What shall we do to avert the range of the king, how can an advanced adult be flogged for defaulting a law Mr Mik was grubbled to himself? The people gathered their produce, but who shall lead them was the hard nut to crack.
"A woman volunteers to lead the people, if it pleases the king let him torment us if it pleases the almighty let him let the king have his way, " the woman said.
The total number of adults in the kingdom were two thousand. They queue up to the Palace, I guess how plenty the food items will be.
Hala was seated in his throne, beside him was his wife and behind them two guards and maidens and it was evening. Lila excused them to have their discussion as they do yearly when the people brought their harvest.
Hala smiled at them and tinted his face once, they thought the day was bright. He welcomed them and ordered the guards and the maidens to receive their harvest.
"I thank you all for remembering the great lion of Zomuda, I have all my people at heart, I pray the almighty bless you all".
The people were in awe as he bleached their brains with fantasy.
I must eventually express my displeasure to everyone that brought his or her harvest.
It can never be forgotten in a hurry by everyone here that you can't wound the lion in the jungle and go scot-free.
My people starved me for a whole year without being concerned, I am not a poor king, I have a lot in my possession to eat and drink with my people here.
But nobody shall go free for stepping on the tail of the cobra, no justice shall be tempered with mercy.
The old women and men were sober by the king's words…before the king could finish his speech an old woman was already crying tears.
Hahaha....ha… he laughed ceaselessly, "no amount of tears shall reverse my order, the king's words are mightier than the life of the people standing before me".
Everyone available was scourged by the king twelve times, leaving bruises on their body; two persons gave up the ghost in the process, yet he never mercy the rest.
Take the deceased to the forest where scavengers can satisfy their hunger with their remains. The weeping in the Palace was exceedingly mighty.
The odoriferous act of the king diffused into the kingdom rapidly, everyone mourned itself.
The joy of the king inflicting pain on his people knew no bounds.
What shall we do to get this king out of our lives? Since the almighty is taking time to take the verdict, let us take the law into our hands.
Sir Mik was enraged in his speech, "we can never be babies in the eyes of the little King all in the name of abiding by rules and regulations no.....he continues, something must be done".
The kingdom is tense and painted with grief and trembling by the king, people were all in a cloth of melancholy.
They were waiting patiently for their almighty to intervene.
The torture they received from the king during the presentation of their harvest was registered in their memory, which triggered the first meeting held by the people to overthrow the great king "Hala".
Can we overthrow the king Mr Dia asked? "Nothing is impossible to do only if we first overcome and conquer our fear,'' Mik said.
Mik was very in the mood to get rid of Hala, because of the self-humiliation he gave himself from the king's threat.
What shall we do now? "Today is our first day on this plan and we can't succeed overnight. He is very intelligent and sensitive therefore, we must play above his intelligence. If not, we shall all pay with our lives, ``Poker said.
"Very thoughtful of you Sella commended Poker", let every one of us go to his house and think outside the box and every man should keep his cupboard locked to prevent the skeleton from being exposed, Sella advised.
They have made an attempt like this but not to get rid of the king, the repacaution was bloody and they never till date know who let the cat out of the bag.
They all left for their various homes but poker, who happened to be very friendly with Mik, met in his house to plan ahead.
These two were vehemently in support of getting rid of the king.
"my friend now we have chosen to take the bull by the horn, and we must not relent in offering protection and peace to our people", as a trusted friend what shall we do? Mik asks Poker.
"It should be our prayer that the king's wife should take in, from there we shall nail him,'' Poker said. Hmmm…sharp idea this is why I choose you as my best friend, but how will the queen getting pregnant help us achieve our plans, Mik asked?
" It shall be a talk for another day, let's have our fresh wine before it sour".
They both drank and laughed loudly.
The quest to get rid of the king becomes the headache of the people and they are desperate for analgesic for their headache,
Each house in the kingdom was in a cold talk show of how to bring the king down.
To all their plans the king was deaf to it because nobody dared to play with his life by being his spy, but his intelligence and insecurity made him "smell like a rat" among his people.
There was a woman who died from the brutal torture by the king's guard, she died three days after receiving the excruciating painful lashes inflicted on her by the king.
This provoked the poor to go deep in their plan, but would they succeed?
Getting to know their plan is the genesis of their doom.
The great Hala also known as the lion of Zomuda devour his enemy without justice
I believe they haven't forgotten in a hurry that Hala doesn't jeopardise inflicting pain on them because he derives pleasure from hurting his people.
The antelope might be sleeping but his pinna is very attractive to his environment.