The men with the harp had abandoned the instrument and were now climbing inside a lifeboat. The discordant clang of a dropped harp roused Cole from watching the fight. The enormous serpent came next, rearing up high above Lyrus, staying beyond the reach of his sword. The rhino reached him first, but the soldier sprang aside and brought his sword down in a vicious sweep, nearly decapitating the beast. “Come, Rulad come, Skelock come, Nimbia and Gromar! Defeat me if you can!” The warrior paid them no mind, calling in a mighty voice, “Skelock, Rulad, Nimbia, and Gromar, come forth!”Ĭreatures emerged from buildings on three sides of the square: a black rhino, horn lowered, charging hard a spider bigger than a lifeboat, gray and hairy a huge green serpent with a head the size of a barrel and a muscular cyclops that was more than twice the height of a man. Some of the raiders moved toward Lyrus as the soldier dashed into the square, shawl flapping behind him. “Watch out! Emergency! Get to the boats! Take off!” Where the creatures would emerge.Ĭole ran hard, yelling at the top of his voice. The soldier was running toward the square. He had been played! Lyrus was getting everything he wanted-another chance to fight for glory while making sure Parona tested any visitors. “I do not release you from that promise.”Ĭole felt sick and horrified. “You pledged I could act in my role of protector,” Lyrus called back.
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