To Face Death

Noveo came out of his wing and collided with the Triple Imperial Guard, then was surprised by (Marzouk) rushing towards them, and saying panting:

"It is the attack of the assassins, honourable wise, two things are necessary: ​​one of my bats has disappeared, it seems that it came out with a secret message without my knowledge, and I do not know what this means."

He quickly asked:

- "And the second thing?"

The sage of the castle caught his breath with difficulty and said:

"The commander (Amed) met me and told me in a hurry to tell you something because he had to organise the army quickly. He tells you that Arch met him quickly and told him that he found a mysterious sign, that there were traces of snow around the well, and that one of the killers was here with us. For days already, Fossan has been using him without knowing, believing he's an ordinary tribe warrior!"

All this much conflicting information would normally have been a hindrance to any normal mind.

An obstacle capable of distracting sound thought, preventing one from setting his priorities or making a quick, accurate decision.

Rather, a mind that drank from the Silver Fountain, which contains the water of wisdom, the last treasures of genius and sciences stored by the heroligian civilization, would have dealt with the matter quickly and accurately.

Immediately after he understood everything, he (Noveo) said:

- "The killer who was able to enter was a tribal warrior, so he easily merged with the rest of the warriors, and it seems that he was able to gain Fossan's trust, so he was able to enter the palace here, and he may have met the princess, but he refused to take advantage of the opportunity, and preferred to stick to the plan. It seems that he sent a postal bat to tell the rest of the killers that the princess is in the castle this time. It is an inventory and narrower identification of her location, making sure her assassination sure this time. The well is connected to a network of water canals, and it seems that the Icemen are real after all and not a mythical animal. The Iceman has frozen the water, so the killers can crawl under the ground on the ice, and they come out of the well. The intruder probably hid them as soon as they got out, but they left traces of snow that he (Arch) saw by chance."

Marzouk's jaw dropped in complete astonishment, because the well is already located above a network of water trenches, and he had not yet told this information to the honourable wise, so he felt a tremendous fascination, and he said with emotion:

"You… you are a genius, sir."

Wise said to Viscount:

"Get ready to fight, Viscount, the assassins are here and with us now. Summon Solaik, wise one."

The Viscount (Wiggieri) drew his sword and so did his three men, and (Noveo) moved toward the palace gate, intending to activate his purple thorn, as well as to mobilise all the fifty men in his personal garrison.

to face death.

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