"good, good, you see, Lam. He heard, soon you hear too." Prince Toa said and grasp his nephew collard again. Crown Prince Lam swiftly counter, grasp at his uncle collard and threw him on the ground. Witnessed that, the Brocade Cloak Guard of Prince Toa charging in with the crowd of people who stand in the dark this whole time, trying to apprehender the crown prince. Crown Prince Lam quickly retreat into the surrounding darkness. Many, the crowd maybe but with his powerful magic ability, an unarmed crowd of peoples are not much of a problem for him. But Crown Prince Lam not really sure what happened to them, especially his uncle, so he thinks, it is best to find a way out of the cave and inform his father. After a while fumbling in the dark with the lantern light of the crazy crowd closely behind. Finally, Crown Prince Lam found another cave tunnel that seem to lead to the surface. The tunnel slope upward for a short distain and stop at a bamboo ladder, waste no time, Crown Prince Lam launched up on the ladder, whilst the footstep sounds of the crowd approaching from the darkness behind. The ladder climbs up, up about 5 – 6 lias high to another trap door. Hit his shoulder at the trap door, Crown Prince Lam find it is not locked but there is something heavy lie on top of it. And so, with his telekinesis, Crown Prince Lam blast the door open and climb out.
When he poked his head out of the trap door, a figure and a flash of steel of a lunging sword aim right the crown prince's face. Fortunately, the sword's tip had stopped a few liamis from Crown Prince Lam face.
"Lam? Is that you?" Emperor Tu surprise, when he realized who's head just came out of the hole on the floor.
Jump out of the hole, Crown Prince Lam quickly seal the trap door shut with magic. Momently, a loud "thump" come from behind the trap door. Looking around, Crown Prince find himself in the village common house, scattered the floor is the dead bodies of the village's elders and some villagers, some Brocade Cloak Guards accompanied Emperor Tu were injured. The doors and windows of the common house are closed shut and blocked with the common house's furniture. Loud thumping kept sounding, as the villagers from the outside hitting the doors trying to get in.
"father, what happening here? Are you alright?" Crown Prince Lam concerned.
"I'm fine, the villagers sudden went berserk and attacked us, forced the Brocade Cloak Guard's hand." Emperor Tu explained "and you? where have you been? You making me worry. Why're you climb out from that hole?"
So Crown Prince Lam retold his strange encounter.
"so Toa and the convoy are here? And he trying to throw you into that strange pond? What is going on? I don't understand anything here." Emperor Tu's mind boggled with the things his son just told
"I'm not so sure neither, but… I think… Uncle is… no long himself anymore. And I guess what I found in that cave maybe the reason of this." Crown Prince Lam said. "I think… maybe that strange grey liquid had made the people of this village lose their mind? And when uncle and the convoy made a rest stop here and they got infected by it."