CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE General Morbius grunted angrily while he glared his eyes as though Lord Thorne was standing in front of him. Slowly, he returned his sword to his sheath and sighed heavily to get rid of some of the anger boiling inside him.“Go to a safe place, General. Somewhere we can talk without being heard or even seen. I will be right behind you.” Aleric urged the General who looked around for a while before he began to swiftly walk toward the weaponry by the other end of the palace. The distance from where he began his movement to the weaponry was about two hundred steps apart, but he was certain that it was the only safe place.Aleric was patiently walking behind him until he stopped in front of the door, looked to his right, and then to his left. He pulled out a huge key hanging around his neck and quickly unlocked the door before pushing it open with both hands.He walked in almost immediately and gave way for Aleric to walk in even though he was still able to see him.He

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE General Morbius remained silent for a while, still giving the words he heard from Aleric so much thought. There were so many ideas going on in his mind, but he was unable to make up his mind on which of them he was going to think of particularly.Realizing that his mind was restless and he had some other thing that troubled him, he sighed heavily and decided to move his entire focus to the thought that seemed to be more pressing than the others which he felt were secondary even though they were still relevant.“We have to get Elder Clagmor, Aleric. You have to help me get him at once. He is going to be the key to exposing the plans of Lord Thorne and whoever he has been plotting this evil with.” General Morbius paused for a few seconds, waiting to hear from Aleric who saw the desperation on his face and couldn't bring himself to say no to him, especially after witnessing some of the terrible things that occurred himself.“Please, Aleric. Don’t say no, I beg you.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVEAleric stood still for a while, looking around while he waited eagerly for the General who was nowhere to be found. His ears were met with the sound of water cascading at a distance not too far away from him, and he could also hear the sound of rustling leaves from the umbrella trees that were planted behind the palace, very close to the gardens that had beautiful flowers that caught his attention.He had never been to the palace before, and he couldn’t stop himself from admiring the beautiful rose flowers that were planted in the garden, alongside the lovely hibiscus that was few, yet enough to stare up a bright reaction on the face of anyone who truly loved nature.“Where is the General?” Aleric whispered after a while, looking around while he searched for the General who still refused to show up, giving him another reason to doubt the little trust he had for him.At that point, Aleric became a bit restless. He knew that he had spent so much time in the palace

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENSeeing that the main they were after had escaped through the back door, Aleric grunted in annoyance, turning to look at the General who didn’t want to admit that he was wrong.“I will go after him. I hope you can handle him.” General Morbius decided to make up for his mistake by going after Elder Clagmor who had fled through the back door.“Well, I guess the old man sees properly even in the darkness,” Aleric said with a smirk while the General ignored him and went after Elder Clagmor who he wasn’t even certain of his whereabout.Let with Baron who seemed pleased that he was going to be facing him again, Aleric sighed softly, looking at the dagger he was holding in his right hand.“Well, it seems the General has left you at my mercy, Aleric.” Baron sniggered while he marched forward toward Aleric who stood still, looking at him with so much contempt in his eyes.Baron continued moving slowly toward Aleric who looked at the sharp sword he was holding onto,

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEBaron looked at the dagger Aleric wielded in his right hand, unable to believe that it could inflict him with so much pain, but on second thought, he remembered that Aleric was more than an ordinary raider, but that wasn’t enough to make him relent.He grunted in pain, cleared his throat, and sighed heavily before taking another step forward toward Aleric who stood still, waiting for him to make the first move.“Come on, Baron. Don’t tell me that you are going to let that small injury make you stop your just cause. Remember that you still want to purge the Kingdom of the King’s chains. You can’t give up now that you are very close to your emancipation.”“That’s enough! Enough, Aleric!” Baron grunted in pain, looking at the injury on his left arm with blood all over it.Baron returned his eyes to Aleric who was looking at him with a taunting smile on his face which made him grunt angrily.“What is it, Baron? Have you suddenly lost your courage? Do you want to rele