Part 2(6)

By noon the whole empire was in effervescence. The messengers of His Majesty Batang V were wandering across the crowded streets of Ekule, Okala, and Okunde while reading aloud the imperial command.

Like all other inhabitants of the land, Babida the lumberjack grasped the imperial message, which was in line with his day plan, except there was a gratification on top of it: public acknowledgment and money. The logger wasn't a big fan of fame, however, he would have been silly to ignore the imperial financial incentive and increase his wealth.

He wore his wartime armor composed of two steel bracelets, silk trousers, a tusk necklace, and his herculean ax of one hundred centimeters long for a weight of around five kilograms. Then barefoot, he left his cabin and trekked to the center of Ekule where groups of courageous warriors who answered the call of His Majesty Batang V, were being formed.