Since that day, the Ape King became completely mad. All he wanted was to kill Spyro. And Cynder too, even if a voice, inside of his rage against her for her betrayal, said him to keeping her alive, that she was still her adoptive daughter an that she could still be usefull for his Master's plans.

 So he ordered a second attack on the Temple. This time, he asked to capture Cynder to getting her back at where her true home was. He sent back the Masked Assassin to that. And he waited in the Well of Soul, preparing with the magic Malefor gave him his return, calming some ideas of revolt at the same time because the racism against Dragons, and so Malefor, came back because of what Cynder did.

 And Gaul was furious when he knew that the Assassin failed again and that Cynder wasn't found, that she disapeared from the Temple.

 He went to the Masked Assassin's place, his retractable metalic claws on him. He destroyed the door and saw him with his wife. The Assassin turned his head, terrified and unmasked. Gaul rushed on him! It was too fast for him and he was grabbed at his throat!

 “What did I told you...” gravely answered the King, looking right into his eyes with his shiny green glass eye. “I told you that, if you failed me once again, I would personally assassinate you!”

 A noise went from his free hand: the claws were now out, ready to stab! And the wife jumped on it:

 “No! Please!”

 Gaul turned his head.

 “Fail me once, shame on you. Fail me twice, shame on me. He failed me twice... I won't reproduce the same error.”

 “He failed you agaisnt the Purple Dragon! Against the creature almost as strong as our Master! But, despite them, he served you well! He never failed before this Dragon! Please, Majesty, please, let him just a last chance for every success he did in the past!”

 Tears were omnipresent on her cheeks. So Gaul thought and, after a while, he sighed. He kept his claws out... and made an horizontal move, slashing a bit the Assassin but not deep enough to kill him. He released him and got out.

 “Fine. One... last... chance. And you'll have to protect here. Now, thank you wife. Next time, I won't show mercy.”

 When he came back on his throne, Atior went in front of him and informed him that Cynder was captured by a group of Hyenas pirates which head had the name of Skabb: the Skavengers. So he ordered to send some troops with Dreadwings to capture her. And he also missioned him to put a bounty on Spyro.