Alan's point of view...Being a slave...!Wasn't that part of my exile?Ok...! All this time I had been perky in the name of being a slave or a beggar, I have been slacking my time all this while, why not try being on the harder side?Why not try being a slave for real?"Ok, I will be your slave, just give the antidote first" I was clear on what I said but she was surprised at my agreement, she might have guessed that I will refuse to accept this but to her surprise, I agreed.It wasn't a big deal for me though."Oh, I will give the antidote on one condition," she said, moving aside, her eyes were filled with resentment, maybe the condition that she mentioned will be hard to accept, "What condition?" I asked her straight, I was a little curious about it too."You have to fetch something for me" it looks so much easier than it is for sure, the smirk on her face gave me a description of the task she was about to give."What...?" I asked after giving it a brief thought, I don't have any
Alan's point of view...I took that book, map, and some poisons about which I know how to use and kept the rest back at that place.Now I was ready to start my journey through the dense forest passing through the outskirts of Verona, to reach the dead man's valley.It was night but as I heard the words of that man, I didn't want to waste a minute, not even to rest.I didn't take that pill as it was not needed and moved toward the forest. However, it didn't bother me, it was a dense one where in the dark it looked more dangerous.The trees here are so massive and tall, giving them a vicious look, though it is dark yet the moon was helping me to look on my path with its reflection.I strode all night, and it took me more than eight hours to cross that forest, I got many wild companions, but still, I was out avoiding them, because I never like to kill animals for no reason. The area I was in was still remote, there were nothing but huge mountains and rocky paths ahead of me.I was tire
Alan's point of view...I wasn't able to get back from the burrow I was in, it was stifling, I tried hard to move forward but the more I struggle, the more oxygen was needed, so as a result of my crusade, I ended up falling unconscious in that cave. I know it isn't the right time but I really miss all my family and friends.I felt that it was my end, and the weird thing about this death is, no one can ever find my dead body. After a long sleep, I could sense something wet beneath me, a fresh smell of wet mud was making me breathe more, and the sound of water flowing was giving me a coolness. Is this paradise? I doubted,Am I that good that I was directly sent to paradise?Even if I am dead, my mind was working fine. That couldn't be, I commanded myself to move my hand, and surprisingly my body took my command.I forced my eyelids to flung open and looked around at where I was. Though beautiful, it wasn't paradise, it has nothing like that, no beauties no deities.I was in an open ar
Alan's point of view...I was desperate to find the burrow with the herb, it was dark already, and still, I couldn't find any so-called illuminating thing, I thought I could find it easily but it was so hard for me to do so.This thing was not something how I imagined it to be.I started hitting the rocks around me to make way for me, and suddenly as I moved one of the rocks, something was glowing beneath it, an orange color light was emitting out of that place, spreading all around.I took a breath of relief under my lungs, that it might be the herb that was glowing for which I was searching everywhere.I hurried back to that place to take it, but as I reached there, I didn't find any herb-like thing, instead, it was something different.To be honest, I chuckled peeking at it, it looked like a burning ball that was stuck in the bottom. It was still inside that hole, I tried to move it with a small stone but it didn't move.I felt much hotter than before as that hole was exposed, as i
Alan's point of view...It started as havoc and ended very soon disturbing everything around me. That valley was destroyed completely, I am glad there weren't any living things in that Valley but those precious herbs might have been destroyed too.When that lightning flinched, the sword in my hands disappeared and I felt that something was dragged out of me, I fell onto the cliff as if I was lifeless and soon fell unconscious.After a while, I sensed someone wiping my forehead and I was cold, so cold that I was shivering vigorously to cope with my body temperature."Are you fine, young man?" a voice echoed in my ears forcing me to open my heavy eyelids.I unfolded my eyes, it was daytime and I couldn't see the brightness directly so I closed my eyes again. What the hell was going on?Why was I so weak?I turned aside and someone sheltered my eyes with something, and I looked at the old man sitting beside me, he was the same old man from before and was holding a big leaf in his hands w
Alan's point of view...I was eager to know more about those who poisoned Zion and his brothers and also all those innocent family members.I know this kind of stuff is very common in royal families, but all are not bastards like them, only the people with low morals will have such cheap tricks in their minds.I grew up in a royal family as well and saw many things that one can do to have power.Yes, it is true that to attain power one must suppress others but this kind of thing, like killing innocent people, kids, and women of the harem, is the thing only cowards can do, I spit on those who have that on their mind.I hate this disgusting concept of using shabby tricks to attain power or to suppress the opponent, I would rather prefer to fight head to head, hand to hand bravely facing them straight."You know who is behind all this, didn't you?" I smacked his hesitation I can guess that too from what I heard that day and from the things that had been going on here.He looked at me wit
Alan's point of view...A sudden attack stopped us and I couldn't find anything to dodge it, I fought it with my legs but for how long, I can't help myself as those arrows increased in number. From one to two, from two to four, and now it wad more like a rain of thousands of arrows piercing the air to fall on us. I got on my toes before I closed my eyes to fetch the sword but that attack of storming arrows was so strong that it didn't give me enough time to shield myself, I don't know what is going to happen, will I be able to get a hold on it or will I be shot by them.But in an instant, I felt those arrows stop halfway as I couldn't hear their piercing sound neither they touch my body.I flung open my eyes to find a white color mist covering us and stopping them halfway, I glanced at the old man beside me, he used his magical powers to halt those thousands of arrows attacking us. "I can't hold on... it needs a lot of my energy, young man" he revealed with his eyes clenched in stre
Alan's point of view...I sometimes lose control over my mind, basically, I try to keep calm but in anger and panic my hands don't listen to me.Just like what I did now to that poor old man. I made him take the pill and almost killed him with my own hands.As he fell coughing blood, still struggling to breathe, I felt that he had a blockage somewhere in him that was stopping him from taking a breath. I am not a doctor myself, I know nothing about how to cure or how could I clear that blockage.But there was a thing that had been clinging to my mind.Those moves that the old lady used on me to remove the blockage.But..!Will that work? Can I do that?I just saw it for once.It won't make it hell, will it?I can't judge what to do, if I don't do anything now, he will die right in front of me.Either way there is death, why not give it a try?I carried him back to the cottage we were in before and lay him on the wooden bed.Now I heaved a huge breath to gather fresh air building my co