YAKARI {COMPLETED}

Blood

I am Elizah yakari, the second son of my great father, Elizah.
The king has handed the entire human army a big target.
Orkagor.
I was initially instated into the army at the age of eleven, I worked as the shield cleaner for my brother's regiment.
I had enjoyed the job initially, until the devil surfaced.
I was sexually harassed by one of the soilders in the barrack.
It was quite raining that night, and I stayed at the tent that my brother, omakari had selected for me.
Previously, a particular lieutenant had been looking at me in a seductive way.
As the first night passed by, I saw a shadow cast his head over my tent.
It was that of the lieutenant.
Danger loomed.
"you the new kid, right? ".
He looked more suspicious than before.
As he drew closer, I tried to call for help, but my voice sounded drained.
"Seem like you drank that olive wine tonight, you know what they say about Olive wine ".
I tried reaching for my little dagger.
"Don't even try, do you think you can best me in combat? ".
He held me down.
Put off the candle lights.
I can't speak more of that night.
      
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Its two years from that night.
I had trained day and night with my brother.
I never mentioned that night to him though.
Well I figured I didn't tell you I became really famous.
Why?.
I wielded the best sword in the army.
Some comrades called it "The killer of a hundred men.".
Some, the giant slayer.
But to me.
Drago.
As a kid my brother would train me using the sword of a grown adult man.
When asked to be given the sword of a kid, my brother would whip me hard.
Not saying anything about it, i would pick the heavy sword once more and continue with the training.
At thirteen, I was going for my first battle.
I was drunk nervous.
I had seen young men like myself go to war and not just return.
I was scared.
I saw the lieutenant at the corner of my eye.
Hate flew in.
It overcame the fear.
Well, it was kind of what I needed .
"Comrades, today, we fight to die and we die to live again.
Fear not those numbers or their sizes.
For we have our faith in God.
We will win this". the commander yelled out.
I picked up Drago and mounted my horse.
That speech had elevated my fears.
I felt like a god.
Or think I was.
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The battle was intense.
We had lost many warriors at the gate of the city.
The siege looked like it had failed.
Omakari was really wounded trying to shield me from an arrow.
I felt really bad.
I took him to an inn in the city and stood there with him.
Wait.
Someone was coming.
I gestured my sword.
Gulped in a little spit.
"Wait, am harmless, don't hurt me".
It was a young girl probably my age.
But this was war, no mercy. But I couldn't hit her.
She took off her hoodie. She was human.
"I was taken here as a slave when I was little, I was glad when I heard humans were raiding the city". she said.
"how is that even possible, the orthorox are human eaters, you should be dead" omakari said with a look of disbelief in his eyes.
But that didn't really matter to me.
I believed her.
I wanted to help her.
"brother, let's help her out, no matter what, she's human being and that's what matters ".
I picked drago and told her to follow behind as my brother and I started to move out of the inn.
On the way we encountered a c-level orthorox beast, it seemed like it knew the young lady.
"Ouga ruoga de mudioaga" the beast yelled out.
I was left speechless and soaked in the beast's saliva.
"What does that mean? ".
Omakari looked frightened.
He wasn't in any shape to fight anyone , not to mention a beast.
Orthorox beast are relentless, savage beast's.
There are four levels of orthorox beasts.
The a, b, c and d levels.
The c -level beast is the size and height of an elephant, thick skin, really tough teeth.
It was a disadvantage for us.
I took my stance and waited for it to make its move.
It moved.
And at incredible speed.
But my sword caught it, right in the stomach.
I took another strike at the head but it moved.
Damn it.
My sword was stuck on the floor. The effect of the amount of strength I put on the strike left it stuck.
The beast was heading for me.
It was the end.
The sword wouldn't pull.
The beast took a giant leap over my head.
It was heading for my brother and the girl.
I had to do something.
No, he's going to die.
I had to do something, but I guess it was too late.
He was going to die for her.
For us.
The beast landed on all four on omakari.
But there was enough time for him to push the girl away.
My brother was crushed to death. All I could see was red.
The desire for vengeance was flowing through my veins.
I couldn't allow this monster hurt anyone else.
I pulled out the sword from the floor, charging towards the beast with full aggression.

I swung the Blade recklessly, not minding if the girl was watching anymore.
In doing so, I had a good hit at the left side of his face.
I severed his head afterwards.
But the damage had being done. My brother had been killed, and there was no bringing him back.
It took a while till I realized the girl had gone missing.
Who would have taken her?.
Anger flew in when the taught that an orthorox would have taken the girl came to my head.
I held my sword with my hands as I heard a rustle from the leaves on the bush nearby.
I walked towards it with caution.
As I braced to make an attack on the creature behind the leaves, I pulled behind a branch of the bush.
There lay the girl ,sound asleep.
That sight kinda made me feel warmth for a while, till it all vanished.
Omakari is gone.
It's all my fault.
But the war was still on.
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The war lasted three days, till we laid siege to the place.
The bodies of our dead were burnt in the capital city.
I was promoted to the position of captain for my great exploits.
That caught the attention of commander zeus.
  It only took a little while before the king summoned me to the palace.
It was my first time seeing the palace up close.
And lemme tell you this, i would dump anything to live in the palace.
I wasn't allowed into the palace because of my rank, so I was attended to outside, on the courts of the palace.
The king walked up to the royal seat on the court and told the guards to let me in.
As I walked up to the king, I caught sight of commander Zeus by his side ,looking ever scary.
The no -smile commander whispered something into the king's ear and gave a light grin.
The king put forth his hand for me to kiss.
His hand tasted like perfume from the garden of olives.
"I believe I am speaking to Elizah yakari, captain of regiment 200, one of the survivors of the bald sun siege".the king asked.
"yes sir". I said with fear to look at the king's face.
At the corner of my eye I sighted a pretty girl.
"That's my daughter, Olivia, darling would you come over". the king said with laughter in his voice.
As she came up close, i saw how beautiful she was, starting from her red hair to her body shape, I was stunned.
The king pulled close to my ear and whispered.
"Near her and you will join your brother, hope you got that".
Commander zeus then cried out "my lord, we have a pressing issue at hand".
The king gave him a straight gaze and sent Olivia inside the palace.
But she made a remark I promised I would make her pay for.
"Dad, are taking me in just to have time to spend with your slave " she said with disgust all over her.
After she went in ,the king took out a scroll and started putting some notes down.
After a while, he turned to me and said.
"Elizah yakari, I, king armah, order from this day onwards, you shall serve under the command of Zeus, leader of the 104th regiment, to fight till your death".
Damn, my life just got a whole lot worse.