“Are you okay now, Holessa?” Loic asks as he comforts Holessa on his chest. With him, the place owner, being occupied, he can’t do anything to accommodate his guests. Argos took the role and prepared a tea for Zak and Alex. While he give the tea to Zak, Zak gave him a narrowed look of irritation. After such time, Holessa already lost all her tears and takes a deep breath in order to calm herself down.
“I… I just felt better. Thank you for making me realize what I must do. I feel towards my selfishness that I didn’t even track of what is happening around me. I’m sorry. I’ll do everything to catch up to my sins,” Holessa said with a rough voice that is a product of endless sorrow.
“There is not even a pinch of selfishness in what you have done. Everything that happened is not your fault. What you have experienced is just being human. We need to move on and focus on our goal,” Argos said while sitting on t
“Am I late? Sorry,” Walter said with an embarrassed chuckle as he hides his hands behind him.“Suck ass, Walter. We are already done talking and you just take a bath?”“I surveyed the area around for any spies. With that said, Holessa, I think this is the best time to give you this,” Walter said as he goes to Holessa and reveals the letter he is hiding from his back. The moment Holessa realized the handwriting gave her shivers.“Where the hell did you get that!?” Holessa exclaimed, giving him a shocked face that will anger her when not replied by a proper answer. With that, Walter carefully chooses his words according to the situation.“You threw it at Adeline. Don’t you remember?”“But… Adeline must have that! It is from her father,” Holessa said as she points at the letter with dilated pupils.“She gave it to me and said that this letter is solely fo
Soon, the feast came. Holessa starts clenching her fists and jaws after seeing the man Loic brought out. She remembered the false promises that he had made, the cage where he put her, and the betrayal he made for money in exchange for hundreds of lives. He is the previous knight of the Aumoxozar kingdom who is expelled and now is bound with ropes around his body while half-naked. Unlike before, his looks are more childish and illogical, like he became mentally ill. Ranulph begs her out of mercy so that they could stop the torture he’d experienced.“I… I know you are angry at me… Please… Stop kicking me in the balls…”“Why are you here, you filthy fuck!” Holessa asked as she mocks punching Ranulph.“Please!! Don’t hurt me!” Ranulph cried as he begs not to experience pain anymore.While all of them at looking at her, Holessa backs out and looks away at Ranulph with dissatisfaction.
Argos and Ranulph ended in a quick negotiation. Argos didn’t even have a sip of difficulty convincing him because he already know how to win his side. Ranulph agreed to help them track the sanctuary every villager is held in exchange for showing him the spot where he could freely see the upcoming concert of BLUEPINK at the Aumoxozar Kingdom.Meanwhile, at the same time, a man wakes up and sees himself bleeding from top to bottom. He is tied from chains with both hands and feet against him. He can’t distinguish where he was but he can clearly see the bricks from a single torch lighting the hallway. Lately, he recognized himself tied to the wall at the end of the hallway.In the hallway, every section is divided into rooms with metal bars where there is a fixed number of persons who are staying. Far beyond the hallway, there is nothing he can see. Everything is dark except the only place with a torch near him. He hears some steps coming near him together with
After their strategic meet, Walter spends his time healing Ranulph with all of his energy. He requests a short rest before he goes back to the campsite so that he can assure his safety. Just after Ranulph is already healed, Argos suddenly asks him to be their guide on their route. He didn’t give him a bit of rest even though Argos and the two adventurers spend their time sleeping before.In no time, Argos already departed together with Ranulph and the two other adventurers. He already noticed that they are lacking time after all the hassle Loic did. Like before, Ranulph leads their way without any clothing, just his underwear and tied hands. They spent an hour walking towards the sanctuary where they think the people of Algaur are possibly held.Soon, they entered a forest full of trees with gray leaves. The ground also retracts the color of it together with the mosses. They realized that the biome they are entering is a swamp.“Are you really sure w
The time Argos infiltrates the sanctuary where the people of Algaur are possibly held, Walter departs from Loic’s temporary home as he says goodbye to Holessa with a smug. Unlike when she’s stressed, Holessa didn’t bother hearing his front face. Walter then reached the site after an hour.The site still doesn’t contain any living person from Algaur, in which he concluded that everyone, even Zeus, is captured by the Octagon. He sits at the edge of the cliff near the campsite as he looks at the sunset. “Whew, now I’m free of stress,” Walter said with a sigh of relief.“Are you annoyed with your allies?” A voice of a familiar woman said behind him. When Walter turns his head back, he saw a girl with black hair and crimson eyes, who is the one he already met earlier that day.“I’m annoyed by the problem they make,” Walter said as he turns back to the setting sun. “Why are you here? Aren&rs
Argos entered the trapdoor that might lead to the lower levels of the sanctuary as Ranulph said. The hole is tight for a person, even tighter than an exhaust vent where people in the movies plan their escape. The hole is unbelievably made of metal, but the metal used seems like ages ago and never replaced. Every move he makes, the powdered rust makes both his arms and knee hurt.As he thinks, the smell of the rusted metal is already spoiled, making him nauseous. He can’t move if he pinches his nose using his fingers that is why he holds his breath every twenty seconds. The metal bar seems to be nearly collapsing too. After minutes of his narrow journey towards the other side of the tunnel, the most unwelcome guests in which he prayed not to exist there blocks his way.“Argh! Ants! How long did someone pass here? This seems older than me. And ugh, it stinks too much! I’m concerned about how will I look like after I get out of this giant straw,” A
“Moving on, I heard that you are attacking at the sanctuary. Are you sure that the ones you are finding are there?” Iris asked, coming from the earlier conversations that she overheard.“Better risk than sorry,” Walter said.“I hope so,” Iris said and sighs.“What about it? Did your gossiping skills just level up?” Walter commented with a raised eyebrow.“It is just pure coincidence. It’s just the right thing I left Gerard back there,” Iris said.“What weight are you planning to put on us this time?” Walter asked.“No, no, that isn’t my decision. It’s fully his,” Iris said as she waves her hands out of misunderstanding.“Will he try to bomb Argos as well, as he did at Zeus back then?” Walter concluded.“Oh, did I forget to tell you? Your friend got caught in a false trap,” Iris said to clarify things out
“Lenard…” Argos gasped.“B… Be…” Zeus stuttered with his fully injured lips.Argos quickly goes to him so that he could free Zeus out of his bind as he knows that the chains are already vulnerable to force. “Don’t talk. You’ll just experience pain. Don’t worry. I am here to save you all,” Argos said.“Behind… you…” Zeus stuttered.“What?” Argos’s eyes widened as he turns around and sees the two person who he heard back then. “Do you want to play some chess?” Argos draws his blade the moment the two person come out of the shadows.“We are deeply sorry. We just finished playing it by the way,” the big man in the right said in a friendly way as he scratches the back of his head with a burst of embarrassed laughter. Standing 6' 3" tall, and stout with cream skin, this man has a focused feel about him. He has sou