CHAPTER 7 : GATHERING THE BRAVES 2

A masked person was walking together with a wolf and scurrying the ground, stop there, pick up the sand, smell it, looked around eerily and suddenly stopped. The masked man lurk behind a tree, looking into the bandits camp located thick into the jajaye forest. So many attacks have been made on the city road into hardrock and the king ordered his royal tracker to fish them out and finish them.

The tracker scurred over the field and approached it quietly, with his clothes that camouflaged with the camp, he wouldn't easily get noticed. He signaled to his wolf to be quiet as he approach further more into the camp. Two bandits were eating when one petrified with food in his mouth looking ahead. The other was curious as to what shocked the man until he looked back.

Who on earth is this person all masked up and looking short, holding a long stick and staring at them. They can only see his eyes which were dark and dangerous. They quickly stood up warning and threatening him but the latter stood his ground until an incredible thing happened. He move with a precise speed and launched his stick on one of the bandits which sent him straight to the grave.

Then he glanced at the other bandit and as the bandit run towards him in anger, he moved swiftly to the left, letting the bandit haul forward and fall down and the tracker brought his stick and hit the head which ended the bandit's life. Soon enough, more bandits kept coming and dying miserably until none is left. The tracker regretted that the master of the bandits was absent when the massacre happened. No problem, there is a next time.

A strong wind blew and the masked went off revealing a female tracker and standing beside her was her wolf, heaving from the hot fight with the bandits he had. She is the royal tracker, raliya daughter of sani.

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Sweating profusely, raliya followed the track till it lead to the mountains. Ah! Mountains. She hated mountains because they don't leave track unless....she brought out her tracking device that can detect footprint. Now she love this piece of technology that allow her to track those devil's.

Shehu mantau have been an arrow between her ribcage since last year when he decided to become a terrorist and destroyed the peace of upcity. She was deployed with three other squad to finish him and his guys off. Unfortunately, the bastard has eliminated two squad which consists of the ten best soldiers. Now, she is the only one left after he have bomb away her mates.

His track led to this mountain and he will be eliminated here.

"Sweet pie, now I have you where I want."

Ohhhh! It is she who has gotten him where she wanted. A sinister smile formed on her lips and shehu was in a shock when he saw what she was holding, a timer! But for what? Who knows the bomb that her husband colonel jangwarzo gave her will come to use. She pressed the button and ran away.

A loud bang rang throughout the mountain and an avalanche followed. Damn it! Raliya was running helter and skelter trying to outrun the terrible avalanche approaching with an enormous speed. She was busy cursing that bastard shehu. Dangerous man, even the aftermath of his death is trying to kill her.

Raliya arrived at the foot of the mountain right on time when she saw an army jeep, zooming and a certain person urging her to get in. She quickly rushed in and they drove as the avalanche launched towards the car. Looking back at how madly the avalanche chased after the car, raliya was still cursing that bastard that now even the avalanche caused by him wanted her death so badly. As if the avalanche was meant to finish her only.

However, field marshal was appraising her in his mind about her bravery of facing that terrorist shehu mantau whom no one want to even come across. She deserve to be in his list.

Daggers were flying towards a man facing back but he moved swiftly as they nearly came into contact with him, avoiding all ten daggers. This is the commander of the flying daggers, jangwarzo, training his soldiers in the training field. The soldiers were impressed and cheered at the braveness and courage of their commander until a black dagger flew into the air straight at the commander.

It was too close for the commander to dodge, everyone noticed. A soldier took the shahada and jumped in front of the commander right before impact and he fell face down. Jangwarzo quickly screamed for the other soldiers to take cover. Immediately, some men brought out an armor, covering the commander.

Jangwarzo bent down and turn over the soldier only to see him dead with some protuding veins popped all over his face. He quickly took out the dagger and checked the wound. It was poisoned. So someone is targeting him! But who dares?!! His eyes went straight to the place the dagger was shot from and immediately sprang forward, leaving his soldiers in astonishment.

The person ran for a long distance until he was sure he couldn't spot that horrible commander. Since when the chase began, whenever he looks back he will see the commander hot at his heels. He have change course, reroute, dodged but in vain. Then he took a bend and dodged so many times, confusing the commander.

Hah! Escaped at last. If that commander had caught him he wouldn't be able to es....wayyo! He halted in shock.

Just like a jinn, jangwarzo was standing right before the criminal. Before the man could register anything he saw a flying dagger rushed towards him and he couldn't even dodge in time. It went straight at his stomach and he looked at his stomach acknowledging his own black dagger and he dropped dead.

"Never let it go, do you?"

Turning around quickly, the commander saw the general and quickly saluted.