From the boldness in his demand, the soldiers knew that with their actions, they would never scare him, so one of them who was not focused on him earlier had to turn to him and say. "Who are you?" "Are you the captain of this troop?" Zach asked, facing the young soldier that had questioned him. His reason for answering with a question was because he does not look like a captain, even from the way he spoke, he did not have a commanding voice or tone. Even the man that had asked them to stop in the first place had a more thick and threatening voice than him."We lost our Captain, so I'm in charge,'' the man answered as he drew close to Zach looking him in the eyes.Zach wanted to laugh because he did not imagine the young soldier to be the one to assume the rank of the captain even if the actual Captain was among the fallen. He held himself from laughing and then looked at the other twenty four men to see if anyone would counter the words of the soldier but none did as he was expecting
Later that same day, after Zach, Eric and Harris had gotten some rest. Eric and Zach were called by the King as he took them to the armor house to go through the gallery of weapons for Zachary to make selection.They had shuffled through for some minutes and the things they were seeing were not the kind of weapon they had told Luca was the weapon Eric had mastered. So Eric had to say, "My lord, I am confused.""What is the matter?" Luca became confused too due to the question that he looked at Eric as they stopped walking.Now he had gotten the attention of the king, so he continued. "What exactly are we doing here? I haven't seen any shaff among the weapons whereas that is the weapon I need.""Oh, is that the reason why you are confused?" Luca asked him with a relieved face as if what he had said is not reason enough to make him confused.That new look worn by the King was not pleasing to Eric at all. "You are sountas though it is not a good reason to make me curious?""Sorry Eric. M
King Luca was yet to get to his chamber after their return from the blacksmith's workshop. He was getting feedback concerning the just finished battle at some location in his kingdom from a captain that just returned, when Eric and Zach came to meet him again.Even before they said what had happened, he had read from their faces that all was not well. So he told the captain he was discussing with to excuse him for a moment while he attends to Zach and Eric. "What happened? You don't look bright.""It's Harris. He is missing.""Impossible!" Luca exclaimed with total doubt. It will be stupid of him to believe the report immediately sknce there was no report of conflict in the castle while he was away."We would not be joking in matters like this. We have looked for him in all the places he could be, yet to no avail." Eric said."You vowed to ensure his safety," Zach reminded him."Of course, I will keep to my word. There is no need to panic. He will be somewhere around the castle, there
few minutes after he said those words, Eric and Zach came in to meet them after receiving word that Harris had been found. Immediately they set their eyes on him, they made haste and embraced him.Without anyone telling the supervisor, he could tell who amongst them was Zach because Eric was quite young to be the legend whom people spoke of. So he saluted with a bow. "Lord Zachary."But Zach paid no attention to the salutation as he asked Harris. "Where have you been? You made me freak out.""I'm sorry father but I earnestly want to fight for my country. I want to be a legend like you, whom everyone is talking about."He knew from the reply where he had gone that he had to ask out of fear. "Hope you did not sign the oath?""I'm afraid my lord, but he has already completed the oath." The supervisor answered in Harris' place since he was finding it difficult to answer the question because he was scared and knew that his father would not be happy to hear that.Instantly, Zach then looke
The words of Zachary's return were spread abroad, throughout the whole cities, towns and villages of Palind. That the people began to derive faith that their legend was back. But some people did not believe that he would still be as strong as he was because they calculated how long it had been since he left fighting and based on human perception there was no way he would be the same way he was before. Old age was taking over.Well, even if many felt that age must have gotten him weak, some believed that age did not do anything to him as they had some elderly warriors like Morgan Elliot and Aaron Gordon, who were still fighting and doing well in the battlefield.Outside the news of Zachary Hawkins return to the fight, the world was also informed of the stranger and said savior, Eric Claus, who will bring an end to the fight by driving away all the creatures to wherever place they had come from to take over their lands.It has been weeks since Eric Claus came to Raychester castle and ev
After he was gone, Morgen then expressed himself. "Zachary, what was the meaning of that?""Meaning of what?""Why did you send your son away?""I'm not the only one in the army who has a son in the army too. He should know the codes of our services and I don't have to deviate from it because he is my son.""Nobody is asking you to go against the codes. We are already done with our discussion." Aaron said."Do you want to know the truth why I sent him away?" he asked them and they nodded in unison, so he continued. "I know why he is here and would not like to engage in any argument with him about this.""What is going on, Zach? I understand you don't want him in the army but King Luca would have brought him out if you wanted him out." Aaron said to him."Being Generals should not give us the privilege to go against the law. He has to serve according to his oath.""In a department which doesn't suit him?" Aaron asked again."At least he is serving according to his oath. I can't put him
A few days passed after Harris talked with his father. The conversation that day made him so loyal to the core that he was focused in his department, everything that was outside the medical department was kicked off his mind as he took it to be the only training which he needed at the moment.With his new loyalty, the supervisor was troubled as they no longer found him practicing secretly as he used to. They loved his former spirit as all the commanders there knew of a surety that Harris was not meant for the medical department, they were not ignorant of the fact that he was supposed to be in the field fighting. They actually liked the fact that they would find him training alone, but now that he was not found carrying out his routine, they were worried but could not ask him why as they were part of the people that pushed him away from that activity.Harris on his part never abandoned training, he still practiced but it was no longer as usual and he would do this in a more hidden loca
Eric Claus could see himself walking in a plain white background. There was nothing in the place he found himself as he could see as far as his eyes and nothing was there. He turned around, still nothing so he began to wander in one direction. One thing he did not do was to ask where he was or what he was doing there. The reason why that was not asked was because he did not have the answer and there was no one who could answer it.He walked for a very long time before he could hear the voice of a little girl whispering from behind. At first he refused to turn around because it was a place where he had just walked past and nobody was there.Be keep walking still to refusing backeven as he knew that the person whispering behind him was following. It was at the moment when he heard them say something audible that he stopped because the voice was familiar.As he stopped, the voice behind said again, "Father...."Now it was clear to him where he had heard that voice before. It was the voi