"Young Lord it is a big miracle, that you recovered. Everyone from the village had given up you. Believing you would never able to survive." Alice the current head of village spoke with utmost respect.
"Mhm" Raven nodded in response while he observes his visage in front of the mirror, he is in the lord manor. His previous home before he gone to comatose state.
The reflection of the mirror was that of a young skinny guy, with blackish silver and malnourished jawline, the hair upright gives you a sense of metallic luster with it. Along with the pure white silver like eyes, made Zolan felt out of the world.
Although he saw the face of Raven in the memory but seeing in real life or seeing a small memory of it felt totally different.
In his previous world he never sees such unique thing even with the help of vast Internet. If not, Raven face was malnourished because of his illness, this face would make his previous world every handsome man in shame.
"I shouldn't waste such wealth, which could bring me more benefit than sacrifice the whole platoon of troops." Raven muttered while asking Alice, "Isn't my ears looked little pointy, Alice."
"My esteemed Lord Raven, you looked exactly the same, as you looked two years ago." Alice replied.
"Oh really!" Raven said with a sense of amusement.
'Maybe the sense of mine is different from original raven' Zolan aka Raven thought, as he never felt his ears little pointy in the memory of original Raven.
Nevertheless, he looked at Alice "You seems to got fat."
"I…I my lord… was just lucky!" Alice replied shuttering. "Lucky you say…" Raven replied while directly looked at Alice in eyes. "If taking my house is lucky, then killing those soldiers is battle is also intentional."
"No, my lord, I never wanted..." stopping in middle of sentence he softly added "... to see my comrades fall."
"I just…just wanted to village have lot of food without them to fighting with each other and thieving each other resources."
"So, you send soldiers to hunt… while let Groyer soldiers to siege the village."
"Lord Raven! those soldiers are highly trained, even if we all are together, we didn't have any chance."
Hearing it Raven chuckled at the face of Alice, while asking "When they attack the village."
"One and half year." Alice replied with a shame on his face.
"I want my house back before Noon." Saying this Raven get out from his house. Soldiers loyal to Raven was standing beside the house, leading them was an old man with white beards. Old man is Thorpe the brave.
Current leader of the village army.
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"That guy deserves it all", Raven mumbled.
After all, Alice took Raven's house, didn't even let the villagers to took his dress, which is the main reason he came here.
Not after he gone to comatose state, Alice being a fool himself thought village is safe enough from outer threat. So he almost took out all the soldiers who guard the village into hunting.
Which although caused the village having flourishing with food for a short time in his reign.
But seeing Silverwood don't have strong leader as well as small manpower to guard, Groyer village took advantage of that and took the Silverwood village under their control using the old technique of siege.
Although previous Village army leader Rhaela's father, tried his best to protect his village but in the end, he was sacrificed.
Saddening part was he had the courage enough to treat and take care of him, in the first six month. But in the end all responsibility fell on Rhaela, taking care of him and earned enough food to live on was surely hard if not burden in the village. But thankfully villagers helped her.
"My lord! Would you like to tour the village." Ron, grandson of Thorpe asked.
"Are there any horse left in stable" Raven asked jokingly.
"Although! Groyer's didn't left us with any good horse in army stable but we had a new pup in my house." Thorpe said. "If you want that my lord, we could arrange that."
"How old is the pup of yours." Raven asked curiously.
"He will be 2 years old in this winter, My lord." Ron answered.
"Young, but something is better than nothing." Raven said with a smile "Let's go toward your stable."
As they walked, Ron, who had been wanting to speak for a while, finally asked, "Um, Lord Raven, how would you save this village?"
After a brief pause, he cautiously added, "Wouldn't it be much better to relocate the settlement somewhere else?
Hearing his grandson question Thorpe was also curious. If not for Rhaela's constant request he wouldn't came to support the young master at all.
But Raven promised, that good away or bad this village would rid of Groyer's. And made this the village how it was.
He was loved by villagers is sure, but Groyer's are different animals, they could slay three soldiers in half without costing a single sweat.
No matter how much he ate with the soldiers live with the villagers, fighting with Groyers, would in the end result in defeat the.
Ferociousness of them is engraved in Thorpe's mind.
Soldiers, seeing their cruelty for them and the way they looted everything, leaving nothing for the villagers is angry and most of the young lads wanted to fight them.
He himself want but he knows Groyer's are skilled if not, they wouldn't be promoted to tier one village.
"I have a plan." Raven replied with smile "But for that, we needed to be cruel just like Groyer's."
"By the way I forgot to ask, how is the Marlin's perspective toward us."
"They are ignorant as ever, milord." "Although some of villager help us but their lord is reluctant to help us. Not by food or any other materials."
"Couldn't we just transact with them." Raven asked.
Hearing it Thorpe couldn't understand how to response.
After choosing the right word he says, "Every Week Groyer's came here and took all our food, and money milord."
"Even if someone hide them or they find any transaction with copper they would beat them up and humiliates them."
After pause Thorpe continue "Two week ago, Hina sold her harvests to treat her small child. But somehow Groyer's people came to know about it. They beat her until she couldn't breathe, stripped her naked in front of the public, broke her house and… and they kill her 2year old child whom she tried to protect, starve week after week."
"Just for money milord, just for money they don't care about human's life, treat someone different from them as animal." Thorpe said as tears start to fall from his eyes.
"What's the different between them and monster like goblins." Thorpe asked in low voice.
Seeing this Raven made a small slap on his back.
"Goblins came to fight us because they need food, they fear us but fight to death. They came here because they could Thorpe because they were strong.
"Everything will be all right, I got a plan, its cruel but we got a small chance." Raven said.
Hearing it Thorpe nodded in hope.
'All the villagers are looking to you. If you tell them to flee, they will flee. If you tell them to fight to the death, they will fight. It's up to you, Lord Raven—everyone is counting on you,' Thorpe thought as he walked toward his stable.
The only reason his colt hadn't been taken was that the Groyer's wanted it to mature into a full-grown horse."
While walking Raven thought, 'Are humans that much sadistic or are they always put all their burden onto other in other form like anger, cruelty. Or they were just sadist, love to see other people misery.'
As far as he knows Groyer is a lowest level Village on his server. No matter how many times you destroy it they would rebuild their village.
That's why attacking it for resource was favorite thing for newbies. But such village have this dark history who would've know.
If he'd knew he would destroy it several time until they couldn't standup.
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A/N: Its my first novel, There could be several grammatical mistakes and hope this thing do well.
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