Lancelot and Renly was galloping their way towards the market of wizpuri as the duty given to Lancelot previously was interrupted by bhagdatta.
They were making their way through the forest of mangled pyri which was known to be as the forest of illusions.
They first decided to go to the wizpuri market to acquire items for the grand ceremony and then go towards the moonroot tower which was close but still needed several hours of riding.
They decided to go to moonroot tower to hire the architects over there to rebuild the broken parts of the red kingdom.
As they were galloping through the valley of moonchime which was just before mangled pyri forest and on the left side of the mangled pyri forest was reylight kingdom and crossing the mangled pyri forest in the direction of right was market of wizpuri.
A silence was drawn over as they were riding along with the rays of a sun that was about to drown behind the mountains of wolfstone palles.
Renly looked over towards Lancelot as he saw that Lancelot was thinking about something. He tried to speak many times but often decided to stay silent to give Lancelot time to recover.
But the silence was too much for him as it was making him restless and uncomfortable and with a heavy heart Renly decided to break the tension.
"Still thinking about killing soran and bhagdatta?", Renly asked a question to break Lancelot's overthinking.
Lancelot who was deep in thought suddenly looked at Renly and said "well you know me better than anyone".
Renly smiled and said "yeah that is why I am going to help you kill those bastards".
Lancelot slightly lowered his head and said with his deep voice "This quest for revenge is only for me and it shall only be my burden. You need to understand that both my pride and my position as a voice of king was tested and it seemed like I failed".
Renly narrowed his eyes and immediately said "speak carefully, you are not someone who can be tested. You are "you" and no one can come close to us let alone you".
Lancelot laughed as he spoke with a slight melancholic voice "it's good that you still have faith in me".
Renly interrupted immediately "not only me but whole south respects you".
Lancelot smiled as he said "this thing called respect is so easy to lose. I can do several good deeds and just one bad thing and people will turn their heads away from me and that too without ever hearing my side".
Renly looked at the sun slowly drowning behind the mountains and lowered his head without saying anything.
"When you met lucien for first time, did he ever trust you?", Renly said immediately remembering a incident he heard on the round table.
"Well it was more of an misunderstanding than an actual meeting", Lancelot laughed as he remembered that.
"Yes, when you met you both fought for several hours and then both of you got tired but you were still fighting until lucien's father came up and told you that he was the king and you were the hired voice who were contacted to protect lucien", Renly said casually remembering the old incident.
Lancelot laughed and said "yeah it was pretty funny, you should have seen lucien's face he was shocked as if a lion bit him".
Seeing Lancelot laugh, Renly also smiled and looked at him with a relaxed expression.
Lancelot paused and added "but what of it? Why are you saying this now?"
Renly nodded and carefully explained "just like how lucien never trusted you before even though you did several good things for him and he still remained suspicious of you but one day he got around and now you are his most trusted and the closes people he cannot live without".
Lancelot nodded slowly and said in his deep voice which echoed in silence "yeah that was a hard time. It seemed like no one trusted me in that kingdom well except for some people".
Lancelot added after pausing "Several good times and bad times I faced with lucien until we became warriors that were both respected, lucien as a king and me as an voice".
"Hardships are a part of life and several people will judge you and ridicule you but once you grow into something they can never even hope to achieve, only then they will respect you but like a crocodile they will try to find a good time and when you are in the most vulnerable state, they will instantly try to attack you", Renly said with a certainty.
Lancelot nodded "such is a life here in sumaka".
Renly smiled and said "I know nothing is ever going to stop you from taking the revenge from those pests but atleast have some faith in me".
Lancelot was moved but didn't show it in his face instead he shook his head and looked at Renly with a bitter smile.
He added without hesitating "I know soran from a long time ago and I have fought with bhagdatta. I know how scary both of them can be even if you catch them off guard".
Renly galloped faster as a sign of frustration and he said "It seems like you still do not have enough faith in me that I can and will defeat them both".
Lancelot looked at him and asked "are you doing your training every day?"
"Yes and also I have grown stronger and I am getting strong every day even vishkron have hard time keeping up with me", Renly said with a determination.
Renly was only twenty three years old while vishkron was in his thirties. So, Renly being able to keep up with vishkron was a big thing.
Lancelot laughed and said "looks like lasken have to step up his training instead of focusing on girls and drinks".
Renly laughed as well and said with a low tone "yeah, he really should otherwise vishkron and me including sam are already ahead of him. It seems like soon young ashton will catch up with him as well".
Both of them shared a laugh as they rode faster and faster through the valley of moonchime.
As they were riding through the valley they noticed that something was wrong. They both had a strange feeling as they looked at each other and nodded hinting to mount their horse and check what was wrong.
Suddenly a huge one eyed creature appeared before them slamming hard against the ground cracking the beneath.
Both of them looked at each other and instantly drew their weapons, A large blade and a dual-headed mace.
The monster had one eye in the center and had green veins all over its large body which towered over both of them as they looked like children infront of that one eyed creature. The one eyed creature had a huge long sword in his hand which was thick and pure steel with golden coloured hilt.
Both of them stood silently as they were waiting for the first move of that one eyed creature but the creature itself stood silent and carefully observed the surroundings.
"Should we both attack at the same time and catch it off guard", Renly muttered silent enough so that Lancelot could hear.
Lancelot shook his head and said "no, we wait".
The monster who was looking at his surroundings suddenly turned his gaze towards the two warriors standing. He paused and looked at them and said,
"Bhagdatta".