CORONATION OF THE THIRD FORCE

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

It seems imperative for me to now take time to understand my body; I felt some changes that inspire curiosity. If I recall well, I knew while in the huge Iglobins machine I was transformed into many life forms, could this be translated into reality for me, or was it simply part of the process? Most importantly, too, is the operating codes affixed to my body to give me an advantage over my opponents because I am equipped by code system owners, my victory is their victory, I, therefore, need to understand how it operates to my advantage.

The first thing that came to my mind was the elongation of the Iglobins arm. When I arrived at their kingdom, as light as I was I took to my heels to nowhere in particular, but the leading Iglobins simply stretched his hand-something of half a kilometer-and snatched me from the ground like paper. So right now in this guest lodging, I did stretch out my two arms and to my surprise, they did stretch beyond arm length limits for humans. I smiled. The next was my legs, I raised one leg and stretched it out and it responded likewise and withdrew it back.  I then thought about a wolf and immediately I was transformed into one, with claws and long sharp teeth, and then thought humans I was back to human. It quickly dawned on me, the operating code system implanted in my new body by the Iglobins is one of thought; think it and it shall become. It means, too, I can conjure up different kinds of ammunitions during combat, such as swords, rifles, axes along with the traditional weapons of water and snow.

 It means also my eyes can be programmed by thought to see into the future, into the actions of my opponents and my ears can hear all their plans. My legs can carry me as light as the air and my arms can swing sixty degrees, and so my entire body system is a weapon. The Iglobins have completely weaponized my body for the combat system ahead. They made it look simple but without wits, I would not have discovered it. So in winning the combat challenge, besides my body system, the magic, is wit; the dimwits will never survive the combat system.

Soon, I was called out to dine with my father and his nobles while a celebration is rolled out for the kingdom by the king to show his gratitude to the spirits that rule our kingdom for returning his son safely.  This is expected of the king and so he gave the feast which is to be celebrated in every part of the kingdom. A new set of clothing was delivered to me by servants and I refreshed, change into a new princely dressed of oxblood trousers, white sandals for my feet, a white cotton shirt and an oxblood cardigan, and bathed in perfumes. I now look back when I went unwashed for fourteen years in the Seventh Heaven. How cruel those people are, ah! They owe me one and they will repay, especially the half which belongs to the wicked. But my father’s voice came,

‘No, take your mind away from there. Their part in your destiny was perfectly played. I should remind you, your destiny could have been lost if you had chosen the kind side, you did be stock there by now.’

‘But the cruelty was inhuman, the pain, the mocking’.

‘It all brought you to where you are. Don’t think it again, or have you not discovered your body system?’ he asked and suddenly I remember that any thought I put forward materializes.

‘I did.’

‘You are a weapon, son. Go to your diner, all those you will destroy will be present. I will point them to you, so you can get that done and prepare for your magic school as the combat challenge draw near.’ He left me and I put on the cardigan and stepped out to join father in the diner set for my welcome.

The diner was set at the banquet hall of the palace, and all the twelve nobles of the kingdom were present, they have to be in honor of the kingdom. The diner was elaborate, every one of them appeared elegant and the servants were dressed as if in a royal banquet and my seat was next to the king’s chair. As I entered a herald announced my arrival with these words,

‘Behold Prince Jokhara, whom we all thought dead, but is alive for the honor of the kingdom. Long live Prince Jokhara. Welcome once again.’ All the nobles stood and when I took my seat they also sat down. My father now took the stage and spoke at length but here is what he said that is worth remembering as important;

‘King Agorim is smiling again as every father should. Oh, join me to thank the spirits of the kingdom of Water and Snow’, as he said all the nobles murmur some prayers inaudibly, ‘My son, the only one the spirits permitted I and my wife, Queen Rea to have, Prince Jokhara, is back with us now. And my gratitude goes to the entire kingdom for joining me to celebrate his safe return. He went not for selfish interest, but the public interest. Behold, he shall represent the kingdom in the combat challenge to rule the universe’, and the group erupted in joyous ecstasy at the announcement.

‘Son, welcome again’, I got up and acknowledged the cheers from the nobles and walked to my father and embraced him and back to my seat.

‘Let the feast begin’, the king said and the waiting servants sprang into action. They were so much to eat for all gathered in the palace, though, the king and his nobles sat apart from the rest, the food, which is rich and enough went round accompanied with good wine and a good quantity was left at the end. While the diner lasted my guiding voice, pointed ten out of the twelve nobles who conspired with the king to destroy my family. He said only two objected when the plan was hatched and stayed away from anything that has to do with it. So then my mission starts with these ten and ends with the king after I might have conquered the universe.

After the diner was over I had a pleasant talk with my father the king and mother who has now resigned to the fact that I have made up my mind to fight in the combat.  We recalled good old days before the invasion of the kingdom by the aliens and then the coming combat. Having not been a part of this family to talk about the past with them in such a manner I had to think towards their past and all that their son, Prince Jokhara ever cherish, ever did enjoy and his little memories all came flooding to me and I rehearse them before their joyful ears.

They inquire discreetly on my preparation for the looming challenge but I was careful not to divulge any of my secrets but told them what to believe and talked more about the exploits I will do in the magic academy for my promotion to the highest rank of magic that will place me above my rivals in the challenge. They will never know who I am and how I intend to win the challenge. They will never know my story and what my mission in their family is. But soon, the king will start to bury ten of his nobles, one after another, all evil men who destroyed my family. It is a prelude to my mission and tonight it begins.

The nobles of the kingdom are scattered in the twelve regions of the kingdom and each one ruled there on the behalf of the king, so they came from far and wide of the kingdom. Three out of the ten came from the west, another three from the south, two from the east and two from the north. Since the center of the kingdom of Water is in the West, three are close to me than the rest and I reserved them for last. I will start from the north, then east and south, and end with the west. Wailing will echo throughout the kingdom in ten days as one will be destroyed every day. When I killed each of the nobles, their first sons had to go with them that they did to my father, I must have no pity. I took my leave of my parents and walked to my lodge, even though I have been informed that my official quarters are ready, I prefer to spend the rest of the day in the lodging to relocate tomorrow.

The kingdom of Water is wealthy, we have the riches of the seas combined with the trade with other kingdoms that made us wealthy, so our nobles live wealthy lives and as I surveyed their dwellings I saw them in their rich homes cocooned from pain and fear, but have it dished out to others. I was vexed. The two nobles in the north lived far apart from each other, but the distance is not a worry to me as I can cover long distances by just a thought. I carried out my surveillance on all the homes of the nobles in their different regions. I noted how each family lived, their going and comings, and found out their first sons, it took me one week to get all the information I needed and made sure the king and his wife never noticed my absence from the palace except when I want to let them in on my movements.

The destruction of the nobles is a practice run to the real mission so I decided I will deploy ten different means of killing them. The first I will come as a vampire and suck his blood and that of his son. The second, I will strangle by the neck and his son. The third I will hang on a rope till they are dead. The fourth a sword will pierce his heart and that of his son. The fifth, I will bury alive and his son, the family will discover their graves in the morning. The sixth, I will fire with a rifle on a stake with his son. The seventh I will drown in the water even though we cannot die by water, I did make sure it happens with his son. The eight I will chop in pieces like a slice of meat meant for a broth with his son. The ninth I will burn with fire with his son and the tenth I will disembowel removing their hearts and spill their intestines. I shall have no pity.