Finally, Gillian plucked up the courage to enter the camp. As soon as he entered, two soldiers on patrol walked past him.

Suddenly Gillian was surprised and made a noise as the wood he stepped on fell. "Damn !" Gillian said in a worried tone.

"HEY, WHO'S THERE ?" a soldier said as he tried to get closer to see what was going on.

Gillian quickly jumped in and stabbed the soldier right in the chest. Then Gillian quickly attacked another soldier and managed to kill him. Then Gillian quickly hid the bodies of the two soldiers and continued to search for information about Phillian and Cyril.

Gillian went further into the camp. He did so very carefully as the number of soldiers guarding the camp was quite large. When he saw the soldiers on patrol, he immediately hid from them, and some of them were quietly killed by Gillian, who also made sure to hide their bodies.

Then Gillian arrived at one of Dark Urkmar's army camps. The camp looked bright from the outside and there seemed to be a party going on inside. Gillian tried to listen to their conversation.

"There seems to be a party inside and they are drunk now," Gillian said to himself.

He kept trying to listen to what the soldiers were talking about and indeed Gillian heard one soldier talking about the new prisoner that had arrived.

"Hey, have you heard that a new prisoner has arrived ?" one of the soldiers said.

"No... no... no," said the group of drunken soldiers.

"I heard that a dwarf came and brought a prisoner, apparently it wasn't an ordinary prisoner because he was immediately taken to Captain Yarwen's camp," the soldier said as he continued the story. Gillian was surprised to hear these words.

"A dwarf ?! shouldn't it be Phillian," Gillian said to herself. Gillian tried to listen to their conversation, but there was no more important story to hear.

Finally, Gillian tried to find out where Captain Yarwen's camp was that the soldiers were talking about.

Then in one of the camps,

There were two figures talking and one of them said, "What do you know about the Escalodia book, Walter ?".

"Why do you ask, does it bother you ?" Walter said.

"No, I'm just curious, would you mind telling me ?" the man replied to Walter. "All right, if you insist," Walter said.

"The Book of Escalodia is a book that our ancestors believe to be the first book of magic in this world, it contains the procedures for all living things to begin their lives, where we all come from, where we go after this life ends, whether there is life after death and so on and also this book contains magic of the highest level. This magic is the magic of life and death. Not many people have ever seen the book, and it is said that it disappeared and has never been found. Only 13 high level wizards have ever seen the book. It is said that of the 13 legendary high level wizards, only 2 could open the book and understand what was written in it," Walter explained to the man.

"So why are only two people able to open and understand the book, Walter ?" the man asked again.

"Because the book can only be opened by people who have a pure heart and strong feelings, and the language used to write the book is a very old language, even I believe there is no one left who can read it. Only the ancient dark elves, only the descendants of "Paleiah" can read the language, but all the descendants of Paleiah no longer exist... except for you," Walter replied.

"Oh yes, one more thing, the book will glow when it is opened, because believe it or not, the book is alive," Walter continued, holding the man's shoulder and smiling.

Then the man seemed satisfied with Walter's answer and he also smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I visited my mother's grave.

You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.

"Go, who knows, maybe she will show herself to you, you haven't seen her yet, have you ?" Walter said as he looked at the man.

Walter grabbed the man's head and said, "You never change, you're still you".

"Walter, can you let go ?" the man said.

"No matter where you are now, to me you are still the sweet little Jacquiz, hahaha" Walter said with a laugh.

"You know Walter, after my brother's death I feel more free and more trying to find myself," Jacquiz said.

"Oh yes Jacquiz, do you know there is a new prisoner who has just arrived..., I wonder why he was immediately taken to Captain Yarwen's camp ?" Walter asked Jacquiz.

Jacquiz was silent at this question. Soon he left without saying anything.

"Haah ! the boy hasn't changed," Walter said, shaking his head.

Back to Gillian,

After searching for a long time, Gillian finally saw Captain Yarwen's camp from a distance. But the camp was heavily guarded by Dark Urkmar soldiers.

"What am I going to do?" Gillian said in her heart. At last he had an idea of how to distract the guarding soldiers.

"But isn't this idea too much ?" he said as he continued to think about his idea.

"If only one camp is burning, it doesn't seem like too much," Gillian said.

From a distance, Jacquiz happened to see Gillian, but Jacquiz did not go straight up to Gillian. Jacquiz decided to just watch from a distance.

"I finally did it," Gillian said proudly.

Jacquiz was shocked to see from a distance, said, "Is he going to burn this camp down ?".

"I'm going to burn this camp to distract them," Gillian said. Little did Gillian know that the camp he was going to burn contained a lot of explosives. Eventually Gillian carried out his idea by burning the camp.

"HEY!!, LOOK AT THE SMOKE," said one of the men standing guard outside Captain Yarwen's camp.

"Come on, put out the fire !" the soldier said as he ran towards the smoke.

"Right, it's time for me to go," Gillian said as he ran quickly towards Captain Yarwen's camp.

Jacquiz, watching from a distance, tried to follow Gillian's movements. The camp was quite dark and he could see that Cyril was tied up at the end of the camp and appeared to be unconscious.

As he approached Cyril, someone suddenly pointed a gun at him and said "Don't move Gillian !".

Suddenly Gillian stopped and was shocked to hear the voice. Gillian recognised the voice as that of his brother Phillian. Gillian turned to make sure it was Phillian.

"We're letting the Dark Urkmar take him, Gillian," Phillian said. "I was paid 1000 gold pieces anyway, look at this," Phillian continued, showing the bag of gold pieces.

"Are you mad ? This boy helped me find you and I told him that I released him," Gillian said angrily to Phillian.

"Wasn't it your idea to catch him and sell him ?" said Phillian as he grabbed Gillian's package with both hands.

"Did you forget mum's condition ?!" Phillian continued.

Gillian was thoughtful and said "Somehow this boy's sincerity has changed my way of thinking".

"DO YOU THINK MOM WOULDN'T BE HAPPY IF SHE KNEW WHERE IT ALL CAME FROM !" said Gillian as he showed the bag of gold pieces.

"YOU KNOW MOM WILL DIE IF WE DON'T GET THE GOLD !" shouted Phillian as he cried.

"I WILL NOT LET ANYONE HINDER MY WAY EVEN IF IT'S YOU GILLIAN !!!" said Phillian as he released his grip.

"Why have you changed Phillian, weren't you the one who was always kind to others... you never even killed an ant," said Gillian, shocked at his younger brother.

"BECAUSE I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU, GILLIAN !" said Phillian as he punched Gillian hard in the face and continued to shed tears. Gillian collapsed in front of Phillian.

"You are a brave, strong, resilient person... a person who always protects Mum. A person the people around you look up to," Phillian continued. Gillian was shocked at Phillian's words.

"DID YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WANTED AFTER DAD DIED ?" said Gillian.

Then Phillian remembered what he had said, "Phillian, Dad is dead... now it's just you and Mum. Let's both promise not to fight and to look after Mum forever," Gillian said as he held out his hand to Phillian, who was looking thoughtfully at their father's grave.

"All right Gillian, I promise," Phillian said as he reached out and shook his brother's hand.

"ARE YOU GOING TO BETRAY YOUR OWN PROMISE, PHILLIAN ?!" Gillian shouted at Phillian. But Phillian seemed silent and did not answer the question. Gillian kept trying to get Phillian to wake up.

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND PHILLIAN ?!, WAKE UP !!!" Gillian said as he lay down and held his face. Then Phillian smiled and said "Wake me up if you can", he got ready and held his axe.

"All right, if that's what you want, Phillian," Gillian said as he tried to stand up. "Try not to die," Gillian continued, also holding his axe.

"AAKKHH !" yelled Phillian and immediately attacked Gillian. Eventually the two of them got into a pretty good fight.

Next Chapter "Book I : Betrayal (Part III)"