Chapter 63: Chapter 63
The sound of hands clapping echoes across the arena. Arslan walks getting ready for the next battle. The host announcer urges the participants for the next round to move to their various gate outlet which links to the arena. Arslan walks preparing for his next fight in 4hours when suddenly, a tall youth in black pants tucking into his boot in the hooded gray cloth covering most of the youth's face stares as he walks past Arslan
“If you want to save the princess, come to this location in an hour.”
“Who are you? Arslan questioned.
“Come to the location, and you will find out, we save the princess today be prepared”.
Arslan tries to look at the face in the hood. He could see a familiar face of a young lady as she walks past him. Arslan looks at the paper in his palm and then puts it into his pocket. An hour later,
Arslan observes his sword that he bought though it’s a normal sword but helps for a fight. He strapped the sword in his waist in his sheath and walks alone to an abandoned four-story building as directed in the paper. He pushes the door open and darkness was about it. Furthermore, he walks the distance further into the dark.
“Hello, Anybody here? I was asked to meet someone? Arslan questioned.
A hooded shadow of a man from the darkness acrobatically rotating his body swinging his sword midair. Arslan swiftly draws out his sword from his sheath as he swings into the air. With a flash of steel, the two swords collide.
“Who the hell are you? Arslan questioned with a gleam in his eyes posing for an attack. The shadow jumps back taking several steps backward. He ignites from his hands white light and then the building torches begin to flicker illuminating light. The darkness disappears, and then more shadows appear in hooded gray cloths surrounding him.
“What is hell? Who are you? Arslan questioned while he swings his sword around his hands. Lightning jolted from his eyes with blue colors’.
Like well-trained soldiers, they uniformly remove their hooded gray cloth covering their faces to their body, and the guys were all on knight amour of intricate colors’ of green.
“We are the integrity knights of equality under the command of Felicia”
“Why did you attack me?
“I heard a lot about you. The peasant who defeated gorilla, I was curious about your strength, and so I decided to test your skill. I am known as peter the Chapman”.
Arslans looks at the Demi-human, a face of a man, and brown eyes with bunny ears” he noticed I looked at his ears.
"Oh, Princess Felicia has a knack for Demi HUMAN. She believed in equality, and so she allowed different species under her camp, peasants, human, demi human, as long as you don’t try to walk over someone, you are alright. Though King Marcus supported her, the king refuses to accept that Felicia is stronger than most men. To protect her she allowed her to train alongside able people because of the prophecy and over time. Her kindness brought numerous people to her camp".
"Ok, Arslan looks at the combination of people with Demi human ears, elf, etc.
‘Ok, how come you were not able to come up with a plan to save the princess since this issue started?
“First, Princess Felicia’s mother and brother are held captive in the palace to keep us in check to not make any reckless move. If I can rescue her then Felicia will be able to fight with full strength. We have to find a boy that was with Felicia that day, that boy witness everything. The murder and all, if we can take him to the kingmaker fraction. They have memory magic that can see all that happens before and after the incident from his brain. We were chased by a strong hooded magician in dark robes. We let Felicia escape with few guards while we fought with them. Most of our men were killed, but we also killed many of them except one man named Kelvin cabin. He escaped. If we find that boy, we could prove Felicia's innocence.
“Why did the magician maker or whatever his name is checked Felicia's memory for details? Arslan questioned.
“Well, I don’t know but for most reason, Felicia was the victim and the victim are not usually heard. The anti-royalist planned it already, so people tend to believe what they want to believe. We don’t have much time. The plan now is to divide ourselves into two groups. Team A about 30 integrity knight will go to the palace to look for the boy that was with the princess that day. Sofie Amarak paid a lot of price to rescues the team from the clutches of death. Team B which includes Arslan and about 70 Demi-humans will go into the queen’s castle and rescue Princess Felicia's mother. As soon as will accomplish these goals, Princess Felicia can fight without worry. Everyone will meet back here that is if we are able to free them and during the tournament. We rescue and free the princess. We prove her innocent in front of the arena then use the mass. If the worst comes to worst, Arslan will have to run away with her or win the tournament to free the princess.
"It seems we have a plan already, so let’s begin, Arslan mildly commented.
The appointed time to begin the operation arrives and the entire team moved according to plan with team A go in search of the boy and team B.
and the entire team moved according to plan, team A went for the boy and team B. We climb over a mountain directly facing over a palace castle with trees surrounding it . We hid our selves in the trees and then we watch guards patrol the front gate of the palace, chapman and a girl name Sofie took out the guards by knocking them out, since they were palace guards. They are not to be killed, they are citizens of the country doing their job, quickly two of our men changed into the guards uniform and took their position, they are to watch out and tell us, we burst in to the castle and sprinted as fast as we can, the castle doors was big and could fit ten people, we ran knocking few guards, for some reasons, the guards were very few around the castle, Savannah spoke. "I sense something is not right here. It too easy"
"Guys, something his not right, the guards are way too few and quiet for my liking, should it be like this knowing that the princess mother is kept hostage. It ought to be heavily guarded" i questioned looking at Chapman
"SMELL A SNAKE AMONG THE TEAM." SAVANNAH MENTIONED
"Now that you said it, it s suspicious. What do you think Arslan. Should we call off the mission. I sense a trap" chap man replied
"I am interested in the snake in our midst, which to say, that there is a traitor among us. I should have know, then we should be ready
We reach a grand ballroom with large identical chandelier hung from the magnificent painted ceiling, their candle light flitting about the room causing specks of light to caress the walls,floors, and the marble columns that stood along the edge of the room. The room has four red doors ,one which was on the left and and other to right, in front of us , a grand staircase that stretches out from the middle of where the fourth wall would be.
We walked to the center of the room, suddenly a loud noise from behind us and we turned our faces. The snake among us cut chopping down our men with a flash of steel to the ground.
In matter of seconds, twelve men lay dead on the ground with torrent of blood spattering in the air. She lifts eyes to look at us. A ferocious glare from her eyes, she swiftly run towards us.
"Do you think you can kill us all alone" chapman questions as he draws out his sword
"I never said i was alone, did i" she spoke as the doors from our left and our right and behind us swung open, like swat team in my life time, heavy armor guard thud the ground Swiftly surrounding us from all sides. The guards were over two hundred of them.
"We are doom" Chapman spoke,
"Yes, you are doom and screwed" a voice from the stair case, we turned as our eyes widened, Vermilion in his red robe and guards walking in with a young boy, princess Felicia's mother and his son, and then Sofie beating up with blood decorating her face. She is on a slave gown chained strapped around her feet and wrist.
"What the hell? Chapman shocked, If she is Sofie we are looking at, then who is the Sofie who had been with us all this while. They turn to look at the softie who cut the men, the lady turned out to be the lady who fought with speed in the tournament earlier on. Vermilion voice cuts in.
''Mirage magic! I can turn anyone to look like anyone as far i have that person within my grabs, hahahahaha!"
"Vermilion" who the hell are you? Why are you doing these?" Arslan questions with anger
"Free them at once! Chapman grimaced pointing his sword at them
"Free them, hahahaha, they are important cards in my hand and so i cant leave them. For the princess mother and son, she cant die yet at least not until Felicia' is died, as for this Sofie, she has been quite useful till now. She can died now and for this young man. I planned to return him to prince Duran when we find him. He knows too much, you witness the killing of your parents, and also witness the killing of the kings. you will have to died, don't you agree brother of prince Duran, born of the First Banish queen of Santa Rosa 9th prince scriven Albert"
The pale blonde young boy open his green eyes