Now when the question bobbling inside them had come to its peak, and their hearts could no longer hold it back, the young Prince was the one to raise the question and he referred it to commander Benjamin. "You were here with Zach and Eric when they started the plan to leave, so tell us, where are they heading, because I can not longer hide back my feelings as I never believed that they going to Newgriffin."Commander Ben was not pleased with the question. He did not have any slight thought about them asking the question that had been put before him, so he shutter, looking for the best words to say as a response. "Your highness…. We were all here when the legend told us that they were going to Newgriffin, so what do you want me to say? If I should mention somewhere different from where they had told us, would it be believed? Are you going to believe me?"The reply which he thought to be a good response was not good at all as it even made them know that there was another place in his mi
Immediately Aaron Gordon left their midst, they knew what he was up to and there was no way they were going to stay back and watch him do what he was about to do. So the four of them went after him, and for the first time commander Ben left his men under the control of his captains."Aaron…. Aaron…." They kept repeating his name in a very loud tone so that he would stop his movements and give ears to them. Yet Aaron would not pay attention to them, he continued on top of a horse and beat it to start running as supposed in the direction which it was directed.The King, Prince Ethan, Morgan and Benjamin followed him at once, they also climbed their horses and followed him. Now Aaron had a very big challenge which was to discern which route Zach and Eric took to leave the country. So he had to stop his horse after running a distance. Then those who were following him had the opportunity to catch up. Morgan was the one to ask as they came close. "What were you thinking, Aaron."He did
As Aaron asked Ethan that question, the minds of the others also came to reason the way he was reasoning, and they all needed answers from Ethan who had made the statement with so much confidence.Ethan was speechless at this moment, as he also wondered why he was talking about only Eric. He did not know what to tell them at this point in time. He was so quiet that even the people waiting for a response from him could tell that he did not know what he was saying.Since he was not going to answer the question Aaron asked, his father was now drawing an answer to why he had said that. He believed that he was just saying those words to only boast their minds to think positively, therefore, he thought it to be what a leader is supposed to do in such a time when it seems all hope is lost. In short, at this moment, it was no longer a probability, they were all sure that the war would not be won. But since King Luca had learnt something vital from his son, he had to put it into practice. So h
Since Zach had seen the fear of Eric, he had to calm him as he said, "You can do this Eric. You are tougher than you think and I believe in you. The entire country of Palind believe in you. So you should also believe in yourself. Make these monsters fear you instead of being afraid of them." Now those were the words he should have spoken in the first place instead of starting by building up fear in Eric's heart. Those were able to create the right spirit in Eric. As he heard them, the next thing that came into his heart was that since he does not belong to that world, there was no way he was going to die in that world. With the change of heart, thinking and mindset, he felt like continuing the journey which they had embarked on at once without further delay. "Shall we continue?" He asked, carrying the sack, ready to move. But Zach was not ready, he had successfully made Eric put away fear yet he had a greater fear in his heart. He could not find the courage to continue. He was just
"Please don't be," Zach pleaded before going into the answer as demanded. "Zagthak is an orc and represent King Luca in the orc kingdom."This sounded very interesting to Eric as his ears found it difficult to believe such a thing. It was very unimaginable that there was an orc civilization with a ruler.Zach saw the doubtful surprise in his face and had to explain more, "It is nothing to be surprised about. What were you thinking was responsible for the attacks of the orcs? They have a King, who seeks to conquer our lands for itself and rule.""But how can these monsters have such wisdom and thinking mentally? Because I don't seem to understand how this is possible. In the world where I come from, these are myths, they never existed as we only hear of some of them in fairy tales and most times see some movies that feature them in diverse forms.""Well, this is a different world as you know, and you can see that these creatures are not false, they exist and have their civilization. Th
Seeing that Zach lay down again, he thought maybe that was the time he wanted to start his sleep so he did not throw any question, but lied back with him as they were lying before the conversation kicked off.Even as they lied back again, sleep did not come into their eyes as they were just counting the stars quietly and observing the beauty of the night sky.When Eric later noticed that Zach had not fallen asleep as he thought and the night was not coming to an end, he thought it best if they finished the conversation as he asked his questions. "Since King Cole had settled with the orcs, what led to the war again?""Don't you ever get tired?" Zach asked him. "Of course I do, but I need to gather all the information about the world I am meant to save. Where I come from, there is a popular saying that information is power so I need all the information I can get concerning your world."Zach thought deeply about the words he had spoken of and it was clear to him why he was asking those
Well, Eric Claus was not ready to give up, nor was he ever going to give up especially now that they had come out of the country to that territory being dominated by monsters.At this point, the sky was beginning to brighten up again, so it was even safer ro Zach as he believed that he would be able to continue the journey alone, leaving Eric to return to Palind if he wants, and continue to deceive the people as he thought and concluded."Zachary Hawkins, this is not who you are," Eric tried speaking sense to him. "Everything I have told you about myself is true. I only discovered my magical powers recently.""Lies…" Zach shut him out. "All lies. That is all you know how to do. You are not who you made us believe you are. No wonder the prophecy changed the moment you showed up in our country. I believe the seer had seen this right from the first day he set his eyes on you but you used your powers to stop him from saying it out. You manipulated him with your powers."Eric knew at this
Zach walked a long distance without knowing that Eric kept following because Eric had shut his mouth as he saw that Zach would not answer nor look at him again.When the sun was now high, Zach chose to rest, so he sought for shade to hide from the heat. It was in the process of looking from somewhere to rest that he realized that he was being followed by Eric.Eric had kept his distance, that was the reason why Zachary was unable to know that he was still following him."What are you still doing here?!" Zach asked him with anger as he was ready to fight him even when he knew death could not take Eric. At this point he was ready to die by the hands of Eric Claus and that was because he was not sure of his son being alive and he also knew that there was no way he would survive the journey, challenging and defeating the orcs all by himself.Eric was now very amazed at what his eyes were seeing. It was very clear to him that Zach wanted a fight which was the last thing he was going to do.