Rahan. Episode Ninety-One. By Roger Lecureux. The last massacre! A Puke (TM) Comic.

Index:
https://rumble.com/v3486cm-rahan-index-of-episodes-by-roger-lecureux..html

Source of Rahan Comics:
Philippe Ropers.
https://vk.com/topic-203785966_47424128

Rahan.

Episode Ninety-One.

By Roger Lecureux, drawn by Andre Cheret.

The last massacre!

The son of Crao, rushing towards the river, suddenly stumbled against the obstacle hidden from him by the tall grass.
Oh! Rahan has disturbed your sleep, “Skin of Wood!”

He was preparing to stand up.
But.
Well?
Are you blind?
This is the first time that a "Wood skin" is not looking for anything from Rahan!

The large saurian, strangely indolent, let him walk away without reacting.
Hum! Maybe he ate too many of those dead fish!

Belly up, countless fish floated on the surface.
He barely had time to be surprised.
You will not escape us!

Page Two.

If Hurak and yours continue to poison the river.
We will ship him to the "Realm of Shadows"!

I am Rahan, the son of Crao!
And Rahan does not understand your words!
You Lie! You Lie!
Rahan did not use his weapon against “Those who Walk upright.” And so he was quickly mastered.

The anger of these men was such that they did not want to hear any explanation.
Yours are killing too many fish!
And the river can no longer feed our clan!

We grant you the night to meditate on the crimes of “Those above”!
But, if at dawn these waves still carry dead fish you will be thrown to the "Wooden skins."

Night came, only the chief remained, sadly prostrate before the river.
Rahan does not know anything about "Those above", brother!
You lie to save your life! You are as deceitful as your sorcerer Hurak!

Under the moon, dead fish of all sizes passed by, again and again.
Rahan will never convince him that he had nothing to do with this massacre!
Page Three.

But Rahan will not end up in the belly of the “Wood skins”! He must escape!
An idea came to him.
An idea which, if it failed, would definitively condemn him!

You are right, it was Hurak who sent me as an envoy to your territory.
Well, You finally confess!

And for what purpose did Hurak send you?
He. He wanted. Uh. He wanted.
Attention! If Rahan misses, he is lost!

The son of fierce ages had thrown his legs out for a relentless hold.
Ra-ha-ha!

But nothing was over yet!

You have Rahan's cutlass.
Take it gently and deliver Rahan. Be careful!
Argh!

Page Four.

Gently. Gently.
At the slightest false movement Rahan will strangle you!
The man had to contort himself to cut the bonds.

An instant later.
Rahan would not have stolen your life!
But you forced him to use trickery to save his own!
Be dammed!

Alert, alert!
“Hair of Fire” will escape!

Rahan could have died because of “Those above!”
He must know these who kill fish!

Until dawn he went up along the river, which was punctuated by high waterfalls.

Clamors of joy reached him.

The cause of which he soon understood. Fishermen were busy among the dead fish being carried away by the current. Neglecting the small ones, they were only interested in the very largest.
Page Five.

Joy made these men welcoming.
Approach unknown brother!
Come fish with us! Look how easy fishing is thanks to Hurak!

Every morning, when this season arrives, Hurak pours a drug into the river whose secret only he has! And the fish die like the leaves in the “Season of Yellow Leaves”!

Our clan just has to choose the biggest and prettiest!
And the others are lost forever.
For “Those above” as for “Those below”!

To catch just one big fish, how many small ones do you destroy, which will no longer grow or reproduce!?
This is stupid!

Soon, if you continue this devastating fishing, all the fish will disappear, big and small!
What will become of your clan when these waters die!

We do not care about your advice! Do you know a way to catch big fish without killing the others?!
Rahan guessed that the one addressing him was Hurak-the-sorcerer.

Page Six.

Of course! Rahan will teach you several ways!
You will see!
Under intrigued looks he began to fashion a hook, as he had learned long ago.

But the demonstration of the son of Crao turned into a failure.
In fact, he only caught one fish of reasonable size.
So he tried to.

Fish with an assegai, then with a bow.
Again, despite his great skill, it was disappointing.

You only caught three fish while the clan needs ten times more every day!
Fortunately Hurak is here! Tomorrow he will fish in his own way!

Rahan meditated for a long time.
How to prevent this massacre, which, sooner or later, would endanger both clans?
How to catch a lot of big fish, while sparing the small ones?

A net, he thought, would take too long to weave!
But suddenly!
Rahan must find it.

Page Seven.

He was going to be busy until the evening.
What strange trap is he preparing?
This beverage will prevent him from challenging the authority of Hurak!
But the others should not know anything about it!

Invited to partake of food with the clan, the son of Crao guarded his secret.
You will see! Tomorrow, Rahan will surprise you.
Of. Of.

What is going on, Hurak?
“Fire hair” has abused his strength. He is worn out. Let him sleep in peace!

Devastated by Hurak's mysterious drug, Rahan did not sleep in peace!
He had terrible nightmares, seeing himself swimming in poisonous waters.

Harassed by all the fish returning from the "Kingdom-of-Shadows", who took revenge on him for the cruelty of "Those-Who-Walk-Upright."

When he finally awoke with aching head and heavy limbs, the fishermen were singing in the distance.
Rahan must. To prevent. Hurak. To poison the river once again!

Page Eight.

Upstream, he saw the sorcerer carrying a large jar.
No Hurak! Do not do this!
Rahan knows a better way to fish. Big fish!

Still under the influence of drugs, the son of Crao staggered.
He suddenly collapsed.
A better way to fish? Well, will you teach it in the “Kingdom of the shadows?”

Rahan's vision was getting blurry.
He made out, as if in a fog, Hurak brandishing his spear.

It was the instinct of self-preservation that controlled his muscles!
Ra-ha-ha!

When the vision returned, Hurak was suffocating in the middle of the bluish sheet of his poison which was spreading around him.
Rahan goes. Help you get out. Of. Oh!

It was too late. A victim of his own drug, the inanimate sorcerer was carried away by the current.
Rahan now understands why the "Skins of Wood" are not reacting!

Page Nine.

Countless fish were already dying on the surface.
May this stupid and unnecessary massacre be the last!

The fishermen were frozen in amazement when they saw, carried away by the swirls, the body of the sorcerer.

Under the large tree where, the day before, he had prepared his "Trap”, the son of Crao braced himself against a strong vine.
Come closer! Come closer! Help Rahan!

But the spectacle did not appease the anger of “Those from Below” who mounted an attack!
The good spirits have punished Hurak! It is up to us to punish others!

A moment later the leaders of the two clans faced each other, for a fight to the death!
Stop! “Those below” and “Those above” no longer have any reason to fight!

“Hair of Fire” Is not part of your clan?
We had never seen him! Maybe he is a good spirit?

Page Ten.

“Those of above” had never wanted anything from Rahan.
“Those of below” were not angry with him, since they were wrong about him.
Forgetting their quarrel, the leaders set off.
We are here, “Hair of fire.”

Pull, pull quickly.
A large bamboo platform quickly arose and emerged in a swirl.

And while the flood carried towards the ocean the corpse of the one who never cared to respect the river.

The “cage” imagined by Rahan rose, loaded with wriggling fish!
But only the biggest remained trapped

They will grow up and have babies!
If you fish like this, just enough to feed your clans.
The river will always be generous to you!

“Those-who-walk-upright” live from nature!
This is why, to ensure their future, they must respect it and never abuse its benefits!

“Those from below” and “those from above” felt, that day, allies of the same river.
They also agreed that fish had never tasted so good.
They swore, finally, to adopt the "Fishing of wisdom.”
All things which the son of fierce ages naturally rejoiced in.