King Hintsa reflects that he was cautioned on fighting enraged, for rage has the capacity to stimulate the mind inducing it into an error of judgement and incarcerating its master into a prison of emotions. King Hintsa composes himself and fashions his mind devoid of emotions. He kneels down resembling a stance of surrender and casts off his shield to the ground, a gesture of a loss of hope. In this moment he reflects on the lessons that when he is winning he must deceive the enemy and appear as losing.

The army, observing the fight are demoralised. Captain Gunqu, Command Biscuit and Agent Mashmello come and kneel next to King Hintsa and they mutter to him in King Hintsa’s native language, “Apho utshaba khona nathi sitshaba nawe nkosi yam (We will follow you in death my king).”

King Hintsa’s shield of courage begins to descend and is swallowed by the ground. Fries smelling victory is so infatuated with his absolute power he wanted to relish every moment of anguish.

He jumps up to the top of a hill and shouts with a thunderous voice, “Observe the ultimate power of hate and order!”

Fries wants King Hintsa to strike him with his last reserve of energy. King Hintsa with the angel wings of purity makes a portal behind Fries. Fries laughs at him when suddenly a universal blast emerges out the portal and incinerates Fries on impact.

This blast was no ordinary blast. King Hintsa had learned that his blasts increased in attack potency the longer the distance they travelled. This is the same blast he first harnessed through his shield of courage, when Fries initially dodged it and it disappeared into a portal, he had sent it out in the outskirts of the universe, the blast had travelled twenty-five billion light years. With such a distance it had generated enough power to destroy Fries.

King Hintsa knew that such a blast would have devastating effects on the planet, without a doubt it would destroy the planet, so he had orchestrated a contingency plan for this eventuality. When he cast off the shield of courage, his plan was to use its power to protect the planet from being destroyed and keep the planet intact. All this happened according to King Hintsa’s plan, but the shield of courage could not protect the surface of the planet from being enveloped by the blast radius, King Hintsa realising this in haste created portals around the blast diverting it away from the planet.

With Fries defeated King Hintsa retrieves the love seeds and plantes them in the suspended waterfall islands were they begin to multiply in number. Darkness and hate are expelled, the scent of love replenished, the atmosphere restoring the radiant resplendent beauty of the planet. Fries becomes a martyr, the compulsory laws that required offerings is abolished, a truce between the two tribes is established and a new system of governance is adopted. This system grants four members from each tribe equal voting rights on issues affecting the planet. It operates on a transparent, accountable, fair and equitable basis. The kingdom of the Flour tribe is reinstated.

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