‘Eto, slow down!’ the princess yelled while she tried her best to hold on.

Eto jumped through the jungle, landing on clear spots to jump ahead again. Somehow, he smiled, even though the situation wasn’t something to laugh about.

‘We have to. Otherwise we won’t make it’ he said without looking at her.

His focus was purely at the giant tree and the explosion it had heard from it.

Weapons clashed again between Djon and the commander, after the explosion happened.

‘Surrender you fugitive, and maybe they will let you live,’ the commander said with trouble and anger, holding the weapons against the swords of Djon.

Even though he had four arms, the commander was skilled in battle as he knew they would not be at use to grapple her.

‘You know you are at a disadvantage, right?’ Djon bluffed as he tried to show a smirky smile.

He couldn’t tell what the person beneath the mask was expressing but by the feeling of the struggling power, it was hard for her.

He pushed her behind, having time to breath before the commander jumped back in to attack again.

‘You know, we can stop this and have a drink together. Work it out with the weapons called words.’

He hoped for a giggle but clearly, the commander was too serious for the conversation.

‘You wish, fugitive. Once I am done with you, we will take the other ones you have been carrying in your ship and continue with our plan.’

She smacked her weapon again, and Djon managed to jump back to avoid it.

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‘And what would that plan be?’ he asked as he tried to provoke her.

For the first time, a laugh could be heard from underneath the mask.

‘Like before, it is of no concern to you what our plan is.’

Djon showed his teeth while smiling a little.

‘Guess I will have to force it out of you.’

He could hear the screams of battle behind him and it also felt like it was getting warmer behind him. Unfortunately, he couldn’t look behind him. Dropping his guard against the commander was the last thing to do.

This time, he jumped ahead and their weapons clashed multiple times as they moved back and forward, depending who had the upper hand.

The commander made a sudden move, one Djon hadn’t recognized from her fighting style before. And with that, he saw an opening.

He moved his sword to the front, hoping to do some damage and weaken the commander.

Instead, he had taken the bait and with much power, he could feel his swords being swung out of his hand before he was kicked to the ground.

‘That’s it for you,’ the commander said as she pointed her weapon towards him.

‘Dammit,’ Djon grumbled and this time, it was the commander who laughed a little.

‘Get up and get to my ship,’ the commander said demandingly as she pointed her weapon almost to his tattooed chest.

There was a moment that Djon thought there was nothing more he could do.

And right before he wanted to get up, a scream could be heard.

A different scream than the ones from the battle behind him.

And when the scream became louder, he could see something coming from the jungle, all the way up here.

Behind the commander, something swung up from the trees below and made its way to the top.

And it only took a few seconds for the thing to hit the commander in front of Djon.

He closed his eyes for impact but when he looked again, a smile returned on his face.

The commander laid on the floor, unconscious by the looks of it, and on top of her was Eto and the princess who held Eto with fear in her eyes.

‘Eto!’ he yelled loudly and happily to his friend.

‘Djon!’ Eto responded but his face soon turned serious as he looked behind Djon.

He also turned around and saw what Eto was looking at.

Behind a huge battle between Kojo warriors and soldiers of the worlds, was the giant tree, burning with fire.