"I wanted to have the village and these village peasants within my grasps . To control and rule over them."Richard spoke as he continued grasping the gun underneath the table , ready for action. " l was just a wanderer from a far away land , wanting to settle in this village , but obviously they weren't the hospitable type , that I thought they will be." "They treated me like an outcast though I just wanted to be peaceful . I had tried so many ways to win their trust but all to no end . So I had to think of a way to gain their trust and instill fear in them". The old man laughed maniacally to himself.
" I had to be their Hero. You know how people respect and obey their legendary Heroes. I had to find a way to control what was controlling them and what they feared the most. So I guess it worked out for me real good, imagine a mere peasant traveller , now the ruler of a village. And also I had to pretend that I was proferring a solution so they wouldnt become suspicious .At first I was intrigued by your team. l had wanted to know if you were up to the task. Unfortunately, I never believed you'd come back alive . The man replied cunningly. "But you outdid your selves".
Avyanna put the pieces together. "You did it with this "Avyanna held up a green emerald she swiped earlier when she had went to retrieve the bag . "You were careless. Keeping it under your desk.The heart of candracar, forged with the heart of a beast and can bend another beast to its will, only controlled by the pure tears of an orphan.I've heard of it before, it was an old folktales but never knew it existed or actually works."
" I looked into you, your history and your people are always ready to talk about their hero. You took the blacksmith daughter because She was an orphan in order to use her tears to have control over the beast.Your son , as always fell in love and knew you were never going to let her go so they escaped. You didn't send a search party after them because you couldn't risk exposure so you lied that they had been killed by the beast, gaining sympathy and false glory that you had been willing to sacrifice your only son".
"Is that allowed!! You just made a good guy the bad guy!!! Conrad asked Eva, Seriously confused .
"Hmm " She thought."Sudden twist in the plot... I'll allow it."
The old man brought out his pistol and pointed it at Kyra.
"No one is leaving here alive"
The gun flew from his hands.
Conrad held out a smoking gun.
"Told ya I never miss" Conrad grinned."Even with eyes closed"
"You almost shot me!!!" Kyra said in anger.
"It was just 5 inches."
Levi had told Conrad to get Jonathan so that they would have a witness to the Old man confession.,Jonathan came in and looked sadly at his Hero. "I can't believe you could do this "!
"I wonder how the people would feel when they hear their most trusted leader is a lying , miserly fraud." Avyanna smiled and added "And FYI ,we're keeping the reward "
The old man was taken away by the Young men of the village while Jonathan sighed . He never believed his Role model could deceive them all in that way.
"We owe you our gratitude "Jonathan said bowing and retreated to the inner room to retrieve something .
"So" Su ling sighed "He sent us on that death mission in order to get rid of us.
"Actually it's ' be rid of us ' and not the other way around " Conrad corrected.
"Shut up , smarty pants". She retorted.
Jonathan came back and brought a scroll. "In a neighbouring village not far from here, there have been reports of the village chief daughter being snatched and taken into the forest. And of course there is a handsome reward for whoever can bring her back.This is supposed to be unheard of because it might lead to chaos if the news broke out but i'm telling you this as a show of gratitude for all you have done for our village, what do you say?".
"Well " Eva looked at her companions " Are you up to the task?"
They all nodded.
" Bring it on " They chorused