Ruka, joined by General Solon Jhee and Lord Grayton, stood just at the outskirts of the little town, Ryube.

"Well then, let's make it snappy," Ruka said and sent a man, disguised as a Jowston into the town. They waited for 15 minutes and a fire started in the middle of the town.

Ruka smiled at this current state of event and stated.

"The fire is in the middle of the town."

The Highlanders entered the town in a quick and swift motion. Upon entering, they striked at the people right in front of them with absolutely no mercy. Ruka entered with Solon Jhee and Grayton minutes after the soldiers have made theirs. They walked slowly into the town while Ruka shouted for them to take the ones that you can as prisoners for instant execution. The height of Ruka's morbid thinking scares Grayton. He was here to see for himself, Ruka in action.And now he knows, that Ruka is truly a monster.

The children who tried to run past Ruka gets their heads chopped off or their legs. One of the children, actually took a rock and threw it to Ruka. That kid missed, of course and hit Grayton on the head instead. But Grayton just leave it as it is and didn't even try to defend himself and lets the child pelt him with the small rocks that the child can carry. It doesn't hurt to get hit by the rock, but it did hurt to see Ruka sliced the child in half. Tears was welling up on Grayton's eyes.

The horrible events, happening right in front of him.

Ryube is finally burned. The attempts of delaying this inevitable cause for maybe the people of Ryube to vacate the city failed. The people are dying, the houses are burning anf the children are crying. The blood is streaming all over the ground. Splattering here and there, making a huge mark or violence.

The soldiers, going left and right, killing, while Grayton, standing beside Solon Jhee, who also is trying not to spill the blood of innocents in his hand it seems by only giving them major injuries that would for sure not kill the people or disable them for life, is starting to cry.

Ruka looked at the old man, who is now on the ground, crying. Ruka lifted him up, and then gave him something to think about. Ruka hugged him.

Grayton was shocked by this. What is the purpose of this? He looked at Ruka's eyes, and reminded him of something far far back. A time where Ruka was still a child. The small innocent child before the bad things happened in his life. Ruka pushed himself away from Grayton and smiled. Not a devilish smile, or a sinister smile, but a simple and yet, outgoing smile.

But the face suddenly morphed into something despicable and his eyes turned fiery red and the smile into that horrible laugh. Ruka turned around and walked further into the village, killing everyone who was begging for mercy beside and decapitating the people who tried to defend themselves.

Solon Jhee helped Grayton up and comforted Grayton. Grayton shrugged and pushed himself politely away from Solon Jhee. He looked at Ruka who was walking further and further from him and slicing everyone before him. He then slowly, trembling with disgust, follows with Solon Jheenot far behind him.

The invasion of Ryube have settled down a bit, though the fires are still burning, and there are still these two prisoners before him. One of them, a bald man with a big moustache was begging at Ruka for mercy and to let him go. Ruka was sure some people got away from this massacre, so Ruka simply just said to the old man,

"You're a compensation."

And then sliced open the man's throat. Blood gushed out of it in a fast and furious motion and the man gurgled as the liquid of his life and energy is slowly draining away from him. The man fell onto the floor with a loud thump.

"How about you?" Ruka turned to the woman who was also kneeling in front of Ruka. But she didn't say a word until Ruka raised his sword into the air. The woman begged and screamed for mercy, "Please don't kill me, please! I'll do anything!"

"Anything?" Ruka asked, interested to see if she would indeed do anything, "Then, act like a pig!"

The woman kneeled silenced and looked at Ruka wide eyed. Act like a pig? Is this crazy maniac serious? He would let me live if I act like a pig? Just then Ruka raised his sword, and instict took over her ad she started to crawl around the aroung, oinking at every second.

Ruka looked at this woman and laughed. She is in desperate need to live. Sad. Why would anyone want to live in this godforsaken country is beyond Ruka. As the woman stopped and kneeled again in front of Ruka, with eyes pleading for him to let her go now. Ruka then decided.

"DIE PIG!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" and Ruka gave down two deadly blows right on her chest using his sword. She doubled back at the blood gushing out of her body and then fell to the floor as her life drains out of her.

"SEARCH THE VILLAGE! BURN THE PLACE TO THE GROUND! LET EVEN THE SANDS OF THE GROUND BE ASHES!!!" Ruka ordered his soldiers and then gave out his maniacal laugh.

The massacre is over.

The fire starts to go out. Grayton looked back at the town and cried again as he sees the bodies of women and children on the ground. Solon Jhee then came to Grayton and comforted him. Letting him know that it had to be done. The Jowstons deserve this. Though from the intonation in his voice, Grayton knows that even the Great Solon Jhee despised this massacre. Even he doesn't believe the word he uttered.

Grayton can only dream. Grayton can only dream that.... maybe this... is it. Maybe, just maybe...

The massacre is over.