The Dead Lands Page #3

I admit it!

I have a blackness that comes upon me...

...where even the God of War

would not venture.

I've done many bad things.

I told you...

...do not mistake me for a good man.

I am not the hero from the stories.

I am the monster.

You've done well so far, eh boy?

You're still alive.

I have failed.

Wirepa got away.

Well, you can give up...

...anyone can give up.

I didn't say I was giving up.

That's good.

I want repayment

for what happened to my son...

...and you are the only one who can get it.

Why do you stare at me?

What right do you have...

...to stare at me?

How dare you?

Sigh at me not!

I have something to show you.

There...

...see it?

There will be more flesh tonight.

Now we can settle up.

They will see it.

Fool!

You talk of fools?

Who set the ancestors

of this land against us?

And dragged us through it...

...with empty bellies!

He's a fool...

...but no need to kill him.

Why are we here?

You could not go on...

...so we took shelter.

It's defendable.

Are you ready to travel?

Fight him when you control the ground.

Back inside the fort!

Cowards!

It was glory you wanted.

Come then...

...and I will tell stories

about how brave you were.

Instead of hiding

behind a fence like cowards!

Look upon your son, Tane.

The weeping dwarf...

...who caused your tribe's suffering.

You are funny.

So brave, eh...

...behind a fence?

Behind my fence.

Glory...

...or death.

Either way...

...you'll make a handsome corpse, eh boy?

We will die here without water.

Be still.

It's only been a day.

Just one day, yes...

...but my mouth is filled with nothing but dust!

Mana is right.

We have no supplies.

You have put us in a trap.

Remember your place.

So it's our place...

...to die of thirst?

They have no food or water.

We have them.

Your quest for glory...

...where has it led us?

Into this trap...

...from which there is no escape!

We wither here until

the demon sees fit to consume us.

Settle down!

Come and look...

You are not your father.

Lord...

You are a fool!

There!

Let his blood sustain us.

Lord...

...look.

What did I tell you?

The ancestors of this place choose me.

I will make the boy's head...

...a match with his father's.

The gods smile on me...

...and I am like a son to them.

There!

My warriors...

...we leave!

There!

Cowards!

Come, boy...

...time to claim what's yours.

Come on, boy!

Stupid boy!

You're afraid, aren't you.

I am so glorious...

...that is what you're in awe of.

The monster's spirit

and these dead lands have possessed you.

So be it.

No mercy!

Come on, boy!

You're embarrassing me!

Put up a decent fight!

I am better than you...

...and now you know it.

Pick it up, demon...

...I will honour you with a good death.

Go!

Go to your father.

You are a fool to honour me.

Tell the dead...

...I am coming.

The demon is but a man, after all.

No!

Glorious...

...as your father before you.

You will pay for the slaughter of my family.

As it should be!

Your father will be proud...

...just as mine is proud of me.

Tell them how I met death.

Promise me!

And if I do...

...what then?

Your kin will seek repayment for your death.

They will tell of our glory...

...and remember us in stories.

You didn't have to kill them all!

How could I live with the dishonour...

...of my kin lying unburied?

I have given them glory.

Just as you will do when you kill me.

So it goes, then...

...around in circles.

When you think of me...

...you will remember how I spared you.

And that forever...

...you owe me a debt.

The debt lies with you...

...your father...

...and your tribe.

For all time.

Do you swear?

Swear.

Say it!

I swear.

On your honour...

...and that of your father.

I swear it.

Then the ancestors of this place...

...are my witness.

Stupid boy...

...let me die in peace.

I can see them, boy...

...my ancestors.

They reject me.

They banish me from the afterlife.

I have nowhere to go now.

You will be welcomed by my ancestors.

Do you hear me?

They will lead you into the afterlife.

And we will speak of you in stories.

Speak of your honour.

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