Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part1 (1/1)

‘How on earth did I end up in this mess?’

Cassel was lying down as he stared up at the sky Then he tried to recall the last time he had been able to look up at the sky so leisurely or even lay about comfortably in peace This was probably the first time since he had left his ho he could rerass with a sickle orfrom one camp to the other

‘Was it three days earlier after finishi+ng spears? No As soon as we finished we had to ive us some free ti our last ht to sleep after that Did I end up sleeping too? Ah, I think I reht snack Oh yeh! It was four days ago when I fell asleep squatting beside so beat up like hell, but I did end up sleeping lying down So I guess it’s been four days since I had laid on the ground’`

Suddenly he could hear the sound of over a dozen horse hooves beating at the ground nearby Cassel quickly closed his eyes

That ly out of nowhere Cassel had no idea if it was an ene that was planned by both parties All he was in charge of wassure to retreat when commanded to retreat and to advance when ordered to advance That was it Though he did hold up his lance and ood solider, he honestly had no idea who the enemy even was

Cassel had taken a shove fro been able to use his lance once At one point an eneer than hi fountains of blood out his neck

‘That could have been me’

And so Cassel re corpse In the midst of all the bellows and screams around him, he dared not h when the noise had died down did he open his eyes But even then he refused to get up

Cassel thought to himself as he waited for the sounds of the horse hooves to move even further away

‘I shouldn’t have done such a foolish thing from the start I should have just followed in ood son and lived a peaceful life of wheat far’

Cassel did not kno to handle a sword He was not particularly fast Nor did he possess any extraordinary strength He did learn to ride a horse properly from his father, who said it would come in handy around the farm, but not in any way that would help in the heat of battle

There was nothing Cassel was able to contribute to the outcome of today’s battle He had merely survived One less dead for his side

‘I should have just listened to what my father had said that time’

Cassel had only regrets as he thought back to one o