Kingdom

As the figure wobbled forth, it became clearer.

Rodney and Dan appeared before Kieran's sight and their hands were tied up behind their backs on top of a special pillared prisoner wagon.

The three arbiters were around the wagon, pushing or pulling it.

Soon, the prisoner wagon reached in front Kieran.

The three arbiters gave out a couple of weird laughs when they saw that Kieran couldn't even move his finger. One of them was holding a leather whip and the other was holding a spiked bat as they walked towards Kieran with vicious expressions but the last one of the three was the fastest.

The last arbiter ran up to Kieran barehanded and grabbed the dagger embedded in Kieran's stomach.

Puk!

The dagger was pulled out and then was thrust back inside.

Compared to the automatic dagger, the arbiter's action caused much more pain to Kieran.

"Stop it!" Rodney cried out loud and right away, a whipping from the arbiter was his reply.