Chapter 74

-A short time later-

"Oh father, you are back?" sitting in the Chieftain's residence was Maria and the group of women. The Chieftain knew that Maria would have visitors today, and so he just went along with the scene in front of him.

"Oh Chieftain, it looks like you are very excited about something!" one of the women cut in as she raised her glass of wine to signify her respects towards the leader of the village.

"Maria, although I gave you permission to have some of your friends over, I must ask you to excuse yourself and them so that I can start my preparations." the Chieftain still trying to remain courteous explained to the group of women.

"Chieftain, we will of course give you the privacy that you have asked for. But first, can we pour you a glass of wine as well? This wine was passed down for several generations of my husband's family and it would be an honor to have the Chieftain enjoy it along with us." the older woman in the room said as she pulled out an expensive bottle of wine.

In this moment, the look on Maria's face changed slightly, but her father was unable to see this sudden and minimal change in his daughter's face.

-Earlier that day-

"What do you mean that today is the day that we are to act against my father?" Maria cried out as Jacob was explaining the plan to all of the women in the chambers.

"Do not worry, your father will feel absolutely no pain when he drinks this bottle of wine. The only pain in which he will experience, is his power being taken away from him entirely!" Jacob laughing with a sinister tone in his voice told Maria as the rest of the women present laughed along with him.

"But.. But.." trying to think of a way to convince Jacob not to act the way he wanted to, caused Maria to stumble upon her words as she started to become silent. Not even having enough strength to face Leo in combat, what could she do against three executive leveled warriors?

"It seems that maybe we chose wrong." after a breath of time, Jacob signalled the two other executive level warriors in the chambers to grab hold of Maria's arms as he walked towards her.

"Do not worry about a thing, after placing this curse on your body, you will be unable to betray me until your father is completely finished. If you choose to act against us until that time, your body will become completely paralyzed and you will die shortly after!" Jacob shouted out as he started to chant the curse.

-Back to the present-

"Well, there is no point in wasting such a fine looking wine. I will of course take a glass out of respect for your husband and I hope that this will signify us building a closer relationship with one another." the Chieftain said as he accepted the glass full of wine.

"To our powerful leader who will bring a new golden age to the village and who will lead us on the path of domination!" raising their glasses, the women in the room all toasted among each other as the Chieftain started to drink the wine.

"Why thank you ladies, it is great to see that you all are referring to me as your new leader in such a dark ritualistic way." a voice called out in the dark corner of the room.

"And you ar-" suddenly before the Chieftain could finish his sentence, he started to puke out a mouthful of blood as he fell onto his knees in pain.

"No! Father!" trying to run to her father's aid, Maria was slapped downwards by one of the executive leveled warriors who were also present in the room. Feeling the sudden unexpected impact, Maria felt several bones in her body cracking.

"Oh do not be patient now, the fun is only just starting!" with a sinister laugh, Jacob finally showed himself in front of the Chieftain along with one of his personal guards.

With the Chieftain on the floor still trying to recompose himself, Jacob stood over him as if he was eyeing down a little fly with its wings broken.

In this moment, the Chieftain looked like he was a middle aged crippled man with very little life sprouting out from his body. It was almost to the point where those present could barely recognize him other than his face.

"You must be wondering what led us to this moment?" Jacob spoke as he continued watching the Chieftain struggle just to lift his head up. Although he was on a schedule and needed to act quickly, Jacob still wanted to torment the Chieftain.

"Your daughter has always felt overly sheltered as well as the other women in this room. Fortunately enough, my household was looking to expand our foundation since we recently ran into some trouble back in the city."

"It is amazing, the things you receive reports on when even a small village like this one has so many internal struggles. Sure, from the inside looking out, it does not appear this way. However, from the outside looking in, this village of yours looked like a fresh piece of meat just waiting to be devoured!"