Long ago during the age of giants, a kingdom was ruled by Emperor Fuki.
Emperor Fuki’s sister was Empress Jokwa. Empress Jokwa was a wonderful ruler and a powerful woman.
During Emperor Fuki’s rule there lived another giant called Kokai.
Kokai was taller than Empress Jokwa and he was entirely covered with hair and his face was black as iron. Kokai was also a wizard and he performed powerful magic easily.
After Emperor Fuki’s death Kokai wanted to rule the kingdom, but his plan did not succeed because Empress Jokwa ascended the throne and she ruled the kingdom very well.
So secretly Kokai planned a revolt against Empress Jokwa to remove her from the throne.
For this, Kokai went to the Water Devil and with the help of the water devil, Kokai unleashed a great flood to destroy the kingdom.
Once Empress Jokwa saw the plight of her subjects because of the flood she immediately knew that this was Kokai’s plan.
She declared war on Kokai.
To fight on the side of the Empress there were two young warriors - Hako and Eiko.
Empress Jokwa made Hako as the general of her army’s Front Forces. Hako was very happy that the Empress had chosen him and he picked up his strongest and longest lance and mounted a red horse and decided to go to battle.
That was when Hako was stopped.
Adapted from Japanese Folk Tales
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