"What, they know." Mr Heart said before he turned and fled. Jake had turned around as well, staring up at the approaching men before twisting around and racing behind the medicine man."Kill!"Dozens of bandits gave chase through the woods. Knowing this territory like the back of their hands, they quickly cut a hundred metres distance to about fifty metres in just mere minutes. Seeing the bandits getting closer, Mr Heart changed direction, cutting through a small rocky hill with Jake on his heels."Old man, where the hell are we headed to now!" Jake yelled as he added speed. The due ducked and avoided many rocks, jumping over some before they reached a descending steep hill.The medicine man looked down the dusty intimidating and descending steep hill and looked back at the oncoming crowds. Jake soon caught up and looked down as well."What the hell?" Jake cried, looking at that, one could fall to their death if they were not careful."Either we jump, or we die.""What?"The old man
"Aishantha, get into the Carriage, let's go. You know very well the war we just encountered for your sake. Your Majesty is waiting to see you, please don't make it difficult for me," the general begged.The beautiful woman looked at him coldly and sighed."General Blake, how can you beg this woman? We have bled for this woman, a ninth of the army perished for her sake, and you still have to beg her?" Another man confronted the general.'Damn it,' Blake had a headache, 'why did his majesty give me this foolish second in command who goes against me everywhere? If he hadn't performed well in the fight against the King of Thermes, I would have killed him long time ago.'General Blake Shelton was enraged and shouted, "who asked you to speak? George Rage, do you want to die?"When the rest of the men heard their general threaten, they quickly stepped forward, drawing our their weapons.George smiled akwardly and stepped back. At this moment, the men heard a thousand gallops coming from the
"Stop fighting!" General Blake shouted, lifting his arm up in surrender.Seeing this, Ithel lifted his arm up as well, "Stop fighting!" Both sides halted simultaneously and retraced back to their side.Ithel had glanced around for the old man and couldn't see him nor the young man anywhere. He had been anxious to stop the fight but didn't know how to do it. Now that the other party volunteered to stop the fighting, he obliged without hesitation."You…" Ithel pointed at Blake and shouted, "why did you meddle in our business? Now you let our two fugitives escape!"What?The general was stunned. "Didn't you just ambush us for the right to the Princess, don't talk nonsense." The general decided to hide the womans identity and call her a princess instead of a future Queen."What Princess?" Ithel was puzzled. "Didn't you clearly see us chasing two people? And you got involved without asking any questions. I tell you, if I don't catch those two people you will have to explain to the boss wh
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