‘Time is clearly not on our side. Mbada must be destroyed before he harms more people,’ he answered him.

‘Do you think you can stop him, Your Greatness?’ the distraught villager shot him with a question.

‘Little man; I have danced with death several times. I have bruised the heel of fate and I have brought demons to their knees! Mbada is no god. He may be powerful among men but he could never stand toe-to-toe with the god that is Brahmuhn.’ He stood up at once and Cheetah followed suit.

When they stepped outside the hut, they were met with chants and cheers from the villagers.

Brahmuhn was both impressed and shocked at how even though they were starved, the villagers still had the energy in them to chant his name so loudly. He waited for them to quiet down before he demanded their attention.

Brahmuhn said, ‘I understand that Chief Mbada has turned on his own people. I understand that the dog is willing to kill hi