Mesakyle fell to his knees as blood flowed out the hole in his stomach, back, and onto the ground below him. There were many things that ran through his mind wondering why Captain had decided to betray him but he wouldn't be able to hear his reasoning as his life continued to flow out of him as his vision blurred and fell forward. Dying in a pool of his own blood.
"Well that was brutal, I like it." Polemos responded with a grin as he looked over to Captain.
"Indeed it was, damn that felt good. So, what do you have planned for him?" Captain asked as he pointed towards Alyan.
"I wonder if you or anyone has ever heard of a Blood Eagle before?" Polemos responded with an evil and vicious smile.
When Captain heard what Polemos said he raised his brow slightly with a look of confusion on his scarred face.
"No, not that I can think of, and why do you have that smile on your face?"
"Oh no reason, and simple because it's a ritual execution, quite a painful one to but, it's perfect for Alyan." Polemos answered as he still held his evil and vicious smile and continued. "Just gotta set him all up, make a glorious feast for you, your wives, and Carl. As Alyan watches the entire thing as he awaits his execution."
Carl smiled as he looked over towards the unconscious Alyan, then over to the lump of meat next to him.
"What in the Gods name did you do to Ashern? He's all skin, muscle, just a pile of meat." Captain asked with intrigue on his face as he looked over to the still smiling Polemos.
"Flayed and skinned him. Then when he was a bloody and grotesque monster, chopped him to pieces and fed his pieces to Rose. Was a lot harder than I originally thought, but was an amazing learning experience that I might use again to scare the shit outta people who've angered me." Polemos responded as he looked over to the terrified tribe members as he waved towards them as he watched them flinch in fear.
"Maybe you should try and calm your tribe members down Captain or should I call you something else?"
Captain laughed as he looked over towards his new responsibility. "Just call me Captain no need to change it and yeah maybe I should try and calm them down since Mesakyle is dead." He then looked over towards Polemos and looked him in his purple eyes and spoke in a firm voice.
"Thank you Polemos. Even though everyone sees you as a Cursed Devil, at least you're an honest one, hell even a Mad One but, you've kept your word. And for that I thank you and if you need anything else I'll do what I can to help."
When Polemos heard Captains' thanks he was surprised but he waved Captain off as he calmly looked out to the desert.
"It's no problem Captain, if anything I see both you and Carl as friends and you've helped me more than you think. You allowed me to kill off everyone who tried to kill me without stopping me, provided information, and helping you become the new tribe leader is something that should have happened. If anything, do better than Mesakyle. The moment I leave my journey begins."
When Captain heard Polemos's response he smiled slightly as he watched him look out into the desert as he sighed with a smile on his face. Then looked back towards the tribe.
"Indeed, that I can definitely do. And when I calm them down, bring Alyan to the center of the tribe since this will be your final farewell. Do you need anything for the setup?" Captain asked Polemos before he left to try and calm down the terrified tribe members.
"Two big wooden pillars or two very sharp spears and chains."
Polemos responded calmly as he continued to look out to the desert as Captain just smiled and nodded his head as he headed over to calm the terrified tribe members.
Rose just slowly crawled over to him as she hissed to get his attention.
"Hiss."
"I'm ok Rose, just a little happy that this will be all over soon and we can start." Polemos looked up to Rose as he smiled.
He walked over to Alyan with his hand behind his back as he spoke aloud.
"I wonder if I should wake him up or just let him sleep? Naw he doesn't deserve to sleep, he can sleep when he's dead. Besides, it'll be interesting to see his expression when we walk past Mesakyles corpse." Polemos grinned devilishly as he laughed.
Alyan was just waking when he heard Polemos laugh. When he heard him laughing he scowled as hate and rage filled him but, when he tried to lift himself up he shook in pain as he remembered that his arms were broken. But what made him forget his pain was when he felt Polemos flip him over with his foot, as anger that burned like the sun itself filled his mind as he roared in anger.
"HOW DARE YOU!!!"
But before Alyan could continue his tantrum he heard a bellow of laughter from Polemos.
"HAHAHAHA…."
Polemos continued to laugh as Alyan's face was black with rage as he tried to stare a hole through Polemos's head as he continued laughing.
When Polemos was done laughing he looked down on Alyan with a devilish smile and joy in his purple eyes. When Alyan saw the look of joy in Polemos's eyes he felt his spine tremble but, he tried to hide his fear as he cursed Polemos.
"Put that smile away you Cursed Devil, you have nothing to smile about since you'll be dead as soon as we get back to the tribe, Mesakyle won't let you live."
When Polemos heard Alyans' threat his smile deepened as the look of joy in his eyes turned to mocking as he started to shake with laughter.
But when Alyan saw Polemos shaking he mistook it as him being afraid as he continued to threaten Polemos as well as mock him.
"What, the Cursed Devil of the tribe Polemos the Mad One is finally scared. Good you should be but nothing you do will change what'll happen even if you grovel and beg you'll be dead as the trash you are." Alyan grinned in a demonic and savage manner but when he finally saw the mocking in Polemos's eyes he was furious.
Alyan tried to speak out in rage but Polemos was having a hard time trying to keep his laughter in as he bent forward and gripped his side and spoke.
"You, you really think, your threats mean anything. Why don't you lift your head and look at where you're at." Then he lost himself in laughter as Rose just tilted her head to the side as she hissed in confusion.
When Alyan heard Polemos's response his eyes went wide as the fear he was trying to hide broke as it filled his eyes and face. With a shaking and trembling body he lifted his head to look around and when he saw a mass of tents and another body his shaking got worse.
"Who, who, who is that, who is that…." Alyan continued to mumble as he looked at the fresh corpse that was still bleeding out.
Polemos finally stopped laughing after a short while. As he was rubbing away the tears he heard the mumblings of Alyan as he grinned in an evil manner and mocked.
"Oh that, that's easy, it is the glorious and mighty tribal leader Mesakyle! His dead, deader than dead. He was disemboweled from the back which is pretty brutal if you ask me. Oh you should have seen the look on his face when I told him that your plan to expand the tribe fell flat as well as when Captain killed him. It was just priceless man, just priceless." When Polemos finished with a look of regret on his face.
But Alyan stopped listening to Polemos the moment he said the corpse that was deader than dead was Mesakyles. It took awhile for his brain to process what he was just told but, when he looked over to Polemos who had a look of regret on his face, screamed in fear and cried.
When Polemos heard Alyan screaming and crying about, his look of regret changed as he smiled slightly as his eyes held no emotion as he looked towards the tribe.
"Looks like you're finally accepting the reality of the situation you're in, Alyan. Good, this'll make the Blood Eagle ritual break you then. I'll explain what it is on the way to the center of the tribe. There'll be a feast also but you won't be able to participate in it except you'll be watching it on your knees as Captain, his wives, Carl, Rose, and I enjoy ourselves. Then after we're all done, the ritual will begin." Polemos spoke with no enthusiasm or joy in his voice.
Alyans only responded with more tears and crying as he begged between each sob.
"Please, please, don't kill me, don't kill me, I'll do anything, I'll do anything please, don't kill me…."
He repeated himself like a broken record as Polemos ignored his begging as he continued looking at the tribe with his hand to his chin.
'I wonder what I should make for the feast. Oh I know I got some of the water snake meat that was really good I just hope that they brought something also for the feast. I wonder how my cooking tastes to the others as only Rose and myself have had my cooking so far.'
Rose just continued to tilt her head as she hissed.