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Zaros placed the staff back in its place. "What should I do, Azzanadra?" he asked.
Azzanadra frowned. "Are you asking me as an advisor or a friend?"
"I was hoping as both."
Azzanadra shook his head. "As a friend, I would revile a decision to send someone into Freneskae, but as an advisor, I see no other alternative. If someone is using Khanu to fight you, then we must discover both how they have attained it and, if we can, a way to neutralize their advantage."
"I wouldn't think of sending anyone else into Freneskae," Zaros replied. Azzanadra gave him a puzzled look, and then he realized what the Emperor meant.
"You?" he asked, incredulous. "Impossible! You're the Emperor! The Empire needs you, especially now. You can't leave them behind and go into Freneskae by yourself. A realm which, I may add, is filled with beings that want you dead."
"Why would they-"
"Think about it! You killed their kings, Mukesha and Rama. And, to top it all off, you did away with Raldeir and weakened their hold on this world. I bet anyone that killed you would be a hero over there."
Zaros scowled. "I see no other choice. I don't care about the risk, if it means silencing the Sons forever. Also, the Sons' primary goal is to do away with me. If I'm gone, their attacks may ease off a bit."
"With you gone, the Empire is theirs for the taking."
Zaros shook his head. "You or Zamorak would both be excellent rulers in my stead, and each of you is just as able to hold them off as me."
Azzanadra groaned. "I don't like the idea, but I guess in the end it's your call."
The door to the chamber immediately swung open, and Spyridon moved in. "They're here," he said curtly, and Zamorak and Akthanakos followed through the threshold.
"You're all okay," Zaros said with a sigh of relief.
Akthanakos nodded. "We were lucky. Excepting this thing, we got away today without a single casualty."
"One, if you count Kuura."
Akthanakos scoffed. "We don't count dirty traitors."

23-Nov-2008 06:25:05

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Zaros looked at the corpse that Zamorak was holding. "What is this thing?" he asked.
Zamorak shrugged. "We have no idea. Look at it closely."
Zaros moved in and saw every disgusting feature. He drew back from the monstrosity. "It used telepathy, and it controlled fire with incredible skill," Zamorak explained. "It used no runes, so it definitely isn't human."
"I think the face ruled that out," Akthanakos added. "But we have no knowledge of any such being, nor does anyone we met on the way up here. We've been looking for you, Lord Azzanadra, because if anyone would know, it would be you."
Azzanadra stroked his chin for a moment, but he shook his head. "Never in my life have I heard of such a thing."
"Is Ihrba*ka here?" Zaros replied. "He would be able to tell us."
"Ihrba*ka has not yet returned, my Lord," Azzanadra replied. "We are on our own."
Zaros nodded. "Akthanakos," he said, suddenly in his sharp, commanding voice. "Take this creature to Yudina and tell her to give us an autopsy. I want to know everything about it."
"Yes, my Lord." Akthanakos vanished out of the room and down the stairs.
"And me, Lord?" Zamorak asked. "Am I done for the day?"
"Sorry, my friend, not even close. I want you to tell me and Azzanadra everything you know about Freneskae."
Zamorak shrugged. "Not much more than you know. I lived in the city of Thida, which had been ruled by Rama and Mukesha since I was born. The city is surrounded by a huge desert called the North Desolus or the South Desolus, depending on which way you were going. There were some mountains barely visible across it, but no one I knew ever left. Rama and Mukesha made it a crime to learn about the lands beyond our little city, and everyone told me to attempt to cross the Desolus is suicide, for there is no food out there."
"Is there any water?"
Zamorak gave him an odd look. "There is no water anywhere in Freneskae. The Mahjarrat do not need it."

23-Nov-2008 06:48:24

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