The Blade of Balor

by Jet556

Twelve years after Mumm-Ra's final defeat, the kidnapping of Brigid at the hands of a jealous suitor causes Balor to take up the sword of his namesake. Joined by Tygra and Zuvowang, Balor is brought far from lands he knows and into places undreamed of. He also realizes that if he continues to put off his arranged marriage to Brigid, he might lose the girl he mutually loves.

4. Blood-Red Hobnails

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Blood-Red Hobnails

The three had eventually come to where Brigid had been taken. In the jungles to the south where no people dwell, be they civilized or barbaric. In Ekoto's camp, they found Brigid and Ekoto, the latter being both ill and injured.

Not wearing any armor or having any weapons nearby, Ekoto just held his horned helmet, looking at it with sad eyes.

"You have my leave to go, Brigid." He said, never looking up from his helmet. "Look at me, I might defeat Alaksandu but I'll follow him soon after." Ekoto put his helmet down and picked up a blood-red hobnail. "You see this, Balor? And you, Zuvowang? You clearly see it, Tygra. Alaksandu has been nailing my dead men to trees with these… Making them look like Thunderan crosses… It's an insult to treat the dead like that." Throwing the hobnail aside, Ekoto picked up an axe. "I don't know who the next Chieftain of Evabon will be but I can only hope it won't be someone as foolish me or as traitorous as Alaksandu. The people will choose…"

"Who do you hope the people will choose?" asked Tygra.

Ekoto shrugged. "I don't have any choices besides someone better than me and my cousin."

Suddenly, an arrow came through the tent and entered Ekoto's back! Letting out a horrifying cry, Ekoto fell dead. Soon after, Alaksandu and some of his men entered the tent.

Looking down at his cousin, Alaksandu walked over and gave Ekoto's body a kick. "The Chieftain of Evabon is dead, long live the Chieftain of Evabon." He said. "Time to go back to Wilusa!" About to leave the tent, Alaksandu saw Balor, Tygra, Zuvowang and Brigid. "Balor, Zuvowang, Brigid, so nice to see all of you." He was being polite of course. "And… That is here too…" Alaksandu didn't really like Tygra, he didn't really like anyone save for Brigid. "You're all dismissed." And with that, Alaksandu and his men left.

Needless to say, no one was happy with the sudden end of the civil war. It would have been better if Ekoto had lived and Alaksandu died. Ekoto would have killed an enemy when facing them, not by getting them in the back.

"There has to be someone else…" muttered Tygra.

There was someone else but who that was is a story for another time.

The End