"DAMNIT!!!" Andrei finally scrawled up to the top of this mountain, he was on the ground pulling up to the stairs.
"This was... a lot bigger than i expected." Everyone was tired, so tired they didn't even want to move right now.
Alex was panting and sweating, he looked past the Guards and saw they bearly had any sweat on their bodies.
"(Do they have Neus?)" Alex had this thought.
They reached the top and finally came up the stairs.
"Oh... MY GOD!!!" Alex was about to sit down but he turned back, and he saw an incredibly beautiful sight, they were at the height clouds could be seen moving around in the city, city, city, was seen on the ground and everything looked extremely large.
He felt like an Olympus God here.
"It's beautiful, isn't it... i have felt this way moment i came up here." The voice was heard and when they turned around, they saw a young man coming towards them with his escort behind him.
"Gree...tings." Andrei panted as he greeted the person.
"Hahaha, hello everyone, i am the governor of this City, and my name is Admetus, i welcome you all," Admetus said with a smile.
Some of the boys were about to ask something but Andrei cut them off.
"We aren't from the mainland, your Highness, you don't have to greet us yourself." He said this and got up, Alex was surprised at how fast he regained his stamina.
"Huh?" Admetus was shocked, he had heard they were telling themselves as people from the Mainland.
"Then... why have you guys been saying you were from the mainland." He asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"We have never said that. Have you guys ever said something like that?" Andrei looked back and asked.
Everyone shook their heads, how would they dare to impersonate someone from the Mainland?
Admentus ignored them and asked "Where is Rhapsodes Homer?" he asked.
"He stayed behind to take one of their group members, Your Highness," Guard responded.
"I see. then, come in, you all are going to stay in my castle before the investigation is finished." Admentus said this disappointingly, he wasn't mad or something like that, just disappointed, he thought they would hear something from Mainland now, but looks like nothing was heard.
The boys looked at each other and went inside of the castle.
Alex looked around, the castle looked gorgeous, he could see an enormous chandelier with some diamonds in it, plates of actual smooth quartz on the ground, pillars holding the entrance a carpet of lion fur on the ground, and there was a stairway up to the second floor, enormous stairway you could even slide on its handles, it was completely white and looked extremely smooth.
Alex looked around to see an enormous amount of paintings and a big fireplace left for him.
"Here." Admentus pointed his hand towards the fireplace and asked them.
"Stay there, my servants are going to serve you food and anything you want, please wait for the investigation." He said this.
"WAIT!!!" Andrei yelled out.
"Yes?" Admentus stopped.
"We are searching for Machaon, do you know where he is? Your Highness." He asked.
"Machaon... i do know where he is... i just wonder why are you guys looking for him." He asked confusedly.
"We are going to find his brother..." Ivan got stopped before he said, Brother.
"We are wondering doctors, we want to create an elixir of life and came here to ask Machaon if he knew the ingredients that had the effect of extending lifespan," Alex said.
Admentus chuckled "Kid, do you think i will be enticed by that?" He smiled.
Alex was really embarrassed, true enough, he would not be able to outsmart an actual ruler in these ancient times.
"I will ask my servants to find Machaon and tell him you guys are looking for him, if he agrees i don't know... now please, make yourself at home," Admentus said this and went up to the second floor.
Everyone sighed and went towards the fireplace.
The sofa-looking chair they jumped on was extremely soft, so soft they almost fell in the softness.
"Damn, how did they make this." Anzhel smiled and moved around on the sofa, it seemed kind of fun doing this.
"Stop this," Ivan said this.
"Yes, we are guests here," Andrei said while stuffing himself with the fruit that was on the big marble table in front of them.
The carpet on that table was extremely soft and the fireplace looked cozy.
This was a nice atmosphere.
The boys stood there and waited for anything.
--
Back on the shack.
"Machaon, highness had met the people who wanted to meet you, they are looking for you for unknown reasons, do you wish to meet them?" A man dressed Poet like, or bard came to Machaon.
Machaon was cutting the wood once again.
He looked at the palace above him and smiled.
"You know what? let's meet them." Machaon put the axe down and went with the poet.
--
Time passed as boys waited and ate all they could.
The food here was extremely delicious.
"Hmph... savages." Servants snorted at their actions and went around.
"What do they mean by that? food is meant to be eaten, do they think we would leave something given to us for free?" Dimas stuffed himself with an enormous amount of food and meat.
Alex was eating reserved, he felt intense pain in his head for some reason.
He had a bad migraine.
But he didn't pay attention to this and ate what he could and what he wanted.
"Machaon has come to the palace." A deep voice was heard from the entrance as someone came inside the open entrance.
"Huh?" The boys stood up immediately.
Alex wanted to stand up but.
"Aghhhh!!!" He looked in front of him and saw... eyes... eyes from Machaon... not normal eyes, it seemed like these eyes could see through anything, anything he had, anything he did, anything he would do, they looked at him.
"Ah..." He almost stumbled.
"Huh? Are you alright?" Anzhel caught him.
"Yes... let's meet the man." Alex composed himself, he didn't know what that was, he just put that as some hallucination he had.
They went towards the Man.
"Greetings travelers... i have heard you have been looking for me." Machaon smiled kindly and said this but...
*BGSHGGHGHGH*
Almost everyone here...
Including Alex...
Fell on the floor.
Except for Andrei.
That was looking at Machaon with cold eyes.
"So... you are the man aren't you." Andrei smiled... for almost the first time in the entire journey... he smiled.
"Yes?" Machaon asked calmly.
"I have a question for you... are you a doctor?" Andrei smiled... widely.
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Almost 3 hours Later.
"GAGHHHH!!! GAHHHHH!!! GAHHHH!!!" Miloslav was coming out in the stairs stumbling and panting like he ran a Marathon.
"Damn... i need to work out." He was just in a pathetic state.
Homer was walking out calmly and he extended his hand to Miloslav.
"Please... get up... Huh?" But Homer noticed something as he looked back.
"What..." He saw... entire palace... in flames.
"WHAT!!!" Miloslav yelled out.
End Of Chapter.