Alan and Tom ran into the village. Tom screamed to stop fighting. At a short distance from the sailors, they halted. Rarder retreated to the huts making sure that two of his men were between him and the huge Northmen. There were still six against the three, but he had no faith in the prospect of victory. Gary comes out of a hut with a sword in his hand. The girl stood behind him and held a thin sword in her hand. Tom fought for his breath. "Stop," he gasped, "we have bigger problems." "You have a problem, you bastards," says Jamart. "You brought that damn bitch on our ship and angered the gods. You see what came out of it! Before anyone could react, Alanar flew over a few steps that separated him from a redheaded sailor and hit him in …show more content…
Alanar nods his head. "It seems you know who did it," said Alanar. The old man wiped his forehead again. "I pray to the gods I'm wrong." I need to look at that. Tom, you're coming with me. " "We have to solve the problem we have here first," said Gary. He still held the sword under the Rarder's throat. Ahriel looks at them like he sees them for the first time in his life. Then he looked at Eriana. He smiled at her and then his face got a stone expression. He approached the captain. "If I'm right who made the massacre in this place we have to get out of here right away. As far as I'm concerned, there's no quarrel between us. If it's okay with you, we can put the swords down. " Captain nodded. Ahriel gave Gary the signal to stand of. The boy slowly removed the sword from the captain's throat and moved a few steps away from him. The sailors looked at their captain and waited for his decision. On their faces, however, he saw that they were not in the mood to continue scuffing with their former passengers. The story of the massacre at the harbour scared them. Rarder looks at Alanar. "Apart from corpses, have you met anyone still alive in the harbour?" Alanar shook his head. …show more content…
"The savages would burn down the city if they were attackers. There's no sign of battle except some blood around the docks. And don't you think they would rob everything they could get their hands on once they were inside the walls? " Alanar was standing next to Eriane. The girl shivered in wet clothes. Icy wind was blowing down the lagoon. "What do you think, old father?" The old man looked at him. "I'll know when I look at the temple. Just in case, you son go to the boat and get him over here. If I'm right, it'll be the only way to save ourselves. " "We won't get very far in that walnut shell," said Gary. “A thousand miles to the south and to the north coast is for the most part harborless and mountainous and there is almost no place to land. " The old man pointed towards the harbor. "There's a river. Collect all fish nets that can be used. Usable harpoons as well.There's dried fish in the huts. If it's what I'm afraid of, we leave as soon as Alanar brings the boat. " "But Sir, this continent is completely unexplored, we have no idea what's out there and how to get to the Platean colonies. They're 2,000 miles to the west by sea. Who knows how far across the continent. " "It's our best option. Now is not the time to argue, just do as I say. " Ahriel looked at his squire. He had some weird