Chapter 43
(Disclaimer: the following content has a war scene and it might not be written well as this is my first time)
"Has Pearl been hidden?" King Archer asked as he walked down the hallway breathlessly, the war between him and Theodore had been called and he needed utmost protection for Pearl.
"Yes, it was easier than expected but she'd be lonely right now"
Archer had begged Ray to help hide Pearl knowing that Pearl would be too stubborn to handle in a situation like this.
"I will send her hand maid to her… Hey Arlo, are all the horses out!?" Archer called out.
"Yes my king, the knights and guards are now fully dressed in their armour" Arlo said in a bow as he hurried down the stairs, there was no time to waste, the war was suddenly called by Theodore without a date!
"Ray, are you ready for this?" Archer turned to his elder brother who was fully dressed and had his sword at the corner of his armour.
"Let's save Guham Brother!" Ray said as they hurried down stairs.
The knights and guards were all ready standing beside their horses, all Archer could think of was life or death! What if he dies leaving Pearl behind to suffer as a slave? He needed to be stronger than he normally is and all he has to do to defeat Prussiate is to be strong and not doubt himself.
They all said their war pledge to proclaim their victory as they hit the path headed to the war front.
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I sat on the floor as I buried my head in-between my legs in other not to see how scary the underground hideout was, I was trying my best to be strong while waiting for Prince Ray to come back for me, definitely he will come and take me out of this place, I haven't done anything to him and he isn't cold hearted like King Archer.
I heard a steady foot step matching down the stairs as I raised my head to see sage with two bags in her hand. I was surprised to see her instead of Ray.
How did she know about Ray's hideout if indeed no one knows about it and he requested for it to be a secret.
"Hope you're fine my queen" she said as she kept the bags on the floor and climbed back up coming down with a gallon of water, all this was getting me confused because I didn't see the reason for bringing a gallon of water in.
I watched her closely as she closed the entrance of the underground hideout as she climbed down now facing me.
"What's going on Sage?" I asked as I stood from the floor.
"My queen, there is a war going on and the king has asked you to stay in here to keep you safe, the knights from Prussiate are also after your life.
I could feel tears streaming down my cheeks as I stared blankly at Sage, My dream might possibly come through! If Archer dies I and my baby will suffer, no way I'm losing Archer please lord!
"My queen please don't cry, the king will definitely defeat the king of Prussiate, this isn't the first time he has fought in battles and Guham always comes back with victory" She is right for sure but this is a very tough fight, the king of Prussiate is a monster in human flesh their is a possibility that he will kill Archer.
The more I thought and imagined Archer's death the more I cried. Yes, Archer is strong but anyone can be defeated at any time.
"King's from two kingdom has surrendered their warriors to help King Archer which gives us more hope"
"But that doesn't mean King Theodore won't get help too, they are both popular amongst other kingdoms! Sage I am scared of losing Archer you know what befalls me if he dies in this war"
"My queen it would be better if we think positively, words are powerful" Sage said as I nodded slowly, wait My Co-wives ain't here with me.
"Sage, where is Lula and my co-wives?" I asked, staring closely at her as her head bowed.
"The king canceled his marriage with them, they have gone back to their kingdoms"
Why would he do that to his long term wives, he has spent much time with them and after wasting their time all these years he cancels the marriage.
"Although Queen Zinnia and Fox are imprisoned" she added
"Why!" My eyes shone curiously
"My queen it'd be better if the king tells you the reason for there imprisonment" for some reasons I wanted to use my power as a queen to influence her into telling all Zinnia might have done to warrant being thrown to the dungeon, my look alike witch friend has already told me about Fox so maybe he was imprisoned because of that, I just decided to respect Sage's opinion of letting the king tell me his reasons and not forcing words out of her mouth.
But what if King Archer doesn't come back!?…
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King Archer stood in front with his elder brother Ray while the knights and guards stood behind them as they looked towards the end where King Theodore and Ezra stood with their guards behind them.
Rage was written on the faces of the two king's as suddenly they ran towards each other with the horses' fast feet's pouring dust.
The guards attacked each other same with the knights while King Archer faced King Theodore, Theodore raised his sword almost to hit Archer as he quickly used his sword to weige the sword as they both clicked, bringing out a hard fire spark.
"Maybe this is your last day on Earth indeed!" Theodore said which confused Archer unknown to him that a sword was about slitting through his head but immediately an unknown warrior pierced his sword through the guards chest as he kicked the sword off the knight he sensed coming behind him.
King Archer was amazed by the masked warriors ability to fight and why he was helping him, he isn't a Dicrik warrior for sure because he isn't dressed in their attire nor is he a guard from Noviran.
Just in-between his thoughts Theodore's sword cut through his arm causing a deep cut.
King Archer stared angrily at the deep cut on his hand as he jumped to Theodore's, giving him an air kick which made his nose bleed uncontrollably.
"You will definitely pay for this Archer!"
"Not after I have killed you" the masked warrior said as Theodore quickly turned, making the sword slit through his throat.
King Archer's eyes shone in surprise, an unknown man helped him kill his sworn enemy! His fight with Theodore wasn't an easy one as Archer already felt like Theodore would defeat him but here Theodore is lying on the hard ground with his head and throat bleeding.
Theodore wasn't fully dead as he struggled to breath but before Archer could blink twice the masked warrior pinned his sword through Theodore's chest.
He was obviously a cold hearted warrior with great fighting skills, The warriors of Guham had great skills but Archer wished they were like the mysterious man that helped him in a life or death war.
King Archer, filling fulfilled as Theodore is dead now turned to see half of his men on the floor with his brother bleeding profusely on the floor.
He rushed to his brother as he bent over with tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe that his brother was on the verge of dying and he couldn't help.
Ray made signs with his hand trying to talk but instead blood gushed out of his mouth, Archer isn't the crying type but the state of his brother weakened him.
"My king, some guards from Prussiate are alive!" Arlo called out as King Archer ignored him carrying his brother to his horse.
"Did Otis survive?" King Archer asked blankly as he climbed the horse.
"Yes my king but he has a very deep injury on his legs"
King Archer remembered the mysterious masked warrior that helped him as he eye searched for him but suddenly couldn't find him.
"Get all the Prussiate warriors that survived to the horses and get our warriors to ride them back to the castle, you should personally ride Otis back to the castle" Archer said as he made to ride his horse.
"My king are you going alone, why don't you wait for us so that we can guide you and Prince Ray back to the castle"
"I am not going to the castle, I am going to the doctor's house to treat my brother" Archer said as he rode faster through the bush path not letting Arlo argue.
King Archer rode through the bush path as he constantly checked if his brother was safe and still with him, the sight of the blood gushing through his brother's mouth saddened him the more, he couldn't just wait to get to the doctors house.
Suddenly the mare white horse stopped at the path and neighed loudly nearly to throw King Archer and Prince Ray to the floor.
A feminine figure walked out from the bush without the grasses making any form of crunchy noises, it was the same mysterious lady of that night, the night he was supposed to save Pearl but missed the opportunity.
It was daytime but still he couldn't see her face, she was covered with a thick cloth and she looked really scary like she owned the forest.
"Where is the king of Guham taking a dead man to instead of looking for a way to bury him peacefully?" she said in the most scary voice anyone could ever want to hear.
What does she mean by dead man! Does that Mean Prince Ray, his only brother, passed on!?…
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