RING!RING!HOOF!HOOF!SPLASH!" HERE THEE, HERE THEE. THE GREAT KING, KING BARTHOLOMEW THE FOURTH, HAS ISSUED A SUMMONS. HE HAS HEARD OF THE WOES AND PLIES OF THE SLUM DWELLERS AND HE HAS DECIDED TO GRANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OF YOU. THOSE BETWEEN AGE FIFTEEN AND TWENTY ARE SUMMONED TO THE PALACE TOMORROW. THOSE OLDER THAN AGE TWENTY WOULD BE SUMMONED ON A LATER DATE!"" HERE THEE, HERE THEE…" A young man who was sitting on the bare floor at the sides of the road with a bowl in front of him looked at the courier who was riding a horse and also ringing a bell. The young man was in tattered clothes and looked like somebody who had not eaten or bathe in days. Beside the young man were five other people, two males and three females. All, were beggars." It seems you young lads are lucky." One of the males spoke, he was an old man who looked to be in his seventies." Who said we're lucky, what if the king is planning on killing us in the palace." A deep voice rang out from another youn
NEXT TWENTY! ENTER!" " Jeffrey we're next. Let's go."" I'm also here by the way Kiera. Jeffrey's not the only one here."" Uhmm... Sorry Ren." " I'm just playing besides I know whenever Jeffrey's around you, you forget things. Isn't that right Jeffrey?"" As long as it's not me she's forgetting then I got no problem with it besides I find it cute and funny whenever she acts like that."" Urghh… Jeffrey you're basically encouraging her to keep on behaving like that… Look her face is beet red! It's as red as my neighbor's vomit."" Fuck you Ren! Did you just compare me to vomit?"" Calm down. I didn't say you looked like my neighbor's vomit. I said your face looked like my neighbor's vomit when it's red."" You're still saying I look like vomit you bastard!"" Shit, Help me Jeffrey. She's gonna kill me."" Good luck. You're on your own."" Fuck…" Jeffrey chuckled as he saw Ren suffering under Kiera's hands. After calming down, he looked straight ahead and could see somebody enterin
What?Choose between the food and my family?What did the king mean by that?All this questions appeared in Jeffrey's mind when he heard the king's words. He just could not understand what the king meant by his words even after thinking for a minute so he asked, " What do you mean by that your majesty?"The king chuckled lightly seeing Jeffrey's reaction, he had seen that type of reaction one too many times today so he sort of expected it," What I mean is simple really. I can allow you to enjoy all this delicacies but it would cost you your family. Once you choose to eat this foods, the man who brought you to this room would send out an order to kill each and everyone in your family, your father, mother and sister. They would all die but you'll be able to enjoy all this food you've never eaten before in your life and I might also grant you more opportunities."Jeffrey listening to the King's words sat rooted on the spot not moving an inch nor muscle, his heart was shaken to core and
" Boss. We found something, we think it might be the ruins of the ancient city." A young looking man said towards a young man wearing a black suit and black trousers, he had black hair but the tips of his hair were white. Though his hair color was different from the norm, what one would notice that was definitely not normal were his golden triangular pupils and silver irises.The young man whose eyes were different looked at the other young man who called him boss, his cold and indifferent eyes swept from the young man towards a middle aged man with a beard who was currently studying a map with intensity.The young man seeing the middle aged man not reacting to his underlings words spoke, " Mr. Ben, it seems you were right about the ancient city. You were not lying and that means you keep your life."" Of course I wasn't wrong and please address me as Historian Ben or Historian Benjamin, Mr. Jeffrey." Mr. Ben looked up and spoke with pride and confidence, not bothered by the fact that
" The Temple of Mammon!. I've finally reached it!." An excited voice rang out in a place surrounded by rubbles, destroyed buildings and also devoid of life. Jeffrey looked at the historian, who was currently more eager than even him to enter the Temple. He didn't know what the historian needed from the Temple but there was something he knew that the historian never knew he knew, the historian wanted to kill him. How did he know? The first time he met Mr. Ben he felt killing intent, it was very small and it disappeared faster than lightning. Even he was not sure if it was an illusion or not but he trusted his sensitivity to killing intents very very much. He doesn't know why the man hates him and wants him dead but does he care? Not really, since so many people wants him dead but he planned on letting the historian keep his life as long as he doesn't try anything foolish.As he was looking around the entrance to the temple, he noticed something on the walls of the building. He moved
When Jeffrey, Mr. Ben and Jeffrey's men entered the room, the room much to their surprise was not made out of gold. The room was colored black with the only source of light coming from an orb up in the ceiling.Jeffrey was not sure how the orb was still working since the city has been abandoned for a very long time but he did not care at the moment because he was looking at the thing that was supposed to grant him the power he needs, a goblet which was surprising to him.Nobody told him that was what would grant him the power he wanted, he just knew instinctively. Although right now he was not sure how he was supposed to gain the power." Mr. Ben how-" As Jeffrey turned towards the historian, his pupils dilated with what he saw. He could see one of his men, precisely the first man to enter the room filled with gold, with a knife pierced into the historian's chest.Jeffrey was shocked seeing that for two reasons, first he didn't hear the movement of the man or any struggle which was s
Did Jeffrey want to know why Mr. Ben did all of this? Definitely not. Besides did it matter?Mr. Ben wanted to kill him and he wanted Mr. Ben dead so if either of them dies then what's the use of knowing the reason why Mr. Ben hated him and did all of this.As Jeffrey shot his gun, he didn't look away like he normally did because he wanted to know what Mr. Ben's assurance was that he wouldn't die at his guns. Was the goblet going to save him in some supernatural way? He didn't know but then he found out when he saw his bullets spinning in the air not moving an inch." A force field?" Jeffrey looked at Mr. Ben in surprise. " The person that holds the goblet is protected by a force field?" Jeffrey was truly disappointed with this discovery, why? Because he expected more. He had fought the subordinates of his enemy who could summon fire from their palms and blast it at him, he even fought some who had super speed and could control water, so what use was the force field when it couldn't
" Good night boss."" You too Jeffrey." In a fairly large restaurant, a young man with silver and golden eyes and was in a chef's uniform spoke as a middle aged man in a suit walked past him. Jeffrey sighed and stretched after removing his uniform. He then went through the same door his boss went through and walked to where his car was parked. Twenty minutes later, Jeffrey drove into the parking lot of a night club and parked his car. Jeffrey walked through the doors of the night club after showing his invitation to the bouncers and went into one of the private rooms." Yo Jeffrey, what's up. You made it." A young man who looked to be the same age as Jeffrey gave Jeffrey a bro handshake which then led to a one armed hug." Told you I was gonna come Max." Jeffrey took his seat while pouring himself a glass of liquor." Yeah Yeah Yeah. So you're finally ready to lose your virginity?" Max asks with a grin to which Jeffrey found immensely annoying." Stop grinning like an idiot you bast