8. Arawa's growth

Several moons had passed; Seasons and years as well. The young princess, Arawa had grown rather fast. Now in her prime at sixteen. The people of Wuwa had also experienced a lot of changes in these fourteen years. A lot of new faces and children ran around giggling. Not to mention the teenage ones among them. Kuka himself now had three more children whom his wife, Orau had bore him. Two boys and a girl. She had come last and was just five. He no longer bothered about having a daughter. The gods had been merciful and granted him that peace of mind. The arsenal had also been successfully completed and every young man was mandated to join the training grounds from the age of ten. This time, Kuka was going to make sure that his men were ready and fierce. Not again would the people of Wuwa be taken unawares.

Of course,they had no access to the various iron instruments the barbarians used. In fact, they had no idea on how to make them, but Kuka did have other ideas. They extracted