The Century Blade by Rob J. Hayes

Author:Rob J. Hayes [Hayes, Rob J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2021-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

The Seafolk god was a massive, pitiful man. He stood a good head and a half taller than Su An, with shoulders as broad as a buffalo, and arms and legs that bulged with muscle. Neither Su An, nor Tenzing, nor Konihashi had ever seen a man so big. The Seafolk god had hair the colour of straw, hanging languidly around his face, and a bushy beard caked in mud. His chest was bare and his trousers ripped. He eyed Nergui, fury resting behind his gaze, then raised his hands and dropped to his knees.

The language that sputtered from his lips was not one Su An had ever heard before, but then it did not surprise the hero that the Seafolk would have their own language.

Nergui pointed her golden glowing stick at the god, and he flinched. Su An was impressed, how could he not be? This Nash woman, the defender of the great herd, the woman with no name, had cowed a walking god with nothing but a stick. He approached slowly and asked the god whether it was true he was immortal. The Seafolk god only stared back with dull eyes. Nergui answered for him. She lashed out, her stick slicing a broad cut across the god's chest. The wound bled, but it was not deep, and as Su An watched, the wound healed.

Tenzing rushed forward, heedless of Nergui's cold fury, and brushed her golden stick aside. He fussed about the Seafolk god, prodding at the wound even as it closed. Then Tenzing turned and declared it a wondrous marvel. The goat bleated as if it agreed. Tenzing demanded the Seafolk god be spared and brought with them. For such a resource could not be discarded. The blood of mortals was powerful, but he grinned as he thought of all he might achieve with the blood of an immortal.

It was difficult to communicate their desires to the god, but Konihashi borrowed Nergui's stick, which stopped glowing golden the moment she let go of it, and drew pictures in the dirt. He drew Su An, himself, Tenzing, and Nergui--he missed out the goat--and he drew them battling against a dragon. And then, Konihashi added the Seafolk god into the picture he painted in dirt.

The Seafolk god watched the drawing take shape and nodded slowly. He gestured for the stick and then before him drew twin axes. A deal was struck then, between star crossed enemies, between mortals and gods. And Su An smiled upon his gathered heroes. His Abenjazu was complete. With a hero from each of the great empires, and an immortal god from across the sea--and a goat--they would finally face the dragons and slay them. It was time to save humanity from the wrath of Orochi.

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