Bab 11: One Lucky Soldier
The soldier fell straight through the water hitting his head on a rock and lost consciousness. The strong tide of the water swept his body fast through the river pushing it as far as it could. The creature which turned hot like a larva immediately began to revert into its original form then dived into the water. Once in the river, the creature became more agile than it was on land and sped like a launched rocket after the soldier's unconscious body. It swam very fast; as fast as a black marlin but just as it was about to get to the soldier, a dark shadow appeared on the top of the cliff summoning the creature back. With a huff, the creature returned to the cave. 'One lucky soldier.'
### Back at the Lynx clan.
As Zagan jumped out the window, he spoke in his mind.
'my name is Zagan.'
With those words, a smile formed on Titan's face. A smile that had never been seen by his father nor his mother.
Queen Mica who was glued to the window and was about to call for the guards did not notice the smile until it was about to fade. Noticing the smile on Titan's face, she was bewildered and for that moment, she forgot all about Zagan.
She walked in a haste to where Titan laid almost stumbling to fall and with her entire body trembling, she sat next to Titan but before she could get a close look at his beautiful smile, it faded completely almost as if it never happened.
Her lips curled up now at least she knows that her baby is not cold-hearted. She placed her hands on his head to brush through his hair but when her hand came in contact with his head, she realized that his fever was gone.
"What!" she was surprised. She felt his neck and then his head again.
"Am I dreaming? How's this possible?" Just as she was about to stand from the stool, she saw a little liquid at the side of Titan's lips.
"What's this?"
She touched it and brought it close to her nose before taste it with the tip of her tongue. Her eyes widened in realization.
"Isn't this the special remedy for fever that is only made in the Leo clan? But how..."
She turned to look at Titan again and when she saw that all his facial color had returned, she shrugged everything aside, moved closer to him, gave him a peg on his forehead, and then laid next to him.
With much difficulty, Zagan got down the castle walls with a sprained ankle. With that jump, he had presumed the worst would happen but thankfully he only had a sprain.
Now he has no idea how he was going to leave the castle premises but he kept running forward with no one chasing him. Just as he was about to faint from overthinking, he saw some carts preparing to leave the palace and when no one was looking, he immediately jumped into it and hid so cleverly that even the cart driver didn't notice his arrival because he was showing some papers to the guard at the gate. When the cart driver returned, he looked at the cart suspiciously but didn't bother to check as he wanted to get to his destination before nightfall.
Zagan saw a lot of food in the cart but didn't dare take any. Experience is truly the best teacher. Once the cart was finally far away from the palace, Zagan peeped through the small white clothing that was used to cover the cart and realized that they were in another market.
The cart came to a halt and the cart driver went into a shop where he was supposed to supply the products. Zagan used that opportunity to sneak out of the carriage and escape.
He immediately mixed with the crowd. At one corner of the market, many people gathered as if being spectators for a show. He moved closer and was awed by what he saw.
Two individuals dressed in white martial art uniforms were fighting but this didn't look like a fight instead it was entertaining. Many people had their jaws dropped and their eyes widened in amusement. These two individuals were not just skilled but talented.
Zagan kept looking with his mouth widened until the show was over. The two individuals bowed to the crowd and then their master with a straight back and healthy posture, walked in front of the crowd and everyone bowed. Zagan who was astounded by the performance did not notice everyone bowing and just stood straight with his eye fixated on the man.
The master of the martial artist who looked like he was in his early forties smiled and bowed as well and everyone applauded.
While everyone was applauding, Zagan stood there with his eyes widened and his lips parted in awe. He couldn't comprehend the ignited flame in his heart of what he had just seen and how it made him feel.
Not too far from where the performance was being displayed, an old man with a bent back and a walking stick scuffed nonchalantly when he saw the just-completed performance.
"too bad, there are so few talents in the martial arts world hence these weaklings are considered awe-inspiring."
Zagan remained fixated on the same spot until people in the crowd began to disperse. He walked eastwards but had no idea how he was going to cope now that he had no shelter and no relatives.
The old man's eyes fell towards his direction and had a puzzled expression. "Why is he going eastward? No one goes eastward or is it that he has insomnia?"
As Zagan was deep in thoughts, he didn't realize that he had walked into a secluded area not even the sound of birds chirping could be heard. He was still lost in thoughts with his head bowed when he came in contact with a mighty, broad chest that caused him to stumble back. He looked around and realized that he had been surrounded by unknown hoodlums wearing black outfits.
The old man stayed at a safe distance and peeped from a corner. Zagan had a puzzled look on his face. 'What do they want.' He wondered.
"Hand over your coins or else..." one of the hoodlums who looked like the gang leader spoke. He had spiky hair and half of his face was covered with a black material. In a nutshell, he looked like a ninja.
Zagan did not utter a word but just looked at them confused. He had no money and he had no idea why these people were blocking his path.
The old man snickered "This boy sure has some guts."
The hoodlum was getting pissed. "Fine if you won't give it to us then we would have to beat it out of you."
'Oh, God! Why do I have to get beaten up again? I didn't take anything so why?' As he was lost in his worry, one of the hoodlums kicked him from the back. He fell to the ground face flat and a series of kicks began to land on his body randomly suddenly something caught the attention of both the old man and the leader of the hoodlums and he asked them to stop their torture.
The old man opens his eyes in awe. He had never seen this stuff in reality but the stories he heard and the picture of what he had envisioned it to be was exactly what he saw. While he was staring at it in admiration, the hoodlum was staring at it with greed.
The leader of the hoodlums bent and was about to touch it. When Zagan realized this, he immediately slipped it back into his shirt and furrowed his brow as if saying 'don't even think about it.'
The hoodlum laughed hysterically then sarcastically curved his lips downwards as if feeling wronged.
"You don't look like the type who likes to share. Well, guess what? I also don't like to share and once I like something, it automatically becomes mine so this amulet is now mine and if you refuse to this, my men would beat you up until you become lifeless. Got that?" The old man spat in disgust. He was holding himself back from beating that punk.
Zagan's brow furrowed even more which caused the leader of the hoodlums to laugh hysterically again. "Okay since you want it the hard way," He signaled for the hoodlums to beat him mercilessly.
Just then, the old man was about to step out to save Zagan but after taking two steps, he saw Zagan's bloodshot eyes, and in a blink of an eye, a shadow emerged from the amulet and with a speed of light, the sound of cracking bones was heard but the shadow didn't even give the hoodlums the chance to scream. Within a few seconds, all the hoodlums were lying on the floor.
The old man squinted his eyes and saw that a few strands of Zagan's hair had turned red. 'Oh no!' He thought 'this shouldn't be happening. This boy has no guidance.'
Zagan instinctively turned towards the old man but still had his eyes very red which made the old man flinch a little bit in a few seconds, Zagan fell to the ground. He fainted.
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