The group had gone through three days and two nights, they could survive with a little food and rain water. Finally they arrived at Gadrit, the stronghold of the kingdom of mammals. Unlike Rodenzam which was built from wood, Gadrit was built of stone and looks like a building that was built from the time of humans still alive. Ragna glanced around him as the party entered the fort. There are no other animals there apart from the primate family, such as monkeys and macaques. They were all wearing helmets and black armor engraved with metallic aluminum hues, in their hands held spears and stone daggers.
"It's like seeing humans in ancient times." Zwei muttered.
"What did you say?" Ragna asked who heard it.
"Oh, what? Did I say something? " Zwei answered confusedly.
"Um ... forget it. We should hope that we won't be made into meal. Ah, I wish this damn cage was made of wood. I will bite and scratch it to pieces. " Said Ragna while tapping the trellis made of iron.
"Hmm .. you want to get out of this cage?" Zwei asked.
Ragna replied that of course he wanted to get out of that damned cage. Zwei then moved closer to the keyhole that was backing him. The cat pulled its right front paw out of the trellis. He took out the claws on his right front leg and then put one of them into the keyhole. A few moments later there was a 'click' sound and the door of the cage opened. Ragna stared as well as the other animals, they shouted in whispers to open the door of their cage as well. Zwei casually walked out of the cage door and because of his small body, none of the Gadrit guards knew of him strolling from cart to cart. Ragna came out of the cage and saw Zwei opening the door to the cage one by one.
"HEY!!!" Exclaimed A horse and shook the cart.
A chimp saw the incident and immediately shouted. Things got precarious and the animals ran out of the cage together. The chimps started running after the animals with spears in their hands. The spear hit several animals, while Ragna dashed past each guard. Zwei ran beside him with an astonished look.
"Why didn't you tell me you could open the cage door?" asked Ragna.
"You and all of them didn't say anything about getting out of the cage. You just keep quiet and lament your situation in there. How do I know you want out? " Zwei said that while running.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO RUN HAH ?? !!" Shrieked a chimp in armor that suddenly appeared before them, blocking it by spreading its arms as wide as possible.
"GET AWAY !!!" Exclaimed Ragna while lowering his head slightly and lunging at the chimpanzee. With high speed he jumped and slammed his head into the chimpanzee's face, breaking the nose of his opponent. The chimpanzee backed away and fell on his back to the ground holding his face in pain. Even though he wears a helmet, his face is unprotected and vulnerable to attacks.
"Wow, you're great!" Zwei said.
"The compliment later, we have to get out of here first ..." exclaimed Ragna who saw an open gap in Gadrit's wall. He was sure that he could definitely get away from it. When he and Zwei were a few feet away from the gap, he fell down. "Kuh ... I ... I can't move !!" he shrieked, feeling all her joints stop. It was as if he was bound by an invisible rope.
"Hey, are you alright?" Zwei asked.
Ragna glared when he saw a gorilla behind Zwei raised a hand holding a club from a piece of wood. Before he could scream, the gorilla had thrown the club at Zwei. The white male cat felt danger behind him. As fast as lightning Zwei jumped and avoided the club's impact in only a fraction of a second of delay. The sound of the thump caused by the meeting between the wooden club and the ground was loud. Unfortunately for Zwei, he didn't pay attention to his surroundings while jumping. The cat jumps into a sack made of cloth that is put in by other chimpanzees.
"Zu ... ZWEI !!!" Screamed Ragna.
"Good catch, soldier." Praise the gorilla to the chimpanzee, who immediately smiled at his success.
Zwei struggled from inside the sack but he couldn't get out of there. Several chimps came carrying ropes and tied Ragna's body. The fox has started to move its legs. He thought why he couldn't move earlier, his body seemed stiff.
"This must be magic, there is an H.C with that kind of power here. Just like when Zwei picked me up at our first meeting, even though he didn't remember it "Ragna thought.
The gorilla lifted the red fox's body and placed it on its left shoulder. Ragna raised his head and saw the commotion that had just stopped. He saw that some of the animals traveling with him in the wagon had died. Some were pierced by spears, some had their heads crushed by stones or clubs, some were beheaded. Even the two horses did not escape the spear attack. Ragna didn't see the rat family, maybe they got away. Once again he was caught, now it would no longer be possible to escape Gadrit alive. His future has been locked together with the ropes that tie him.
* BRUGH *
Ragna and Zwei were thrown into a large prison cell with trellises so tight that even a cat as small as Zwei could not get through the gap in the trellis. The gorilla who brought Zwei laughed and said that he was very interested in tasting fresh fox meat.
"Try it, big monkey !!" Exclaimed Ragna.
"APES!!!! Don't equate us with that long tailed creature !! " Replied the gorilla, his voice booming in the prison which had several cells. All the prisoners who inhabited the prison were silent because the horror of the gorilla sound.
After the gorillas and chimpanzee troops left, Ragna went around in the cell. The red fox was watching closely for any gaps or anything that could make it come out of it. Zwei scanned him and muttered that if only the keyhole of the cell wasn't high, he could have opened it. Indeed, the keyhole on the prison cell door was very high, about the size of an adult human's waist. The cat thought that the prison cell was used to lock up humans, but now it has turned into a prison for animals.
"Hey, Ragna. How old are you? You still look so young. What's a year? " Zwei asked.
"One year and nine months, usually a fox reaches maturity when it is two years old." Ragna replied.
"By the way, as far as I know, red foxes reach adulthood when they are six to seven months old, while female foxes can enter fertility when they are nine to ten months old." Zwei said and made Ragna chuckle, laughing until he was coughing.
"Where did you get this crazy knowledge?"
"I don't know, I just feel like I know."
"Hahaha… you must be kidding. You're in the tube too long, your brain gets disturbed. " Said Ragna.
"Maybe .." Zwei replied with a smile. The cat couldn't remember where the knowledge came from. He only knew that he knew what Ragna saying was completely untrue. Unless, yes .. unless the animals have undergone evolution and have a longer life than ancient times. But indeed Ragna looked very young, his body was still relatively small than an adult fox that was more than one year old.
Screams and moans were heard from the other cells. It seems like quite a number of animals are being held in prison, for some reason. Zwei asked what they should do next. Ragna snorted, he said that from the start he intended to escape once the cage they were in was opened.
"I was going to bite the unlucky monkey's hand that opens the cage door. Who would have thought you could open it. But I've been stopped when I almost freed. Someone stopped me. " Said Ragna. Zwei asks what he means by someone stopping him. "Someone restrained me with an invisible rope. My body cannot be moved, even talking was difficult because I find it so hard to move my mouth. It felt like when you pulled me and lifted me into the air. It was our meeting in Halgera, but I don't think you remember it. "
"Of course not." Zwei replied.
"All we can do now is wait." Said Ragna.
They both sat pensive and tried to rest. Zwei then stretched his body and yawned. The cat curled up and embraced its own tail. They finally fell asleep, exhausted from everything they had experienced.