

Ten sighed, great another productive relationship Shin created.