King Astius kept on attacking to keep King Marcellus' attention on him. He was buying Ado enough time to execute his plan. Ado quickly thrust the tip of his sword on the ground, leaving it there standing in front of him. He grabbed the bloodstained bow near his feet and also took two arrows, positioning it carefully on the bowstring as he stretched it backwards. He could hear it creaked as though it would break upon stretching it. However, when King Marcellus almost turned around because of the strong thwack that King Astius gave him which he almost lost his grasp on his sword, Ado's concentration was disturbed. "Let me go!" King Ambrose suddenly squeaked who has been quiet while the fight was still going on due to exhaustion. It was because he saw the scene and Ado was almost caught by King Marcellus. Fortunately, he managed to catch King Marcellus' attention and prevented him to fully turn around. Though King Marcellus never said a word, he co
Kalen and Ado found King Astius first. King Ambrose was nowhere to be seen so they had to separate ways. Ado presented to assist King Astius and so, Kalen had no choice but to find King Ambrose by himself. Both of them had agreed that Ado must head first to the said place according to Ferlah. Of course, it wasn't that easy for Ado to break through the criss-crossing weapons on his way. However, he managed to get through it despite of having minor wounds as some enemies recognized him and the king. King Astius was a huge person and Ado could barely took steps forward because of the heavy weight on his back. But after almost crawling away from the battlefield, a breath of relief escaped from his mouth. As he walked further, silence began to take over the defeaning noise that used to absorbed deep into the veins of ears. Until he could no longer see the battlefield, he finally gave up. With his knees fell first on the hard, parched ground, warm sweats fell off from his for
King Astius had a fast recovery than King Ambrose. After three days, he can sat himself up on his bed, defying the physician's words. He wasn't allowed to do so to avoid disturbing his wounds whenever he moves. But because of his reason that his back was already hurting from lying and that he felt like it was already glued on the bed so he wanted to take a walk for awhile for fresh air, the physician allowed him to sit but never to get out of bed. "How's King Ambrose?" he asked the physician who was now packing up his things to leave. "He's doing well now, your majesty. He's now out of danger." "That's good to hear." "Fortunately, your majesty. He must've went through a lot that caused him to lose all of his strength." King Astius let out a deep sigh as he leaned his back on the headboard. He knew that King Marcellus tried to take suck King Ambrose's soul in the battlefield through the whip. "Do you think he will wake up before a week would pass?" He was concerned if King Amb
"Aw! Ouch! Grandpa, slow down! Wait! Aw!" Keir cried as he throw himself under the shade of the oak tree. His face twisted in pain while he was massaging his knee. "I think I have to break all my bones first before an actual battle." He groaned bitterly, dismayed at the rough training. He's been doing this right after his wounds were healed but he barely progressed. It's been a week since Bo saved him and Prince Zaeius back at the border of Saortias. And right after Bo knew that Keir is the guardian, he had presented to personally train him. While Prince Zaeius was still on a recovering phase, Keir had done so much for the last seven days. And right now, Prince Zaeius was squatting on the porch's floor, restraining his laughter behind his pressed lips upon seeing Keir's reaction. Bo strided closer to Keir and immediately thrusted the wooden pole that they used as substitute for weapons during the practice. Keir was extremely te
"Alright. That's all for today. You're improving very well," the teacher said as he picked the scrolls and put it back on his satchel. "Thank you, teacher. I better use this opportunity wisely as it won't come to easily without his majesty's idea. " Kalen bowed at the presence of the teacher. "A wise choice of a wise person, indeed," the teacher praised him upon swinging the satchel's sling on his shoulder. Suddenly, they heard multiple claps. When they turned around to find out who it was, they were surprised to see King Astius. Behind him were four men, fully armed and wearing serious faces. Two of them wore the soldier's uniform while the other two wore that of the bodyguard's. "Your majesty," they greeted him and bowed politely. They were caught in surprise and wonder what the king was doing in the training grounds this time especially that he was such a busy person. He even visited rarely during the mil
"Your highness! Your highness!" The maid suddenly barged through the door of the chamber, catching her breath. Princess Jiyanah bolted on her seat as she closed the book that she's been reading for a while though not a single word sunk in her mind. It almost gave her a heart attack. Her mind had been lingering nowhere, concered and worried about not hearing any news from her parents. The fact that none of the soldiers came back from the battle, it sent her so much fear and cost her sleepless nights for the whole week. "What happened?" she asked her, ignoring the manners of the maid. She understood the maid's panic. "They're... they're taking Méah and Prince Anouk to the trial grounds!" The maid shrieked, sweat went rolling down her moist cheeks. "What?!" Princess Jiyanah's heart skipped a beat. The 'trial grounds' could only mean one thing. However, trials couldn
As the screams of fear and outrage of the crowd bellowed throughout every corners of the trial ground, Prince Anouk thought to himself that he have to find a way to escape death even though it was already impossible. He was willing to do everything. At least to give himself a few minutes to live. "Then what about her?! She had killed more lives than me and yet you're pushing the blame on everything to me! I can't believe this rotten kingdom of the east was too blinded to see the truth and failed to weigh the situation!" Prince Anouk shrieked, full of bitterness while pointing at Méah. Méah breath hastened as she gave Prince Anouk a glare. Princess Jiyanah stepped forward upon hearing his claim and stood beside the king who was now holding himself back. The princess looked like she has something to say but did not have the strength to spill it out. "What did you say?! Do you want that filthy tongue of yours
As the sun arose higher from the mountains in the east and it's breath grew warmer, a carriage stopped in front of the dungeon. The coachman went down and opened the door. The maid went out first and extended her hand to Princess Jiyanah to guide her down the carriage. Princess Jiyanah was holding a blue box with her other hand. It wasn't heavy so she personally carried it since the maid was the one who held the umbrella over them as they walked to the dungeon's entrance. The soldiers guarding there greeted her politely and did not asked anything. They must have known what had happened back at the trial ground yesterday. After the maid folded the umbrella back and left it on one of the guards, they proceeded their way in. Méah sat at one of the dark corners of the dungeon with her back laid on the cold wall of rocks. In front of her was a tray of food and a glass of water. She noticed that since this morning, she did not rece