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Jardir put his spear into a sand deai Next to hi his spearhead down the throat of a roaring deaps in the shields between flares of ic, and they all had to twist this way and that to avoid being gored

As they athered outside It see to enter the stronghold of their eneai, but they were like pebbles dropped in a pool of water, quickly sed

Then the Warders gave the call, and Jardir and his ht," Jardir proic froain tomorrow"

He turned to find the courtyard otherwise clear of battle The re demons had escaped into the Maze

"Watcher!" Jardir called as he stepped away from his men, and in seconds Coliv dropped a ladder froriathered in the sixth to hold off the hting throughout the Maze, and few battles go well The giant roa apart whole units as it claws its way toward the hth"

"Surely it cannot navigate all the turns of the Maze," Jardir said

"It see a trail of sorts, First Warrior," Coliv said "It pauses to sniff the air, and has yet to miss a turn A handful of sand and flame demons dance at its feet, but it pays them no mind"

Jardir lifted his veil to spit the dust from his mouth "Get back on the wall and set Watchers to plot ather the scattered units as we drive toward the Majah"

Coliv punched a fist to his chest and ran to his ladder, scraather histo co his hands wildly while the warrior looked at hi," Jardir shouted, drawing everyone’s attention, "but Everah to the sun, or all of Ala be consuai what it means to face warriors of the Desert Spear, and know that Heaven awaits you!"

He punched his spear into the air, and the Sharureat shout as Jardir led theht, Jardir’sthe with the survivors of scattered units He had more than a thousand warriors at his back when they joined the Majah, holding the narrow corridor that gave entrance to the sixth level

Jardir’stheir warded shields to force a wedge and push through The Majahin their shield wall, and Jardir’sin Sharaj

"Report," Jardir told one of the Majah kai’Sharu, First Warrior," the captain said, "but we have no way to force the alagai into pits"

"Then don’t," Jardir said "Have the Warders seal off this level Leave a hundred of your best men to keep watch, and then head to the east seventh to assist the Bajin"

"Where will you go?" the kai’Sharuiant and send him back to Nie’s abyss," Jardir said He took as ates, praying he was not too late

The one-arate to the city, pounding against the wards Great flares of hout the city, but the ancient wards held strong against the assault The deed, stabbing with spears of hard desert steel, but the deave al spears, and sending the brave warriors flying

"Everaate seerunted "But will it last until dawn? Dare we take that chance?"

"What else can we do?" Shanjat asked "Even the scorpions can’t pierce its hide, and it’s too big to trick into a demon pit Its head would be above the rih warriors we can bring it down and bind its arms"