At last. Gerart looked at the sky, searching for the moon, but did not see it. He looked for a star shining above, but there were none to be seen either. On that dark night the clouds covered the whole firmament and not the least sparkle came through to reach the damp eart...
The army of the shadows disappeared as it had arrived, and on the great open expanse there remained only a sepulchral silence watching over the thousands of corpses which were already beginning to decompose. Komir could make out little in the darkness by now. With his heart uneasy at the events h...
The lone survivor in white and gray stood in the middle of the clearing, still blinded. He fruitlessly slashed left and right in a vain attempt to kill an enemy that was no longer there. “You can stop stabbing the air; he’s gone. There is no danger now,” said Komir. When...
The Ranger, overwhelmed with sadness, contemplated the desolate scene after the battle. Mutilated corpses, torn horribly to pieces by those giant crocodiles, were strewn all over the shore in a sea of blood. They had lost practically the whole of Captain Toral’s group, with only the officer and o...