![]() Grimly, swiftly, he broke down the eunuch's clumsy guard. The clatter of metal echoed loudly up and down the short corridor and Elric cursed the fate which had made the man turn at the crucial moment. Sparks flew from the iron and Stormbringer bit into the eunuch's finely edged blade, he staggered and fell back before the necromantic sword which appeared to be endowed with a life of its own. His own shortsword came out and he just managed to parry Elric's next thrust. As he opened his mouth, Elric saw what he had expected, the man was tongueless and was a mute. The guard was panting and his thick lips were wet as he drew breath to yell. It howled in a searing arc of black steel and cut through the bone bow which the eunuch had hoped would deflect it. So Elric acted swiftly, leaping forward, his runesword drawn and its alien power surging through him. It clattered against the man's gorget and fell harmlessly to the reed-strewn stones of the floor. He fitted an arrow to the string, aimed it at the right eye of the guard and let fly just at the eunuch turned to face him. ![]() ![]() Silently he picked it up and, bending it against his knee, strung it. Earlier he had placed a bow behind the pillar. ![]() Tanglebones, who had taught the young Elric the arts of fencing and archery, had known of the guard's presence and had prepared for it. ![]()
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