Fragments of a Broken World: The Lost City [Complete]

Episode 29 - The Gallows

I've already happened, but let's resume this diary once again.

As I said, I was waiting, I had finished writing in my diary and was drinking a cup of tea, dressed as I described the time I went to the mines, but this time with Anuar's sword.

I hear kicks, the door wasn't that resistant so it opens. It was nothing more than the guard who found me the first time, he was surprised to see me and started laughing like a maniac.

"Oh, hahahaha! It can't be, it can't be! The guards sent me here thinking you had already left, but... Hahaha! I found you! I found you!"

"I see you're happy, that's good." I pointed out as I left the cup on the table.

His face changes to that of a maniac.

"You're coming with me! You will die... Today." He threatens while grabbing my arm.

"I'll follow you."

The guard was pushing me the whole way and didn't search me this time, so I hid my sword in the overcoat I was wearing.

I kept calm so I could reason with the guard, after all... the first time I saw him, he had no problems after taking me to the ministry.

"You know something? It's not too late to help me."

"Help you? Help you?! I'm going to help you stop breathing!" He yells in my ear, gritting his teeth.

"It's not too late to regret what you're about to do."

"My biggest regret is giving you an identity, I should have killed you at that moment, but it's not time to lament because now I will be a redeemer, so don't even think about leaving, unless... you want.... me to-"

"'Drag you there'?"

"COVER IN BLOOD!" He screams at the top of his lungs, takes a deep breath and whispers with a smile; "But alive..."

It seems like he hasn't been treated well.

"You know something? When I went to the palace, I saw you talking to one of the purples, I know you were close to losing your rank, if you help me, it may-"

Without hesitation, he interrupts me.

"You don't even run out of voice? Shut up!"

"Okay, fine, I'll be quiet, but just so you know, you're on the wrong side of history."

The central plaza was packed with people. The Merciful had summoned everyone to witness my hanging, even though he had given me the chance to escape, which I didn't accept.

It's impossible to imagine the number of people that were there, they were countless, it was a sea of heads in this place. The villagers were moving away to clear the way, my heart start to racing.

Have you ever had that feeling, even when you're sure, you think "What if it goes wrong?" That's what happened to me at that moment.

I only had one chance, I had risked everything and I wouldn't leave with nothing.

Time had stopped, then it went very slowly and the noise from the crowd sounded like a beep that matched the rhythm of my heart.

It's time. I was getting on the scaffold, but pushed the guard aside and finished climbing the steps. They didn't think I would run up, so they surrounded the place.

"Hey everyone! Workers from the central plaza and miners who have been summoned by me."

"Summoned by you?" The guard who brought me shouted.