Part 37 (1/2)
”Leave be, friend There are no Kwanyi down here to track us by e leave behind If anything lives down here, it will have other ways of finding us Save your strength to see that we find it first”
The ht still illuh Or was thatwith their guardian spells? Farther along the tunnel, the glow seeht and unnatural as ever
Conan and Valeria were the only ones of the band who looked to be at ease The Ci aestures of aversion in the hope that the Blue-Eyed Chief; as they called hihed dirt and dust from his throat and stood before theto be afraid of That's calling you fools, which you are not What you are is stout warriors of the Ichiribu, a folk who are ahters I've ever seen”
That would not pass any spell of truth-sensing, but nobody down here except Emas fit to cast one, and she would hold her peace
”Watch where you put your feet Hold your tongue and send htly of your water, and eat sparingly Do not wander off, even if you think you see a whole kingdom down that side tunnel
”Reth
We'll be surprising the Kwanyi by coine what that will do for our strength!”
The warriors iht see above and to their rear as they for All except Emwaya
The Golden Serpent set its teeth into the first of the stones in its path and began dragging it to one side It sought to do this quietly, knowing that
Except for the two-legs, of course Its memories of those were not as sharp as of beasts who had shared the burroith it s were nearly blind without light, and almost deaf under any circued to two-legs, it could work swiftly The stones could be ht ain, the thoughts of the Golden Serpent did not take those exact words, but one such as Emould have interpreted them so
One such as Emould also have discerned that the work of the Golden Serpent was agitating the spells in the tunnels beneath the lake The agitation spread out like ripples around a thrown stone, to reach far along the tunnels in all directions, even to the shores of the Lake of Death
Chabano was entangled with one of his slave woer entered He intended to finish with the woer's face The man was a proven warrior, a leopard-tooth wearer, and what could give hiht matter
He slapped the woman on the rump ”Go, and swiftly”
The woman looked stricken, perhaps with disappoint Chabano had meant death to slave women, even in the past year
”Go!” he shouted and raised a hand for a less gentle slap ”It is not your fault that the Gods have sent bad news!”
The woh Even her necklace of beads and her waistcloth relowered at the warrior As befitted one of his rank, the man did not flinch
”The earth has cracked in two places along the shore”
”I felt no earth-tre”
”Nor did anyone else, my chief I have sent for your principal warriors-”
”Wobeku?”
”No”