THE RISE OF THE KNIGHTS OF SINNERS
#1# HOLY WAR I
After the death of king Kalius and several changes of king Gerelia, slowly magic power began to develop. Indeed, all humans have magic energy in their bodies. But not everything can generate that energy. That was why magic users were so rare that scientists from various kingdoms made experiments of various kinds of medicines to awaken magic energy.
For 10 years until the drug was found and sold. However, not everyone can buy the drug because the price is very expensive and the drug is not 100% guarantee the user will be able to generate magic because the side effects of the drug can kill the wearer if the wearer's body is unable to withstand the overflow of magic energy. Therefore, only wealthy merchants and nobles could afford the medicine.
2 centuries later, magic began to develop rapidly and appeared magic users with various elements to make the magic was made level that is the lower level magic called the level of knights, the middle level is called the king level, and the top level is called the emperor level.
Moreover, those with elemental magic could evolve their elements like fire elements that could evolve into lightning and water elements that could evolve into ice. However, the evolution of magic elements is very rare and there are only 1 person who managed to evolve his magic, a witch from the Hanarian kingdom named Haru. He earned the nickname ice emperor thanks to his talent and was greatly feared by the opponents if the ice cataclysm made a move.
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After the death of the 13th king Gerelia, there was so much shock to the world political system. Many provocations took place between the various kingdoms that embraced Deus and Angelus. Minor conflicts were frequent between the two followers at the sacred temple in Valdia. Until its peak when 2000 pilgrims from the kingdom of Angelusia were massacred not left by the forces of Gerelia on the border of the kingdom of Gerelia and Cronix Empire.
The tragedy angered the entire kingdom that embraced Angelus. Emperor Cronix and the kings of the eastern kingdoms demanded that the perpetrators of the massacre be brought to Angelusia and be punished there. Instead of supporting the demands of the eastern kingdoms, the kingdom of Gerelia and some western kingdoms actually supported the holy kingdom of Deusia which refused to give up the perpetrators of the massacre and instead raised the slaughterers into knights.
Deusia's actions and the attitude of the western kingdoms made the Cronix empire and the eastern kingdoms great wrath. They form an Alliance named Angelus and are led by the direct holy priest Angelusia. The Alliance simultaneously declared war on the western kingdoms especially the holy kingdom of Deusia and the kingdom of Gerelia. The holy kingdom of Deusia did not remain silent, he also did the same by forming an alliance called Deus led by king Gerelia.
In addition, in his sermon the holy priest Deusia brought up the betrayal of the goddess Cilia in ancient books and called the goddess Cilia as the goddess of prostitution. Clearly this statement made the Angelus Alliance even more furious. With an army of 600 thousand, the Angelus alliance began their campaign as holy war.
In early spring, the first war broke out on the eastern border of the kingdom of Gerelia. The 20-day war was won by the Angelus alliance and paved their way to the capital Gerelia. The first defeat made the king of Gerelia a great wrath. He mobilized all the inexperienced army candidates to join the war.
One of them was Aiden von Valdius, the son of Marquis Andra von Valdius. Aiden was joined by a reserve force to be sent to the front lines. Aiden, 16, is believed to be leading a 2,000-strong reserve force. It was not without reason that king Gerelia entrusted the troops to him. Aiden at a young age was already capable of becoming an emperor level earth element magic user and was extremely talented in war strategies.
In mid-summer, Aiden set out with 2,000 men to help the frontline troops at war. After a few days of travel, it was unexpected that Aiden was very late. He and his troops found that the troops they were trying to help had been slaughtered and now Aiden and the troops had to face directly the enemy troops who number 3 times of them.
Although this was Aiden's first war, he was undaunted and unafraid. Instead he made a speech and encouraged his troops who some began to fear. Aiden's speech burned the fighting spirit of the troops. By utilizing the battlefield in the form of a dense forest and with ingenuity of his war strategy, he managed to ambush and defeat enemy troops at midnight in a condition of enemy troops who were still exhausted in fighting. In addition, Aiden and the troops also managed to kill 2 famous war generals from Zehlicka kingdom.
The news of Aiden's victory that managed to defeat the enemy without losing a single army immediately shocked the world and became the new spirit of the Deus alliance troops who were fighting in various places. Aiden's victory turned the tide of the war, which was initially dominated by the Angelus alliance, and now dominated by the Deus alliance. And various wars began to be won by the Deus Alliance until they managed to push their troops to control various regions in the Cronix empire and the kingdom of Axel.
Instead of declaring victory, however, Deus' alliance was suddenly attacked from the south by the treacherous kingdom of Iris. The attack shattered the strategy of the Deus alliance and panicked the Deusian kings and priests. Without a definite strategy, they routed the entire army towards Valdia, which was directly adjacent to the Iris kingdom.
The deployment of troops to Valdia, made a security vacuum in the eastern region and it was immediately utilized by the Angelus alliance by deploying all remaining forces towards the capital Gerelia. Great war is inevitable in Valdia. But in the capital Gerelia was also immediately besieged by 40,000 troops of the Angelus alliance. While the troops defending the capital only amounted to 5 thousand troops under the leadership of Aiden because the attack in Valdia panic king Gerelia with other officials who made them flee towards the kingdom of Glesia in the far west.
In the days that followed the result remained the same, the enemy troops could not penetrate the capital thanks to Aiden's strategy. However, on the fifth day, there came a larger enemy relief force of 65 thousand troops. Upon seeing the arrival of enemy relief troops, immediately made the morale of Aiden's troops decrease. Many of them surrendered and fled west until only Aiden and 1200 troops remained.
The trebuchet bullets hit the walls of the fort until they finally broke down. Aiden along with 1200 troops made a phalanx formation behind the wall that had been successfully broken down. However, it was unexpected that their formation was pierced by the Taiyoria king's magic attack and had the formation shattered instantly. As many as 400 Aiden troops were killed and the rest were wounded including Aiden himself. The magic attack inflicted severe injuries and damaged Aiden's face.
After the magic attack of the king of Taiyoria, the Angelus alliance troops began to advance into the city. But with valiant Aiden still dared to raise his sword alone to defend the city. Aiden's courage amazed the enemy and the king of Taiyoria ordered his troops to stop in honor of Aiden's struggle.
Aiden shouted and challenged the entire enemy army including the king of Taiyoria to face him but was ignored by the enemy forces. And just as the sun is about to sink, there were shouts from one of the Deusia priests in the city stating that the capital of the kingdom of Deusia had fallen and that the holy Deusian priest named Garius had been captured by Cronix imperial troops.
The news shocked Aiden, he dropped his sword and was forced to let the enemy troops enter the capital. The King of Taiyoria praised Aiden's actions. When his advisers suggested that Aiden be put to death in order to avoid future threats, the Taiyorian king refused and chose to help Aiden. He is also very surprised to learn that Aiden is a descendant of Valdius who is a friend of the ancestor of the king of Taiyoria and the daughter-in-law of count Miyura who died hundreds of years ago.
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Before the fall of the capital Gerelia, an unexpected event occurred when the Cronix imperial troops passing through the Atrixia sea in the north managed to defeat the Gerelian navy and landed his troops directly in the holy kingdom of Deusia which was only guarded by 5900 troops just. In just 1 hour Cronix's army led directly by the emperor Cronix managed to seize Deusia and capture the holy priest to end this holy war. A great defeat because the forces of the Deus alliance were panicked and preferred to defend themselves in the territory of Valdia even though they eventually won the war but they lost the whole war. This holy war cost the lives of at least 400 thousand troops on both sides and at least 200 thousand civilians were also victims.
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After the tough negotiations, a peace agreement was reached between the Angelus and Deus alliance. The deal includes the payment of a Deus alliance fine of 12 million gold coins by each member of the alliance and a wide range of food and natural resources. In addition, the holy priest Garius and the soldiers of Gerelia who slaughtered the pilgrims Angelus were put to death.
The kings belonging to the Deus alliance accepted the deal and they paid the fine as agreed. In addition, they approved the election of the holy priest Deusia by the holy priest Angelusia and the chosen priest of the Deus school who was a confidant of the emperor Cronix. The pastor was named Natius. He was appointed and given a great responsibility to maintain peace between the two beliefs.
Peace finally returned after the signing of the defeat of the western alliance against the eastern alliance. No more wars and all pilgrims heading to the holy temple in Valdia were guarded and treated equally. There is no discrimination against Angelus by Deus' followers.
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After the end of the holy war, Aiden was made a hero for his struggle to defend the capital and sacrifice his good looks. The handsome Aiden had to turn ugly because of a wound that damaged his face and made him wear an iron mask and pinned the nickname of the iron mask hero. On the merits of Aiden too, the belief of the sacred kingdom of Deusia and the family of the king of Gerelia in Valdia's marquess was restored after hundreds of years of strife. In addition, the entire people of Gerelia began to idolize Aiden and are very grateful to him.
6 Years later, Aiden married a daughter named Yukari son of Arcduke from the city of Mizu, the Ryuki arcduke from the kingdom of Taiyoria. The marriage was not separated from the intervention of the king of Taiyoria who also idolized Aiden. After 6 years of marriage they were blessed with 2 children, Thalia von Valdius and Leonard von Valdius. In addition, Aiden was also appointed Marquis of Valdia to replace his father who decided to retire.
^^^To be Continue^
