"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
Knowing he was in danger, the old man quickly took out a lighter and a herb, and he carefully lit the herb under the table.At this time, the rest of the men surrounded the old man. Their leader pulled the old man's chair towards him and his eyes buldged out when he saw his face."Old man, it's you!" The leader said as he pulled out his sword. His men also followed suit."You and your friend kidnapped the Queen, where is she? Tell us, otherwise you're a dead man. Now, come with us."Mr Heart returned a wry smile as he stared at the men, still holding the burning herb with both hands. When the leader noticed the burning herb he frowned."I'm afraid I can't come with you," Mr Heart said, "you can stab me if you want."Hearing the mocking, the leader fumed with anger and he pushed his arm out to strike, but suddenly his arm was limp, couldn't exert out any strength.What?"You two, chop his arms off," the leader ordered when he noticed he couldn't do it himself. But what happened next s
Early the next morning, Prince Dominic was preparing to go out. He had arrived at the Andorra palace late the previous night. This morning, he had summoned one of his favourite guards and when there was a knock on the door, he stood up to open."My Prince," the guard saluted."Come in quickly," the Prince said as he poked his nose out to check the surroundings."My Prince asked me out, how can I be of service?""I've just got word that Jake Larson is still in Andorra with a woman. Go to every town and find him. When you do, do your best to take intimate pictures of him and the woman. And bring back the pictures to me immediately, do not confront him."The guard bowed, "I shall do as instructed, my Prince." The guard left as soon as the words dropped and a smile on Prince Dominic followed.Soon, there was another knock. The Prince opened to find a few servants at the door. They bowed politely and said, "we have seen the Prince. The Queen Mother sends word. Breakfast is ready and the Pr
When Jake and company finally arrived at El-Tarters huge playground field that stretched out towards the hills and to the lands that lay beyond it; they were overwhelmed when they saw the scene infront of them. Hundreds and hundreds of enemies stretched all the way back. Looking at them, they could fit almost two football fields. These bandits were on horseback, and behind them were those on foot, lined up in huge numbers, wearing battle armour and carrying shields and machetes; the blades shimmering against the bright blue sky, intimidating. Their battle aura had the thousands of people of El-Tarter gulping in fear. Inspite of that, a few of the people kept quarrelling against the bandits. "Are you here for war? Or are you here for the games?" "Yes, why are you carrying battle armour?" "Are you here to kill?" Seeing this, Jake frowned as he approached, pulling the black thunder along. Among the crowd, Jake and his friends pushed through to the front. Emily and Aishantha were st