Lord Kieran:
"So, Lord Luca, tell me if you may, how long do the royals hunt?"
Lord Luca:
"I would say 30 minutes, give or take."
Lord Kieran:
"So, 90 minutes in total (60 minutes to go and to come back by boat)?"
Lord Luca:
"I would say so. You should know that they aren't alone, and I am very sure that King Kratosus is very capable of holding his own. Murdering rebels since the moment he became king is quite an accomplishment. Now, if you could tell me what happened to this rebel's family?"
Lord Kieran:
"The last thing that I heard is they are under surveillance and will be treated accordingly, as the Book of Laws dictates."
Lord Luca:
"I will say that I always enjoyed the way KY people follow the law and order. It sometimes makes me jealous, to tell the truth."
Lord Kieran:
"Well, not everybody can have a magical island in their backyard to make people bend to their will."
Lord Luca:
"Please don't think we have it easy."
Lord Kieran:
"What is so magical about that island anyway?"
Lord Luca:
"Well, it has clever bears, for one thing."
*****
King kratosus:
"Do you know where we are here?"
(Cora, trying to catch her breath)
Cora:
"We are on the north side of it. What do we do if it comes again?"
"I don't really think it will come after us. Well, it could, but we left it pretty hurt. But what was it?"
"The predator of this island."
"But you said that they had gone into winter sleep."
"That is what I was told too, but they may have missed it."
"Oh, very well. We'll go around the forest—or better put, we'll follow the coast to our boat. It is going to take long, but it should be fine."
"We can't. We have to retrieve the body of the royal hog."
"You have to be joking, right?"
"No, I am not."
"If I may ask, why the hell?"
"When the body of the royal hog is left in the open, a great illness falls upon my people, killing a great number of them."
"What happens when the predator kills them? Won't it leave them in the open?"
"Yes, but the predator's kill move is biting. When its saliva gets in contact with the royal hog, nothing happens—only the normal way of life."
"And how do you know all that about the predator?"
"It's just a theory."
"just a theory Damn. Well, do you know any weaknesses that you could tell me?"
"No, and it's not like I want to keep anything a secret, but Adnap is an absolute unit."
"Okay, what does he feed on?"
"Humans."
"What?"said kratosus in a quite a shock "Why then does he attack royal hogs?"
"To kill them for sport."
'Okay, okay. Think, think, Kratosus, think. Do you have anything on you?'
"No, I dropped the crossbow the moment we started running.what about you Did you also have a knife?"
"I did, but I also dropped some where close to the royal hog" said he "Wait. We came here with four guards. Three came with us, and one should be guarding the boat."
"Yes, good idea let's go to him first."
*****
They followed the coastline and reached the boat. There was a man lying on the ground.The man had a big bite in the back of his head. Kratosus reached to check his pulse.
"He's dead." kratosus cried
"Check his pocket for a knife or something."
Kratosus checked the guard's pockets, only finding a female figurine.
'It has to be a loved one. I will find her and return it to her.'
"Anything useful?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Fuck."
"Don't worry. While we were running here, I came up with a plan."
"What plan?"
"How quick of a digger are you with your hands?"
"Oh no,"cried cora "but i think we dont need to dig with hands all three guards had shovels."
*****
Now Kratosus was on the east side of the coast, the closest side to where the attack had happened. He was armed with a paddle, with a string around is waist and was barefoot. Before him has laying a crushed corpse, which he had crushed with the said paddle.
"Now" Kratosus screamed.
A strong wind came behind him, flying toward the forest.
Then a strong howl was heard, and after a moment, there it was—Adnap, standing in front of Kratosus.
Adnap attacked him, but Kratosus was armed and had the advantage. He struck Adnap right on his nose, leaving him shocked.
Adnap changed his mind about attacking Kratosus and started eating the crushed corpse instead.
*****
When she heard the scream of Kratosus, she ran the fastest she had ever run in her life.
When she reached the place where the royal hog was murdered, she saw only the royal hog. What was left of her guards was some blot of red blood on the ground.
She immediately took the shovel from one of the guards and started digging right there and then.
She dug and dug until she made a hole deep enough to bury the royal hog. Then she covered him up.
When she finished, she took the knife of Kratosus and the crossbow and pulled the rope that was tied to Kratosus, then ran for the boat.
*****
King Cora:
'I feel the rope pulling, so she has finished. Good. adnap still a long way from finishing.'
Now that Kratosus was barefoot, he also started running for the boat as quickly as he possibly could.
He reached the boat and found Cora there.
"Quick, let's push the boat."
Both of them pushed the boat and managed to get it unstuck.
They jumped in and started paddling as fast as they could just to get away from this cursed island.
*****
When they reached the island of Ra, lots of soldiers had arrived.
Soldier:
"What did you do to king cora, the other guards?"
King kratosus:
"Is this how you welcome a person who has just escaped death?"