While Harris was following them, he could notice and attest to the fact that those soldiers were good. They fought in a uniform manner, with every man watching the back of his neighbor. Their ears were wide open even while fighting, they did not allow the clashing sounds of weapons distract them from hearing the next command. It seemed as though they were deaf to the noise made by the striking together of weapons. All they heard were commands and would change their strategy at the sound of every command. They did not maintain any constant formation. From observing the Putrid squad fight and chase the orcs away, he told himself that he had a lot to learn. The manner in which they were coming up and down their horses was another thing he could not explain. Even their rides on their own proved to him that they were trained for that purpose. Most of all, at the end of the whole thing, he could notice that they lost about ten to five men only. And the squad did not march in their number. T

In order to find out what the promise to him was, he walked away from the other soldiers and Putrids. Only the Prince and Oliver walked with him since they were signaled to join. As they came a few meters away from the others, he began. "So what agreement did you enter with my son?""He wants to be a member of the Putrids squad so we told him that he is too young and will come for him when he is older." Ethan answered.Then Oliver asked the question which was ringing in his heart as he thought that Zach was done with his. "Sir, how is it possible that you and your son are still alive after all these years. And why did you let such news spread about you being dead?"Zach did not answer his question as he continued with the topic that caused him to draw them apart from the others. "That promise and agreement will not stand. Harris is not going to join the Putrids. Even his years as a soldier are limited.""But he will make a great warrior just like his father." Ethan said even though h

After hearing this from the King, the three elders looked at themselves with strange eyes as they thought of what could be giving them this great courage to want to go up against the dragon. With the eyes they gave themselves, they made sign communication to one another, contemplating whether to tell them the truth or to hide it from them. The interpretation of their sign language was not hidden from the King, Zach and Aaron. They were able to discern what the elders were telling themselves, and it was not what they had expected from them. When they were done with their sign language and the spokesman was about to air out what they had concluded, King Luca said to him, "There is no need to hide anything from me. What we want to hear is the truth and not that lie which you have agreed to tell us.” As they heard this from the King, the spokesman held back his word for a minute, sharply looking at his fellows for a brief moment and this time around there was no sign communication made,

Aaron definitely did not know much about Zach's odd mood, so he said, "This is the place of his past and whatever he wants to do, is related to his past."As King Luca heard this, he recalled that Zach is from Cliffsage, and that made him discern the possible thing Zach would want to do there before leaving.So they halt their horses, waiting for Zach to draw closer with his ride. But as they stopped Zach and the other men with them also stopped.Zachary was unaware of what had caused them to stop, so he drew nearer to them as they had wanted and asked. "Why are we stopping?""For you to join us," Luca answered him as they controlled the horses to resume movement.Zach was very confused due to this act as he looked at Aaron and Eric, then continued with them at the same pace while Aaron raised his right as a signal telling the other soldiers to continue with them.Still in confusion he had to ask, referring to none of them in particular. "You still haven't told me why you stopped?"Th

As those words came from Aaron, Zach still delayed for a second and then realized how serious the matter was. His heart had to tell him that for Aaron and the King to be trying to stop Eric in joint effort, it therefore means that there was something bad which they had seen or suspected. So he made haste at the very minute Eric was able to push Aaron aside since he was in his front but as for King Luca who still held him tight from behind, it was difficult to break loose from his grip.As Aaron was dropping to the ground, Zach was drawing out his sword and was very close to them. Since he has watched them try to hold him back to no avail, he used the handle of his sword to hit Eric in a very strategic way which was aimed at making him lose consciousness without bleeding.So King Luca had to let him go as Eric fell to the ground and the three of them were now standing around him as they stared for a minute. Neither the King nor Aaron dared question Zach, asking him why he had to hit