Rahan. Episode Twenty. The Chief of Chiefs. by Roger Lecureux. A Puke (TM) Comic.

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Episode Twenty.

The Chief of Chiefs.

Intrigued by these curious beasts that jump on the large water lily leaves, the son of Crao did not hear the man approaching.

But, when the shadow of the brandished spear loomed near him.

He instinctively threw himself aside, into the reeds.
The Lance, missing its goal, burst the surface of the pond.
Shrafil!

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You have to be very cowardly to attack Rahan from behind!
And very afraid to hide behind a "tree skin"!

Why did you want to kill Rahan?
As the son of the fierce ages had unsheathed his knife, the man, indeed, sheltered himself with his shield of bark.

The chief of chiefs demands your death!
The leader of leaders?
Who is the chief of chiefs?
Behind his shield the man had slyly seized his ax.

This one suddenly flew towards Rahan, but followed the same path as the spear!
Rahan will make you answer his questions man!

Calmly unsheathing his ivory knife, the son of Crao walked towards this adversary whom he now knew to be unarmed.
Rahan does not kill "Those-who-walk-upright"!
But when some deserve it.

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He treats them like this!
The assault was so fast and so precise that the man rolled on the ground before he heard those words!

He found himself on his stomach, paralyzed by the tree skin that Rahan was pressing him down with.
Who is the chief of chiefs?
Rahan wants to know!
Speak!

The man, nearly suffocating, told the son of Crao a very curious story.
He was part of a large horde that lived nearby.
We men are as numerous as these reeds.

And we all obey the "ChakChak".
The "Chief of Chiefs".
As soon as he learned that an enemy was prowling our territory, he ordered him killed.

And this "Enemy" is Rahan!
But this "ChakChak" must be strong and wise to command hunters as numerous as these reeds!
Rahan will be happy to meet him!

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Rahan would hold his tongue, if he knew the "ChakChak"!!
He is weaker than a woman, but more powerful than a wizard!

Rahan does not fear wizards!
He will see this "ChakChak"!!
As for you, go where you want.
But never attack Rahan from behind again!

Stunned by such magnanimity, the man watched the son of fierce ages disappear into the thicket.
The "Sun-Haired" enemy will be dead before the moon shines!

Shortly after, going up the hunter's trail, Rahan came in sight of a village such as he had never seen before.

Hundreds of huts were huddled around a gigantic tree.
On a fork of this tree stood a hut larger than the others.
That of the "ChakChak" no doubt!

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In the center of this village in an enclosure, stood three large bamboo cages.
In each roared a beast.
This spectacle astonished the son of Crao.

Who had never seen such a big village.
Never seen a hut in a tree, never seen cages!

Huddled in the vines, he dared not break cover, when.
I encountered "The Enemy"!
But he escaped me!! He said he would come here!!

The man Rahan had spared was now standing under the big tree.
A voice fell from the branches.
He who lets the enemy escape deserves death!

No! Don't call death on “Ba-Hok”, "ChakChak"! No! No!
The hunter recoiled in terror.

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Rahan saw him fall, and he lay motionless on the soil.
No weapon had hit him and yet the man was dead!

The chief of chiefs appeared at the front of his suspended hut.
Thus will perish all those who do not carry out the commands of the "ChakChak!"

This horde does not like its leader!
They are afraid of him, thought Rahan.
Indeed, all the hunters gazed fearfully at the great tree.

Rahan observed for a long time this tree, this strange enclosure, these cages with wild beasts.

The wailing rising from the copses tore him away from his thoughts.
He descended from his perch, slipping silently towards the bushes from which these moans rose.

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And discovered a young boy squatting near the hunter struck down by the "Chief of Chiefs".
Do not be afraid!
Rahan means you no harm!
Who are you?

I am Lyakk, Ba-Hok's brother.
I have to bury him far from the village, as is our custom!

Rahan felt the body.
Nowhere did he see a wound.
How did the "ChakChak" kill Ba-hok?

The "ChakChak" holds a magical power!
He calls death.
And death falls, all alone, on those who disobey him!

Lyakk spoke of the "Chief of Chiefs" with a look that betrayed his fear.
He never leaves his hut! He never participates in the hunt!

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But he demands the finest cuts of meat!
Our horde hates him, but dare not appoint another leader!
Because everyone fears that the "ChakChak" will call death against him.

If the 'Chief of Chiefs' knew that Lyakk spoke to the enemy, he would know the same fate as Ba-Hok!

He would call Lyakk under the big tree and death would descend upon Lyakk!
Oh! Attention!
Rahan heard the noises at the same time as did Lyakk.

He plunged behind the thickets just as hunters appeared.
These saw the foliage move.

Perhaps they believed in the presence of a beast because they rushed forward, with their spears held high.

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As the flint points dug dangerously into the copse, Rahan had to break cover.
Certainly, he could no longer flee!

The spears came to rest on his chest, on his back, and on his side.
The "ChakChak" will decide how the enemy should die!

The captive was led under the great tree of the chief of chiefs.
Who are you?
Why did you violate our hunting territory?
I am Rahan, son of Crao.

And Rahan is the friend of all "Those-who-walk-upright"!
He thinks he has the right to visit all territories!

All territories!?
So, we'll send you to an endless territory: “The Territory of Shadows!!"

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A moment later Rahan was thrown into the vast enclosure.
As he had been left with his knife, he understood that the "ChakChak” intended to entertain himself at his expense.

From the top of his tree, indeed, the Chief of Chiefs, issued orders.
He invited the horde to witness the death of the enemy.

The enclosure bristled with people.
The looks of these men proved that they condemned the torture of the captive.
But they dare not disobey the "ChakChak"!!

Before joining the "Territory of Shadows", Rahan will show them how "Those-who-walk-upright" must fight!!

They had just opened the three cages.
Three big cats sprang out of them at the same time.
A lion, a panther, and a puma.

Rahan could defeat them one by one.
But against the three at the same time, he is lost!!

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Alone in the middle of the enclosure, the son of Crao was an unexpected prey for the beasts.
Mixing their roars, they rushed forward.

With a prodigious leap, Rahan dodged this first attack, and.
Oh! Rahan has found it!
He knows how to isolate them!

The stupefied hunters saw the captive rush to a cage, pursued by the great lion.

A clamor arose, the man and the beast were in the cage!
Cutting through the vine, Rahan made the bamboo door fall!
Schlak!

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And while the frustrated panther and cougar growled outside the cage.
Rah-ha-ha!
Inside, Rahan confronted the lion in isolation!

A moment later, he lifted the door.
Your turn, "Baguae"! Rahan is waiting for you!!

The door fell behind the panther that had just leapt.
Schlak!
You have fallen into Rahan's trap!

The son of fierce ages dived.
The ivory blade disappeared into the side of the beast.
Ra-ha-ha!

Rahan's clamor of triumph answered the admiring clamor of the hunters massed on the enclosure.
In the big tree, the "ChakChak" growled in rage.

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Rahan could not repeat his ruse a third time.
The puma, abandoning him, had given itself another goal: to flee the enclosure!

Rahan does not have the claws of a wild beast!
To escape he must find something else, this vine perhaps?

Using the vine, he hoisted himself onto the cages.
The hunters who had freed the beasts had no time to raise their weapons.

Ra-ha-ha!
Plak!
And they were knocked to the bottom of the platform adjoining the enclosure!

Rahan did not join the shadow territory that "ChakChak” wanted to send him to!
The magic power of the "Chef of Chefs" cannot do anything against Rahan!

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The son of Crao defied the "Chief of Chiefs", who gave a treacherous smile.
Rahan is a Valorous Enemy!
The "ChakChak" would like to receive him in his hut!

The spears of the hunters had missed the puma, which had just jumped on the trunk of the big tree.
And climbed towards the mysterious hut.

And Rahan once again witnessed the incredible.
No arrow, no spear had struck the beast which fell on the ground!!

So? What is Rahan waiting for to visit the "ChakChak"?
Would Rahan be afraid??

The son of Crao hesitated.
What was he was worried about!?
This mysterious death of the puma troubled him.
But Rahan wants to know, he thought.

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Rahan arrives, “ChakChak!
Overcoming his fears slowly, very slowly, he began to climb the big tree.

A terrible silence now hung over the village.
Would not death, called by the "Chief of Chiefs", befall the daring one who challenged him?

Rahan reached the platform of logs on which the hut stood.
Objects were piled up there.
The offerings of the horde, no doubt.

He noticed the vine that ascended and was held by a spear.
The "ChakChak" must use it to hoist the offerings!
She will serve Rahan, if he has to flee!!

Enter Rahan!
I wanted to see more closely the face of the daring hunter that you are!
The chief of chiefs, with a strange smile invited the son of fierce ages to enter his hut.

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Other objects were arrayed in the shadows.
Those of my horde are very generous with me!
They offer me everything!

Necklaces.
Shells.
And reeds to make music.
The "Chief of Chiefs" was indeed playing with a fine reed.

Would you like to hear some music?
As the black eye of the reed rose up towards him, the son of Crao suddenly understood!

Rahan knows you can throw things with a reed!!
Fit!
He threw himself out of the hut, dodging the tiny thorn emitted from the blowgun!

He had grabbed the vine, but wouldn't have time to let himself slide to the ground. The "ChakChak" was aiming at him again!

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So he swung in the void to avoid the mysterious projectile.
This one buzzed past his ear like an insect.
Fit.

Infuriated, the cheat disappeared into his hut.
He went to put a "thing-that-kills" into his reed, thought Rahan!

Rahan, then, could have dropped to the ground.
But the son of Crao wanted to know everything!

He was catching his footing on the platform when the "ChakChak" reappeared, his blowgun at his lips.

Rahan rolled onto his side and this time he saw the thin thorn stuck in a trunk.
You are at Rahan's mercy, "ChakChak!"

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The chief of chiefs slipped a new thorn into his reed when Rahan appeared.
Your "Magic Power" is therefore inside that!

A kick knocked the earthen bowl out of the hut.
But the "ChakChak", escaping from his adversary.

Was already hanging from the vine.
He wanted to flee!
Rahan will help you get to the ground faster!!

The ivory blade cut down on the line.
Schton!

Argh! Argh!
And.
The whole dumbfounded horde saw the "Chief of Chiefs" fall into the void!!

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This fall should not have been fatal.
But, however, the "ChakChak" lay still under the big tree!

Rahan has saved us from “ChakChak”!
Rahan has killed the chief of chiefs!
Clamors greeted the son of Crao.

The "ChakChak" has killed himself, brothers! Come take a look!
Close to the body, Rahan pointed to the ground, where.

Countless thorns had spread.
He died the same way that he kills yours.
Struck down by his venom!

He had no magic power!
He could kill from a distance, cowardly ambush in his lair.
It is by projecting those poison-coated thorns!
With this!

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And that is how he brought fear to your village!
You will have to appoint another leader, brothers!

Not a "Chief of Chiefs".
But a simple and loyal, courageous and good leader for all of "Those-who-walk-upright"!

Symbol of terror, the big hut was destroyed the same day.
As was dismantled the enclosure where the "enemies" were sacrificed.

Rahan did not attend to this.
The clan had, as others had so often, wanted to adopt him.
But Rahan did not want to be linked to a clan, to a horde.

Because the son of Crao only wanted to be in one horde.
That of "Those-who-walk-upright", of men!
And it was in search of unknown brothers that he ran happily, his necklace of claws jumping on his chest, his ivory knife beating his hip.

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