THE CHOSEN ONE II (REUNION)
By Kim B
Date: September 5, 2025
Ch. 37THE CHALLENGE


Maqin and his skeletons became slaves to Ramsay and must always obey him since that was what Manqin vowed. Since Ramsay has taken control, Ramsay orders Manqin that he and his brothers and sister would like to go out of the mountain, and Manqin agrees to let them out of the mountain. Manqin gave the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Benjamin, Ryn, and Lilia all they took from them and told Ramsay and the others to spend the day inside the mountain but they refused to. Ramsay asked how Manqin knew he was a great King. Manqin's reply to Ramsay was that he was also once a great King but refused to tell them his story.

Manqin and his skeletons escorted the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Benjamin, Ryn, and Lilia back through the cave to inside the room at Ramsay's request. Upon getting inside the room, Manqin revealed the eye in the room which was inside the wall, and then Manqin looked inside the eye with his red eye and the way out of the mountain revealed itself for them to see. Before the princes, the princesses, Hawk, Ryn, Lilia, and Benjamin left the mountain, Manqin packed some food for them which they were glad for and Esther told Ramsay to tell Manqin to let Marcelos and his armies go through the mountain easily so they won’t be harmed. Ramsay told Manqin and he agreed to let Marcelos and his armies pass through the mountain peacefully.

The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Benjamin, Ryn, and Lilia got out of the mountain to see it was dawn which means they spent a lot of time inside the mountain but they had to rest to recover the energy they lost in the mountain since they have gone through a lot inside the mountain. Ramsay, Esther, and Noah could now feel their magic immediately they walked out of the mountain, and Ramsay could feel the magic in his sword. Benjamin and Ryn could also feel their magical energy back and confirmed it by changing into birds.

The princes, the princesses, Ryn, Benjamin, Lilia, and Hawk stopped at a place closer to the mountain and they all found a cornered place where they stopped to rest. The princes, the princesses, Benjamin, Lilia, Ryn, and Hawk didn’t just rest at the place but they all fell asleep.

By afternoon, the princes, the princesses, Benjamin, Ryn, Lilia, and Hawk woke up and ate, then they decided to spend the day at the place and continue their journey tomorrow. Esther and Redrick were next to each other checking out the places
on the map that they were going to pass through before getting to the castle. Lilia and Ramsay also took out the Dominion book and began to read pages in the book so they could learn about things knowing the book might be helpful to them in their journey since it has helped them out against Manqin.

Mike was next to Camelia as Camelia helped him check his wound which seemed fine. Ryn was next to Noah as they talked about the mountain they passed through. Hawk was next to Tracy as they also talked. Benjamin was next to Kylie as they talked while Kinsley was all alone then he decided to start a conversation. Kinsley said to everyone “don’t you guys think we need to talk?”, making everyone divert their attention toward one another.

“We definitely need to talk. I wondered how we are going to survive the remaining places we are going to go through if we nearly lost our lives in the mountain” said Ryn.

“Ryn is right. We need to talk about how we were gonna survive those places by making plans that are going to help us. What we faced inside the mountain is not a small thing” said Mike.

“We can’t make any plans?” said Esther.

“Why can’t we make any plans?” Benjamin asked Esther.

“We know nothing about these places. We can’t make plans for places we know nothing about or what is waiting for us inside them. Our plans will be futile if we do” said Esther.

“Esther is right. We can’t make plans for those places when we don’t know anything about the places” said Hawk.

“That is what you always do uncle. All you do every time is side with Esther when it shouldn’t be ‘cause all she does is keep things from us. We could have died inside the mountain if not for Ramsay while she stood by and did nothing other than watch even though she is the Sa’er” said Benjamin.

Redrick was annoyed by what Benjamin said referring to Esther and said to Benjamin “are you trying to question her authority as the Sa’er after everything she has done? She did most of the things that we couldn’t do”.

“That is not what I meant. She has to start acting like the Sa’er she is and like the Sa’ers before her” said Benjamin.

“Esther has truly done more than any of us had done. She has done everything to keep us safe and win this war. She is also the only shot we have got to defeat Marcelos and the secret she kept has reasons. As you great King, we all have to respect her” said Ramsay.

“Well, Esther is none of my concern right now ‘cause she has done nothing wrong. If we are all in her shoes maybe we will be able to understand her better. What I am concerned about is what happened between Ramsay and Manqin. What changed?” said Camelia.

“Yes. What suddenly changed you? You have to tell us” said Tracy to Ramsay.

“Yes. How did you come to win when you were beaten and wounded? We all saw how powerless you were against Manqin before you suddenly became strong and Manqin became so powerless that you defeated him. Tell us what happened” said Kylie to Ramsay.

“He won because he learned” said Esther.

Everyone was confused about what Esther said because they all had no idea what that meant except Ramsay who knew what Esther meant and Lilia who thought she knew what Esther meant by those words. Lilia said “Ramsay won because he has begun his training with the great Kings. Which means he is getting better than us all”.

Everyone was glad to hear that except Esther and Ramsay who smiled knowing that was not the truth. Esther said “that is not why Ramsay won”.

Everyone was surprised to hear that except for Esther and Ramsay. Lilia asked Esther “if that is not the reason why, then what is the reason?”.

“I think we should hear from Ramsay himself” said Kinsley.

“Esther is right that I won because I learned. And if you all had concrete on the fight than being worried about me then you would have known how I won” said Ramsay.

“How could we have concentrated on the fight when we saw you getting beaten and wounded?” said Noah.

“Well, thanks for the care. At the beginning of the fight, I realized that I was not a match for Manqin because he was better than the Marcs so I had to change to being defensive against him. If I kept on being offensive against Manqin I would have been easily defeated and I can’t be defeated because I know Manqin intended to kill me, and I also have to win. So I thought of what I could do to win the fight in a short time which was what made me defensive against Manqin so I could stay alive. While on my thought I remember what the great Kings said to me about defeating a deadly and difficult opponent which was if you want to defeat such opponents you need to learn about him/her. While Manqin thought I couldn’t fight him and all I could was defend myself, I was busy learning his skills. While you all thought I was busy being defensive as we fought, I was busy learning every move Manqin used to attack me. By the time I had realized that I had learned all of Manqin's skills, I had already been wounded, beaten, and on the brink of death. So I used Manqin's skills to attack him but Manqin was able to defend his won skills. So I used both Manqin's skills and I together knowing there was no way he could defend that and I won”.

Everyone was astounded to hear that realizing how smart Ramsay has become except for Esther. Hawk asked Ramsay “wow. But how were able to learn Manqin’s skills in a short time as you both fight?”.

“The more I was being defensive the more Manqin was tempted to keep attacking me with different skills thinking one of his skills would break my defense but what Manqin didn’t know was that what the great Kings had been teaching me except for lecturing me was how to be defensive in any fight so I can protect not just myself but everyone” said Ramsay.

“Wow. The great Kings are really something if they could teach you moves that could make you remain defensive in a fight for such a long time against a difficult opponent” said Mike.

“Don’t forget the great Kings are not one. They are all different people with different skills teaching one person, so why won’t Ramsay be great?” said Kinsley.

“I told you. They are going to teach him how to stand out amongst us all” said Esther.

“Does that mean Manqin skills already now belong to Ramsay?” asked Redrick.

“Since he learned it himself, the skills are now his and that means none of here is a match for Ramsay anymore. I think he has become even better than Karl and the Marcs” said Noah.

“Does that mean you can stand up against Marcelos?” Benjamin asked Ramsay.

“I wouldn’t say that. Marcelos’s skills are not of this world and what we have seen about his skills is just the tip of the iceberg because I have seen him train with all the Marcs and he defeated them all in minutes. If Marcelos could do that means he is hiding more of his skills that we all know” said Ramsay.

“Yes. Just like I haven’t tapped into my real powers that is how Marcelos’s fighting skills are. If Marcelos tapped into his real skills and never got tired I don’t think an army could stop him. Marcelos’s skills are skills that are not of this world and only he can learn and use” said Esther.

“What do you mean by you haven’t tapped into your real powers?” Ryn asked Esther.

“They are powers I can’t explain which I am scared of. If a Sa’er can create a new world in this same world and hide the new world in this same world then you should know how powerful a Sa’er can be. A Sa’er power doesn’t have a limit unless she wants to stop. I alone can defeat Marcelos if I tap into those powers but the cost will be too great that is why a Sa’er must never go into a rage” said Esther.

“Is that a warning that we should always fear you?” said Lilia, and they all smiled.

“Indeed, Ramsay can’t be matched with Marcelos but with the sword, Ramsay can be said to be close to Marcelos. Once Ramsay completes his training with the great Kings then he can be a match for Marcelos” said Esther.

“Is the sword that great?” asked Tracy.

“Wait until you see Ramsay fight with it” said Esthe.

“When are you going to be done with your training?” Lilia asked Ramsay.

“I was never told when so I don’t know but I think it depends on my progress” said Ramsay.

“Now that you are better than us I think it is time you become my master because I would also like to improve my skills” said Mike to Ramsay.

Ramsay smiled and Noah said to Ramsay “not just you. Tracy has improved in her archery skills so we others have to which means you will be training us from now on. You have trained with the Marcs so we will be needing that and anything you learned from the great King you teach us also so we can be great just like you and defeat Marcelos together”.

“You can never be as good as Ramsay because of the sword. The sword alone has the skills that it allows Ramsay to use when Ramsay fights with it so Ramsay's skills will always be greater than you all” said Esther.

“We don’t care about that. All we care about is getting better in our fighting skills so we can stand against and fight all of Marcelos armies” said Kinsley.

“Yes” said Camelia.

“Okay then. I welcome you all my new students to the great Kings martial arts and swordsmanship school” said Ramsay, and they all smiled.

“I was glad having you all here. With you all, we are definitely gonna win the war and end Marcelos. If we all stick together we will make it through this journey” said Hawk.

“Nice. Hawk is getting emotional” said Redrick, and they all laughed while Hawk went after Redrick to beat him but Redrick ran away from him.

The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Lilia, Ryn, and Benjamin spent the day having fun and Ramsay spent the day also training everyone even Ryn and Benjamin learned from him.

Manqin and his skeletons watched as Marcelos and his armies crossed the bridge inside the mountain after opening the way so they could pass unable to do anything to them on the order of Ramsay. As they crossed the bridge inside the mountain, Marcelos knew the mountain wasn’t ordinary but walked on since nothing happened to any of his armies.

The princes, the princesses, Hawk, Lilia, Benjamin, and Ryn kept on traveling following the direction the map gave and along the way, Ramsay kept training the others while he also received his training from the great Kings from his dream.

After traveling for a few days, the princes, the princesses, Ryn, Benjamin, Lilia, and Hawk arrived in front of a forest called “THE WILD FOREST”.



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