Time: [???]

Year: [???]

POV: [???]

The sun is shining as bright as the stars in the sky. The wind has a smell of lavender. the sky is as blue as the ocean. the cloud is pale as the horizon. Children were playing in the City Square, people smiling while talking to each other, women in the river washing their families clothes, men tilting the ground trying to make a living for themselves, the smell of tasty foods coming from afar. Men and women were dancing to the rhythm of the music. "Ah, what a wonderful day if only I don't have this troublesome of a job." At a far distance, I saw a man running towards me at a blistering speed. I certainly just hope he's not here for that damn lousy job again.

"Sir!"

A man stood tall in front of me, he's a thin person with dry lips as if he is not drinking enough water, and he is full of sweat as if he ran for a very long time.

"Sir, what are you doing? you have a task to accomplish, you're the chancellor of the nation, you can't just stroll around outside, I am afraid to say this to you sir, but you must come back immediately"

"And, why is that?"

"Well I have good news and bad news, Sir, the bad news, Sir, is that inflation has risen again, and agricultural production has also dropped, the armaments factory that was recently built has broken down again, and there was a fire in the commercial buildings at the City Fare Sir,"

"Well, I'll be damned! Why is everything falling for god's sake!"

"Uhh, Sir there's good news the research that you have decided to fund almost half of our budget, have born fruition, they were able to open up a gate towards a new world!"

"Great! Half of our budget didn't go to waste, after all, so have you send in a squad to survey the area on the opposite side of the gate?"

"Yes Sir! According to their reports, it looks like the other side is filled with natural resources, and most surprisingly it almost looks the same as Ares Sir, but with different types of trees possible of different variants of the same species Sir"

"I see I see, how about the inhabitants?

"According to the reports, Sir the inhabitants bore the same physique as those of the inhabitants of our planet Sir"

So this might be easy after all I thought to myself

"We haven't established a contact with them yet, right?"

"Yes Sir, we haven't made contact with them yet and the gate is covered with camouflage, to protect it from unsuspecting inhabitants"

"Good! Alright then I'll go to my office and set up an expeditionary force towards the other side of the gate, and call Field Marshall Edwards we'll be having a little talk, I will let him lead the forces to the other side"

"Will do Sir"

"FOR THE EMPIRE!"

"FOR THE EMPIRE!"

I got up from my chair and walked towards the palace it has great architecture and is very tall with multiple rooms that could occupy thousands of people from what I've heard this building is a palace from an ancient kingdom from the past when the continent hasn't been united yet, it is a very glamourous palace, the King must have been very rich to be able to build such a grand palace.

I opened the door to the palace and there I saw Edward

"Edward!"

"Yes, Sir"

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Time: [0600]

Year [1245 AD]

POV: [Edward]

Darkness enveloped all around me, as I open my eyes, the light breaks through, as if heaven and earth have clashed down before me. I raised my arms, it is filled with scratches and past wounds from battlefields, it ain't easy to earn the rank of field marshall, I went through hell and back just to earn this.

I have lost many friends and families from the war of unification "If there were ever be another war inside this nation, I would do my best as the Field Marshall to lessen the casualties and end the fight as soon as possible." I casually thought about it.

I stood up from the bed and looked at the mirror, it is a man that has seen many horrors in life, that's me. Willhelm Edward that's the name that I inherited from my deceased father and mother, they were killed back in the war of unification, our home was within the range of artillery fire, there my father and mother met their end crushed by the rubble, only I got saved.

Since then I enlisted in the military and rose through the rank of Field Marshall through sheer bravery and courage to fight.

Time is running I must go out now, and as I have thought about that there was a knock on the door, I open the door it was a man that was very sweaty as if he ran back and forth the entire nation.

"Is there something of the matter?"

"Good day Sir! The Chancellor has called for you to the meeting room"

"Alright then" I answered back to the man

As I have answered the man I heard a voice

"Edward!"

"Yes Sir!"

it was the Chancellor, he is a grumpy old funny guy, but he has a good intuition that you can trust, he is also a bit witty.

As he walked forward he said:

"Let's go lad we have something to talk about in the office"

"Yes Sir"

As we walked down the hallway, I noticed there was a thick atmosphere around the hallways it is almost suffocating, and then we arrived at the office, and I opened the door for the Chancellor. after we got in he immediately started talking about the current issue.

"So Edwards, I have decided to let you lead the expeditionary army beyond the gate, the gates research was completed earlier" (He said)

"So the research was already completed Sir," I said

"Yes Edwards, the research has been completed, and I believe there will be a lot of riches beyond the other side of the portal, and I trust you and on your ability to be able to procure the resources, as you can see our nation is in a very precarious situation."

I do understand the situation but it is very hard to believe that the man who spent half of the fund of the nation on a single research, has indeed succeeded, looks like he does have a good intuition.

"We have already sent survey squads to the other side of the gate Edwards, it looks like it is promising"

"I see sir" I replied

"I will give you as a task that you have to establish connections through the other side of the gate and acquire resources whether, through the means of war or diplomacy, this is a very important matter to our nation, as the resources from the other side can save us from collapsing, and bring us to the world stage once again, do you understand Edward?"

while we were thinking about what to do in the current situation, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

"Who's there!"

"Sir! we have grave news!"

"What is it?"

"Sir! The United Federation of Wilhelmshaven has started skirmishes on our borders sir!"

"Oh Blimey, Those damn bastards! Quick! Round up the defences were not letting these bastards take advantage of our nations economical turmoil!"

"Edward!"

"Yes Sir!"

"Quick! the expeditionary force is already prepared to move out. Lead them!"

"Yes Sir!"

I see so that's why I've been feeling a thick atmosphere in the palace, the Federation has started skirmishes on our borders, and that's why I need to go now and lead the men to the other side of the so-called gate, wherever would that lead us, but it must be done, it is for the empire!

As I am walking towards the front of the expeditionary force I saw the faces of my men, they are full of excitement for some adventure, "heh" I said, this will be fun and as I arrived at the front I looked once more on my men then I shouted:

"MARCH FOR THE EMPIRE!!"

And then we started marching towards the gate.

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Kaiser Phil here, hey guys thanks for taking the time to read the prologue of my webnovel, I hope I can see you again guys in the next time, btw I just started writing so once again forgive me for any grammatical mistakes, Kaiser out!