In a warfare, A coward warrior was forced to battle, He can't even raise his sword and what all in his mind is running away but he knows he can't do that because battlefield desertion bears the same consequences like getting stabbed in the heart..death.. Under a pile of corpses he finds his sanctuary and from there he watched....waiting.... for the inevitable, His fellows are butchered like cattle by razor sharp swords, and their skulls are getting pierced by hurricane of arrows, however, they are fighting ferociously and fear no death while he is quivering in fear and hiding. On many occasions he gets like a boost of self confidence when he sees his allies doing good but In his heart he always felt this battle is lost so this boost only lasts for a few seconds and ain't enough to get him up.
Days comes and goes but the war still raging and the stench of death is only getting stronger and it's only terminates any confidence for him to wield the sword, At night the warriors retreat to their camps and repose until the break of dawn, Getting prepared and waiting for orders and plans to start fighting again through the day. The coward warrior was retreating with the rest of the army to the camp and everytime he sneak under some corpses to protect himself and so on and so forth. At the end of one day, The coward warrior was trying to free himself from under the corpses but this time he sensed an abnormal movement within them, A wounded knight was still alive, He panicked and tried to run away but the knight clutched on his leg, He repeatedly stomped the knight's forearm to let loose of his leg and to catch up with the army, The coward warrior felt insecure and was very scared from this knight, He was haunted by the idea of the knight eventually get on their feet and expose him, He couldn't bear the thought of getting exposed and went back to finish off the knight once and for all.
Anger...desperation...frustration.. Mixture of said feelings drove him crazy, The coward warrior is now returning to the place of the wounded knight with murderous haste willing to take away their life, Upon the arrival, He finds the knight still laying on the ground unable to move. He could even hear their agonal breathing from a distance, He got relieved for a second, but he still have a murderous intentions. The knight feels someone is near and tries to gather enough strength to get his attention. " h-h-h-e-l-l-p " cried the knight, The coward warrior is shocked by the knight's voice, it has a high pitch sound, "could it be a female" he asked himself, The coward warrior hurried and removed the knight's helmet. "A WOMEN" he screamed.. The coward warrior felt depressed and ashamed, How could be a women have more courage and resolve than him, He reconsidered his actions and realized how pathetic he is, He confessed to the knight everything out of desperation but the knight fell unconsciousness, The coward warrior carried her all the way back to the camp and there they started treating her wounds.
The following day, The coward warrior is no longer a coward, He surprisingly fought in the front lines with dead heart and it appeared like he sought death, Maybe because he felt worthless or maybe because he thought once the knight wake up she would tell the commander everything and therefore getting him executed. Regardless of what he felt, His doings were spread like wildfire among the fighters and everyone had a good impression about him. At the night of this day, The female knight woke up and started to walk again, when she was checking on the reports of today's battle from her rally, She heard rumors about this badass warrior who fought like there is no tomorrow and caused a serious loss to the enemy forces, She asked them to lead her to that warrior but they struggled to know his name.
In the mean time, The grand commander called all the army to assemble and asked them to vote for someone who is worthy enough to be a knight commander, Everyone was searching for that unknown warrior but finally they found him sleeping and sent him to the grand commander's tent as their candidate, The grand commander asked the candidate, "Whats your name, warrior", He replied " Ryker". The grand commander sent Ryker outside to a high platform where everyone can see him. Ryker thought that he will be killed infront of everyone and his death would be exemplified as a scapegoat, The grand commander came out of the tent with his sword out and approached Ryker, Ryker kneeled as the grand commander raised his sword, Ryker closed his eyes...and waited the strike..... " I bestow upon you the title of knight commander " said the grand commander.. Everyone clapped their hands and whistled including the female knight., while Ryker rubbing his eyes to make sure he isn't dreaming.
The next dawn, The grand commander gathered all the knight commanders including the female knight and Ryker, He got news from his scout men, The enemy's rear side is totally weak and the archers aren't defended, and would make an easy target so he the grand commander's plan is to take his knights and flank the enemy with cavalry to turn the tide of the battle while the rest of the army push from the front since they will eliminate the archers from the rear, He assigned Ryker among the knights that will accompany him but the female knight stepped in and told the grand commander that Ryker isn't experienced enough in riding horses and lack training for such mission, She offered to take his place, Despite her wounds is still not recovered, He accepted. Ryker showed a sign of relief because he wasn't sure if he is good enough to handle this task.
It's now morning and everyone is in their position, The knights went with their commander and left the rest of the army in hands of Rykar, Rykar lead the army to the battlefield but upon arrival he was welcomed by hail or arrows from above, The enemy archers are in the front not in the rear while the swordsmen are protecting them, Cavalry are their counter but the grand commander took them to the rear hence they have no counter and suffered heavy losses and it forced Rykar to retreat back to the camp ,meanwhile, The cavalry team lead by the commander was ambushed by spear men which result in total inhalation of the cavalry forces. Rykar and the rest of the army waited in their stronghold for their commander and elites but there were no survivors but the female knight.
The female knight is now in charge of the army and she is very angry and wants to lead an army to face the enemy again, Rykar went to her tent and told her that surrender is the best option but she called him a coward and not worthy of being a knight and she dismissed him from the army and told everyone about his secret of hiding under corpses and playing dead, Now everyone got a change of heart and treated him like shit, They are ready to kill him but she the grand commander ordered to let him go.. " You saved me once... so i will let you go today... Go and live with your shame..... You deserve no fast death.. You deserve a prolonged suffering"...
Little did she know, Rykar packed up and left the stronghold with a big smile and being proud of himself and not broken like she expected, He joined the warfare as a weak man and left as a strong man. He learned alot about himself and got huge self confidences and new experience that will serve him good in the future, He wasn't really sad about what happened, He remembered the good times when performed well in battle and got promoted in return, Also leading entire army and saving as much lives as possible that day.
The end