War

The drummers started beating their drums, each beating the drum at full strength and rhythmically with one another. The sound echoing throughout the plain, reaching the far ends of the world. The drums woke the armies, setting them in arrays and making them battle ready.

"On your feet, soldiers" shouted one of the commanders.

"The hordes of Hell is upon us, gird yourselves" said another commander.

The soldiers set themselves in arrays, armed to the teeth. Each holding his sword and shield. Some were holding Spears and shields. The Snakes marched up beside the armies.

"Bloody Mercenaries" said one of the soldiers.

"Heck, they are also here fighting for their lives, this is the end of everything" said Another soldier.

The Snakes were a fearful and dreaded mercenary private soldiers. They have been known for their cruelty and love of Gold. Their famous victory was against the Lairs, a group of deadly bandits that was ravaging The kingdom of Benin. The King then had hired the Snakes to utterly destroy the Lairs, the King has had enough of the Lairs destruction in his Kingdom. Those days, no other private mercenary army dare confronts the Lair. They were deadly army of bandits, terrorizing kingdoms and laying waste to Royal guards or any other Mercenaries been sent after them.

It came as a surprise when the Snakes showed up and accept the contract to terminate the Lairs. A few days later, there was a massacre at the forest where the Lairs had lodged planning their next attack. The noise and shouts of massacre could be heard in the nearby villages and settlements. The Snakes marched out of the forest, their leader, a fearsome woman, holding in her hands the head of the leader of the Lairs.

The story spread to the other Kingdoms, the desolation of the Lairs at the hands of a woman. It soon became a popular story and rumor among different armies.

Few years later, the Snakes are marching side by side with different armies of different Kingdoms. They marched forward, not fighting for gold or some piece of land, they marched forward fighting for their lives, for the armies of Hell has come to claim the land of the Living, bringing destruction upon everything. It is the end of all Life.

The beating of drums stopped, each commander on their Horses, each standing at the front their kingdoms armies. They could hear it, the sounds of their feet touching the ground, echoing to their ears. The armies of Hell marched upon them.

"Remind me again, how many are they?" a soldier asked his fellow soldier.

A day before, some scouts were sent to count and estimate the numbers of the invading armies, and when they returned, they went dumb. After series of threats from the commanders to spit out what they saw, they finally said it. "Uncountable... sir they are uncountable"

Silence fell in the tent the commanders had gathered to plan their attacks.

"There's no hope" muttered one of the commanders.

"We have to keep hope alive" said another commander.

"We just have to follow the detailed plan" said another commander.

"They were uncountable according to the scouts" answered a nearby soldier.

"This is a going to be a massacre" said one of the commanders on his horse.

As the armies of Hell marched forward, crows began to gather to feast on dead corpses.

"They can sense it, the Crows, they are gathering for the end of the miserable Humans" said Mammon to Satan.

The armies of Hell marched forward, the sound of their feet echoing throughout the Land. As soon as the armies of Hell were in range, the horns blew, the archers stretched their bows, releasing an innumerable number of Arrows flying towards the Invading armies of Hell. The sky was darken with arrows, it rained on the enemies hard. The Arrows worked, the ground was filled with the bodies of the Invading armies of Hell. But they were too many to be countable, the archers soon ran out of Arrows to shoot. The remaining armies of Hell kept marching forward, drawing more closer to the Armies of Humans. As soon as the archers ran out of Arrows to shoot, nothing could stop the invading armies now, they marched forward with full strength.

The commander of the Kingdom of the North looked back at his armies, unsure of the future that awaits them in the next few hours, he gave them an electrifying charge from his Horse. They gave a roaring shout, hitting their swords on their shields.

They stood their ground and there was a collision, swords moving, heads rolling, shouts of pain echoed out, flesh tearing, bodies began to drop, the ground was covered in blood, soon enough, blood began to flow downwards the ground.

The armies of the North fought valiantly, their commander was thrown down from his horse, and with his sword, he began aiming for the heads of the invading armies. "on me, forward, on me" the courageous commander shouted.

Both humans and armies of Hell began to fall on the battlefield, soon the armies of human were getting outnumbered, they were getting slaughtered on the battlefield. Then the horn was blown, the Kingdom of Oyo armies dashed forward along with the other Kingdoms armies, attacking the armies of Hell from the side.

For a few moments, hope was alive in the hearts of men. They all charged forward against the enemy, cutting them off from the middle. The armies of Hell were getting slaughtered now. The kingdom of Benin armies also began their own attack from the other side. For a while, all that could be heard were clanging of metals and shouts of pain. The ground had become slippery due to the too much blood flowing through the ground, the soil was soaked with blood of humans and the enemy.

"hiyah" the other private mercenary armies joined the battlefield, it was a bloody sight. The Armies of Hell was unstoppable, they were far too many to all be slaughtered. Soon, the humans were getting tired and weary. It now became a battle of survival and not for victory anymore.

The sun refused to shine, humans were dying out on the battlefield, all hope was lost.

"They will soon weary off and died soon" Satan said to Mammon.

Both Lord's of Hell were watching from their black Horse as the battle unfolds.

Humans fighting for their survival and none to defend them.

There was a noise in the sky, the sky parted and a ray of light shines through on the battlefield.

Both Satan and Mammon looked up at the strange wonder in the sky.

The sun shines in it's full strength on the battlefield.

"This is a sign, the gods are coming to fight for us" shouted the Oyo commander.

"keep on fighting, no retreat" shouted the Northern kingdom commander, now covered in blood. He barely finished the statement before his head rolled to the ground.

Mysterious beings begin to dropped from the sky and joined the battlefield. First was Sango, he dropped with full force, raining down thunderstrike on the armies of Hell, and with his thunder whip, long as the eyes could go, Sango began to kill the armies of Hell.

Then the sound of a flowing river echoed through the plains. The Yeye goddess of Osun arrived with full strength, using her waters to flood the armies of Hell, choking them from within and bursting them out.

The Armies of Hell begin to fall, bursting from inside out, others fell to the lightning whip of Sango.

Other powerful beings dropped from the sky, turning the tide around and fighting side by side with humans.

"Hmm" muttered Mammon, he rode his Horse down the battlefield, Satan riding by his side. The two Lord's of Hell charged towards Sango, using their weapons to clear off any humans on their way.

Sango throw his lightning whip at Mammon, Mammon grabbed the lightning whip, pulled Sango flying towards him, and Satan struck Sango hard in the air.

Sango fell down, surrounded by the two Lord's of Hell, when suddenly Satan was pulled off by a whirlwind, the whirlwind took him to the sky, and dropped him back with full force on the ground, Satan hit the ground so hard that the grounds shook. Orunmila had arrived, Satan stood up, he lost his balance, he fell to one knee.

Sango got up, he got ready to face Mammon, and Satan was charging against Orunmila.

"Ogun, you have to close the portal" Yeye Osun voice echoed in Ogun head.

Ogun grabbed his head with his hands, his eyes were closed, and he went into a trance.

Slowly the voice died down slowly in his head. Ogun opened his eyes, struggling for breath. Now he understood what must be done. He has to close the portal connecting Hell with the land of the Living, making sure the armies of Hell no longer leaves Hell to fight humans on the battlefield.