The Adventure of the Light-Bearer

CH. 1 - Blood Line

Kalan Forest, is a large forest located limiting the kingdoms on the island of Cadmuk, one of the three sacred islands in the Ydaya continent. According to legend, the forest was a forest that was foretold to be a forest that brought good destiny. One day the forest will be a forest that brings good to the entire Ydaya continent, but now it is a noisy forest, people are passing by doing their job, which is to make a port.

"Basic is useless! You should be able to work fast! You lose to your little brother, he works faster than you!" shouted a soldier while breaking down a slave who was sitting exhausted.

 

The afternoon was more noisy than the previous afternoons in the Kalan forest. The slaves were tortured and worked harder to build a port near the kingdom of Crescabes, which was not too far away. Many of the slaves employed there were still children. The adult slaves were forced to build other more important projects and some of them were forced to fight to help the royal army.

It was a clear afternoon, the wind blew making the sound of leaves and the sound of the sea water flowing gently, making the forest a quiet place, unfortunately now the calm is no longer there, no longer there, since the kingdom of Crescabes fought with the kingdom of New Vamor to seize a large mine and spices.

A young man came to the soldier who was torturing a slave. The other soldiers and slaves seemed to be busy working on their duties, unaware of the young man's presence.

"Excuse me gentlemen"

A man in black robes who was very young, stood in front of the soldier and his slave who was being tortured. With his upright posture and sharp gaze made the young man look like a knight.

"Who are you? This area is not for play, go!" shouted the soldier

"Relax, I don't bring trouble with me. Were your slaves sold?" asked the young man with a serious face, making the soldier's face confused.

"What's? These children are not for sale. They are royal slaves who should only be employed for the sake of the kingdom, after all, a child like you can afford to buy these slaves?"

The young man's face looked irritated. He then persuaded the soldier.

"Listen to me soldier" he whispered

"I will only buy a small portion of your slaves here. I will buy those who are young. I've prepared some gold pieces for you, no one will realize if some slaves are missing, won't they?" whispered

"Oh yes, I will also buy the slave you are beating, such a person would certainly not be a problem if he disappeared right?" ask her with a smile

The soldier thought for a moment, he looked at the golden bag that the teenager was swinging around, and listened to the clattering of gold in front of his face. The soldier accepted his offer.

"Only if you don't tell anyone" said the soldier, carrying the gold bag with him.

"Bring the boy and his two younger siblings, you can ask that boy later. And remember, take them in secret. Come back in a few hours while we rest, or wait here, don't get too close to the harbor or you'll make us slaves."

The young man bowed his body, turned around and walked away from it. He walked towards the forest, and sat on a large log not far from the harbor. He observed the slaves at work, especially a man of his age who had been tortured by one of the guard soldiers. The boy looked tired, his face pale and struggling to breathe. He was in charge of transporting the wood from the forest and driving it to the port, sometimes he stopped on the road and sat down because he was too tired.

It's getting dark. The air pierced colder than ever before, the sound of frogs and crickets coming from the direction of the forest, indicating the night was coming and their time to rest. The young man woke up, after a long sitting waiting there he finally walked towards the slave earlier, who was hugging his little brother while holding back a cry, he stroked his sister's head gently. The soldier, who was sitting down, rushed towards the young man, and whispered something to him.

I'll distract the other soldiers, after we turn around bring them both out of here." whispered the soldier. The young man's face then changed, he was confused by what the soldier said.

"You're saying he has two sisters, which one is the other?" asked the young man, putting on an annoyed face

"If you don't give me another brother, I'll tell the other guards if you try to deceive them and sell these royal slaves illegally." the young man threatened the soldier as if he were talking to a friend of his age. The soldier then looked to the right and left in annoyance, thinking for a moment.

"And don't think that you won't get hit by the stone either. Your punishment will be worse than mine, you know that, right?" said the soldier, bowing his body to the young man, smiling cynically. It seems he is thinking of a cunning.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself, guard lord," the young man opened his veil, and showed his face clearly.

"I am Prince Baron Florent, son of Shira Florent, king of the kingdom of Wimara," said the young man as he placed his hand on his chest, and bowed his body. He then showed a sign on his palm, indicating he was a noble from the kingdom of Wimara, a large kingdom located far to the west.

"It seems you're the one who will have a big problem if there's a bit of chaos here" the young man said with a smile. As soon as the soldier's face turned pale, his cunning face now turned into a half-dead scare.

"A... I don't know if you're a Baron, ma... I mean the Prince Baron. Alright.. I'll take his sister to you later. Where should I take him, then.. Mister?" the young man smiled, looking at the guard's drastically changed reaction.

"Now I will bring the two poor children, you distract the other guards and I will go home with them. And don't forget, do what I said just now, or something will happen here and it'll get you in trouble."

The soldier then rushed to carry out the young man's orders, he turned his eyes to the other two guards in the area shrewdly. As they looked the other way, the young man then approached the two slaves who were cleaning up their workplaces.

"Follow me, hurry!" said the young man firmly while pulling the hand of the older slave. The two slaves complied, as if they thought that the young man was one of the soldiers who hired them. They walked at a rapid pace towards the forest. Not far away they stepped, someone from the soldiers followed them.

"Stop there you thieving rat!" the guard shouted while pointing an arrow at the young man. He was surprised because he was unaware of the guards around the forest.

"Quiet guard. I didn't bring any trouble here, I was assigned to take them to the city safely, so either you leave or you'll be in trouble" the young man said, he always put his hand in a pocket that was blocked by his long robe, he held something there. While the two slaves hid behind the young man.

"You think I'm stupid? Kneel now or you me.." The young man threw a knife from under his cloak, right at the guard's neck. The guard then bounced back and shot his arrow at the young man's feet. But he quickly dodged it, so the arrow stuck to the ground.

The other guard spontaneously looked towards the forest, where the voice of the archer's shout came from. The young man rushed the two slaves to flee into the dark forest. They ran away, the young man carried the slave's sister and ran away at a very fast speed. The young man ran around turning as if\ as if he knew where he was going, even in the pitch-black forest and the wet surface of the ground, he still remembered where he was going to take the slaves.

They stopped at a wooden house located far from the kingdom. They are in a small village that does not belong to any kingdom, namely the village of Foragar. The beautiful village is located in the vast Kalan forest, the village is flowed by the river and close to other larger villages, namely Mofur village, the village of the anglers.

The young man then brought his two slaves into a medium-sized wooden house. They went in hiding, even though it was quite dark and quiet outside the young man was still sneaking around to get into the house. They entered and were in the living room, a bright room illuminated by candlelight and fragrant smells, making the room a comfortable room for them to rest in.

"You rest here, I will prepare food and water for you to take a bath" said the young man, stroking the head of a young slave. Anywhere and then walk away.

"Wait on! Whoareyou? Aren't those guards gonna come and look for us? I don't want to punish them for allegedly running away!" the older slave shouted in panic, the young man just smiling.

"I am someone God sent to save you. And don't worry guys, they won't find us here. No one saw us here and no one will be able to track us down even a detective" he said with a smile, then went to the kitchen.

The next day, someone knocked on the door of the house. The two slaves sleeping in the same room, waking up after hearing that knock, looked panicked on their faces.

"Hide away!" the boy said to his sister.

Meanwhile, the young man sitting in the middle room woke up from his seat, he was indeed waiting for someone. He slowly opened the unlocked door, and seeing someone towering high, he carried a wooden stick and put on a gray-robed garment like a rasp, he said, his large hat covered part of his face and his long white beard showed that he was a witch.

"Ramon Awaru! welcome, my friend, come in!" said the young man with a smile. Then the witch entered, her tall body made her have to bend over the door barrier, she walked over and sat on the chair the young man had prepared.

"Where are they, Baron?" ramon asked as he scanned the surrounding room.

"They're hiding. They think you're the soldier who's gonna take them. But wait a minute, I'll call them" the young man then walked into the slave's room.

"Go gentlemen! Someone special is waiting for you in the living room. Go out there and see him!" the two slaves then walked out of the closet slowly, looking at the young man's face with a confused, slightly annoyed face

"I think you're talking. We don't have special people. What exactly do you want from us? Let us go, I beg you" said the little slave in a soft pleading tone.

"Is it possible that you're referring to our older sister, Ally?" ask the older slave while stepping out of the closet.

"Come on, don't waste time, he's waiting!" the young man said, he took the slave's hand and took him out of the room. His sister followed from behind.

When they were in the middle room, the old witch was shocked, she raised both her eyebrows and looked an impressed expression on her face. He brandished his wand, it shone, and a sign on the neck of the two slaves shone.

"Perfect! Now come here, my two children!" the witch then walked happily towards the two slaves and hugged them tightly. The faces of the two slaves were confused, they were looking at each other.

end of Chapter :)