Story #42

The rumors were too tempting to ignore. The commander was summoned by the king and ordered to investigate. An island one hundred kilometers off their coastline, uninhabited and said to be the last unclaimed territory on the planet. An entire legion of the kingdom's best men were led by the commander to claim it in their most benevolent leader's name. They arrived only to be captured by a large force operated by a rival nation. The enemy leader explained that the rest of their army was already burning the commander's capital city to the ground as they spoke.