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Anyway, last chapter, I felt rude when I left my author's note at the end of the chapter so I apologize for that. I was tired and it was late at night when I wrote it. Updates won't be daily either. I just had time over the weekend to do this so yeah…
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
The village of Seoul was nearly destroyed. Smoke covered the sky from the houses and buildings that were burned during the battle that lasted for three days. Reinforcements had come to the aid of the Asians but somehow, the experience that the Nordics had with fighting had caused most of the reinforcements to die. Bodies of the Europeans and the Asians that died covered the streets and the smell of blood was strong enough for those who were there to most likely regurgitate.
The military facility in Seoul was miraculously unharmed holding inside it many soldiers and the representatives of the Asian countries. Chaos stirred within the walls of the building as food supply was running low and the medical team rushed to treat their injured patients. A boom was heard from the conference room that people around its perimeter could hear very clearly.
"Damn it!" yelled Hyung Soo who hit his fist against the wall. The pain from the punch had shaken his body. "What did that bird do to Noona? Was it really that strong that it blew her off her feet and into the ocean?" His rage was apparent, especially to his twin brother Yong Soo.
"Hyung, we can't do anything about it. Even Aniki tried to find her right after she fell but there was no sign of her body. We have to trust that Noona stays strong and is alive somewhere without amnesia da ze," said Yong Soo to try and calm down his brother.
"Don't reference those stories that include sickness and amnesia aru! In any case, I agree with Yong Soo about the situation and hope that Viet is alive. We need to find a way to counter the European fleet. We also need to know what that fire bird was aru," explained Yao.
"That's easier said than done Yao," worried the Japanese man. "We've checked Viet's room if they had anything from legends to history books about the bird. Our men are tired and injured and a good amount of our force had been killed. We are tired and hungry. They might not have much men or ammo left but we can't let our guard down. Seeing how they fought these past three days makes me worried."
"What can we do Matthias? With the state our men are in, we might not be able to win this battle," said the Finnish man sitting across from Matthias. "Not only that but that weird fire bird swept Lukas off his feet and into the ocean!"
"Lukas will live. He's a strong man. We just have to pray that he doesn't have amnesia or has some kind of sickness that could kill him," said Emil, his eyes staring at whatever he was looking at in front of him. His hands were folded and in front of his mouth. His eyes were serious and the gaze that the purple orbs gave brought shivers down the spines of his comrades. It wasn't often that he acted like he cared for his older brother but it didn't mean that he did not worry about him.
Matthias sighed. He did not know what the bird was, where it came from, what kind of power it has, and what its intentions were. "We can't stay here too long. Our food supply is running out and I don't think our men can hold out any longer. What do you think Berswald?"
"We might as well just retreat. With what we have, I say that we can survive from here to one of our bases in Africa. We can rest there for a while then go back to Europe. It's too much of a risk to keep on fighting and then we run out of food." A moment of silence spread throughout the room as the men were in thought on what they should do.
"What about Lukas? If he is still alive, we can't just abandon him here. How can he survive in these lands? That Asian commander got knocked down too. There's a chance that she might have regain consciousness before him and maybe killed him!" exclaimed Tino.
"We can't allow that European to kill jiejie! Even if we fight them, we might just kill each other off and no one will be able to find her. Maybe we can send someone to go look for her," cried Mei. Her eyes were full of panic and worry that she hasn't been able to sleep for the past few days. After she, Hong, and Yong Soo had returned from leading the villagers to safety, they joined in the fight which helped the Asian army to be even with the Europeans instead of losing to them. The villagers were reluctant to move from their village and wanted to join in the fight but Mei somehow assured them that the army would be fine.
"She's right. There isn't another army unit nearby to come to our aid in time if we have to fight the Europeans soon. We could kill each other off with no survivors. Like, what should we do Yao?" asked Hong.
Yao sat in silence as he took the information in. There weren't many things that they could be able to do except to either keep fighting or retreat. "I think that we should-". Yao was cut off by the slam of the sliding door opening.
"Yao…*pant*… The Europeans… They are retreating," exclaimed Thai. He stood there out of breath. Kiku wondered why he was always out of breath when he had some kind of news to tell.
"What?!" questioned all the Asians in the room. Thai was truthful though with what he said. The ships (or at least what were left of them) were moving away from the shore. Talk of the retreat spread throughout the whole facility like how a fire eats away paper.
"You sent the word back to Arthur, right?" asked Matthias to Berswald. He nodded and pointed to the bird that was just a dot in the sky. The Dane gazed at the dot until it vanished above the rising smoke and probably beyond the clouds. "Good. Let's head out to Egypt then… Honestly, why can't that guy just give us his name instead of us calling him Egypt all the time?" complained Matthias. He walked back to his sleeping quarters to get some rest from all the fighting. Berswald, Tino, and Emil watched him leave.
Emil leaned his back against the railing of the ship and looked at the sky. Be safe Big Brother. I'm thinking this now since there might be a chance that you could have died. I hope not though. The rocking of the ship calmed him down. He then looked down into the water below him, allowing the patterns across the water to mesmerize him.
A dark shadow appeared from beneath the water, catching Emil's attention. Another dark shadow appeared in the water of the pond in the garden of the military facility in front of Yao. No one else was around them. The figure slowly surface from the water bewildering Emil but the presence of the creature did not surprise Yao.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Emil."
"It is a pleasure to see you again, Yao."
Meanwhile, in Seychelles, a European man and an Asian woman are laid to rest by a dark skinned girl with dark brown hair. She wore a light blue dress that was somewhat large for her skinny body. Her eyes were soft and her smile was kind.
"My, my Viet. It has been a long time since we last saw each other. Not only that but it seems that someone else has fainted along with you."
Did I leave a cliff hanger? Yes I did. Not only that but it seems that Matthias doesn't know anything about the phoenix unlike what Elizaveta saw last chapter. Who saved Viet and Lukas and how did they arrive in Seychelles within those three days after they fell? I would think you guys can answer the first half of that question. If you can, please R&R~
