15 What Happened To The War? (1/2)
*”Why is everyone waiting near the shore? Are they expecting the enemy to show up? Do they know where the enemy is going to come from, or are they expecting them to show up from the same entrance as last time?”* Ares stands in between the barricades wondering as the whole area is silent. Only the sounds of wind blowing can be heard as no man standing is uttering a word.
*”As someone who came to the island from outside, I know how hard it is to enter the island through the whirlpools and giant storms that always lurks around the island. Half of your forces will get wiped out before they reach the shore”* Ares started to have a really uneasy feeling about the air around him.
It's been hours since the sun has come out, all the soldiers were still being put in the positions they were offered to.
The sun now reached above their heads. Some of the soldiers were getting impatient little by little. They had been standing here for 6 hours already, and the heat of the sun was taking a toll on them. However, the waves of ocean were very pleasant as there are no visible objects in sight. Nero, the chief provided water to the men at shore with the help of the women of his villages.
It was eve already, the sun was setting down. Every villager was too tired to even move their limbs, they were standing on the shore all day. Even the supporters had been searching other places to see if the enemies are coming from other parts of the island. Yet, no signs of enemies were found. Alex who was looking inside the island on his own for the traces of enemies or enemy camps, could spot nothing.
”This is quite a situation isn't it?” Gideon, the General of Caracus village nervously asked Ares while he repetitively gripped the handle of his spear over.
”It is indeed an unexpected situation, we don't know what to do from here on out either.” Ares replied while smiling.
”I don't see one of your friend anywhere” Gideon asks about Alex with a hint of suspicion on his face.
”Ah, he is actually the youngest of us all. The younger don't have much endurance so he went to back to camps to rest, but be assured we will be the one fighting. He is someone who repairs our weapons and upgrades them to be useful in battles” Ares told Gideon to avoid him from suspecting on them.
”I see.” Gideon said while his eyes scanned around, counting the soldiers and villagers from Mindoro.
If anything, Ares and his gang do not want to anger the Caracus village. After all, Mindoro will be the one that would have to take the responsibility for any misdoing done by them, since these four are from Mindoro.
Alex comes back from searching all over the island but nothing abnormal came into his sight. Ares realized this with one look from Alex's disappointed face.
The sun has been set down and the waves of the ocean became rough as soon as the moon is up and it started showering snow. The cold is biting the bones of the soldiers that are still on the shore.
Nero decides to call back the villagers since everyone is tired, sitting on the shore and staring at the ocean will just make the villagers more tired.
Meanwhile Ares's heart is beating fast and he can't help but feel uneasy. If the enemy showed up as they're supposed to and get into fight, things would have gone smoothly. They would have a chance to win, but now the enemy is not showing up like they said they would. Are they plotting something elsewhere? Or are they going to attack at night? Or hiding already on the island? or is the enemy near Mindoro as they keep waiting for them here? Ares have been bothered by these doubts in his mind.
Meanwhile in Mindoro,
Infants' cries are heard, the air was violent, Gus had a serious look on his face and holding only his wooden sword with a despaired face while he stared at something burning near the shrines on the hill. Are the shrines and village on fire?
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