Nencho: Steel Legs

By J.J.Terberger

A walking tank is a man's best friend. A friend that thrives in the fires of war.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.J.Terberger
• Release date: Jan 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224384983

J.J.Terberger

Sci-Fantasy MAESTRO and History DEVOURER. Goobercoded. I am autism. Christ FANATIC. https://jjterbergerspace.neocities.org/

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Nencho: Steel Legs

Gray, cloudy skies premiered the oncoming downpour, soaking the bleach white ground far below. The soil soon became a reflection of the sky, patches of  yellow-pigmented plants becoming little islands in a rolling sea of gray. Rain patters against the roof of a log hut, resting beside a field full of ripe, yellow uzbek melons. The hut’s door slowly opens, a strong clean shaven brunet man, barely older than an adolescent, tip-toeing out. He was wearing a brown coat with a leather belt wrapped around his waist, tan baggy pants, gray felt boots and a broadcloth cap. The man has a cloth sack slung over his shoulder, laden with all his personal belongings. Once he was far enough from the hut, he quickened his pace, trudging along the muddy road towards a village off in the distance. The man heard echoes of something like a fair in the village; the banging and crashing of a band muffling the rush of a hundred men crowding the village. The few dozen denizens of this normally quiet village were displaced by the noise, most forming groups under yellow leaf trees seeded along the road. The man approached one group of older villagers.

Have they left yet? The young man asks an old farmer.

Did your father finally let you leave? The farmer smiled as he asked the young man.

The young man looked away, a dogged look on his face.

"You’ll break your mother’s heart... they’re still waiting for the rest of the villages