Tides of Mana by Matt Larkin

Author:Matt Larkin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Incandescent Phoenix Books
Published: 2019-03-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHIEF TUA DIDN’T THROW them a luau. Or a feast. He did, however, have a large pig roasted. Kama choose not to take that as a veiled insult on account of the man probably not knowing who or what he was. And also on account of the pork being shitting delicious.

The chief did agree to trade some supplies for some tapa cloth they’d brought from Kaua‘i. Taken from old Haki’s villages, of course, but Tua didn’t need to hear the details about that.

As it turned out, one of the kupua women from across the Worldsea had come here, too. Pele, they called her, a flame kupua who was also challenging Poli‘ahu. A potential ally?

Sitting with his men by a bonfire, Kama wiped his greasy hands on his malo. “See, now we know Poli‘ahu is up on her mountain.”

“You still have no plan,” Ioane said.

“Sure I do. I climb the mountain. I solve the problem. I … uh … well, that’s the whole plan anyway. I mean other than coming back down the mountain.”

Ioane shook his head. “You sound like an idiot.”

“Sounds can be deceiving. Sometimes I even deceive myself. Once, I tricked myself into thinking I was stupid. Then I realized I was sleeping. So I farted.”

Two of the men chuckled. Kama decided then and there, those two were worthy of him learning their names. Only problem was, one of them had been with him for at least a year, and learning his name would mean admitting he hadn’t known it until now.

Some men might find that insulting.

Ioane leaned in close, saving Kamapua‘a the trouble. “This place has only a handful of warriors. We could storm in, take whatever we need, and deprive Poli‘ahu of her supporters in the process.”

Kamapua‘a grunted. “Nah. She might hear about it and be on her guard.”

“She’s going to be on guard anyway. Men from all across Sawaiki are trying to kill her! Drawing her down off the mountain will give you a better chance to overcome her.”

Well that made sense. On the other hand … “I saw you looking at that girl anyway,” Kama said to Ioane. “You want her, just go ask her. No need for slaughter and rape and shit. It’s rude.”

“Right. Like none of us have seen you massacre dozens of people and rape five women in one night.”

Oh. That wasn’t Kamapua‘a. That was the Boar God, and Kama had never much liked how he felt afterward. Like he had an eel in his gut.

Sometimes, if the Boar God got too angry, he couldn’t stop it from coming to the surface. That, and on full moons, the god was overpowering. But Kama had never told the others he couldn’t control himself.

Not even a wink would reassure men who heard their leader got possessed by a god from time to time.

Kamapua‘a cleared his throat. “Here’s what’s what. I don’t want you starting any raids or fights or shit while I’m gone. Set up in the valley, away from people, a nice camp out in the woods.

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