Concordis the forgotten Place

Chapter 6: Escape from Crete

Blondie had an advantage in hand to hand combat, my locks don't work on her either and I wasn't about to try and tackle her again.

I could hear the Minotaurs hooves and pure muscle shaking the ground behind me, it was gonna catch up to me before I reached Blondie and Blondie was gonna stop me before I reached the already closing door...... Don't panic Icari, think, think, think. I would use the realm roaming ring to transport myself out of here but I'm sure this maze has counter measures against magic. Shit, I'm closer to her now. Then like a lightning bolt, an idea struck me, as a kid whenever I wasn't studying I would go to a near by stream and skip stones until I made it a little mini-game for myself.
I grasp the ring in my hand and I scream "BITCH!!!!!" To throw her off and when I see her confused face. I throw the ring as hard as my arm would let me directly in-between her feet, it bounces right in between her feet and comes out the other side behind her and when I see her eyeballs look back, for that moment I strike like a viper, I bring my body down and her eyeballs look back at me like an eagle and she pulls her leg back for a kick at that instant I use my lowered body to my advantage so at the moment she releases her kick, I roll to the side of her kick blazing past me and I get up against the wall and run straight past her, I hear her say "Damn!"and I smirk in satisfaction.
as always she thought I was going for the offence, not evasive. I grab the ring that was still rolling and I stare ahead my final obstacle beating the door. I could see the guards reeling in the rope holding the gate up, I bolted, and at that point exhaustion started to weigh me down.

I pushed on ahead, the bellow of the Minotaur pushing me forward, the gate was inches from closing shut and I leaped, I skidded on my belly tearing my shirt and.......... I just made it in time, the gate closed right behind me as I rolled on the floor, clear from the gates of hell. I sighed a breath of relief, it was a heavy sigh. As I layed down in exhaustion the guards loomed over me, and I realised I wasn't in the clear yet.
"Should we put him back in?" Asks Guard 1 and I clench my fist
"I'm guessing we should since the King would......." Guard 2 never got to finish that sentence because the gate came crashing on top of them.... And the cause..... Was the Minotaur. Standing, pure muscle with killer intent.....my father always told me because of my dark skin colour and "dark mentality" I had a high survival chance, I think running away when the door broke down was part of it.

I ran up the staircase and passed the Ogre-like lady asking me Why I was running, she would find out when she gets trampled.

I finally burst out into the open and people were screaming and running around everywhere. "The Minotaur is loose, the Minotaur is Loose!!!!" Screamed people here and there, even the spectators were running for their lives.

I took in the scene and was amazed that I had just survived the Labyrinth, I had outwitted the Minotaur and Blondie....... Why was outwitting Blondie such an achievement?

I pushed that aside and put the ring on my middle finger and raised it into the air triumphiantly and screamed "Egypt!!" But nothing happened, I should have been teleported to the Egyptian Realm. Damnit now I need the Drunkard!!
"MOOOOO!" Behind me the Minotaur emerged, blowing hot air out of it's nostrils, I looked at it, it looked at me, I wonder what took my dark mentality so long, cause only then I started running.

The Minotaur rumbled behind me, gaining on me, I was still exhausted, tired I wanted to sleep but it's been 1 heart pounding  moment every minute. I ran and pushed past old ladies stumbling with their jewellery, members of the City guard nowhere to be seen. Crete is prosperous cause it has never seen war. I turn past little tents for selling jewellery while it tumbles through them. "Drunkard!!!" I start screaming
"DRUNKA...."  I'm interrupted by something catching my foot causing me to fall face first. I taste blood in my mouth. As I quickly Scrabble my way up on my feet, the Minotaur grabs me by the shirt and flings me into the air, the world spins and comes to an abrupt stop as I crash onto a jewellery, the jewelry flying into the air and the wooden stand getting crushed by the Force I have carried, pain envelopes me like a blanket and exhaustion ties me down to the ground leaving only my breath to wander.