The Adventure Of Eric (The Rescue of the Elf Princess)
1. The Journey of Gilang and Princess Cristal

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"Find a place to rest!" Gilang gave the command to the team that was escorting the group.

The commander of the squad looked around the entire way. Finding the right place to rest the group.

That day their little company had been walking since dawn. Bringing princess Cristal to her wedding venue in the Magic Kingdom.

As a friend, Gilang was willing to accept the task of delivering Angel's daughter representing Glenn who was down to quell the riots initiated by the Orcs.

The commander of the army approached Gilang. "Master, there's a pretty cool place ahead. How about we just stop there?" point it at the vast expanse of grass a hundred meters ahead.

"Does that still belong to our territory?" Glad to be vigilant in times like now. Because the Orcs are increasingly causing riots everywhere.

"Yes. That land is still the land of our country!" The commander nodded with certainty.

"Okay, let's take a little break in there. Don't forget to feed the horses!" Gilang.

"Ready!" the commander replied, before leaving.

"Uncle!" A beautiful girl took her head out from behind the curtain of her luxurious carriage.

Gilang quickly approached, then lowered the train window curtain again. "Never open a curtain on the street!" resolutely reprimands.

"Isn't there no one here!" fight the girl in the car.

Gilang sighed. He could tell that the beautiful girl must be pouting right now.

"Remember ... This is not a palace. Many dangers lurk in the street, especially to a beautiful girl like you!" resolutely Cross again. The girl in the car did not answer.

"What's calling uncle?" asked Gilang, back to the thing he was called earlier.

"Are we going to stop?" ask the girl at last.

"Yes. We all need a short break to recover the energy. The horses also need rest" replied Gilang.

"Relse. I also want to go back later," the girl said quickly.

"On the train. I'll call your waiter!" ban Gilang.

"No! My car can smell all the way!" refuse the girl insisted.

"Crystal! Can you understand the heightened tension these days? We must be careful and hide you as best we can!" Gilang tried to explain the danger to the spoiled girl.

"Huh! Uncle King should have let us teleport. So there is no need to make this troublesome trip!" lamented annoyance.

"And it has been explained to you that the teleportation path was damaged by the Orcs. That's why all the connecting doors must be closed, so that they can't go straight into the palace!"

Glazed tired. How many times did he and Angel explain it but Cristal did not want to understand.

Up ahead, the commander of the army had given orders to rest and divide the troops who were on guard and who took care of eating livestock.

Gilang guarding the train occupied by Cristal. While two more trains, containing servants and items belonging to the princess.

Two female servants whose heads were wearing hoods, came over. Gilang opened the little hood cloth to check that they were right palace servants. Once convinced, the two were allowed to enter the princess' carriage.

"Uncle, I'm going to pee!" Cristal again asked permission to go down.

"Do it on the back train only. Can't go anywhere else!" resolute Gilang, stick to his stance.

"Huh! Uncle outrageous! It's a personal thing. All the guards will talk about me!" protest again.

"I'll cut off their tongues if I dare to speak a no-one!" answer coldly.

"Don't forget your hood!" reprimand Gilang again when the girl comes out without a head covering.

"Uncle is so chatty!" the grunt was upset but still turned around as well to take the hood on the chair and put it on.

"Have you, are you satisfied?" he said he showed his hood to Gilang.

Gilang smiled. "You know uncle did this because he loves you, right." Glazed followed from behind.

"Don't persuade me. I'm pissed!" the beautiful princess sulked.

Silence was silent but a smile remained on her face. The princess has been close to him since childhood. Gilang had already memorized the behavior of the girl. Often acts spoiled to people close to his family, including Gilang.

The one hour break is over. Everyone was relieved, because they could continue their journey again. Although the land is still the territory of the Elves, but the threat of Orcs remains haunting. So, can not linger in a place that is far from the settlement.

"What time do we get to the border of the Witch Country?" ask the commander.

"With this speed, we will pass through no man's land around evening. The distance we have to travel from there to the Witch country, between one and one and a half hours," he said.

"So, when the sun comes down, we'll probably still be in no man's land?" Gilang.

The commander nodded. Glazed could catch the unease in his eyes.

"Speed up the speed of the vehicle, so that we can arrive at the ground later in the day!" Gilang order.

Commander's surprised. He did not expect that Gilang would give such an order.

"Sir, we brought the princess on the train" he said.

"It is precisely because of carrying it, that we should be able to get to a safe place before dark comes down!" Gilang gave his reason.

"All right." The commander returned to the front position to give a warning to all his troops.

"We'll walk a little faster. Because make up for the time spent on rest. May the Princess not mind." Gilang gave an official report.

"What's? That means--"

"Hhhhh ...!" there was a stifled chuckle as the carriage spurred to a small run.

"Uncle Gilang! What's the matter? If your reasons are not correct. Then you'll be punished for this!" threaten the princess who was shaken in the carriage.

"Get on something so you don't fall!" advice Gilang. His horse continued to run beside the princess' carriage.

An hour of running like that, the horses started to get exhausted. Though not driven fast. Just a little faster than usual. Finally, inevitably the speed is reduced again, to give relief to the exhausted horse.

Half an hour passed, Gilang asked them to return to running small and not stop until they reach a safe border area.

The group again drove the horse so that it could soon pass through no man's land.

No man's land is an empty land with no owner whose position is right between the five nations. Its place is in the middle, making it a preferred connecting route by two countries that do not directly border. Just like the Land of the Elves and the land of the Witches were limited by the land of the Elves.

Previously, there was a portal connecting to another world there. But due to the capture by the Orcs and resulting in years of great war, the portal was destroyed. And that land became a very dangerous no man's land to pass through. ¹)

"We are entering the Land of No Man! Increase alertness!" shouted the commander of the army loudly.

Everyone's chest is beating fast. They were racing against time, and horses were racing even faster, in order to get through the place immediately.

"Yes!" the soldiers were pounding the horses while still maintaining vigilance and paying attention to the surrounding situation.

The reddish twilight sky that should have carried a romantic and shahdu impression, was precisely like a scroll of fire that shook the guts on the ground.

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¹) Can be read in the novels OF THE SURVIVORS