Morning came and it was time for Cyril to carry out his plan.

Cyril began to discuss their plan with the stranger and Cyril asked him, "Excuse me, may I know your name ?".

"My name is Samara Lunkhansen," the stranger replied. After a long wait, about 4 prison guards came over to Cyril.

"Stand up young man, it's time for you to be punished by death." The prison guard shouted at Cyril.

Then the prison guard immediately took Cyril and tied his hands. But before the prison guard could tie his hands, Cyril fought back and managed to grab the sword that was in the hand of one of the prison guards, and a fight ensued between Cyril and the 4 prison guards.

After Cyril managed to cut off the head of one of the guards, he quickly grabbed the key that was guarded by his sword and threw it towards the prison where Samara was being held. Samara then tried to grab the key and open the prison door. Cyril also tried to distract the guards while he waited for Samara to come out. After Samara managed to open the door, she immediately went to help Cyril against the 3 remaining guards.

The fight went on for quite a while and the two of them managed to defeat the remaining three guards. Unfortunately, the commotion from their fight caused chaos in the prison and attracted more guards. The two then tried to hide the bodies of the guards.

Once they had found a place to hide the bodies. They both disguised themselves with the guards' clothes. Then a very loud voice came telling the guards to gather in the field. Then Cyril and Samara prepared to go together so that their disguise was perfect. The two of them left the place and gathered with other guards in the field.

"Today there was a commotion from the direction of one of the detention cells we arrested some time ago. Do not let any intruders into this place. Now, all of you, go to all parts of this prison and find out what has happened. If anyone escapes, you must arrest him immediately and take him to the place of punishment so that he can be executed immediately" The warden ordered in a very angry voice.

Dismiss the guards and find out what really happened. Cyril and Samara also pretended to be involved in finding out what had happened, but not long after, one of the guards found the head of the guard's body and brought it to the warden and told him what had happened and gave him the name of the prisoner who had escaped from the cell. And the warden shouted in a loud voice, "Find the prisoners named Cyril and Samara and bring them to me. Cyril and Samara tried to reach the exit.

After they both managed to get out of the prison area of the palace, they went to the palace where the king lived in search of the sage, but there was no clear answer as to the sage's whereabouts. As they searched the palace for information, but Cyril could not find his father, the commander of Augusta, nor was the king in the palace, they continued to search as they walked through the palace corridors, until they encountered the prison guards on patrol. A fight was inevitable.

Cyril tried again to distract the guards and Samara looked for a way out of the palace. After a long search, Samara found a way out of the palace. Samara went back to Cyril and told him to follow her. They ran to the top of the palace and Samara told Cyril to jump down to where there was a haystack so they could survive.

Without thinking, Cyril threw the sword he was holding at the guard and hit him on the head. Then Cyril took Samara's hand and hugged her tightly, then jumped from the top of the palace. Samara was shocked and felt for the first time that someone cared about him. Samara began to feel something for Cyril that she had never felt before. But Samara came back to focus his thoughts. When they reached the bottom, they immediately ran away from the palace.

Once out of the palace area, they immediately hid near the horses, sometimes taking off the prison guard uniform they had worn earlier. But then they would ride as far east as possible on horseback.

As night falls, Cyril and Samara spend the night near the Elkwood forest.

> [ Elkwood is a forest famous for its beauty, but if you enter it and do not come out until nightfall, you will not be trapped there forever. This is because the spirits that inhabit the forest are not happy when living beings enter the forest before nightfall ].

Cyril and Samara gathered twigs and leaves from the forest to make a tent. After pitching the tent and building a campfire, they decided who would sleep and who would stay up all night.

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"Samara sleep, let me stay awake tonight," Cyril said to Samara.

"Alright," Samara replied with a smile. Then Cyril climbed a tree near their tent to keep an eye on Samara.

Suddenly Cyril saw an orb flying fast in front of him. Cyril followed the orb and found himself in a lake in the middle of the forest. Then Cyril saw that the orb was in the middle of the lake and the orb turned into an old man in a black robe, just like Cyril had dreamed.

The old man said to Cyril, "My son, you have been going through a difficult time all this time, let me tell you what really happened".

"In the past, a few days have passed since you were given to me by the Commander of Augusta for treatment. Commander Augusta came back to me with the news that King Stuart had heard that you were still alive. He was afraid that one day, when you grew up and knew the truth, you would seek out King Stuart and kill him before everything happened. The King ordered the entire royal army of Villmort to look for you and kill you if they saw you. Then Augusta's commander told me to go with him and leave this house so that no more Villmort soldiers would come here, knowing that no one else lived here besides me. Then I used high-level magic to manipulate the state of the forest just for you, so that you would not see the dark side of the Forbidden Forest, and I commanded all the creatures in the forest to serve you. And make you see, feel and think that I was always by your side," the sage continued,

"But when I felt that you were old enough and understood what was happening, I slowly began to release my magic and let you fulfil your destiny, then I made it seem as if I was leaving you so that you could train harder so that you could face everything that lies before you. All you need to know is that this world is in a critical state where there is no more peace and sincere goodness and therefore only you can restore it and one thing you need to know again is that I am still alive but it is not time for you to meet me, later there will come a time when the light will illuminate the darkness and above the heights with all the depths there you will meet me again. My time is not much Cyril de Arc Mirage, my son as well as the Crown Prince who will rule Escalodia and fulfil this ancient prophecy. I leave this world in your hands. Do what your heart tells you". The figure of the old man disappeared after revealing who Cyril really was.

"Cyril, let's get up, the sun has risen," and Cyril woke to hear Samara's voice.

"Are you okay ?" Samara asked Cyril.

"Yes Samara, I'm fine," Cyril replied.

"I'd better not tell Samara who I really am and what's happening to Escalodia right now," Cyril said in his heart.

"Samara, do you know the next village from here ?" Cyril asked Samara.

"Sorrowville is the next village from here, maybe about 2 days away on horseback," Samara replied,

"But we should go to the Bratha Temple first to spend the night, what do you think Cyril ?" Samara asked with a smile.

"All right, show me the way." Cyril replied. Then they continued their journey to the Bratha Temple.

> [ The Temple of Bratha is an ancient relic temple that is still in use today and is one of the training grounds for monks in the area around the Kingdom of Villmort. It is also one of the strongest defensive and scouting posts in the area, thanks to its location at the top of Mount Rushmore. This is the border between the kingdoms of Hillmagoff and Villmort. And they had great respect for the Kingdom of Villmort because the Kingdom of Villmort had helped them against the giant nations in the past ].

In the afternoon they arrived at the Bratha Temple. They both went to the top of the temple to pray. When they reached the top of the altar of the god Ga'al [ God of Wisdom ], and after they had performed the worship, they both looked around the temple and were amazed at the natural beauty that stretched along the temple, for from the top of the temple they could see sunsets, forests, vast meadows, rivers, valleys all the way to the kingdom of Ranchergard, the village of Sorrowville, and the kingdom of Villmort. Suddenly, Samara gripped Cyril's hand tightly. But they were both surprised to see smoke rising from the kingdom of Villmort.

Cyril seems to have done something to the kingdom of Villmort.

"Shall we go back and find out what happened ?, It looks like we need to go back and find out what happened there," Cyril replied to Samara.

"What happens to the kingdom of Villmort today is also part of my responsibility." Cyril said in his heart, feeling worried.

After they had cleaned up and put their things away, they hurried back to Villmort, covering a distance of about 3-4 days.

"I will find out what happened to my home and hopefully the king will be alright," Cyril said in his heart. Samara began to feel comfortable around Cyril and felt that he needed to continue to be by Cyril's side to protect Cyril in his own way, while Samara looked at Cyril and said in her heart, "I don't know what I'm feeling right now, I'm sorry Cyril but I can't control this feeling. Promise me you will stay alive.

Meanwhile in the Ma'Gog Kingdom (capital of the Orc Nation Kingdom),

The royal advisor, one of the 13 high ranking wizards named "Gilga Margoth The Doomsday" faced King Ba'Ssad Bolgarmord to deliver a very important news and said, "Now the time has come Your Majesty, someone who is in the ancient prophecy is ready and we better destroy him now before he fulfils the prophecy".

"Prepare the entire army and prepare for a full-scale invasion of all corners of this land," the king ordered to all the commanders gathered in the palace.

"The Dark Age will reach its climax," Gilga said in her heart, smiling sarcastically.

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