Volume 9 Chapter 1 (1/2)
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”Follow !” Cohen took hold of the old man, ”Perhaps your ten chapters could make tomorrow's battle a bit more spectacular”
”But, My Lord…” The old man said, ”What could we do?”
”I want you to sound your dru with the enemies”
”My Lord,” The old ed, ”that's not what the ten chapters are for…”
”You've lived your way for nearly a hundred years, how did that co you to live my way just once!”
Although the old h about his faith and traditions, Cohen acted deaf He dragged the old man and nearly forced him into the tent Fortunately, Cohen's action was between rudeness and violence Thus the refugees on the spot did not prevent him
”Sit!” By a small table, Cohen pushed the old uards, ”Hand me a map”
”Yes, sir!” The guard unscrolled a map of the clay city as well as the peripheral landforms
”In order to make your rhythm spread across the entire battlefield, how o for?” Cohen drew a circle with his finger on the ly, ”Don't ain I'll be very upset!”
”But…”
Cohen puckered his mouth, his face was as cold as ice, ”If you say no, I willa blade on your throat if I have to I swear!”
”Well, okay!” The old man pondered at the e”
”I meant the complete 10 chapters!”
”In that case, I need 200 more horns”
”I see…” Cohen called Carlos over, ”Go collect these stuff immediately”
”My Lord, what is it that you want?” The old man asked, ”You have to tell me at least what's on your mind?”
”Do you have any ideas how ive his answer Instead, he spawned a question The enemy number was utterly classified in the army, how could the old man know exactly Thus he shook his head anxiously
”Let me tell you There're 300, 000 AUF troops outside that wall They're waiting to fight for the win to party” Cohen said, ”As for ht are totaled less than 40, 000 If uess none of you will survive!”
”But… it has nothing to do with the 10 chapters!”
”Honestly speaking, I personally consider toht” Cohen stood up and started pacing in the tent, ”Under such a circumstance, no commander will do a better job than me No army will do better than my soldiers It's unexpected that my men have lived up to the situation today But tomorrow, I cannot expect a miracle to occur”
”My Lord…”
”In this world, a man can die in ly” Cohen said sloith his back facing the old man, ”If there's a choice for me, I'd rather die the latter way Even if I can't escape the fate of death, I will make them pay before I die!”
”In this case, what do you want from me?”
”As you've said,to let you play the 10 chapters tomorrow on the battlefield for us” Cohen said while a sense of wisdo the dru will hidden in their blood and souls! I will lead these raging lions to fight They will buy time for other essential personnel to escape…”
When Cohen said his last sentence, his sound could barely be heard, though the old ht each word loud and clear
The two gazed each other for a moment, then the old man fetched a scroll and left it on the table
”Gardena, is my name” The old man said solemnly, ”I'm here to obey your orders, but I wish to see more names on your essential list They're the future of my people”
”How many?”
”A thousand!”
”For the record, I cannot guarantee 100 that they can escape” Cohen nodded and said, ”I will give them the opportunity: the same opportunity as my men”
”Deal!”
”Good! Now, let's talk about business” As soon as they careement, Gardena hinted the scroll on the table and said, ”This is the master score of the 10 chapters, butmorale…”
”Why not?” Cohen sat down again in front of Gardena, ”Be specific”
”To explain the origin of the 10 chapters, I'll have to start by telling the birth of us 36 tribes As you can see, My Lord, the entire 36 tribes is a very peculiar group Anyone of theether and harmoniously”
”How could that happen? The story derived fro to the clan lores, when the Protoss race and the Asmodian race disassociated, in order to , they drew the hundreds of miles Line between the two alliances” Gardena fondled the score paper while telling the story shared by everyone in his clan to the soldier in front of his eyes, ”But think, this is the center of the entire continent It has the most fertile land and the most beautiful scenery Naturally, when they drew the Line, here lived thethe entire land”
”Our ancestors were social, but how could they compete with the power of the Protoss and the Asmodians? Thus they had no choice but to separate Each tribe startedDisplaced and hos of loved ones soared There were over 10 million inhabitants on the Line, but the ave us 10 days!” Gardena stopped, he slammed harshly on the table, ”TEN DAYS! How could we settle 10 million people within such a short period? Let alone the habitable land has already been taken by the empires The result, 10 days had passed, they've only able to settle a few million”
”What happened then?” Gardena’s telling drew cohen’s curiosity, he asked
”The Protoss and the Asnored our ancestors’ plea for more tiht they were only sealing the Line without doing anything else” Gardena raised his eyes and gazed Cohen, ”Then 10 years later, the first P/A War broke out”
”The first?”
”Indeed, that as not any srave, ”My Lord, please iine, ill happen for irrelevant people who stayed on the battlefield?”
Cohen nodded, ”You don’t have to tell me”
”We were killed, pillaged, enslaved We didn't do anything wrong, though we can't but suffer The ancestors hoped that they would stop killing and robbing when they've done enough After finally, the as over, 20 years later, when the new generation became adults, the 2nd War came!” Gardena's voice turned low-spirited, ”It went on and on until now”
”Why didn't they ran away from here?” Cohen asked
”We've been running But where could we go? Like during this e tried to spread out and run But still, AUF troops drove us here to block your way” Gardena shook his head, ”Ourthe s the peaceful years, they will coiant warehouse for the two alliances Whenever they need so, they will come and take what they need, open and aboveboard”
”Endless hare they were, were able to hold up” Narrated in a grim voice, Gardena involuntarily clenched his fists, ”Hence the tribes started to fall, one after another Not one of them escaped the fate of downfall”
”But here you are” Cohen said
“Us? We're the 36 tribes We're the people who lived off the after once we had We even lost our own culture, our own tradition, and our faith” Gardena said with his eyes red-rimmed, ”After the end of yet another cruel P/A War, there wasn't a single coe, family At this very moment, our first chief leader ather ere left of us”
”The very first chief leader,” Cohen asked, ”then why are you called the 36 tribes instead of 72 tribes?”
”Why are we? You know, My Lord, it's because those who lived were only enough to ine, My Lord, from a population of over 10 million to several thousand people who could only make 36 tribes, we've suffered enormously!”
Cohen was a tough iven his two lives experience Still, he was stunned at Gardena's story
”There was no need to distinguish races with only 36 tribes worth of people” Gardena said bitterly, ”The huether The people approached one another carefully, living their lives with fear We've finally accepted each other under the threat of living”
”Drop it!” Cohen spat on the ground, ”Your story isLet's talk about the 10 chapters!”
”The birth of the 10 chapters was not a coincidence My Lord, please let e barrier, custoe probleaining consent from all other tribe leaders, the chief composed the 10 chapters Since then, all of the clansmen of the 36 tribes abandoned their old traditions They have gradually accepted the way of live and work based on the 10 chapters accordingly”
Cohen touch his forehead, ”They've abandoned the old traditions?”
”Positive, or rather, the 10 chapters comprise all the traditions of the tribe people” Gardena explained, ”After generations of development and improvement, the 10 chapters have included all the solutions for every possible situation that the 36 tribes could encounter”
”So, for you,” Cohen scratched his head, ”How important is this music?”
”My Lord, let me put it this way, due to the harht us, we do not worshi+p them Even, we hate them; they're all evil!” Gardena said firmly
”You've got to at least believe in so”
”Yes, the thing we believe is the score music in my hand” Gardena said, ”We worshi+p the 10 chapters so we can live on the Line”
”The alhty 10 chapters?” Cohen blinked
”Positive!”
”I see” Cohen touched his jaw, ”Did the chapters say what to do when you run into me?”
Gardena sighed in his heart He decided not to pour forth any longer, so he focused on the chapter functions
”Within each chapter, the melody varies widely Each of them is able to function under relative environ circumstances”
”The melody is not of my concern What matters on the battlefield is the rhyth, ”I want you to make proper adjust to battlefield situation!”
”Adjust theood while For a ing the music equaled treason
”You heard ht I've listened to all of the 10 chapters It'll be fine!”
”It will not!” Gardena caed…”
”Gardena, I don't want to deject you” Cohenchapter has no fixed rhythm There are no two exact person, neither for the souls Do you still think your so-called 10 chapters is the cure for everything?”
Gardena went speechless An agedthe chapters for his life The ancient thing was deep in his soul already Though he did not approve Cohen's idea, what other options did he have? There's no guarantee for the refugees' lives during a war For the sake of the 1, 000 clansamble
”Good,” After a moment of silence, Gardena said exhaustedly, ”It doesn't matter anymore What rhythm do you need?”
Cohen said nothing Instead, he put Gardena's hand on his left chest
Carlos was getting hiee crowd If he was not accoht need to kill all the refugees to get the saint dru verbose when they handed over the instruments
”We need the instruments, not your lives!” Carlos co deal!”
”This drum is a hundred years old! If it were not for Gardena's decision, ouldn’t give you that even if you kill us!” The clan leader yelled God kne he made that clamorous voice, ”WATCH IT, CAREFUL! DON'T MOVE IT LIKE THAT!”
Hearing that, Carlos felt angry and funny If he didn't know that Carlos was not going to be rude on him, he dared not have said 'kill me before you take it'
Collecting the instru the players took Carlos nearly 2 hours By the time he reported to Cohen on the completion of the job, he saeird scene where a closed-eye Cohen and Gardena were sitting face to face On the table between them lied a unfolded scroll