Then Cyril returned to his camp, trying to follow the path he had taken before, then he saw the cave that had collapsed and said "Your sacrifice will not be in vain Guldan, thank you friend", his eyes glazed over, Cyril tried to find flowers around the area.

Then he saw a beautiful red flower, picked it up and placed it among the piles of rocks in the cave. Smiling, he wiped away his tears and left. Then an eagle swooped down and it sounded very loud, as if the bird was also sad that Guldan had gone.

Cyril was also sad and felt guilty because part of the forest had been burnt, he saw many animals that had lost their homes and places to eat because part of the forest had been burned. But Cyril kept walking, trying to get rid of his guilt, and then he decided to take revenge on those who had done all this.

After walking for a while, he saw in the distance the empty house he had passed before. He ran towards the house and said, "At last, this is the right path, the one I was on before.

As part of the forest had been on fire, the view was clearer as there were no trees in the way and the sunlight was no longer blocked.

Once Cyril was close enough to the house, he was surprised to see the outside of the house quite clearly because there was a symbol above the house that was similar to the symbol he had seen, but Cyril could not remember exactly where he had seen the symbol before.

"It looks familiar, but where have I seen it before?" Cyril asked in his heart, trying to remember what the symbol was, but he could not remember.

Then Cyril started to leave the place, but as if he had heard a voice from inside the house calling Cyril, "Cyril ... Cyril ... the son of the prophecy, come here!" Suddenly surprised, Cyril turned to look at the house, but there was no one there, he did not immediately move to where the voice came from, but tried to convince himself that it was just his hallucination. But the more he tried to ignore the voice, the clearer it sounded.

Finally, trying to encourage himself, he entered the house. And inside he saw that the place was really messy, Cyril assumed that maybe the place had been randomly chosen by the soldiers who were chasing him. Then Cyril remembered the glowing book, and Cyril went looking for it, curious as to what the book was.

But when he arrived at the room where the book was found, it turned out that the room was already a mess and the book was no longer on the table where he had last seen it.

"Where did the book gone?" asked Cyril in his heart, feeling that this was no ordinary book. Then Cyril tried to look around the place but still couldn't find it.

"Is it possible that the book was taken by the horde of soldiers that chased me and Jacquiz earlier ?" asked Cyril in his heart.

"But why is there a voice telling me to enter this place, what is it ?" asked Cyril again in his heart with great curiosity.

Then suddenly Cyril felt something strange approaching him very quickly from behind, Cyril also drew his sword from its sheath to be ready in case there was another fight. But Cyril's head was hit hard enough to make him faint before he could turn around to see what or who was coming at him.

"Finally we've found you too," were the words Cyril could still hear before he lost consciousness completely, but Cyril couldn't see who had hit him.

"The giant could not have sacrificed his life for someone who is a nobody, and there is no way Jacquiz was sent to kill an ordinary person. There's something we don't know about this boy and I'm sure we can trade his head for a lot of gold, HAHAHA !!!" said a mysterious person who had captured Cyril.

"That's right big brother, we'll get rich quick, HAHAHA!!!" said one of the others.

Not long after their noisy conversation, Cyril awoke from his stupor, but he did not make any quick movements to let them know that Cyril was awake.

He tried to open his eyes slowly, trying to see where he was. Cyril looked up and saw that he was back in the cave. And he saw from the reflection of the light from the campfire that there were about 2 people talking and then Cyril realised that his hands were tied.

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"Come quickly my brother, let's prepare to take him to the kingdom of the Dark Urkmar," said one of those holding Cyril.

"WHAT ?!, why don't they stop to take me ?" said Cyril in his heart, feeling annoyed at being chased all the time.

Finally, Cyril decided to pretend to be unconscious so that he could go to Dark Urkmar to find out why he was being hunted by the Dark Urkmar Kingdom.

A few days later, they left for the Dark Urkmar Kingdom in a horse-drawn carriage, taking Cyril with them. Cyril opened his eyes and tried to listen to their conversation. Cyril also heard their conversation that their journey to Dark Urkmar would take about 14 days. Cyril was surprised to hear this and thought it would be very boring to have to wait about 14 days to get to Dark Urkmar.

Then Cyril heard them talking about a book that had extraordinary magical power, where the life and death of this world could be controlled by the magic of the book, but those who learned magic from the book had to pay an extraordinary price, and anyone could learn magic from the book, even if those people did not have the bloodline of the previous witch. And suddenly Cyril thought of the book that had glowed in the abandoned house earlier.

Then Cyril heard that the name of the book was "Book of Escalodia". Then Cyril tried hard to think of a way to escape their captivity. And suddenly there was a very loud rumbling sound... they were surprised because the landslide occurred as they passed through the mountainous area of the Dark Urkmar region.

"WHY IS IT HAPPENING NOW ?!" shouted one of the people holding Cyril captive. The other said, trying to calm his friend.

"We need to take a detour and go through Grimmoldan Forest immediately.

> [ Grimmoldan Forest is a forest that witnessed a battle between the Dark Elves and the Elves led by one of the generals who became a hero for the Dark Urkmar, namely Gyldeffon Marzilghar, who is also the grandfather of Commander Ar'Garman Marzilghar and Jacquiz Ar'han Marzilghar; the forest is said to have magical powers that can hypnotise the mind of any living being that is not of the Dark Elven bloodline ].

"Well, we need to prepare our minds so that we won't be affected by the magic in this creepy forest, Gillian," the person controlling the carriage said to his friend.

"Relax, I can control myself, Phillian," his friend replied.

"So their names are Gillian and Phillian," Cyril said to himself as he continued to listen to the conversation between the two people. Then they continued their journey and it took them a long time to reach the entrance of the forest.

"Here comes the famous Grimmoldan Forest, are you ready Phillian ?" the man driving the carriage asked his friend. Phillian nodded his head and they entered the forest.

"Well, it seems I have arrived at the forest they are talking about, what might happen ?" asked Cyril silently, a little worried. But Cyril tried to cheer himself up anyway.

The three of them began to enter the forest, the atmosphere they felt began to change, the atmosphere created by the forest made the three of them feel very uncomfortable while they were there, then the fog that suddenly came over the forest and made their field distance narrow as if to indicate that they had entered a natural trap created by the forest.

"Gillian, are you sure we're on the right track?" asked Phillian, feeling a bit scared.

"Pray we're on the right track, because this sudden fog is making it hard for me to see clearly," Gillian replied. Then, to the surprise of all three, the horse pulling their carriage suddenly screamed at the top of its lungs and stopped, as if to signal that something was passing in front of them.

"CRAZY...!!!, WHAT IS THIS AGAIN ?!!" cried Gillian, shocked.

"Let me have a look first," Phillian said as he got off the carriage and walked forward to make sure.

"Be careful Phillian," Gillian said in a rather loud tone.

After a long wait, Gillian started to get nervous when Phillian did not come back. "Where did Phillian go?" Gillian wondered.

Finally, Gillian decided to look for Phillian, and as she tried to call out Phillian's name, she got off the carriage and walked forward.

"I seem to be alone in this carriage," Cyril said in his heart, then Cyril tried to look around the carriage, looking for something he could use to release the rope that bound him.

After searching, Cyril finally saw a small knife, he moved towards the knife while tied up and tried to grab the small knife. Once he was able to grab the knife, Cyril tried to cut the rope that was binding him, and eventually Cyril was able to untie the rope. Once Cyril was free he looked around the chariot for his sword, he saw it hanging near the chariot door and took his sword back. As Cyril prepared to leave, there was a loud shout from the front of the chariot.

"Whose cry was that?" asked Cyril in his heart, "WHAT COULD IT BE ?" said Cyril as he remembered the two people who had kidnapped him.

"Anyway, they are living beings that I must save, maybe I will put them in jail afterwards, because there are still things I want to ask them, especially about the book," said Cyril, as he was determined to find and save the two people.

Cyril walked towards the sound of the scream, drawing his sword from its sheath.

Next Chapter "Book I : Escape (Part II)"