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Theout of the sphere and rolled it into the tube; then they turned the tube to face directly outward

"You see?" Aludra said, patting the dragon "Three men is best Four for safety, in case one falls One could do the work if he had to, but it would be slow"

TheShe held it up in the air, signaling the other team on the next tower down the wall Elayne focused on thelass One carried a small torch Mat watched with a curious expression

Aludra lowered her flag The soldier touched his burning torch to the side of the dragon

The explosive sound that folloas so powerful that it made Elayne jump The boom was as sharp as a thunderclap, and she heard in the distance what sounded like an echo of the explosion She raised a hand to her breast, and remembered to draw breath

A pocket on the hillside exploded in a round seemed to tremble! It was as if an Aes Sedai had torn up the earth with a weave, but the One Power hadn’t been used at all

Aludra seelass to her eye The blast had ood twenty paces, but had ripped a hole in the ground five paces wide Did the ball explode like a nightflower to cause that? This device wasn’telse Soround with such force that it blew open a hole, then perhaps exploded on its own

Why, she could line an entire ith these dragons! With all of theain; Elayne watched with her glass as the men on the next tower over cleaned, then reloaded, the tube Mat was holding his ears and scowling, which gave Elayne a smile He really should have watched fro process took a very short time, perhaps three minutes And Aludra said she intended to see it happen more quickly?

Aludra wrote a set of orders and sent it by htly She waved her flag; Elayne steeled herself for another explosion, but still ju in the very center of the rank of dressing duh the air The blow destroyed five or six, and knocked down a good dozen of them

With the ability to fire every two minutes, hit so far away, and deal such destruction, these weapons would be deadly As deadly as da glass, and while her face was impassive, Elayne could feel the wo?" Aludra asked

"I find it pleasing, Aludra," Elayne said, s indeed The resources of the entire city are yours, the resources of all Andor There are several lanced at the Illuns a secret I will send Guards with you We can’t afford to let any of the bellfounders consider the value of leaving ho as they don’t reach the Seanchan," Aludra said, "I care not"

"Well, I do," Elayne said "And I’s used properly I’ll need an oath out of you, Aludra"

The wo theainst anyone other than Trollocs and Seanchan But she would feelthat she had these at her disposal