1. Sultana (Chapter 4 - Security)


    Date: 4/25/2017, Categories: Novels, Author: megalanthropus, Rating: 0, Source: LushStories

    Security and insecurity The serpents Men were the only targets. There were three of them, against the whole male population of the land. They were immune to swords, scimitars, cannonballs, ammunition of all sorts, and they were prescient in battle. They anticipated every attack a minute ahead of time. It was as though they were in tune with the army’s every thought. The Sultan and the Sultana and their battle council were using every tactic they had learned of. Every Arabian battle manual had been used. Indian, Chinese, Egyptian, Persian and Nubian battle manuals were consulted, and their battle formations and strategies were adapted to suit the needs of the hour. Nothing worked. They called them the serpent sisters. There was a small percentage of women in the army, but they were shown more leniency. Unless they repeatedly attacked the sisters, they were disarmed and spared. It appeared that the sisters wouldn’t harm women. Men were a different matter. Men suffered every indignity and every measure of brutal death when faced with the sisters. The sisters flicked their wrists and decapitated men. Their hatred for the male human beings was a marvel to watch, were it not so horrifying. One battalion had been body slammed by one of the sisters with disastrous results. Every single individual in the battalion had been either completely or partially crushed to a pulp like ripe grapes when crushed between the thumb and forefinger. Some had stayed alive with their organs and ...
    appendages having been crushed to a pulp, witnessing their own death in excruciating horror. Several soldiers had somehow launched attacks from towers and obelisks on the sisters, and had found themselves in the sudden vicinity of the multitude of serpents that adorned each sister’s head. The next moment they had simply been swallowed whole by these serpents, as if they never had existed. It was a magical if horrifying sight, to see a whole man swallowed by a tiny black serpent that was no larger than his penis. But it was common sight in these battles. *** Younos They had goat cheese, figs, olives, warm toasted wheat cakes, grilled lamb, a delicious cactus curry, and rare spices from Mesopotamia to flavor everything. They even had dates and imported lychees for dessert, along with a sweet wine that was reminiscent of their village. It was a feast fit for the royal family. Younos grinned viewing the feast, and wondered how much money his sister really made. Hypatia enjoyed having family with her, now that her dastardly husband had joined the realm of Hades. She had wondered whether he had been banished to most painful depths of Tartarus as recompense for a life ill lived. She wasn’t thinking of him now though. She tried to minimize how often she recalled her dastardly deceased husband. Why ruin a lovely meal thinking of beasts! She was instead simply enjoying the company of her brother. She actually enjoyed seeing her brother stuff his face. He was her little brother after all. She ...
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