NisargaTale Prologue
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Once, humans and monsters ruled the world.
One day, a war broke out between the two races.
After a long battle, the humans were victorious and the monsters fled to Mount Ebott.
On both sides, the war never stopped and 10 years later, they launched a final assault, humans against monsters.
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-Saigo... Saigo ! Wake up !!
Rising suddenly, with his senses alert and his body trembling, a young skeleton woke up at the foot of a tree. His two pupils, green and red, looked around with the sensation of being lost. Next to him, a still smoking campfire reminded him that he had set up camp for the night here, at the top of a small hill, protected by several trees.
Massaging his face, Saigo made sure that his crown was still in place and his pendant was still around his neck. He readjusted his blue scarf before rising to look up at the sky. The sun was high in the sky and he had had another nightmare... That voice calling out to him again, every night, every time he closed his eyes. That voice that had haunted him for a long time...
Tapping his clothes to remove any soil that may have accumulated overnight, he checked his left arm for the presence of his armband and his vials of poisons, all filled and ready to use. Grabbing his sword that he had placed beside him, he tightened the strap around his pelvis, hanging it on the ties of his shorts.
Crushing the embers of his old campfire for safety, he headed towards the plain that lay in front of him. The blue, cloudless sky seemed to disappear in the distance, behind huge mountains. A river meandered its way through the woods of a vast forest, and in the sky the cry of the flying dragons echoed as they performed their aerial ballet. Still observing a little more of this queen nature, Saigo finally turned his heels, ready to continue on his way...
-I have a feeling it's going to be a beautiful day. Mumbled the skeleton. Today I'll find someone.
Coming down from his hill, while listening to the birds singing and the wind bringing him the cries of the animals, Saigo headed towards the forest, aiming to cross it hoping to find what he was looking for.
No sooner had he arrived in this one, his footsteps became more discreet, remaining on the lookout for the slightest noise and smell. Suddenly, a creak caused him to hide behind a tree, letting a lupine-shaped creature almost two meters high at the withers pass by. The creature's long, bushy tail stroked the vegetation in its path, while Saigo could hear its breath passing between its fangs as it opened its mouth, indicating that the creature seemed to be on the hunt. He had to keep a low profile if he didn't want to become its prey...
The creature eventually passes his way, allowing Saigo to continue on his way, sighing with relief. Whenever he came across such a creature, he always had his soul beating a hundred miles an hour, preferring to keep a low profile so he wouldn't have to fight them. Oh, he had fought them before... But he avoided as much as possible... For he was nothing in this immense nature that was queen of this world.
A few metres further on, the skeleton saw a giant bird's nest with the eggs left unattended. A hearty breakfast with a luxury dish if he could manage to sting them. Except that as soon as the egg was taken, a giant yellow bird came running towards him, waving its wings. Saigo ran away hoping to save his breakfast, but it was a lost cause... The bird ran much faster and was forced to give him back his egg after being pecked on the head several times. It will be berries again for breakfast...
Saigo continued to walk until his sweet berries were swallowed up, before he saw the shape of a village in front of him. Finally he found one...
A new village, in ruins... Just like all the ones he'd found so far. Rushing down his alleys, he observed everything around him, deploring any presence... This village too was empty, the houses were destroyed and vegetation had begun to grow on the walls, slowly taking back its rightful place on this land.
Sad to find no survivors this time, Saigo headed to what he thought was the village bar. Maybe he could find some food and drink still preserved there. As he entered, he wasn't surprised to see that the place seemed to have been abandoned in a hurry. The furniture was still in place, old ketchup or mayonnaise containers were still lying on the tables, and glasses were lying on the counter, barely cracked.
Heading immediately to the reserve, Saigo had fun opening any cupboards or chests of drawers he could find, hoping to discover a small treasure. And his pupils lit up when he came across an old bottle of wine, which still seemed to be in very good condition. Besides, good wine could be kept for years! It was a very good discovery!
Happy, he uncorked the bottle before drinking it, immediately spitting out his sip. The taste was horrible... Probably expired because it was badly converted, having undergone too many changes in temperature during its many years of abandonment... Saigo whined about his false hope, not having drunk a drink worthy of the name for so long, and put the bottle back on the bar counter.
-Okay, well... He said as he looked at the place. I'm not going to linger here either... There's no one here either...
Coming out of the bar, he began to wander through the devastated streets again, imagining what kind of human or monster might have lived here, imagining what life must have been like here before. He imagined the children running between the alleys, watched over by their parents, going to play in the forest. But was this forest there, surrounding this village? Or had nature ended up hiding this village, like many others, while taking back its rights?
Saigo sighed softly as he made his way to the opposite exit of this village, in order to continue his journey and continue hoping to find what he was looking for.
Suddenly, a noise under his feet startled him as he looked down to notice that he had stepped on an old doll. Probably the former companion of a child, his former confidant, perhaps his friend... Saigo imagined the many games the owner had to play with his little doll, the number of adventures they had to live together.
A faint smile appeared on his face as he stared at the doll, which was covered in dirt, faded and damaged. The child to whom it was supposed to belong was surely dead... ...as were many others... Laying the doll against a wall, Saigo stared at it, feeling his soul clenching it.
-Damn war... How many more lifeless scenes will I find? Murmured the skeleton. You really didn't leave any survivors... ? Except me...?
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Sorry if there are spelling mistakes, english isn’t my language
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