"WAKE UP!! WAKE UP!!"
A loud sound was heard along with the sound of clanging wooden sticks, clashing with the sound of trellises. Three chimps entered the prison room. One screamed hitting the trellis while the other two raised a sack full of food. They opened the cell door slightly and threw food inside. The screams of the prisoners fighting over food were very chaotic. The chimpanzees were so fast at work that Ragna did not have time to sneak out when they opened the cell door, even though the fox had taken a step forward to charge.
"You, fox and cat. General Fazmo asked the two of you to meet him. Immediately finish your meal! " Exclaimed the chimpanzee, then he and two other chimpanzees got out of the prison.
"Fazmo? Is he here? " Ragna said in disbelief.
Zwei asks who the hell is Fazmo. Ragna replied that Fazmo was the supreme war general as well as King Sorakhan's closest animal.
"He's a big chimpanzee, almost like a gorilla. It was unusual for him to leave Harvara because the city's safety was so dependent on his existence. It is said that he once faced a gorilla with the power of H.C. alone and won unharmed. " Ragna continued.
"Looks like you know him." Zwei said.
"Well, and it would be really bad if he saw me."
Ragna was surprised to find that the food wrapped in leaves was several pieces of fresh meat. He prefers to eat fruit rather than meat that is still bleeding, not processed meat. Maybe it was the meat of the animals that were with him in the cart. Just thinking about it made the fox almost vomit. However, hunger gnawing at his stomach began to force him to open his mouth. Foxes eat everything from fruit to small animals like rats. But he was used to not eating meat other than processed meat. Meanwhile Zwei was just pensive, she also felt hungry but could not afford to open her mouth.
"Why, Rather than die of hunger, I've thrown away my principle of not eating meat other than processed meat. As you say, this is a law of nature. Why don't you want to eat? " Asked Ragna.
"I ... I don't know. I feel hungry, but somehow I also feel disgusted by eating meat that has not been cooked, "Zwei replied.
"Cooked? What is that?"
"Grilled if you don't understand what it is cooking." Zwei replied.
"Oh, if it's grilled I know. Meat burned on a blazing fire "
The cat nodded, confirmed Ragna's words. But if he doesn't eat then he will feel weak. Zwei finally tried to fight his disgust and approached the flesh that was still bleeding. He stuck his sharp teeth into the flesh and the moment he felt a stream of blood trickle down his tongue, his pupils became smaller. Zwei felt crazy and immediately stabbed his fangs many times to tear the meat apart and then chewed and swallowed it.
"Hey, just relax and eat." Said Ragna trying to reach the meat near Zwei. But just as his claws nearly reached the flesh, Zwei brushed them off and growled with a sharp, menacing gaze. It was as if he was saying not to disturb his food. Ragna gasped at the sight of the white cat, who had put on a terrifying stance, ready to pounce on anyone who came near. Zwei then seemed to wake up, her pupils widened again and he released the flesh that was in the grip of her jaw. Her face was pale and she held his mouth and coughed. The cat ran backwards and then vomited what he had eaten.
"Hey ... hey ... are you okay?" Asked Ragna.
"Uekh ... so disgusting ... I can't ... too raw ... too smelly ... horrible raw meat ... the stench is too strong ..." muttered Zwei who was still coughing up spit out the leftover food that had previously passed through his throat. "What really happened to me? For a moment I felt like it very much and then the taste changed. There is too much I don't understand about myself. "
"Never mind .." Said Ragna who patted Zwei's back. "Maybe you just lost your memory, sometimes that's a common thing when you try to run away from yourself. Slowly you will get better. "
Some of the chimps entered the prison and then pulled out long wooden sticks. A coiled rope was attached to the end of the stick which was used to catch Ragna's neck and ensnare him. The stick served to keep the distance between the fox and the chimp. A good way to prevent Ragna from attacking. Zwei growled but the chimp threatened to crush Ragna's neck. Helpless, the cat finally agreed to follow them out of the prison cell. Ragna struggled to release his neck from the rope, but he couldn't.
Ragna and Zwei were forced to walk through a dark stone passage illuminated by only a few candles. A white light could be seen from the end of the hall. Slowly but surely they walked towards it, towards the direction of the light calling them. As they got closer, they could hear the sound of cheering. They were surprised when they passed through the door and found themselves in a place resembling the Coliseum, a gladiatorial battlefield. Ragna could not believe such a place existed in Gadrit, a similar place had existed in Harvara in the days of the previous king. But considerations of animalism and conscience the place then demolished. Making animals fight for entertainment and shows is an extremely intolerable act in Harvara today.
The sound of cheers resounded, the sunlight dazzling in the eyes. It turned out that they had spent one night at Gadrit, they can't really feel the time had passed while in prison. Ragna and Zwei looked at the podium left and right. It is are full of apes in armor and if there are monkeys there, they are just messengers and slave from the apes.
"Calm down ... everyone please calm down !!"
Ragna recognized the voice, he suddenly tilted her head up in front of him. A large chimpanzee dressed in gleaming golden shades sat on the podium throne. A large boa coiled next to him, the snake also wore a helmet but not armor. The snake glared intently at Ragna and Zwei.
"Damn, for Argus sake. The snake is H.C. "Said Ragna who even though his place was quite far from the snake, he could see a different colored sparkle of light from the snake's two eyes.
"Hello, Little thief Ragna. Bookworm silver claw Muraga's pet. " Said the Chimp who sat on the throne.
"Fazmo, you haven't changed .. still ugly as usual."
"Watch your mouth, little fox. Don't you love your own life? "
"Why are you here? What about Harvara's security? " Asked Ragna.
"Tch, kid. You don't have to worry about Harvara. Everything will be alright. Nobody can go in there, neither can anyone go out. Khuhahahahaha… "Fazmo replied.
"What really happened, Fazmo. Harvara will never allow a kidnapping like this. Your troops in Rodenzam prey on other animals, don't you know? They even enslave wild animals to make combat equipment. Even here like that, how could something like this escaping your eyes? " Exclaimed Ragna.
"Escape? Ha ha…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. "Fazmo's laughter was followed by all the apes present there. "It's all on the basis of my permission. Oh, you are so innocent. When you were first discovered, you were so violent. You're always on guard, you're always suspicious. But after becoming Muraga's pet all your instincts died, eh ... cursed fox from the Albronzia forest? "
"What ??" Said Ragna in disbelief.
"Cursed? What's that mean, Ragna? " Zwei asked.
"Oh, you don't know? About a year ago the Albronzia forest caught fire. Almost all the animals that live there were not saved, they all died in a roast. Except for one little fox that is now in front of you. Based on the investigation, there was never a history of natural forest fires there. Well, don't you think it's strange… the fox was found unharmed at all. " Said Fazmo.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH, FAZMO !!!" Exclaimed Ragna.
"Hoho, I know what your goal is, Ragna. How did you get here. You suspecting that Raion Dissaperance is a mystery. You snuck out of Harvara suspecting someone inside had kidnapped him right? " Fazmo said while grinning
"Fazmo, don't tell me that you ..." muttered Ragna.
"Raion has always been your best friend, Ragna. Maybe he'll be glad to see you this far to find him. " Fazmo smiled sarcastically then shouted "LET THEM MEET !!!"
All the apes in the Coliseum shouted loudly. They cheered and stomped their feet, making a thumping sound that seemed to have a pitch. "LET THEM MEET !!! ... LET THEM MEET !!! ... LET THEM MEET !! " Exclaimed the apes together and mutually.
"What is happen, Rag?" Asked Zwei who was getting alert and looking up around the podium where the Apes looked crazy.
"I don't know, this is definitely not something good." Ragna replied.
The sound of the gate opening sounded in Zwei and Ragna's ears. The Coliseum immediately fell silent. Appearing at the end of the Coliseum, opposite Zwei and Ragna, a shadowy figure began to appear. Zwei looked back and the door where they had entered the Coliseum had been close. There is no way to out of there, the podium is too high to reach by jumping. Zwei turned to look at Ragna and found the fox stunned, his eyes bulging. The apes shouted again, breaking the silence.
"Ra .. RAION ?? !!!!" Exclaimed Ragna saw a young male lion with a very crumpled look. The hair on his neck looked like he was just starting to grow, his body was dirty and covered with dried blood. His face was cruel with pointed teeth grinning from inside his mouth.
"GROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Raion's roar made all the apes cheering pause for a moment and then shouted boisterously again. They really enjoy what is in now and what they will soon see, animals slaughtering each other, a gladiatorial show that the inhabitants of Gadrit are very interested in.
"Now you know, Ragna. I was the one who kidnapped Raion, I was the one who came up with the idea to attack the reptile kingdom. Not only that I also provide information to the reptiles about the threat of war, if they don't give up their resources. Well, it was the perfect plan. When Sorakhan is at the peak of his weakness, I will kill him. I will become the leader of the mammal kingdom, I will become ... KING !!! " Exclaimed Fazmo.
"KING FAZMO !! KING FAZMO !! KING FAZMO !! " The apes shouted shouting the name Fazmo as a King.
Ragna growled and his gaze returned towards Raion. There's no point in caring about that big chimpanzee now. Even though Raion is a young lion, he is still deadly. Several wounds on his body showed that he had won the battle unknown how many times in this Coliseum.
Raion roared once again, a roar that was both terrifying and filled with pain. Nobody noticed the cry of pain except the white cat with the gray ring, Zwei Iridis.
"Use this!" Exclaimed Fazmo while throwing a spear with a stone that had been sharpened. The spear stuck into the ground near Ragna. "You can use your jaw to pull it out and then stab it into the crown prince's body, hahahahahahaha ... Cursed your ancestor who stand on four legs without hands." Said Fazmo again, greeted by loud laughter from the apes.
"RAION !!! It's me, Ragna !! " Exclaimed the red fox, but it seemed that the young lion did not recognize him at all. He completely ignored Ragna's call.
"KILL THEM !!!!!!" Fazmo shouted and made Raion flinch. The lion immediately took a stand and a second later he had made a small jump. Like the spring being pulled and then released, Raion sped rapidly towards Ragna and Zwei.
"Ra ... Raiooooonnn !!!!!" Exclaimed Ragna.
"It's no use, Rag. He is coming !! " Zwei said and then the two animals jumped to avoid Raion's attack. The roar of the young lion made the apes's adrenaline who watching that scene get excited.
Raion's definite target is Ragna. Somehow it seemed that in the lion's eyes that fox was a very fitting prey. Ragna couldn't possibly keep up with Raion, he could only dodge every slash of the lion's claw. The speed of the young lion was amazing. How he attacked effectively, opened his jaw quickly and slashed his fangs into the opponent's body was no ordinary combat method. Moreover, Ragna knew Raion as a very gentle lion. He never thought Raion could fight like that.
Zwei was silent, his body was quite shaking seeing how Raion was eager to crush Ragna. There was a part of him that wasn't afraid, but there was another part that was drowning in horror. In his head two puzzling questions arose, whether he should help Ragna by risking being stranded in the lion's mouth, or was he trying to find a way to escape.
"You want to run?"
Zwei heard a voice coming from nowhere.
"It is unlike you, I know you never run from anything."
The cat realized the direction the sound was coming from, which was none other than within its own head. Then he felt a stream of waves passing through him. The wave headed towards Raion and enveloped the young lion's body. Zwei felt more deeply where the waves were coming from. The cat turned its head over to the podium and saw how a wave that turned out to be shaped like a faint electric current flowed from the Boa snake next to Fazmo.
"Now do you understand why that lion boy ignored Ragna's calling?" Said the voice inside Zwei's head.
"He's controlled .." Zwei muttered as he lowered his head and thought for a while. The cat immediately turned towards Ragna who was struggling to avoid Raion's attack. "RAGNA !! RAION IS CONTROLLED BY THE SNAKE !! "
"Wh ... WHAT ?? !!" Said Ragna who was shocked and suddenly turned his head towards Zwei. Realizing that he had let his guard down from Raion's attack, the fox turned back towards the lion. A blow to the side of his face sent him crashing and shuffling the ground. All the apes who witnessed the incident immediately cheered. Ragna tried to get up as hard as he could, he was lucky that the impact didn't involve Raion's sharp claws. The fox's face was bruised, but not torn and bleeding.
Raion roared back and immediately shot towards Ragna. The fox ran away to avoid the lion who was his best friend. Ragna ran towards the wall of the podium and when he got close, he jumped and clung to the wall. He used the force of the thrust of his jump against the wall as a support to throw it back where it was. Ragna lunged at Raion at high speed. The fox opened its jaws wide, as did the claws. However, Ragna suddenly remembered the old Raion, his best friend in Harvara. The fox immediately closed its mouth and replaced its attack with a head blow. But the fox's body is clearly smaller than the lion's, as is the strength and hardness of their bones. Coupled with the momentum of the speed of the two of them in opposite directions, they would crash violently. High-speed head-to-head fights were marked by loud noise.
Zwei was stunned to see the boa snake's body shaking as the collision occurred. Ragna crashed into the wall and fell to the ground. Blood flowed from his injured forehead. He coughed up blood, several parts of his body were injured from the slash of Raion's claw.
"Ra ... Raio ... oon ..." Said Ragna quietly, who once again woke up. The fox saw that the lion's face in front of him was also injured from the head impact. Raion lifted his right front leg into the air, his sharp claws seemed to be sparkling out from between his fingers. The lion stabbed his leg, but Ragna managed to dodge it so Raion just hit the ground. The severity of the impact sent the sand flying in the air.
The fox ran away from Raion with trembling legs. Meanwhile Zwei was still pacing back and forth watching the boa next to Fazmo. Still watching the snake, Zwei scream to the ragna. He asked the fox to injure Raion once again. Ragna snorted, he replied that it wasn't as easy as he thought.
"I will think of a way to deal with this, just do as I told!" Exclaimed Zwei.
"Well, it better be true." Said Ragna.
Ragna began to take a stand again. He closed his eyes briefly, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly while opening his eyes. Raion ran towards him with steady steps. Ragna lowered his head then dashed towards the lion.
"RAIONNNNNN !!!!!" Screamed Ragna.
"GRUAAAAAAAA !!!!" Raion screamed.
The two animals passed by each other and blood immediately flowed from their respective bodies. They turned around and Raion slashed his right front leg vertically. Ragna lowered his head and then jumping, hit Raion's lower jaw with his head. As Raion's head tilted up, Ragna quickly tripped his front left leg and knocked the lion's lower body into the ground. However, Raion quickly leaned back on her two forelegs and her jaw was quickly aimed at Ragna's neck. Luckily the fox dodged just in time before Raion's sharp fangs pierced and crushed her neck.
Ragna was in such a bad position, he was forced to run back and forth to get some distance. Raion pursued him quickly, their distance was quite close. Ragna looked back a little and began estimating the timing of the counterattack. The fox glanced at Zwei who was staring at him. The cat then nodded slowly as if to say 'Do it!'. Ragna suddenly and without grief immediately stopped running. The fox turned quickly and then looked down. Raion who was surprised on reflex immediately jumped. Like what Ragna was doing when being chased by hyenas, the fox grabbed Raion's neck with its jaws. Due to the lion's own speed, Ragna could easily use it for slams. Raion's back violently pierced the ground followed by a loud bang.
The Apes were silent watching the incident. Likewise with the boa, his body trembled violently and felt pain in his head. The snake felt that Zwei's gaze never missed him. He hissed realizing that the tiny, white animal could become thorns in the flesh. Zwei felt the boa snake's waves getting louder and heavier. The cat turned towards Raion and Ragna who were quite far from where they were.
Raion got up and looked at Ragna who was a few meters away from him. The lion growled and swinged a swing. Feeling that Raion was ready to attack, Ragna also pitched to strike back. The lion then dashed towards Ragna and just as they were about to meet, Raion jumped over and passed Ragna. The fox is shocked and then realizes that Raion's target has changed from him to Zwei.
"ZWEI !!!!!!" Shouted Ragna who immediately pursued Raion from behind.
The white cat was surprised to see the young lion running towards him. He growled and turned his head towards the boa snake who was glaring at him, showing his two different colored eyeballs and his protruding tongue. When Zwei looked back at Rion, the lion was already very close and opened its mouth. Zwei leaps backwards avoiding Raion's jaw, but his jumping ability doesn't match the lion's speed.
"I will die ... I will die ...." Zwei thought when he saw Raion's jaw which was only inches away from his body. "DON'T TOUCH ME, SHITTY BRAT !!!!!" Zwei exclaimed as he flung his right front leg horizontally across the lion's face. Unexpectedly, the impact on Raion's face felt very hard and the lion felt as if he had been hit by a waterfall. Raion fell on the ground unconscious. Ragna shouted for Raion and Zwei, worried about the their condition.
"You ... how come ??" Ragna asked in surprise.
"I don't know ... I just feel that I have to hit him ..." Zwei answered, who was also confused about what had just happened. He stared at his right front leg. How could a cat's punch were as strong as that.
A loud scream could be heard coming out of the boa snake's mouth. The Apes also screamed in disappointment with what had happened. "HIZZZZ ... KILL THEM !!! HIZZZZ…. KILL THEM !!!!! " Exclaimed the boa, Fazmo then shouted ordering the gate to be opened. A moment later the gate opened and a grizly bear came out of it.
"Damn, this time we're really done. I don't have enough strength anymore to avoid it. " Said Ragna who still panting.
Zwei was silent, their situation became desperate. Not to mention that now Ragna definitely wouldn't leave Raion lying there. The bear will kill all three of them.
"What should we do, what should I do?" Thought Zwei.
"You can fight." Said the voice from inside the cat's head.
"Fight? I? Don't joke, I'm just a cat, "said Zwei.
"Even though you don't understand what it means but I'm sure you feel it how your body is trying to tell you, that he was able to beat that bear."
"What do you mean?"
"Your body is my body, but your mind is yours alone."
Suddenly everything stopped, yes, everything around Zwei stopped moving. It was as if time was not running, only he was able to move and was confused as he glanced back and forth. Suddenly everything looked white and blinding. Zwei closed his eyes and when he opened them again, he was now in a meadow with a gentle breeze and the rustling of leafy grass.
A cat in white appeared before him.