Chapter 6: The Temple of Runes


Theodorus: I shall bring supplies to your ship when it arrives in the morning. But Komaru worries me, it's something he has for his own good. There is something he have been his personal castle.

Lazlo: His castle?

Theodorus: Northwest of the city. The only one I know is Set's in that cursed tower of his. Two years ago, it was a black magic cult. Now, everywhere. They are deceivers. They murder people in the night.

Keneth: A tower in the castle?

Theodorus: It belongs to Komaru's high priest, he runs it as if it was his own church. At night, his followers only go there at night.

Lazlo: For what purpose?

Kika: I guess we'll just have to find out ourselfs.

Lazlo: No! I'll go with Keneth, and some old friends.

At night Lazlo, Keneth, Tal, Paula, and Jewel travel by horses. Soon they reached Komaru's castle. They got off there horses and went on foot. After sneaking into the castle, As they prepare to climb the temple's tower they become aware of a woman in the shadows and pulled out their swords. It was their old comrade, Ameria.

Tal: You are not a guard, Ameria.

Ameria: Neither are you.

They all put away their weapons.

Paula: We're thieves like yourself. Come to climb the tower.

Ameria: You don't even have a rope. Five fools who laugh at death. Do you know what horrors lie beyond that wall?

Lazlo: No.

Ameria: Then you go first.

All six climbed the rope up to the tower. Keneth smells something awful.

Keneth: What could smell so bad?

Jewel: Do you want to live forever?

Paula: I'll stay her to keep a lookout.

So Lazlo, Ameria, Keneth, Tal, and Jewel went down the rope and saw on the upper level a ceremony is taking place presided over by Komaru's high priest, Maximilien.

America: That one! He's Maximilien, the high priest second only to Komaru. They say Komaru was borned with a curse of black arts. By summoming the demon of darkness there is a price, his age. I'll see what's here. Look below.

Jewel: And I shall stay with Ameria.

Lazlo, Keneth, and Tal continue down into a pit and enters a small tunnel and saw a huge pit containing the "The Third Golden Tablet" guarded by a humongous snake. Fortunately the snake sleeps while the two steal all they can. On the upper level, a young girl prepares to throw herself into the snake pit to be consumed by the serpent as a sacrifice. The two girls checks out the upper level in disguises, and witnesses a young girl prepares to throw herself into the snake pit to be consumed by the serpent as a sacrifice. Lazlo is leaving, however, he lingers too long and the snake awakes and attacks. He Keneth, and Tal manage to kill it, however, without disturbing the ceremony at the top of the pit.

The ceremony reaches its climax and the girl throws herself into the pit. It is only then discovered that the snake is dead.

Follower: Infidels!

The followers scream as they see Lazlo, Keneth, and Tal escaping up the rope. Maximilien send guards after the thieves.

Jewel: Infidels!

Then the guard noticed the sword and Jewel kills the guard. America stabs the other and wraps the rope around his neck, pushes him down the well, and it pulls both girls up the rope, and to the top of the tower.

Maximilien: Kill Them!

They all look at a pool on the ground.

Ameria: Do you want to live forever?

She runs and jumps off laughing into the pool. Then one by one, they follow after her.

At Theodorus's Palace.

Theodorus: How dare you defy his temple!

Ameria: Hey! It's business is with for stealing!

Tal: And what they uses humans as meat for a big, hungry snake.

Theodorus: You broke into his castle, stole his property, murdered his servants, and his PETS! And that is what grieves him the most! You killed his snake. Royce is beside himself with grief! He raised that snake from the time it was born.

Lazlo: You mean this 'property' we stolen?

Lazlo shows Theodorus the Third Golden Tablet.

Theodorus: Leknaat be praised!

Lazlo places the third tablet, but its still incomplete.

Lazlo: There's one more piece left.

Keneth: Yes! Possibly on that island.

Theodorus: And that is where Komaru Will find it.

Kika: And not if we get find it first!

Snowe: And so and I!

Snowe comes out of the shadows.

Lazlo: Snowe?

Snowe: I admit I finally understood why I never had the power for leadership, but i can help Lazlo from now on at the best I could.

Hervey, Sigurd, and Dario walks out of hiding as well.

Dario: So as we.


A/N: These are scenes from Conan the Barbarian (1982)