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The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 1:30am On Jun 01, 2018
PROLOGUE:

About many centuries ago, the small
inhabitants of the Small village of Tankute
had been known to live in peace and unity.
The Inhabitants of Tankute were made up
of two types of beings, the normal human
beings and the Cannibals alias the
Maneaters. The Cannibals were those who
never aged, they feed on fresh animal meat
though they also eat real food like humans
. The Territory of Tankute had always been
guided by the fine warriors of Tankute, The
Manhunters. The Manhunters are good set
of fighters whose members were always
trained from birth , every descendant of a
manhunters boy or girl automatically
becomes a Manhunter. The Manhunters
had fought against lot of villages who had
at one time or the other tried to wedge war
against us. With the Manhunters, the
inhabitants of Tankute felt safe and
secured. We continued to live in harmony
until about a century ago when the
cannibals suddenly became bad, they
wanted to rule us and thus started feeding
on the humans, those they didn’t want to
feed on , they bit them to also become
cannibals like them. The Manhunters took
to action immediately and fought gallantly
against the Man-eaters. The Cannibals
couldn’t be killed with just knives and
swords, they only die by fire. With the
gods being with the Manhunters, they were
soon able to send the cannibals out of
Tankute , into the jungle.
We continued to live in peace hoping it had
ended, but no, we were wrong. The real
problem started when the Manhunters
began to eat themselves, apparently, during
the fight, some Man-eaters might have
bitten some Manhunters and thus turning
them into Man-eaters . At first, those Man-
eaters behaved normal like they were still
normal humans, but on the long run, their
taste for flesh increased and they began to
kill the Manhunters or bit some to also
become Man-eaters. Seeing the advantage,
the Man-eaters that had been sent into the
jungle came back and started attacking us
while the Manhunters strived to protect us
against the Man-eaters from the Jungle and
against those among the Manhunters. That
was how it had been for about hundred
years ago till date, i existed since then till
now, I witnessed all that happened . Does
that ring a bell? I have existed for more
than 100 of centuries, only the Man-eaters
live for so long. My name is Shallom and I
am a peaceful cannibal among the
Manhunters.


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The Guardians Of Tankute
Episode: Episode 1
I was born into the family of Ewite, my dad
was a Manhunter a great and skillful fighter.
Since one of my parent happen to be a
Manhunter, then I must also be a Manhunter.
According to tradition, I must be ridden on a
horse to the sea side where I will be dedicated
to the gods of strength and wisdom, ” Gods of
our land, a new one has come, give her
strength to defend your great Tankute, I will
call her Shallom Ewite” My father would have
said. The Manhunters live in secret from the
indigene of Tankute, they have a settlement in
the village provided for them.
I was 24 years old when the fight between us
and the Man-eaters began, I was involved in
the fight and that was where I was bitten by
Kendo, a strong Man-eaters. That bite change
my life forever, I began to have the taste for
human flesh but for a while, I was able to
control myself. It wasn’t for too long , at a
point, I started sneaking to the bush to hunt
and eat raw animals , but the taste for flesh
won’t still go. I thought I was the only Man-
eaters among the Manhunters, but as years
went by, I knew I wasn’t when about 20 of us
didn’t age. I wasn’t the only Man-eaters but I
can say that I am among the good few, I only
eat animals and human feed, never human
flesh.
You might be surprised while the villagers
haven’t noticed us and killed us since we
didn’t age, we were considered as sacred
being, and we only come into the village with
masks to protect our sacredness, it is an
abomination to know who a manhunter is , a
manhunter is considered a masquerade, only
a manhunter knows a manhunter. As time
went on, my mates died and new Manhunters
came in, only the ones who were man- eaters
like me remained. Out of the new generation
of Manhunters was Wenakite, the only son of
Uddin who is dead now . it was like the gods
choose Wenakite to become a Manhunter,
because the day he was born, the thunder
stroke, the rain poured even if it was in the
heart of the dry season.
” Shallom Ewite, I know you are a Man-eater”
Mologwui told me one afternoon, i was
shocked, no manhunter has ever confronted
the fact that I am a Man-eater. Mologwu is a
Manhunter, though I lived before him, but now
he is about 95 years. ” Since I was born, I
have never seen you aged, you were before
me and you remained as you were before I
came” he told me, ” Yes. I won’t lie to you
Mologwu, I was bitten long ago ” I told him in
tears. ” Hmm, I know its not your choice to be
and I can see the good person in you, please
protect the Manhunters against your kind, I
smell blood flow very soon, fight for the
Manhunters” he told me, that was the last
time I heard Mologwu talk, he was dead the
next morning.
If I am to tell you all about the Manhunters, I
might not be done till eternity, I will only tell
you guys those I think you need to know for
this narration, all I tell you now apply to this
narration. The women among the Manhunters
can’t marry ordinary men, their husbands
must also be trained Manhunters, reason
being that the wife is not meant to be stronger
than her husband. The men on their own side
can marry who they want to, as a matter of
fact some men don’t even want to marry their
fellow Manhunters , that’s why I am still
unmarried or maybe that’s not the reason, I
am scared of the fact that I am a Man eater.
Wenakite grew up to be a strong great fighter
just like his father, not only was he strong, he
was also handsome and loyal. He took me as
a friend, he never knew I was a Man-eaters.
We fought together against enemies and
brought back victory to the village. ” Shallom,
I want to go see the king tomorrow” He told
me one evening as I sat outside his tent
eating roasted yam ( Remember I told you we
the Man-eaters also eat human feed). ” Why?”
I asked , ” The only time a manhunter go to
visit the king is if he wants to get married or
he wants to announce war” He told me, ” So
which who are you to do?” I asked him, ” I
want to get married” He told me, I dropped the
roasted yam. ” For real, have you seen a
woman?” I asked him, ” Yes, I saw a girl at
the stream two days ago” he said and I busted
into laughter, ” Just two days is not enough
to love a girl” I told him, ” Hmmm, its enough
for me” He said. ” And you, why are you not
married? ” he asked me, ” A manhunter has
not approached me yet” I told him .
So that was it, with that, Wenakite got married
to his beautiful maiden, I was happy for him.
Now at this time, the Maneaters among us
started to raise against the real humans
especially Wenakite, they say he was too
authoritative because he was the ” Warrior
lord” as we call it. Wenakite wasn’t
authoritative, he was only being loyal and
ready for duty. This got the Maneaters angry I
knew what will soon follow, they will kill him,
he is not the first, not the second, not the
third, a lot of Manhunters had been killed
before him, but it seems Wenakite is not just
an ordinary Manhunter, he was chosen by the
gods of strength and wisdom.
I made it up in my mind to defend wenakite
against the Man eaters among us, I will try
my best to protect him. By this time, his wife
was already pregnant, about a month
pregnant.
One evening, I was walking round our
settlement, when I happen to pass by the tent
of Chila and Karma, they are also man eaters,
the head of the Man eaters among us. ” So
tomorrow is the day Wenakite is going to
announce war at Zumga, how far have you
gone with the plan?” I heard Chila say to his
twin brother Karma, ” Yes, I have already
mobilized the boys, they will attack him on the
way” Karma said and they laughed, ” Warrior
lord my foot” Karma added, ” Those that came
before him have gone” Chila said and they
laughed again. On hearing that, I ran off to
Wenakite’s tent, but only to find out that he
has gone to see his wife. I took my horse and
made to go look for him in the village where
his wife is, I wore my mask and took along
my sword as I climbed on my beautiful black
horse. I rode out of our settlement into the
jungle, we live after the jungle. ” faster” I
shouted to my house and like it heard me, it
increased it pace. It rode until we got to the
middle of the jungle when I thought I heard
footsteps. The jungle belongs to the Man
eaters, that was their new settlement after we
sent them out of Tankute, ” Slow down” I said
to my horse as I climbed down from it so as
to look for stones, with the stones I will make
fire to keep the Man eaters away. I got two
stones and turned back to face my horse, it
was dead, it laid down dead on the ground as
blood gushed out of it’s neck, it had been
killed by a Man eater. ” No” I cried to myself
as I ran towards my horse, ” No!!” I shouted
in anger and drew out my sword. ” Shallom” I
heard someone call from behind, I turned
sharply to face whosoever, it was a man, he
had blood stains on his mouth, a Man eater. I
recognized him at once as Kendo, the Man
eater who had bitten me long ago, ” You
again?” I asked as I made to strike the stones”
You want to strike the stone, are you
forgetting something here, you are also a Man
eater, so dear, we both die” he reminded me.

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Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 1:39am On Jun 01, 2018
THE GUARDIANS OF TANKUTE
EPISODE 2
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He was right, I was also a Man-eater and if I strike the fire, It might mistakenly touch me causing me to melt. Yeah, that’s how we die, when the fire touches you, you automatically Melt away, that’s how a Man eater is killed. ” What do you want ?” I asked him dropping the stones, ” Shallom Ewite, I wonder why you are like this” he said laughing, ” you are one of us, why don’t you come in with us, why do you prefer to be with the Manhunters? ” he asked, ” Because I want to save life and not take it, because I am good and not evil as you
and your folks are, because I love to be human and not a cannibal ” I shouted, ” Hmm, only if you realize it’s a good thing having the ability to live till eternity ” he said , I shook my head in disagreement, ” I prefer to be human” I said and immediately turned back to go, I remembered I had Wenakite to save. ” why do you so much care about him, Wenakite? ” he asked me, I turned to face him , I was shocked. ” You are going to the village to inform him not to journey to Zumga city, you want to protect him against your kind, Chila and Karma” he told me, now I was now scared. ” How do you know that?” I asked him, ” Hmmm, that why we are man eaters, we are different from humans in all dimension, we have the ability to read minds and know human thought, you haven’t discovered that dimension in yourself” he laughed, ” How can I do that?” I asked him, ” It’s not something you should learn, it’s in you” he concluded and turned backing me, he vanished into the darkness of the night. I also turned, took one last , long stare at my dead horse and ran off into the woods, I ran as my legs could take me, I fell lot of times but will always roll up and continue with my journey. Most times I would turn back sharply and draw out my sword ready for a fight, I thought I heard footsteps. At long last, I got to the village, it was as silent as a graveyard, it was the darkest hour before dawn and obviously the villagers were still busy enjoying their peaceful sleep. I continued with my running towards Wenakite’s wife house, I have been there just once and that was when the king came to bless them as man and wife, all the Manhunters were present there but the villagers were not, its an abomination seeing a Manhunter as Wenakite wouldn’t be wearing his Mask on the day his wife was to be handed over to him by the king, only the king has the right to know who a manhunter is, and of course their partners.
I didn’t find it easy locating his wife’s house but I finally did. I looked around and there was no sign of his white horse, he never went anywhere without Lulu his horse. ” What do I do now?” I asked myself standing arm akimbo in front of the small hut. No one opens the door for a stranger in the middle of the night, only cannibals come to the village at night , that was their belief, or were they right, am actually a Cannibal.
I turned around and that was when my eyes caught the small wooden window on the hut, it was opened.. ” Perfect” I breathed looking around to make sure no one was in sight. I moved a little bit backwards did a jump to grab the window which was not very high. I lifted myself and squeezed myself through it, I landed down the room with a loud thud. I got up and saw something coming towards my neck, I bent down swiftly and did a forward roll. It was Wenakite’s wife, she had attacked me with a cutlass but I was fast enough to weave it. ” I come in peace” I told her calmly, ” No cannibals comes in peace” She said, ” Am not a cannibal, I am a manhunter” I said, ” Only the Cannibals move in the darkness of the night” she said pointing the cutlass at me, I took a good look at her, she was beautiful like Wenakite would always say, I also noticed her protruding stomach. ” Because what I hold is like fire, it must be dropped soon enough. where is your husband? ” I asked her, ” He left not long ago, he said he is going to the village of Zumga ” She said, she was probably now feeling a bit comfortable. ” No, it can’t be” I shouted as I walked towards the door, ” What is it?” She asked me, ” Wenakite is in danger” I answered as I stormed out the door, ” Wait” she said but I had already ran off, towards the city of Zumga, it was then I discovered a new dimension of myself, I never got tired running, that means the Cannibals never gets tired. I ran into the bush, I couldn’t imagine my speed, I seem to be running faster than I could imagine, I was getting into another dimension. I was still with my mask, was in my fighting garment, the Manhunters garment. I didn’t fall this time as I ran, I would occasionally jump over fallen trees, climb small hills and continued to run. I could soon hear the tack, tack sound of a horse, it should certainly be Wenakite’s. ” Wenakite!!!” I shouted at the top of my voice as I continued to run but got no reply. ” Wena….” I was about shouting again when someone jumped on me from nowhere, ” Who are you to come rescue him?” He asked me as he pushed me to the ground, I did a back roll and regained my balance. ” Who are you to kill him?” I asked the boy, he was a fine looking young man, he is not among the Manhunters, Chila and Karma obviously did a good job hiring humans to do their dirty job for them. He was human, how did I know? The moment he pushed me, I felt the urge for human flesh. ” Leave now in peace if you want peace” he commanded, ” I detest peace” I told him, ” He has been sent to bring war to us, the indigene of Zumga” He told me, ” That’s not why you want him dead, you have been sent by Karma and Chila” I told him, ” Any how you see it, he must die” He said, ” I have come to prevent that” I told him, ” Then be ready to die” He said moving towards me, the urge for flesh was now increasing greatly inside me, I ran towards him and jumped on him taking him by surprise, he tried kicking me away but I felt nothing , his kicks were weak. I placed my mouth by his neck , ” You look sweet” I whispered into his ears and almost immediately, cut off his ear with my teeth. He shouted in pain as he struggled to get free, ” Calm down son” I said and bit his neck open, he died immediately. I sat down beside his corps as I chewed his ear, ” Sweet” I laughed as I drank the blood gushing out his neck side. I held his head and with my sword separated it from the body, I placed my mouth underneath the head and drank the blood dripping down from it, I then bite off his eyes. I chewed it gently, at last my urge for flesh has been satisfied.
Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 1:42am On Jun 01, 2018
THE GUARDIANS OF TANKUTE
EPISODE 3
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I felt no remorse for what I have done, at least, I killed the enemy. I finished with his head and it was then I remembered I had Wenakite to save, I had totally forgotten. I cleaned up my mouth and continued with my run since I couldn't hear the, tack, tack sound of his horse any longer. Has they say, it's better not to try it than try it once, you might get addicted to it. My urge for flesh increased greatly, so as I ran, I prayed for flesh. " Wenakite!!" I shouted at the top of my voice as I ran towards the city of Zumga, I pray he is not dead by now.
I bent by the river bank holding the little baby, he happens to be so cute, very cute. I cried as I saw his mother lying dead by my side, " She couldn't even behold her son" I said to myself cleaning the blood stain around my mouth, she is Wenakite's wife. I stood up carrying the little boy with me, " Your existence brought about the death of your parent" I told the new baby, he only stretched and laughed, I smiled. Wenakite was also dead, he didn't die on his Journey to Zumga village, I had saved him that day, that was about 8 months ago. " Thank you" He told me as I lifted him up to his horse, he had been injured trying to fight against the guys sent by Karma and Chila. " How did you know I was ambushed? " he asked as we drove back to our settlement on his horse, " I overheard Chila and Karma talking about it" I told him calmly, " What!!! You mean they planned all these?" He asked, I nodded. " Are you sure of this Ewite? "He asked me, he preferred calling me by my father's name. " How else will I know you were going to be ambushed?" I asked him, " I don't know but ....." He paused, " They were the ones who planned this, believe me or not" I said cleaning the blood stain around my mouth. " Am sorry I never told you I was a Man-eater " I said, " Surprised, yes, angry, no" He laughed, " Have never seen a Man-eater fighting to save a Manhunter, you are a good type" he said. " Just look at the way you jumped on those two from no where" He laughed and held his side in pain, I also laughed. " Thank you for saving me Ewite " he said, " Shallom" I corrected, " I would prefer Ewite" He laughed and we drove back to the settlement.
I had thought Wenakite would be wise enough to keep all I had told him about Chila and Karma but no he didn't, immediately we got to the settlement, he jumped down from the horse and stormed into the tent of the deadly twins Chila and Karma. Minutes later, the Manhunters had all come out from their tents, they came to know the reason behind the noise disturbing the early hours of the morning. " Warrior lord, listen, we didn't send boys to kill you, how can we do that to our warrior lord?" Chila asked as they came out of the tent, " Wenakite, believe us" Karma added. " Hahaha" Wenakite laughed, " Of course, you won't admit you did it, maybe you can explain to me how Shallom heard you guys discussing about it" Wenakite said pointing at me. Chila and Karma stared at me in disbelief, their eyes was that of " You have just betrayed your kind" . " Have you suddenly gone deaf and dumb?" He asked them with anger in his eyes, the Manhunters could all now be heard murmuring. " Who plans thy death of thy warrior lord?" Ologwu, the son to late Mologwu asked no one in particular. " since you have nothing to say against this allegation, I as the warrior lord hereby pronounce the both of you not worthy to be among the Manhunters, leave this settlement at once, today you cease to be a Manhunter and an indigene of Tankute at large" Wenakite prnounced, he was the warrior lord, it was his duty. Chila took one last ugly stare at me as he held into his tent to get his belongings. " Wait, If I ever set my eye on you again, I will kill you" Wenakite concluded, " The warrior lord has spoken" Ologwu, the son of the late Mologwu shouted. To me, that was the worst decision Wenakite could take, he just took it anyways.
" Wenakite " I started that same morning, Chila and Karma had left us and I of course know where they are heading to, to Kendo , their head. " Speak Ewite " he said, I was afraid to remind him that it is " Shallom". " I think tiu took the wrong decision " I stammered, " Why?" He asked staring directly into my eyes, " Now that we have sent them away, how we know what they are planning against you, they can easily hurt you now" I told him and he bursted into laughter. " I thought of that before taking actions, I have sent Ologwu and three other fighters to go kill them on the way" he laughed, " What" I asked in shock, only if he knew they were Man-eaters. " Wenakite!!!" A guy in distress ran to us carrying a dead body, he was also a Manhunter. Behind him is another guy also carrying a body, Ologwu's body. " What happened?" Wenakite asked staring at the bodies, " Chila and Karma are Man eaters, they killed them" One of the guys shouted as he cried alongside, wenakite turned to me " Did you know about this? " he asked me in anger, " I never knew they were Man eaters" I lied staring at Ologwu's body and remembering his father. "How did the both of you survive?" Wenakite asked them, " They let us go telling us to come tell you the good news "the guy answered. " Bury them" Wenakite ordered, " I told you , you took the wrong decision" I said, " Depart from me Ewite" He ordered , I walked away slowly.
Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by sampz: 2:46pm On Jun 01, 2018
nice one following like.....
Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 1:39pm On Jun 02, 2018
THE GUARDIANS OF TANKUTE EPISODE 4 That was how Karma and Chila departed from our midst, I knew it wasnt over yet, Karma and Chila will surely come back for revenge one day. We didn’t have to wait longer, Chila and Karma soon came back, they didn’t attack Wenakite directly, they targeted his pregnant wife. They waited for her till she was nine month pregnant, apparently, they wanted to wipe out his whole generation, the unborn child, himself and his wife. As our culture and tradition put it, a man is meant to stay with his wife once she is up to 8 month pregnant. Wenakite has gone to perform his manly duty, to look after his wife. ” Take care of the warriors” he had told me before leaving, ” Take care of your wife” I told him patting his chest, ” Bye ” he shouted and rode off on his horse. • About a month later, when the warriors have started misbehaving and saying wenakite had taken longer than he should take with his wife, I decided to visit him. I rode on my new horse that fateful night, a new white horse which was given to me since I lost my former one. I got into the village at the darkest hour before dawn, without wasting time, I rode to Wenakite’s house. The door to the hut was open which was unusual for the villagers, they don’t open down their huts at that time of the night. I drew out my sword and advanced slowly into the hut, there was no one in it. ” What is he up to this time?” I asked myself looking round the room when my eyes caught the blood stain on the wall. ” They are in danger ” I shivered as I ran out and climbed on my horse not knowing what direction to run to. ” Wenakite!!!” I shouted as I patted my horse to ride towards the sea, maybe he went to dedicate his child, maybe he has given birth. I rode towards the sea and I could soon start to hear the clashing of swords, a fight was going on. I jumped down my horse and ran towards the spot, I could now see Wenakite on the floor, beside him was a baby and his dead wife. ” Wenakite” I called his name, he was still alive. ” Shallom, take care of my children, Karma and Chil…” Were his last words before passing away, he died. ” Wenakite!!” I shouted his name but all to no avail, he was dead. I stood up in tears and went towards his dead wife, I took the little baby boy beside her, he smiled at me. My tears dropped on his face and he even smiled the more, ” Evil child, your coming killed your parent” I laughed as I lifted him up to present him to the gods of strength, just then I heard another cry , I looked around and just beneath a tree was another baby, I walked towards him and it was then I discovered that Wenakite had twins. In Tankute, twins were thought to be evil, they are said to bring bad luck to anywhere they are, you must kill them once you see them. As a warrior and protector of Tankute, I knew I had to kill the twins but wenakite had asked me to protect his children. I looked at the two cute boys with tears in my eyes, they were cute. ” Don’t worry, I will protect you guys” I said to them, ” Karma and Chila must pay for what they have done” i told them like they could hear me. ” Today, I present you to the gods of strength and Wisdom, you to are Manhunters, one day you shall come back to protect your people and avenge the death of your parent, I know I have committed an abomination today by letting you two live, let the curse be on me” I shouted lifting them up towards the water. I dropped them on the ground and from a few leaves and sticks I could gather, I made a small basket. ” You belong to me, today I shall imprint on you, you shall never die” I said to one of them as I bit him on his chest, he automatically becomes a Man eater. I placed him in the basket and dropped him in the water, the water leads to the other village of Atata. I took the second and raised him up, ” I think you should be human” I said to him, he smiled again, strange child. I immediately disposed the body of wenakite and his wife, I don’t want the villagers to become shaken and scared of the Man eaters again. I dropped the baby on the ground and covered him up as I went towards where my horse was and climbed on it. I rode into the nearby bush where I could clearly see the baby. The day was now becoming bright, women will soon start coming towards the river to fetch water, they would usually come in the early hours of the morning when water is still very clean and pure. I could soon hear footstep approaching, someone was coming. I cleared the bushes in front of me to allow me have a clearer view of the baby and the one approaching. The woman was with a water pot, the day was still dark and I find difficulty in recognizing who she was. She approached the baby and stopped in shock, ” gods of Tankute” She cried as she bent behind the small baby , ” What a beautiful baby” She said lifting him up, ” Who would have done this?” She asked no one in particular. I soon recognized her, it was Chika, the village barren widow whom the villagers have tagged a witch. ” gods of our land, its true you answer prayer, I shall keep this child as my own henceforth to comfort myself for that I did not have, I shall call him Karma, for beside the sea I found him” She said and lifted the baby up towards the sea, ” Hmm, Karma, the name of his enemy” I thought to myself as I rode away on the horse smiling.
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Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 1:39pm On Jun 02, 2018
THE GUARDIANS OF TANKUTE EPISODE 4
That was how Karma and Chila departed from our midst, I knew it wasnt over yet, Karma and Chila will surely come back for revenge one day. We didn’t have to wait longer, Chila and Karma soon came back, they didn’t attack Wenakite directly, they targeted his pregnant wife. They waited for her till she was nine month pregnant, apparently, they wanted to wipe out his whole generation, the unborn child, himself and his wife. As our culture and tradition put it, a man is meant to stay with his wife once she is up to 8 month pregnant. Wenakite has gone to perform his manly duty, to look after his wife. ” Take care of the warriors” he had told me before leaving, ” Take care of your wife” I told him patting his chest, ” Bye ” he shouted and rode off on his horse. • About a month later, when the warriors have started misbehaving and saying wenakite had taken longer than he should take with his wife, I decided to visit him. I rode on my new horse that fateful night, a new white horse which was given to me since I lost my former one. I got into the village at the darkest hour before dawn, without wasting time, I rode to Wenakite’s house. The door to the hut was open which was unusual for the villagers, they don’t open down their huts at that time of the night. I drew out my sword and advanced slowly into the hut, there was no one in it. ” What is he up to this time?” I asked myself looking round the room when my eyes caught the blood stain on the wall. ” They are in danger ” I shivered as I ran out and climbed on my horse not knowing what direction to run to. ” Wenakite!!!” I shouted as I patted my horse to ride towards the sea, maybe he went to dedicate his child, maybe he has given birth. I rode towards the sea and I could soon start to hear the clashing of swords, a fight was going on. I jumped down my horse and ran towards the spot, I could now see Wenakite on the floor, beside him was a baby and his dead wife. ” Wenakite” I called his name, he was still alive. ” Shallom, take care of my children, Karma and Chil…” Were his last words before passing away, he died. ” Wenakite!!” I shouted his name but all to no avail, he was dead. I stood up in tears and went towards his dead wife, I took the little baby boy beside her, he smiled at me. My tears dropped on his face and he even smiled the more, ” Evil child, your coming killed your parent” I laughed as I lifted him up to present him to the gods of strength, just then I heard another cry , I looked around and just beneath a tree was another baby, I walked towards him and it was then I discovered that Wenakite had twins. In Tankute, twins were thought to be evil, they are said to bring bad luck to anywhere they are, you must kill them once you see them. As a warrior and protector of Tankute, I knew I had to kill the twins but wenakite had asked me to protect his children. I looked at the two cute boys with tears in my eyes, they were cute. ” Don’t worry, I will protect you guys” I said to them, ” Karma and Chila must pay for what they have done” i told them like they could hear me. ” Today, I present you to the gods of strength and Wisdom, you to are Manhunters, one day you shall come back to protect your people and avenge the death of your parent, I know I have committed an abomination today by letting you two live, let the curse be on me” I shouted lifting them up towards the water. I dropped them on the ground and from a few leaves and sticks I could gather, I made a small basket. ” You belong to me, today I shall imprint on you, you shall never die” I said to one of them as I bit him on his chest, he automatically becomes a Man eater. I placed him in the basket and dropped him in the water, the water leads to the other village of Atata. I took the second and raised him up, ” I think you should be human” I said to him, he smiled again, strange child. I immediately disposed the body of wenakite and his wife, I don’t want the villagers to become shaken and scared of the Man eaters again. I dropped the baby on the ground and covered him up as I went towards where my horse was and climbed on it. I rode into the nearby bush where I could clearly see the baby. The day was now becoming bright, women will soon start coming towards the river to fetch water, they would usually come in the early hours of the morning when water is still very clean and pure. I could soon hear footstep approaching, someone was coming. I cleared the bushes in front of me to allow me have a clearer view of the baby and the one approaching. The woman was with a water pot, the day was still dark and I find difficulty in recognizing who she was. She approached the baby and stopped in shock, ” gods of Tankute” She cried as she bent behind the small baby , ” What a beautiful baby” She said lifting him up, ” Who would have done this?” She asked no one in particular. I soon recognized her, it was Chika, the village barren widow whom the villagers have tagged a witch. ” gods of our land, its true you answer prayer, I shall keep this child as my own henceforth to comfort myself for that I did not have, I shall call him Karma, for beside the sea I found him” She said and lifted the baby up towards the sea, ” Hmm, Karma, the name of his enemy” I thought to myself as I rode away on the horse smiling.
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Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by devilmaycry1(m): 3:37pm On Jun 02, 2018
Nice 1
Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by Aaspot: 9:17pm On Jun 02, 2018
More episodes shall posted tomorrow
Re: The Guardians Of Tankute { The Manhunters} by devilmaycry1(m): 8:16pm On Jul 06, 2018
Aaspot:
More episodes shall posted tomorrow
where is it

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