GiỡHreng turned boring. He put his machete in the sheath he stopped. Saw
that GiỡTuKrong requested MaKlen, MaJong to fight AtauYangBul.
“Hey GiỡHreng! You did well. Now, take a rest and see others do. MaKlen
and MaJong ‘ll help you now. So that, all of us won’t be exhausted and all will
be fine” said GiỡTuKrong
MaKlen, MaJong dived the fight with AtauYangBul. They wrestled, kicked,
punched and burked. Their fight took continuously though many days had passed,
daytime and nighttime. Sometime AtauYangBul was up on the others and sometime
he was under them. The fight still continued.
AtauYangBul took out his machete which have copper handle and silvery
blade. He chased MaKlen, MaJong and swung his machete toward them. When AtauYangBul
swung to right, MaKlen, MaJong jumped to left. When AtauYangBul swung to left, MaKlen,
MaJong jumped to right. When AtauYangBul darted ahead, MaKlen, MaJong jumped backward…
AtauYangBul swung his machete thousands times but he couldn’t get them.
Then, his arm turned pained. He felt tired and bored. He dropped himself sitting
down, put the machete in the sheath.
“Come on AtauYangBul! Stand up and take your shield” said MaKlen, MaJong,
“We will attack and you shield”.
Yes, ancient men they fought like that.
AtauYangBul grabbed his shield
and shield. The shield spun as a pinwheel. It was glittering. MaKlen and MaJong,
each one had a machete on their hands, attacked AtauYangBul.
MaKlen, MaJong swung their machetes to right, AtauYangBul jumped to left.
They swung their machetes to left, AtauYangBul jumped to right. They darted
ahead, AtauYangBul jumped backward. Then, they bursted into others then
wrestled, punched, kicked and burked. But, MaKlen and MaJong, no one of them
could killed AtauYangBul. Days passed. Sometime, AtauYangBul was up on MaKlen
and MaJong and sometime MaKlen and MaJong were up on AtauYangBul. People
outside started feeling impatient.
“Hey MaKlen, MaJong! You both did well playing with AtauYangBul. Now, let
him there. Get out and take a rest. I will take care of him”, said GiỡTuKrong.
As soon as MaKlen, MaJong left, GiỡTuKrong bursted into AtauYangBul. They
wrestled, burked the other. it’s a fierce battle. Sometime, GiỡTuKrong was upon
AtauYangBul but sometime he was under. Then, GiỡTuKrong parted. He stood up.
“Hey AtauYangBul”, roared GiỡTuKrong, “ Stand up, take you machete and
attack me. I, GiỡTuKrong, though have no strength. Though my heart’s empty. I
have to fight you until this fight end, find out who is better, i or you”.
“Come on! You attack and I shield”, added GiỡTuKrong grabbing his shield
and started shielding. GiỡTuKrong moved and spun his shield very fast. The
shield now was glittering and covered his body close. It seemed there had no
gap for AtauYangBul to attack. AtauYangBul grabbed his machete then started
attacking but it seemed having no useful. When AtauYangBul swung the machete to
right, GiỡTuKrong jumped to left. When AtauYangBul swung to left, GiỡTuKrong
jumped to right. When AtauYangBul darted ahead, GiỡTuKrong jumbed backward and
when AtauYangBul darted backward , GiỡTuKrong jumbed to front. The thing
repeated again and again that made AtauYangBul felt tired about attacking. He
dropped his arm, put the machete into the sheath. He sat down and gasped.
“Stand up AtauYangBul!” shouted GiỡTuKrong, “I will attack you now. Try
to shield yourself”.
AtauYangBul grabbed his shield and
started shielding. He spun and moved the glitter shield around his body. While,
GiỡTuKrong got his polished machete and started to attack AtauYangBul. Though GiỡTuKrong
want to show others his strength, he couldn’t touch his machete on AtauYangBul.
AtauYangBul also shielded as good as he had done. When GiỡTuKrong swung to
left, AtauYangBul jumbed to right. When GiỡTuKrong swung to right, AtauYangBul
jumbed to left. When GiỡTuKrong darted ahead, AtauYangBul jumbed backward and
when GiỡTuKrong darted to the behind, AtauYangBul jumbed to his front. GiỡTuKrong
swung again and again that made AtauYangBul’s shield broken but AtauYangBul
fastly got another. Then GiỡTuKrong felt tired. He gave up and put his machete
into the sheath.
“AtauYangBul”, said GiỡTuKrong, “ I and you have fought for many days.
You couldn’t kill me and I only broke your shield. Now, we both do magic and
show people who’s better”.
“Show your flame”, added GiỡTuKrong, “ and let me see whether I can extinguish
it”.
AtauYangBul took his shield, did magic and then a flame came out from his
shield. The flame got bigger and bigger and until it was as big as a mountain,
it chased GiỡTuKrong. GiỡTuKrong ran but the flame was always after him. It
burned his back. At last, GiỡTuKrong stopped. He covered his body by the shield
and started muttering mantra. Water from his shield flushed out and extinguish
the flame. He stood up.
“AtauYangBul”, said GiỡTuKrong, “Get your shield and use it by all ways
you can. And I.. I will burn you by the way you’ve done”.
“Right, I will. If that is the thing you want, I will fight you until one
of us end”, said AtauYangBul.
The time the flame of GiỡTuKrong was as big as a mountain was the time AtauYangBul
found the way to hide himself. He ran to mountains, the flame ran to mountains.
He ran to sea, the flame ran to sea. It’s many days AtauYangBul found the way
to escape but he couldn’t. At last, he felt tired and stopped running. So that,
the flame caught him. It caught his loincloth and after few seconds, his loincloth
was burned.
GiỡTuKrong challenged AtauYangBul
again and so AtauYangBul did magic again. Dark clouds came, winds blowed then
it started raining. Water from sky poured down heavily. Daytime and nighttime
it seemed not to stop.
GiỡTuKrong trembled because of
cold. His body was wet and nearly fronzen. He forced himsef move, mutter
mantra. Winds started coming out from his shield. They blow straight up sky and
mashed all black clouds in sky. The shinning sun appeared. The forest turned
happy and birds started sang. GiỡTuKrong stood up proudly front AtauYangBul.
They dived into the other and wrestled.
***
Meanwhile, Giông was standing by his sons resting while others were
fighting to AtauYangBul. Giông asked people to stop then he flew straight to
sky where AtauYangBul was. His sons, LingNgoa and RơNung, followed after him. They
saw AtauYangBul was sitting on a cloud resting.
“Hey AtauYangBul! Missing your mother?” laughed Giông, “Don’t you know I,
Giông, come to kill you? This time I will deprive your life.”
Giông dived into AtauYangBul. They wrestled. LingNgoa and RơNung, though
they were still little, enthusiastically helped their father. The fight lasted
in many days.
From ground people were watching the fight. All of them admired Giông,
LingNgoa and RơNung. The noises matchetes bang on shields like thunders. The
gittering machetes made shining lines on sky as lightings.
Giông asked AtauYangBul to show his magics.
“You are like us spending moths to fight. We have fought sine my sons was
little, small like rats with red skin and soft bones. Now, they have grown up
the fight still don’t end. People have wasted so much time. We can’t waste
anymore time. Though you are the winner or we are, the fight have to end.”,
said Giông.
“Now, show us all you have and we will defend. If we can’t, we will admit
the defeat. The fight have to end. Do you understand me AtauYangBul?” added
Giông.
AtauYangBul
grabbed his shield. He dance. He muttered mantra. Then, a flame erupted from
the shield. The flame got bigger and bigger. The mountain-flame chased after
Giông, LingNgoa and RơNung, burned them.
Giông held his shield tightly. He danced with the shield, muttered
mantra. A stream sprayed out from the shield it’s strong enough to extinguish
the flame at one.
AtauYangBul started calling the rain. He danced again. He muttered. Black
clouds gathered in the sky above their head. After thunders, raindrops fell
down and turned heavily. Giông immediately called winds and after that they mashed
all blacks clouds in sky. It’s turned shining again.
The power of Giông made AtauYangBul surprised he did get no idea to kill
him.
“Where is your strength, AtauYangBul? Take it out”, said Giông, “ Though
I am weak, my heart’s empty, I’ ve never lost in fighting.”
“If it’s all you have. We will fight by martial arts. We will end this
fight so that we will have never fought again”, added Giông.
“We feel hungry Dad. We need back to our mothers”, said LingNgoa and
RơNung, “ When we are eaten, we will back with you”.
“Keep going on my soon”, said Giông, “ Be carefully and talk your mothers
wait us a bit more, we come back soon”.
LingNgoa and RơNung said goodbye their father then left. They flew
traight where their mothers were sitting.
DrangMai and BiaVai bursted into their sons. They hugged the children
tightly, caressed them.
“Do you see us and father fighting with AtauYangBul in the sky” said LingNgoa
and RơNung hapily while they were eating, “Father talked people waited him more
a bit he would come back soon.”
LingNgoa and RơNung said goodbye their mother they went back helping
their father.
“Dad, we’re back. We should end this fight to come back home. We and
people feel much impatient”.
Meanwhile, AtauYangBul was sittinng on a corner of sky. He was finding
the way for himsel escape. If he continued, he couldn’t fight against Giông.
But, if he wanted to run, he also couldn’t escape from the eyes of Giông and his
brothers. Suddenly, he turned angry. He ‘s angry with his brother, BokKiekLaDiaKlaKong,
who brought the trouble to him.
“Hey AtauYangBuL, it’s enough time for you to rest”, roared Giông, “Stand
up. We continue…”
Though his mind now seemed not want to fight more, AtauYangBul grabbed
his shield and machete. He attacked first while Giông defended. AtauYangBul
swung to left, Giông jumbed to right. AtauYangBul swung to right, Giông jumbed
to left. AtauYangBul darted ahead, Giông jumbed backward. AtauYangBul darted
backward, Giông jumb to front of him. Again and again no one knew how many
times AtauYangBul tried to kill Giông by his matchete but he couldn’t. His arms
turned impotent. He put the machete into the sheath, dropped himself sitting
down.
“Come on AtauYangBul”, said Giông, “Stand up, grab shield, protect
yourself. I will attack you now”.
AtauYangBul held the shield tightly. He spun and moved it around his body
that protected himself from Giông’s matchete. Though Giông had the matchete
which’s beggest and sharpest in the world, he also couldn’t kill AtauYangBul.
Giông swung to left, AtauYangBul jumbed to right. Giông swung to right, AtauYangBul
jumbed to left. Giông darted ahead, AtauYangBul jumbed backward. Giông darted
backward, AtauYangBul jumb to front of him.
At last, Giông’s machete reached on AtauYangBul’s neck and cut off his
head. The head felt down but it vanished before it reached ground. The head
appeared again on AtauYangBul’s neck. AtauYangBul continued fighting to Giông
as if that had nothing happened with his head.
LingNgoa and RơNung were always beside Giông. They helped him very much. They
chased and swung the knives to AtauYangBul as like their father. That made AtauYangBul
get more much to fight them.
“AtauYangBul”, said Giông, “shield yourself carefully. I come to kill
you. You have to die”.
AtauYangBul forced himself to danced, tried to shield himself.
“OMG!”, shouted Giông, “What are you doing, AtauYangBul? Look! I see your
legs. I see your ass, your back and all your body. If you do that you will die
soon”.
“Yeah, that’s all I can”, said AtauYangBul, “I don’t know how to do it
better. I don’t know how to shield myself carefullier. If you want, you can
kill me. I prefer to die than to fight with you”.
Giông took his machete, lather on it poison which made flesh rotten. He
chased after AtauYangBul, tried to cut his head. Giông swung to left, AtauYangBul
jumbed to right. Giông swung to right, AtauYangBul jumbed to left. Giông darted
ahead, AtauYangBul jumbed backward. Giông darted backward, AtauYangBul jumb to
front of him. At last, Giông’s machete reached on AtauYangBul’s neck and cut
off his head. The head fell down in sea and his body fell on ground then evaporated.
He couldn’t revive anymore. His soul was forced to come back his hometown the
darkest place in the world.
Giông, LingNgoa and RơNung came back in victory. They flew toward where
the others were waiting them. LingNgoa and RơNung hapily talked people what had
happened in the sky.
“Mom! Do you see us? Do you see our Dad? Do you see our strength, our
bravery? Dad is the best. He fight soo good. His strength’s great and he have
many powerful magics...”
There were laughs, the noises LingNgoa and RơNung talked about their
fight and others gave them praises. The story of them seemed not to end and
that brought them much happiness. But, there had a person who didn’t feel happy
that’s BiaBơlang. BiaBơlang kept silent she didn’t say anything. Her face
looked sad. She felt sorry for her brother who had died and would never have
revived again. BiaBơlang’s soo poor.
The fight had finished. People were going to go back their home. The
crowd of people went. They talked and laughed happily on the way.
BiaChăm, daughter of Giông and GiỡTuKrong walking beside MaKlen, MaJong
said:
“Uncle MaKlen, Uncle MaJong, you are elders and your are loved by all
people. Today, before we are back to our village, TuKrong Vong Krem, I want to
told you one thing”. BiaChăm stopped for a while then she said again:
“I and DamPhan are a couples that’s thing people know but others they met
in the fight and fell in love. They are beautiful and talented. My brother,
Giông and sister DrangMai and BiaVai are well-matched. But they still don’t do
a ceremony to tell yang about that. So
that, when we are back village, we shold hold a wedding for them. BiaSơngLong,
BiaSơdrăngMatAnar agreed to be wives of Brother GiỡHreng. Brother Giông had
promised that he would let sister BiaBơngBơh beautiful to be wife of Brother GiỡTuKrong.
And I, when I was fought with Sister BiaBơlang, I had promised to let her to be
wife of Brother GiỡTuKrong. If no one of people I have said deny, they could do
their wedding after they go back village”.
MaKlen, MaJong turned to girls, men then asked them. The beautiful girls
didn’t refuse and men also agreed. All people were happy, continueing on the
long way leading to their home.
THE
END
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