By this time, the sun ad set and it was dark, Jake and Aishantha sat by the fire as Jake told her his story. Knowing she was from Paris, he held back from informing her about the Prince of Paris' involvement.After listening to Jake's story with Dohana, Aishantha was dissapointed. After traveling with Jake for a few hours, she had felt an intimate affection for him. But to hear him profess his love for another woman, she didn't know how to behave.Aishantha suddenly stood up and said, "well, it's time for us to part ways.""What? What are you talking about?" Jake also stood up.As she dusted herself, Aishantha said, "we're clearly meant to go our different paths. I can't follow you anymore.""You're being hunted by those men, you're safer with me," Jake said stunned."No," Aishantha folded her arms and pouted away. "You're too much trouble, not only are you wanted by thugs, you're also wanted by the royal family. So much trouble, how can I travel with you?" After she spoke, she start
When the sound rattled, the ground shook as a dozen horses galloped away. "Iaaaaahhh!"Jake added speed and was shocked to see the speed of his horse. In no time, he and Ian Crow were ahead of the race. When Ian Crow saw this, his face changed. He hadn't believed that a new comer would be his rival so early in the race. After a few minutes of racing, the two rivals were still evenly matched, leaving the others way behind. Seeing the threat, Ian Crow took out a weapon, he pushed it open with a click and it stretched out to the size of three metres all of a sudden.Before Jake could realise what happened, he saw the weapon fly out and smash his chest. The overwhelming force knocked Jake back and only managed to hold on to the reigns of the horse, his legs suspended in mid-air.Ian Crow showed a wicked smile as he sped ahead of the race.'Playing dirty huh?' Jake finally understood the man's boasts.Jake mastered enough strength to pull himself over the horse and yanked the reigns wi
Suddenly, a shout came out and two men rode two horses past the crowd. The crowd was even more shocked when they saw a man hanging on the reigns of one of the horses. "My name is Davidson Cook and this is my partner Steven Ray. We were by the river where that little girl drowned and we saw everything. At that time, we chased this crook all the way to the river where he grabbed the little girl and threatened her as a hostage. But we didn't expect the little girl to be so brave, she bit him and out of rage, he threw her deep into the river. We tried to save the little girl but he stopped us. Our efforts to apprehend him failed and he knocked us down repeatedly. That was until this little brother arrived and helped us. So, this little brother won the race.""What? Foolishness""Nonsense, if he was winning the race, then how come he didn't return to win it first?" "Brother Crow won this thing hands down!"Ian Crows entourage stood up to speak for him. Jake was stunned to see these peop
"How's this possible?""Our champion is the culprit?""So absurd. We'd rather die than give up our own."Without waiting for their reaction, Ithel continued, "hand him over to me and we shall take our leave.""There shall be no such handover," Mr Cook stood forward with his hands behind his back. "Yes, he speaks the truth." The official stood beside Mr Cook. "You bandits have terrorised our town for many years. We should be arresting you lot right away. Why should we hand over any of our people to you?"As the words dropped, the crowd roared angrily.Seeing this scene, Ithel nervously glared at the people, who were so numerous that they outnumbered them twenty times over. Sweat began to trickle down his face.Seeing this scene, Jake smiled and said, "no need for violence. You say I have wronged you. Why don't you tell them the truth that you robbed me and my benefactor. You even stole my horse, where's my white horse?"Hearing this, the crowd was convinced that the bandits were on th
In a low-class bar, situated in the central town of El-Tarter, Jake kept downing a few glasses of alcohol. "Perhaps you should tone it down, champ," said an old man in his fifties with a beard that covered his whole face. It was Davidson Cook. As he spoke, he stroked his beard before he took a gulp off his cup himself. Steve Ray smiled wryly, "if you hadn't won a few gold coins earlier, he wouldn't had agreed to join you for drinks. He's more anxious about cashing in on our bounty."Jake smiled and glanced at the people around the table. "How could you not celebrate the champ? Besides, wasn't your stomach rumbling all the way here? Infact, I don't care about you lot. As long as Emily and Aishantha have eaten, I don't mind." Jake smiled at Emily and Aishantha who sat opposite him eating a few plates of a scrumptious meal. "By the way, even though he is your prisoner, he still has to eat right? Or you want to be dragging a half dead man back to the palace?" Jake spoke as he took pi
For the first time, Davidson Cook and Steven Ray glanced at each other incredulously. This time, the difference was that they actually believed Jake."Mr Larson," Mr Cook stared at Jake with disbelief, "I heard about a rumour of a young man that returned from overseas with the Princess. It was said that the Princess herself acknowledged that young man as her furure-husband at the gate of the royal house a week ago. If those rumours are true, could you be that young man?"Hearing this, Jake smiled, "don't tell me that's all you heard. Didn't you hear that that same young man marched to the Celtic army with the royal guards and forced them to return beyond the barrier again?"This time, even the crook next to Steven Ray was astonished. His eyes buldged out. Mr Cook was stunned, staring at Jake blankly. He swallowed hard and said, "don't tell me, you're…""Even I heard about that," Dan Brown finally spoke. Jake was surprised, even criminals kept their ear to the ground?Even the two dr
"What? Jake Larson lives? That idiot again?" Prince Dominic cried, bafflement written on his face.'That Jake really? Even kidnapped the Emperors woman?'"Prince, do you know the man?" The Emperor was puzzled, staring at the man blankly.Prince Dominic turned to face him, "your majesty, that's the same rascal that nearly stole my wife from under my nose."Huh?The Emperor's face was agape, his eyes narrowed as he quickly understood something. "Do you mean this is the same man who deceived my general into believing he was you and sent my army back behind the border?""That's him," Prince Dominic clenched his fist angrily. "I didn't expect that he escaped all the way to the border to even interfere with your Majesty's affairs."'That man must have a death wish, first he tries to steal his wife, now he steals mine? Could he have done this deliberately?'"Bold, how bold of him," the emperor gritted his teeth and then turned towards the Prince with a scowl. "Didn't you say you would take c
Raek Sheen glanced at Dan Brown, then back at Ithel Fitler.'This must be true then.'Ithel looked coldly at Dan Brown. "Speaking of which, this rebel was with the people who have the black thunder when we discovered it."Ithel still remembered seeing Dan Brown hand-cuffed by the bounty-hunters but what he couldn't phantom was how could he have escaped so quickly?"Why don't you say it clearly? I was hand-cuffed by the bounty-hunters when you saw me," Dan said as he glowered at the shorter Ithel."So if you were arrested, how did you get set free?" Ithel frowned."Why don't you shut up let me explain it to the boss?" Dan Brown said as he turned to Raek Sheen. "Boss, so what happened was that, during the raid, I spotted the black thunder and chased the men who rode it out of that village. But as expected of the black thunders speed, he managed to escape and I went from town to town trying to find him. Unfortunately, I delivered myself to the door when I ran into the bounty hunters a we