The conquest to the south... |
(Words: 1584) 1. and the hero moved out of the forest 2. with sadness filling his heart to the fullest 3. and he left some of his men to manage the forest 4. but now he has no power to fight or to war 5. for only one hundred men are left with him 6. and he wondered about his next direction 7. is it south or to the land of day and night 8. for he knew he will be back there one day 9. he decided to go south and pass on the middle land 10. and see what wonders might come or commands 11. while his one hundred men were his faithful and closest 12. then at night they camped in the wilderness like nomads 13. tired from all the troubles they tried and saw before 14. and the heaviness of metals broke their backs 15. at night time they slept and Alexander had a dream 16. weird it was and Alexander could not explain 17. he saw people like monks covering their heads 18. they were telling him to come down to them 19. because life is such an agony and wild 20. where no love remains and no soul 21. they asked him to come and see 22. the wonders of God that none did see 23. he then woke up with a fast heart beating 24. and spent the night awaken by the shock 25. in the morning he was still thinking 26. how to come down to people like this? 27. and who are they and where do they live? 28. he remembered then the word Ayvar 29. some where it was in the middle of Earth 30. should he turn back or head to the south 31. when suddenly a light arrived from heaven 32. and stroke down the earth and made glass 33. and when Alexander wanted to take the glass 34. the glass moved further away from him 35. and he kept moving after it with his men 36. until it disappeared before an old village 37. it was so old that like time forgot about it 38. and the fence barely stood up in face of winds 39. and the hero thought that God drove him here 40. amid the adversities he did not lose his faith 41. he went to the wooden great gate of the village 42. so huge that it counted the length of thirty men 43. and its width was the count of fifteen men 44. then he kocked on the gate by the knocker 45. so heavy was the knocker that it needed ten men 46. and they knocked several times but no answer 47. and they almost gave up hope for a living there 48. and when they moved away, the gate was opened 49. the gate opened as it was by itself without anyone 50. and no one showed up behind the gate but only dust 51. Alexander and his one hundred men got in slowly 52. and wandered around between old houses without doors 53. so old they were like if time forgot about them long ago 54. until they reached a hill where a plain extended behind it 55. and from above the hill and they looked upon the plain 56. they saw lot of people work in their green fields 57. men and women with ancient clothes were working together 58. all of them were old, as old as the village they live in it 59. then Alexander decided to go down to them and talk to them 60. and so all men and women stopped working in the field 61. and they stared at him with his men in a strange way 62. then one old man with red garments approached to them 63. and after greeting them with peace, he asked them a question 64. about their identity and their origins and their story 65. Alexander agreed to tell him everything if he tell their story 66. and the old man started to tell about his people and the village 67. and he said: we are the branches of goodness of ancient times 68. we lived here for hundreds and hundreds of years before 69. we are the followers of a prophet whose people sinned 70. and we were protected by the walls of this ancient village 71. while the remaining of our people were turned into mutants 72. and we banished them there to a land called Zimúrá 73. Alexander's hair stood up like pikes when he heard of Zimúrá 74. because he tried it with his men and he knew the pains 75. and he told the old man his story from Caqobia 76. up to until he reached this strange village of the old people 77. the old man then shouted: you are the promised then! 78. Alexander was surprised for the answer and opened his eyes 79. and asked the old man about the other stories of the village 80. the old man continued the stories of this strange village 81. and he told him that this village is called Hoshea 82. and his name was Nertus, the elder of this village 83. no one rules them and all of them are equal 84. they plant together and eat together and trust each other 85. their graves in the homes to remember death always 86. and no doors to their houses because no thief exists 87. and one day their prophet long time ago foretold them 88. a yellowish warrior will come and save the village 89. from the beast of Tawyátá, the bird that eats humans 90. and in every year the bird eats a young man or woman 91. or eats what they plant for food or drink their waters 92. and only when one man and his faithful nobles come 93. they will save the village from the claws of this bird 94. and their names and numbers are mentioned in the books 95. the old books of the village of Hoshea 96. and the talk of Nertus the old was over 97. Alexander gathered with his nobles and discussed the matter 98. and asked the old Nertus for some help to find wood 99. but old Nertus denied to help with wood because it was sacred 100. because the trees have special memories of their fathers 101. and cannot be cut down by any costs or for any purpose 102. thus Alexander had to think of some other way of help 103. and from afar he noticed some sparkling in the horizon 104. and Alexander asked Nertus about the luster from afar 105. then Nertus answered that this is the great sea of Zús 106. where the world ends to this limit from the south 107. it is where the Tawyátá comes from and where it goes 108. and just then Alexander had an idea to do with his men 109. which required a great sacrifice of souls and courage 110. and he asked Nertus to prepare one hundred great straws 111. and to prepare a skin of a sheep and fill it with air 112. then he asked his men to take the straws and swords 113. while he wore the skin of the sheep and went with them 114. and he dropped himself in the sea of Zús with the skin 115. while his men went under the shallow water with the straws 116. and he poisoned the skin on his body with herbs known to him 117. so if the men did not catch the bird he would poison the bird 118. hours were spent and the men come up and down from the water 119. while Alexander remained on the top of water not moving 120. until the huge bird appeared from above, covering the sun 121. the bird showed up and Alexander stopped breathing 122. and the men under water held their swords and got ready 123. and the bird saw the body of Alexander on the water surface 124. it was but moments and the bird was attacking Alexander 125. it was ugly, with eight legs and fangs in the cusp with three tails 126. its sound was furious and shakes the heart of the bravest 127. and from the sky he fell down like an eagle on Alexander 128. and when he approached the water, the men stung him 129. while Alexander worked out with his dagger on the bird 130. the fight was fierce and the water tide was not easy 131. until the men gathered again and attacked as one man 132. and all of them planted the swords in the neck of the bird 133. while Alexander moved his dagger all over his stomach 134. and the bird was finally dead and the village is safe 135. then the old people of the village made a celebration 136. and made new garments for Alexander and his men 137. and Nertus invited Alexander to live among them now 138. since no army is left for him and not much weapons 139. but Alexander asked for the opinion of his nobles 140. and his nobles desired to stay in this village 141. to be among their good old people so they may do good 142. but Alexander decided that he should leave them here 143. and go along his journey, to the middle of the Earth 144. in the place where the Ayvars could be living there |