treason

"elder zeth wants to speak with you he is waiting in his room " Elza added then left . john went in zeth room and took a sit near his bed "where you looking for me elder zeth ? " zeth sat up "i have reflected and I know someone who may be able to provide us information about the six demons and Ferguson " john was not very convince normally since he left to that secluded island all his connections should have long been olibrated not knowing the extend of influence Ferguson had it wasn't impossible "don't worry he is my best friend and am sure that he wouldn't betray me even if he was tortured to death " "i don't know were he is presently but I have a guess . he is someone who likes alcohol more than his own life so he most be on the central island of the east sea it is were the brew the best alcohol of the whole vazel kingdom " knowing the connection of Ferguson and the six demons the central island should be were he had the most influence

this was indeed troublesome but he knew wouldn't discover anything if he didn't take the risk "who is that friend of yours can you give me more details " " he is named Dan and was one of my brother at arm during the war in the pasrel also he is the best informant of the east sea it was partially due to the information he provided that we could avoid the capturing of the pasrel by the enemy that year, after the blood bath in the pasrel we separated and never meet again " "how do you know that he hasn't yet be killed by Ferguson " since he was the best informant if Ferguson discovered that he could not use him he wouldn't hesitate to neutralise the danger "what you says make sense but even me I have never understood that part of him he always succeed in fleeing his pursuers you can trust me even if Ferguson has what type of influence he wouldn't able to kill him the maximum he could do is to hinder his business "

"also I remember that his left hand contains some sort of strange power "

so it was like this john was really curious about that man he was either very powerful or extremely lucky to always succeed in running away but then he frown because if he could always run away his ability to hide should not be underestimated it would be very difficult to find him the huge central island a d he his main concern now was time "we would leave immediately after you are cured if there is nothing more I would take my leave " he stood up and went out then returned to the pont and started practicing his fencing flora steps

since he had time it was better to practice the final showdown with Ferguson was getting near with each passing day

the next day

he continued his routine . after practicing for some hours he stopped because the boat had stopped it was already night

gazing in front he saw a huge island basked in colour it was very lively looking from afar all buildings were lighted

Elza had finally cured zeth after some days of treatment

suddenly he felt someone approaching he tired and saw zeth approaching him it was easy to see that his aura wasn't decreasing anymore and was more stable and imposing he was dressed in purple long robe with a white coat on top but like wise he didn't carry it it just stayed there on his shoulders he had a two Meter long sword resting lazily on his left shoulder

"i think we have wasted a lot of time now let's get moving " he said . john took on a shirt and a trouser to his his zed camouflage under it . from his perspective it was not practical to walk with it like this in the island it may atrack unnecessary attention and problem he used a shoulder belt which hoisted the sword of chaos his twin daggers under his shirt and took his blade in his hand he was finally ready

they both left the boat and walked into the city in the island it was very noisy bars were open nearly everywhere he could feel the ground faintly trembling from the movement of horse carriage passing

dak dak dak

he could hear the sound of horse galloping approaching he swept his gave and saw an alley

john moved to the alley with zeth and entered it . he could not allow himself to be discovered now because it would only make his search more difficult if he was to be relentlessly tracked by the patrols inside was a man his dress were completely torn he was sitting on the ground

when the man saw john and zeth he was taken aback he stood up and wanted to rush out

john sensed something was fishy and dashed behind him then extended his hands to his left shoulder to stop him

he was afraid that he may alert the patrols of their presence even if they were not wanted john was sure Ferguson had informed all his subordinate

something weird happen the man raised his left hand and hooked johns forearm before lifting him and smashing him in front

bam...

fortunately for him he had reacted in time and did not crashed on the ground but landed on his two legs he was like sitting on air except that his upper body was leaned backward and the man was still holding his forearm

"Dan ! what are you doing here in this clothing " zeth had instantly remembered that left hand of his when he heard zeth he released john forearm and turned to face zeth. "brother zeth is it you ! where has your right hand gone to " he moved closer "this is not a place to chat let's find an area " "no there is no point in living i already lost my wife and daughter " he sat on the ground with his heads in between his knees he was tired of living he was sobbing when he thought of his daughter and wife he let down tears

John on the side could not understand anything "what happened Dan it is me zeth you can tell me we are brothers after all " zeth crunched down to look at him

Dan raised his head and spoke "every started when he came to see and asked me to work as his personal informant I told him that I have stopped and am no more in that he insisted but I still gave him a categoric no the next day I saw my daughter death body hanging on the main street with a warning then the following day it was my wife " he stopped his voice was very ugly

john listening on the side felt very sorry for him he guessed the man who Dan was talking about was Ferguson

"i was powerless he had the six demon by his side do you understand zeth , I was powerless " he increased his voice as he shouted hysterically "i could only escape with my life and end in this pitiful state "

after a that john was sure he was talking of Ferguson "Dan we were looking for you because we want to know what precisely that man prepares " Dan stopped and gripped on zeth "really would you help me to kill him " he asked as he increased the force with which he held onto zeth

john saw that the facial expression of zeth slightly changing the man had gripped him with his left hand on the shoulder zeth instantly shook of his hand from his shoulder "yes we would help you " he assured Dan to calm him down

john could see the burning furry in zeth eyes he releases sense killing intent but it was understandable Ferguson had killed his best friend wife and daughter before turning him into this pitiful state everybody seeing this would be extremely angry

"i only know that there would be a joint attack as to were and when I don't know but that is not the most important he is planning to wage a large scale battle with the pasrel then use a sacrificial matrix to kill everybody present on the battle field as to what he wants from the sacrificial matrix I don't know all the inhabitants of the pasrel would die if we don't stop him "

john was flabbergasted by that he had already guessed that Ferguson was just waiting for the right moment to strike and deliver a killing blow to the pasrel but he had not imagined that he wanted to use everybody on the battle field as sacrifice there was children , mother's , fathers , families in the pasrel he could not allow them to be use as sacrifice " he was so upset he never imagined that one day he who would want to kill so badly

he was ready to even go as far as to unsheathed the sword of chaos just to kill him as for what he wanted from the matrix he had a wild guess the dragon heart that Ferguson stole from him was damaged so he surely wanted to use the blood of all those present on the battle to creat a complete dragon heart the final outcome was evident he would transform in a real dragon and would have sufficient power to rule over vazel kingdom for eras and even the guardian wouldn't be able to do any thing

"zetg we don't have time to waist let's us move now we need to return to the pasrel " john urged zeth

at that moment Dan took out a round neck chain and placed it around zeth neck before he could react zeth wanted to move but his body didn't respond he couldn't move

john on the side jump in fright then distance himself from Dan he remembered this chains it was what was used to restrict his power when he was imprisoned on the island . Dan slowly stood up and dusted his body "why ? , why ? I know you would not do something like this on your own accord what happened " zeth could not comprehend what had happened this was his best friend so he thought he could relax his guard he never though something like this could happen

"am really sorry zeth but I had to do it the life of my family depend on it " john was starl by that did the families of others who were about to be sacrificed did not count even thou it was reasonable to a certain point from a greater view he could have made a sacrifice and give the chance to those hundred if children in the pasrel that have yet to know how to speak properly he held his blade in his left hand

he was so egoistic thinking about only his family john did not even feel the pity he had before all he felt was disgust and hatred he disliked this type of person to the core

"what can I do ? allow my family to die no no no " he took a battle stance placed his fingers in claw form "my mission is simple capture zeth and eliminate you don't blame me " he had a hypocrite smile on his face

he rushed to john running on his toes he made a forward thrust with his left hand john used his [fencing flora steps ] to avoid the attack by stepping to the side and made a forward thrust but his dress was torn on the chest

Dan inclined his body to the right and gave him a nudge on his left rib bam...then gave took him by the forearm and punch on his biceps bam.... the blade a held fell unwillingly , he moved his hand in an horizontal manner along John's arm and gave him a punch with the back of his palm bam.... , he continued he gave a lower kick bam.... making him lose his balance then held his hand with his two hands and lifted him before smashing him on the ground bam....then concluded by placing his right leg on his armpit , by holding his forearm and fingers then twisted them crack.... the sound of bones breaking was heard only then did he let him all that in just some seconds "i don't really know what is special about you , you are so pitifully weak " he said as he moved and took john blade in his hands

john on the ground wailing in pain then when his own blade was about to enter his heart