Chapter 235

IGNATIUS GRIPPED MY WAIST WHEN we spotted it, leaning forward for a better look. Along the ridgeline, standing tall and proud, appeared to be a massive army of centaurs. From here, they looked real. Our army made sounds of approval before all gazes turned to the valley floor; would it work?

Another rumble of sound rolled out developing into the roar of hundreds of thousands of voices in unison.

'AHHH KA MATE, KA MATE, KA ORA, KA ORA.'

My jaw dropped and I twisted to look at Sian, who wore the same astonished expression. Hell! Does she know all the words?

Sian, head to the side while she listened, shook her head with a grin. Not exactly, she just substituted some Malay in there too.

It sounds really good!

'What is that?' demanded Ignatius, and all the soldiers around us listened with intent faces, nodding in approval at the harsh guttural way Kassie projected it.

'Err-,' I scrambled for a moment, trying to think of the definition of the haka. 'Oh! It's a war chant, from our realm