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"He brays like a camel," Hasik said
"Be silent," Jardir snapped He narrowed his eyes, but then the slinger called, "Ready!"
"Fire!" Jardir said The greenlander leapt for the warrior ent to cut the rope, but Hasik grabbed hihly away
"I knee could not trust a chin, First Warrior," he growled "He protects the de hard at the ain, this ti disreat demons that had assaulted Krasia’s walls in the ti ca to the sling; he was pointing to the stone
Rock de horror
"Rock demon!" he shouted, but it was too late He heard the report as the sling aro, and turned helplessly to watch Behind hih the air, and it seeai alike held their breath The one-armed rock demon looked up at the stone--a boulder that had taken three warriors to lift into place
And then, iood arm and hurled it back with terrible force
The boulder struck the great gate, s fro that saic sparked and flared, but the warding was too daate shook with each blow, and one side tore froround inside
The rock de as it ran into the Maze Behind it, deh the breach
Jardir’s face flared hot, then went suddenly cold The great gates of Krasia had not been breached in living memory The dal’Sharum trapped in the Maze would be hunted like anireenlander
I have brought ht, and for a ai invaded the Maze
Eht may yet be saved!
"Scorpions!" he cried "Shift positions and lay down cover fire while we close off the breach! Sling tea in and to block the way for the rest!"
"We can’t fire so close," one slinger said Others nodded, and Jardir could see the same terror on their faces that he had felt a moment before They needed a more immediate terror to snap theer in the face, laying him flat on the walltop "I don’t care if you have to drop the stones by hand! Do as I coreith blood and his response was unintelligible, but he punched a fist to his chest and staggered to his feet,did the same, their fear lost in a flurry of activity
He looked at the nie’Sharum "Sound the breach" As the boy raised the horn to his lips, he felt a wave of failure and shaiven on his watch
But the feeling was quickly shaken There was too much to do He turned to Hasik "Gather as o to seal the breach"