ELECTUS 106 Nose To Nose

If they only knew that they would get 1,500 Gold Coins just by casually beaching a large fish, they would stick with Lia instead of going for those 10,000 Gold Coins which they have to split. I mean if they got 1,500 Gold Coins in a day primarily thanks to Lia, what if they went with her everyday? They would make their life fortune in a year.

They would be as rich as a King or even richer. But they made their own bad decision when they chose to stab Lia in the back for a few Gold Coins which they might or might not get due to the ma.s.sively corrupt system which values its people based on the pure foundation of one's financial situation and overall social status.

Jim however stood by her side. It is still not certain to Lia on why he did that.

If it was love, it would be just creepy because Lia is just 16 years old, basically not even an adult yet, and Jim is a 27 year old Ignite. I mean sure 58 year old Mogranius is in a relations.h.i.+p with a 300 year old Kastarian(Commander Alia), but considering a Kastarian's average Life Span is 500-600 Years, she is considered in her early fifties.

So if it wasn't love that made Jim stick by Lia's side. What could it possibly be? Does he want a bigger fortune or just a fortune that lasts forever, friends.h.i.+p?

As they ran their way down to the beach with Saleem carrying King Macek on his back, they noticed that they weren't alone now even though they literally just escaped the Kingdom. Although the boat was intact and wasn't struck by anyone in the means of preventing them from escaping, a bigger problem was approaching.

The life of King Macek suddenly became irrelevant as a Guard Commander took control of the scene seconds after the group of 4 left the Kingdom of Wide Rivers.

Above 100 Guards came out of the Kingdom's main door and rushed towards the group of 4, no matter how much King Macek yelled for them to stop on their spot, they just plainly ignored his Commands.

That embarra.s.sment of a King treasures nothing more than his life but at the moment even his life seems to be in a rather great risk considering the Guard Count and the lack of Control King Macek has towards them.

"Push father. Those Guards are getting dangerously close."

Yelled Kaleem urging his father in such a fatal situation. He would help his father lift the Boat but as mentioned before, he broke 2 Fingers bringing that WatchTower down and the pain now is getting greater although he is holding his hauls of pain in because Lia was near.

"I'm trying. This thing is standing still like a boulder though."

Said Saleem with King Macek still over his back.

"It would be rather easier if one of you held Macek down!"

"Alright! Drop the b.a.s.t.a.r.d down. I'll hold him still."

Said Jim swiftly as he pulled out his Sword of which he took from a dead Guard previously.

As Saleem took no time or caution to drop King Macek, Jim placed his foot over the King's chest and his sword pointed forwards an inch away from the King's neck, preventing him from making any moves.

"The Guards are about a 100 yards away gentlemen. Why isn't my boat in the Water yet? We can't face 100 Guards, they would surround us on all sides and put us out of our misery."

As she finished her sentence, she took a quick sprint, running towards the boat and actually managed to move the boat an inch. Which was progress because Saleem didn't even move it until now.

With a force of two people, the boat started to move inch by inch but they both killed all their Stamina because they put in 100% of their strength in aims of making this Boat move which still wasn't deep in the water enough to float.

"My hand is broken but the other isn't. Let's do it all together on 3.

1, 2, 3!"

As Kaleem finished his sentence, they all put in the last bit of strength they had, managing to move the boat at twice the speed they did before, which after 10 Seconds that felt like 10 hours, made the boat float.

"Alright we have no time to waste. Move move move!"

Yelled Saleem as he grabbed the King and tossed him along with Jim on the Boat. They had no time to wait for everyone to take their precious time on climbing the boat or struggling to climb it.

"I said move!"

Yelled Saleem when he caught Kaleem and Lia looking awkwardly at each other as they both insisted on who to climb first.

Kaleem wanted Lia to climb first because he wanted to ensure her safety first over his own and Lia wanted Jim to climb on the boat first because he has a broken hand and could use a.s.sistance underneath while climbing.

Which is why Saleem lost his last nerve and forced them to become airborne.

But it was worth hitting the hard wooden plank for, because even if they wanted this or not, Saleem tossed them in such a way that Lia ended up over Kaleem, almost kissing him, practically being nose to nose.

Seeing themselves on such an embarra.s.sing situation, they both got red even though considering Kaleem has dark green skin but he no doubt liked it and Lia was a bit shy because no boy could ever approach her that close even if they wanted too.

Pus.h.i.+ng the boat deeper towards the Sea Waters and finally almost tipping the boat over while climbing on, Saleem did most of the work on keeping everyone's behinds safe.

"Paddle!"

He yelled as he urged everyone to paddle with all their might, including King Macek because Kaleem's hand was still broken and what bravery had King Macek to go against a 7 foot man's word?