thewarrior

the war was almost over before the battle had begun after all the fight was entered by the warrior he started swiftly to conquer all his foes his sword was short too short to deliver that death blow and so he merely knocked them out he stunned them long enought to reach the prize the box of jewels more riches treasures there than could imagine a poor warrior with short sword bladed blunt so as not to kill he stepped into the cave not sure why his heart so usually calm was so excited now and then he spied the Treasure Chest surrounded by those who carried sacks of greed inside there where they lay they all had died trying to fill pockets with the jewels each one had lost his heart unable to carry all of it away they each had turned to dust and bone the end of all called om he paused now certain of his quest he stabbed the sword inside the chest then looking down on half the blade it lay a long Green Obelisk of Jade he left the sword there where it lay inside a chest of fortune clearly won and left to lay he carried his Green Obelisk of Jade away as he passed the battlefield the men he stunned awakened one by one they saluted him aware that he and he alone had won the treasure gone for this one part of Green Jade Obelisk was worth more than all the jewels the warrior has left in treasure chest he entered to the place of torment where the government of his village sends there prisoners and he paid the Obelisk of Jade of Green to the Court for all the prisoners release where there the Judge bowed down to him before the warrior could leave returned the Obelisk to him his Jade his Green his need as the Judge cried out in anguish release the prisoners the cost will now be free to this day in village square there is the Obelisk of Jaded Green placed near the stone to mark the grave where lays the bones of the warrior gone home there is a smaller marker near where he lays it simply says "All Prisoners Released".