Thud! Thud!
Huff! Huff!
Arg! Arg!
The four monster was now neck to neck towards the finish line, which is a 3,000 meters away from the finish line. This tournament/race started 7 days ago and the route they have to run was the entire danger zone that surrounds the imperial cities.
And the reason it was called the danger zone, is because of those dangerous monsters, who are now racing to decide the new king of the forest.
These 4 monsters are the finalist of the event. Which happened every six years.
"Father!"
"You can do it!"
Helga who is at the top of a giant tree cheered after seeing her father on the distant horizon. However, her voices could not be heard, because of the loud voices of the other monster on the top of the trees.
Then clasping her hands and pray and wish her father's victory, she was praying because the result of this race varies the life of her father.
***
One month before the race begins,
In the western part of the danger zone, 5 monsters like monkeys were seated around on a rectangular table as if they were in a meeting.
"My sons, have you chosen who will be participating in the King race?!" A very old white monster monkey asked his sons a direct question.
"Father, I will recommend you to let elder brother Kong as to representative of our kind." A monster monkey that wears a red band said while looking at the eyes of the old white fur monkey.
"Yes, father, brother Kong is the best warrior we have right now." Another monster monkey, agreeing on the first monster's suggestions.
The other one just nodded and look at the monster named Kong.
The monster named Kong was surprised by his brother's sudden recommendation." And reason out and denied the proposal, right on the spot,
"Father, please allow me to refuse as the representative, I can't take that heavy responsibility."
"And why is that?!" The white fur monkey asked.
"It is because I still have a daughter, I still want to see her grow up." Kong reason out.
"That is a very unreasonable answer, my son!"
"Did you know that you dishonor the past warriors who represent our kind in past, just because you wanted to see your daughter grow up and refused?!"
The old white fur monkey glared at the biggest monkey in the room who is name Kong.
Kong's face twitched and could not answer back.
With that, he could not refuse what his brother proposed and accept the responsibility and become the representative of their species.
This race was like a death race, anyone who represents their kind and loses the race will be executed, as punishment as a failure warrior.
"Big brother good luck!" The monkey who propose Kong as a representative, tap his elder brother's shoulder, with a grin he continued.
"Do your best for Helga, not for us."
"Y-Y-Y-You!"
"You sly fox!"
"You set me up!"
"Hong!?"
Kong realizes he was set up by his brother who is named Hong.
"Nope! My decision was right big brother Kong, if we participate in that race we won't even reach the quarter-finals, with our strength we will be crushed by our enemies in no time." Hong shakes his head and looks at his other brothers.
The two monkeys were also disappointed for being so weak and agreed to Hong's claim.
"Is that so?!"
"I think you are right!"
"Then I should race for my daughter as motivation to win."
Kong looked at the distance to where his daughter is, and tap the shoulder of three brothers, and walkout at the meeting room.
***
"Brother Hong will brother Kong be alright?!" The monster which is the smallest among the four siblings asked Hong.
"He will, brother Sam! I can guarantee he will win that race." Hong replied to his brother's question and continued.
"Love is like an amplifier in our hearts, and the only way to activate it is when you feel you will lose that love within you."
"That is why I propose brother Kong to represent our kind because he has a daughter that he loves the most."
"I see! Then we wish brother Kong's victory so that we can now finally use that thing, right?!" Sam, wish and pray for his brother's victory.
The two just smiled at him and said in unison,
"That's is the main purpose of the tournament brother Sam."
***
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
The 4 monsters saw the white rope, this rope was the finish line of the race.
Huff! Huff!
All four of them were extremely exhausted, all of them did not stop running for over 7 days and finally, they saw the end of the race.
Flap!
The owl monster flaps his wings to speed up and reach the finish line first but the other 3 monsters already did the same as the owl.
3,000 meters!
2,000 meters!
1,000 meters!
800 meters!
500 meters!
300 meters!
200 meters!
Flap!
At the 200 meters mark the owl monster, already exhausted his stamina and fall to the ground.
Boom!
Huff!
Huff!
Crashed!
The giant rabbit also lost his breathing at the 50-meter mark, leaving only the giant bear who is the previous king of the forest, and Kong as the representative of the monkey species.
"Pfft! Hahaha, it's my win!"
The giant bear laughing while looking at the two monsters dropping into their knees.
"It's not the end Berzo! I'm still here!" Kong looked at the giant bear.
"Is that so?! How unfortunate you are, reaching this stage is like losing hope, a hope that you're looking forward to."
Boom!
The monster bear scratch Kongs face, but King dodges it.
Boom!
Kong countered a kick at the side of the giant bear who is named Berzo.
The giant bear was pushed back and he was surprised by that attack.
"RUN!"
"FATHER!"
"RUN!"
Kong heard his daughter's voice and realize he was now 20 meters towards the end goal.
Thud!
Thud!
With just 2 steps Kong reach the finish line and won the race, leaving the dumbfounded bear at the distance.
Hu! Hu! Hu! Hu!
And loud cheers were heard around the finish line. . .
A new king now ruled the danger zone.
Then a giant hamster with glasses grabs Kong's hand and helps him stand up, for over 7 days of nonstop running their body will be crying in pain right now.
"Kong! Are you alright?!" The hamster asks.
"Ohh! Ministers Han! I'm fine, thanks." Kong reaches the hand of the giant hamster named Han.
Han was the judge of the race and the Minister of the forest.
Minister is a title name of someone that achieves extreme accomplishments in that area, it also means you are the brightest in that area.
"Then 2 hours from now we will crown you as the new king so you have to prepare yourself."
"And tomorrow after that coronation, we will execute the losers who participated in the race." Minister Han looked at the previous king, the giant bear who is now trembling in fear.
Kong sigh at Han's words and he could not understand why they have to die, after losing. . .