Chapter 103 - Secret

Before she gets out from the hole she waiting for Girsha cue, the beast thumping footstep decreased it might be because it's got somewhere away from her hiding place, when Girsha gives her cue she slowly crawls out the holes.

Thankfully there are many boulders around so she can hide behind it while moving stealthily, the shade from the boulder hide her completely make her easier to hide between the shade but too bad the cliff is too far from her while the giant beast wanders around with loud thumping feet.

Everywhere around her she saw wolf and half-eaten beast carcass, the half meat already rotten and cover with flies make the smelled awful, Lory cover her nose with her hands, suddenly the loud thumping footstep becomes closer, Lory stiffed she holds her breath while the giant beast stop in front amount of rotten carcass and start to eat with gusto.

It's a disgusting and terrifying scene at the same time, she unconsciously gulped then she swiftly changes her hide from boulder to a pile of the carcass, the beast suddenly stopped eating the creature sense something moving but after a while, he senses nothing so the giant creature back to its meal.

Lory and Girsha feel their heart almost jump out of their chest, she sighs deeply when she heard the beast munching its meal in a moment she wishes a ridiculous miracle for the beast choked death by a bone while eating but of course when the human wish for something, God would give the opposite of your wish just like a joke.

Suddenly she hears a high pitch shriek, in front of her a beast creams angrily at her, Lory recognize this beast as earth pig a vermin who eat other beast carcass seems like lory accidentally disturbed its feast, Lory shocked to death her reflex is stabbed the beast with her sword, her swift movement attracts the giant beast attention.

The giant beast meets with Lory stiffed figure he swords still on the pig earth body, both of them look at each other just like two long lost lovers, it's only two-second but feel like eternity for lory a moment later the giant beast stomp the ground while roaring thunderously, Lory curse the pig earth beast while running with all her might.

Lory slide behind the boulder and the beast swing his giant claw and destroy the boulder, Lory leaped with somersault then cover her head from the stone shattered then she releases her arrow on the beast body make him roar angrily, she knew her arrow must be like mosquito bite for the giant enormous body but her purpose is not killing the beast but make him angry and she succeed.

The beast roar furiously, Lory knew what's coming she hide again behind the bigger boulder swiftly while the beast puffing then flame gushes out from the beast mouth, the boulder melt like lava, fortunately, she protected by her purple silkworm robes she only feel blister on her back if not her back should be burned right now.

Lory gritted her teeth, she didn't have time mind her blister, she pushes herself to run faster the giant beast angry because Lory still not death just like a cockroach, Girsha flew in front of the giant beast then he makes deafening squawk the sound is so loud it hurt the beast eardrums.

Lory sees the end of the cliff, she takes out three arrows with tube bind on it, she turns around and draws the three arrow at the same time, The giant beast though she wants to run the beast ignores Girsha then run towards where she stood.

[Make him angry birdie!]

Girsha makes another loud squawk this time is even louder than before it even makes the beast staggered a little bit, then Girsha flew towards Lory, the beast shakes his head profusely the giant creature looks dizzy and totally enraged.

When the beast she Lory stands with an arrow pointing at him the beast runs at her then he opens his mouth widely Lory can see burning fire emerged from the beast throat, without haste she releases her triple arrow.

The beast gulped the arrow, his movement abruptly stops the beast's eyes become redder. Lory immediately takes out Another arrow with rope attach on her body but before she can release the arrow the giant beast explode the impact from the explosion push her away off the cliff.

The moment she falls from the cliff she shoots her arrow aimlessly luckily the arrow stick on the wall cliff her body twist because the rope in her waist then she jolts she feel her waist is breaking, she grunted with pain but when she thinks she was safe the wall cliff crumbles and she falls again.

'AAAHHHHHK!!'

She didn't have time to screams before her body hits the water with the sound of 'splash'

Lory was drawn in the water, all of her body is aching she can't breathe and gradually lost her conscious slowly her body sinking to the deep of water.

'Is this how she died?' she wonder, when she lost her conscious her mind bring her to her past again somewhere out of the city in a forest almost like this one, she's fighting with pack of wild beast, her body is aching like this her hand numbs all of her skin cover with wound, she's panting heavily while on the side Fargo watching her calmly his back leaning on a tree his arms crossed in front of his chest "Are you give up princess?" he teased her.

Lory only twelve years old at that time, she's too tired she didn't bother to answer his mockery, the beast swarmed all over her one of the beasts pounced her, her grip loose and the sword fall from her hand now her right hand is broke and she can use it not until she heals herself too bad her healing power is sealed by her 'spartan' teacher.

"Are you tired princess, are you hurt?" Fargo teased her again "Can you fight Lory? Do you want to give up? Do you want to live?" Fargo's voice becomes stern, the princess in on her wit's end, Lory glance at the sword behind her.

"If you want to live, MOVE!!"

His roar awaked her, the beast jump at her she dodged the beast then she rolls over at the same time reach the sword when the beast pounced on him try to bite her neck she withstands the beast fangs with her swords.

"That's it, MOVE GIRL, MOVE!!! He screams louder.

Lory shake from her unconsciousness her lungs fill with water she cough the water out of the chest but then she realized she still underwater, everything is dark around her she can differentiate up and down when she sees the bubble air from her mouth went on her right she knew that's is way to surface, she kicking her legs painstakingly she swim faster before she lost more air.

She didn't know if she kicking enough or faster enough but she feel she's not moving, why can't she see the surface yet, the air on her lungs getting thinner what should she do? She feels desperate until a small clam grabs her sleeve and pulls her away at high speed, her eyes blur she didn't know what happened but she grateful.

She sees the light on the surface when she pulls out of the water she cough roughly, she was dragged on the shore. She crawls out from the water then she lay face down on the ground while coughing the water out of her lungs.

[Dammit Lory, rarely too close!] turns out it was Girsha who pull her out, the bird also exhausted from too much thrill.

Lory can't talk or move, she only slowly raised her thumbs up for 'Thanks' him.

Need a half-hour for Lory to gather her breath, her body feels numb, aching and cold she wonders how many bones she broke. Her body shiver from the cold she can't stop trembling her lips slightly blue she takes off her wet clothes slowly and grunts every time she moves her hands.

When she takes off her clothes her body cover with blister and bruise, she literally black and blue now. She takes out ointment from her rings she rubbed her skin gently she hissed the first time cold ointment touch her skin, she doesn't know what this ointment made of but the pained is decreased tremendously after a few minutes.

Lory hissed when she wants to move her leg, it seems her ankle sprain from all the running she takes off her boots, after she rubbed ointment on it she bandaged her ankle with gauze.

[You okay?] Girsha sees all the wounds on her body he feels worried for his girl.

[I've been worst] she said in a perfunctory manner.

[Yeah, I know, but you have your 'gift' at that time] Girsha reminds her.

[But I have powerful rings now] she raised her finger with big smiles on her face.

Girsha knew she tries to comfort him, although the ring is nothing compare to her 'Gift' but he must admit that ring is one thing that keeps her alive besides her tremendous luck and wits.

Girsha gathers dry wood around them then Lory makes a bonfire to warm herself and dry her clothes, she forces herself to eat even though she had no appetite, then she cover herself with a blanket, everything quite around then only the sound of burning wood hears faintly.

[You know, when I down there… I remember Fargo] Lory suddenly said, Girsha just glance at her but said anything, Lory didn't mind it.

[When I older, Fargo said Father order him to train me and Lucas not as royalty but as an elite soldier, I wonder why he does that?] Lory murmured.

[Especially me, I have you protecting me 'The first Kind' with your protection even a nation would be calmed under your wings but not him, he insisted to train me and Lucas harder than any royalty a normal soldier should have]

[You feel wronged?] Girsha asked.

[Of course not!] she quickly answers without hesitating [ I just wonder, is he knew...what would happen to me and Lucas?]

Lory sighs [He doesn't look surprised when The Gods want to bestowLucas with the power of seven God, If I remember again....he didn't look surprised, he looks.....sad, why am I not notice that day?] she blame her careless that time.

Girsha and Lory become silence, so many things happened in her past she realizes she knew too little about it.

[Marcus is the King, is not surprised he would have few secret…..] Girsha said.

[But why? why she needs to hide it from me.... from Lucas? If he told me something I could….perhaps I could help him!]

[His not just a King Lory, he also a Father, he doesn't want your help, he wants to protect you....both of you]