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The man looked in an awful condition. His robes were torn and they exposed the terrible cut across his chest. The wound was bleeding heavily. Four horrible slices starting almost from the throat and ending to the abdomen had pierced his lung and pink bubbles appeared in every try of his to draw a breath. He obviously wasn't going to last long. A woman held his head on her lap mourning silently. Warriors started to gather around her. Ardeth arrived almost immediately and checked the man's body carefully. He lowered his head so that the man would be able to listen to him. "Can you hear me?" He asked slowly and clearly. The man nodded. " Who did this to you?" Ardeth asked hoping that the man was in position to answer. The man made an effort but he only gasped for breath and then his body went limp. Ardeth sighed and closed his eyes. He always hated losing warriors and friends, In a way he felt responsible for them. "Where is the other man?" He asked Rafic who was seating nearby. "I never send them away alone." "Probably whatever killed this one, killed the other too, but the other wasn't able to make it here" "What was that thing that killed him? There is no bullet wound and no scimitar can slice like that. This looks as if a big animal attacked him. But there are no big enough animals in this area." "Plus, he had his horse and his gun, he could have shot it. This is very strange." "We need to talk about this Rafic. Summon everyone for a council." He then raised again to his full height, and after muttering a few words of comfort to the man's wife he moved to the biggest tent of the camp.
"This is a mystery Ardeth for everyone of us. In all my years I haven't seen anything like that." Abdul, a very elder med-jai shook his head. Ardeth had hoped that the man's experience and wisdom would be able to help him, but no one was able to offer light to this incident. Suddenly a young man burst inside, bowed in apology and respect and said panting: "The other man… He is here…"