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The Return of Zulu-kondo

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Chapter 1 - The land of Zulu-kondo

Once upon a time in a kingdom by name Zulu-kondo.The kingdom was prosperous, and was the best amongst it's neighboring kingdoms.People inhabiting the kingdom were apelike,but mere mortals. They are at least 7 foot tall each,gigantic in nature,and possessed a powerful hunting skills.Unfortunately for Zulukondo, they never knew what would befall them.

THE RULING KING ELYZERUDAN Π

Their ruling king was Elyzerudan, who has fourteen prince and eight princesses.This king was strict to his subjects, within his jurisdiction. This made him dreaded more than his counterparts.on the third month of the year,Elyzerudan started building walls of the city,because he intended making the city one gate entrance, this he made, of improvise.o Hankachif,who was subordinate to the king, who was likely referred to as the king personal adviser, Allied with the neighboring kingdoms in secret, their secret was covert, with that in mind, their plan was to attack the King after he must have finished the wall completely.those neighboring kingdom were Camelot, Hipparchus and Jupar.Among these three kingdoms, Camelot was more civilized, the other two were referred to as barbarians,this made them jealous and callous over Zulu-kondo.As their plans was getting higher so as the wall was being built.As time went on,their plan reached its climax, however these three kingdoms relaxed waiting for the perfect day to strike.

INSIDE KINGDOM (Zulu-kondo)

By the sixth month of the year, king had finished building their walls and dedicated it to their god"HAMRI".On that faithful day ten young males were sacrificed to their god,and one princess for the purification of the land. After they had finished celebrating with ease and happiness, they all went to rest at their various houses. As the King slept, he saw himself in a cage, being surrendered by thousands of mob,Hankachif his subordinate was their leader. As the king was dreaming,a strange voice called him "Elyzerudan wake up! As he woke,it was all a dream,though that sort of dream cringes one out,but for some reason, it didn't at all. Immediately, he wore his war armour,took his sword and shield,and then went down to his temple to pray to his god Hamri. Treacherous Hankachif slipped out of the kingdom went to the zone where they all set the plan,as he emerged, he made the secretive gesture, and all his war Allies trooped at the scene with their cavalry and chariots and armed soldiers by foot, along with their spares, arrows, protective gears and their sharp shining swords. They were reckoned to be thirty thousand men in total, as they halt ,Hankachif proceeded by telling them the present situation saying: my fellow able bodied men king Elyzerudan has exasperated our feelings, he has looked down on us,he has subjugated us,by calling us all sort of name and imposing tax on us with heavy burdens which has left us bartered,with that in mind,its high time we took turns,and this is the right time to strike.As he was lamenting in anger,everywhere was cool,and he continued: he did all this whereas no one made him king over us,just because he wields preponderance of power doesn't give him the authority to rule all kingdoms,As he was still speaking, the rulers of the three kingdoms came forth, and agreed on working together as planned, as they concluded, they headed towards Zulu-kondo gate,with the army of thirty thousand men and Hankachif as their war leader. As they reached, they started breaking the walls and the gate for easy entrance, whereas nobody in Zulu-kondo knew,as they proceeds, the noise caught the attention of the king,while he was still in prayer,immediately after he heard the sound,he went straight to Hankachif's domain, but was no where to be found,immediately he saw Soldiers sliding and trooping in through the wall with their bow,sword, spare,horn,and their cavalries. When the king saw this, he wasn't so sure of the situation because it felt like an illusion,but he took courage and climbed the ladder and all the same rang the battle bell in order to alert his war soldiers, he did all this suspecting that he might have been betrayed by Hankachif as he saw in his dream. As the soldiers were preparing and hurrying for the unknown battle, the thirty thousand men invaded the kingdom,and dispatched their Men according to the Zulu-kondo provinces. As the city was totally surrendered,Hankachif gave the order 'let the war begin!!! Noise of chariots filled the air.

As the war continued,Elyzerudan was shocked to see Hankachif as one of his antagonists leading the war and burning houses to ashes.As the time was heading 3am in the morning,ten thousand Zulu-kondo war men had already been killed, while their old men,children and women were already running helter-skelter seeking refuge,whereas they knew not the pioneers of the war.As the Battle was going on,one of the prince who embacked on a journey several weeks ago,made his way back to Zulukondo.On his way to Zulu-kondo, he saw the kingdom burning to ashes from far away,this he perceived and sent one of his emissaries to observe the situation,as he waited behind with tears dripping down his cheek,the the emissary whom he sent,returned with a contrite heart,telling prince Igem the present situation of Zulu-kondo, And the news left him heart broken and awkward.My Prince it is better we make our way back from where we came 'he said' and he agreed to the controversy, without wasting time they left with their chariots, reckoned to be hundred in number and the prince making up hundred and one,and they headed back to his mom's palace (The Endian palace) where his father married.

The war coming to an end

As the people of Zulu-kondo were still striving to survive, without hope of tomorrow, All the prince had been beheaded all part of the city ruined and destroyed by the treacherous Hankachif and his men.As the war continued, Elyzerudan alerted his men to retreat,and back down,yet they refused and kept fighting till they were dragged to their knees. As Elyzerudan was still fighting, Hankachif from a far distance, stretched his bow and shot Elyzerudan on the eye,living him brutally injured, that was when the pain taught him the catastrophic effects of war.As soon as he was down, Hankachif captured him,put him in a cage with some other designated survivors and took them with him. Though Elyzerudan was surprised to see Hankachif capture him,as he saw in his dreams, yet he kept quiet in agony and pain,the time was around six am in the morning.

The reaching of agreement

As they reached Camelot with victory song and happiness,the three king of different kingdoms reached an agreement behind Hankachif's back. Few hours, they summoned Hankachif, sent him to unknown errand, with the guard of two armed men to eliminate him from behind. As they were heading towards the forest,Hankachif followed his instinct, because he perceived danger. Meanwhile, those guards sent to kill him without his knowledge, slowly went for their sword to strike from behind as instructed, so did Hankachif, because as a war lord, he was able to reach his sword quickly before they, he unhesitatingly trew his sword straight to their chest, amazingly he got them at once. He ran off immediately without thinking twice, as he knew their ulterior plan.

Hankachif in the unknown forest

As Hankachif was wandering about in the forest(3days later), he got the attentions of the wild beasts, these beasts resided in the forest, making up their own territory. Within their territory ,no other territory overlaps theirs. As soon as they saw Hankachif wandering about within their territory, they surrendered him,tied him and took him to their chief priest, to secure information about the unknown man,since he couldn't speak, due to exhaustion and excessive hunger.As the priest saw Hankachif, he called him by his name and further detailed his future life achievements through his vision,telling his people how Hankachif would be a valuable asset to them all. "His future is bright, he will be a king,and people will pay tribute to him,he will conquer many kingdoms" he said."This man monopolises every area he steps into,even in the forest or prison,but today we shall make him ours,give him powers,make him work for us,throughout his life time" he further said. As they concluded,they all raised hands together and gave him power,fifty percent of each person's power,and also erased his brain with their charms. As soon as they finished, they revived him as a new person and one of their own, gave him hundred guards which could fly amazingly like birds,even with their huge heights, they also spit fire like dragons. As they concluded, they sent him with his guards to conquer the whole kingdoms including Camelot, Zulu-kondo, Hipparchus, Juppar, etc.

Amalgamation of the three kingdoms

As the people waited many days for the guards to return,they saw nothing, and was all to no avail,they concluded on amalgamating the three kingdoms into one single unit, this, leaving Zulu-kondo deserted with some of its few survivors.As the process of the amalgamation was going on,as people were celebrating in merriment,the new king appointed by democracy that day,over all the kingdom (king Hupus)got the idea of hanging former king Elyzerudan in front of his people. His council members thought it was a great idea, and thought it was a good idea to instill fear on few Zulu survivors. The council members all agreed,and brought forth Elyzerudan in front of the whole people.

That same day,the whole people agreed on one name,the name 'Camelot' was called to the whole kingdom,joined together.That same day the people established their laws and their way of governance, all the provinces were headed by a governor general.As they finished and concluded the whole ceremony , they set things ready for the execution.

This means another war

As they were about to execute Elyzerudan, they plucked two of his eyes, tied his neck with rope and was ready to push him from the step,for him to hung,fortunately enough, Hankachif and his war beasts arrived at the scene, spitting fire everywhere and burning people to ashes,as people were running, they were confused at the same time.One of the beast that carrying Hankachif dropped him from above, as he was landing with his sword,he smashed Hupus's head, leaving his brain scattered and shattered on the ground. When people saw this,they trembled in fear,and were unaware of the situation. As people saw Hankachif they were thrilled.

As the situation was coming to an abrupt end, half of the people had already been burnt,including the three former kings. People went on their feet begging for peace.Hankachif refused to spare Elyzerudan that day.Elyzerudan was killed and was given to hungry wolves(chikpiliz) to be devoured and eaten. That same day Hankachif made himselve king over Camelot and even forgot that Zulu-kondo existed.

Death of Elyzerudan

Back at the Zulu-kondo

Like one thousand people remained in Zulu-kondo, some survivors were taken captives to the foreign land(Camelot).As the people of Zulu-kondo were recuperating, from their tremendous nightmares, Prince Igem returned home, with thousands of men given by him,as he made made his entrance, he was shocked by the things he saw.Some of the people who survived ran towards him surprisingly,because they all thought he died that day also.As Igem asked the remaining people, they narrated the whole story to him,with sadness.That day he swore to take up the challenge, and swore that he must avenge the death of his family and of his people.Some days later,prince Igem returned to his late mom's kingdom and narrated the sad news to the King, and they all joined forces and prepared for war,against Camelot.Some of the progenies of Zulu-kondo planned on eliminating Prince Igem,for they want not the predecessor of Elyzerudan to rule again but their plan was made overt to the prince,and he murdered the culprits. As Igem and some of his men entered Zulu-kondo again,they started work immediately and started digging deep pit round the city,they used the pit as the wall that enclosed Zulu-kondo, they also used light wood to cover the surface.Three months later they concluded their work and started training their soldiers for war.

Camelot

As Hankachif went to pay his allegiance to the beast community,they welcomed him with warmness, as he settled, Their priest visioned on Zulu-kondo, and told him to conquer and subjugate Zulu-kondo, before it could rise again and triumph any other kingdom.As they finished,they prepared him for war with more powerful charms never been used before and added thousands of beast unto his company, and they set out,in addition with the soldiers from Camelot. They were reckoned to be hundred thousand in total.Prince Igem saw it on a vision just like his father did. Without hesitation he quickly prepared his men for action, waiting for the moment to strike.