U-Nick Mason uthenga inkululeko yakhe esivumelwaneni sangempela nodeveli.
Ijele lingaba yindawo enhle yokuthola ama-mercenaries ashibhile. Labo abangakwazi ukulahla okuhle kobulungiswa njengesifiso sokunqoba ngokusekelwe emalini nabameli abahle, banencwadi yangempela lapho bengathola khona izigebengu emsebenzini wabo ngenani lentengo.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emi-5 evalelwe, u-Nick Mason uthola ithuba lakhe lokushiya izindonga eziphakeme, izindlela eziyisicefe kanye nezingozi ezikhona ekubambisaneni phakathi kwababulali, izigebengu, amaqembu ezimbangi azo zonke izinhlobo kanye nababoshwa abanenduku elula.
Umhlaba okulindele muhle kakhulu. Ukunethezeka, imali kanye nokuphazamiseka okumbalwa kokuziphatha komuntu ongakaze azibuze inani lelo thuba.
Kodwa yebo, inkululeko yakhe nawo wonke lowo mhlaba we-tinsel weza ngentengo ephezulu. Kumkhululi wakhe, u-Nick uwupopayi nje ongawusebenzisela izinjongo zakhe ezimbi kakhulu.
UDarius Cole ukhethe ukuthi asebenzise uhlangothi olumnyama lwezinhlelo zakhe zobugebengu. Insizwa egcotshwe njengendoda yotshani, owayeyizisulu zokuthwala umufi uma kwenzeka izinhlelo zingahambi kahle.
Ukucatshangelwa ukuthi usezuze inkululeko yakhe yokuba ngumdlali oshayayo kuphakamisa ku-Nick ukungakhululeki okukhulayo phakathi kwempilo yakhe entsha ewubukhazikhazi.
Ubani obengacabanga ukuthi uNick Mason uzogcina ethole ukucwasa? UDariyu Cole wayengacabanga kanjani ukuthi lesi sigebengu esilula singagcina sidelele lonke uhlaka lwaso lobugebengu?
Kuyimpi yaseDantesque. UDavide elwa noGoliyati, umjaho ophithizelayo oya enkululekweni yeqiniso.
Ngoba ngezinye izikhathi umgwaqo, ngisho nephupho lokunethezeka, lingathwala ukulahlwa okubi kakhulu, lihlale lisebenzela ububi. U-Nick wayengazi ngezigaba eyedwa kakhulu yenkululeko yakhe ayitholile. Inkontileka yakho kuphela ayikwazi ukufunwa nganoma iyiphi indlela. U-Nick kuzodingeka abhekane nomkhululi wakhe ngokuqondile, athenge inkululeko yakhe yangempela ngentengo yegazi.
Ngesaphulelo esincane ngale bhulogi (esaziswa njalo), manje usungathenga inoveli Impilo yesibili kaNick Mason, incwadi entsha USteve Hamilton, lapha: