Chapter 187

The minotaur had jumped on the manticore and was wrestling both it tail and it's head at the same time. Lyle could not believe his eyes and was frozen where he stood. Soon the minotaur had the manticore in a head lock with one arm, and still had it's tail. The minotaur's grip on the tail seemed to be keeping the manticore from being able to fire it's spikes. The manticore yowled and tried to roll over to get the minotaur off, but the chains did not allow it to do any more than roll to it's side.

The King stood up. He was furious. "He is supposed to go after the challengers not the beasts that are in there to kill them!" He walked to the balcony again and yelled to the archers himself this time. He did not want to wait for the head guard to come up to the box. "SHOOT THEM!" He yelled with his arm pointing into the maze. The archers took aim, and let their arrows fly. Lyle moved around the hedge wall and used it as a little cover, while the mintaur took advantage of the ma