Ten men arrived inside a large speedboat, jumped into the river and swam towards the open space that leads into the palace. Having been great swimmers, only their heads became visible as they moved noiselessly through the body of water.Barrymore was seen in front of the invaders, and he raised his hand, showing two fingers to signify the presence of two mafias, and then waved to a man beside him to target one of the mafias as he target the other one.Because their weapons were fixed with a silencer, the gunshot sounded like a friendly slap and two mafias suddenly looked stunned, tried to cry out, staggered and fall without making a sound. "All clear," Barrymore mumbled, swim forward and they arrived at the foot of a tall creek, then climbed up to the plain ground. "Did you know the way?" "Shh. Lower your voice. We will follow this map-, let's go." After peering at the map in his hand for a moment, Barrymore signalled to his men to follow him and they walked through the deserted r
They walked for a long time in total silence and darkness, except for the light from Barrymore's tough light that led the way and the nine men followed. Where the invaders emerged was a long corridor that was carved out of rock.Barrymore halted suddenly and raised his left palm up to signify the presence of unwanted visitors. "Can you hear the footsteps?" "Aye, they are coming this way." The men were on their knees immediately and their guns were poised at the source of the noise.A moment later, hundred of rats appeared far off, paused at the sight of the unwanted visitors and there was absolute silence as both parties gaze at each other. "They were staring at us as if they will be attacking us any moment, what should we do?" The youngest among the men whispered from the back. "They are on a mission like us. But unfortunately, this route is not wide enough for all of us. Either we go back or we drive them back," Barrymore let out. "I can't believe our first war will be with th
The invader's journey was uneventful and without any confrontation until they reached the bridge that leads directly into the palace dungeon. Far off, four mafias were seen seating in a circle as they gambled with dice and their weapons were laid beside them at arms reach. "We need to crawl closer to the bridge so that we can be in the position to shoot them on the head and not wound them and allow them to raise alarm," Barrymore let out, crouched and signalled to his men to do the same and they all sneaked closer to the bridge.As they get closer, the voice of the men became more audible and this made the men crouching become bolder and increased their speed. "Oh my gosh, it is number six!" "Wait and let me roll mine-, hahaha! Mine is six as well." "Poor me, how can be having the lowest number on the body of this dice," a mafia who just got number one on the dice he rolled bemoaned his luck as he handed over the dice to the next man, stood up, stretched his body and walked toward
The ten mafias heard the gunshots at the same time, dived for cover, and then shot at the sources of the bullets. But because their environment was surrounded by light from lots of electric bulbs that were arranged at the ceiling far up, while their attackers were in darkness and at the back of stones to protect them, the royal mafias suffered high casualties in a few minutes and the cries and grunt of the men that were hit by the never cease bullets echoed in the silence that is usually associated with underground cells that were carved out of rock. "Am hit... Oh my goodness, am being shot in the shoulder." "My head... A pellet had entered my right eye!" "Get your arse on the floor and fire back. Don't stand on your feet until your skull is shattered to pieces by their bullets." "Look! Her majesty is wounded." "Try and get closer to her and dragged her to safety." The first man that crawled towards the unconscious lady was shot in the head, and the second man in the neck, so ot
A man that fetched live coal with his bare hand must be in haste to pour them where it's needed. The Foreign Country P merchants had fetched live coal with their bare hands and this was the reason why they were seen with open eyes when they ought to be closing their eyes and resting their weary bones. "What is delaying, these people are supposed to be back by now!" The priest who can no longer contain his anxiety exclaimed. "Let us be patient for a while, the day is still young," Augur let out. "What about Aries and the mercenaries, it has been a while since we heard from him?" "Aries will be leading the men into the island as soon as possible. Everything is ready and they were just waiting for the right moment." Priest mumbled. "I hope we remembered the mercenaries that were coming are to fill the lapses for our dead guards and not to invade the palace. The second batch is those who will start the attack before the last batch comes in," Aries clarify some of the men who seemed t
The seven beasts were like myths in the land of Greenwich, and their tales were shared only when men had more than enough liquor in their stomachs and were braver to produce such revered names with their mortal mouths. In truth, the seven beasts had what it takes to instil fear in the mind of those who heard of them. Invincible and believe to possess power that makes all the elements bend to their will, their tales had metamorphosis, promoting them from men to demigods. And the fact that no one ever sees them and life had added more spice to their fantasy.Their notoriety came when El Guje was facing some internal conflicts with his uncle who yearned for the crown. El Baddo who was the favourite of the royal mafias gathered an overwhelming army and invade the mafia palace to dethrone the seating king, and El Guje and his wife escaped by sneaking through the route in the dungeon and were labelled fugitives afterwards. El Baddo climbed the throne of the mafia king and ruled only for
Andrea had slept for a very long time and it was of no surprise when she was seen playing her piano and singing along when the rest of the inhabitants of the island were in the bed. A long time ago, a poor farmer was working on his farm with his wife and two daughters when they brought the corpse of his son who had been knocked down by a hit-and-run truck driver. Since they usually leave for the farm in the morning, the oldest of the children always stays behind to cook the meal for the rest of the family, and he was bringing this when he was mistakenly hit by a truck whose brake suddenly became faulty. "Oh, my poor son. The gods are wicked and I will henceforth cease paying obeisance to them," the sad farmer's wife cried out at the sight of her mutilated son." "Ahh! Say no evil about the gods. If this does not happen, who knows what will happen?" The man consoles his wife as sympathizers gathered to bury the dead. "Do not stop me from speaking my mind. The gods have erred me by t
Lights from lamps illuminate the foreigner's headquarters, casting on the guards on duty, as they stroll to and fro.As usual with every night that is devoid of stars, the teeming darkness scared the night birds off, and only the croaks of the frogs disrupt the perfect silence.Suddenly, a loud bang can be heard on the big black gate and one of the guards stationed at that spot peeked through the hole made in the gate and asked, "who are you?" "We are the mercenaries, open this gate." "Where is Aries? I was informed he will be leading you into this island." "We were attacked when we reach Greenwich island and lost Aries during the battle. Open this gate now, we are weary, thirsty, hungry and sleepy." "Please wait for a moment and let me call our boss." All the faces he was seeing were strangers and this was contrary to the instructions given to them. They were to allow the mobs that will be led by Aries and not any kind of mobs in tattered clothing. "Who is at the door?" "Some f