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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18

The Naga were snake people, which is half snake and half human. Their lower body below the waist is a snake's body, but from the waist up is a human. They had scale patches on some parts of their bodies. The women wore clothes around their chests and a small skirt around the waist. The men wore a small skirt around the waist, as well as small pouches and what appeared to be slings sitting on their side as well. They sat in the shrubs for over an hour to track how many people there are and how many troops there are. "Sir, There are roughly 100 warriors and about 300 villagers. If we set up an ambush we should be able to take a part of their troops out before we att– SIR WHERE ARE YOU GOING??" While Thomas had been looking at their troops to best gauge how to fight the village, Caepron just stood up and started walking towards the village, plain out in the open. The troops, startled along with Thomas, finally got over their shock and confusion and started coming out of the trees to protect Caepron.

Tholem had his chest puffed out, as one of the youngest warriors he felt important and the "big" man of the village. All the girls were looking at him while he was standing guard. He was hoping the village head's daughter would see him most but he hadn't seen her today. But the excitement made him move his tail back and forth, so much so that the senior guard next to him noticed his excitement. The old guard smiled and raised his hand, and while the young man was fantasizing and not paying attention, the old guard knock the living shit out of his head. Tholem screamed in a not-so-manly way and hit the ground. He grabbed his spear and looked at the old guard with a heated stare. "Malk! Why did you do that?!" Tholem looked back and saw some of the village girls covering their mouths and giggling while watching, his face turning red from embarrassment. Malk smiled at him, "Cause a little boy was daydreaming and getting excited when we have a job to do…" Malk stared off into the distance with a stern and serious look, making Tholem look in that direction. And what he saw scared him to death. A man, maybe 8 feet tall, with a giant sword on his back and clothed with a small shoulder-length scarf wrapped around his neck and shoulders. Tholem's animal instincts told him that this man was a scary being that was not to be messed with. He started trembling lightly, looking at Malk to see what he should do. Malk had his spear in both hands and his hands tightened on the handle, "Tholem, let the chief, and head warrior Torn that there is an intruder."

Tholem slithered off as fast as he could to the largest hut in the village, hitting the side of the doorway before barging through the cloth covering. " Chief, Head Warrior! There is an intruder at the front!" Inside was an old man with pale skin and dark smooth snake skin on his lower body. The other person in the room was a large-chested man, his body as a whole was twice the size of the chief. He had brown eyes, brown hair, and a brown lower body, with his human side being large and muscular. Both of them got up, the warrior leading the way out and the old man needing his walking staff to make it out. They rushed to the front of the village, along with the rest of the warriors in the village. Coincidently, everyone was back from hunting so the entire village was there. They headed out to the front, wanting to see what had the chief and head warrior so startled. After a few moments, the entire village was pretty much up front looking through the palisade or standing in front with the chief and head warrior.

Malk nodded his head to the chief and eyed the head warrior. "Cheif, this strange man just walked out of the treeline and I sense a terrifying aura coming from him." The chief nodded at him and looked to the front at Caepron. His eyes were sharp, studying Caeprons' every move. "He doesn't seem to come with hostile intentions, let us meet him and..." At that moment, Caeprons troops exited the forest, they looked to be running after Caepron like they didn't want to be left behind. The village was startled to see troops and giants coming toward them, the chief was very startled, he didn't sense any hostile intentions from any of them, he sensed confusion and panic towards the tall man walking forward.

He asked his warriors to stand by the ready, while the head warrior looked like he was ready to fight. Caepron finally got to within 10 meters of the village chief and warrior and stopped to avoid aggravating the Naga. Thomas and the rest of the troops rushed up behind him and stopped, slightly out of breath since they had to rush to make sure Caepron was alright. Caepron just stood there, looking at the chief and head warrior, judging to see what he needed to do to make the situation smooth and non-confrontational. He put his hands to his sides and slightly bowed to the village head. "Hello, my name is Caepron Anderson, I am the head of Hoarde village, I'd like to conquer your village and have you join me." Silence, nothing but silence. The villagers were in shock that someone would just ask that out loud like that. Caeprons own troops were shocked at the fact that he was that bold…. Also possibly that stupid but that's for another time. The chief stood there for a few seconds longer and a smile slowly started to grow on his face, which then led to a giant grin. "Hahaha, I like you lad, but why on earth should we fall under your leadership and follow you? What if we're the stronger group and you should follow us?" Caepron grinned back and crossed his arms. "Well, how about a trial by combat, I'll fight your strongest warrior in a trial of combat, the winner dictates what the loser will do." The old man eyed Caepron, looked at his side at the head warrior, and looked back at Caepron. "Young man, considering the fact that you have a large troop with you, in the worst-case scenario that you lose…" "I will fight him! I will beat this stranger in a trial of combat, and when I win, you must hand me your daughter in marriage." The head warrior had an evil glint in his eyes and a nasty-looking smile on his face. The old chief's face turned into a look of disgust and hate at the head warrior, almost as if he would attack him at any second. Caepron could see among the warriors and villagers of this village, the different reactions on their faces. A large amount of the warriors smiled at this. However, a handful had disgusted looks on their faces, and the majority of the women and old people were disgusted as well. Caepron's eyes narrowed and he looked at the head warrior with a stone face. "Chief, I will fight this warrior."