After hearing this from the King, the three elders looked at themselves with strange eyes as they thought of what could be giving them this great courage to want to go up against the dragon. With the eyes they gave themselves, they made sign communication to one another, contemplating whether to tell them the truth or to hide it from them. The interpretation of their sign language was not hidden from the King, Zach and Aaron. They were able to discern what the elders were telling themselves, and it was not what they had expected from them. When they were done with their sign language and the spokesman was about to air out what they had concluded, King Luca said to him, "There is no need to hide anything from me. What we want to hear is the truth and not that lie which you have agreed to tell us.” As they heard this from the King, the spokesman held back his word for a minute, sharply looking at his fellows for a brief moment and this time around there was no sign communication made,
This was what he was expecting so he was glad the King asked that question. Just as King Luca had thought, Zach had a place in mind before asking the question, but in order not to make it too obvious, he took a few minutes to pretend as if he was thinking. After about five minutes, he said. "Why don't we go over to Cliffsage city?"As he aired this out, it was instantly accepted by the King and Aaron without asking or thinking about why Zach would choose Cliffsage out of the many places in Palind."Cliffsage city, it is!" The King said and hit their horses to hasten its movement.Whether thought about why Zach chose Cliffsage or not, there was definitely a reason behind his choice. Cliffsage happened to be his home city and one of the most recognised in Palind because it had produced great men of valor in the past of which he is one of them and even the most popular. Though it was great, but Warcton was and is still the most recognised in Palind, though it had not produced a legend as
Aaron definitely did not know much about Zach's odd mood, so he said, "This is the place of his past and whatever he wants to do, is related to his past."As King Luca heard this, he recalled that Zach is from Cliffsage, and that made him discern the possible thing Zach would want to do there before leaving.So they halt their horses, waiting for Zach to draw closer with his ride. But as they stopped Zach and the other men with them also stopped.Zachary was unaware of what had caused them to stop, so he drew nearer to them as they had wanted and asked. "Why are we stopping?""For you to join us," Luca answered him as they controlled the horses to resume movement.Zach was very confused due to this act as he looked at Aaron and Eric, then continued with them at the same pace while Aaron raised his right as a signal telling the other soldiers to continue with them.Still in confusion he had to ask, referring to none of them in particular. "You still haven't told me why you stopped?"Th
After some minutes of standing still with rolling down his face, Zach wiped his face and then proceeded towards the old and partly burnt building.Most of the soldiers refused to enter the compound with them for reasons best known to them and the leaders did not force them to come in with them. They were even okay with the fact that the men were coming in with them.Zach did not enter the house even as he came close to the entrance. Instead he turned around going to the back of the house as he was followed by Eric, the King and Aaron. The few soldiers that entered the yard with them stopped some meters away from the entrance of the house. This was because none of those they were following had asked the ones that stopped outside the yard to join them. They were also surprised that the location was that tattered unlike the other corners of the city where they had come through. So they concluded that they were a reason for the abandonment of the place and why it was not renovated.As Zac
As those words came from Aaron, Zach still delayed for a second and then realized how serious the matter was. His heart had to tell him that for Aaron and the King to be trying to stop Eric in joint effort, it therefore means that there was something bad which they had seen or suspected. So he made haste at the very minute Eric was able to push Aaron aside since he was in his front but as for King Luca who still held him tight from behind, it was difficult to break loose from his grip.As Aaron was dropping to the ground, Zach was drawing out his sword and was very close to them. Since he has watched them try to hold him back to no avail, he used the handle of his sword to hit Eric in a very strategic way which was aimed at making him lose consciousness without bleeding.So King Luca had to let him go as Eric fell to the ground and the three of them were now standing around him as they stared for a minute. Neither the King nor Aaron dared question Zach, asking him why he had to hit
After Eric was laid on the ground by Aaron, Zach then came close again to him, squatted and with his hands, he strategically touched his head, applying some amount of pressure and instantly Eric returned from being unconscious with a very heavy breath."What happened?!" Eric asked as his eyes were opened."Nothing," the King answered immediately. Then Zach stood back to his feet as he helped Eric to get back on his feet.This sight was amazing to Aaron as he was wondering who that was possible. Even the men with them were astonished, they had never seen such a thing before. But neither of them could ask what was going on because from the tone King Luca had answered Eric, telling him that nothing was wrong, they could design that they did not want him to recall what had happened and in addition to this, they were wondering with series of guesses, concerning the possible thing that had happened behind the house while they were there.Now that he had restored the consciousness of Eric, h
Eric Claus noticed the kind of surprise which had taken over their faces and he was confused, with lots of questions flying into his heart, as he asked himself why their moods had changed. With the questions troubling him greatly, he had to voice them out. "Why the strange looks? What is happening? Why aren't you saying anything?" "Are you sure of the name you mentioned now?" King Luca was forced to ask. "Yes. I wouldn't say it if I wasn't sure. By the way, what is wrong with the name? Do you know the person that has the name?" "That is the name of Zach's daughter who passed away with his wife and first son." As he heard this from the King, he was able to understand why Zach was the way he was after hearing him mention the name. He also understood why Zach was able to correct him when he mispronounced that name. With this understanding, he was now able to recall how they had stopped him from entering the old farmland and at this moment, he no longer had the desire from them to go b
"No I haven't and I pray it never comes around my city." The chief was quick to say, showing how much he was afraid of the dragon coming around his location.With the response they've gotten from him, they knew that there was no valuable information that could be gotten from Cliffsage pertaining to their mission of hunting the dragon down. So it was to leave Cliffsage for another city which could be a target of the dragon.But the chief continued with a question, "Sorry to ask, but why are you asking about the dragon? And why do you think it might have passed through this city?""We want to hunt it down." Eric answered the question, and he was sincere in his response.Since his question had been answered and the first reason for their coming was achieved, the King had to introduce the number two purpose for their being there. "Secondly, we are here to know why a site in this city was not renovated after the destruction it faced years ago."The chief was left to think about what he was