Chapter 173: 170. Back in prison
"The human... W- was munching on that child's skin." One of the guards said, shaking in fear and Jude now realized that someone planned all this.
The people soon began to gather and then weird looking flying objects shone a spotlight onto the scene and Jude was almost blinded immediately.
"It's true!!"
"Isn't he supposed to be helping our race to survive?"
"My goodness. That child."
"He's disgusting."
"That human needs to be hanged."
"What do you mean? He needs to be thrown into the magma pit."
"He's no hero of Atlantis."
"Why would he even... He isn't a naga, but he didn't look like a predator."
Jude was baffled by all the allegations and then a squad of guards in blueish tech armour rushed towards him with their guns and some with tridents and he immediately felt the urge to run... But run where?
He couldn't turn into a bat now... So he just layed low and stayed and a few guards wrapped him in ropes.
A guard then swung his gun to Jude's head.
*BAM!!*
Jude's eyes flew wide open as a heavy hit landed on his head from the side and everywhere suddenly blurred out and then he passed away.
...
In the prison of Atlantis, Jude sat in his old cell, no longer in flashy outfits and now in the blue attire of the prisoners.
He sighed as he held the side of his head as he still felt pain from the hit before.
"So you were framed?" Zur asked and then Jude could only sigh.
"Yeah. And whoever did it had the guards wrapped around their finger tips." Jude mentioned and then he stared at the light which shone upon him from above.
"Who do you think did it?" Zur asked and then Jude raised a brow.
"The king obviously. I don't know why, but all clues are pointing to him as the rest of the higher officials in Atlantis are cool." Jude replied quite calmly.
"It's probably one of his schemes. He wouldn't be able to just eliminate you since all the atlantians are against you. But if he turns the majority of the population of Atlantis against you, he'll have a solid reason to eliminate you as soon as possible." Zur said and Jude nodded his head, quite impressed.
"Your deductions are quite logical. Guess I might really die in this place after all. It all happened so fast, I didn't even get to see my mom again, or know whether she's alive." Jude breathed out hard and then he curled up as he felt saddened and greatly depressed.
After over two hours, a guard came by and then checked on all the prisoners before getting to Jude's cell.
"The king is highly disappointed in your act eat well, your execution will be in three days." The guard said before passing Jude some delicious smelling food and then to Zur's cell and giving Zur way less food.
Soon, after the guards were gone, Zur began to hear sad sobbing and then he sighed.
"Don't be sad, my friend. At least you still get chosen one privileges for food in prison." Zur joked and Jude chuckled a bit.
"Shut up. We all had a perfect plan, until that octopus creature found out ship." Jude sobbed silently.
"Okay how about this? The guard come to check the prisoners every two days and give us food. That'll be enough time." Zur said, making Jude confused.
"Enough time for what?" Jude asked and then Zur smirked from the other cell.
"To escape from the cell and be back before 2 days time." Zur stood up in his cell and then he began to stretch.
"I don't know how we want to achieve that. The iron bars are made of a material we both can't bend and the walls are even stronger." Jude said, losing hope.
*BEEP!*
Hearing a beeping and a sliding sound from Zur's cell, Jude frowned as he stood up and then he saw Zur outside of his cell.
"How?" Jude was immediately confused.
"I stole the unlock card from the guard as they passed, come on." Zur unlocked Jude's cell and then Jude was about to go when Zur held his shoulder.
"We can't go like this. Other prisoners would make a fuss if we get to be seen by them so we gotta lose the prisoner uniform." Zur said and then he and Jude dropped their prisoners uniforms and made their way out of the prison with only underwear.
There was the vents which would lead to a very non-crowded place around the prison building and then both of them followed it.
It was like one of those spy movies Jude watched before the apocalypse, only that he was the one now passing secret entrances.
They came out from behind the prison and then the prison compound was very large in front, but from behind there's a river which lead to the city.
"We'll swim to the city, and then we'll discuss what we'll do after." Zur said with a smile and then both of them made a dive into the river closeby and began to swim towards the city.
...
Back at the king's office, he had a smile on his face as he has successfully achieved killing the chosen one without even lifting a finger.
"He's even too weak with no powers or items," The Naga woman from behind said as she sharpened her blade with a stone.
"It's all going smooth, any news on the trident's whereabouts?" The king asked and Sarin sat up.
"There's still no news on that. Also, the Kraken was also no where to be found in the ruins of Atlantis." Sarin replied and then the king put a hand on his chin.
"Something's not right here." Sarin said and the king wasn't fazed by the news.
"I suspected this, that's why I prohibited Nagas from going out to hunt." The king smiled.
"Are you saying that it's... Roaming the seas." Sarin was surprised.