Ring Of Fire

Ring Of Fire 23

The generals leading the Dark Men of Ifite could not comprehend what the mother witch meant by "your coming here was a great mistake" One of the generals stood up at once and spoke angrily. Another one stood also to support him and they all dashed out of the chamber and commanded that preparations be made for them to return to Ifite. The mother witch and Yama her son both came outside too and stood before the entrance of the chamber. They did not say a word until all preparation was made and the overall general of the army of The Dark Men of Ifite approached them and brought out a seal from his breast pocket and showed it to them. "You turned down our request mother witch. You have suddenly forgotten your place. Me and my army will return to Ifite and inform our ruler of how you grew wings overnight" The general finished speaking and turned to leave but stopped immediately, turned and looked observantly at Yama before he slowly went down on his kneels. The mother witch then spoke, "Next time you will think before you speak. Go and tell your men that you won't be returning to Ifite any longer. Anani is your permanent place and soon we will prepare to go to war against Ifite, remove your ruler from his seat and have Yama occupy it"

The general's eyes was only focused on Yama. "I obey only the order from my master Yama" the overall general said and the mother witch became embarrassed.

"Do what she has told you to do" ordered Yama and the general stood, bowed before him and left.

The mother witch looked at her son in the eyes and said, "How do you do this?"

"I don't do anything. I simply command the person using my mind. I possess their mind with my own and so my wish will become their command. It is like manipulating someone, enchanting someone" he explained.

"Can you transfer the power to another. I mean can you give the gift to another?" she asked and Yama looked at her for sometimes before he said, "yes it can be done. But I will never do that, not even for you mother" he left her standing there.

Just then the Witch Seers of Anani arrived and were led to where the witch mother was standing. The witch mother on sighting them hissed long for she already knew what they came for. When the witch seers reached the spot where she was standing she walked into her chamber and they followed her, scolding her.

"You were warned" they shouted.

No one warns me!!!" the mother witch shouted back angrily.

"How did you convince the witches to support your desire for your son to assume the leadership of the witch father after you?" one of the witch seers asked.

"Not only will the witches accept and instill him as their ruler someday but they will in partnership with The Dark Men of Ifite who arrived here hours ago in dethroning the ruler of Ifite and instilling Yama, my son as the new ruler of Ifite land" said the mother witch.

This utterance from the witch mother hit the seer witches so hard that they looked at one another.

"You are planning on starting a war?" asked one of the witch seers.

"The war has already been started. You know of the one who comes to Ifite from Randa. You know of how hard the King of Randa is doing everything possible to stop him. He is the real enemy and we need a real man to stop him and that can only happen when the ruler of Ifite give way for that man to assume command and total power" said the witch mother.

"And who is the man that is capable? your son? What does he know?. Aside that, how were you going to be able to convince the Dark Men of Ifite to fight on your side?" asked one of the witch seers.

"That has already been taken care of by Yama whom you regard so little" said the mother witch.

"Yama?" asked one of the Seer Witches. Just then Yama walked in and stood beside his mother. He closed his eyes and wanted to use his magic on the witch seers but they used their scarfs to cover their heads and one of them began to speak, "You evil. You have the audacity to try to manipulate us. Do you not know that we are immune to such enchantment?" one of the witch seers said angrily before another spoke, "This is not right. Your father was killed by the god of destiny in the desert because he practiced dark magic and now you allow your mother to deceive you into practicing dark magic"

"I am not practicing what I am. This is who I am. I was born with it and so I must warn you to be careful with your speech else I will show you other gifts I have" said Yama.

"My son, I would prefer you show them for I wouldn't want them to go out there and be my enemies, conniving with my enemies to bring me down" said the mother witch.

The witch seers already knew what the witch mother meant. She meant that Yama should get them killed. They were about to storm out when they noticed they could not move an inch. Yama drew his sword and and one of the witch seers spoke, "You can kill us but you won't be able to kill the one the god of destiny is sending to Ifite. He is more than who he thinks he is. He possesses powers even you Yama cannot begin now to imaging. Kill us and get ready for your doom"

Yama gave the sword to his mother and said, "Mother, I give you the honor of stepping on your enemies" the mother collected the sword and Yama left the room. While he was outside he could hear the screaming of the witch seers as his mother butchered them.

Shortly after the mother witch stepped out with the sword dripping blood. She gave the sword to one of the guards and approached her son where he WS standing and spoke, "I think it is time for us to embark on a journey of taking the palace of Ifite. The Dark Men of Ifite are readily waiting for your command"

"Command them mother. I do this for you" he said and walked out on her. The mother witch smiled and called the generals of the Dark Men of Ifite.

"Gather your men and let us begin" she said and the general bowed before her and went to address the Dark Men Of Ifite.

"Able Dark Men of Ancient Ifite. We all know our new master and what his intentions are. So get your weapons and hordes ready for war he said and the Dark Men roared in unison and solidarity.

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On the road, Adola and Dan were now more than partners. They now understood each other more and are now willing to work together. After they had finished watering their horses and taking their bath they decided to talk.

"What else now?" Adola asked as she sat beside him.

"I want us to head to the palace of Ifite. That can't run away from us forever. They need to come to the conclusion that the god of destiny is the god of their gods and proclaim him as their god. This I just said now makes all the sense" he said and started eating the fruits Adola brought from the nearby bush.

"the god of destiny appeared to you. It is an honor" said Adola.

Dan laughed. "What does he look like?" she asked further.

"He looks like a god. It is not good to describe how a god looks like to a woman" said Dan as he continue to munch the fruit.

"Who told you that? it is not in our tradition" said Adola.

"Beside I don't want to loose you by letting you hear how a god looks like. You may not survive his presence if he noticed you are desiring to meet with him and appears to you" said Dan as he presented the fruit to Adola's mouth and she eats some.

"How does it taste?" asked Dan.

"Like you" she said and they laughed so hard. Shortly Adola got up and inserted her sword inside her sheath and presented her hand for Dan to take it. Dan looked at her for sometimes before taking her hand. She helped him up and said, "I will stay with you, go with you and die with you if I must"

"And I won't let anything bad happen to you while you are with me" he said and kissed her lips.

Adola licked her lips and closed her eyes for a second. On opening it Dan was already going towards his horse. "We need to make it quick. I don't like that man that sent fire from the skies and attempted to roast us alive. I want to meet with him again and have him regret ever trying that" said Dan.

"He did regret it. He flew from the battle field, leaving his King's men to the mercy of our swords" said Adola before she matched to her own horse.

"Yes, his disappearing spirit was superb I must commend him but next time he meets with me he might not be so lucky" Dan said and mounted his horse.

"He won't be lucky next time. And his king, the ruler of Ifite, that one ran with tail in between his legs. He should be full of shame" said Adola.

"I didn't think he ran. I think he went for something but all the same, when we reach the palace of the ruler of Ifite we will find out" Said Dan and they galloped away through the thick forest.

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In Randa, the army had crossed many borders and were now nearing the land of Ifite. When finally they did they headed towards the palace of the ruler of Ifite.

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In the palace of the ruler of Ifite he was notified of the coming of the king of Randa and his army. The seer of Ifite emerged and met him seated on his throne and said to him, "We should be ready to welcome the king of Randa and discuss with him at length on how he will aid us against the man the god of destiny is bringing to our doorstep. Meanwhile something has been bothering me; the Dark Men of Ifite should have sent us a message by now. Why would they stay in Anani this long, do they not know that there are preparations to be made?"