The Kazar's situation is not calming down, with each passing second the stress accumulated even more, people were forbidden to roam the streets without a guard from the official capital's team
Power houses were stripped off of their strength, all their guards were driven towards the outskirts of the city fearing any sudden attack at one
In the midst of this chaos, a new rule was added by the king himself
"From this day on until all the culprits behind the terrorizing attack are caught, none shall be allowed to roam the streets" said A man holding a paper in the middle of the street, on both sides knight of the Sigel stood sharp as a proof of this being the truth
The people gasped from the widows, peaking from behind the doors, inside their houses
"Any who stands against this rule shall be apprehended for suspensions of aiding them. Food shall be sent to your doors 3 time a day," said the man
Chaos, People shouted in anger as the man closed the paper shut and went away
"This makes it" said Fraymon "We are trapped for good"
Torden was again deep in thought, although his mind seemed a bit more intense than usual
"Any ideas?" asked Fraymon
"This might not last for long" said Torden "With the Vikings already armed, and the time they had should've gave enough strength back, it is a matter of time before they make a move"
"Let's hope whatever move they make is to our advantage" replied Fraymon
Knock, knock
The door made a sound as a voice followed
"Your meal is here" said a guard from behind it
Fraymon went towards it and opened the door, The guard was a bit big, he looked back and saw Lord Kailer and Torden before moving his sight back to Fraymon
"Wow, your, big" said Fraymon
"Thanks, my lord, I hear that allot" said the guard as he gave Fraymon the food
The door closed as Fraymon said
He went inside, put the food on the table, and opened the wrapping off of it
As he reached for the plat his brother said
"Stop, we won't be eating that" said Torden
"And what do we do? We will grow hungrier with time" said Fraymon
"We wait, at least until the next meal arrives," said Lord Kailer
"I think the rest of the houses might have the same idea as us" said Torden
"Well, if you are afraid of it containing poison or drugs, lest test it" said Fraymon as he took a piece of each plat
He went towards the window by the dark alley between the houses and put some of it their
"We will put some of it by the roof as well, birds shall be our test subject" said Fraymon
"And what if the affect takes time," said Torden
"You are right" said Fraymon "Hmm…Then we shall hunt for them"
Both his father and his brother looked confused watching him take some of the food
He went and used the bars that were a decoration, and with some ropes he made a box trap, putting some of the food inside of it he laid it by the back side window, where the eyes of the Guards couldn't reach
"Oh, I should've taken the food I put by the window" said Fraymon "I will take care of it—"
"No" replied Lord Kailer
"It is useless anyways; we won't have any use for them" said Fraymon
"Yes, we might not have use for such" said Lord Kailer "But others might"
"How?" asked Fraymon
"They will see the dead birds, and with a bit of thinking they shall know wish meals aren't safe," said Lord Kailer
"Others might have had the same idea as us" said Lord Torden "A house having little power doesn't mean it is stupid; it just means that it is controlled"
"It is not like that they can repay us, they won't know wish one did this" said Fraymon
"And that is to our advantage, this way other will continue to do the same not being afraid," said Lord Kailer" The word will spread in no time about, allies in secret will continue to appear wish will give as a chance"
"If you say so" said Fraymon leaving the food that was in the window
The day passed, other meals were brought forward, each time a different guard came forward, there wasn't any
A bird was caught by them, and so they tested the break feast meal on him awaiting a response
Another house caught one with a home-made small bow and arrow, tiny enough to not catch attention or make much sounds
Lord Varyon had 2 Knights in hiding inside his home, one of them decided to be the test subject eating from the breakfast meal as well
Other houses boiled the food while some had to sacrifice for the family
A few decided to just eat it
"Our house is not much of a threat anyway, and with us being the closest to the king on the physical map, if he wished to, he can just dispose of us" said the father staring the chicken leg in his hand
He was nervous, sacred, but staring his starving children, he decided to swallow it whole
"Now, we shall wait," said the father
Torden saw the bird doing some reaction
"What is that?" said Torden
The bird moved around tripping over itself, until it fell
"So the breakfast meal is not safe" said Fraymon "Well, one is indeed poisoned, lets check the other birds we caught" as he stared another cage he made, with a bird inside
"No wait" said Torden staring the bird down
"What?" asked Fraymon, Lord Kailer came to see it as well
"It is…. Breathing!" said Torden
His father looked at him in shock and said "They aren't poisoning us, they are making us sleep, drugging us down!"
The Hallow stones family had their knight's head fighting the sleep
"Vomit it! try spiting it out!" said Lord Varyon
The knight went to sleep, he two was breathing
"What the…" said Lord Varyon, a small ball went between his legs
The knight that was up Instinctively went to guard the lord as the bomb exploded with smoke
Lord Torden heard the sound, seeing it from the window he was shocked
A ball rolled from beneath the door, the same shape, size, and colour of the one that made that chaos back in the colosseum
Torden took some time to remember the traumatic past, and so did his father, they couldn't react in time as little smoke start to break through, their knight did not understand what was happening so he stood guard beside the lord of the house
They were doomed, or so they thought, Fraymon reacted the fastest, taking a sturdy pot and with his body weight he pushed it all down, some spit fled his mouth as a reaction to the shock wave
The floor changed colour as some smoke managed to break his way through the sides
With his mouth covered in vomit and spit Fraymon looked back and said "Wilderness instinct, Hehe"
A Guard broke through the door; he made his mind to strike an axe downwards wishing ti cut Fraymon's head in half
"Barmen!!!" yelled Lord Kailer
The knight struck down the Guard with a knife to the eye, he fell dead
Another broke out the window, as Torden hit him with the chair, Barmen the Sigel Knight was given a chance to take a breath dashing forward, he plunged his blade into the man's heart
Torden saw the streets empty, big smoke clouds were scattered across the city
Some fires were on in other sides as well, people ran around the streets with burned clothes, guards rushed to the scene, aiding the injured nobles and putting the fires off
"What the…!" said Torden he heard the sound of the metal helmet fall behind him, looking back he found it to be a Viking in disguise
Lord Varyon in his house was finally able to push the smoke away
"My lord" said his knight looking down, with one hand he held the neck of a guard breaking it, beneath him the other guard had a sword in the skull, he died while asleep
The knight stared his Lord, he saw how scared he looked, sweat showered his face, his fingers were dancing with each other
He stared where his lord did, the lady was dead, another blade to the skull, and the heir to the Hallow stones was messing
In a dark place, lords and ladies sat side to side, eyes covered, hands tied behind their backs, along side them the heir to the Hallow stones were their as well, a mere child
They were allowed to finally see, removing whatever covered their sight
They were surrounded by guards
"This is unforgivable!" said one noble "How dare the royal family attempt this without any announcement!"
From the dark behind the guards a sound spoke forward
"Yes, how dare they do this"
Step
Step
It was the armless commander, the guards removed their helmets revealing themselves to be Vikings
"Now the game, is equal" said the armless commander