The Hun God Swords - Angel of hope

Untitled Part 153

Oguz stepped boredly back to where he came from. Annoyed by the heat. He took off his cloak and spread it over his shoulder. He carried the drum to his left. At least he hoped to find what Eskam was looking for.

- This cave is huge, Eskam! Did you get anything? I'm hungry. I'm eating something.

- I'm almost done. I see you found the drum. Tell Horka, she'll eat something too.

- Should I go after him? Oguz asked angrily.

" Since you can't fly because of the flames, I don't see any other solution."

- It can't be that happens to me. I don't like this place that much anymore.

Eskam smiled at the boy. Now he saw that he might be able to control himself and forget his power. The high priest studied the runes for a long time before he realized what he needed to do. The most important thing, however, was to let the twenty-one know they had arrived in the room.

When Horka was there, all three of them sat at the foot of the wall next to a stone table and began to eat.

" According to the rogues, we're not alone here."

- What does that mean? Horka watched with interest.

- The guards in the room are here, too. Taltos of special strength are those who occupy only the gateway and the power that operates it. I've heard of something like this before, but I haven't met a single talent who would know the light of silver so much. If I infer well from the rvs. Gorda also uses these forces in his book.

" How come you haven't heard of these taltos?"

" To the best of my knowledge, these talts were never on the surface of the earth during the day. They were born here and saw only the silver light of the moon. Nor do they need the light of the torches to orient themselves. All we need is this. After we set it on fire, they noticed we were here. If the fires go out, they will come out.

- How much longer is Eskam? Oguz began to be impatient.

- I don't know. We don't have to worry. There is also plenty of food. The roar on the wall shows everything where to look. We need to relax ourselves until the trip. The gateway doesn't work the way I imagined.

- What do you mean? Horka got a little nervous.

- I assumed a simple spell. The tale above is also about that. Probably so they keep the secret.

- And? Oguz's curious question inspired Eskam.

" It says it's very simple." Eskam took out a piece of black stone and began to draw. "This circle I'm drawing here is Earth, where we are now." This is the other, smaller is the Moon. We are here now where I drew these two lines on top of each other. And here we are preparing, where I will put these other two lines. Since we are not traveling on Earth, we get up here first through the gateway. - Eskam drew two other lines on the smaller circle.

- The moon? Horka dropped the wall out of his mouth. "There was no such thing as Eskam." The warrior now protested in fear. "I was born on Earth and I'm going to die here." I will not go. I'd rather stay here and go back alone...

- You're going to die on Earth here. Eskam tried to reassure the big taltos, whose memory of the blow was still aching on his face, and pulled back a little. The high priest could not hide the good humor caused by Horka's protest. "You will hardly notice anything from this trip to Horka." It will be as if you are dreaming and then waking up and we are already there.

- That's not good then, Eskam. That was not the point! Horka moaned.

- I know. I know.

- Why did you say that now? - Oguz liked the thing.

" Because if someone who uses the gateway gets scared on the way and does something unexpected, something stupid, he'll pay with his life." This is also written by the runes in the warning.

- And what else? How does the gateway open?

- He doesn't write that. In my opinion, it is set free by the guard taltos when it is time.

" If you're the high priest of the Taltos, how come you didn't know that before?" - Oguz was curious.

- Being a high priest does not mean that you have the right to all power. This is a gateway that should only be used when justified. And one more thing. We will also have to take the root of oblivion into our mouths before we set off. From this I conclude that it is only one night's journey.

- Why? Horka looked at the high priest now with interest.

- Because it doesn't work without it. If you don't put the root in your mouth, you can't enter the gateway. There is a practical reason. You can't tell anyone how it works. Well, you forget. And we have to leave our clothes here. The high priest grinned relentlessly. "I hope we will receive a worthy welcome on the other side."

- That's more than a shock. Oguz was indignant.

The three people talked for a while while the flames grew smaller. Cool air flowed into the room, replacing the unpleasant heat. Eskam stepped aside and then, with the help of the drums, learned that a full day and night had passed since they set off. Now the sun is up there. So they rested and all three fell asleep. The fires went out slowly. The silvery lights at night in the hall began to shine. It was as if the silver runes on the walls had come to life. There was movement in the huge cave room. Shadows slid. The sleepers were provided with additional food by the night taltos, whose bodies were covered with silvery glittering figures.