i have lived a thousand years chapter 1 summary

The Keves army reaches the target first and begin to fire on a cloaked ship, with Agnus troops not far behind. Since Noah likes to see off the enemy if their off-seer is dead, they tend to get left behind, and they must make the trek on foot back home yet again. He grew up in a friend group of himself, Lanz, Eunie, and Joran today, he fights in a unit with Lanz, Eunie, Riku, and Mwamba. The narrator, Noah, is an 'off-seer', one who plays a flute melody to honour the dead (by battle or by Homecoming). They only live up to ten years (called 'terms'), and those who survive that long are honoured in a Homecoming by the Queen as they fade away. People are 'born' as child soldiers, said to be from the Queen of the country, and know nothing but fight. In this world, Aionios, killing the enemy faction empowers one's own with their life force. The battle is eventually won by Keves, and the Agnus machines are depleted and fall. Keves is the side wearing black and blue, while Agnus is in white and yellow. A battlefield comes into view, with footsoldiers and giant machines on both sides. Across an unknown landscape, spherical chunks of terrain vanish in flashes of light. In a starry abyss, two masses of energy meet. He looks up to see a planet in the sky, its shadow casting over the land. The clock strikes six, and time stops for all but one of the children. A group of four kids dashes through a dense crowd awaiting the Queen's Anniversary.

I have lived a thousand years chapter 1 summary