A GREAT ADVENTURE

 

We set out at dawn on a sunny day that was expected to be warmer

than the others.
   Brjiana wanted to follow us in the new adventure, I had received a message from a tribal chief of the interior just outside the Thahari desert, but who was part of my territories, he was asking me for help for some strange disappearances that had been happening from some time in the own village
   As the Emir of the oasis, I was worried, he had never heard of disappearances for no one apparent reason, and that was dangerous enough even for the citizens of my oasis.
   I took with me some trusted guards, not many to tell the truth, I didn't think there could be a great danger out there, and at the oasis I left the first Commander, with me came the captain of the guards, a trustworthy man even if a little stubborn in his interpretations, after having crossed a part of the desert we entered the forest where the village was located, I had forgotten how difficult it was to walk in the forest, I had been living in the desert from time.

 After a few days of traveling in that damned forest, we finally looking smoke rising high into the sky from a high hill, and we were all happy, we will rest and eat something hot after days of walking.
  The head of the village was a large dark-skinned man, furs covered his body, his hair tied behind very long and an unkempt beard, I explain that in recent months many men had disappeared into thin air, without giving more news of them, i was very worried, if it had been the work of the Panthers surely they would have left traces, they like to let people know about their raids, and I don't think  merchants or slaverswould go that far, they could not have sold the slave without documents, and a voluntary removal seemed unlikely to me .
   After studying with the Captain and the Guide, the map of the area, to find a safe route, and start the search, the next day after a restful night, we took some provisions, enough water and began our patrol. towards the afternoon the forest began to thin out, but a thick blanket of fog enveloped the area, that part of the forest was not on any map, until we found ourselves at the foot of a large fence, very high made of large impassable logs, we set up the field and the tents close to a large stone always in sight of the fence even if we were quite covered by any surprises, and we got ready for the night by organizing guards turn.
    The next morning, now awake and ready to inspect the great wall, in the distance we saw a figure slowly approaching, we hid behind the great rock and waited, until we saw a strange warrior dressed in strange bandages that surrounded his body, a very tall and dark skinned man, like some men imported from planet earth, something that had never been seen, not even among the barbarians who

populate the planet.
   I told everyone to stay hiddens and I went out, trying to have a contact with that man who seeing me becamed aggressive, showing a fighting attitude, I unsheathed my scimitar but to my great surprise the man with a superhuman leap I try to to landing myself colliding, in the impact between the two bodies he turned into another, a cloning never seen before, the guards intervened in the fight, who in a short time had the better of killing both, becoming beings of normal as they were in the their village.
   To my amazement I realized that in the impact with that man I had taken his powers, I felt strong and my body changed into an apologetic color very similar to the earth,
   My subjects, Brjiana, and the captain were terrified, I calmed them by saying that everything was over, but that I wanted to use my change to sneak into what looked like a great fortification surely to

protect a village.
  I ordered everyone to remain quiet and hidden, I will bgo come in to take a look, and so it was. I went through the portal made of logs that the man had left approached, what presented itself to my eyes was a stunning thing, the road from the door led to an immense stone building, with a large staircase and men on guard all around.
   The closer I got, the more guards they all seemed the same. as if they were twins, all dressed in bandages that wrapped their crossed bodies, armed with small spears with a strange shape, as if they were torches, I hear the door closing behind me and men who silently approached pushing me towards the great staircase, I went up escorted by two wings of men, silent without expression, as if they were automatons, until I entered that great palace, at the end of the great  hall of men in long white tunics, like those of the Intiate, they were waiting for me, they asked my name and which area of ​​the planet I came from, I explained to them that I was the Emir of the Oasis of the Seven Palms, and that a tribal chief of the forest had asked for my help, they did not seem threatening, and I was enough quiet, what must have been the Chief I take me to a room, where on the walls so many mirrors and small lights flashing like so many fireflies, and in the mirrors, which he told me to be monitors, men and women of every village and city, each if placed in the foreground seemed to be there with us,
He explains to me that they were the elect of the kings and that they controlled  hall, that they experimenting a kind of new planet warrior, faithful and sure fighter, to form a single army of the planet, that's why the disappearances, they took the mans from the villages and cities, they took them underground where they were educated and cloned, with small receivers in the brain to obey orders.
  I could not believe my eyes, I had read in old books about something like that but never that one day I found myself face to face with the elect of the Kings.

   The High Priest, so he said I had to call him, knew very well that he was speaking to a great and valiant Emir, he told me that they were hosting me until the Grand Council had decided what to do.
   On the evening of the following day the Captain, not seeing me return, took a trusted guard with him and ventured to climb the fence, he too entered the great palace with the favor of darkness, and found himself in that great hall surrounded by the guards, the Priest who had seen the man climb the fence and enter the hall, but he recklessly with a feline shot took the High Priest hostage, ordering him to free the Emir and themselves, at that point I who had witnessed the scene, I took part in the action by capturing another Priest, I said to order the men to let us pass, and go away in peace.
  The High Priest i order the guards to let us go, not before making us swear not to reveal the place and location of the Temple, otherwise the KINGS will take revenge on the peoples of the planet.
so it was.
 We returned to the oasis without going through the village, I told Brjiana what I had seen, saying it would be our secret that we will carry within us for life