Whennewso□aninvadingarmyrea□hed□l□oria,Marcus□asthefirstto□ol□nte□rtodefe□d□ishomeland.Withhisswo□d□nhandan□armor□hini□□inthesunli□ht,h□ro□eou□tomeetth□enemy□n□h□battlefiel□.T□eoddsw□re□gainsthim,b□tMarcu□□s□n□aver□ngre□ol□egav□hop□tohiscomradesa□ds□r□ck□earintothehe□rtsofhisfoes. W□enne□sofa□i□v□di□□armyre□□hedA□□□ri□,Marcusw□sth□firsttovolunteertodefendhish□□ela□d.Wi□h□□s□□□rdinhandandarmorshininginth□su□light,he□ode□ut□□meettheenemyonthebatt□ef□eld.Theo□dswereagainsthim,butMarcus'□unwav□ringres□lve□a□ehopet□□isco□radesands□r□c□f□arintotheheartsof□isfoes. <□>Wh□nnewsof□ninvad□ngarmy□eachedAl□oria,Marcuswasth□f□□sttovo□unteert□defen□□ishomeland.Wi□hhisswordinhandan□ar□or□hininginthesunli□ht,herodeouttomeettheen□myontheb□ttle□□eld.T□eodds□er□a□ainsthim,butMarc□s□□unwaveringresolv□g□veho□etohiscomra□esandst□uckfea□int□□hehe□rtsofhisf□e□.□□p□ W□ennewsofa□□nvad□n□ar□□reachedAldoria,□a□cuswa□t□efirsttovolunteertodefe□dhis□omeland.Withhissw□rdinhanda□d□rmorshininginthesunlight,he□o□e□utt□meetth□ene□yontheb□ttlefield.Theo□□sw□reagainsthim,butM□rcus'□unwaveringresolve□av□□op□toh□scomrad□san□str□ck□earintoth□heartsofhisfo□s.