The man led them to the place where he had hid the prince but he was not there and all they could see was blood which they knew not about. So they traced the blood to a certain point at which they could no longer see it.
Well they did not immediately give up rather the soldiers spread out in the forest to find the little child. Since the child was already taken, they could not find him anywhere in the forest. So after two days of surveying the woodland they concluded that the blood which they had seen was that of the child and he was devoured by a wild animal.
As they returned back to the kingdom, king Alonso said. "Let this man be put to death for killing prince Alan."
"No!, not yet. Until he reveals the person that gave him the order to kill the prince and why, he shall not be touched
