"How did this happen?" Risk ask, they are both running so fast while Zell at their back chasing them like it was hunting a prey. Everything happens so fast, he was already in the position that he wanted to be with.
"Only strong emotions can break the seal, once the person triggers negative emotions, the curse will wake up from sleeping for a long time and answer the calling of its owner's bloodline. They more likely want a person in vain, because they can easily control them because their mind corrupted with dark thoughts"
"Then how can we stop him now?" They look at the Tiger who's a few steps away from them.
"Here…" Mahad pulled out a bottle the size of pinky finger and it had a red liquid inside.
"What is this?" Risk asks as he accepts what Mahad gives to him.
"It's from his father, it can bring him back temporarily. It can seal the curse for ten executive days, we just need to make him drink it." Mahad explained again.
"This is also the reason why father chose Zell to push away to leave our land, he can't control his curse yet. If the seal breaks in that place, we might lose our home and many people will die. Curses take life as long as they can because it's their way of surviving using the body they possess; they are invincible…"
All the trees Zell passed through in the forest, no matter how big it was he knocked down every piece effortlessly. Every footstep Zell's take thundered in the forest, the birds flew and the other animals ran away. So this is the reason why he can talk to Animals because he is one of them?
To their surprise Zell stops from running, then turns back and looks. It seems like Zell is preparing an attack…
"We better hold on to something." Risk said, Mahad immediately agreed. They looked around and then they saw a massive three, they immediately held onto it. As they expect, Zell is preparing for a big attack...
So this is Zell father possess? and now Zell have it. If he miraclely manage to own it, it does mean he'll have tremendous power?
A long loud monstrous roar echoed in the forest, it hurt so much in the ears, there was a strong wind that wanted to blow them away. They hear the breaking of the branches of the trees in the forest, all that passes by his loud roar is blown away. Mahad and Risk kept holding on the tree, they refused to be blown too.
Risk looks at Zell, he knows Zell is still there. While listening to his roar, Risk slowly notices something, that the tiger in front of him is crying in agony…
He stopped, and Mahad glanced at him. "He needs the potion."
Risk nods and then looks at Zell again, he takes a deep breath before running towards him.
"I know you were there, open your freaking mouth!" He shouted, his voice also echoed in the forest. He can see how the Zell moves, it was like he was fighting himself. The curse is preventing him from following what Risk says, he heard him roar again. He even swishes his paw good thing Risk immediately jumps to dodge, he roars again. He was in pain fighting the curse inside him, Risk saw how he slowly opened his tiger mouth. He smiled because even after the curse is taking over him, he still can hear him.
He ready himself, with all of her force. Risk threw the bottle inside of Zell's tiger mouth, it was like the world slowly ran into its orbit. The bottle slowly landed in its mouth, after Zell received the bottle. He broke the little bottle and then he started to feel pain. Like someone trying to choke him to death, he feels the chain is slowly crawling around him like a snake. He couldn't move, it was suffocating. The overwhelming strength he feels is gradually vanishing, he feels so weak.
Risk and Mahad watch how slowly Zell turns into a human being again from his beast form, he still can't believe what they just witnessed. Good thing Mahad is ready for this to happen, they didn't have to fight his beast form. They didn't know how many kilometers they ran, but as they can remember they ran for almost two hours in this wide forest. Maybe it's a really good thing they are not in the Land of Lazaro anymore because it might really destroy because of Zell transformation, and being possessed of the curse.
They are both exhausted, they are both almost out of breath. They can't help but to lie next to Zell who's now sleeping again like a charming prince.
"I'm sorry if we drag you into this mess Risk." Mahad said, Risk shook his head.
"No, I made a decision for myself. I will take a journey with him, so it's normal to be dragged in his mess."
"Is it really your goal to die without regrets?"
"Yeah, for now. I've just started to search for my purpose, after all the goal is not that easy to decide with. And maybe if I look around the world I found my way, and my reason…"
Zell will not wake up for ten days, good thing they saw their horses. They continue their journey, they pass different types of forest, rivers, fields and also some lands. Sometimes they rest there and continue their journey again. They can't waste any other days because Zell's life is on the line, also theirs.
And for eight day, they reach the Village of Lakewood. It's a village living beside the lake where they get their resources and the other side of the Lake is the Dark Mountain. The people in this village lived in Dark Mountain years ago.
"No one will send you there, I suggest you just rent a boat. That mountain wasn't called Dark if it's not." A villager said, they're standing on the edge of Lake while talking to a fisherman.
"What do you mean Sir?" Mahad asked.
"A curse witch is living there, they said she has a thousand eyes. No one can enter that forest, many villagers from here and different nations try to climb the mountain because of it's herbs but they all fail." Risk and Mahad look at each other, good thing they follow the map and they almost reach the Dark Mountain. The problem now is that they can't enter the Mountain because someone is guarding it.
"How much can we pay for a rented boat?" Mahad asked.
"Are you sure you'll continue? Don't tell me that I didn't warn you, it's just one coin of gold."
"Okay, can we rent?" Risk said.
At the foot of the mountain a creature is hiding, who has been waiting for their arrival for a very long time.
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