"Kiyu-Su-Lu, what have you done!? There are still many Somahaku who live! You have failed your end of the bargain! I will not fulfill mine until they're all gone! And now they have allies; of this I am sure, because your so-called army has yet to return!" Konowich yelled; he was furious! "Bashtool! Assemble the army! You're heading out in 10 minutes!"
"Yessir!" Bashtool replied.
"MyLord," Kiyu-Su-Lu replied, "you are being foolish and hasty. As you said, there are more than we saw at the edge of the Forest. They have undoubtedly prepared for this..."
"Kiyu-Su-Lu!" Konowich nearly screamed. "There is no way that I will wait for them to attack me! They will never survive the wrath of my entire Kingdom!"
"Fine, but let me and my me help. We can-"
"No! You have failed. You go back to your Hills... make sure they're all dead!!! If they still survive... exterminate them!!!" He was shaking, because he feared for his life. They had attacked, but not exactly won, as some still survive... He was quite pitiful; he was now driven to near insanity. "Come back tomorrow; the rest will be gone by then..."
"But-" Kiyu-Su-Lu started...
"Good day, Kiyu-Su-Lu..."
"Sir," Bashtool walked in. "the troops are ready."
"Good. Prepare to move out..."
Meanwhile, Dohuku was searching the bottom of the Lake, and Fin Del was searching the Land. The Lake was not large, although it was deep. No creatures inhabit the lake, so they didn't have to be cautious...
Fin Del was walking, searching around every boulder, when he heard his "friend" call: "Fin Del! I've found an underwater cove! Hop on my back!" And he did. He held his breath. They were inside the cove within seconds, and luckily enough, there was plenty of air.
"What's that?" Fin Del asked.
"That must be it!" Dohuku exclaimed excitedly. It was a tome, atop a large pedestal. There was a weird glow emanating from it. Dohuku went up to it, and opened it to the first page.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a blinding flash! Additionally, a Large Sea Serpent came soaring at Dohuku! He held up his left hand, and pulled the dagger out of its sheath with his right hand. He would not be able to get the scythe in time. He put the dagger point out in front of him. The Serpent turned, so as not to be hit by the extended dagger, but it scraped along it's left side. Green ooze started to pour out, but not very quickly, and it did not last long... somehow, it healed itself, and the ooze stopped coming. Dohuku pulled out his scythe, and charged at the creature. He took a giant leap, flipped in the air, and kicked his feet off of the roof, charging downward at the creature's head. Before the serpent could react, he sliced off the creature's head at the neck...
Then, to his surprise, the serpent's body grew another head, and the decapitated head sprouted another body!!!
"Fin Del," Dohuku yelled, "Read the tome! It should tell you how to kill the snake!" Fin Del raced to the large book, and started to read. Dohuku was hitting the creatures with his scythe, to make them bleed. Basically, he was hitting them slightly so they would back off, not attack. He needed to stall, until he knew what to do!
"Their venomous fangs!!!" Fin Del yelled.
"What?"
"Their venomous fangs! They can't regenerate them! Put a wound in their teeth, and they'll bleed to death!!!"
Gotcha! Here goes!" Dohuku yelled; he charged at the first creature, and sliced its fang off. It fell to the ground in pain. The other saw what was going on, and went after Fin Del...
"Dohuku, help!" Fin Del cried. "I have no weapon!"
Dohuku unsheathed his dagger once again; he hurled it at the second creature's head. He proceeded to yell, "Behind you!" It turned to look at him; and was met my a dagger in the tooth!!! It fell to the ground, and squirmed. Within minutes, both were limp and lifeless...
By this time, Dohuku was reading the tome. It revealed the secret in poem:
For great power, you must find,
Four Great Pieces, that together bind
Headgear that is close to me
Armor high atop a tree
A Shield at the edge of the sea
And finally a Weapon near a "T"
"What do you think it means?" Fin Del asked, puzzled.
"...first, headgear that is in the cove, probably. Second, armor in a tree outside. Third, a Shield close to the edge of the Lake. I'm not so sure about the fourth, but we'll know it when we see it. We have to get them all! Then, my friend, we will have true power!!!"
The messenger came swiftly out of the Juhuto Forest, and went straight to Diyuhama. "Sire, the entire army is coming out. The Valchior have gone in the opposite direction, north, towards the Tarahaki Hills. What shall we do?"
"We have not yet heard from the Hilaku High Guard. We have no choice; we have to flee, now!" Diyuhama did not seemed too alarmed to hear that the entire army was coming. "How much time?"
"They're only marching. We should have at least 3 hours." The messenger seemed to calm down after seeing his leader, and realizing how calm he was.
"Round everyone up. I'll tell 'em the news." A few minutes later, they had assembled.
'This is beautiful,' Diyuhama told himself. 'Two tribes coming together. My four swift Ciliyo, 17 hand-2-hand combatants, 17 archers, 3 messengers, and myself, along with Montissiya and her 21 followers. This truly is beautiful!'
"Fellow Hilaku, new friends, we have a situation. Lord Konowich has sent his entire army out to get us. We must flee. They are coming south, while the Valchior are heading north. We will try to miss them both by cutting west. Somahaku, you each have a dagger or a bow and quiver with limited arrows. Use your weapons only if it becomes a necessity! We must leave, and remain completely silent.
