“If you have another way to escape, that would be better. This gate? It can't be broken. I know the metal it was made from”. Apphathorus, who was hiding near the gates, told Tydeus.
“Oh really? Which metal?” Tydeus asked as if he was about to receive lectures from a physics teacher.
Apphathorus moved towards the gate, feeling it with hands and said to Tydeus “It's bronze, an alloy of copper and tin. I think we should just find another route to escape.”
“Old man, are you going to help me bring down this gate?” Tydeus asked with a weird smile on his face.
“Uhmm, no”
“Then keep quiet!” Tydeus shouted at Apphathorus who was flexing his science muscles.
When it comes to breaking down a giant gate, flexing physical muscles would help faster than scientific muscles.
“We don't have much time!” Rakeh screamed out of nowhere as he kept on battling with the other pirates.
Tydeus, looking at the giant gate again, took a deep breath as he cracked his knuckles.
Gryza, who was about to attack Rakeh, took his attention to Tydeus.
“What does this bastard think he is about to do?” he mumbled to himself with a villainous smile.
“You're not doing what I think you want to do”. Apphathorus said to Tydeus again. He might only be trying to save Tydeus from killing himself. This heavy gate could kill him if he tries to carry it.
“How did they say I killed Apophis again?” Tydeus asked Apphathorus with a confident smile on his face.
“Uhmm, with your bare hands?” Apphathorus replied wondering what Tydeus was thinking.
“Good!” Tydeus replied to Apphathorus as he bent down to carry the giant gate from below.
Galdashkeh from where he was hiding with his bodyguards, was afraid and at the same time happy. Carrying such a heavy metal gate could be his enemy trying to kill himself willingly.
The rest of the pirates surrounded Rakeh. This should be the best time for him and Tydeus to fight together as a team but Tydeus seems to be doing a more dangerous task.
“Get him!” Gryza commanded the other pirates as they stormed at Rakeh.
Gryza, realizing Tydeus and Rakeh have been fighting to save an old man, walks towards Apphathorus, positioning his sword for a perfect kill.
As he was about to strike Apphathorus who was facing the other side watching Tydeus trying to lift the big gate, Rakeh threw his axe towards him, hitting his head and sending him to the ground.
Apphathorus, who didn't realize someone just saved his life, continued watching Tydeus.
“Graaaaaaa!!!!!” Tydeus groaned as he used his entire strength, trying to lift the gate.
Apphathorus was frozen in shock as he watched Tydeus lift the gate gently.
Tydeus continued groaning as he tried to lift the gate; his feet had started to make cracks on the concrete floor. Killing Apophis made him famous, destroying a gigantic gate could also add to his legend.
“You better be done with that brother”. Rakeh said as he struggled with three pirates at the same time.
Galdashkeh, seeing his pirates were about to finish Rakeh and Tydeus was about to kill himself, began smiling. The night could later end up in his favour.
Not until Tydeus groaned harder and pushed the giant gates. The gate broke from its holds and began going down gently.
Apphathorus stood up slowly as he opened his mouth. He couldn't believe his eyes. Did this big dude just break down the gates?
*BANG!!!!!*
The gates fell and shattered into pieces to the outside. The rest of the pirates, including their boss, Galdashkeh, opened their mouths in great shock. Did Tydeus just break down the giant gate of Iron Fortress?
Some of the pirates who were already about to finish Rakeh left him and ran back into the Fortress in fear. If Tydeus could break such a heavy gate, how much more are their bones?
Rakeh immediately ran, picked up his axe and held Apphathorus in his other hand as he ran outside the Fortress.
“Good job bro! Now let go,” He said, smiling at Tydeus.
“Not now bro, I have some unfinished business to attend to”. Tydeus said as he cracked his knuckles walking towards Galdashkeh.
“Get him!” Galdashkeh commanded the other pirates who were still there.
As the other pirates heard their boss's commands, they all ran for their lives, leaving Galdashkeh to carry his cross.
As Galdashkeh saw this, he became more afraid. He looked at his two bodyguards in front of him and ordered them to attack Tydeus.
As they ran towards Tydeus to fight, Tydeus held their heads and slammed them together, sending them both to the ground.
Galdashkeh pulled out his sword, shaking like a chicken with his fat body as Tydeus kept walking towards him gently.
“You know, I wanted to spare your life but I just heard something shocking that I didn't even believe…”
“So you and your maggots were the ones that attacked and destroyed Malja 15 years ago?”. Tydeus asked with a straight face as he walked slowly towards Galdashkeh, who was already peeing on his body.
“Malja? Where is Malja? I don't know what you're talking about. Please spare me, I apologize for everything I have done”. Galdashkeh said as he continued begging for his life.
“So you were the ones that made me lose my father? You maggots ruined my village and left me hopeless?” Tydeus said, this time, his face filled with anger as he continued walking towards Galdashkeh, who started shuddering.
“It's… it's not… It's not like that my pirates went against my orders and attacked Malja instead of another village”. Galdashkeh said as he fell on his groins from walking backwards.
Gryza, who was unconscious on the floor, woke up and shook his head, wondering what hit him. He looked up and saw his boss, Galdashkeh, crying out loud.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhrrrgggg!!!!”
Tydeus raised his big boot and brought it down forcefully on Galdashkeh's testicles, crushing his balls. “Aaarrrggghhh! Somebody help me!” Galdashkeh kept shouting and screaming for help.Gryza immediately closed his eyes pretending to still be unconscious. Tydeus has once broken his left arm, crushing his testicles to be worse.“This should teach you a lesson. But if I ever set my eyes on you again, I promise you; I am going kill you myself”, Tydeus said angrily to Galdashkeh, who remained on the floor groaning and holding his balls.Tydeus ran outside the Fortress to catch up with his friends. The whole Fortress continued to tremble with noise coming from the inside, the prisoners continued fighting the pirates to escape.“Do you need to waste any more time? We were about to leave you behind,” Rakeh, who had been waiting for Tydeus, said with a straight face.“Yeah, I told you I needed to attend to an unfinished business”. Tydeus replied as he ran towards Rakeh and Apphathorus.“Wh
Tydeus looked up suddenly; the wind had already lifted the waters; if it came down, it would crash their boat deep into the river.*BOOM!!!!*“Everybody jump!” Tydeus shouted at his companions, and they all jumped into the river.This might be Tydeus's last mission. He has survived many tremendous dangers, but swimming out of a storm in the middle of the Nile might be the last history he is going to make. Galdashkeh and Gryza, from the top of the Fortress, saw as Tydeus and his men fell into the river and their boat wretched.“At last! He dies and dies for good”. Galdashkeh shouted exuberantly as Gryza beside him continued laughing. Their enemy has just killed himself.Tydeus swam and grabbed Apphathorus who was starting to drown. They all held on to the woods of their wrecked boat.“Where the heck is the ride?” Tydeus shouted as he held Apphathorus who had already fainted, onto a wood.“I don't…” Sakoh was about to reply to Tydeus when a big ship sailed towards them, and a rope lad
“…97, 98, 99 and 100. There you go, bro”, Rakeh said as he poured a hundred golden coins into a small bag and passed it to Tydeus.“Are you sure this is complete?” Tydeus asked Rakeh, smiling as he picked up his cup to sip some of his fresh wine.“Of course, you want to count it again?” Rakeh asked curiously.“Nah, never mind. I'm just joking”, Tydeus said as packed his bag of money off the table.“Don't worry; when Sakoh comes back with the balance payment, the calculation will be straightforward”, Rakeh said to Tydeus.“But why is he taking so long?” Tydeus asked Rakeh.“I don't know, he only has one job there, to just collect the balance payment and meet us in this bar. Maybe he's busy playing hide and seek with his little bird again.” Rakeh replied to Tydeus as he gulped some wine off his cup, too.“Or maybe those people are just delaying him”, Tydeus intercepted.“Delaying him? Under this hot sun? They better not. I told you those people don't look like they have our price. Somet
“How dare you???” The hefty barbarian said angrily as he got up slowly from his seat.“Uhmp?! Please I'm sorry, it's a mistake. I don't mean to”, The young man began begging, going down on his knees gently.The rest of the bar attendees who were partying began making way for the hefty barbarian. No one wants to get in the way of such a hefty gang leader. The last person he fought hasn't recovered from his injuries.“Did you know what you have just done?” The hefty barbarian said angrily again to the young man who kept moving backwards in fear.“I was only trying to go my way, sir; I didn't mean to pour away your drink”, the young man continued begging as he noticed someone behind him.He turned back and saw two other gang members of the hefty barbarian.“I will show you what we do to little brats like you”, the hefty barbarian said as he lifted his giant palm and landed it on the young man's face, sending him to the floor.The other bar attendees began murmuring, some of them already
“Whhhooooaaaaaa!!” The rest of the crowd exclaimed in great shock. Did this man just throw out the hefty barbarian through the window with a single punch?As the remaining two members of the gang saw that their boss had just been defeated, they ran to attack Rakeh and his friend.The first one agitatedly came closer to Tydeus, but Tydeus immediately stood up from his chair and collided with his jaw using his head. This impact instantly brought out four teeth from the mouth of the gangster as he fell on his groins.The rest of the crowd in the bar burst into laughter as they saw this. The second gangster became confused, he didn't know who to hit, maybe Tydeus or Rakeh.He immediately faced Tydeus and began throwing punches at him. Tydeus stood his ground with his cup of wine as he dodged all the punches without flinching.As the gangsters kept throwing punches but kept missing everything, the crowd began laughing. Tydeus came close to the gangster again so he could land a hit, but h
“Hey, little you. How have you been? Where is your friend?” Tydeus said to Sakoh's sparrow as he massaged its neck while the bird stood on his shoulders.“There he is”, Rakeh said as he sipped some wine from his cup.Sakoh came into the bar towards Tydeus and Rakeh's table with a bag in his hands. He pulled out a chair and sat with them. “So what's the update?” Tydeus asked Sakoh who looked tired and sweaty.*BANG!*Sakoh dropped the small bag of money he went to collect on the table and said, “This is all I got, their village head said they would pay up our balance by the end of the month”.“Damn it!!!” Rakeh shouted out of nowhere.“I told you those people aren't going to pay us well, they don't have our price. Now we don't have our money complete after all the stress we went through last night”, Rakeh protested to Tydeus.“Oops! Just take it easy man. We are going to get another good job”, Tydeus tried to calm Rakeh down.Sakoh grabbed a cup from the table and tried to fill it wi
Tydeus and his friends remained unshaken. They stayed in their seats, waiting for who and what was coming.Only a few people remained in the bar, as the rest had run outside. And all of a sudden, great silence took over the entire bar as everybody kept mute waiting for what was coming.Suddenly, two soldiers walked into the bar. They didn't look like ordinary soldiers, with the spear and shield in their hands, the kind of armour they were wearing and the symbol on their shield, they looked like they were from a palace or kingdom.Rakeh immediately signalled Tydeus, this might be a threat or something.The two soldiers came in and stood at the entrance as escorts, which they were; two other soldiers came from the entrance, too, but this time, with someone in their middle.The person was wearing a long black cloak which covered every part of the person's body, and the face was covered with a black hood.Tydeus remained on his seat wondering who it could be. Is he about to be arrested by
“We all know the story. It's a popular one and we are not talking about fairy tales here, Alright?” Tydeus shunned Artecus.“Sorry for the interruption, my lady. But what have I to do with all that you've just said? I don't seem to see anything that actually concerns me”, Tydeus asked Isis, the king's sorceress.“The ruler of Giza, King Nezeron, demands your presence. We need you to fight with us and defend us from the notorious rebels who are about to destroy our land”, Isis narrated again.“Me? I'm no saviour. All I do is to eat, sleep and do my business. I am not a hero or whatever you're looking for. I think you have come to the wrong person”, Tydeus responded, spreading his palms to demonstrate his reply.Isis bent her head moving closer to Tydeus like she was about to whisper something into his ear,“The gods didn't direct me here to meet the wrong person. The gods never make a mistake”“Well, there's always a first time”, Tydeus intercepted Isis, the king's sorceress sharply.I