Dzar blogged the head blow delivered by Starzia; the woman had become ever stronger in her training tactics, she mastered the sword, and can fight better than most warriors he had ever fought with in real battle. Her figure had molded into a perfect feminine sculpture, shape devoured of fat, due to all the outdoor activities and long rides on horseback to distant lands, at the heart of kumta and Zanka, even Wagara…
they friendship had evolved into something very stronger including Zoree and Niaza. They have all become one big family with happy and sad moments, blissful and hard times.
Zoree had now gain some weight on her tall skinny figure, buoyant and cheerful among the neighbors. most of the men on their way to farm and hunting will pass by to greet her, blushing in awe of the woman's beauty. On their way back home they will bring her a variety of food stuffs, fruits, vegetables and fresh meat from their hunt.
Zoree accept all in good faith, and to show her appreciation, she will sometimes cook really spicy hot meals for the young men in the morning before they head to the farm…. And they were all infatuated about her. They yearn for her attention like puppies. Zoree will smile her most infectious smile, and have them clamoring for more…. But she never allowed any of them to get too familiar or close to her inner world, a world of grieve and sorrow, anxiety about her love for a man she will sacrifice her whole life waiting for….
And they heard it; a thundering sound that shake the ground beneath their feet, Niaza scream and took flight from a nearby grove where he was inspecting a trap he and Dzar laid there the day before…. "it's okay Niaza, don't be scared, they are drumming the great drums of kumta" Starzia said as she stopped sparring with Dzar and turned around to open her arms for the boy to run into….
People were rushing into their shabby houses all around them, and turning the locks; the sound of drums and hooves on top speed resonate in the air. It felt like the world is coming to an end. "what exactly is going on?" Zoree asked Dzar and Starzia as she caught sight of two exchanging a knowing look, she could tell they are withholding information from her all in the name of protecting her, as if she had not been through a lot already… "you two have to stop acting like children and tell me what is going on" "can we at least go inside first, I will tell you all you need to know my lady" Dzar pleaded, and Zoree turned and walked into the house, Dzar and Starzia followed, Niaza still clinging to her bosom terrified.
"kumta is invading Zanka to take over the rule of Cygon, rationally it's the most powerful nation now in the whole of Cygon…. None of the other tribes can save Zanka" Dzar said when they got inside. Zoree looked at him in surprise… "I never consider kumta as a sovereign state with a leader capable of such a daring approach…." she said…. "he is called Kayata from the assassin creed, the most ancient and powerful order in all of Cygon as you already know, quite as old as Zanka itself." Zoree couldn't believe what she was hearing…. "kumta has no right to attack Zanka…." "no it can, their ancestors are also children of Cygon mixed together" Dzar interjected….
The sound drew closer and closer, so close to make one think they were standing right on top the roof of the dilapidated structure. "then we have to do something, anything…. If this Kayata fellow becomes the ruler, all prisoners in Zanka will either be killed or …. We just have to do something, louga is there…." Zoree said sobbing now. Starzia exchange looks with Dzar, and Dzar nodded at her and she begun "my lord louga is said to have disappeared from prison, many claimed he died in those caves, but the body was never found…. So many are claiming he escaped" Zoree was whaling now and Starzia moved closer to her and lean in to hold her to her bosom…. And the two women cried together, causing Niaza to panic, but…. Dzar got up and picked up the boy and walked into the chamber were he sleeps, sometimes with the little boy….
The sound of blurring horns and thundering drums amidst rumbling hooves was fading away now, but chanting, hooting could still be head from mating creed warriors on foot.
Zoree finally wiped her tears and stood up "we have to travel to werga, my brother has to know I am alive…. Niaza need a place he can call home, the throne of werga is mine after all, I have to go and protect it from the infiltration of the usurper…." She said with a confidence Starzia missed in the woman; she smiled to herself…. The queen of werga is back. "going to werga from this place will take us more than a week" Starzia said joyfully…. She missed home so much.
Finally, Zoree wants to accost her brother one on one. She had sacrifice her life to protect him although she knew what he did to their family. His betrayal cuts deep. He had sided with the conspirators to kill their father; it is very clear to her now. All this while she had been trying to justify her brother's actions and inactions pertaining to misfortune that had befallen their family and had always come to this one conclusion, but he is all she had as family, so she acted naïve and married to Zanka.
Now Niaza have given her a new hope of family, and she will do everything to get her son the life he deserves.
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Kayata sat atop an elephant in an erected posture, a hundred more follows behind with council members and sages, some of the most brilliant minds in Cygon among the elite.
the drummers strike with vigor in the palanquins sitting atop some of the elephants. And blow the horns as if their very lives depend on it. far ahead creed warriors on horseback charge forth ensuring that the way is clear for their king to pass, far behind were matching warriors stamping their feet on the grown, along with hooting, howling and, their scary bizarre sounds filled air with euphoric tremor.
They were all brothers from the creed, and to them, this was a divine calling, they have to save Cygon from the great calamity that was imminent…. They never question the decisions of their leaders, because their leaders speak not with their own voices but voice from the higher power.
On entering Zanka, Kayata found the submissive air quite boring, they were no activity whatsoever, the people go about their day as if nothing was happening, the royal army were nowhere on site, the bastards simply gave up on the most treasured land where it all started, the origin of Cygon.
Zanka is the first settlement in Cygon…. out of which evolved the first three clans, so these people believed kumta to be the last settlement, forgetting that the first settlers; the ancients thought it wise to have a place of learning, a place they could spend time to delve deeper into the mysteries of life beyond life…. Alchemy, astronomy, philosophy, medicine, mystical and spiritual knowledge of sort.
Kumta was then establish, and the best teachers, and eccentrics who had enormous knowledge about the hidden mysteries of life, and its pragmatic manifestation and application in the natural world becomes the core values in Cygon society….
Many of these very weird people who couldn't fit in normal society were all sent to kumta, where they have a much broader field to explore and wonder into virgin territories in the unseen and beyond. Unrestrained in their search; they were able to bring out the best solutions to all sort of problems that arises in the present, and even more relevant further into the future.
Zanka is now what it is today because of kumta, since kumta was the hub of architect and engineers who have toiled night and day, and spent their whole life working never to see their dream come to fruition. Chiseling; they did chisel through the big rock to create a whole different city, so full of natural wonder, and splendor.
But these people can't even see the flies on their noses, how can they truly value anything. They go about life like zombies, the faint smell, the energy in their space is all ignored, the yellow stone is treated like any ordinary stone…. these people are a shame to the heritage of Cygon, they have become too comfortable with all this, he thought to himself and wave his hand in a semi-circle.
He has to wake them up, he has to show them the light…. Only the courageous will triumph under his rule, the weaklings shall be burned to the ground, he has no time for anyone who wish to be a gravity to his lofty cause…. These people have to remember who they once were.
Kayata got coroneted the next day at the grand hall, by a council of reputed sages in kumta who were not all in support of Kayata actions but did nothing to stop him… if there is anything they understand very well. It's the practice of none interference with cosmic laws, every man will get what is coming to him; perhaps his actions can alter the ways of Cygon in a better way, or very bad way… whatever be the outcome, things simply have to happen the way they do…. No one can stand in the way of that.
When the royal sceptre was brought to Kayata he looked at it for a while, stood up from the throne and break it into two, this act got the crowd hissed in response, they were now mammering…. One look from the man got everyone quite…. he stepped down from the steps slowly and start to speak thus
"I am not here to continue Tygons legacy, I am here to change it, I don't need a scepter to rule, it is just a thing representing nothing, I am the scepter in flesh and bone, I am the scepter in spirit, I am not here to sit on thrones and watch, I am here to work the dirt with you, I am here to bring back honour to hardworking families, I am her to make sure the old comfortable ways are buried…. I am here to represent the higher powers..."
The crowd involuntarily roared in applause…. But Kayata was not done, he continued "I want this misconception about kumta cleared today in this great hall before all present here today, kumta originates from Zanka an extension of Zanka, a backbone to Zanka and has always been a support to Zanka through many difficult times since the very beginning. We all originate from one ancestor, there is nothing like mixed blood in Cygon, we are all one people, with one heritage and destiny" Kayata said and went back to sit on the throne. And the crowd mummer in admiration at the new inspirational ruler of Zanka.
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