text: "Dipé!" The army stood up in unison. "Dilo ni movimentae!" The deafening sound of thousands of soldiers set in motion shook the earth beneath their feet. The small garrison destined to defend the hill looked with horror as their enemy, who outnumbered them by a wide margin, left their camp and prepared to fight once more. Both factions had met in past occasions, and the hill was always successfully defended. This time, however, was different. As problems at home called, only a reduced number of troops led by their captain, Justanantiam, were left behind, under the promise that more reinforcements would arrive soon. Throughout the morning and part of the afternoon, the battle raged. When their enemy charged against them, the garrison backed down to take cover behind the rocks, where it was easier for them to seek defense. But despite the strategies employed, the numerical advantage of the invading army had begun to take more and more lives from the defending garrison, and after several hours of fighting without ceded land, both captains called for an honorable ceasefire. "We will be annihilated before the reinforcements arrive." said an injured soldier to his captain, Justanantiam, who had already been contemplating that possibility. Justanantiam then came up with an idea; he grew up in the area and knew it perfectly, so it wouldn't suppose him a problem to sneak into the camp of his enemy, Teatacus, at night. He did so, but as soon as he appeared, the guards apprehended him and he was brought before their leader himself. Both characters couldn't be more disparate; Teatacus easily doubled Justanantiam in size and his presence was intimidating to say the least. "You are very daring to come here alone" The giant boomed. "I went out to stretch my legs and got lost" Justanantiam replied, with a dim, sarcastic smile. Teatacus knew that his rival had come looking for any possible weakness that could be used against him. But he was confident in his strength and subsequent victory the following day. So he skipped the interrogation and instead, invited Justanantiam for a walk under the stars. The captain didn't miss the opportunity to chatter about his colossal army, about how he had never been defeated in a melee combat in his life, how his rivals saw him with deep respect and fear. Teatacus spoke and spoke, blind to the fact that his rival was no longer walking beside him. "Teatacus, look ahead!" Justanantiam exclaimed from behind. Teatacus stopped immediately and saw an enormous spider emerge before him. Fortunately, the creature did not detect the captains, and returned again to its previous hunting position, hidden in the tall grass. Teatacus turned slowly toward Justanantiam, having closely experienced death for the first time in his life. "That spider was underground" said Teatacus, convinced that it would have been impossible not to have seen it had it not. "No, captain" Justanantiam refuted incredulous. "It was just in front of you." The captains undertook the return to their respective camps. Before leaving, Teatacus suggested his rival to withdraw from the battlefield and that if he did so, he and his garrison would be spared. To which Justanantiam responded only by cocking an antenna. But Teatacus did not intend to have mercy on any soldier, not after suffering the humiliation of being saved by his own enemy. He went to sleep and ordered his men to wake him up early in the morning. The next day, the powerful army marched up the hill, with Teatacus leading, ready to end the battle quickly. "The land is fertile, it will be a worthy acquisition." The captain thought to himself. On the other side, the garrison troops were just beginning to assemble, in complete silence, haunted by the high and low battle cries that the rival army used to demoralize them. Justanantiam positioned himself at the head of his troops contemplating his colossal rival, and he knew exactly who would stand victorious. Both sides collided violently. Teatacus was in the element he liked the most, painting the soil with the entrails of his enemies. At one point, Justanantiam calls for a withdrawal, and his troops descend the hill in disarray. "I didn't expect more from you, Justanantiam!" The mighty captain roared as he ordered his men to charge against their enemy, who was fleeing downhill, into the tall grass. Teatacus felt, rather than saw, the stake going through his torax. When he looked back to check the wound, he saw his own soldiers, also impaled. Once again, Teatacus had failed to see the danger before him. He could not see the stakes positioned under the tall grass. Nor could he see the rest of the garrison, who waited patiently for the false withdrawal to strike a surprise attack on those who avoided the stakes. And of course, he also couldn't see how the previous night, Justanantiam discovered an important flaw about his enemy. Teatacus collapsed on the ground, feeling his life passing. Before he died, he saw Justanantiam approaching him in the midst of the battle. "In your infinite arrogance, you failed to see the spider." Justanantiam said, extracting the stake from his rival's shivering body. "Even when it was right in front of you.