《Apeticus》


 Chapter 1: the ethical robbers

    In a seashore town called kenore, on the continent called swelos:


    It was a peaceful afternoon, just as it usually was, pecame from their boats, carrying fish to sell at the market, the girls chatted and the roads were noisy. But then, suddenly a man came running from the docks.


    " They''re here! They''re here! Jortfunn and his crew! Run for your lives!"


    At that instant, the town was rocked by a deadly silence. So silent that you literally could hear the whisper of the spirits.


    Then broke pandemonium.


    " The Vikings! They''re here!"


    "omg we are solo deead!"


    " You mean those dudes from the isles of jorlanger?!"


    " Why are they here?"This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    " It doesn''t matter, run for your lives!!!!"


    And in the blink of a moment, everyone had left, except for the man who said that. He secretly smiled. Then he laughed out loud(lol).


    "Hahahahaha! Now this town is free to loot! Now will you give me my payment sire?"


    " Good work spele. Now we can raze this village with zero casualties."


    From a shop docked far away, a booming sound was heard. A burly man came out and looked around. He then sneered.


    " But captain, isn''t our motto to rape, plunder and raze?"


    " No dude that is what pirates from the south do."


    " Oh. So we''re not pirates?"


    Two lads kept arguing in the boat.


    "No you idiots! We''re Vikings! The brave warriors of the north!"


    The boss smiled.


    "How long till the rest arrive"


    "About half an hour ,captain"


    "good. Don''t harm anyone. If you see a boy, invite him and if you see any female, remember to treat her with respect and absolutely do not ask her for her number or out for a drink."


    "Sure thing boss."


    Above them, hidden in a tree, stood two figures, observing them. The taller one looked at his comrade and smiling, he said


    " what ethical pirates. Don''t you think so too, Karm?"


    The other figure nodded in approval.


    " Well, their leader appears strong. We''ll fight him but spare his life"


    "Yes, we will." Said the other figure.


    " well, it''s showtime!"

 Chapter 2: the controversy

    In half an hour, about thirty or so ships had docked and each of them contained about Thierry warriors. What was peculiar was that all of them gathered in one weird wheel formation and stood silent, ready for orders.


    The leader was the Viking who had landed first. The boss, who was called jortf¨¹nn, stood in front and declared,


    " My men, today is the day that we face a large hurdle. We are a race of warriors and have come for conquest! We were forced out of our homes by the Heat God, but today is the day we relocate. Join me. For a new home!!!"


    """For a new home""


    "Wait a minute!"


    Suddenly, two figures jumped out of hiding. One was tall and burly and the other was short and skinny.They were both clad in black and had their faces covered. On the back of each one was a long sword. The two figures then looked at the crowd and the shorter one, who appeared to be the leader spoke up.


    " You must be confused as to who we are. Let us tell you. We are..."This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    " You''re ninjas right?"


    "............."


    The two were kind of shocked. But they soon regained their composure. Again they said,


    " Well you must be confused about us. Let us tell. We come from..."


    " We know. You guys are those secret agents from the shinyobie force or whatever. You know lads. The ones from the land called kokuaza."


    Jortf¨¹nn, who knew what they were, explained to his servants.


    The tall ninja apparently looked unhappy. He shouted,


    "Oy!!! How do you know what we are?! And more importantly, why ''shinyobie'',huh?! It''s shinobi! And that''s not our orga.."


    The tall one stopped. The short one had stopped him and shut him up.


    "Karm, shut up. One more word and I''ll turn you back into your hawk form."


    "Ok" squeaked karm.The short one then looked at the army and sighed. He said


    " Please excuse us for this. This child has much to learn. My name is Sarin¨­,by the way."


    Saying this, the small one did a sign and in a puff of smoke, he was gone.


    "Well, that was weird. Well then lads, onward!"


    " Onward!"


    And they kept marching. Suddenly, two arrows whizzed. One hit a tree above them, causing an ape and a hawkto fall down and transform into Sarin¨­ andKarm, both tied up with ice on both of them.


    The other went and landed in front of Jortf¨¹nn, forming a barricade of lava.


    " Um, I don''t know what you''re doing here but you should come in here legally, or else the King is gonna get pissed."


    Saying this was a small boy, about eight years old, riding on a white wolf.

 Chapter 3: My name is....

    The boy was small; about four and a half feet. He wore a sash. On his back was a quiver of arrows and in his hands was a bow, which had now shrunk into a watch. He looked to have wisdom way beyond his years, which was ignored by his high pitched voice.


    Boy: You shouldn''t enter illegally dude. The chieftain hates illegal immigrants. He says he is gonna erect a fortress to block senarkan people from entering. I don''t like the guy. You should probably heed my warning. You seem like really nice guys.*


    Everyone: ....


    Jortfunn:Who are you?


    Boy: Well, everyone says that. Well you''re not to blame cause you just met me and I randomly blocked you guys with an astra. Though my teacher told me not to use them but...Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Please, can yer be silent for a moment?" said lackey of jortfunn no. 1*"Yer too talkative. So whadda ya sayy boss? You wan''us ter gert him out? "


    .....


    "Boss?"


    "Such an intricate weapon, the likes of which I have never seen. "


    "Oh god, he on it agairn. Boss, please, stop it. Ye dun do this evry time''. Last time we got sturck jus'' cos'' yer wudn''t shut up about the trident which hit our ship."


    Meanwhile, the two black clothed people, Sarino and Karm, slowly thawed out. When no one was looking, they vanished in a puff of smoke.


    The boy was about to pursue them, but he let it slide and turned to the vikings.


    Jortfunn asked, "So young yet able to handle such weapons! Boy, who are you?"


    "I am a wanderer and a Rishi. I am the the disciple of Indra, god of charge, rain and king of the lower demigods. I am Aratvaka."


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