Chapter 21. The Wrath of Galbatorix
Galbatorix was on top of the world and in his mind everything was falling into place. The young girl sitting in the saddle behind him was Kella; Galbatorix had tested her and she was found of strong mind and body. He took the girl from her family and they flew back to Urubaen. This was the forth day of his flight and as he approached the city he spotted smoke rising up. He reached out with his mind, there were a lot of soldiers in the streets making arrests then he stretched his mind out and found nothing. Casmuss was dead, Elva was missing, Saphira and Eragon were gone. The closer he got to the palace the angrier he got and when he landed in the courtyard the elite guard was waiting with Hurmon. The Captain of the guard explained what happened and when he was done they dragged Hurmon forward. As Hurmon pleaded for his life Galbatorix paced back and forth in front of them.
He stopped and looked at Hurmon; "Derresco Incar Peless…" He cursed Hurmon in the ancient language. "For the rest of your miserable life… everyday you will feel the pains of your dying body. When you die it will be more painful than what your mother experienced to birth you. Now get out of my sight… You are exiled!" Galbatorix's wrath didn't end there with one word in the ancient language he killed everyone of his servants in the palace. ("You knew who and what Elva was when she came here…") He said turning his rage on Shruiken.
("She betrayed us both… She lied to me… She said she was my friend and that she had come here to help me… but what she wanted was the egg…") Galbatorix was still angry, ("I say we hunt her down and tear her to pieces… take the egg back and recapture Saphira and Eragon…")
He grunted and stretched out with his mind towards Belatona: ("Murtagh… where is Rang's army?") He replied a days march from Belatona and he informed him that the elves and dwarves were in Feinster. ("I am coming to Feinster be prepared for my arrival…") Murtagh asked if he had turned Eragon and Saphira, but Galbatorix didn't answer. He screed the hadarac desert for Vermond and his army. They were encamped near Lake Tudeston. He told Vermond to hurry and march on Feinster immediately. He had the girl Kella placed in a room until he returned. Galbatorix dressed in his armor then he put Shruiken's armor on they left the city flying towards Belatona. When they arrived in Belatona General Rang's army was waiting. He informed them that he would personally lead the battle against the varden and that the army would march tomorrow at sunrise.
"There is something you are not telling us…" Murtagh said. "…What has happened?"
Thorn, Murtagh, Shruiken, and Galbatorix were alone in the dragon hold. "Eragon and Saphira have escaped…"
Thorn and Murtagh looked at each other and at the same time they asked; ("How is that possible?")
Shruiken snorted; ("They had help…")
"What do you know about the child Eragon blessed?" Galbatorix asked.
Murtagh hunched his shoulders, "Nothing much…"
Galbatorix told them about the girl and how she claimed, to want revenge on Eragon. Murtagh and Thorn grew angry when they learned who had betrayed their secret.
("Murtagh and I would like to retrieve the egg and hunt this little witch down…") Thorn said with smoke streaming out of his nostrils.
"Agreed… Shruiken and I will deal with Saphira and Eragon…"
"What about those dwarves you mentioned shouldn't we wait for them?"
"No they will meet us in Feinster…"
The rest of the day Galbatorix's army prepared to march on Belatona and at sunrise the next morning they marched out of the city heading south.