ID HAWZ IM AYDOKWEN

Sambahsa tarjem

Kyid West negnohn ab i menscens

Pon id mundgnahsa hant navs segheln
Leiste, sei yu deurste, leiste quo Skelos hat scriben,
In sien silken vester, ab mortu hands gripen ;
Ed sehkwte, trans ia windkwohlc’ vracks, ia vecels
Sehkwte ia vecels qua naiwo reikent

Sancha, prevst ex Kordava, ghih delicate-ye, strohc schakhwa-ye sien urand corpos ed se installit
comfortabler-ye ep id hermelinlizden harihr quod eet oistert ep id poupdeck ios carrac. Ia eet
indolent-ye conscienta de id ardent interesse samt-yod id nieute observit iam pon id cursia ed id
procastell, ed ia neschi ignorit od ays cort silken povesti pau kulk ays schakhwani formes ud ays
lasni okwi. Itak smih ia insolent-ye ed se preparit ad surprindes oik glanez dar pre id sol, quos disk
kud uper id ocean, blindiet iam.

Bet ye tod instant ghohd un blosk do ays aurs, un blosko quod enderkwit-se ud id cracken ios
dehmber, ud id stump kwalay iom rezgen ed ud id pleisker iom volns protiev id scrock. Ia sess ub,
spehcend reling epter-yod, ye ays megil staunos, glohm un wedrehnend forme. Ays sword okwi
crohsc, ays rudh lipps ghyahr kay sines oiskape un « Oh ! » os surprise. Is intrus ay eet negnohn.
Wed rohn ghom eys omsa, srusit engwn eysa staura brakhs. Eys wahid vester, un rudh silken
sarvari, eet perimadht, tem quem eys weur yeusmen samt golden baft ed id eins in id kardkasch id
oistohm. Menxu is zastigh ithan id reling, ia bams ios weusend sol ambhriss eys gastalt,
samkwehkeihnda iom uno miero bronzen statue. Is passit sien finghers do sien wedrehnend deusko
kaysar ed eys blou okwi bligeer kun ia bispohc iam meirka.

- Quis es tu ? Sprohg ia. Quetos tu ?

Is motionit kyid mar, ambghehrdend un hol quardel ios horizont, sien okwi sispehcend id slank
corpos as Sancha.

- Es tu un molg tantghi facil-ye salcs tu id mar ? Sprohg ia, troublet ab id frienke os eyso spect,
quayque ia swohd admirative glegens.

Pre is habiet ghohden antwehrde, un blosk om oku stieups cliengh ep id deck ed is nakhoda ios
carrac ubgwohm, protiokwnd iom tarnien, menxu eys finghers rep prosch id lambhel os eys eins.

- Quis iblis es tu, maroder ? Sprohg is samt uno nemaedwn ton.

- Som Conan, antwohrd alter, imperturbable.

Sancha iter akowsicit, iaghi hieb naiwo aurn bahe Zingarean samt solg accent.

- Ed quosmed has tu arrivet tiel mien nav ? Knier id voc samt mistrust.
- Ho snahn.

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- Snahn ! Exclamit is nakhoda, furieus. Kwaun, goils me ? Diutos smos extervid ud id caust. Quetos
tu ?
Conan rexit sien brunt ed muscleus brakh eusttro, fwenschawt ab id gold ios weusend sol.

- Io gwohm ex ia insules.
- Oh ! (Alter spohc iom samt un criscen interesse. Sworda brovs lud uper ia okwi qua scruteer iom
ed eys teun uber lipp se slahsit ub samt un honnrictus.) Tun es oin tom Barachean kwauns ?

Uno mulayim smih wierdh ep Conans lipps.

- Ed woids’ quis som ? Sprohg eys contolker.

- Tod nav est id Vandale. Yinjier tu solls ses Zaporavo.
- Exact.

Yod so tarnien kohgnit iom flietter id gver dimaar ios capitan. Is eet un wir tem buland quem
Conan, quayque minter staur-ye pletwost. Sub eyso stalen helm, eys lige eet sombre, taciturn ed
rapace. Itak sems iom niem « iom Falk ». Eys dorak ed eys vesters eent sumptueus ed riche-ye
decoret, kam dehbht un grando Zingarean. Eys hand naiwo wiender dalg ud id lambhel eysios eins.

Is glaz Conan samt pau dabronia. I zingarean renegads ed i oisloys qui infesteer Zingaras nordcaust
pau ee-estiment mutu. Senters eent pleisti sem nauts ex Argos, con un muzlim minoritat alyen
nationalitats. Ee-attaquent tajirnavs ed eehihenselnt Zingaras causturbs, kam Zingarean boucaniers
eekwehrnt, bet ti eententent dahe irims opsims sem honorabilitat se namend-ye « flibustiers »,
menxu eekweitent i Baracheans ka « pirates ». Neter eent i presti, ni i sensti, qui eepeitent noblihes
ir furstand.

Sems tom brens tohr Zaporavos mento menxu is finghrit id lambhel siens eins ed brovit kye tom
neskohpten gost. Conano ne sis tarke ta habient ghohden ses eysa. Is oistahsit, samt crucet brakhs,
tem placid-ye quem sei is habiet wohst ep id deck siens wi nav. Eys lipps oismihr ed eys okwi
skieur neid sweurgh.

- Quod kwehrs tu unte her ? Sprohg brusk-ye is flibustier.

- Ho kohnsen necessar tyehgve mien mulakat in Tortage pre meun wus, yarlay, antwohrd Conan. Ho
skapt ep un leck schip, ed ho ert ed skupt unte id hol noct. Just ye octent, ho dyohrcen vies
marseghels ed ho sisen sehnke mien jalnic nauk, dat io ghohd snahe meis oku.
- Sont shamyus in id vicinitat, brohm Zaporavo, qui buit mulayim-ye irritat ab id plect iom staur
omsen quod respons eysi remarke.

Un glanez kyid cursia ei oiskieu un roig impatienten ligen spehcend ub. Oin werd ud iom ed
klaupient ep id heck, unte oin eisenschturm quod oku upertrehniet iom mahibe wigh is tarnien
kwecto eet.

- Ma dehlgiem me laste med quantens vagabonds id mar reject ? Grohm Zaporavo, sien spect ed
maniers bihnd dar harakanter quem eys wekwos.
- Un nav maght semper employe un gohd naut, antwohrd alter, aun bevide ressentiment.

Zaporavo mukadariesc, recogneihnd id suagrundo tos assertion. Is kung ed, it, lusit sieno nav, sien
ammer, sien compagne ed sien gwit. Bet, weidwos, is khiek presayge future ed, pro iom eet Conan
tik plus oin vulgar copil, rejecen, kam is hiebit bahn, ab id mar. Is ne kiem tom wir, quayque so ne

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hiebit provoquet iom. Eys maniers ne eent insolent, quayque meg swekwrer quem quo Zaporavo
habiet vanscht.

- Orbatsies kay algve tien pitu, brohm is Falk. Steigh taiper ghom ep id deck. Ed mehm od id saul
loy abord est mien vol.
Smeih kwecto weureriesc ep Conans teun lipps. Aun kunges nischi spehde, is disvols ed oistighit
ghom kyid cursia. Is ne spohc Sancha qua hiebit prispohcen las-ye tod bragv tolk, samt
werughyanen okwi ed aurs.

Ep id cursia, id nieute munster ambh iom. Quanti eent pwolnogwi Zingareani samt silken lucrocolor
katranpoik pantalons. Jauhars bligeer kata ir aurs ed ep id lambhel iren khandjars. Vasyi skohpt
impatience-ye id immuable leiko quod consistit provoque cada tarnien uni nav. Conan dohlg bihe
ordilen fauran, kay bihiet decis eys futur stand eni id nieute. Uber, ep id heck, Zxuaporavo men
kwecto hieb ja myohrsen id existence ios tarnien, Sancha de observit iom novgwehmer samt posdart
interesse. Talg scenes ay hiebeer biht familiar ed ia wois id confrontation esiet brutal ed shayad
cruoric.

Bet ays familiaritato de solg praxis eet pau binisbat tod Conans. Is oismih mulayim-ye kun is
gwahsit perodh ep id cursia, observend ia lyut liges qua wieurgeer gver ambh iom. Is hielt ed chohx
id ringo quod se iengh. To ne lakin alterit eyso sakwnia. Ta jects obedihr un suadefinihn ritual. Sei
is habiet harmt iom capitan, id hol nieute habiet uperfallen iom, bet taiper vahr ies nauts ei dahe un
chance os vrikstes loyal-ye protie tom qui hieb est kyust kay slures id katu.

Is wir chusen pro tod besoyn rusch perodh. Eet un brute samt nerveus corpos, qui hieb noden ambh
sien cap, kam un delband, un rudh yeusmen. Eys mant eet maigher ed oistehlbend ed eys
perischramen lige erkwit khitert. Ielg eysen spects, eysen schekhiwajkhen eet un khisi. Eys weidos
os provoque iom buit tem primitive, ralise ed om quem eet eys person.

- Baracha, he ? Goilit is. Ter kalent ies « wirs » iens kwauns ies ale. Weysmee ios Keiwia spieumos
ep iens… katha !

Spiusit ad Conans protiokw ed sizit sien eins.

Id geste ios Barachean buit pior oku mae sem oko ghohd sehkwe id. Eys peungsto samlik uni
kvacheyhammer hurt id ghyanu os eyso challenger samt un terrible schock, ed is Zingarean buit
xudt ub, dind fiell ghom ka aunforme kowp contra id reling.

Conan vols kyalter nauts. Ploisko un diutis quod gluhsit in id bund eysen okwi, is ne hieb
mutawajkhet. Id provocation hieb enden tem fauran quem id hieb starten. Ies nauts lyig ub ir sokwi.
Eys brohgen ghyanu hiengit moll-ye ed eys cap eet inclinen sekwent un bizarre angule.

- Per Mitra ! Eys coll es’ brohc’ ! Rughiet uno marbrigand samt sword berd.
- Yusmee flibustiers habte fragil osta, iey is gleihnd pirate. Ep ia Baracha insules, ne hatta dahms
attention tibs teipens. Volt alyos exchange oik einsencutts ? No ? Tun, perfect. Smos prients, kwe
ne ?

Buir kathire quoy ei sigwreer od ies samstohm. Kreptic brakhs uperbors iom mortu naut ocolo id
reling ed douzen pleusen fiss id wedsurface quan id nayv sohnk do mar. Conan iliey, strohc siena
muscleus brakhs kam un piwon cat, ed spohc ub kyid uberdeck. Sancha eet clihn ep id reling, samt
ghyanen rudh lipps ed sword okwi bleigend samt sonterinteresse. Id sol apter iam ambhriss ayso

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slanc corpos per id legv povesti transparentiht ab ia argbams. Poskwo id strehngo skadh os
Zaporavo se interpos ed un gwaur hando nifiell, possessive, ep ayso smiegd oms. Eys glanez kyom
wir ep id cursia mathmounit un explicit tehrgen. Conan fras kam ob un sonterviz.

Zaporavo commiss id error commiss ab maung autocrats. Saul ep id heck, ornen samt sien sombre
megdos, is subestimit iom wir qui stahsit ender iom. Is hieb id waurmen os nices Conan, ed is
prilikw id, pior skeud-ye formohnen. Ei molicit credihes od oino iom kwauns quoy stahr pod iom
ghohd skipes semo menace pro iom. Is hieb mantinen-se in sien rong stando tem diutos ed hieb
upertrehn tantens duschmans quem inconscient-ye is vohrt-se inaccessible ab id gakwehros
inferioren rivals.

In druve, Conano ne iskwit provoque iom. Is se blans ei nieute, smyehrnd id gwit ed ia scherza iom
wirs. Is obkwohk ses excellent naut ed dalgtos is nertst wir quom alters aiw eeveviseer. Is orbiet
kam tri wirs ed eet semper qui bohd ka prest kwehre uno muschkil au dangereus wehrgin. Eysi
sokwis inkiep antruses iom. Is ne chidskwit con iens, ed ies kieur mae chides con iom. Is kumier
con iens, enpandend sien yeusmen ed sien kardkasch, sohl ir denars ed armes, ed ibs redahsit ia
samt honar ilay. Id nieute inconscient-ye viiey iom ka iom chef ios procastell. Is revelit ad nimen ia
sababs qua hieb incitet ad fuges ia Barachas, bet id fact os woide kad is hieb commiss un agos kafi
cruoric ob-yod is hieb est exclus ex tod bande om cruel pirates ieug id respect sprufto dia iom ab
iens lyut flibustiers. Is eet imperturbable-ye affable dia Zaporavo ed iens nauts, naiw insolent ni
servile.

Iom stupidst ex iens ubfiell id contraste inter iom nakhoda, kaurd, taciturn, skeud, ed iom pirate
quos gleimen eet swehner ed facil, qui mugih yauwndang songvs in douzen om bahsas, pohsit alu
kam un drehnknic ed, okwivid-ye, khich-ye kieur de id posdien.

Sei Zaporavo hieb mathen is eet comparen, hatta insconscient-ye, con un wir ios procastell, is hieb
niemascen ob hayriene. Bet is formohn-se do sombrer ed skeuder brens in id druna iom yars, ed do
vagha grandiose sogna ; kathalika majnoun de iam kweil quas possession ei eet un bitter plaisure,
kam eent eys quant plaisures.

Sa eet stets meis interessen ab iom swordcrinar olbjim qui udorbiet ed udkumier sien dustens. Is
naiwo iam wohkwit, bet id diutis os eyso spect khiek khiek bihe misayn. To Sancha ne hieb lipst ed
ia dieum an is deursiet likes id dangereus leik os seduction.

Ne tem diuper hieb ia likwt Kordavas palats. Bet eet kamsei un hol mund separit iam taiper ud id
gwit ia hieb agen tiel kun Zaporavo hieb raben iam, heulend, ex id caravil in brand eys wolfs
hiebeer plundert. Ia qua hieb esen ia forwohnen ed coccolen dugter ios herceg os Kordava, ucit quo
esti ses ia leuyk uns boucanier. Ed ob ia eet kafi uranda pro kehmbe aun rumpes, ia survivit quer
alyas gwens habient mohrn. Dat ia eet yun ed ayasch, ia gwohm do trehve plaisure in sien existence.

Gwit eet rhayr-yakin, samkwehkend un drehm, samt acut contrastes inter boi, plunder, maurdh ed
fug. Ed ia scarlat sogna os Zaporavo dar buw rhayr-yakiner id quem con ceter boucanier. Nimen
wois qua eent eys plans, taiper pon ies hieb apterlikwn vasya mapt causta ed ventureer stets deuber
do tod negnohn ed dong wedor, biadet vergihn ab nauts, do-ya, pon waktinkapem, hieb navs
forsegheln-se ed naiwiter bendern hem. Vasya gnoht lands lyohg apter iens ed, dien pos dien, id
srehtwent blou pelgvos aunfin-ye strohc ant iens, desert. Her eet neid ad plunder… neid urb sactu,
nia navs fwenschawtu. Ies wirs eemurmure, quayque pliehgend mae bihe priaurn ab ir implacable
poti. So ee-alayt ep id heck, dien ed noct, pregen ab sem sombre majestat, we eechehxt attentive-ye
awa maps, waktgohlben plans, eeperileist vehrmghyanuen duilascend pergamenjasamats. Yando is

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eetolct ad Sancha, samt sien formohnen wajkho, ay kwohk, de lusen continents ed fabuleus
menscnegnoht insules, medsu id moder spoim om aunnam gulfs, quer krenti dragons eewakhe uper
kuzda kowpt ab preadamic roys, meg diuper.

Sancha eekleut aun ghabe, sehrnd inter sien hands sien delicate genus, myehrsend id wekwos os
sien lyut compagnon kay sines seswo formehne aunexception kyom bronzen staurcorpos olbjim,
quos gleimen eet tem swehner ed primitive quem marbrise.

Pos kathire ed long hevs, i dyohrc bad land westi, ed ye octent fundier in un plask bai.
Id plaj eet un teun albh cordon, leizdend un prospect om mulayim shienciu kleitus, perbohrct ab un
schadab forest. Wind brigh profumes om vegetation ed spissa, ed Sancha batih sien hands ob
plaisure os mehne de stighes do land. Bet ays lengvos oku transformit-se do skeudo deception kun
Zaporavo iam wohl mane navi hina vaniet iam. Is naiwo dahsit explication de sien wehlens. Also
gnohsit ia naiw iro grund, nibo lit de id khitermenos quod pussirit iom ad gomre iam frequent-ye
aun sabab.

Itak lyohg ia nonchalant-ye ghom ep id heck spehcend-ye iens wirs ermes tiel land ep id enpace
wedor quod twis kam liquid jade in id aghyernluce ios sol. Ia vis iens munstres ep id sandripa,
mistreusend, samt parat armes, menxu plur alyi nauts diaspohr ed disprohp sub ia drus engwn id
plaj. Bayna iens, ia kieu Conan. Eys hog brun gastalt ed urand gwayt eent naiwo misdyohrcen.
Sems sieyg is ne eet un civiliset wir, sontern un Kimri, oin tim menscen bayghend ta barbar teuts
qua gwive ep ia greis clins ios piernios Nord ed quim raids terrorise ir suder niebers. Bariem, ia
suavis eet semject in iom, un sorte os exteradet ayu au os barbaria quod placit iom apart eys gver
sokwis.

Ia vocs iom boucaniern, rassuren ab id silence, buir bohrn ab id echo engwn id ripa. Ira grupps
disrup kun ies wirs diaspohr ep id plaj karptum fruits. Ia vis iens glehme tiel atopp ia drus ed rehve
ia ex ia ozda ; aysa jamile stohm piu. Ia stiemp id deck med sieno smulk pedum ed katathematisit
quo ia hieb uct ye id contact sienen sokwis quoy rughiet gairn.

Ies wirs ep id ripa hiebeer plukwid meriens fruits ed se forsmieg iommed, pehndend besonters
lecker uno negnohn varietat om goldrind ievs. Bet Zaporavo ne hieb stighen do land karptum fruits
ni essum sems. Sien skulks auncovehrvs neid signe os mensc au animal presence in id atraf, is mien
unte un khvil chehxend kyid hinterland, kya mier aykwsa skipt ab ia shienciu kleitus qua forstrohc-
se do mutu. Dind, pos un bragv wehlen, is radjustit id yeusmen siens eins ed marchit perodh sub ia
drus. Eyso styrman ei miembh venture it mon do id insule ed buit mizdt pro sien remarke med un
wildo choyk do sien stohm. Zaporavo hieb sababs de gwahskwe mon. Is vienschit swekwehre an
tod insule eet druve-ye tod udwekwnt ab id mysterieus Buk os Skelos ed ep-yod, sekwent ia
sigwrens om aunnam sagens, negnoht monsters kuzd crypts pehldend med gold grohven samt
hieroglyphs. Ed, bi obscure sababs qua ei eent wi, is ne dilskwit tod gnohsa con quelkwe, bilhassa
ne sieno nieute.

Sancha, qua observit id plaj las-ye pon id heck, vis iom disprehpe sub id grontegos. Un khvil serter,
Conan, is Barachean, vols, glazit jaldi kyens wirs diaspohrn ub ed ghom id strand, poskwo trohcit
oku kyid direction sohkwt ab Zaporavo ; ed disprohp sam-ye sub ia drus.

To stinxit Sanchas curiositat. Ia intizier an reprehpient, bet ne revis iens. Ies nauts nawohs ep id
ripa, ub ed ghom engwn id ripa, ed sems hieb venturet sub ia drus. Maungs hieb lyohcto ghom
skadhi kay swehpe. Wakt passit ed ia inkiep impatientasce. Sol prus cruel-ye, nespekent id
baldaquin tens uper id frontdeck ios nav. Her gverehsit, hol eet silent ed uns katel plictis ; ye oin

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cablelonge dalger, pos un strei ex plask blou wed, id mysteiro ios fresch, skadhwent ed drulizdt plaj,
ed tod ios bosclung appelleer iam. Eti, ia kathalika wohn kwitres id rouna ambh Zaporavo ed
Conan.

Ia wois perfect-ye quo ia riskit sei inkar dia sien zalime poti, also nasess ia unte un khvil,
bfugwaukan. Ia videcis tod escapade udweirtiet ia bich-cutts qua Zaporavo ay beiriet ed, aun
etikunges, ia disuwit sien legv lietern sandals med bragva kalcs, abdehsit sien povesti ed oistahsit ep
id deck, tem nogwa quem ye sieno gnahsa. Steighus ub id reling ed ghom ia zangirs, ia snig do
wedum ed bisnahsit kyid ripa. Ia mien ep id plaj unte un khvil, gvehmbend idghi sando tigel ays
doiks, ambhspehcend po id nieute. Ye sem distance, ia dyohrc tik oiks iom nauts oiskedht ep id
strand. Maungs eent mergen do un profund swehpen sub ia drus, ir finghers nasehrnd etiloikwa om
golden fruits. Ia dieumit ma ies hieb lika narcen tant aus.

Nequis hailit iam kun ia tohr id albh sandyeusmen ed penetrit sub ia skadhdahnda drus. Senters,
constatit ia, crohsc in irregular bunges, inter-ya strohc dalwent plors qua samkwohk lungs. Ia
gwahsit deuber inland, kyid direction sohkwt ab Zaporavo, ed bihsit extatic ant ia glend prospects
qua lyohg prod iam : un succession clinen samt mulayim kleitus, covohrna med un drupunctuen
glendo travplor. Ta different plateaus eent interyugen med mliaka keingschias, yaschi covohrna med
glendo travplor. Id decor kwecto dissolvit seswo, we petis ielg pineg kwecto forstrohc-se do mutu.
Id prospect eet aunsam, sammel meg mier ed meg limitet. Uper id holo landspect regnit un silence
samlik tei os un soitos.

Dind ia arrivit brusk-ye ep id plateau oins tom clins, perambht ab miera drus, ed id pondos os
gwahe perodh medsu un feelik landspecto disprohp stayg-ye kun ia aunstohgit quo lyohg ep id
rudht ed traht gras. Sancha emiss un involuntaro crie ed sprud retro. Dind ia drahsit jaldi perodh,
samt pfwehngus okwi, tremblend med sien quanta memsa.

Ter lyohg Zaporavo ep id gras, starnd ei waurn aun vide id, un deub ghyahnd vurnos in sien
xiongbu. Eysum eins wohs nieb eys inert hand. Is Falk hieb levert sien senst katu.

Khact ses sayct od Sancha spohc id cadaver siens poti aun emotion. Ia hieb neid sabab bi-tod
liubhes iam, bet ia khiss bariem quo cada gwena maght khisses dyehrce id cadaver ios wir qui buit
is prest qui hiebit possess iam. Ia neter pliengit ni wohn plange, bet iam lambh uno nerto tremblen.
Ayso sehrgo kwecto se fix brusk-ye, ed jidiel protiev un voln os hysteria quod ieug in iam.

Ia pieursk ambh se iom wir ia exspectit vide. Bet ays okwi trohv tik id circule iom giganten drus,
immense ed covohrna med un teug brem, ed ia moder kleitus qua strohc trans ia. Hieb sohlct-se is
assassin ios flibustier apo, katel-ye vurnen ? Neid cruorighnos eet visible ambh id cadaver.

Pribudt, ia ambispohc ia perambhend drus, stehvend kun ia percepit un dlasen in id smaragdbrem

quod ne kwohk ses id fact ios wind. Ia gwahsit perodh kye ta drus, vidskwnd sub ir waraktects.

- Conan ?

Ays crie eet un interrogation. Ays voc ay kwohk stragn ed derisor medsu id profund silence quod
hiebit brusk-ye bihn tens.

Aysa genus bitrembleer, menxu un aunnam panique lambh iam.

- Conan ! Cricit ia desperat-ye. Som ego… Sancha ! Quer es tu ? Te prehgo, Conan…

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Ays voc se strangulit. Un incredule horror distarihsit ays karag okwi. Ays rudh lipps ghyahr samt un
inarticulen crie. Ays memsa sromiesc ; ed ia, qua tem strehmghalv-ye nieudh mwaungsoue argist,
neti ghohd move. Ia tik-ye kamyieb emitte inarticulet heuls.

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Kun Conan vis Zaporavo penetre mon do id forest, is khiss od id waurmen is diutos intizier iti hieb
gwohmen. Is hieb neter edden fruits ni joinen ia brutala leiks om sien sokwis. Eys hol makdours
eent besic med observe iom boucaniern chef. Swehdend ia changend dumsa Zaporavos, eys nauts
ne buir besonters surpris quan ir capitan decis explore mon uno negnoht ed aundwoi hostile insule.
Continuer ir glewsa ed ne hatta kieur od Conano snohgit kam un panther aptersaydend iom
nakhoda.

Conano ne misvohrt sien autoritat uper id swoin. Bet is ne hieb acquisihn id rect, med katus ed
sighs, os provoque iom capitan do uno mohrtduell. In tod wedor qua navs vergihr, is ne hieb haben
id waurmen os bevide sien wirt, sekwent id loy iom flibustiers. Id nieute habiet oistaun ub unanim-
ye contra iom sei is habiet pighern ouvert-ye protiev idso chef. Men is wois od sei is neiciet
Zaporavo aun od id manthiet to, id nieute beghis capitano neti habiet tant scrupules dia uno mortu
wir. Tik i gwivs conteer pro tod wolfenhorde.

Itak sohkw is Zaporavo-sim, einsghesoros, brehnend ob impatience, hin is arrivit uni plateau
perambhti med miera drus, inter-yom stamms dyohrc is ia glend prospects iom kleitus qua se
forlyohg do id moder distance. Medsu id lawc, Zaporavo, kheissend is eet sohkwt, vols, sien hand
post ep sien eins.

Is boucanier mlusit un rughat :

- Kwaun, ma has tu sohkwn me ?

- Es tu tem stupid quem tu wans me sprehge ? Iey Conan samt un honar ilay, gwahnd perodh jaldi
kye tom qui hieb est eyso chef tiel tod instant. Eys lipps oismihr ed in eys blou okwi diens un wildo
diutis.

Zaporavo exkardkieschit sien eins emittend-ye un sombre balstehmen, ed stal hurt stal kun is
Barachean rusch kyom ed ei bir un cutt, sieno miecho sehngvend unte un dewer om blou flammes
ambh sien cap.

Zaporavo hieb levert tusent om katus, landi kam mari. Nel mensc tienxia eet profunder-ye ni
perfecter-ye verset quem is in fehkhten, bet is hieb naiwo drohdt uno miecho dohrjt ab un wir qui
hieb esen alen in ia barbar lands, trans ia grances iom civilisen regions. Eys katukerdos eet diwidt
ab un blindend okutat ed uno nerce quod un civiliset wiro khiek habe. Id Conan weighweidos eet
pau orthodox, bet instinctive ed natural kam tod uns forest wolf. Ia subtilesses ios fehkhter eent
inutil contra eys primitive furor, kam id art os box est inutil uni mensci quel vreikst protiev un
panther.

Weighend kam is hieb naiwo wighen prever, enpandend sien hol energia kay exclihnes id miech
quod sroht kam blix ambh eys cap, Zaporavo khiek vergihes un dextos cutt quod surpris eyso
strajia, ed is khissit sien hol brakh se karakhe sub tod terrible schock.

Tod cutt buit fauran sohkwt ab un stuned birn samt tant gvalt quem id srakutak ios miechios tohr
eyso zirah ed eysa kyosta kam papier ed quem is transbieur eys kerd. Zaporavos lipps vrink unte un

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bragv agonia. Bet, lyuto tiel id end, is sisit skape neid schikay. Is eet mortu pre eys corpos distensit-
se ep id trahn gras, quer cruorghutts bligeer kam rubins oiskedht possowel.

Conan scuss ia rudh spaks ud sien eins, fried samt un sincere joy, strohc kam un simbv… ed stayg
stohv, id satisfact wajkho siens lige tayt ab un surpriden ed desconcerten protiokwo. Stahsit still
kam un statue. Eys hand quoter dohrj id eins clih-se mliak-ye kyid grund.

Eys okwi hieb mutaspohct ud eys victo duschman ad, aunfocus, ia perambhend drus ed id prospecto
quod lyohg trans ia. Ed is hieb viden un fantastic ject… un incredible ed inexplicable ject. Ep id
gron crest unios nebergwnt clin, dalgi, hiebit prohpt un buland aydokwis, nogwis gastaltis, behrndis
ep sien oms un blank forme, kathalika nogwem. El apparition swohnd tem stayg-ye quem el hieb
ubgwohmt, linkwnd iom observer hayran ed gheisdend.

Is pirate spohc staunos-ye ambh, dind apter se, rhayr-yakin, id wegh ep-yod is hieb just ghangen, ed
is rughiet. Is eet embarasset… lyt irritat, sei tod lexis mieghit ghehlde pro semanghen quel hieb
nerves tem solid quem eysa. Medsu un realiste quayque exotic landspect, hieb cienryout un
vagabond kweiter salgus seid ex un fantastic khayal au un coschmar. Conano neter bedwoyit sien
vid ni sieno ment. Is hieb viso semjecto stragn ed indescriptible, to wois is. Id mer fact os dyehrce
un aydokwem formem tehrndem jaldi id landspect ed behrnd un blank prisoner eet kafi ajib per se,
men id incredible buliende tal kyehrsen gastalt challengit ia loys os nature.

Scuttend sien cap ob dwoi, Conan rusch kye quer is hieb viden el gohnos. Is ne hatta dieum kweter
eyso geste eet hakime we ne. Eys parstingen curiositat ne ei likwit cheus… Is dohlg sehkwe sien
auwal impulse.

Is tohr id succession om different clins, quanta samt id sam uniforme covehr om vegetation ed
drubunges. Altitude ieug tadrijan, nespekent ia mulayim keingschias ios terrain quod mutastigh
samt monoton regularitat. Id sehkw om stup topps ed superficiala kleitus eet desconcertant ed
kwecto aunfin. Yed is pirate viniekit quo is iey ses id altst akro ios insule ed ter stahsit is still
vidend-ye spleindosglend walls ed tors qua, hin is hieb dostighto quer is taiper wohs, hieb-se confus
tem perfect-ye con id gron landspecto quem ia hieb remant invisible, hatta ab eys obischnuet okwi.

Is kung, strif med sien fingher sien eins, poskwo stohmb, dohnken ab el ogvi os curiositat. Is dyohrc
nimen menxu is gwohm prosch uno mier ghyahsa, aun dwer, in id wonk wall. Spehcend intro
tadbir-ye, is vis quo tengicit ses un vasto dworisghehrd, covohrno med gras ed perambhen med un
circular mur ex un sorte os semitransparent glend substance. Divers arches ghyahr in tod.
Stehmbhend bohs ep pedaks, einsghesor, is uperghieng oin tom archen towsraen ed arrivit do alyum
identic aula. Uper alyum inner mur, is dyohrc ia spices om imaras samt stragna formes, samlik
torims. Oin tom tors eet construgen protie tod mur, we petis eet deilo ios aula in-yod oistahsit. Un
weru drab, steighend engwn id sten, duxit tiel idso topp. Is entrepris bestighes tod drab, daumend
kweter to hol eet real, we an stohmbhit medsu un drehm gohnt ab kyehrsen lotus.

Ubdrabs, is wohs ep un plor samt parapett, au ep un balcon, is ne wois exact-ye. Is ghohd taiper
vide ia tors jixayer-ye, bet ta detayls mieyneer neid pro iom. Is ghieb samt sem sweurgh od nel
ordinar menscis ghohd construgus ia. Irmen architecture possessit symmetria ed logique, bet un
bawlawo symmetria ed un logique rhayir ud menscaum. Id de generalo plan ios urb, ios castell au
os quokwe ta imaras eent supposen ses, quo is vis ex ia ei dahsit id pondos od eent kathire, pleista
circular, aulas, ielg perambhen med sien wi mur ed yugen altrims med ghyant arches. Id hol eet
okwivid-ye udlyigen sekwent ia fantastic tors qua stahr medsu.

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Volgend witerom ia tors, semject ubfiell iom terrible-ye ed is fauran skulk apter id parapett ios
balcon, spehcend hayran-ye.

Id balcon, au parapett, eet hoger quem id witer mur, ed is vis epter tod mur id aula lyehgend trans
id, kathalika covohrno med gras. Id inner arc ios mur quod king tod nov aula enderkwit-se ud qua is
hieb dyohrcen : instet ses glat, id kwohk strihn we samt gombhs tegen med smulk items quom
buhsa is khiek bestehme.

Lakin, is dahsit pau attention ei mur ye tod moment. Is eet budt ei trupp sesen qui eent hocken bi
uno maurglend hawz quod lyohg medsu id aula. Ti creatures eent aydokw ed nogwi, kwohrn kam
mensci. Bet oistahnd, el smulkst ex ti habiet uperkihno med cap ed omsa iom yed buland pirate. Ir
memsa eent long ed minc, men fayn-ye skipen, aun trace os dusformitat ni abnormalitat, ploisko ir
exceptional buliende. Bet, hatta ye tod distance, Conan kwahsit id extreme crueltat quod
enderwierdh in ira traits.

Medsu i, nogw ed ahockt, lyohg un terwn quom Conan recognih ka iom yungh ios Vandale. Also is
eet is prisoner quom is pirate hieb vis bohrn ep id shienciu mesa. Conan hieb aurno neid
katublosk… ne dyohrc neid cruorgloi ni vurnos ep ia lamper abnusmemsa im olbjims. Okwivid-ye,
is yuwen hieb wandert apo sien sokwis, deuber do id insule, ed is hieb est rapt ob un embeuskend
aydokwem. Conano niemit ment-ye ti creatures « aydokwens » ob ei enfiell neid ciautaunger lexis.
Bet, instinctive-ye, is ghieb ti buland abnussessi ne eent ensans, sekwent id commun acception tos
werd.

Neid swon ghohd tiel iom. I Aydokwi sroht ir caps ed motioneer inter se, bet kwecto khiek bahe…
ne med voc, bariem. Oin ex i, hockt ant iom tremblend pwarn, dohrj in sien hand semject samlik uni
fluyer, quayque Conan ieur neid swon. Bet is yun Zingarean kwahsit semquod, ed is compieg. Is
krus ed vrinkit kam sub id effect uns intense gvol. Eys memsa fin-ye compieg regular-ye, vidil-ye,
jaldi sekwent sem tempo. Poskwo to transformit-se do gvaltic saccadat scussa, ed ta scussa vibihr
regular movs. Is pwarn bidiens, kam i cobras danse aurnd-ye id aria kant ab id flute ios fakir. Neid
plaisure, neid joyeus tyehgven eet skaun in tod dans horrible visu. Eet kamsei id aunswon aria ios
fluyer siec id innerst ses ios pwarnios med yaumdanga gwistis ed, po jahannami aziyats, rohv ex
iom ia involuntar expressions os un secret passion. Eys movs bihr un obscene convulsions, un
yaumdang spasme… un exudation om secreta desires qua khiek bihe makbul : aunplaisure wehnsa,
payttens horrible-ye bohnden ad schakhwat. Eet kamsei Conan spehciet un nogwihn atmen,
aunstehgend ids quanta rhayr-itirafim obscure secrets.

Conan glexit, ficten ab disgust ed anden ab nauseas. Quayque is xihsit id primitive purtat uns forest
wolf, is lakin-ye ne alnos ignorit ia perversa secrets iom corrupten civilisations. Is hieb visiten ia
citads os Zamora ed gnohn ians gwens ios pervers Shadizar. Bet is kwahsit in tod scene un cosmic
vileihsa udfawngtawngend id simple menscdegenerescence… un perverten ozd ios Gwitsdru quod
hieb crohscen kyun diametral-ye witer direction, exter menscaum. Nu-iom schockeer ia contorsions
ed gvolwent attitudes ios miser pwarn, sontern id cosmic obscenitato tim sensen qui ghohd bringhes
do luce ia abyssal secrets dormant eni id aunpotem temos os menscatmen, ed qui spruv plaisure ex
id behaya exhibition talgen jects, dohlg-ya naiwo bihe allus, hatta in id druna om srehtwent
coschmars.

Stayg, is aydokw aziyater lyig sien fluyer ghom ed oistahsit ub, uperkeihnd iom blank silhouette
vreinkend ob paytten. Seizend brutal-ye iom pwarn per eys coll ed hinks, el olbjim volvih iom ed
xubh iom capo perodh-ye do id subglend hawz. Conan vis id ninkweitos os eys corpos in id glend
aqua, menxu el aydokw olbjim tin sien prisoner deub sub id surface. Dind buit un beghspace mov

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bayna alter Aydokwens, ed Conan se clih jaldi apter id maceiro ios balcon, ne deursend xyange tsay
ibo bihe dyohrcen.

Pos uno moment, curiositat buit meis akster ed is glaz iter tadbir-ye. I Aydokwi uperghieng ein pos
ein sub un wonk arche do alyum aula. Oin ex i eet ponend-on semject ep oino iom stehlbens ios
witer mur, ed Conan vis od eet quel hieb torturet iom pwarn. El eet bulander quem alters ed un
jauharwent rico king elso chol. Eet neid trace ios yun Zingarean. El olbjim sohkwit sien congeners
ed Conan vis el moxu salge unte id portal, quer isswo hieb entret tod horror castell, ed gredde dalger
kya gron clins, do id direction quetos is hieb gwohmen. I bohr neid arme, bet is Barachean khiss i
plien un nov attaque contra iens flibustiers.

Pre gwahe mauntum iens boucaniers quoy ieumeer neid, is swekwohrskwit de id beurt ios pwarn.
Neid blosk troublit id silence. Is pirate kohnsit nimenti wohs in ia tors ed aulas ploisko se.

Is oistigh jaldi ghom ia stieupens, tohr id aula ed, uperghangus un arche, gwahsit medsu id aula i
Aydokwi hieb just likwt. Taiper, is ghohd discerne quod eet id buhsa ios strihnios mur. Eet tect med
angha gombhs, okwivid-ye sbohrdt ex id kaurd petra. Dehn hol engwn ta gombhs au gjias eent
tusents om micri statuettes, pleista os barth color. Ta statuettes, ne meg maung plauter quem uno
menschand, kip adams, ed eent kwohrn samt tanto dexia quem Conan recognih mult racial types in
ia different idols, bayna-ya ia typic traits em zingarean, arosean, ophirian ed kushite corsars. Senters
kips eent os sword color, exact-ye kam ir models eent in id realitat. Conan khiss un vagh malaise
dyeind-ye ta niem ed blinda statuettes. Eet in ia un imitation os realitat quod eet semkam troublant.
Is touchit ia delicate-ye ed khiek bestehme ex quod materia eent kwohrn. Tod samkwohk petrifiet
osta, bet is kwahsit mehne de neid karwent substance wehsend kafi plukwid in id insule pro bihe
employt samt tant prodigalitat.

Is kieusit od ia statuettes keipend ia racial types qua ei eent familiar stahr quanta ep ia altsta gjias. Ia
endergjias eent occupet ab statuettes quom traits ei eent negnoht. Kad eent id resultat ios
imagination im artisten, we kip diutos dispariht ed myohrsta racial types.

Scuttend sien cap impatient-ye, Conan vols kyid hawz. Id circular aula pors neid possible kulk. Dat
is dyohrc id corpos ios pwarnios neidloc, tod sollit lyehge in id budmen ios hawz.

Proscher id sakwn glendo disk, is oispohcit kyender id surface quod blig mulayim-ye. Buit kamsei
is oiscrutiet per un tegu glend specule, ne tarniht quayque stragn-ye drughav. Id hawz, om
mutawassit dimensions, hieb id runlik forme uns put, lizden ab un rand ex glend jade. Spehcend do
id wed, Conan ghohd vide id budmen… bet is khiek bestehme kam dalg ender id surface. Id hawz
kwohk incredible-ye deub ed is dusiescit menxu is sondit id med sien okwi, exact-ye kamsei is
habiet dyit un tehom. Iom pribud ghehde dyehrce id budmen. Lakin, tod tengicit incredible-ye
piern, illusor, temost, yed visible. Unte instants ei kwohk dyehrce uno mulayim gwaydert ghomst-
ye tod jaden dube, bet is khiek ses yakin de. Lakin, is eet sure od id hawz eet tuich mustathna tod
schimmernd wed.

Bet tun, in id nam os Crom ! Quer eet is pwarn tem brutal-ye kharkihto do tod hawz ? Stahnd ub,
Conan strig sien eins ed ambhspohc iter id aula. Is vistier uni stet, oini iom uber firidas. Todih hieb
is vis el aydokw olbjim stehle semject… Un glehdjic swoido stohg stayg id brunen cuit os Conan.

Keungend, kam attragen ab uno magnet, is pirate stohmbhit proscher id lamper mur. Laht ab un pior
monstrueuso suspecen pro ses bewohkwn, is oispohc ub kyid sensto doighen ios firida. Un horrible
familiaritat emanit ex id. Samt petrifien, still, reduct yed non-confusible, is zingarean pwarno

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protiokwit iom aun vide iom. Conan stiup retro, taraghto do id anun siens atmen. Eys eins clih-se in
sien srom hand, menxu is oistier, gheisdend, abstauniht ab tod revelation meg pior abyssal ed
terrible ad concepe.

Lakin id fact eet ter. Id secret iom doighens samt reducta dimensions eet aunstohct, bet apter tod
rouna wohs id dar kyehrsner ed mysterieuser rouna irspet existence.

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Kamdiu Conan remienit mers in un vertigineus dyeia, to wois is naiwo. Un voc salgih iom eyso
sassaria, un gwenvoco quod cricit stets honarer-ye kamsei sa gwehmiet stets proscher iom. Conan
recognih tod voc ed eyso sromia disparih ye tod sam instant.

Un oku klaupo brigh iom ye id nivell iom angh firidas do-ya is glohmb, repulgend ia grupps om
doighens kay ghehde dehe sien peds tetro. Alyo klaup, un reteulgen, ed is wohs ep id cornice,
ghehdend it spehce dalgtro. Nu-uperspohc un extermur id glend lung ambh id castell.

Ep id shienciu grund gress un aydokw olbjim behrnd sub els brakh, kam anghen behriet un rebell
magv, un prisonerin qua se strubh. Eet Sancha : ays sword kaysar fiell in cascade, dispars, ed ays
esmer teint contrastit violent-ye con id lamper ebon os ays raptor. Tel dahsit neid attention ibs
efforts ias captive kay se lures, ni aysims cries, ed trohcit kyid magno dworo ios castell.

Dat el coloss bighieng sub tod, Conan skans prompt-ye ghom id mur ed snohg sub id arche quod
duxit ad alter aula. Teupend todih, is vis el olbjim entre id hawzghehrd, behrnd els prisonerin qua
strohkw inter els brakhs. Taiper, is ghohd vide el creature prokwtos.

Id schungjin symmetria ios corpos ed iom memsen eet dar pondoster proscher. Sub id abnuscuito
stohlb long staur muscles ed Conano ne dwoyit od el monster ghohd dehre un mensc med sien bare
hands. Ia onkha elsen finghers al diedw idafi webens, eentghi meg long, samkwehkend ia onoghs
uns gver. Elso lige eet un sculpen abnusmask. Eys okwi eent os falv color, bleigu ed lamper uns
tweiser gold. Els de protiokw eet extermensc. Ielgo ligne, ielg trait bohr id kwekmor os khitert… un
khitert quod wohs meg trans id mer vierdnicia os menscgenos. Tel gohnos ne eet mensc… el khiek
ses. Eet unis monstruositat os gwit, surrect ex ia puts uns blasphem creation… un perversion ios
druna os evolution.

El olbjim xubh Sancha ep id travplar quer ia rep criend ob gvol ed terror. El ambhglaz kamsei el
esiet beghspace. Els falv okwi schrohnkeer kun ia vis ia doighens volvihn ed fallen kata id mur. Tun
el clih-se, sizit sien prisonerin per ays coll ed ghabel ed ghieng jaldi kyid glend hawz, samt uno meg
precis intention. Conan sielg sien kulk ed rusch ep id travos, oku kam id wind os mohrt.

El olbjim vols ed els okwi blig kun el vis iom kwitor samt brunt cuit curre kyel. Sub id effect os
surprise, els cruel strineg slohmber ed Sancha slid ex els hands ed fiell ep id gras. Ia noghwent
hands rexeer-se ed zaghyahr, bet Conan skiep ir kjiboen ed sehsit sien eins do id en engwen al
olbjim. El Aydokwis fiellit ghomtro kam un pehdend dru, cruorrehnend. Oin instant poskwo, Conan
buit gripen ab strehmghalv brakhs : Sancha hieb klaupen ub ed sbohnd iom, antgreipend iom in un
frenitis om terror ed hysteric rehmen.

Is katathematisit menxu is fortrieg-se, yed eys duschman eet ja quasi mortu. Ia glasic okwi hiebeer
biht glasic ed ia long abnusmemsa eent tik sroht ab convulsive spasmes.

- Oh ! Conan, sluct Sancha, antgreipend iom dregh-ye, quod vahms wey bihe ? Qui sont ti
monsters ? Oh, wehsmos sigwra in hayd ed eet is diabel…
- Tun hayd want un nov diabel, goilit gver-ye is Barachean. Bet kam tar hat el kamyap’ kape te ?
Hant i lambhen id nav ?

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- Io ne woid. (Ia tiercskwit sien dakrus, ambhtastit kye sien ghiton, ed mohm tun ia hieb sdut id.)
Ho stigh’ do land. Te ho viden sehkwe Zaporavo, ed ho sohkwn vos bo. Ho aunstohc’ Zaporavo….
Is eet… eet… tu has….
- Quis alyos ? Brohm is. Ed poskwo ?
- Ho dyohrcen un mov bayna ia drus, ieyit ia kreusend-ye. Ho credihn ees tu. Ho kalen… ed tun ho
viden tod… tod kyehrsen ject, hocken kam un kiep in ia ozda ed quod me jvieyer. Buit kam un
coschmar, io khiek mwaungsoue. Quanto io ghohd kwehre, eet crie. Tun hat el se sisen falle kata id
dru ed me hat kapen… Oh ! Oh ! Oh !

Ia kohl sien lige do sien hands ed iter-ye tremblit mehmend-ye tod horror.

- Nun dehlgmos mwaungsoue hetos, brohm Conan seizend ays runc. Gwehm, dehlgmos joine id
nieute…
- Pleist wirs swohp ep id plaj kun ho venturen do shienrlien, ieyit ia.
- Ies swohp ? Exclamit is rughatend-ye. Per iens septa demons ios ogwn os hayd ed os aziyat !
- Kleu !

Ia stahsit still, pall kwiter kreusend ob garg.

- Ho aurt ! Bahsit is brusk-ye. Un schikay ! Skehpt !

Is udglohm iter ia stehlbens ios mur ed, spehcend epter id cornice, rughiet samt un tem terrible furor
quem id exclamih Sancha. I aydokwi hieb riken, bet ne saul, we ne samt tuicha hands. Ielg bohr ein
inert menscforme ; sems bohr dwin. Ir captives eent ies flibustiers. Hiengeer moll-ye inter ia brakhs
iren raptors ed sei ne habient ex tid do tid mulayim-ye mot ni contract ir muscles, Conan iens habiet
aynens mortu. Ies hieb esen desarmen, bet ne sdun ; oin im Aydokwen ir kardkaschen einsa, kam
uno mier kowp ex ghehrsend stal. Ex tid do tid, oino iom nauts emiss aunsabab un crie, kam un
drehnknic mutiend in sieno medviaswehpen.

Conan spohc ambh se kam un kapant wolf. Id hawzaula ghohd bihe salgen unte tri arches. I
Aydokwi hieb gwaht ex id ghehrd per id eustarche ed vahr aundwoi rikes unte tod sam arche. Conan
hieb entren per id sudarche. Is hieb skulken sub id westarche, bet is ne hieb haben id wakt os vide
quo wohs trans id. Quayque is ne gnohsit id plan ios castell, is dohlg karrare fauran.

Pos oiskandus ghom id mur, is replacit ia doighens samt strehmghalv hast, sohlk id nayvo siens
victim tiel id hawz ed xubh id endo. Tod sohnk fauran wedeni ed, kun is oispohc id dubes, is
Barachean constatit distinct-ye un gargic reduction… un schrehnken, dind uno meurchen. Is abvic
jaldi ud id hawz kreusend-ye, dind siz id brakh sienias sokwnia ed dribh iam hirs-ye kyid sudentren,
menxu ia iom iltijit kem ay sieygit quo wakyit.

- Han’ kapt id nieute, antwohrd is samt precipitation. Ho neid precis plan, bet vahms tupes semloc
ed uperwakhe quo jinkdout. Sei ne spehcen’ do id hawz, ne suspecsien’ nies presence.
- Bet vahn’ vide id cruor ep id gras !
- Kad ti demons mehnsient od oin ex i hat ghun id, antwohrd is. Zowngschie, tehrbmos incurre tod
risk.

Stahr in id aula quer is hiebit prispohct id korm ios yungh, ed nih iam jaldi ub ia stieupens qua
duxeer ei nordmur. Dind is ay dwigh hocke apter id parapett ios balcon. Eet uno meg pauper kulk,
bet eet id gohdst quod kwahr trehve.

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Payn-ye hieb i skulken kun i Aydokwi entreer ein pos ein id aula. Buit un udclanghbehngos
ghomdrabs ed Conan stohv, sehrnd sien eins in sien hand. Men i Aydokwi uperghieng un arche
orienten kyid sudwest, ed i ieur un serie stumpen blosken ed steunen. I olbjims xubh ir victims ep id
gras. Un hysteric gleimen wierdh ep Sanchas lipps. Conan dehsit fauran sien hand ep ayso stohm,
stumpend id swon pre tod habiet ghohden khanye i.

Oin instant serter, bo ieur id blosk multen peds trehndend id gras ender i, dind silence regwohm.
Conan glaz epter id parapett. Id aula eet tuich. Iter hieb i Aydokwi sammeln bei hawz ios adjacent
ghehrd, hockend. Kwecto dahr neid attention ibs plaut cruorglois ep id trav ni ep id jaden rand ios
hawz. Okwivid-ye, sehrglois ne eent extraordinar in tod stet. Neschi spohceer do id hawz. Eent
mergen in sem gatolkos ye ir weidos. El buland Aydokw iter kienit sien golden fluyer, ed eysi
sokwis kluster, lik ad abnusstatues.

Ghendus id hand as Sancha, Conano snohgit ghom id drab, kehmbhend yoitkwe eys cap ne buit
visible uper id mur. Ia pauric meirka sohkwit iom jabran, spehcend samt terror kyid arche quod
duxit ei hawzaula. Bet per tod arche ed sub tod angule, neter id hawz ni id buxianxu bande samghat
prokwem id eent visible. Pod ia stieupens lyohg ia einsa iom Zingareans. Id behngos i hieb aurn eet
neid alyo quem tod iom kapen webens xubhen ghomtro.

Conan dribh Sancha kyid sudwestwort arche. I tohr silent id trav ed arriveer do id aula quod wohs
trans id. In tod ghehrd lyohg pell-mell ies flibustiers, xubhti do un kowp in-yod kwit puk
moustaches, bleigu aurrings. Her ed ter, oin ex iens oisroht we emiss un anxieus brohm. Conan se
clih kyens ed Sancha genuit nieb iom, sien hands posen ep sien bemerns.

- Quod est tod subswadh ed aghel odor ? Sprohg ia samt nervositat. Malodoret ir soluk.
- Tod balstohmen fruit hant ess, antwohrd is ye khafi voc. Mehmo ids odor. Sollt habe ia sam suedsa
quem id kyehrsen lotus, quod swehpeiht leuds. Per Crom ! Son’ gehrnd… bet aun armes, ed mi
enfallt ti aydokwi diabels vahn’ mox kamses ir magia ep iens. Quod chance siet etilikwes tibs karls,
aun webens ed swehpenbolvan ?

Is brovit, mers do sem profund reflexion. Dind is siz id esmer oms as Sancha med uno nerce quod
kreusih iam.

- Kleu ! Vahm attrage ti aydokwens khyks do alyo part ios castell ed gwupes i besic unte un khvil.
Entrim, gwah scutte tens imbeciles, protiebudes iens ed ibs bringhes ir einsa… Habsient it un
chance os katue. Ghehdsies kwehre to ?
- Io… io ne woid ! Balbiel ia, tremblend ob terror, payn consciend quo ia sieyg.

Samt un rughat, Conan kiep ays gwaur kaysar per ids raudh ed scuss iam hina ia murs bitiengh ant
ays okwi.

- Dehlcs kwehre to ! Strisit is. Es’ nies saul chance !

- Kwehrsiem beirst ! Exclamit ia.

Tun, pos un recommandationsbrohm ed un encouragementsteip ghom ays regvo quod quasi fallih
iam, is abgwahsit nin-ye.

Un khvil serter, is embuskit sub id arche quod duxit ei hawzaula, observend sien duschmans. I dar
sess prokwem id hawz, bet inkiepeer bevide signes os pervers impatience. Ex id aula quer lyohg ies

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gehrnd boucaniers, ei ghohdeer stets honarer brohms, interplohcen con indistinct rughats. Is tensit
siena muscles ed tup kam un simbv, annmend deub inter sien dents.

Is jauharwent olbjim stahsit ub, stragend sien fluyer ex sien lipps… ed tod instant, Conan, med un
tigherklaup, rusch medsu i staunihn Aydokwens. Ed sam-ye quem un tigher klaupt ep sien praed ed
dehrt el, Conan klaupt ed planct. Tris eys eins twis pre quelkwe habiet ghohdt lives sem hand ka
geste os defense. Dind is klieup ex id circule ed curs unte id travplor. Apter iom lyohg tri aydokwi
formes, samt bohngen ghalvs.

Quayque id inexspecten harara os eys attaque hieb udstrajihn i olbjims, i survivers retrohv aum
jaldi. Ed ja apterpersneer iom quan is uperdrahsit id westarche, ir long jambs behrnd i do
strehmghalv syrat. Is khiss od ghehdiet aisic-ye udcurre i, bet solg ne eet eyso ziel. Is dribhskw i do
un long apterdrahsa, kay dahe ad Sancha id wakt om protiebudes ed arme iens Zingareans.

Kun is curs do id aula quetro duxit id westarche, is rughiet. Tod ghehrd eet different ud alter aulas is
hieb viden. Instet ses rund, eet octogonal ed id arche unte-yod is hieb entret eet id saul possible
udghang.

Is parvols ed vis od id hol bande hieb sohkwn iom do id ghehrd. Un grupp stahsit ant id arche, alters
desployeer in un vast ligne ed ieg proscher. Is facit i stehmbhend-ye retro kyid nordwort mur. Id
ligne bihsit un semicircule quod desployit kay kernes iom. Is nagwahsit retro stets lenter-ye, kaund
ia crehscend intervalls inter i persehkwers. I biey an attaquiet uter bors tos crescent, ed i strohc ir
ligne kay stambhes ei to.

Is observit samt id sakwn vigilance uns wolf ed, kun is plieg, to buit samt harbant keraunokutat…
do idpet centre ios crescent. El olbjim quel ei blockit id itner collapsit, samt dwighen xiongbu. Ed is
pirate skiep id zaghyahndo circule pre i Aydokwi dexi ed levi proe-khalassient irem driug hihn do
nehc. Id grupp ant id dwor se preparit ad repulge eys hajoum, bet Conano ne attaquit id. Is hieb vols
ed spohc sien persehkwers aun apparent emotion ed, sigwra aun paur.

Ye tod ker, ne desployeer do un fragil ligne. I hieb ghaben im esiet daunosto divide ir forces contra
tom incarnation os furia qui dohr ed transbieur i. I munster do un compact masse ed ieg perodh
kyom aun exageren hast, manteinend ir formation.

Conan ghieb od sei drehdiet tod block ex osta ed noghwenta muscles, tod katu esiet eys ajal. Su-i
siniet age kafi prosch iom kay ghehdient hihes iom med ir onoghs ed brunges id vantage ir
importanter vyige im conferiet, eys de primitive gvertat khakiet uperghehlde. Is ambhglaz ed
dyohrc un stehlben, samlik uni natural firida, in un kantun ios westmur. Quo eet, is ne wois, bet to
daughiet eysi idee. Is bighieng retro kye tod angule, ed i olbjims wieurg ub. I mohn okwivid-ye vahr
kantunbehnde iom ter, ed Conan trohv kafi wakt pro deduce ex to od ieyeer iom aundwoi uns
inferior spece, mental-ye minter antslehnkus quem iro. Al-hamdulillah ! Neid esti desastreuser
quem misvehrte sien duschman.

Taiper, stahsit ye neid meis quem plur peds ud id mur ed i Aydokwi stohmbh jaldi proscher,
credeihnd aweis vahr blocke iom in tod fatal kantun pre ghabiet sien situation. Id gruppo placen ant
id dwor hieb likwn sien wals ed spohd ad gwehme hehlptum. I olbjims ieg perodh comstrohbht, ir
okwi flamboyant kam hayds golden ogwns, ir dents tweisend ob kweitos, ir noghwent haands pors
kam kay pare eys attaque. Exspecteer un stayg ed brutal mov irios praedd. Bet kun tod tyohc, id
desconcertit i.

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Conan liv sien eins, stiup kyi, dind vols ed curs kyid mur. Med sien kreptic pedum ed un xeud om
sien stalen muscles, is rusch ub do hava ed antgrip id stehlben ios mur. Ye tod sam instant, buit un
dehrcracken ed id gombh cess, supeihndo iom pirate ghom id mur, do id aula.

Is fiell ep sien regvo quod, aun id natural bolghi skipen ab id gras, habiet bihn brohgen nespekent id
hol uriende eysen musclen. Antskandend kam un simbv, is facit sien duschmans. Bolt aunsweurghia
hieb likwn eys okwi, qua taiper erkwit un blou flamme. Eys crinar ghohrs, eys teun lipps vrink do
un rictus. Unte oino mic, id situation hieb-se transformen. Id bolto leiko hiebit bihn un katu po gwit.
Id nedohmen buhsa Conans ornuwit-se do tod combat samt id hol wild furia is ghohd.

I Aydokwi, ficten unte oino mic ab id okutat tos parvolgen, pariet-se taiper ad uperfalle iom
ghomtro. Bet ye todpet moment un honaro crie rup silence. Volgus kyid arche, i olbjims vis un
straugh menegh lahe id aula. Ies boucaniers marcheer titubend-ye kam makhmour wirs,
ambimleund rughats. Eent dar bolvan ed formohnen, bet ies sohr ir einsa in ir hands, ed ieg perodh
samt gvera protiokwa, nel-ye troublen ab id stragnitat ios situation.

Menxu i Aydokwi spohc iens samt staunos, Conan emiss un strident heul ed attaquit i med id
harbgvalt os keraun. I pohd kam zrehl kwoid sub eyso miech. Ies Zingareans, criend ob furor,
sassar, rusch med un rhayr-yakin gwayto do id aula ed uperfiell ir gigantesk duschmans samt
cruorlasni yalos. Eent dar sturdihn, emergend payn ex ia mighels irs droghswehpen. Ies hieb khissto
Sancha scutte iens violent-ye ed dehe einsa do ir hands, dind ies hieb aurt ays wekwos incitend iens
do combat, bet id vid em negnohts ed rehnend cruor ibs buit ample-ye kafi.

Unte oino mic buit id aula transformet do un walu quod, meg oku, samkwohk uno mazbakh. Ies
Zingareans eeveivankent ep ir peds, yed ghesoreer ir einsa med gwis ed success, rughatend kyudos-
ye, mutlak indifferent ibs vurnims ies subihr, ploiska qua ibs eent instant-ye fatal. Eent meg kathirer
quem i Aydokwi, bet senters eent nel-ye mediocre duschmans. Baygh udbulandend iens hajoumers,
ies olbjims inflixeer harbs med ir noghwent hands ed ir dents, dvehrnd id gurgulen iom pirates ed
plagend med ir clus peungsta qua bohngeer ghalvs. Protiewaurs in tod melee, ies boucaniers khiek
brunges ir superior agilitat ed maungs eent dar pior sassar ob drogh pro vergihes ia cutts birn contra
iens. Katuer kam blind gvers, pior gwaukan de dahe nehc pro exclihnes id. Id blosk iom einsen qua
tohm corpsa swohn kam tod om kassabsaters, ed ia strids, heuls ed rughats eent gargic aurtu.

Sancha, teupend ye id entren ios arche, eet abstaunihn ab id kwalay ed id furor ios katu. Ia hieb id
vertigineus pondos uns twehrnd chaos medsu-yod stal twis ed plieg. Brakhs liv-se, fradend liges
prohp ed disprohp. Tens corpsa xubh-se protie mutu, antskiend, se blans ed confus do un infernal
dans os follia.

Unte instants, detayls ieuskeer kam sombre aquaforte grehvens ep un cruor aptergrund. Ia vis un
zingareano naut, blins ab uno mier lump os sieno scalp, quod hieb esen rohven ed hieng ant eys
okwi, tende sien ghohnct jambs ed sehe med hol nerce sien eins tiel lambhel do un aydokwo
gwiwoto. Ia ieur distinct-ye id brohm ios boucanier ed ia vis ia falv okwi es eys victim ubrolle unte
un oku agonia menxu cruor ed inster gwohl ambh id miech quod dyohgw id corpos. El moribund
aydokwo sizit id miech med sien bare hands ed is naut vrikst blind-ye ed stupid-ye. Dind un
aydokwo brakho dubit samt cruel nerce medsu eys regv. Eys cap buit slaht retro, skeipend un
horrible angule, ed semjecto crieck, udhonarnd id kwalay ios melee, samlik ei cracken uns taungh
ozd. El victor xubh id nayv os sien victim ghomtro ed, ye tod instant, semquod kwehkend kam un
bam os moder luce tohr els omsa dextos levtro. El vienk, els cap fiell perodh ep elso xiongbu dind,
hideus-ye, rollit ghomi.

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Tod spectacle waurs id kerd as Sancha. Ia brigh sien hand do sien stohm ed wohn vomihes. Ia se
strohng vain-ye kay disvolge ed fuges tod skau, bet aysa jambs refuseer move. Ed ays okwi, meg
dalg ud se clude, ghyahr aunmeid. Pamrlanen, marzen, lahn ab nauseas, ia khiss lakin id horrible
fascination ia hieb semper oispruven vidend-ye cruor. Yed tod boi udgiergit quanto ia hiebit
prispohcen taiptro unte ia katus qua mensci levereer ad mutu in raids ep ports au abordages mari.
Dind ia dyohrcit Conan.

Separet ud sien driugs ab id compact masse im peinds, Conan hieb covohrn ab un aydokwo voln om
brakhs ed nayvs, ed xubhen ghomtro. Dind eys aggressors gvohnskweer iom. Bet is hieb fallen
dreibhend-ye con se oin ex i, ed id aydokw corpos protexit tod ios pirate. I olbjims kielc ed
dohrskweer iom Barachean, protietragend ir kiwtem driug, bet ia dents os Conan dyohgweer
furieus-ye els gurgule ed is pirate tieng dregh-ye sien gwiv schild.
Un hajoum iom Zingareans suw un slehmber ios waurg. Conan xubh gontro id cadaver ed oistahsit
tsay, cruorcovohrn, horrible visu. I olbjims uperkihr iom, samlik ad buland kyehrsen skadhs, peitend
raghe iom ed ei bires athime cutts. Bet tem molicit hihes we sizes iom quem un panther furieusiht
ab id odor os cruor ed, ye cada treiccruce au dvon eysios miech, aserng gwohl. Eys vurnsa habient
ja est kafi pro nices tri ordinar wirs, bet eys taurenergia eet nel-ye mincen ab to.

Eys ensein lud uper id kwalay ios melee ed ies Zingareans, sassar bet furieus, mudh ub ed doubleer
ir hajoums, yoitkwe ir dehren os krewos ed id cracken iom osten sub ia einsa quasi udhonier ia
heuls om gvol ed grassab.

I Aydokwi flex dind, zaweighend, se precipiteer kyid dwor. Sancha hul vidend-ye iens addrahe ed
spohd ad abvices ud ir agmo. Unte ir hast criescheer sub id arche ed ies Zingareans dyohgw ed
riegh ir regvs tens ab effort, emittend-ye joyheuls. Id perigumt ios dwor bihsit un druv kaydeina pre
i survivers kamyieb diaspehre seni.

Id boi wohrt tun do apterdrahsa. Unte ia schadab aulas, ub ia muzlim-ye lamper drabs, ep ia
kleitukrovs iom fantastic tors, hatta engwn id weur cornice iom walls, i olbjims mwaungsour,
leusend iro cruor ye cada stieup, ambihajoumen ab ir persehkwers tem zalim quem wolfs. Kert,
sems parvols ed wirs nohc. Bet id final resultat eet semper id sam… un klombh aydokwo corpos
quod kriemp ep id gras we quod fiell, vreinkend ed se streubhend, kata uno mur au id tect uns tor.

Sancha hieb endergwohmen do id hawzaula quer ia hieb tupen, tremblend ob garg. Exo udcliengh
un gver heul. Peds trohd id gras ed, salgend id arche, prohp un cruorpoik aydokwis forme. Eet el
jauharrica olbjim. Un cortjamb Zingarean sohkw el prokwtos, ed el Aydokwis, arriven ye id leizdo
ios hawz, vols. In desperation, el hieb ghens ub un eins forlikwt ab un agonisanto naut ed, quan is
Zingarean se precipitit bolt-ye kyom, el plieg med tod weben quod al ne eet familiar. Is boucanier
collapsit, samt bohngen ghalv, bet id cutt hieb est birto tem skayv-ye quem id brohg in id hand al
olbjim.

Is xubh id hamand kyens addrahnd wirs ed klieup kyid hawz, sien lige esend neid als quem uno
mask ex haines. Conan disbihsit ud iens arrivend wirs ed eys peds curs ep id gras in un strehmghalv
charge.

Dind el olbjim ghohng siena miera brakhs ed ex elsa lipps lit uno nemensco crie… id saul swon
dughen ab un Aydokw unte id hol katu. El cricit waurntro sien terrible haines. To buit kam un voc
heulend ex id budmen om aunfin tehoms. Ant tod crie flex ed kung ies Zingareans. Bet Conano ne
stopit. Silent ed cruorlasni, is bir un cutt kyel abnusforme quel stahsit in tula ep id gombh ios hawz.

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Bet, sammel kun eys eins dar twis in hava, el Aydokwis vols ed klieup do kenos. Unte oin secunde,
ies vis el swehbhe uper id hawz. Dind, samt un grohm quod sroht id grund, id glend wedor se ieyr
ed oistighit kyrl, covehrnd el med un glend lava.

Conan stopit sien stremghalv drahsa just barwakt mae falle do id hawz. Is slah retro se edschi sien
yeudmens med staura brakhgestes. Id mier hawzo samkwohk taiper un geyser ed id kwalayo ieug,
bihnd un bodereihnd grohm, menxu id ubsell wedstolbo lud stets hoger, plehndernd-se ye sien cim
do un plaut spoimcron.

Conan agih sien yeudmens retro kyid dwor, iens puscend ant se plagend-ye iens med id denwrnt
siens eins. Id baub ios wedmenegh hieb kwecto beghsiht iens ir quanta makdours. Vidend Sancha
nastahe still, srom, samt pfwehngus okwi ob terror ed starnd ei brehnend stolb, is gwohm prosch
iam katathematisend-ye quo udhonier id wedgrohm ed salgih iam ayso stupor. Ia drahsit kyom, samt
regen brakhs ; is siz iam sub uter brakh, dind curs ex.
Ies survivers hieb sammelt do id ghehrd quod duxit extro. Eent malalt, vurnen ed cruorpoik, ir
povestis in lumps. Ies naghisd, natieyc ant id vankend ubsell stolb quod lud stets proscher id blou
waurnakmen. Tod glendo stolb eet kwitlizden ; idso spoimcron eet tris plauter quem id
circumference od ids base. Ye cada moment, id riskit rupes ed nifalle ka un torrent quod covehriet
quant, quayque taiper id nalud waurntro.

Conans okwi ambhspohc jaldi id cruorpoiko grupp iom flibustiern. Is rughiet pos hissabus tik
dwogimtia wiren. In id intensitat ios moment, is kiep un corsar per eys coll ed scuss iom tem gvalt-
ye quem cruor gwohl ex ia vurnsa ios wir ed spruz quantens nieb iens.

- Quer sont alters ? Bieub is do id aur siens victim.

- Tik wey ! Hul alter ka antwehrd, udhonarnd id grohm ios geyser. Ceters buir nict ab ti aydokwens
creatures…
- Tun smad mwaungsoue hetos ! Bieub Conan, stundend-ye iom quo yis iom ad kwehlpe kyid dwor
quod duxit extro. Tod schadravan vaht rupes ye quodkwe instant…
- Wey quanti vahms bihe kharken ! Mlusit in un acut crie un flibustier qui skibhit perodh kyid mier
dwor.
- Kharken ? Credeihs tu to ? Hul Conan. Vahms bihe transforme’ do statues ex petrifien osta ! Salcte
hetos, imbeciles !

Is curs kyid extrodwor, spehcend med uter ok id baubend glendo stolb quod lud uper iom ye un tem
terrible weidos, ed med alter iens caudaschens. Sturdiht ab cruorodor, boi ed id udclanghend
kwalay, plurs iom Zingareans ghieng perodh kam wirs in trance. Conan urgih iens ; eys methode
buit simple. Is kiep tens quoy kung per id bund irs coll, iens puscit gvalt-ye unte id dwor, ed criscit
sien impulse med un kreptic kalc do ir cloinpodia, gwuntend-ye sienims exhortations sem sarcastic
remarkes de id atavia sienen victims. Sancha bevis uno netto desire de mane bei. Bet is ierk ays
brakhs qua sbohnd iom ed, hakarend iam plukwid, spehdih iam med un udclanghend latmah ep ays
cloin quod yis iam ye oku syrat kyid plateau.

Conano ne likw id dworo pre ses yakin od vasyi survivers hieb salgen id castell ed spohd engwn id
gron plateau. Dind is iter spohcit kyid grehmend stolb quod udschturm id waurn, ed is
mwaungsousit ye sien roig ex tod loc samt aunnam horrors.

Ies Zingareans hieb ja nact id bors ios castell ed nisturd ia kleitus iom successive clins. Sancha
skohpt iom ep id crest ios prest clin ed is hielt ye tod stet unte un instant kay spehce apter se. To
kwohkit kam un gigantesk glensteb kwit andos quod habiet crohsct uper ia tors. Id grohm plehsit id

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hava. Dind id jadeglend ed sneigvalbh stolb sprohng in un behngos samlik ei dehren os warwn, ed
ia walls ed ia tors buir covohrt med un grehmend torrent.

Conan siz id hand ias meirka ed mwaunsousit. Ia clins oistigh ub ed ghom ant i, apter i udcliengh un
tumultueuso strohm. Un glanez epter sien oms tens ob effort ei skieu un plaut glend reibo quod lud
ed nifiell ye meis clins is uperdrahsit. Id torrent hieb neter spohrt ni swohndt. Kam un glend ogvi, id
srusit epter deners ed rundlik cresta. Id kwohr itner-on… id aptersrusit i.

Vidus to, Conan doublit sien efforts. Sancha kwohlp ed fiell ep sien genus samt un steun om
desperation ed exhaustion. Priseizend iam, Conan xubh iam ep sieno massive oms ed nadrahsit.
Eyso xiongbu ois, eysa genus trembleer ; eys annem bikwohs inter eys dents. Is vienk in sien curs.
Dind, ant se, is dyohrc iens nauts quoy spohd muschkil-ye, quayque stimulet ab id terror quod
oistrig iens.

Id ocean ghyahsit stayg ant eys okwi ed ant eys trub spect prohp id Vandale, intact. Ies wirs xubh-se
pell-mell do ia canous. Sancha fiell do id budmen os oin ex ia ed remien ithan stert bayna un kowp
om strehkwnd corpsa. Conan, quayque sehrg bieub ye eysa skolfas ed quayque id mund ei buit neid
meis quem un scarlat vertigo, siz un erm ep-yod ja stohbh suffocanti nauts.

Ir kerds sal-explodend ob exhaustion, ies er kyid nav. Id glend flub prohp ye id leizdo iom drus. Ta
collapseer kamsei ir stamms habient esto sect nett, dind disparihr do id jaden deluge. Id torren spohr
ep id plaj, gwehmend ad linges id ocean, ed ia volns bihr uns profunder, unios meis buxianxu glend.

Un beghsaum, instinctive pauro strig iens boucaniers, accelereih iens ia movs iren brakhs submitten
ad torture, unte un dar meger effort, sammel kun id vankih lyt-ye meis ir ments. Ies ne wois quo
redwoieer, bet ies wois perfect-ye od tod abominable glend ed glat reibo skip uno menace pro
corpos ed menos. Conano gnohsit to, ed, vidend id plaut reibo rusches do ia volns ed, flottend ep id
wand, swehbhe kyens, is siemmel sien sensto nerce ed er tem furieus-ye quem id ermo brohg nett in
eys hand.

Men ia canous niek id Vandale. Ies nauts oistigh muschkil-ye engwn ia zangirs, sinend ia nauks
todrives. Sancha gwohm abord, bohrt ep Conans weur oms, hangend moll-ye kam un cadaver, ed
buit skladen aun meis manier ep id deck, menxu is Barachean siz id diumenn ed mlu wehlens ad
sien reduct nieute. It hieb is biwaldhen id grupp aun od to seuwiet questions, ed ies flibustiers hieb
instinctive-ye obediht iom. Ies vienk perodh ep id decko kam makhmour wirs, displehcend rezga ed
diemmens med automatengestes. Id zangir protiedarnd id anker buit muct ed fiell do wed samt un
honar blosk, ia seghels buit disfurlt ed ois in id biblahnd wind. Id Vandale tremblit ed movit, dind
abfanzowit, flottend majestueus-ye kyid pelgvos. Conan spohcit kyid ripa. Samlik uni sreumen ex
smaragda zabaans, un reibo se ster ep id wand, yed, arrivet ye oin ermlonge ud id kil ios Vandale, id
ne snohg dalger. Ab tos bors, id spect ios pirate sohkw id aunstop tweiserglendo strohm, engwn id
albho plaj, dind unte ia flanks iom clins, quer id disprohp do id piern azur.

Is Barachean, recupervs sien annem, fried kyid exhausen nieute. Sancha stahsit prokwem iom,
hysteric dakrus oisreund ghom sien gians. Id sarvari os Conan eet in lumps, cruorcovohrt. Is neti
hieb yeusmen, ni kardkasch. Eys eins, seht vertical-ye do id deck nieb iom, eet srakut ed tect ab un
teug rudh cruste. Cruor hieb dedht ep eyso swordo crinar, ed oiter eysen aurs hieb esen pwolrohven.
Eys brakhs, jambs, xiongbu ed omsa bohr marks om dehnkens ed noghens, kamsei is habiet katuen
protie panthers. Yed is oismih, darmih sien staur jambs ed dier id diumenn, kyunggiawnd it sien
kyudost muscular nerce.

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- Ed nun ? Balbiel ia meirka.
- Marplunder ! Iey is ilaynd. Un nieute in perischan stand, con newal wirs, dohrn do gheslo schtuks,
yed ghehdent maneuvre id nav, ed alyo nieute bihsiet facil trehftu. Gwehm hetro, bent, ed dah mi un
kuss.
- Un kuss ? Scricit ia med un hysteric voc. Mehns de kussa in un solg moment ?

Eys gleimen udhonier id clacken ed id dvon iom seghels. Is ieyrit iam ghomtos med oiter sienen
stauren brakhs ed kuss ays rudha gians samt udclangh.

- Mehno de gwit, bieub is. Mortus hant nohct, ed quo hat wakyet est khatem ! Ho un nav, un nieute
quod sagv’ katue, ed un bent samt vinmedv lipps. Ho naiwo iskwn meis ! Lincte vies vurnsa,
sabergesticulers, ed ghyante un butt alu. Yu vahte maneuvre tod nav kam id naiwo buit. Danste,
sehngvte, menxu yu biorbatte, imbeciles ! Iblis aunnav mars ! Trehcmos nuntos kye oceans quer
ports sont opnost ed quer tajirnavs pehlde med lwon !

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