THE KING IN THE NORTH

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The forest was silent, only the sound of trees and birds, Carl still looking around with his sword already out for action. Carl was walking slowly, trying to observe everything. He was caught by a rope trap; it caught his leg and lifted him up to a tree. His sword fell on the floor, and his arrows were all shattered on the ground. He was helpless. Just there until the afternoon, when the cannibals arrived, Carl was already down; he was unconscious. The cannibals threw him away and locked him up in a cage.

They are three men in the cage; Carl made them four; three men were from England. When Carl got himself at night, the cannibals were doing their rituals, singing songs, dancing around a burning fire.

"Oh, my head hurts. Where am I?" Carl asks, his voice very low.

"Finally, you're awake; how did they get you?" the first man asked.

"I don't know; I was caught up in a trap. Where am I?" Carl asked the man.

"You are in the cage; this is the land of the cannibals; they kill and eat human b