“I think we should back the princess, she is our only hope at a better life. Remember how prosperous we all were under her father’s ruling? The Naga king never wanted anything from us, all he demanded was peace and we can have all that if she becomes the queen.” The Crab general said talking to his council.“The Naga clan is the most peaceful of all the species, but I heard and saw how mercilessly she killed those merpeople. The princess has changed, and we must expect that she might be exactly like the Mer king, then what?” one of his council members voiced his concerns. All of them saw the bodies of the merpeople and the sight wasn’t pretty.“How did you expect her to take back the throne? By talking to them? did you forget how the merpeople slaughtered the Naga people and the king? That girl lost everything at a very tender age and in the hands of the merpeople. She fled to the gods know where to save her life, did you expect her to come back and negotiate peacefully with the Mer k
The seers were the first to arrive at the slave camp when they got the message of the princess’s return, they always knew she was alive but were never shown where she was exactly until a few days ago and when the Naga’s arrived and told them about her return. They were more than willing to go and see for themselves and assist her in the way the god instructed them.“By the gods, I cannot believe it. You are here.” One seer said when they saw Nazima. They last saw her a year before the war between her kind and the Merpeople. “I am sure you do not remember us princess, but we are the seers, we advised your father when he was king, and we are here for you.” Nazima looked at the three women in front of her.“If you are advisors of kings then why are you not advising king Caleb?” she asked, when she escaped Caleb, she went to her people where she found Zane and he told her about the plan. Her people were happy to see her, but some were disappointed that she did not have the trident of king
“You really are a freak, you even have a demon, and you think the likes of you would lead our kind?” said one of the king’s guards, their appearance made Nazima and Zane feel anxious. They both knew that Nazima needed to merge with her demon now before it is too late. “If you want to keep your lives then hand him over,” Zane warned but the two guards sneered.They hated the Naga people and Zane was no different. They thought he was one of the males in the slave camp and saw no threat when they looked at him. When they found and captured Nazima, she was alone, and they did not think she came with someone. “You are a slave, and you know better than to talk to us like that. Or do you want us to teach you a lesson?” they asked but Nazima had no time to entertain them.Now that she was close to her demon, she could feel how he was slowly slipping away. She needed to merge with him, and she needed to do that now. Without thinking, she swung her snake tail and wrapped it around the Alligator
Caleb was restless after hearing what the guard said. “Everyone, leave us!” he commanded, and the other guards left in a hurry. They could not help but fear for their colleague’s life. When their king was like that it was wise to leave him alone, give him space to think and calm down but now that he asked their brother to stay behind. They could not help but send a prayer to the gods on his behalf.To accept his soul and forgive him for his sins for they believed that their king was going to kill him for the way he behaved earlier. “How can Roger do that? He knows how the king is like and he went and shouted at him all in the name of the monster?” his friends and colleagues could not understand how Roger could be so stupid.“Did you see how he looked? he was like someone who has seen a devil, I mean we have all seen the sea monsters and we all know how they behave. Why did Roger behave the way he did? Now he is going to lose his life over a useless monster.” One said, he could not wra
“That is not the point, since many of you have changed sides and have left us outnumbered. I will request a meeting with the Naga princess and make her see reason.” The king said but what he said shocked the generals, the Caleb they knew did not negotiate with anyone and now he wanted to negotiate with the Nagas?“My king, the Nagas are no match for us, even with the support of all those other clans they are still nothing compared to us. The Merpeople alone can take on the Nagas and win. Why must we negotiate?” asked general Fisher, negotiating with the Nagas was something he was not willing to do. All that was needed was for them to kill all those Nagas and get this over and done with.“If it were twelve years ago, I would have agreed with you general, but things have changed now. I was told that the Naga princess has a demon whom she has already merged with, making her the most powerful and dangerous being in the water. She also has the support of the seers.” General Fisher could no
No one saw what came next when the warriors attacked Nazima, one moment they were charging towards her while their king was still stunned by the change of events and the next moment the was only blood. The water was just stained with blood, no bones, no body, nothing. Just blood. Nazima glared at Caleb. “You will never change and the next time we meet, you better have my trident, or you will end up like your warriors, you have a day.” Nazima threatened then swam away in anger.Caleb only came back to his senses when Nazima was long gone. He charged to general Fisher and had him by the throat choking him. “Bloody bastard! Do you know what you have done?” questioned Caleb as he tightened the hold on the general’s neck. “You made us lose the only chance we had in ending this peacefully, what were you thinking!” Caleb roared in anger.He wanted to snap the general’s neck right there and then. The man was impulsive and now the Naga princess will never trust them again. All because general
Caleb did not think that was a bad idea as long as he gets to rule by her side. “I knew it! you were never happy under the king’s rule that is why now you want him to just give away his crown like that. What I do not understand is why you are here when you are clearly supporting the Naga woman.” general Fisher was livid as if this was his crown on the line.“The idea is not bad as long as the princess agrees that we rule together.” Caleb said and his words rendered general Fisher speechless. What did this woman have that made their king this way? He wondered looking at the king. First, he rescued her and killed his own king for her. now he wants to rule with her? the general just could not understand.“So, do we wait until she comes, or you will go and surrender by yourself.” The Crab general was enjoying this whole thing, seeing Caleb the ruthless looking so defeated was the best feeling ever. “She is still angry with us now; I think I will give her time to calm down. we do not want
It did not surprise Caleb to see the Crab general standing by Nazima’s side, judging from what he said earlier, it was clear that he wanted the Nagas to rule again. General Fisher appeared with his troops and stood by Caleb’s side together with the rest of the other clans who supported Caleb. The Mer king did not know who told them about this, but he was grateful not to be standing alone at this moment.The guard who saw Nazima kill his friend back then was standing at the back of the line shivering in fear. If he had somewhere to go, he would have fled just to avoid this battle. He knew that everyone there was going to die and there would be nothing left of them. “Princess Nazima of the Naga clan, I request an audience with you in private.” Asked Caleb hoping to get a second chance to propose his plan to the princess.He did not want this battle for it meant the end of his people. “I gave you all the time you needed, but you did nothing but plot against me. You will have no more time