“I'll be setting a task and whoever wins will leave with the location of the Rootox .” Mr Koin declared before turning to face Andrew. “Your money will be refunded if you lose but you have to partake in the competition first.” He said and Andrew nodded. He beckoned to one of his workers and soon, he walked in with a computer. The men in the room watched with rapt attention as the herb master proceeded to give the rules and details of the competition. From their looks, one could tell that they'd lost interest in bidding for any other herb, instead, all they wanted was to watch who would win the Rootox. “Now, this computer belongs to one of my old masters who had certain confidential and important messages stored in it . However, the computer was attacked by a bug one day and ever since, every computer expert, I mean the best in the field have tried to fix the bug but nothing they did has proved to work. This bug has been on this computer for years and I can assure you that the

The next day, Andrew set off for his journey to the location he'd gotten last night after his win against the five formidable men at the clubhouse. Nita town. While watching Benita sleep the previous night, he spent his time trying to find out as much as he could about Nita town. He wasn't surprised by what he saw but was only thrown off by the circumstances surrounding it. According to the research papers he had read , the Nita town was once one of the biggest, richest and most powerful of all the four towns that made up the Nashville city. They had the best of everything. In battles, they were unbeatable, their army was a group of indomitable people who were determined to crush whoever went against their precious town. They had fertile lands that could make anything grow, they planted the best of food resources and often made great harvest when it was time. These food plants were sold to other towns and thus they generated revenue for their town without borrowing from any othe

“This next phase is one that would require you to show us a display of a skill that makes you confident that you'd beat the dragon beast.This doesn't mean that you won't qualify to beat the beast , we just want to make sure you have what it takes to fight the beast . So show us your best skills” Mr Amapolo told the men who listened keenly. Andrew glanced at the two men, standing beside him and saw that they were excited to show off their skills before everyone present. Mr Amapolo stepped back to let the men display their skills. “I'll definitely beat the beast. This is an easy win for me.” The first man laughed loudly while preparing his fortification. The people present watched him with clear admiration and hope in their eyes. He walked to the center of the ground and suddenly closed his eyes shut without moving. Everywhere became filled with silence as they all watched with rapt attention. Before anyone could say anything, multiple versions of the man emerged and the people roa

After seeing what happened to Akiko, the second fighter glanced around the battleground with fear in his eyes. The people waited with bated breath to see what he would do, they hoped he would get determination from the death of his partner but were surprised when he suddenly took off with his head bowed in the opposite direction. Mr Pluto, his boss, was shocked to see him running and tried to stop him. “Alera!! Stop, you need to slay this beast!” He yelled loudly but that did not stop the man from running. They all watched him run till he got out of sight. The people murmured to show their disappointment and some of them even started crying. These two strong men had been their last hope and resort but now, they weren't there to fight anymore. Nobody took note of Andrew still standing until one of Akilo’s supporters saw him and shouted. “Won't you leave too, young man? Aren't you scared of death?” He asked loudly and all the attention returned to Andrew who was standing, undeterred

“Your forefathers casted a spell on him to die.” Andrew paused before picking up his words again. “ They betrayed the promise they made to him when he needed it most and left him to die. They laughed at him for trusting them and scorned him. He'd given them everything they wanted and they refused to keep their end of the bargain instead they tried to kill him. However the spell worked opposite ways. The dragon beast did not die from the effect of the spell, instead, he became inhumane to the sun. He could not come out during the daytime due to how much his skin and scales burned under the effect of the sun.” The people of Nita town were astonished and surprised to hear this. No one had ever told them about the dragon beast's side of the story, it's always been history books that painted him bad. “The dragon beast couldn't believe that your forefathers would betray you after thirty years of protecting them and making their town the biggest and most secured in the city. He felt bit