The Ancient Beast (Adere's Mission)

Chapters 76

In the palace of the king of Agori, having executed the elders of Zinu, the elders that Rira had come to the land of Agori with alongside Aboro he called a meeting of the commanders of his army units and sat down. He then began to speak to them in such a way that seemed like there was nothing else that was supposed to be done.

"I have zero tolerance for those who are refusing to coexist with me in my gods given understanding. Aboro refused to coexist with me in that dimension and I have also realised that most people that have already begun to speak behind my back are those that I once decided to help. This having been said I called this meeting because I believe that it is time for us to take the bull by the horn before it is too late. I am not happy with what Aboro did and I am sure that wherever he is he understands that there is nothing he can do for me now except to turn himself over at once but having said this what else am I ever going to do that I have not been doing? Meanwhile let everyone that knows him tell him that he will not run that far. We are going to have to step up with our plans and do what we must do. The reason that I called this meeting is because I want us to unite now more than ever. I want that man found and I want him brought to me. This will be different from the other chasing moments that you have had in the past because in this case what I need actually is to have him and the one that stays with him brought before me. I do not care where you have to camp in order to get this done. The truth is that you must do what I am telling you all now and it does not matter if it is going to take years for that to be accomplished. If it takes years for it to be accomplished then you all and with the army that you will be taking with you to look for him will have to stay on camp until he is found and brought to me back here in this palace, to answer to the crimes that he committed. Am I understood?" The commanders saluted him to show that they understood what he said and then they left the palace to get prepared for the jouney ahead, the jouney which would require them to take with them physicians and welfare officers with enough resources. They knew that they needed enough preparation which if it was capable of taking weeks was enough to prepared for the jouney ahead.

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Aboro and Rira just entered the land of Abah and they were not sure of where to nest to find rest first before they look for a place to stay permanently.

"Do you know my worry? There is no money with us and these people in this land look more civilised than the people that I know in the land of Zinu." The person saying this was Rira and Aboro nearly laughed.

"I can tell that you are a person that says things the way you see them. You are not ashamed of the land whence you came are you?" he asked her and Rira laughed. They felt they were laughing more than they should, they could not remember the last time they laughed. After all they had passed through enough to be able to make them hate laughter for the next ten years.

"I have nothing against my people in Zinu. Before your invasion we were living happily. You know one thing about the Zinu people is that they are not always against anyone. They like to do what they have to do to survive as long as what they are doing will not hurt anybody. But you see, I am not sure if there Is anything that we are supposed to do which we are not doing but if there is any then what we have to do is to allow ourselves to think beyond.

Aboro tend to be absent minded as Ria spoke those words. Rira noticed that he was not paying attention to her and she looked to see what had drawn his attention and then there and there she saw that two men were fighting one another. Aboro made to move towards them but the lady stopped him, "Must you go there? I would advise that since we newly entered this land it would be better for us to mind out business and look for a place to lay down our heads first. After we must have had enough understanding of this place we can go in separating fights" But Aboro did not say a word to her, instead he moved towards the direction of the two fighters and when he got there there were already a handful of people gathered to watch the fight while there were those trying to separate them from fighting one another. But this was not to be the case with Aboro who went and stood between the two fighters and said, "I learnt that the land of Abah is in deep mess with the presence of the Ancient Beast. I do not think that it is normal to have you all here doing as you like. So I would like to advise you that men like you should be out there being recruited into the army and not here wasting your strength on one another" When Aboro had learnt that they had stopped fighting he tried to move but both men came and stood infront of him, blocking him from going. He did not know why but he could see in their eyes that they were looking for trouble. He did not want to do anything stupid and so he tried to walk away once again.