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Monsopiad said that in response, the women must then put on their best costumes, bear bamboo trays and give him a grand warrior's welcome, failing which he would kill them all. The women promised to do as Monsopiad wished if he succeeded.

Monsopiad's First killing

Monsopiad set out with the three boys early the next morning, in search of the robbers who had been victimising their village. He finally found them five weeks later and a blobby fight ensued. As he had promised, Monsopiad fought the leader of the robbers and beheaded him. Seeing their leader dead, the other robbers fled for their lives. The three boys, who had seen the battle, sped back to Kuai.

When the people of the village heard the bamboo trumpet, they were at first confused and frightened for they had not expected Monsopiad to succeed. The women who had mocked him were terrified for they had never before welcomed a warrior home and remembered Monsopiad's threat to kill them if they did not fulfill his promise.

Fortunately for them, a bobohizan (priestess) knew what they had to do and gave them instructions. The women, bearing bamboo trays and led by the bobohizan, then formed a procession and the entire village joined in. They began singing songs of victory as soon as Monsopiad entered the village.

The sight so inspired Monsopiad that he vowed to wipe out all enemies of his village.

His Death

As the years passed, Monsopiad continued relentlessly with his self-imposed mission and in time, no robber or evil warrior dared to enter Kuai. He had by then however, become an obsessed person who resorted to provoking other men into fighting him just so he would have an excuse to kill and behead them. This made the other villagers, including Monsopiad's close friends and the other warriors, wary and extremely afraid of him. But a group of brave warriors got together and decided that despite his heroic deeds, Monsopiad's uncontrollable desire to kill had made him a threat to the village.

The warriors made their move while Monsopiad was resting in his house one day. He put up a fierce fight but found that he no longer had the strength he possessed while fighting enemies of his village. Monsopiad realised too late that by abusing the special strength bestowed on him by the sacred bird, Bugang, he had gradually become a common man. Monsopiad lost his life that day but the villagers still held him dearly in their hearts for he was alter all, the man who had vanquished their enemies. He had, in all, collected the heads of 42 powerful warriors, a feat which no other man co本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。