[Prologue]

  As the sounds of boots stomping the earth fills the air, the world stood in silence.

  A figure walked to the podium, standing proud infront of the army.

  "It is of my condolence, that the people of Trania are suffering under the regime of cruelty for the past 50 years. The weakness and cowardice of the former leaders before me will not be tolerated. I swear in my name that I shall free the people of Trania and install a fairer government that are willing to cooperate for the sake of maintaining world peace. As such, I, Emperor of the Imperial State declare war on Trania."

  The army roars in support as the perspective switch to the eyes of the citizen of Trania.

  Two men can be seen guarding the wall.

  "Hey, Nimeh, got a light?", a Tranian soldier walked over to the other soldier.

  Nimeh: "You should quit smoking, gonna make your kid real sad if you got sick. Got some things on your mind, Zanpar?", he hand over a lighter to Zanpar.

  Zanpar: "The Imperial State had been really aggressive lately, makes me worry if they would declare war. I don't want Trania to end up like Traq.", he say as puffs his cigarette.

  Nimeh: "You don't need to worry about that, they've been saying that for decades and I don't see shit happening. Plus, if they do, then it is obvious that they are invading for no reason. That's a problem for the 'U.C', (Universal Council) to deal with.

  Zanpar: "Relying on them is like asking a dog to fly a plane. Act like they are for all but I only see them helping some nations. Hell, it barely do shit at all even if they do came."

  Nimeh: "You should quit being in the military already, spend more time with your daughter, she's turning six this month right? What're you gonna get her for her birthday?"

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  Zanpar: "Ain't me coming back home is enough of a present?",chuckles.

  Nimeh: "Meh, I'd say it's a punishment to see your ugly mug after a long time."

  Zanpar: "Well atleast I got married and have kid."

  Nimeh: "Love sure is blind."

  The two laughed together.

  Suddenly, the siren blares.

  Nimeh: "Huh?"

  Zanpar: "A drill?"

  INCOMING!!

  An artillery shell struck the wall without notice.

  Nimeh: "Holy shit..."

  ...Meh...Ni...meh...

  Nimeh turn to his right side, he saw a pool of blood, and a leg that was used to be attached to Zanpar.

  Nimeh: "...Zanpar..?", he was stunned.

  Zanpar: "...Ni..meh...h...h.elp...", Zanpar tried to reach out to Nimeh, he doesn't even realized his wrist was dangling off by a piece of his flesh that wasn't fully torn by the blast.

  RETREAT!!!RETREAT!!!!

  Other soldiers started running away from the wall.

  A medic ran towards the two.

  Medic: "Stop standing there and run!!"

  Nimeh looks around, the medic started lifting Zanpar and carried him on his back all the while tugging Nimeh's arm to shook him out of it.

  Nimeh didn't regain his composure and instead simply let himself be dragged by his arm as he quickly follow the medic's pace.

  A month later, in a television broadcast.

  The world was affected by the sudden invasion of Trania from the Imperial State.

  Trania immediately blockade the Gulf of Trania, effectively blocking 50% of the world's oil from leaving the region.

  The blockade didn't only affect the future of the Imperial State, but also other nations that were completely uninvolved with the conflict as many nations rely on the oil going from the gulf.

  It was the start of a crisis that the world would fail to see until it was too late.

  The broadcast was turned off as the perspective change to a silhouette of a man hanging on a noose reflected on the screen of the television.

  On the table lays newspapers with many headlines.

  "Oil prices skyrocket, countless farms and factories suffer oil shortages."

  "Farms cannot afford to process enough food supplies, 'We cannot keep up with the demands.'"

  "Food supplies plummet as food distributing nations imposed strict export laws."

  "Iron Order is implemented, all resources will be distributed to citizen sparingly, refusal to comply will result in capital punishment under the act of treason."

  "Imperial State vote to continue war, expected to be for a whole year."

  "Iron masks were distributed as air around the city became very polluted due to mass deforestation for farming area."

  "National Emergency was declared, The Iron Order's are absolute.Failure to comply will be seen as treason of highest decree."

  ...

  Where should I run away to?