📖 EDITION 27 — "THE WHISPERING WAR"
Season 1
Opening Scene
Two months had passed since the first attack.
No major battle had occurred.
Yet...
The Headquarters looked worse than after the First War.
Walls had been repaired countless times.
Supply routes constantly changed.
Nobody slept peacefully anymore.
Every sound made the soldiers reach for their weapons.
The war had already begun...
Just not the way anyone expected.
Headquarters – Council Chamber
The Writer stared at a map filled with red marks.
Every attack had been small.
Every attack had succeeded.
Writer
"They're not attacking our walls anymore..."
The Dreamer looked confused.
Dreamer
"Then what are they attacking?"
The Writer slowly answered.
Writer
"Our minds."
Silence filled the room.
Johan's Game
Deep within the forests...
Johan stood beside a campfire.
He wasn't holding a weapon.
Only a notebook.
Inside it...
Every detail about the Headquarters.
Guard rotations.
Supply routes.
Personal habits.
Weaknesses.
He smiled.
Johan
"A fortress doesn't fall because its walls break..."
He closed the notebook.
Johan
"...it falls because its people stop trusting each other."
The Rumors
Days later...
Strange rumors spread throughout Headquarters.
"Someone is leaking information."
"There's a traitor among us."
"Nemesis already knows every plan."
Nobody knew who started them.
Nobody knew if they were true.
But everyone heard them.
The Dreamer noticed the change immediately.
Soldiers began questioning one another.
Friends argued.
Commanders became suspicious.
Dreamer
"This isn't like us..."
Forgotten Version
"Fear changes people."
Night Raid
That evening...
A loud explosion echoed through Headquarters.
BOOM!!
Everyone rushed toward the eastern gate.
They found...
Nothing.
No enemy.
No damage