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
The fierce eyes of the opponents met as the horses dashed. Raek Sheen swerved to his right and pushed his lance towards the oncoming opponent. "Arg!" Having had no experience in this game, Jake didn't have time to dodge. Even with his shield raised, a virgorous stab from his opponent hit his shoulder, sending Jake collapsing from the horse. Fortunately, Jake held onto the reigns of the horse while his legs were suspended above the ground. "Oh no!" "Our hero was hit!" "He's holding on, he's holding on!" The crowd got excited and cheered while Mr Cook grimaced with displeasure. Pulling hard on the reigns of the horse, it finally came to a stop. Jake Larson heaved himself above the horse back and breathed a sigh of relief. The pain on his shoulder kept throbbing. "Ha ha ha!" Raek Sheen cackled loudly as he glanced at the people. "Is this your hero? Is that all you got kid?" Jake teared the rest of the cloth around his arm and was astounded to find no wound at all. Just now, he
'Is this how Jake wants to win? Hell, I didn't know this kid was this smart. He knows very well that I can't prove that he did this.' Raek cackled when he saw Jake trotting over. He cut off a piece of cloth and bandaged his wound."Kid, I should have known you were this cunning. Dare to trick me like this?" Raek said standing up.Jake couldn't understand what he spoke of, he had a wry smile as he retorted nonchalantly. "Mountain villain has the guts to make up stories when he's losing. What did I expect, anyway?"Seeing Jake this calm, Raek was seething with anger. "You won't win like this kid."When the words dropped, Raek walked towards the bandits and took some forearm guards to protect himself before jumping back onto his horse. Seeing this, Jake chuckled. "You think some vambraces can stop me. You must be dreaming."Above the horse, Raek put on his forearm guards and glared at Jake with a sneer."Come on kid, let me put an end to you at once."The two of them trotted back towar
Astounded faces stared at Jake and his company. The whole of El-Tarter has heard about the Celtic empire. And about how they landed on the shores of the Spanish kingdom with over a thousand ships. And for the past few years, have taken over most towns of the Spanish kingdom and now besieged the stronghold of the Spanish kingdom- the last big city. At this time, the same Celtic soldiers had gathered in their town. If they were to attack the Andorrian kingdom, wouldn't that mean the end of their country? "What's going on, did someone here really offended the Celts?" "It can't be. Even the Queen Mother of Andorra has to be cautious when she sees these people. Who could offend them so recklessly?" Among the crowd, Dan Brown was stupefied, staring at the soldiers intently. His eyes had caught sight of a familiar figure. 'I can't believe it, how did he get himself involved with the Celtic empire? Could it be...he was entangled just as I was?' Jake stared at the general and replied no
At this moment, everyone froze on the spot. A layer of sweat could be seen on general Blake's face. Although he was the general, he was still new in this role and he had been reluctant to attend formation lessons back at the camp. Now it seemed he had to use the little he remembered. Meanwhile, Jake was still startled, wondering what the old man was thinking. When their eyes met, the old man sensed his fear. "Kid, don't worry about it, when the time comes, he will take care of it." Mr Heart pointed at Raek Sheen. Jake nodded, feeling relieved. How could he have competed in formations when he had never trained on even one. Raek Sheen however, was startled by the developments. Wondering what was on the old man's thoughts. Although he was the leader of the resistance, he had never been a soldier. And it was the ex-soldiers who had left the Andorra palace who taught him battle formations in order to defeat the royals. His main aim was to take over the palace and rule it as the new King
Mr heart and Jake looked at each other in disbelief. If the emperor really showed up here, that would be serious trouble. Who didn't know the numerous number of capable generals that led a dozen battilions under the emperor? "Jake, don't listen to him. He's a very cunning man!" Aishantha shouted from the crowd. Hearing this, Shelton Blake's expression turned grim and he saw his opponents confidence return as they launched at him. He waved his sword to block as he retreated. In the midst of the fighting crowd, Jake saw an incredible scene, men ruthlessly fighting beside him. Sweat dripping down their cheeks, blood oozing out of their shoulders yet they displayed valour, killing each other ruthlessly. Shelton Blake could now see clearly that almost all his men were being defeated. He used his last ounce of strength to charge at the two men, drawing a powerful sword strike. But when the men avoided his attack, he was distraught. "General Blake, let me help you!" George Rage jumped d
"The organising games committee?" Jake asked, baffled as much as everyone else."Yes sir, this is the committee that plans and organises the games. Every year, the royal family pays the funds into the organising committees account and they make the necessary arrangements. If they cancel the games, it will be too late."Jake furrowed his brows and said, "then what are we waiting for, take us to them immediately.".At the Andorra Palace, Princess Dohana had been worrying for Jake for quiet a long time but eversince she found out he was still alive, she had tried her best to send word to him. Unfortunately, because of the Queen Mother who had blocked her connections, she couldn't move any of the guards at all. Even though she went through such hardships, she never gave up.At this moment on this hot afternoon, by the beautiful green royal garden, Princess Dohana had sneaked her way there. For a few minutes she had been patiently waiting. The royal garden was huge, about the size of a fo