The Conqueror Series

The Conqueror Rebirth 5

The Army General from Itoho arrived at Icho in the morning of the next day with the four thousand soldiers from Itoho and they headed towards the palace of Icho.

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Dike and Onwem had woken up to find out that the king of Icho had escaped with the Princess of Abiam. But they pretentiously welcomed the General. The general gave him a document with a letter from the King of Itoho, demanding that Dike sign it in respect to their agreement; to give him the princess of Abiam Kingdom after the war.

Dike tore the letter to pieces and beheaded the general at once. The battalion was about to react when they sighted the Sacred Tiger approaching in it's glory. The Tiger walked passed them and stood beside Onwem. Onwem smiled , cuddling the Beast.

The soldiers all went down to their kneels and bowed down their heads in respect.

Dike undressed the General at once and put on his armour on himself in front of the soldiers.

And said;

"From now on, i am your new master. You answer to me and to me alone. Is that clear!!!

" Yes commander!!! The battalion roared as their voice filled the air.

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In the forest where the king of Icho was resting with the princess, they heard the roar of the army and they became scared.

"The battalion has arrived in Icho. We must continue. We have to enter your father's camp before Dike set out to find us" the King of Icho sounded scared for the first time. They continue running.

Back to Icho, the Great Tiger roared and the battalion's courage went up as they lifted their weapons and praised the Sacred Tiger.

Onwem mounted on the Tiger and the Tiger roared the more, causing the great army to go mad with excitement and thirst for blood of their enemy.

"My King? Onwem called Dike.

My Queen? Dike replied.

" let me go after the king of Icho and his little lover and bring them back here"

Dike smiled, giving her the permission to go.

Onwem rode off and the army shouted with joy on the sight of the Great Tiger, tearing it's way into the forest in search of the King of Icho and the Princess of Abiam.

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Immediately Onwem set off to go after the King of Icho and the Princess of Abiam, Dike mobilized a hundred soldiers out of the four thousand soldiers from Itoho and they rode off to Itoho, galloping on their horses.

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The King of Itoho was shocked to see Dike riding into his palace in his General's armour. He knew at once that something had gone wrong. He immediately ordered the remaining two thousand five hundred soldiers to stand ready if Dike was to make any funny move on him.

Dike was riding in his glory, the ground seemed to give way for the great warrior ever lived. The soldiers were terrified at the sight of him. They had heard stories in the past and one of those stories was that Dike was born in the Sacred Shrine of Abiam. The same shrine the Sacred Tiger first appeared.

The soldiers lost confidence even though their King was urging them to throw spears at Dike. Their hands seemed to be freezing with fear as they trembled like scared little girls.

Dike was nearing the palace and the King couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was no longer Dike on the horse but the Sacred Tiger. The King of Itoho screamed in regret. He remembered what his priestesses warned him about the Sacred Tiger.

He had already involved himself in the war where the Sacred Tiger was involved. He had involved himself in the doom which had always been prophesied on Dike's head if he was to continue with Onwem. Now here the doom was before him.

The Two thousand five hundred soldiers laid down their swords as Dike dismounted from his horse, drew his dagger and walked majestically to the King of Itoho.

"You know why I'm here don't you?' Dike asked him.

" You are here to kill me, so what are you waiting for. You have already condemned yourself by involving the Sacred Tiger in your war. I made the same mistake but I'm paying the price now. So get on with it" the King of Itoho sounded.

"There is something you don't know you false King. I am Dike. I am the Sacred Tiger" Dike uttered and used the dagger to stab the King of Itoho on his chest, drew his sword at the same time and separated his head from his neck, picked the head up and raised it up for the whole soldiers to see. They went dead with silence.

"Put all the palace maids in chains, arrest all the palace priests and priestesses and off we match back to Icho for a great war with Abiam awaits us!!!"

There was a thunderous salute from the soldiers that made the very earth shook.

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In the forest, the King of Icho and the Princess of Abiam were seen running from Onwem as Onwem was ridding her Tiger behind them.