Zamboulas anthropophags

ZAMBOULAS ANTHROPOPHAGS
ab Robert E. Howard
Sambahsa tarjem
I 
Un tambur dvehnt
* Id baytel os Aram Baksh	perkehlt un mier danger !
Id voc ios wir vibrit med sinceritat ed ed long swordonkha finghers dub do id muscleus brakh os Conan kun is grokit sien warnen. Is eet un siuk individu, samt solburst cuit ed kyehrsen ed skider berd. Eys lumps dixeer clar-ye lit de un vagder. Is kwohk smulker ed meis rachitic quem aiwo nieb iom kimri olbjim samt weur torso, staur memsa ed sworda brovs. Stahr ye un angule ios pasar iom einsars ed ambi iens dohn in ia strads id flutt im weikers vasyen bahsas ed cuitcolors os Zamboula... exotic, mestissaget, pelupoik ed honar. 
Conan disspohc ud iam Ghanara samt stingant okwi ed aliw lipps, quas cort ed scisden fustan sis prehpe un brun ed bare bemern ye cada aysen insolent stieups, kay stare irritat-ye ad sien exterwaurmen sokwi. 
* Quod awies tu ka « mier	danger ? Suwiel is.
Is desertwir glaz nin-ye epter sien oms pre antwehrde med khafi voc : 
* Quel ghehdt sayge ? Bet	desertmensci ed mussafers hant swohpen in id dom os Aram Baksh ed	buir naiweti reviden ! Quod hat im wakyen ? Isge kassamt	hant swohp' dind kwohryet ir itner...ed est ver od nel weiker tos	urb buit aiwo missend in eys dom. Bet nimen hat aiwo revis i	mussafers ed maals ed schowbeys bayghend i buirwer' dyohrcen in ia	pasars. Sei Aram ne hat pohrnt ia pos abdehvs i suters, tun quosmed	hant ia arriven tetro ?
* Ho neid opnos ep me, brohm is	Kimri, touchend-ye id hamand covohrno med glend lieter ios mier eins	quod hiengit kata eys flank. Ho hatta pohrnen mien ekwo. 
* Bet ne tik riche mussafers son'	missend nocts in id dom os Aram Baksh, murmurit is Zuagir. No,	nebaygat desertmensci hant swohpt ter... ob eys tariffs sont	ieftiner quem ta altern creschmas... ed buir naiweti revis !	Semker, un poti'm Zangirs quos son eet missend it hieb schikayn bei	satrap, Jungir Khan, ed so hat wohlt soldats obsoke id dom. 
* Ed hant ies trohft un kellar	pehldend med cadavers ? Sprohg is Kimri med un ironic ton. 
* No, hant trohf' neid ! Ed	hant expulgen iom poti ex id citad ei mileund-ye tehrgens ed	balstehmens ! Bet... (is clih-se proscher Conan ed krus)...	hant trohft alyo ject ! Ye id kenar ios desert, apter ia doms,	est un palmabunge, medsu quod lyehct un ghyamen. Ed in id budmen tos	ghyamen hams trohven kyohrnen ed calcinen menscenosta ! Ed ne	tik oins, sontern plurs ! 
* To preuf' quod ? Brohm is	Kimri. 
* Od Aram Baksh est un demon !	No ! In tod balstohmt urb strugen ab i Stygians ed waldhen ab i	Hyrkanis... quer mensci samt blank, brun ed aydokwo cuit se mixe kay	gehne vasyalg kafir mestissages quanten colors... quel ghehdt sayge	quis est un mensc ed quis est un desguisen demon ? Aram Baksh	est un demon wardhend do mensc ! Nocts, sume' sien druv kwehkia	ed todreibh' sien gostens do id deser' kay wassale con sien samliks	ex id wakhschay ed comseddent. 
* Ma kapt is tik tarniens ?	Sprohgit Conan, skeptic. 
* I weikers tos urb ne tolerient	an neiciet ir keiwens ! Bet ne kaurn' de quo maght wakye im	tarniens qua pehde inter eys ghesors. Conan, gwehms ex Orient ed ne	gnohs ia rounas tos veut land, bet pon ciengow celebrent i demons	ios desert id klewos os Yog, iom Swamen iom Tuich Baytels, med	ogwn... id ogwn quod weuxt ep mensc victims ! Te ho maunen !	Has gwiven mult menots sub ia delts im Zuagirs ed es in druve nies	brater ! Mae trehd do id baytel os Aram Baksh ! 
* Drah ad tupes ! Sieyg	stayg-ye Conan. Ho jus' dyohrct un wakht squade. Sei te repernt,	riskent ya mehme de tom ekwo klohpten in id grajd ios satrap...
Is Zuagir protiesorpsit sien salive ed sroht bachimien. Dind is mers inter un lang ed un ekwentoseh ex petra, emend wakto tik-ye kay susure : 
* War, brater ! Son' demons	in id dom os Aram Baksh !
Is enghulf tun do un anghpert ed disprohp. 
Conan adjustit id weur ghehrdel quod ubstohm sien einso yoitkwe ses yower ed protieglazit sakwn-ye iens sokav yeudmens ios squade pri se. Iom protiokweer curieus-ye ed suspeceus-ye, isghi eet un wir quod attraxit attention, hatta eni id poik waurg in Zamboulas kriv strads. Eys blou okwi ed eys tarnientraits iom categoriseer distinct-ye ud ia swarms Orientalen, ed id seid eins quod hiengit ye id nivell os eys hink eticrisc id racenderkweiten. 
Ies guardes ne priwohkweer iom, sontern namarcheer unte id strad, menxu id menegh abvic pri iens. Eent Pelishtims, cortjamb vregnas wirs quom blousword berd niek ir dorakwent xiongbu ; mercenars gastallen ab i turani wanaks kay tyices ia taska i kohnseer newirtic pro se, ed quoy eent dar meis detestet ab id mestissagen population bi tod sabab. 
Conan spohc ub kyid sol, quod just bidub apter ia banisbandoms wester quem id pasar dind, adjustend iter sien yeusmen, is abghiengit kyid creschma os Aram Baksh. 
Is bigress perodh kam un clinmensc do ia strads samt bfuyi udnot colors, in-ya ia ghitons em steunend taskaren strip ia kormenlizden khalats richen tajirs samt rongo gwayt ed ia vesters ex perlet satin baygaten samlyoghs. Aydokw olbjimsclavs aliey, waurgpuscend moderberd mussafers ex ia schemi urbs, lumpvehsend vagders ex ia jawardeserts ed aventurers ex vasya Orientlands. 
Id walsk population eet tem heterogene. Centens yaren prever hieb Stygias heirs arriven tetro, sib rehvend un imperium in id oriental destert. Zamboula eet tun tik uno smulk tajirurb, perambht med un serie om oasis ed wict ab descendants vagdern. I Stygians hieb id buwen un importanto citad ed pagen ter con ir schemi ed kuschi sclavs. Ia meg-ye kathire caravans tehrnd id desert eusttos westtro ed vice-versa contribuer id augen os ids opnos ed ios mestissage. Tun galopper i Turaninvasors ex id eust, repulgend ia grances os Stygia. Pon taiper un generation, Zamboula eet Turans westprodwals, sub id waldh uns turani satrap. 
Id tusentbahsa Babel cliengh ye ia aurs ios Kimri menxu is oisnohg do id meirong iom strads os Zamboula... quetro se sohnd ex tid do tid un squade om buland ed urand, falklige Turanjenchis, reuschend samt un kaphenbehngos ed un clicken doraken ed simitaren. Id menegh abvic ud ia kaphs iren ekwen iesghi eent ies maysters os Zamboula. Bulandi Stygians samt strehng ed khiter protiokwa, teupend in ir skadhs, kerieun, mehnend de iro prevst klewos. Id hybride populationo nel-ye kieur de woide an is roy qui rul ir beurto resis in deusk Khemi au in tweiser Aghrapur. Satrap Jungir Khan wieldh Zamboula ed eet susurt od Nafertari, eys parika, wieldh Jungir Khan ; men i leuds continuer ambikwehle, lahnd pelupoik-ye ia strads, wesneihnd, vatend, drehnkend, lieubhend, kam i leuds os Zamboula eekwehrneunt pon id dien kun idsa tors ed minaras sielg id sand ios Kharamun. 
Aysen lanternes, sculpt samt fradend dragons, hieb esto daght in ia strads pre Conano niek id dom os Aram Baksh. Id creschma eet id senst wict baytel tos westwort strad. Un vast garden perambhen med uno mur ed in-yod crohsc meg-ye kathire palmanakhels, separit id ud ia doms oistrugen eusti. Wester quem id creschma lyohg alyo palmagarden, tohrt ab un strad ex id centre ios urb quod se forsohrp do id desert. Face id creschma, ocolo id strad, stahsit un roig om newict hyts, perbohrct ud vid ab oik rar palmas, quom saul occupants eent bauls ed shagals. Menxu Conan stighit ghom id strad, is dieumit ma i taskars, qui eent tem kathire in Zamboula, ne hiebeer bifanghen ti deserta doms kay swehpe ter. Ia luces ne beluc tetro. Eet neid lanterne her, ploisko tod hangend ud id dwer ios creschma ; neid ploisko ia stars, id teun pensuk ep id strad in-yod is ghieng, ed id sosule om palmawaraks oisrohten ab id desertbrise. 
Arams dwer ne duxit ei strad, sontern ei allee quod lit inter id creschma ed id palmagarden. Conan protietraxit impatient-ye id spartak ios clock hangend nieb id lanterne ed ieug id behngos tutundend-ye id dwer – ex saj ed samt isern chambranle – med id hamand siens eins. Un spionka ghyahsit in id dwer ed un swordo protiokwo wierdh ter. 
* Vahs tu ghyane tod dwer,	cretin ? Iom hailit Conan. Swehpo her. Ho paygh' mien kamer ad	Aram ed swehpsiem eni, per Crom !
Is Aydokwo xyiengit kay glanzes apter Conan, kyid starbelucen strad ; yed is ghyien id dwer aun alyo commente, ed zaghyien id za iom Kimri, wehrtend id cleich ed redehnd id perchin. Id extromur eet necommun-ye hog, yed furs eent kathire in Zamboula, ed un dom stahnd ye id kenar ios desert eet zielil pro un noctrazzia im vagders edghi dohlg bihe protegen. Conan ghieng perodh per un garden quer mier palla flors inclineer-se in id diutis iom stars, dind entrit id locanda, quer un Stygian samt id xurt cap os un studyent sess claus uno meja, meditend sombre-ye de aunnama mysteirs, ed quer pauk neskaun individus in un kantun chid ambh zahrs. 
Aram Baksh oistohmbh kyom lengver-ye. Is eet un corpulent wir quod sword berd hieng tiel eyso xiongbu, samt un skamb stehlbnas ed smulk mimovend kyehrsen okwi. 
* Eiskws tu meje ? Sprohg	is. Drehnke ?
* Ho ess un beufrost ed un pancel	in id souk, brohm Conan. Bringhe mi un bock os Ghazan vin... Mi	etileikwt gnebh kafi kay payghe id, antwohrd is xeubhend-ye un	cuperpieng ep id vinpoik contor. 
* Hiebs' neid nassib in jweteng ?	
* Quosmed tar habiem io ghohden	habend-ye tik oik sildbwrs ep me kay inkape ? Tib ho payght id	kamer todeghern ob io wois vahsim aundwoi luses. Volim ses yakin de	habe un tect uper mien cap honoct. Ho kaun od nimen swehpt in strads	in Zamboula. Hatta i taskars sib eiskwnt un firida in quod ghehdent	se barricade pre noctgumt. Id citad soll' ses infesten ab un bande	em besonters cruorlasni latros. 
Is sorpsit unte oin schtoss id ieftin vin samt evident satisfaction, dind sohkw Aram Baksh exter id locanda. Za iom interrup ies mukumars ir jweteng ed apterspohc iom enigmatic-ye ed sehgner-ye. 
Sieygeer neid, bet is Stygian iliey, un dekhschatic gleimen, pehldend med goilia ed nemensco cynisme. Alters oispohceer ghom, bfuyow, vergeihnd-ye vide mutu. Ia kerdsa un stygiano mualim studyet ne beziele smyehrihes iom ia emotions unis normal ensan ghehdt khisses. 
Conan sohkw Aram unte un dikhliz beluct ab cupern lampes ed ne prihsit od eys mejban gohnit neid blosko ghangend-ye. Arams peds eent beschout samt urand babuscha ed id dikhlizswol eet covohrno med teug turani kelims. Eet lakin semjecto diskhauris in id buhsa-ye ningwayto ios Zamboula wir. Ghehdus do id bud ios sinueus dikhliz, Aram stopit ant un dwer skeir ant-yod lyohg un gwaur isern stangh ep metallic anetas. Aram ieyrit tod ed penetrih iom Kimri un kaur-ye decoren kamer, quos fensters eent smulk ed samt un solid riche-ye cisellt isern kankel, quo Conan kieu fauran. Eent kelims ep id demped, tabouretts samt exkmehn sculptures, ed un oriental couch. Eet un kamer meg deluxer quem qua Conan habiet poisso sib tules in id centre ios urb... ed to hieb attract iom hetro, kun is hieb vighapt in id aghyern od ia festa iom akhir diens hieb maung tuichiht eys beurs. Oin hevd prever hieb is likwn id desert kay arrive do Zamboula. 
Aram hieb daghen un aysen lampe ed bud tun Conan ibs dwo dwers. Ambo eent samt gwaur perchins. 
* Ghehdsies swehpe in salvtat	honoct, Kimri, iey Aram, meicend epter sien puk berd, pon id	entratsdwer.
Conan antwohrd med un brohma ed xubh sieno mier eins ep id couch. 
* Tien perchins ed stanghs sont	solid, yed swehpo semper con stal nieb me.
Aram antwohrd neid ; is nafinghrit sien teug berd unte oik instants, starnd ei buxianxu weben. Bet is oisgwohm silent, cludend id dwer apter se. Conan actionot id perchin, tohr id kamer, ghyien id witer dwer ed glaz extro. Id kamer uperspohc id strad quod oistrohc ex id urb kyid west. Idpet dwer duxit uni smulki ghehrd, isolen ud id reste ios edifice ab un alt mur aun ghyahsa, bet id ghem deil tos mur engwn id strad hieb un aunperchin dwer. 
Conano nastahsit unte un khvil ep id soyl, belucen za se ab id cupern lampe, apterspehcend id strad quod se forlit inter ia kathire nakhels. Ir palmas sosuleer protie mutu sub id mulayim brise ; trans ta strohc id bare desert. Dalg ocolo, ep id strad, is dyohrc luce ed ieur ia stumpa bloska ios urb. Her, eent tik id kweitert iom stars, id sosule iom palmas, ed, trans tod maceir, id duilo ios strad ed ia desert kalives qua udlyig ir banisban ibs stars nihanct in id waurn. Semtos trans ia palmagardens bigrohm un tambur. 
Ia auncoherence warnens ios Zuagir renfiell ei, kwehkend semkam minter exagerat quem ei hieb tengiet in id sollucic waurglahto strad. Is dieum iter de id enigma tom tuich kalives. 
Ma i taskars vergihr ia ? Is rik id kamer ed andiem id dwer. 
Id luce biflickrit ; is pieursk ma ed rughiet kun is vighieb id palmol ios lampe eet quasi exhausen. Is sa-kiel Aram, yed plex ed sgwes id lampe. Is lyohgit ghom alnos dut ep sien couch in id zamtlik temos ed eyso staur hand ambhtastit kyeys eins dind se dehsit instinctive-ye ep ids hamand. Spehcend med un distract ok ia stars dyohrct per id kankel iom fensters, id sosule ios brise blahnd inter ia palmas ghohd do eys aurs ed is sohnk do swehpen, vagh-ye consciend id grohm ios tambur, ter, in id desert... id id stump grohm ed id murmure uns lietertenden tambur, pamstampen unte rythmic ed felterlik movs ab un aydokwo hando. 
II
Noctgwehmers
Nu-traxit id blosk unios nin-ye ghyanen dwer iom Kimri ex swehpen. Is ne gohr kam un civilisen wir... karakhen, lethargic ed kyopev, sontern unte oin schtoss, kweitermenos, recogneihvs id blosko quod hieb interrupt eyso swehpen. Tenden, lyehgend in temos, is vis id extosdwer ghyahe lent-ye. In id rewos quod weureriesc ye cada secunde wierdh uno mier kyehrsen forme.... plaut ed wonk omsa ed un dusformen cap, ant ia stars. 
Conan khiss id krewos os sien regvo ghehrse. Is hieb kaur-ye perchinen tod dwer. Quosmed tar ghohd id ghyahe ye todpet moment, sonst med un supernatural wassila ? Ed ghohd un ensan habe un cap samkwehkend quod wierdhit protie ia stars ? Ta quanta narns de demons ed goblins is hieb aurn sub ia delts im Zuagirs ei renfiell, perleihnd un glehdjswoid ep eys corpos ? Taiper snohg el monster aunblosk in id kamer, endersedden ghom ed oistehmbhehnd. Un familiar odor ghohd do ia nastorms ios Kimri, aun yed rassure iom, chunke zuagir legends confereer ad demons talg odor. 
Aunblosk elih Conan siena mier jambs sub se. Eys exkardkascht eins eet in eys dexter hand. Kun is plieg, to buit tem stayg ed katel quem un tigher klaupend ex temos. Eys eins incontrit krewos ed osta ed dub tetro, ed semjecto collapsit gwaur-ye ghomtro samt un strangulen crie. Conan se clihsit uper id in id temos, nadehrjend in hand sien cruorsmeu eins. Diabel, gver au mensc, el creature lyohg tuntos mortu ep id demped. Is Kimri khiss mohrt kam quelkwe wild creature ghehdt khisses id. Per id enderghyanto dwer spohc is do id caudghehrd belucen ab stardiutis. Id dwer ios maceir eet ghyant, yed id ghehrd eet tuich. 
Conan clus id dwer siens kamer, yed ne perchinit id. Ambhtastend in temos, is trohv id lampe ed diegh id. Ter eet kafi ol kay id ghohd aydhe unte circa oino minute. Oik secunes serter clihsit-se uper el forme fallt ghomtro in un cruorpadwl. 
Eet un olbjimaydokwo, nogwo ploisko un lendvkatan. Is dar dohrj in sien hand uno gneubhic wagher. Eys crisp kaysar eet tricto do ketters med uradels ed tursen slamm. Nu-hieb tod barbaro frisure confern eysi cap un dusformet aspect in id starkweitert. Habend tuntos un indice kay solve id enigma, Conan slah ia teug ed rudh lipps ub ed emiss un brohm aunstehgend-ye ia dospicen dents. 
Is bad ghieb id mysteir im tarniens qui eent missend in id dom os Aram Baksh, id enigma ios aydokwios tamburios battios trans ia palmagardens, ed tod ios ghyamen samt calcinen osta... tos ghyamen quer ghohd bihe pohkwt un curieus miems in stardiutis, menxu aydokwi demons eent hockt ambh id ogwn kay stille ir hideus ed vorace hungher. Is wir qui lyohgit ghomi eet un cannibalsclav ex Darfar. 
Ti eent kathire urbi. Anthropophagia ne eet ouvert-ye toleret in Zamboula, bet Conan wois tuntos ma leuds dombohnd-se tant kaur-ye nocts ed ma hatta i taskars vergihr dworis allees ed kharab terbs qua neti hieb dwers. Is emiss un disgustbrohm imaginend-ye kyehrsen ed bestial skadhs oisnehgend unte ia strads pos noctgumt po sem menscpraedd... ed menscens kam Aram Baksh, qui ghyien ir dwers pro i. Is creschmer ne eet un demon, is eet meis khiter quem to. Darfar sclavs eent notor-ye sclavs ; aundwoi wohs un part irs lwon inter ia ghesors os Aram Baksh. Ed po to im procurit so mensckrewos. 
Conan abblahsit id lampe, ghieng perodh kyid dwer ed ghyien id, passend sien hand ep ia decorations exo. Oin ex ia eet mobil ed actionit id perchin eni. Id kamer eet neid meis quem un kapan concept kay kape menscpraedds kamsei leiteit de cuincules. Bet ye tod ker, vice un cuincule, ter wohs un sabredento tigher. 
Conan rikit kyalter dwer, ieyr id perchin ed puscit. Id dwero remien blocken. Eet impossible ghyane id. Is mohm id perchin ocolo. Aram incurs neid risk, kweter con sien victims quem con i menscens con qui is dil. Recomapend sien ghehrdel, is Kimri sielg do id aula, cludend id dwer apter se. Is nel-ye hoanskwit perikwihnes Aram Baksh. Is dieum quayt orm victims hieb est niterplact unte ir swehpen ed sohlct ex tod kamer tiel id strad, pre tehre id tenimers palmagarden ed viroste in id ghyamen. 
Is oistahsit still in id ghehrd. Id tambur namurmurit ed is vis id inikas uns reudhernd diutis quod kwecto klieupit per ia drus. Anthropophagia eet meis quem un pervers appetitt pro Darfar aydokwens ; eet integral part irs buxianxu cult. Ies kyehrsen gwulturs hieb ja sammelt. Bet med quodkwe krewos plehient ir stomak hovesper, ne esiet med eyso. 
Kay hihes Aram Baksh, is tohrb udglehme oino iom murs quod separit id smulko ghehrd ud id magno garden. Ta murs eent alt ed bestohmen kay arke i menscedds, yed Conano ne eet un Aydokwo gwivus sien hol jumiung in jauzaeks ; eys muscles hieb darmascen unte eyso yuwent ep ia brenk behrgs os eys vatan. Is oistahsit pod id prokwst mur kun un crie repercussit-se sub ia drus. 
Unte oin instant hockit Conan ant id dwer ed spohc dalgtro ep id strad. Id blosko gwohm ex inter ia skadhs iom kalives oistahnd ocolo tod strad. Is ieur un frenitic kharkhar ed uno gneur, kamsei semanghen habiet just pit crie samt un aydokwo hando stuppend sien stohm. Un compacto grupp gastalten emers ex ta skadhs ed ieg perodh engwn id strad... tri enorm Aydokwi transportend un smiegd silhouette quel se strubh inter iens. Conan dyohrc id arg om clar memsa crampend in starkweitert. Ye id sam moment, med un convulsive mov, el silhouette skiep id strineg iom brutal finghers ed todrahsit ep id strad... Un slanca gwenak tem nogwa quem ye id dien aysios gnahsa. Conan iam vis distinct-ye pre ia tocurs ex id strad kay disprehpe do temos. Ies Aydokwi apterpersneer iam unte oin instant ed ir gastalts confuseer-se moxu con ia skadhs. Un dusbohr crie om angst ed horror cliengh ub. 
Lambht ab un extercontrol furor face tod buxianxu skau, Conan elien-se ocolo id strad. 
Neter ia victim, ni ays raptors bedyohrc ays presence pre id mulayim sandgnirsko sub eys peds volgihsit i. Is eet tun ja quasi ep iens, chargend med id hol marwtic furor uns clinwindcutt. Dwo iom Aydokwen vols kay drehde iom, swehngend ir wagher. Bet ies hieb duskohnsen ye quod syrat is uperfiell iens. Oiter lyohg ja ghomi, exgventern, hatta pre ghehdus plage. Dwajend kam un cat, Conan exclihsit id waghercutt quod alter tentit ei bires ed ripostit ye blixsyrat, strideihndo sieno miech. Id cap ios Aydokwios plukit ; id auncap nayvo titubit tri stieups perodh, sien hands beichend-ye blindend id tuich, cruor gwohl saccade-ye, dind id sohnk do id duil. 
Is senst cannibal stiup retro emittend-ye un strangulet crie, toxeubhend sien kaptu. Sa kwohl ed rollit in id duil. Is Aydokwo, alnos paniquet, abdrahsit kyid urb ed Conan aptercurs iom. Paur quasi okupehtih tom Aydokwum, yed is ne hatta hieb naken id senst hyt kun is khiss nehc in sien regv ed is mugih kam un aux in id mazbakh. 
* Kyehrsen haydkwaun !	Exclamit Conan sehnd-ye sien eins inter ia aydokw omsa samt tant	kwitorfuror quem id mier miech pwolstohlb ex id xiongbu siens	victim. Emittend un strangulet crie, is Aydokw alnos collapsit.	Conan stahsit darm-ye ep id grund ed straxit sien eins ex id nayvo	siens victim kunkye so se fallsis.
Tik id brise sroht ia waraks. Conan scussit sien cap kam un lion scutt sien griva ed brohm ob neti stillus sien cruorghigda. Bet nel alyis forme emers ex temos ed id starbelucto strad eet desert. Is pivotit jaldi ep seswo aurnd-ye id stieupblosko za se, yed eet tik ia gwen. Ia curs ed rusch kyom, passend sien brakhs ambh eys coll in un desperato strineg, terrorfoll ghabend-ye id abominable beurt ia hieb just-ye skapt. 
* Sakwn, bent, brohm is. Nun es	in salvtat. Quosmed hant ies kapen te ?
Ia sluct semject nepretable. Dat is chohx iam prokwtos in stardiutis, is myohrs alnos Aram Baksh tun. Ays teint eet pall, esdi ays cuit eet bamb ; okwivid-ye oina iam kathire mestissen trohft in Zamboula. Ia eet buland, samt minc ed slanc corpos, kam is ghohd quaytlibt constate. Ia okwi ios Kimri embraseer-se admirend-ye ayso splendid pizdan ed ays teuneg memsa qua nakruseer sub id cutt om paur ed strieyke. Is passit uter brakh ambh eys urand lendv ed ay sieyg med un rassurant ton : 
* Zatremble, bent. Neti tehrps	baye nuntos.
Id contact os eys corpos kwecto ay redahsit aysa senses. Ia slah retro sien teug sword ed silklika ghayts ed glaz pauric-ye epter eys oms, se sehrnd dar meis protie iom Kimri, kamsei ia eiskwiet salvtat in tod contact. 
* Me han' kapen stradi, murmurit	ia kreuselnd-ye. Eent ye lyogher apter un deusk arcade... Aydokwi	quoy kwohk kam buland massive kieps ! Set me rahimattu !	Vahm habe coschmars de to !
* Quod kwohrst tu stradi ye talg	noctsaat ? Suwiel is ed sammel drahih sien finghers ep ays	corpos, fascinet ab id contact os ays swadh ed satinliko cuit. 
Ia bruk retro sien kays ed iom spohc med un sliepo protiokwo. Ia kwecto ne conscicit eys caresses. 
* Mien habibe, ieyit ia. Mien	habibe me hat xubh' do id strad. Is hat bihn foll ed hat tenten	nices me. Menxu eem mwaungsound buim kapen ab tens brutes.
* Un kjiarjien kam tu ghehdiet	duce un wir do follia, iey Conan, sien finghers drahnd kongcio in id	silkliko kaysar. 
Ia scussit sien cap, kamsei emergiet ex un genis torpor. Ia neti tremblit ed ays voc eet darmer. 
* To hol gwehmt ex id jalousia	uns ghutor... Totrasmek, Hanumans megil ghutor, qui fanghskwiet	me... So kwaun !
* Ne val' balstehme iom de to,	brohm Conan. So veut hyena hat seller gus' quem quo io mohn. 
Ia ignorit tod destull abrupt compliment. Ia retrohv jaldi sien swekwria. 
* Mien habibe est... un yun	turani soldat. Kay harme me, Totrasmek iom hat pohiht un drogh quod	iom hat buwen foll. Hovesper, is hat sizen un eins ed hat volen me	nices in sien dementia, yed ho fuct ud iom do id strad. Tun hant ies	Aydokwi lambhen me ed abducen do tod... Quod eet to ?
Conan eet ja in action. Tem silent quem un skadh, is nih iam gwenak apter id prokwst kalive, sub oino iom rare palmas. I mien ter in un tenso silence, menxu ia stumpa murmures qua bo hieb aurt bihr stets meis akster ; bad i ghohd prete quo eet saygen. Circa nev au dec Aydokwi ghieng ep id strad ex id urb. Ia bent siz Conans brakh ed is khiss ays teuneg corpos 
glehmer protie sieno. 
Taiper i ghohd prete ia guttural vocs iom Aydokwen : 
* Nies braters sont ja sammeln	ambh id ghyamen, iey oin ex iens. Ne hams hab' nassib. Spehm han'	kafi pro nos.
* Aram nos hat promitten un wir,	muticit alyos. 
Conan promiss ment-ye semject pro Aram. 
* Aram respectet quo is taunct,	brohm un trit. Hams kap' mul' menscens in eys creschma. Bet ei	suapayghmos. Ioswo ho dahn ei dec silkrabitas io hieb raubhen ud	mien poti. Eet gohd silk, per Set !
Ies Aydokwi pristiup i, ir bare peds samt ghohncta doiks oistampend id duil, dind id swon irs voc minc. 
* Noroc-ye pro nos od ia cadavers	lyehge apter ia kalives, muticit Conan. Sei gwahient do Arams	nehckamer, trehvient alyo. Smad abgwahe hetos.
* Ya, smad spehde ! Iom	iltijit ia meirka, quam hysteria hieb amalan relambhen. Mien habibe	erret semloc in ia strads, mon. Kad ies Aydokwi vahn' lambhnes iom. 
* Quod un balstohmen swohd !	Brohm Conan. (Preceddend iam gwenak, is bighiengit kyid citad, ud	medsu id strad kay passe apter ia kalives ed drus). Ma ne extermine	i civs tens kyehrsen kwauns ? 
* Son' kimatih sclavs, susurit ia	bent. Sont tem kathire quem ya ghehdien' pamrlane sei ibs bihiet	refuset id krewos quod habskwnt. I weikers os Zamboula suawoid od	aluent in strads pos noctgumt edghi kaurn' de se barricade, ploisko	ob un exteradet wakya, kam to mi tyohc. Ies Aydokwi hant praedd	quantends ies ghehde kape, biadet tik tarniens. I leuds os Zamboula	ne kaurn' de peregrins. Mensci kam Aram Baksh pehrne ti tarniens	ibs Aydokwims, yed is naiwo deursiet kwehre id sam med un civ. 
Conan spiusit ob disgust. Lyt pos, is ed eysa sokwnia ghohdeer tsay do id strad quer tod vibihsit lizdt ab silent ed temosmers doms. Tenisnehge ne eet in id buhsa ios Kimri. 
* Quetro eiskws tu ? Sprohg	is iam gwenaku qua kwecto ne pigher de id brakh is Kimri hiebit	passen ambh eys lendv.
* Do hem, kay protiebudes mien	slougs, antwohrd ia, ed wehle iens abpaurske mien habibe. Ne volo	mae i weikers, ies ghutors... mae anghen mantht is hat follascen.	Is... is est un yun officier samt un promissor future ant se. Kad	ghehdsiemos bringhes iom tsay do aum sei iom retrehvmos. 
* Sei wey iom retrehvmos ?	Brohm Conan. Quod beuwt od credeihs vahm passe id noc' begwahnd-ye	strads po un dement ? 
Ia glaz iom jaldi ed interpretit correct-ye id argo quod blig eni eys blou okwi. Quakwe gwen habiet ghaben is sehkwiet iam quetro ia eiskwiet... bariem, unte sem wakt. Bet, ka gwen, ia sis prehpe neid ex to. 
* Plais..., bisieygit ia, med un	voco quetos emerseer sleucts. Ne ho alyo quom budes ad hehlp...	Buist tem sell...
* Tamam, brohm is. Tamam !	Quod est id nam tos yun dusact ? 
* Bet... Eys nam est Alafdhal.	Ego de som Zabibi, un dansster. Ho ops dansen pro iom satrap, Jungir	Khan ed eys parika, Nafertari, tem quem ant vasyens swamens ed noble	dames os Zamboula. Totrasmek me wohn ed dat ho repuls iom, is me hat	buwt, newissab me, id innocent alat siens vengence contra Afadhal.	Io mi hieb udprohgen un liubhsphilter ud Totrasmek, dalg ud suspece	id extense os eys haines ed hila. Is mi hat daht un drogh ad	schehnke secret-ye do id vin miens habibe, mi kassamus od kun	Alafdhal drehnkiet, is bihiet dar majnouner dia me ed acceptiet mien	qualib' desires. Hoghi mixt rahas-ye id drogh ei vin miens habibe,	bet is hat bihn alnos foll pos drehnkus id ; jects han' dind	wakyet kam ho lohct. Balstohmen estu Totrasmek, so hybride	serpent... Ahhh !!!
Ia siz convulsive-ye id brakh ios Kimri ed bo stahr still. 
I hieb arrivet do un quartier schopen ed butiquen, clus ed tenimers, idghi saat eet sert. Un still ed silent wir stahsit ye id ingumt ios strad quod i prighieng. Eys cap eet cliht perodh, yed Conan dyohrc id curieus arg eysen stragn okwi qua spohc iom aun palpeber. Is Kimri krus, ne ob paur ios eins is wir dohrj, sontern ob id bfuxiong stragnitat os eys darmen ed eyso silence, qua suggesteer follia. Conan puscit iam meirka gontro ed exkardkieschit sien eins. 
* Mae neic iom ! Iom iltijit	ia. In id nam os Set, mae neic iom ! Es nert... Immobilise	iom !
* Vidsiemos, murmurit is, seizend	sien eins in sien dexter hand ed zaghyanend sien levter peungsto do	un compact masse. 
Is oistohmbh tadbir-ye do id gatva... ed samt un horrible schaki gleimen, is Turani chargit, swehngend sieno miech ed oistaund ep pedako kay ghehde plange med sien hol nerce. Moder bliutes gwohl kun Conans eins hurt eyso. Oin instant poskwo, is dement lyohg in id duil, niterplact ab id athime cutt birn ab Conano med eys levter peungst. 
Ia gwenak se precipitit kyom marloub wir. 
* Oh, is ne est.. Is ne est...
Conan se clihsit okutat-ye, volvih iom wir gontro ed palpit jaldi eys corpos. 
* Is ne hat maung, brohm is. Eys	nas sehrct, bet to est normal pos dakus un cutt ep eys ghyanu. Vaht	disbayaldisse kariban ed kad habsiet retrohven aum. Entrim, vahm	diehnes eys runcs med eys yeusmen... Kwohrn ! Gohd, quetro vols	tu ke io transporte iom ?
* Skehpt !
Ia genuit prosch iom still forme, siz ia diehn hands ed chohx ia hirsic-ye. Dind, scuttend sien cap kamsei ia esiet sammel profund-ye decepen ed surpriden, ia stieu tsay. Ia gwohm ad glehmber protie iom Kimri ed posit sien fayn hands ep eys massive torso. Ays deusk okwi, samlik ad sword ed opac joyels tweisend in starkweitert, spohc ub kyeysa. 
* Es un wir ! Hehlp me !	Totrasmek dehlc' nehce ! Neic iom pro me !
* Kay habe un turani seil ambh	mien coll? Brohm is. 
* No ! (Ays teuneg brakhs,	tem resistant quem urando stal, periembh id taurcoll. Ayso slanc	corpos vibrit hol protie tod Conans). Hyrkanis ne kame Totrasmek. I	ghutors os Set iom baynt. Est un bastard, qui seddeiht sien waldh	uper menscens med paur ed superstitions. Dyeino Set, ed Hyrkanis	dientowe ant Erlik, bet Totrasmek gheut mauls ad Hanuman iom	Balstohmt ! Turani swamens baynt eys kyehrsen magia ed id	ascendant is hat uper mestissas, ed ies deteste iom. Hatta Jungir	Khan ed eys parika, Nafertari, iom baynt ed haine. Sei is bihiet	nict in sien temple nocts, nimen se strehngiet maung ad retrehve el	vinovat. 
* Quod de eys magic maghs ?	Brohm is Kimri. 
* Es un jenchi, antwohrd ia.	Riske tien gwit est part tiens profession. 
* Po un mizdo, admissit is. 
* Bihsies mizdt ! Blahsit ia	stahnd-ye ep sien pedak, mergend sien okwi endo eysa. 
Id prokwtat tos kreusend corpos embras id sehrg in ia veines ios wir. Id profume os eys soluk stigh do eys kers. Bet dat ia brakhs ios Kimri zaghyahr ambh ayso slanc corpos, ia slub med un urando geste ed gwut : 
* Patience ! Dehlcs preter	mi serve.
* Dah mi tien pris, articulit is	samt sem difficultat. 
* Leiv mien habibe, iom wohl ia. 
Is Kimri clih-se ed upernihsit aun effort id mier corpos epter sieno massive oms. Unte tod instant, ei kwohk is habiet ghohdto tem facil-ye volvihes id palat os Jungir Khano med un omscutt. Ia meirka susurit oik rehmwerds ei aunmov yuwen, ed eet neid hypocrisis in ays attitude. Okwivid-ye, ia liubh sincere-ye Alafdhal. Quakwe bih ays arrangements con iom Kimri, ta habient neid incidence ep ays relation con Alafdhal. Gwens sonti meis pragmatic quem wirs in tod xeimen. Quo Alafdhal naiwo gnohiet iti khakiet hurtes iom. 
* Sehkwe me !
Ia elien-se ep id strad ed is Kimri sohkwit iam med un aisic gwayt, nel-ye hindert ab sien inert behrmen. Is uperwiekh samt attention ia sword skadhs sub ia arcades, bet vis neid suspect. Ies Darfar wirs eent aundwoi sammelt ambh id ghyamen quer rosteer ir victims. Ia meirka bighieng do un angh perpendicular gatva ed lyt poskwo stus un kehmberdwer. 
Quasi fauran, un spionca ghyahsit in id uber panell ed un aydokwo lige prohp in id ghyahsa. Zabibi xyieng perodh ed murmurit oik werds. Righels knier in ir scludblecha ed id dwer ghyahsit. Un aydokw olbjim wierdh in id kridern diutis uns cupern lampe. Un glanez manthih Conan is wir ne eet ex Darfar. Eys dents ne eent dospict ed eys crisp kays eent corthajamat. Is eet un Waday. 
Pos un werd as Zabibi, Conan sklas id inert corpos inter ia brakhs ios Aydokwios, qui lyig iom yuwen ep un zamten couch. Senter kwohk dar meg dalg ud disbayaldisse. Id cutt quod hieb niterplagen iom habiet nigvohnen un aux. Zabibi se clihsit uper iom unte oik instants ed ays finghers oisroht ed kriempeer nerveus-ye. Dind ia stieu tsay ed znieyc ei Kimri ke sohkwit iam. 
Id dwer buit zaghyant aunblosk, ia perchins clickeer apter i, ed id spionca buit renplacen, beghseihnd i id diutis iom lampes. 
* Ne vahs me aptoslinkwes ?
Is oiscussit sien griva-liko kaysar, pondost in stardiutis. 
* Tun sehkwe me tiel id	schangdien os Hanuman, ed kem i divs rahimate nies atmens !
I ghieng in silent strads, kam specters ex id antiquitat. Nel-ye tolkeer. Kad ia benta mohn de sien habibe, lyehgend aunmov ep id couch, ye id diutis iom cupern lampes, we ia tremblit ob paur sehgnend-ye de quo exspectit i in Hanumans demoniak schangdien. Is barbar mohn tik de iam gwen qua trohc tem urand-ye nieb iom. Id xiaunki os ays profumen kaysar plehsit eys nastorms ed id sensualitatsaura quod emanit ex iam lahsit eys ment, linkwnd place nei alyi bren. 
Ye sem moment, i ieur id clicken om aysbeschout peds ed endergwohm do ia skadhs uns arcade menxu un squade om pelishtim guardes ieg pri i. Eent penkdem, marchend in angh formation, aykems rect perodh. Ies yeudmi ios senst rang bohr ir mier massingschild in iro regv mar bihe dyohgwt caudtos. Ies aydokwi cannibals oiskip un lughav menace hatta pro armet yeudmens. 
Yant id blosk iren sandals hieb swohnden ye id bud ios strad, Conan ed ia meirka sielg ir kulk ed kwohryeer ir itner spehdend-ye. 
Oik instants serter, i dyohrc id ghem ed massive edifice, quod un banisban epkih, ir destination. 
Id temple os Hanuman stahsit medsu un vaste place, silent ed desert sub ia stars. Neid alyo treb stieu prokwem. Uno marmormur ghohrd id schangdien, interrupt ab uno mier ghyahsa, aun portal ni barrier, seid face id portic. 
* Ma ne vane ies Aydokwi ir	preadds hetro ? Murmurit Conan. Neid ibs stambh' penetre id	temple.
Is khiss Zabibi tremble kun ia se press protie iom. 
* Baynt Totrasmek, kam iom bayn'	vasyi Zamboula weilers, pati Jungir Khan ed Nafertari. Gwehm !	Oku, pre mien muscles se liquifient !
Id paur ios meirka eet palpable, bet ia ne slaberiesc. Conan exkardkieschit sien eins ed passit ant iam kun i uperghieng id ghyahsa. Is kohgnit ia hideusa swohds im oriental ghutors ed wois od un intrus miegh exspecte incontre quelkwe coschmar creature. Is gnohsit eent meg pauk chances an is ed ia benta nehsient ex id temple, bet is hieb risken sien gwit pior kathire kers kay kunges pior diu de tod genos considerationen. 
Arriveer do uno marmorpaven ghehrd quod blig samt un subkwito diutis sub id starkweitert. Un cort gastieup duxit ei colonnen portic. Ia mier aysen dwers eent ghyant, kam eent pon secules. Bet nel dyindar aydih kundur eni. Unte id dien, wakyit od wirs ed gwens penetreer timid-ye id schangdien kay sklade offers ep id altar ios kiepdiv. Nocts, i leuds vergihr bayasen-ye Hanumans temple kam kesi mane apo id laz es un serpent. 
Mijmerlampes bemiedh id inner med un stragno kridert diutis, ei confernd un guway aspect. Prokwem id budmur, apter id altar ex sword petra, thronit is div, aiwostarnd ei ghyanen dwer, unte-yod eys rosensregen victims hieb gwohmen perodh unte secules. Un plask auluck lit ex ia frontstieupens tiel id altar ed kun Conan ghieng ep id, is oistraxit sien ped kamsei is habiet trohden un serpent. Tod auluck hieb est eros ab ia sohlct peds ios dwaschawo tim qui hieb nohct heulend-ye ep tod buxianxu altar. 
Bestial forme in id rhayr-yakin luce, Hanuman fried in sien petramask. Is khayatsess kam unis mensc, ne kam un kiep habiet hockt ; lakin eys aspect remienit maymounlik. Is hieb glupt ex sword marmor, yed eys okwi eent rubins, aydhend med un jar tem scarlat ed schakhwatisk quem ia geuls ex ia deubst infernal tehoms. Eys mier hands kihr ep eys grem, pams ubtro, eys noghwent finghers ghyant ed kam sa-seizend semject. Id hol abominable cynisme ios degener cult quod iom buw un divtat eet skweitet in id extermedia om eys nerkwekmors ed id salace protiokw quod emanit ex eys traits. 
Ia meirka gir id idol, trehcend kyid budmur, ed kun ays cloin strif un petragenu, ia abvic bayasen-ye, kreusend kamsei un reptil habiet just iam touchet. Un plurstieup rewos separit id weru regv ios idol ud id marmormur ornen med un frise ex golden waraks. Ambi id idol, un ivordwer subkeihnd un golden arche eet embaudhen in id mur. 
* Ta dwers duce ibs dwo borsims	os un semicircular dikhliz, ieyit ia med un blahmen. Ho ja gwohmen	oins do id temple... Tik oins ! (Ia krus ed ays omsa trohs in	mehmen tos sammel terrifiant ed obscene episode). Id dikhliz hat id	forme uns naal, ed ieter bors duct tei kielken. Totrasmeks	appartments wehse eni id kehmb ed duce ei dikhliz. Bet exist un	secreto dwer in tod mur, quod adduc' direct-ye oini iom inner	kyals...
Ia errih tun sien hands ep id glat surface, quer neid tarak, neid auluck eet visible. Conan stahsit nieb iam, einsghesor, ambiglanzend mistrust-ye. Id silence, id absence os gwit in id temple, ed quo is imaginit wehse apter tod mur, tod hol ei dahsit id pondos os ses un gver qui neust un kapan. 
* Ah ! (Ia hiebit bad-ye	trogven un kohlen per ed un kyehrsen rectagle ghyahsit in id mur.	Dind ia hieb tik id wakt os hules:) Set !
Menxu Conan klieup kyam, is vis od uno mier dusformet hand hieb just-ye sizen iam gwenak per ayso kays. Ia buit rohven ex id swol ed tragen brusk-ye ocolo id ghyahsa. Conan tentit in vain protiedare iam ed khissit sien finghers oislides ep id bare cuit ias dansster. Unte oin instant, ia hieb disprohpt ed id mur hieb rebihn tem glato quem prever. Ex ocolo id sten ei ghohd bragv-ye ia stumpa bloska uns katu, dind un crie, quod is ieur kam ex meg dalg, punctuet ab un grave gleimen quod glohdj eyso sehrg in eys veines. 
III
In id fangh iom kyehrsen ghesors
Rughatend-ye, is Kimri bir un athime cutt med id pomel siens eins ei mur. Id marmoro crieckel ed dreska pluk. Bet id secreto dwer ne cess ed is deduxit tetos id hieb sigwra bihn andamen ex ocolo. Abgeirus, is klieup kyuter ivorn dwer. 
Is liv sien eins kay behnge id panell, yed preter pit per chance ghyane id dwer med sien levter hand. Ghyahsit aun probleme ed is ghohd vide un longo kehmb dikhliz, madhend in id stragn ed muzlim diutis oispohrn ab mijmers samlik tibs ios schangdien. Is dyohrc un gwaur golden perchin ep id aneta ios dwer ed touchit id mulayim-ye med sien fingherbors. Tik unis menscis qual makdours eent egal tibs uns wolf habiet ghohden detege id tepor ios metall. Semanghen hieb touchet, edghi stract, tod perchin oik secundes prever. Tod hol besoyn stets meis kwohkit kam un kapan dehn protie iom. Is habiet sollen ghabe od Totrasmek khiek lipses woide quando semanghen introduxit-se do id temple. 
Penetre tod dikhliz mieyn okwivid-ye se xubhes do tod kapan, quodkwe bih id, dehn protie iom ab iom ghutor. Yed is nel-ye kung. Semloc eni tod sombre edifice, Zabibi eet kyalbohndt ed, yeji quo is wois de ia kweits im ghutors os Hanuman, is eet convicen ia desperat-ye wien eys hehlp. Conan stohmbhit perodh in id dikhliz, parat ad plange levtro we dextro. 
Levter quem is, kehmberdwers duxeer ei dikhliz, ed is probirit ein pos ein. Quanta eent andamen. Is hieb stiupen quargimtias kun id corridor kohmbit brusk-ye levtro, wardheihnd id olan describen ab iam meirka. Un dwer duxit tei olan ed ghyahsit sub eys hand. 
Is vis un quadrat kielken, lyt kreins belucto quem id dikhliz. Eys murs eent ex kwit marmor, id demped ex ivot ed id tavan ex frettet argwrnt. Is dyohrc sumptueusa satincoucha, ivorn tabouretts samt kjinxwenyunct peds ed uno massive desk, os metallic aspect. Un wir kihsit ep oino iom couchen, spehcend kyid dwer. Is ilieyit kun eyso spect incontrit tod ios uperstaunend Kimri. 
So wir eet nogwo ploisko un lendvkatan ed sandals quom schnurs oislohnk tiel eys glesens. Is eet bruncuit ed hieb sword ed cort kays. Eys aiwomovend okwi, tem sword quem eys kays, ieug id marhouria os eys weru protiokwios. Is eet meg buland, samt un imposant torso ed staur melsa quom gneubhic muscles oiseer ye id lytst mov. Eys hands eent ia miersta Conan hieb aiwo vis. Id swekwria de xihes un titanesk muscular nerce ieusk in ielg eysen gesten ed eysen darmens. 
* Ma ne entre, barbar ? Iom	hailit med un goilisk ton, hamrahnd sien lafza med un exageret	geste.
Un wildo diutis passit in id bund om Conans okwi, yed so stohmbh tadbir-ye in id kielken, parat ad plange med sien eins. 
* Quis iblis es tu ? Brohm	is.
* Som Baal-pteor, antwohrd is	wir. Prevst, meg diuper ed in un meg piern gaivia, io bohr alyo nam.	Bet tod nam me suadehbht. Qualib' bent ios temple ghehdsiet tib	explie ma Totrasmek hat dahn id mi. 
* Esghi eys ambikwol, tu murdar	bruncuit kwaun ! Brohm Conan. Tun, Baal-pteor, quer es ia bent	has abduc' per id mur ? 
* Mien poti est habend glewos con	iam ! Antwohrd Baal-pteor gleihnd-ye. Kleu ghi ! 
Ex apter un dwer witerom tod unte quod Conan hieb entren lud un gwencrie, stupt ab id distance. 
* Tu sdehrkos ! Mlu Conan.
Is Kimri stiup kyid dwer ed pivotit unte oin schtoss, alnos in alerte. Baal-pteor protieglih iom, un gleimen prect ab un talg aura os menace quem ia drighs ios neuk os Conan ghohrs ed quem un rudh skadh os katel furor wierdh ant eys okwi. 
Is oistohmbh kye Baal-pteor, sehrnd sien eins tem nert-ye quem ia apsa os eys hand blieych. Med un akster geste, is bruncuit wir lohnc semjecto kyeys lige... un bleigu cristallsphere quod luc bizarre-ye in id stragno diutis quod bemiedh id kielken. 
Conan exclihsit instinctive-ye, bet id globe stopit kam daumos-ye ye oik stieups ud eys lige, ye id hoge os eys torso, nahangend in hava kam sei id esiet protiedart it med invisible filaments. Dind, ant id abstaunihn spect ios Kimri, id globe inkiep revolve ye stets alter syrat, crehscend ed kwehkend nebule-lika. Id texit jaldi id hol hoge ios kielken. Dind id vulbh iom Kimri, forsweindend ia meubles, ia murs ed id sardonic lige os Baal-pteor. Conan wohs lusen eni uno moder ed blindend mighel, twehrnd ye kyudosto syrat. Furieus winds hul do eys aurs, iom puscend, iom distulend, tentend rehve iom ud id grund kay dribhes iom do un demential maelstrohm quod swohrbh ant eys okwi. 
Emttend un stump crie, is Kimri se slah retro, vankend unte oin instant. Is khiss tun id mur in sien regv ed, ye tod contact, id illusion swohnd. Id swehrbhend gigant sphere vanicit kam un punct burbule. Conan titubit ub in tod kielken samt argwrntic tavan, un barth mighel sehrpend inter sien peds, ed is vis Baal-pteor, dar keihnd ep eys couch, scutten ab un silent gleimen. 
* Tu kunia son ! Hul is	Kimri reuschend kyom.
Id mighel stigh stayg ex id demped, forsweindend ex eys vid iom gigant brun gastalt. Ambhtastend perodh in tod nebh quod hieb fujatan blinden iom, Conan khiss un sorte os dehren ed un sensation os stayg trehc... Kielken, mighel ed brun wir vanier unte oin schtoss. Is wohs mon, stahnd inter ia neds unios mayu... ed un jamus iom chargit capo perodh. Conan klieup gontro kay exclihnes ia kehmb horns, tem perforant quem un weben, ed sehsit sieno miech just apter id propodia, transbaurnd ia reibs ed id kerd. Stayg, aun transition, neti eet el jamus ter agonisend in slamm, sontern is bruncuit wir, Baal-pteor. Emittend-ye un rughat, Conan iom zanchousit. Id cap gwohl do id hava ed sehsit edonts lik tibs uns gver do id gurgule ios Kimri. Nespekent sien athime stieure, senter ne kwahsit rehve id ex sien gurgule... Is eet pnehgend... se strangulend... dind buit un brusk pusc, un baub, id sensation os bihe dribht ed id schock uns titanesk impact, ed is wohs iter in id kielken nieb Baal-pteor, quos cap wohsyit suadehn inter sien omsa, ed qui naglih silent-ye, iom goilend pon id couch. 
* Hypnotisen ! Murmurit	Conan, enderseddend ghom darm-ye e^id demped.
Eys okwi eent embraden. So brun kwaun belik iom, goilit iom ! Bet ta quant janters, ta magvisk leiks med nebule ed skadho dught ab eys imagination khiek vurnes iom real-ye. Ei eet tik zaruri klaupe ed plange ed is brun acolyte bihiet reducen do id stand os klombh cadaver lyehgend pod iom. Ye tod ker, is ne se siniet bihe drughen ab illusor skadhs. 
To mohn is bariem. 
Un sehrgglehdjend baub udcliengh apter iom. Is pivotit ep sien persnas ed plieng blixoku el panther seddend ep id metallic table, quel se pariet ad klaupe ep iom. Ye id sam moment kun is plieng, id illusion vanicit ed eyso miecho tusit samt behngos id nebrehget surface. Is khiss fauran od semject ne eet normal. Eyso miech naglibhit protiev id table. Is protietraxit id kam un dement kay tente rehve id tetos. Id ne movit. To hieb neid ad diles con hallucinations. Idghi table eet un giganto magnet. Is siz id hamand ios einsios med bo hands, kun stayg un voc apter eys oms iom volvihsit face-ad-face con iom brun wir, qui hiebit bad-ye staht ub ud sien couch. 
Mulayim-ye bulander quem Conan ed meg massiver, Baal-pteor stieusit ant iom, annemlwond image os muscular antslehnken. Eysa staura brakhs eent uns abnormalios longe ed eys mier hands ghyahr ed zaghyahr convulsive-ye. Conan slusit id hamand siens gleibhend eins ed tieyc, spehcend sien peind per id bidno sienen okwi. 
* Tien cap, Kimri ! Goilit	Baal-pteor. Id ghendsiem, med mien bare hands, kay vrehnke id ep	tien omsa kam biht vrohnken id coll uns kierk ! It gheunt ies	sunus os Kosala ir mauls ad Yajur ! Barbar, stahs face oin iom	Strangulers os Yota-Pong ! Buim chust menxu eem tik un yun	pwarn ab iens ghutors os Yajur. Unte mien hol prest yars, mien	miegve ed mien terwnia, buim trainiren do id neickerdos med bare	hands... ar tik tosmed tyehce ia mauls. Yajur kamt sehrg ed it	leusmos neid ghutt niesen victims ! Quan eem dar pwarn, mi dahr	magvens ad pniges ; ka magv, meirkas, ed quando bihsim terwn,	gwens, geronts ed yuwens. Bad kun io niek balirhoumer mi dahr un	matur wir ad nices ep id altar os Yota-pong. Unte yars, ego ghu	ia mauls ad Yajur. Centens collen brohg sub mien finghers (Is	oisroht ta ant ia furieus okwi ios Kimri). Is sabab bi quod ho fuct	Yota-pong kay bihe sloug os Totrasmek ne te betrehft. Pos oin	instant, sessies trans quodkwe curiositat. Ies ghutors os Kosala,	ies Strangulers os Yajur, son' nert ye un weidos quod udleit	menscaum. Ed eem is nertst ex quantens. Med mien hands, barbar, vahm	brehge tien coll !
Kam dwo cobras attaquend sammel, ia mier hands zaghyahr stayg ep Conans gurgule. Is Kimri ne se strohng ad tente vergihes we repulge ia, bet eys wi hands plukeer kyid taurcoll ios Kosalan. Ia okwi os Baal-pteor plautiesceer kun is khiss ia teug muscles qua protexeer id gurgule ios Kimri. Emittend un baub, is bepress med sien hol nemensco nerce, stehlbeihno ia gneubhic snayus om siena muscles unte id hol longe om siena massive brakhs. Is sisit skape un strangulet schikay quan is khiss Conans finghers zaghyahe kam uno mengain ambh eys wi gurgule. Bo wirs remien it unte oik instants, lik ad statues, ir liges transformet do gvolmaska, ia veines ep ir skolfas oidend ed violettascend. Conans teun lipps oistulp in un rictus os buxianxu joy. Baals okwi distier ed un horrifiet surprise, spalwt med un paurdiutis, buit skwiten in tom bund. Still kam statues ploisko ir muscles tenden ep ir stipa brakhs ed ir jambs darm-ye positiont ep id grund, bo wirs samt extercommun physic augos levereer ad mutu un duel... med un force quod habiet ghohden exraudhe drus ed behnge taurghalvs. 
Id respiration os Baal-pteor vistris stayg inter eys dents ed eyso stohm ghyahsit. Eys holo lige violettiesc. Paur lahsit eys okwi. Ia muscles eysen brakhs ed omsen kwecto sa-rup, yed ia muscles ios tegu coll ios Kimri ne cess, samlik ad kabels ex tricen metall. Id de krewos Baal-pteors eet ceddend sub ia stalen finghers ios Kimri, qua se iengh stets meis, deubend do ia muscles os eys gurgule, compremend id jugular ed id barug. 
Id stillstand om bo statues likwit stayg-ye place uni frenitic mov, dat is Kosalan kriemp ed se strubh in un desperat effort kay se slahmes retro. Is oislebh Conans gurgule ed sizit senters runcs, tentend se extrage ex id inexorable fangh eysen finghern. 
Med un brusk pusc, Conan kwehlpih iom retro hin id nugverdenwrnt os Baal-pteor hurt id table. Ed Conan continuit bepremes, ei dwinghend se clihnes stets meis retro, hin eys weragmen sa-brohg. 
Id stump gleimen os Conan buit tem zalim quem id torubow os stal. 
* Tu genis imbecile ! Is	contentit-se med murmure. Mehno has naiwo dilen con un Westmensc	prever. Tu te credihs' nert ob ghohds' vrehnke id coll em	civiliseits, em orm warks samt muscles tem resistant quem saup	schnur ? Tu orm bolvan ! Brehg id coll uns gver taur	Kimrias pre jimane de tien nerce. Ho kwohrt to, ego, ed pre ghehdus	balirhoumer... katha !
Ed, med un gvaltic torsion, is vrohnk Baal-pteors cap hin id passit apter eys levter oms ed eysa spindels crieckeer kam un turs ozd. 
Conan xubh id desarticulet cadaver ghomtro, siz id hamand siens eins med bo hands ed, stehbhend, traxit med sien hol nerce. Cruoro srusit ep eyso staur torso, resultat iom vurnsen infligen ab ia onkha os Baal-pteor qua hieb rohft id cuit ex eys coll. Eys sword kays eet madh, swoid rohn ep eys lige ed eys xiongbu convuls. Makar is hieb goilen Baal-pteors nerce, is inhuman Kosalan hieb quasi obkwohken ses eys egal in force. 
Aun eme id wakt os retrehve sien annem, is dehsit sien hol augos do un gvaltic torsion quod bad rohv id miech ex id magnet. Oin instant serter, is ghyien id dwer ex apter-yod id crie hieb gwohmen, ed dyisit uno mier deserto dikhliz, quod un serie om ivorn dwers lizd. Alter bors tos dikhliz eet masct ab un sumptueuso zamtcortin, ed ex apter tod cortin ei ghohd demoniak notes unios music kam is hieb naiwo klustern, ne hatta in sien coschmars. Ia drighs os eys neuko ghohrs. Se blandend tei music, eent aurt ia hysteric sleucts ed ia kwehsa uns gwen. Darnd sien eins, snohgit kyid bud ios dikhliz. 
IV
Un einscutt per id cortin
Kun Zabibi buit xubht, capo perodh, do id ghyahsa quod duxit kyid mur apter id idol, ays prest bren, auncoherence ed confus, buit credihes od ays ajal hieb gwohmen. Ia clus instinctive-ye sien okwi ed exspectit id impact. Bet vice to, ia se khiss bihe xubhen kamquid ep id demped ex polihno marmor, skehnend it sien genus ed cloin. Pos cludus sien okwi ed ambhglanzus bayasen-ye, ia ieur id stumpo blosko uns impact ex apter id mur. Ia dyohrc un bruncuit olbjim vehsend un lendvkatan qui stahsit uper iam. Ye alter bud ios kyal, un wir eet installet ep un couch, ant un sumptueus behand ex swordo zamt. Is eet piwon ed corpulent, hiebit blank vurstfinghers ed hieb ogviokwi. Ia hieb anateina soghi wir eet Totrasmek, is ghutor os Hanuman, qui eewehbhneut id sleibic net siens ambition pon yars uper hol Zamboula. 
* Is barbar peit vrehntum id mur,	iey Totrasmek med un spoctic protiokwo, yed id perchin siet resiste.
Ia gwenak vis od un tegu golden perchin hieb esto deht skeir protiev id dwer, secret ye ocolo, bet cis-mo perfect-ye visible. Id perchin ed id chambranle proe-resistient id charge uns elephant. 
* Gwahdi ghyantum un dwer pro	iom, Baal-pteor, wohl Totrasmek, ed gvehn iom in id quadrat kielken	ye alter bud ios dikhliz.
Is Kosalan dientowit meg muadeb-ye ed abgwahsit unte un gondwer. Zabibi stieusit ub, spehcend samt baysa iom ghutor quos okwi glexeer las-ye ayso splendid corpos, face quo ia remien indifferent. Un Zamboula dansster swohd nogwtat. Nu-iam kreusihsit id crueltat os eyso spect unte ays quanta memsa. 
* Gwehms iter do mien endergumt,	bella, gourrit is samt cynic hypocrisis. En un meg inexspecten	honor. Hiebs' kwohct tem pau brungus unte tien akhir visite quem io	ne hatta durs wehlpe ke udnovskwies id experience. Yed, io hieb ac'	bilkull kay gwivist un interessan' moment.
Eet impossible uni Zamboula dansster erudhes, bet un aunblosk rage se bliend ad paur in Zabibis pfwohnct okwi. 
* Piwon pork ! Suawoids' ne	ho gwohm' hetro pro te.
* No, antwohrd is gleihndo	Totrasmek, has gwohmen hetro kam un imbecile, intrudend dank temos	con un gwaurog barbar, ed to kay tehme mien gurgule ! Ma tar	peighers tu protie mien gwit ? 
* Woids' ma ! Scricit ia,	gnohnd id futilitat os pites nege. 
* Mehns de tien habibe, cakhinit	is. Id fact od es her peitend nices me preuft is hat poht tod drogh	tib ho daht. Kweghi ne es' quo iskwist ? Ed ne tib ho dahn quo	desirist, pro liubh dia te ? 
* Mi ho udprohgen ud te un drogh	quod iom mer-ye swehpeihiet unte oik hors, ieyit ia med un bitter	ton. Ed tu... tu has yisen tien sloug con un potion quod hat folliht	iom ! Buim un imbecile ob mehnus unte oin secunde maghe truses	te. Habiem dohlgen woide od tien prientia assurances eent tik leughs	kay kulkes tien speit ed tien haines. 
* Ma swehpihskwist tu tien	habibe ? Antwohrd is. Kay ghehde raubhe ud iom id saul ject is	habiet naiwo dahn tib... id halka bedeht samt id joyel kalen « id	Star os Khorala ».... id star raubht ud iam rayn os Ophir, qua	esiet parat ad schehnke un goldghyor kay recupere. Is habiet naiwo	daht id tib khalal-ye, isghi woid id arehct augsa qua, sei sont	suacontrolen, permitte persclave id kerd quallibt person ios witer	sexe. Tu wohnst raubhe id ud iom tughi bieyst an eys magicians	aunstehgient id rouna tos magia ed an tun te myehrsiet, pior besic	de kriges vasyens rayns tos mund. Habies repohrnen id ay rayn os	Ophir, qua gnoht ia rounas os ids augos ed habiet folossiet id kay	persclave wirs, kam ia kwohr pre id buit raubhen ud iam. 
* Ed ma tu iskwist id ?	Sprohg ia samt un skeud protiokwo. 
* Ghabo ia augsa id arehct.	Daughiet kay auge id stieure mien wi magia. 
* Tughi nuntos xeihs id !	Bieusit ia. 
* Ego, xeihiem id Star os	Khosala ? No, rhalts. 
* Kaytar leughs ? Jawieb ia	bitter-ye. Is hieb id ye sien fingher quan is me hat chasset do id	strad. Is neti hieb id quando ho retrohft id. Sigwra eet tien sloug	uperwakhend id dom, ed hat vifanght id ud iom oins kun io hieb	tolikwn. Iblis to ! Retrehfskwo mien habibe, gwiv ed mentsaun.	Has punihn nos bo. Ma ne redahs tu ei id aum ? Ghehds kwehre	to, kwe ne ? 
* Ghehdiem kwehre to, sigwrit is	ay, okwivid-ye meg-ye kamend vide iam in tod naudh ed salgeihnd un	flasken sien robe. Tod mathmount juce os golden lotus. Sei tien	habibe pohiet sem, retrehviet aum. Ya, vahm bevide mildet. Has	diwiden ed goilen me. Ne oins, sontern plus, ed isge hat semper	witerstahn mien projects. Yed vahm bevide mildet. Gwehm ! Ghend	id flasken ex mien hands. 
Ia protiokwit Totrasmek, kreusend ob impatience sizes id phial lakin sammel baynd an leitiet de sem cruelo lughieve. Ia stohmbh ye un timid kadam, regend uter hand perodh, ed tun is iliey zalim-ye ed se dehsit exter prayghest. Mien ays lipps enderghyaht kay hakare iom, un prekhisses iam spehcihsit ub. Quar jadecolor vases fiell ex id wohrcto tavan. 
Ia vergihskwit ia, yed ne hihr iam. Ia criesch protiev id demped, formend ia quar wangwls uns quadrat. Ed tun ia bihul ed eehiheult ar, extragend-se ex ielg brohct poder, stieusit id capchencap uns cobra. Oin im quar serpents gwohl stayg, zielend ays bare jamb. Id convulsive mov ia kwohr kay skape el brigh iam ye schaecheing oins altern, ed iter dolhg ia reage blixoku kay vergihes id meteoric stausa tos hideus cap. 
Ia wohs terrifiant-ye kapanen. I quar serpents wip, zielend ein pos ein ays ped, ays glesen, ayso genu, ays bemern au ays cloin... sekwent id mems os ayso schakhwani corpos quod wohs ye ir schaecheing. Iakhiekit kammer i reptils ni snehge inter i kay se behrge do salvtat. Ia ghohd tik twehre, klaupe gontro ed twehrel kay skape i, ed ielgs kun ia exclihsit oins attaque, ia wohs ye id schaecheing alyes, yoitkwe ia tohrb mimithes stand blixoku. Ays maneuvre marge eet extreme-ye limitet ed ia capchencaps tohrg iam ye cada instant. Tik un Zamboula dansster proe-surviviet medsu tod buxianxu quadrat. 
Ia bihsit un tem akster movengloi quem okwi khiek sehkwe iam. I reptils lips iam tik gnebh, lakin lips iam, menxu ia opposit sien blixoku peds, sien kreusend memsa ed sien pepermen ok ei perkwnsyrat im squamic monstern ays peindo hiebit prehpihnens netos. 
Semtos lud un edel music quod gwohm ad se blande ei strid im serpents, lik uni khiter noctwind blahnd per ia tuich oktorms uns ghalv. Hatta lambht in id vertigineus dewer quod rlungdwien ays hol attention, ia vighieb i serpents tuntos neti plieg sekwent aunaurdhen movs. Sohkweer ia buxianxu notes tos stragnios music. Tem attaqueer samt horrible regularitat quem ay wohs dwight accorde ia movs os ays corpos iri rythme, weipend, se contordend, revolvend sekwent ir hajoums. Ays saccadat movs transformeer-se kay bihe ia stieups uns dans, face-yod id obscenest om Zamoras tarantellas habiet kwohken sober ed sirri. 
Mortifiet ob scham ed paur, Zabibi ieur id mergist vesselt sienios zalim palach. 
* Id cobradans, bella !	Mohld Totrasmek gleihnd-ye. It diens ias virgens unte id sacrifice	ceremonia in honor os Hanuman, secules prever... bet naiwo hant ias	dans' samt tant grace ed uriende. Dans, bent, dans ! Kamdiu	sies tu ghehde vergihes ia edonts ios Poisonfolk ? Unte	minutes ? Unte hors ? Tu sies vistrakasce. Nespekent tien	tem sure, tem agil ped, sies vikwehlpe, tien jambs sien'	vistrakasce, tien cloins nilente ir movs. Ed tun sient ia edonts	dubes do tien ivorkrewos...
Apter iom id cortin buit gvaltic-ye sroht, kam scuss ab uno nert airdruna, ed Totrasmek hul. Eys okwi pfwohng ed eys hands siz convulsive-ye id longe os tweiser stal quod gwohl brusk-ye ex eyso xiongbu. 
Id music stopit fauran. Ia meirka vienk, kam sa-fallend, ed emiss un crie, baynd subihes id blixattaque iom edonts... Bet quar aunharm dumvoluts twohr ub ud id demped ambh iam ed Totrasmek lyohg unte sien hol longe ep sien couch. 
Conan rusch tun ex apter id cortin, tiergend sien weur miech. 
Spehcend-ye per id behang, is hieb vis iam meirka danse medsu quar weundelnd dumspirals, yed is hieb ghapt od quo is vis iti eet meg different ud quo ia mohn vide. Is hieb tunkye nicen Totrasmek. 
Zabibi sohnkit ghomtro kwehsend-ye, bet kunkye Conan klieupit perodh kyam, ia stieu bilkull ub ; aysa jambs natrembleer ob ays exhaustion. 
* Id phial ! Kwohs ia. Id	phial !
Totrasmek nasohr id inter sien stehvus finghers. Ia rohv id aun kunges, dind inkiep obsoke iom cadaver frenitic-ye. 
* Quod iblis paurskes tu ?	Iam sprohgit Conan. 
* Un halka... Is hat klohpt id ud	Alafdhal. Is soll' raubhus id menxu mien habibe aliey in ia strads,	beghsaum. Per iens diabels os Set ! 
Ia hieb just acceptet id fact od Totrasmek ne hieb id halka ep se. Ia inkiep obsoke id kyal, weulend id godwehb ex id couch, behands, volveihnda ia vases. 
Ia stahsit still ed ierk un kaysfitil quod swoido hieb glehmerihn ep ays okwi. 
* Baal-pteor ! Io hieb	myohrst iom !
* Est in hayd sam' brohgen coll,	ay sigwrit Conan. 
Un lyuto taala lahsit Zabibi ye tod khabar, bet oik secundes serter rughiet ia bitter-ye : 
* Ne maghmos mane her. Dien ausct	in oik hors ed ies supostah ghutors maghe gwahe id temple ye quodkwe	noctsaat. Sei bihms aunstohct her con eys nayv, nos kaydsient. Ies	Turanis khakient kwehre jec' pro nos.
Ia liv id perchin ios secretios dwer ed, oik instants serter, eent iter in id strad, abspehdend ud id silent place quer id centenato temple os Hanuman ee-siseddt sombre-ye. 
Ye sem distance tetos, Conan stopit sien sokwnia dehnd-ye un gwaur hand ep ays bare oms. 
* Mae myehrs eet un mizdo...
* Ne ho myohrst ! Ieyit ia,	se rehvend-ye ex eyso strineg. Bet dehlgmos... preter wassale con	Alafdhal ! 
Oik minutes serter, is aydokwo sclav im ghyien id dwer. Is yun turani lyohg ep sien couch, brakhs ed jambs kyimen med gwaur zamten spartaks. Eys okwi eent ghyant, bet samkwohk ta uns rabost kwaun ed eys lipps oistohgit skum. Zabibi krus. 
* Dwinghe ei ghyane eys ghyanus !	Wohl ia, ed ia stalen finghers Conans biwohrg.
Zabibi tuichihsit id mathmoun ios phial do id bund ios gurgule ios dement. Is wir sakwniesc fauran. Id nesaun diutis disprohp ex id budmen eysen okwi. Is oispohc iam gwenak med un pribuden protiokwo, yed is plen-ye xih sieno ment. Dind is sohnk do un nehsswehpen. 
* Habsiet rebihn normal ye sien	gehren, murmurit ia, znaycend ei silent sclav.
So dientowiy muadeb-ye, depos inter ia hands ias gwenak uno smulko lietern beurs ed hieng un silken cappa ambh ays omsa. Zabibis attitude eet subtile-ye different kun ia dik ei Kimri ke sohkwit iam ex id kyal. 
Sub un arcade quod duxit do id strad, ia vols kyom, izharnd un rongo nov attitude. 
* Dehlgo tib sayge id vertat	taiper ; ieyit ia. Ne som Zabibi. Som Nafertari. Ni de est	Alafdhal, simple hetman ios guardia. Est Jungir Khan, is satrap os	Zamboula.
Conano nel-ye commentit ed eys sombre ed schramkankelt lige remien impassible. 
* Tib ho lughen ioghi ne durs	sayge id druv qualkwe, ieyit ia. Jungir Khan ed ego eemos saul kun	is hat follascen. Nimen eet hushyar ploisko me. Sei habiet biht	matht od is satrap os Zamboula hieb follasct, leuds habient ubstahn	ed pamrlanen, kam previden ab Totrasmek, qui complotit kay ehle nos.	 Vids nun ma mi est impossible tib dahe id mizdo quod wohlps'	dake. Yed nies abgwahe samt tuich hands. En un beurs plen med gold	(Ia ei dahsit id lietern smulk sack is sclav hieb uperdehn ay.)	Gwask' idi nun, ed kun id sol sessiet hog in id waurn, gwehm do id	palat. Prehcsiem Jungir Khan ke te beuwa iom hetman siens personal	guardia. Lakin, bihsies wohlt ab me, secret-ye. Tien prest task	consistsiet duce un squade soldaten do id schangdien os Hanuman, in	apparence kay paurske ter sem indices del assassin ios ghutor, bet	in druve po id Star os Khorala. Sollt ses kohlen semloc eni. Kun	habsies trohft id, sies bringhes id tsay mi. Poitts ambikwehle,	taiptos.
Is acquiescit silent, ed togress. Ia gwen, apterspehcend id weipen iom weur omsen ios Kimri, buit irritat ob vighabe is nel-ye kwohk decepen ni gomren. 
Pos tournus ye id wangwl ios strad, is glaz apter se, dind mutatrohc ed ieug sien kadam. Sem wakt serter, is wohs in id weiko ios ekwenmercat. Ter, is tus aunstop un dwer hin un barbut cap emers ex un fenster ye id etage, sprehgend ma tod steurben. 
* Un ekwem ! Sprohgit Conan.	El argist reidbiest tu behands.
* Ne ghyano mien dwers ye tod	noctsaat, brohm is giambase. 
Conan kleuytih sien piengs. 
* Tu murdar kwaunson !	Kweghi ne vids som un blank ni od som saul ? Steigh ghom pre	behngo tirn dwer !
Pau pos, Conan galoppit kyid baytel os Aram Baksh ep un siav aygur. 
Is likw id strad ed rid ep un allee quod separit id creschma ed id palmagarden, yed is ne stopit ant id dwer. Gwahsit perodh-ye tiel id nordeust kantun ios duivar ed vihielt ye oika stieups ud id nordwest kantun. Neid schajra crosch prokwem id mur, yed eent oik buska. Is dieh ter sien ekwum ed sa-roidyit kun is ieur un vocmurmure apter id kantun. 
Stragend sien ped ex id striepmen, is oistohmbh ed glaz. Tri wirs ghieng perodh ep id strad kyid palmagarden. Ob ir wadelgwayt, is ghieb lit de Aydokwens. Stahr still kun is kiel iens ye khafi voc, dind munster menxu is gwohm kyant iens, einsghesor. Id kwit iren okwi twis in id starkweitert. Ir bestial appetitts eent skweitet ep ir ebonliges, yed ies wois, hol kam is, od ir waghers esient nakis protiev eys eins. 
* Quetro yu ? Hailit is	iens.
* Do ia gardens, kay prehge nies	braters ke sgwene id ogwn, antwohrd ies buxianxu-ye med un guttural	voc. Aram Baksh nos hat promiss un wir, bet is nos hat lught. Hals	trohft oin om nies braters mortu in id kapan-kamer. Remansiemos	hunghric honoct. 
* Ne mehno to, smih Conan. Aram	Baksh vaht vos dahe un wir. Vidte yu tod dwer ? (Is kyus uno	smulk dwer samt isern chambranle embaudht in id westmur). Skehpte	ter. Aram Baksh vaht vos dahe un wir. 
Pos oistieupus retro tadbir-ye hina buit exter schaecheing uns waghercutt, Conan abgir ed disprohp apter id nordwest kantun. Ghehdus nieb sien reidbiest, is intizier unte oik instants kay swekwehre mae ies Aydokwi habient sohkwn iom, dind is oistahsit ub ep sien seddel, rassurend sien beghspace ekwo med oik werds ye khafi voc. Is rexit sien hands, siz id ghebel ios mur ed glohmber ep id leizd. Is remien still unte un khvil kay perichehxe is atraf. Id creschma stahsit ye id sudwest angule, id reste ios gordos esend occupet ab bustans ed bunges. Is vis nimen. Id creschma eet silent ed tenimers, ed is wois od vasya perchins eent cluden ed ia fensters barricaden. 
Conan wois od Aram Baksh oiswohp in un kyal quod uperspohc un cypresslizdt alle engwn id westmur. Is oisnohgit kam un skadh inter ia drus ed oik instants serter, is oistus mliak-ye eys dwer. 
* Quod tar ? Brohm un voc	intos.
* Aram Baksh ! Stris Conan.	Ies Aydokwi sont udglehmend ia murs ! 
Id dwer ghyahsit quasi fauran, aunstehgend id gastalt ios creschmer, vehsend mer-ye un camiss, dagaghesor. Is wir xyieng ed wohs face Conan. 
* Quod tar est tod sto... Tu !
Conans kwitorfinghers pnig id crie quod vahsit gwehle ex id gurgule ios creschmer. Bo wirs volveer ghomtro ed Conan rohv id daga ex ia hands os sien peind. Id miecho twis sub ia stars ed cruor iswohr. Aram Baksh dugh un hideus gneur, sien stohm pehldend med sehrg. Conan iom restahihsit ed iter id miech fiss id air. Id major part ios ghaytic berd ios creschmer fiell ghomtro. 
Nadarnd id gurgule siens prisoner – unghi mensc dar ghehdt emitte kerddehrnda cries speit un tohmto dingv – Conan iom sohlk ex id kamer, engwn id cypressallee ed tiel id dwer ios duivar. Med oiter hand, is liv id perchin ed ghyien gvaltic-ye id dwer, aunstehgend iens tri deuskens gastalts quoy intizier exo kam kyehrsen gwulturs. Conan xubh iom creschmer do ira brakhs. 
Un horrible crie sielg id cruorplen stohm os Aram Baksh, bet buit neid reaction in id silent creschma. I leuds qui ee-upernoctent ter ee-aurnt cries ex ocolo id mur. Is creschmer se strubh kam un foll ed eys rollend okwi se wohrt frenitic-ye kyid lige ios Kimri, skweitend ter neid mildet. Conano mohn de ia decens ormen atmens qua hieb gnoht uno mergist ed cruoric fat ob id repugnant grehdia tos wir. 
Ies perismeihnd Aydokwi sohlkeer iro praeddum ep id strad, ne kaurndi de eys nepretable gneurs. Quosmed habient ies ghohdt recognihes Aram Baksh in tom cruorpoik pwolnogwo forme, samt eys grotesk-ye glupto berd ed auncoherence forslungs ? Ia bloska is kwohr se streubhend-ye dar ghohdeer do Conans aurs, manus prokwem id dwer, menxu ies gastalts hieb disprohpt inter ia palmas. 
Pos zaghyanus id dwer apter se, Conan retrohv sien ekwum ed roidyit westworts, kyid desert, kaurndo de gires id buxianxu palmaghehrd. Ep sien seddel, is salgih, ex sien yeusmen, un halka samt un tweiser joyel quod schimmerbohnd id stardiutis. Is eewiwehrt inter sien finghers menxu is admirit id. Id smulk sack oyren kluyt melodieus-ye ep id pomel, kam un promiss os dar meger gwehmtur opnos. 
* Daumo quod ia saygiet sei ia	manthiet io hieb ghaben lit de Nafertari ed Jungir Khan yant ho vis	i, sohgn is. Io hieb yaschi klun de id Star os Khorala. Sessiet sem	bell scene sei aiwo ia tarct ho ghenden id ud id fingher os ays	maaschouk menxu io diemm iom med eys yeusmen. Bet naiwo ghehdsient	udrides me ob id perodhia vahm habe.
Is glaz kyid teniwent palmagarden, medsu-yod crohsc un rudho diutis. Un chante lud in id noxt, vibrend med wildo taala. Ed alyo swon gwohm ad blande-se tei, un demential ed auncoherence crie, un frenitic ed alnos nepretable rakakel. Id blosk hamrahsit Conano menxu is galoppit westworts-ye sub ia bipallascend istars.