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crouching on these were the tall, lean figures of reptile creatures wearing broad cloak-like garments.

Zagors!

There must have been about 20 of them sitting on the humps near the central floor of the chamber.
They uttered inarticulate sounds in some kind of chant while beating time with their throwing and cutting
weapons. Their great unblinking eyes glowed with a ghostly greenish light as they gazed intently at the girl
who lay in the arenaтАЩs centre.

The agonized cry I had heard must have come from her.

She lay stretched out on the ground, breathing laboriously. Her clothes hung in shreds from her body.
Close to her head, a spear was stuck in the ground. As I looked at her, she grasped the shaft with her
hands, supporting herself by it as she slowly got up. Meanwhile her eyes fearfully swept over the row of
lizard like creatures who watched her with a predatory intentness.

Suddenly she sprang to her feet and attempted to escape from the central area. She clambered onto
the first rise, eluded a Zagor who sought to block her, pressed through a gap between several of them,
and scaled the next tier beyond.

One of the Zagors had followed her and when he came within range he thrust a barbed spear at her.
The barb caught in her tattered cloak, jerking her back. The material tore loose, but the girl slipped
backwards over the raised tier and into the arena again.

As she did so she screamed in mortal terror.

The Zagors loomed over her from right and left, striking out at her clothing with daggers, swords and
lances. They were very adept at this and did not pierce the girlтАЩs skin with a single thrust. In spite of this
her arms and legs and face were already badly bruised and scratched.

When she lay still on the ground once more, the Zagors, withdrew from her.

тАЬWe canтАЩt just stand here doing nothing while those monsters torture the girl?тАЭ I said, preparing to
take action.

Ice Claw grasped my arm and detained me. тАЬFratulon is always saying that you are calm and
collected in every situation?тАЭ whispered the chretkor. тАЬBut it seems to me that only applies when a girl
isnтАЩt involved.тАЭ

I shook him off. тАЬIтАЩd help any human in a case like this?тАЭ I declared.

тАЬUndoubtedly?тАЭ Fratulon answered, тАЬbut donтАЩt you think, Atlan, that we should wait for a more
favourable moment?тАЭ

I had finally collected myself and realized that of course they were both right. It wouldnтАЩt help the girl
to just make a blind charge against the Zagors. We had to proceed with more intelligent tactics. Zagors
werenтАЩt as easily intimidated as the Ooths. They neither shied away from light nor feared any kind of
energy weapon.

тАЬWhat do you suggest, Fratulon?тАЭ I asked.