2024-10-12 08:01:17“What?” Tydeus asked the old man.
Apphathorus, with fear written all over his face, asked Tydeus, “Is it true that you killed Apophis, the great beast of the dark world with…”
“With my bare hands. Yes, I like it sounding that way?” Tydeus intercepted Apphathorus.
“No way!” Apphathorus exclaimed gently.
“So how were the Iron Mask able to capture you? If you could kill such a gigantic creature like Apophis, how in the world would it be difficult for you not to save yourself from ordinary pirates?” Apphathorus asked curiously again.
“Capture me? Who said they captured me?” Tydeus said, almost laughing.
“So how did you get here? How is it that you are here now?” Apphathorus asked fastidiously.
“To do something unusual as I have said before. I came here to complete my job”. Tydeus replied confidently.
“Job?? What job? Who comes into a prison to complete a job? That sounds like madness.” Apphathorus replied to Tydeus, his face covered in confusion.
Tydeus looked at him and smiled again.
“What?” Apphathorus asked, his face squeezed like he had been talking to a madman.
Tydeus got up and looked towards the cell's gates.
“Alright, enough of the questions. Get up, let's go; we don't have much time anymore”, he said to Apphathorus as he wiped his trousers off dirt.
“Let's go? Go to where? Where are we going?” Apphathorus asked curiously as he got up from the floor.
“Just follow me,” Tydeus replied Apphathorus as he kept moving towards the cell's gate.
The rest of the prisoners remained in their seats, staring at them and wondering where they were going. If Tydeus had an escape plan, it would have worked perfectly before he entered the ship. Not here when he is now locked up in a cell somewhere in the Iron Fortress.
“What are you doing? Are you… are you trying to get me out of here?” Apphathorus asked curiously as he walked behind Tydeus.
“Yeaaa, something like that”, Tydeus said as he held Apphathorus's hand, leading him to the cell's gate.
“Oh thank you. Thank you so much. If you successfully get me out of here, I have a few pieces of gold; I could share some with you.” Apphathorus said as he continued following Tydeus.
“Few pieces of gold? Pss! I have collected a bag of gold already; I'm still yet to collect my balance,” Tydeus said with a confident smile on his face.
“Bag of gold? What are you talking about?” Apphathorus asked curiously.
Tydeus turned to him suddenly and said, “Listen, your people paid me to get you out of here, and these questions you're asking me are making us run out of time, so can you help us both by keeping your mouth shut? Or do you want me to change my mind? I get paid either way, remember that”.
Apphathorus immediately held his mouth with his hands, realizing he had a chance to be free again.
“Good!” Tydeus responded as he kept on moving to the gate.
But Apphathorus doesn't seem satisfied; there's still something Tydeus is not telling him.
“Oh okay. Bu… but hold on a second, How do you plan on escaping this place? This is the Iron Fortress. We are in the middle of a sea” Apphathorus lamented again as he continued following Tydeus.
“Ha! In the middle of a sea?...” Tydeus replied with a confident smile on his face.
“...I brought the Iron Mask here”.
“Huh? You what? What are you talking about? You brought the Iron Mask to their base?” Apphathorus continues to question Tydeus like he is talking to a madman.
“Yup! You see that bird over there?...”
Tydeus said as he pointed towards a bird standing in an enclosure like a window in the cell. It looks like the bird Tydeus saw on a pirate's shoulder before they entered the ship.
“...It knows how to deliver letters well,” Tydeus answered Apphathorus who remained confused but just kept following Tydeus.
Tydeus got to the cell's gate; the other prisoners remained in their seats, looking and waiting for the magic Tydeus was about to perform.
“Okay, so what now?” Apphathorus asked as he turned his face to Tydeus.
“Just keep quiet, old man”, Tydeus replied Apphathorus with a straight face.
“All right, we are ready to move out!!!” Tydeus said aloud
“Took you so long.” A voice responded to Tydeus from outside the gate.
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CHAPTER 93
They kept navigating their way in the renowned cave of the dead till they got to a narrow corridor, a creepy long passage, dark and appalling. Apphathorus quickly gripped the lamp he had in his hands tightly and swallowed hard.“This place looks scary, are we really going into this corridor?” Apphathorus asked“Everywhere in this cave is scary, there's no need to be dramatic. We must get the stones. So what did the map indicate? We are going through this corridor right?” Tydeus asked“Yes” Apphathorus replied “Fine. Just make sure you're very careful and you stay behind me”, Tydeus, whilst still holding his bleeding stomach warned Apphathorus, making his way into the corridor by leaping on his broken kneeApphathorus began walking behind him as they advanced further into the corridor. As Apphathorus walked, his legs were shaking terribly each step wishing he hadn't come into the Forest in the first place. With the lamp in his hands, he continued to turn his back often after each step
CHAPTER 92
The giant turned to Apphathorus again but could not see anything. Has he run away? It steered its body in different directions looking for the little human who just woke it up after sleeping for thousands of years. While the mummy turned back, Apphathorus furtively held his bag and began to make his way out of the cave. This was only their first encounter, and it was already looking like it would be the end of their adventure.Only one step was remaining for him to make it out of the cave from the big hole, but he noticed he wasn't moving forward again, it was as if an external force was taking him back. He turned his back in terror and saw the giant pulling him back into the cave. They had come to its playground, and it seemed the giant mummy wasn't done playing yet. The giant mummy gripped Apphathorus tightly with its wide, bony palm and brought it closer to its mouth, but just before he could swallow Apphathorus, who was already screaming beyond his voice, Tydeus emerged out of n
CHAPTER 91
“Watch your steps, old man; this place doesn't look like the playground you called it”, Tydeus said, breaking the ominous silence in the cave, and his voice echoed.“Oh my gosh! I'm creeping out right now. I feel like vomiting”, Apphathorus replied fearfully“Oh well, you can do that after we make it outside. As you can see this place is really dark and eerie. We are left to find the stones now”, Tydeus said, taking a closer look at the materials on the floor; they looked like dry bones of humans or perhaps animals. “Where could they be now?”“You have the map with you isn't it?” Tydeus cut in“Yeah?”“Then make use of it; where are we supposed to get the stones before something comes at us?” Tydeus asked Apphathorus sharply. “Uhm, This is what it says. We are supposed to…”“Hey watch it! Don't touch anything. Be careful!” Tydeus quickly informed as he saw Apphathorus almost resting on some of the creepy materials near the wall.“Oh, don't worry about me being careful; I mean, I was
CHAPTER 90
The rain had started to drizzle and the breeze blowing ominously, the trees had started to dance like horrible masquerades making the entire atmosphere in the jungle tense and creepy, but it seemed these two risk-takers were already getting used to the nature around these paths but they might just be making their way to the most dreadful part of all. Apphathorus and Tydeus, whilst still leaping with his stick, arrived at a wide spot under a big tree in the forest after a long walk, both of them started to gaze at the surroundings, trying to observe where they had gotten to. “Are we lost? Tydeus asked his voice sharp.“I think that's not the right word to use because we have been lost since we made our way into this jungle. But talking about ‘misplaced’, I think we…” Apphathorus was saying as he took another look at his map to study it again. “Oh no! Now we have to go back, we have been walking in the wrong route!” He said with a tone of disappointment.“Really? Let me see that” Ty
CHAPTER 89
Apphathorus's heart had started to drum in his chest, cold sweat trickling down his old, weak face as he awaited what would come out of the bush in the fog. But from afar, he saw something different; he was expecting to see the form of a monster or another hideous beast. Instead, he saw the form of a human, or maybe it was a monkey. He squinted his eyes to see who or what was coming behind the fog, every movement of his eyes begging it to be a human. He continued to focus his sight on the apparition in his front until he began to scream, “Help! Help!! Is anyone there?! Is anyone…” He halted his noise instantly as he saw what was coming out of the fog clearly. It was like a human being leaping with a walking stick coming in his direction. “Everybody in the forest can't be walking with a stick, except one person. But is it possible?” His thought swirled his brain as he continued to focus his gaze on the person coming his way. “No way!” he mumbled in shock with his eyes widened like
CHAPTER 88
“Aaauurrrrrhhh!” A loud weak yawn broke through the silence. But nothing was seen except the blurry view of two large eyes protruding out of a big green head with horns like… or perhaps antennas shooting out of the green head. But it seems what was seen wasn't much of a threat so… we can ignore it. Not until the creature whatever it was, felt like it was coming closer, closer? From where exactly? We can take another blurry look, but… it's gone, better! Not bad for another yawn of relief and… “aauurrrrrrhhh”*AATTTUUU!!!*Apphathorus let out a loud cough as the grasshopper almost flew into his mouth.*TUEH! TUEH!! TEUH!!!*He spat repeatedly even though the little grasshopper had flown away. “What was that for?! I was sleeping and you flew on my nose? That wasn't enough; I tried to yawn, and then you flew into my mouth till you finally woke me up?!”“Why don't you creatures of this jungle have any sense of humour?” He yelled out disgustedly at the grasshopper, which had flown into t
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