Horus raised his hand, to stab Khufu on his back, but suddenly something sharp hit his wrist, making the dagger fall on the ground.
"Don"t you dare hurt my son!" Dalilah aimed her sword at her husband. Her face was filled with hatred and rage.
Khufu retraced back from his father"s arms and was stunned to see his mother aiming her sword at his father. He looked down to see his father"s dagger and was even more shocked. His father wanted to kill him?
"Where is Miso? What did you do to her?" Cho looked at Horus angrily.
Horus quickly s.n.a.t.c.hed Dalilah"s sword and was about to attack her, when Cho stepped ahead and stabbed Horus in his abdomen, with his own sword. Blood starting pouring out frim his abdomen and twisted the sword again inside his abdomen.
Horus fell down on the ground, laughing. "I will be back to take my revenge! You have not won! n.o.body can kill me!"
Khufu picked up his sword and rushed inside the house to search for Miso.
Augus came out of the kitchen running, but with one quick move, Khufu"s sword went right across Augus"s neck and he fell down dead. Khufu rushed inside the kitchen gasped in horror.
Miso was lying down on the ground, not moving at all. Her face had lost all color and her eyes were closed.
"Miso!! Miso!!!" Khufu quickly bent down and picked up the girl from the floor. Her body was ice cold and she was not breathing and was totally unresponsive. Cho and Dalilah rushed towards the kitchen too and gaped in horror.
"Sister?? Sister!!! Get up!" Cho shreiked in anger, tears flowing down his eyes.
"She has been poisoned!!" Dalilah covered her face with her trembling hands.
"Lets take her to the old priest." Everybody rushed out of the house and sprinted towards the monastery on their horses.
Khufu was carrying Miso in his arms, tears flowing down his eyes. He could not help but remember their beautiful journey on the same path, few days back.
After the long journey, they reached the monastery and entered inside hurriedly.
"Old priest!! Old priest! It"s...Miso! She is not getting up!" Cho quickly sprinted towards the adjoining room.
Old priest came rus.h.i.+ng out of the room in surprise. He glanced at Miso"s face and quickly fetched a transparent bottle, filled with transparent fluid. He tilted the entire contents of the bottle, in her mouth, waiting for the result.
Suddenly, a large amount of black colored liquid, came back out of Miso"s nose and mouth. Old priest took another bottle filled with transparent fluid and tilted its contents too, inside her mouth, but again the black colored liquid started flowing out from her nose and mouth.
"Her body is not accepting it. It is probably a rare poison and has harmed her body for many hours already. We can"t save her!" Old priest looked sadly at Khufu, who was still holding the girl in his arms.
"You...You mean she is dead?" Dalilah gasped in horror.
Old priest closed his eyes painfully and nodded in a "yes."