quaila

Miguel took a deep breath and took off his cover and turned around.

"Lord Miguel?!", The guard was startled to see Miguel.

"Shhh!!", Miguel took his shock as an opportunity to subdue him.

He kept quiet as Miguel held the sword against his neck.

"Where is Mercury?!", Miguel asked as he walked gently to a dark path of the walkway.

Due to the Apical battle going on, the guards weren't so much and so in a huge walkway like this, only a guard or two patroled.

"He's in the guillotine gourd...", the guard replied gently.

"Thank you!", Miguel said and hit his head directly with the back of his sword.

After pulling him to a dark corner and stripping him off his clothes, Miguel had a new disguise and moved around the ward more smoothly.

He finally arrived at the guillotine ward and saw that only the cleaners were there.

As soon as he saw them cleaning up, his eyes fumed up.

"No!!", He cried as he fell on his knees uncontrollably.

This caught the attention of most of the cleaners.

On seeing this, he inhaled heavily, holding his emotions in so as to not get discovered and stood up.

He couldn't save Mercury, but atleast he can save his father.

He turned around and was about to leave when he heard a call.

"Clumpsy!"

On hearing this, his heart skipped a bit and he stopped.

Only one person called him Clumpsy.

During training, that was what Mercury called him due to how often he dropped his sword.

It felt like he heard a ghost, his body trembled slightly as he turned around.

"Lord Mercury!!", The grown-up Miguel cried like a child.

"Clumpsy guard!!", Mercury said as he winked at him, only then did he regain himself.

"You dropped this!", Mercury said as he bent down to pick up the Quailian emblem usually placed on the right shoulder of the Quailian's main guard's armour.

"Sorry my Lord!", Miguel bowed as he collected it.

"Take me to the Apical battle!", He added with his hand on the guard's shoulder.

The two guards beside him looked at themselves and were a bit lost.

They were the ones sent to take Mercury to the Apical battle, who is this clumpsy guard now?

"Lord Mercury, the Lord asked us to take you to him directly!" they said respectfully.

"Am I still a criminal?", Mercury asked.

"No my Lord!", They nodded vigorously.

"Which means I am still the Lord's right hand man?", He added.

"Yes my Lord!", They nodded.

"Go get us 2 horses!", He then commanded.

"Alright My Lord!", They replied and left swiftly.

"How did you?!", Miguel asked immediately unable to hold back again.

"You fool! Why are you here?!", Mercury frowned immediately.

On seeing this, Miguel was a taken aback.

"Haven't you gotten any message?", Mercury asked.

"What message?", Miguel asked confused.

"Quaila's darkness. The Lord's falling....", Mercury asked.

As soon as Mercury's voice fell, Miguel remembered the prophecy.

Just when he was about to speak, he heard some guards running towards them.

When he turned to look, he saw the black guards from before, but this time, they were seemingly without their leaders.

"They are here! Run!", Mercury yelled and began to run.

"Who are they?!", Miguel asked as he chased after Mercury.

"They are Timothy's minions!", Mercury replied.

"Timothy's minions?!", Miguel replied almost falling off balance.

"Yes, secret soldiers whose leader is Sir Timothy, ruler of Sticilia!", Mercury replied as they got closer to the gate.

Suddenly some men in black came through the gate they were running towards putting Mercury and Miguel to a stop.

They stood back faced back as they looked at their fronts, each side having several men in black.

"Lord Mercury what do we do?", Miguel asked as he looked back and forth.

"How have you survived this long?", Mercury asked as he pulled his robe.

"Luck!", Miguel smiled as he drew out his sword.

"You better use that luck right now.....", Mercury said as he made fists.

"Where's Timothy?", Mercury asked aloud.

As soon they heard this, the men slowed down a bit.

"He knows!" one yelled.

"Fool!!", Another yelled and pushed a sword through the one who yelled previously.

He fell to the ground and died began to cough out blood.

The one who did the stabbing stepped forward and said: "Knowledge is useless after death!"

"You must be his sub, Nathan!", Mercury added.

The guy chuckled a bit and took off his mask.

"Let's at least honor the great Mercury with a bit of truth before he dies...", He added.

"Weren't you the one who said Knowledge is useless after death... Or are you just quoting wise sayings", Mercury replied with a smile as Miguel chuckled behind him.

Nathan's face suddenly lost it's smile as he felt a bit stupid.

".... I guess this means death's not my fate today! Right Clumpsy?", Mercury added as he smiled at Miguel.

"Ready!", Miguel chuckled and said.

Nathan was thrown aback for a moment.

What are they saying?

Just as he was lost, Mercury, in a blink of an picked and threw Miguel at him directly.

As soon as he saw this, he raised both hands, crossed in front of himself in an attempt to block, like he would if a boulder was thrown at him, forgetting Miguel was wielding a sword.

To be continued.....