Ming turned to Joseph. "What is my assignment?"
"There is only one way, You two go to the Mountain of Demons!" Joseph said.
"Why must we go, Lord Joseph?" responded Wong.
Joseph replied, "Nay, it rests with thee alone: slay the King."
"And what will we get?" Ming asked.
Joseph answered, "May be rule over the mountain?
Ming objected, "Why do we have to kill my brother? He created a world and opened a gate. We know he's a King at the bone-refinement level!"
Joseph said simply, "Weakin' the sonofabitch and then kill it.
Ming accepted, and said, "I need help."
"How many do you want?" Joseph inquired.
Ming answered, "I want
Jojo and the rest from you."
"I'll give you four guys," Joseph said.
Ming agreed.
An hour after the rendezvous, four people turned up. They shook hands and told their names to each other: The first was Son, second Kman, third Shuan, and fourth Shin.
Joseph declared, "This is the team."
Their party that evening was marvellous. When it got dark, all the generals convened in a single place, with Jojo as well (because he was the most excellent among them in bone refinement). The three ministers came after the meeting.
And then there was the squad: the first was Ming and the second Ming saw was Wong, and after him came Son, who was followed by Kman, and then Shuan, and finally Shin.POST_BUYS2_Begi.ssaAnd the squad entered, led by Ming at the point, and the first one Ming saw was Wong and behind him was Son and Kman and Shuan and Shin in that order.
Then entered the Dæmonic Monarch, the lord of imps; Joseph.
The demon people began chanting Joseph's name. Joseph removed his royal diadem
… The voices sounded high, and he started to speak:
**"O great demon people! The King is over-reacting bitterly… but here endeth..."**
A devastating blow! O King, thinketh, knowest thou thyself who? A bird flying without wings and never grounded? Or a mighty hero?
By the heavens and earth! I am Joseph! I am the power! I am the glory! I am the supreme! I am the great! I am... then I am! So who are you, O King? You are a worthless cockroach!
"Every name on this job dies! Regard my brother, and preserve all that are his stop.
And my father fifty thousand years ago, when we were few, what did he do? He unleashed forces upon the Quarter of Perdition to kill the beasts! All for the greater good! Thanks to my father Louis! And since I govern in his place—since he lives in the Mountain of Saints! He left a millennium ago! And then, since I'm saying this to the rest...
O demons! Ming ascended and declared:
'Hail, demon people! I am Ming! I am not satisfied! You cast me down to hell, to the depths! I have lost all I loved — all gone! Only my brother remains! I'll go first: murder the King and become the King. His death will mean mercy for all under the earth or over it! Which of you delight to keep fro with this war?" You must heed my words! Did anyone understand?! '
A member of the audience shot back: 'How can we allow *humans* to lead this amazing mission?'
Ming roared: 'What of it?! You desire your own kind only to command the war?! O sightless fool! Do you have any idea what I did to one of the King's offspring?! '
The crowd chanted: 'What did you do?! '
'I butchered her brutally!'
When the news spread, the crowd on the whole cheered Ming's name!"
Then Joseph brought a singer who started in on a melancholy song:**
*"Don't you cry Little one, just look at the sky...
From a tender heart, gaze!" *
Ming looked up to the sky, he saw the moon, then he raised his middle finger in anger!
Ming relaxed a little then, but Joseph insisted on a war anthem. The singer began:
*"Lightning high! Smashing heights! Who dares defy?!
Crashing thunder! With truth, I shatter lies!
Like me—thunderous smasher! Thunderous smasher!
Thunderous smasher! Smash! THUNDER!" *
All went to bed after the performance was over. The following day, they traveled to the bona fide Mountain of Demons. Joseph halted them, declaring:
**"Other intelligence first—and change your faces!" **
Ming replied, *"I'll handle it. You'll witness shape-shifting mastery!" *
Jojo transformed into a youth. Ming chuckled: *"This will do nicely! *
"And give back my manfrone!" protested Jojo. *
Ming replied: "What do you do? We do the thing any way! "We are all working very hard to keep things hopeful and optimistic, but everyone must remember, this is temporary!" *
Over the course of the climb, Shin asked Wong:
*"Is your brother truly wise? Does he understand?" *
Wong replied: *"I have a strong brother. I remember the day our father was buried... He vowed vengeance! And his revenge became the most terrible deed! I used to think killing was the worst thing—then I found it… I enjoyed it. Killing isn't a thing … It's a means. "*
*"Use killing as a tool! Everything becomes simple!" *
Hearing this, Ming's chest swelled with pride — his brother was a fast learner!
Jojo began applauding: *"At last! Those words have solved the riddle of your 'Nonsense' title!" *
To be continued