The cough which struck from within made him silent, then dumped on
knees. The caustic stench made the business. For some instant in eyes
turned black, then he felt that it is lifted. The wolfhound wanted
to escape, having managed to think that it was the useless bodyguard,
and still, how much he did not manage to teach brothers Dashing... Anything:
it appeared, it nevertheless inspired the most important in them. Twins made what
their mentor, if he only could, would not allow them at all. They
silently picked up it, hitched up from knees and run rushed forward. Wolfhound
felt blood in a mouth, and the attack almost right there came to an end. So always happened
since for the first time broke through it blood in day of return of a knes. Still
through several steps the Wolfhound could stand. It shook strong
fingers of brothers also wiped blood. A sleeve, not a palm that then did not begin
to slip out a sword. Knesinka turned around to it, eyes at her all the time
there were mad persons.
- Forward!. - the Wolfhound on twins began to roar. - Business was forgotten!.
Somewhere behind the Snowflake plaintively began to neigh. Then furious shout rose,
horses began to squeal, the clang and a knocking of blades was heard. These are velimorets,
remained to cover withdrawal, at last met with robbers in the neighbor
to fight. Also perished one by one.
Meanwhile the speshenny robbers who are invisibly dissolved between rocks
began to postrelivat. They did not show the face, firing went hinged.
The arrows falling from height did not punch chain armors, but the body which is not covered
armor, polosovat ruthlessly. Over the knesinka head now
there was a board. The girl immediately attracted to herself the nurse. Iron
the board okovka with a gnash hit against stones.
After a fit of coughing the Wolfhound for some reason at all ceased to feel
sulphurous stench, and the Obstacle opened before it unexpectedly.
Randomly heated up boulders receded from edge a little, and
can, purposely were dumped by someone down. They formed small
the platform on which galiradets crowded. Far-away country of the platform
broke in a chasm. From there, slowly curling, yellowish crept out
fog. Through fog the opposite coast, just the same was visible
rocky and unfriendly. Haygal did not exaggerate: to it was not
less than fifty steps. Also the bridge was found. Easy, unsteady suspension bridge
on black hair ropes, the bridge made from thin, unreliable
in appearance plates. A little more than a half of arshin width that it was possible to pass
only in single file...
Below, under the bridge, huge depth yawned. Still anybody on
to the will did not go down there to learn whether the Obstacle has a bottom. And
even less so nobody rose back. And from above watched mountains, eternal,
indifferent mountains in cloudy caps, in bluish raincoats anybody not
trevozhimy glaciers. And the sky because of fog seeming to green.
The bridge promised rescue, but ratnik did not decide to pass it, and terrible
depth of an abyss was here at anything. From that coast already arrived
prevention. It and stuck out in a board of the soldier who dared to be put to
to crossing. The short, thick, heavy arrow bolt which is released from
self-arrow. Galiradtsa tried to speak from ichendara, but those to the answer
did not condescend.
The wolfhound quickly looked around and, of course, at once saw that,
what most of all was afraid of. The rock ledge hanging over an abyss. If
there robbers with onions will get out, they effortlessly will shoot any,
appeared on the bridge. And even ropes will cut with arrows. Marksman
and their, of course, would manage to drive from the rock. But for this purpose
it would be required to come from under protection of boulders to the open place. And
both for certain perfectly was exposed to fire from ten different parties...
- Give, the grandmother, - old Haygal's Wolfhound told. - Call the,
speak with them... - Also nodded to the closest soldier from solvenn holding
on call long leather board: - See off!
- Nanny... - the knesinka of Elen reached for the old woman. Wolfhound
held it and put among themselves and the rock. Brothers Dashing immediately
settled on each side. Knesinka nestled on a back of the Wolfhound and is silent
began to cry.
Meanwhile Haygal left with shchitonosets to the bridge and stopped at one
from boulders for which ropes fastened. Put the put hands to
to mouth - and stridently cried. The wolfhound almost did not understand language, only
the separate words obtained at Haygal. He did not happen to meet
ichendar in mines where he also learned almost all languages known to it.
Some time behind the Obstacle were silent. The wolfhound tensely listened.
Then, to its great simplification, the sharp male voice was distributed,
shouting in reply. Haygal listened, shortly promised something
to tribespeople also came back to the hostess.
- Bleach, the baby that I passed to them one, - suffering and being blamed,
she reported to a knesinka. - Order that I brought your amulet. Will look,
like, then will solve...
With what pleasure she would send the girl to that coast, and
remained to scratch to robbers of an eye!
Knesinka resolutely dipped a hand under suite and, having peeled unusual
fingers about chain armor iron, pulled out a flat shabby leather sack.
The sack departed down to the ground at once. On a long thong there was a suspension bracket from
integral, nearly in a half of palm, a transparent greenish stone. Wolfhound
as trained eye of the miner immediately recognized chrysolite. Flat stone
the skillful carving decorated: the snow cat of Urgau who grabbed in a duel with
eagle. Haygal twisted a thong a loop and tightened at herself on a wrist.
Hasty embraced a knesinka...
Deksha-Belogolovy already placed shooters, explaining to them that the nurse
madam had to reach that coast under any circumstances and
at any cost. Guys gloomy nodded, lifting boards on the left hand. As all
the shooters respecting themselves, they were capable to hit neatly into the purpose and with freight
on a hand. And powerful solvennsky onions with horn cornices for certain not
conceded to predatory.
Haygal and her guide run crossed the open area and stepped on
bridge. The very narrow flooring threateningly began to hesitate under legs. From below, from
the impenetrable curling haze, the deaf roar as if reached
Nespyashchiye-V-Nedrakh boiled an enormous copper of a fetid soup. Wind,
blowing from there, was warm, damp and sticky. Sometimes it broke off
clouds of yellowish steam, were also shown acquired brilliant slime
the stone canines which were sticking out of depth...
Two almost reached the middle of the bridge when mad firing began.
But began not as galiradets, including the Wolfhound expected. They
thought that robbers will undertake the nurse and the soldier at it, and solvenna
will notice it and will try to prevent them. Left differently. First volley
ten in three arrows got to solvenna. That-what, and is unexpected
robbers were able to attack from an ambush perfectly. Them
was much more, than
solvenn, they also worked harmoniously. Thirty people at once jumped out
on rocks on all region of the platform and at once lowered bowstrings. Someone from
galiradets managed to shrink behind a board. Someone instantly answered and even
сшиб the enemy shooter, but also itself was hit two vershoks of iron in a back
on a long staff. Because I pound from a board a little on a hand when shoot slightly
not from all directions. To someone cut off a bowstring from onions. Someone just fell and
remained to lie...
And here then arrows departed to two on the bridge.
It was murder, prudent and cool. So cruel
the boys only learned to own toy onions, happens,
hunt hens in the yard. Here only young shchitonosets did not wish
to die as the attached chicken. He was in alterations and fights and
understood that to both not to escape. Arrows flew behind and sideways, and the guy
covered old Haygal with both a board, and own body. Also continued to go,
though from such distance even the sound chain armor could not protect from
direct stroke.
Galiradtsa could not watch indifferently from safe shelters that,
as their friend perished. Furiously swearing, they jumped out on the open place
also hit into the answer. And got under arrows,
The tear-stained knesinka suddenly pulled off a grid from a face and rushed because of
backs of bodyguards, shouting:
- I here, here!. Kill me!.
Heard it or not, and remained to nobody known. Wolfhound and
brothers Dashing intercepted the monarchess, without having allowed it to make also a step.
The soldier dying, stuck by arrows still went along the bridge, still covered
old woman. To that coast remained steps fifteen when
robbers thought to aim on legs. Several arrows with wide
literally cut with tips the guy. It shatnutsya, falling on knees, and
silently sank into a spacious crack between the top ropes and a flooring. And
departed down, turning over and scattering hands that almost at once
to be gone in the curling fog. Nobody heard agonal shout,
blow about a bottom.
Haygal looked back, looked down, gasped, threw up the hands...
picked up a hem - and porsknut forward with surprising speed which
it was impossible to assume in the crooked old woman. Did not expect similar and
robbers. Several arrows split a board in that place where it only
that stood. The others with squeal rushed at it behind the back, only one,
the most successful, deranut the fluttering edge of a black shirt. Haygal
reached the coast and it was thrown for a stone.
- Baby!. Pass!. - she gave a vote a time later.
- One I will not go!. - desperately the knesinka cried in reply.
Still as you will go! - the Wolfhound was about to tell it. But knesinka
to transport, to start with mountaineers negotiations on suite and wounded at once not
left. Because horse robbers, having coped at last with group
Dungorma, saddles left, took galiradets in a half ring and got on them
because of stones. Hand-to-hand began.
On the platform before the bridge still was not to lean out, and galiradets
could not uryadit dense defense. Robbers attacked from all directions,
so fight between rocks soon lost a system and an order, having been replaced
fierce slaughter. Galiradtsa perished and felt that perish.
Perhaps here they will hold on slightly longer, than would hold on on
to the open plain. But it will not be possible to escape. As it would not be possible and there.
Shooters jumped from a boulder on a boulder, at choice and almost with impunity killing
everything on whom there were no white birch bark masks with cuts for a mouth and eyes.
The wolfhound saw, how on one of rocks at the edge of the Obstacle where with onions
and quivers two robbers settled, appeared Is small - Ghosn. One
the shooter mighty вельх was laid blow of a sword, by the second, standing is slightly farther,
quickly turned back and lowered a bowstring. The arrow fired in an emphasis, easily
stitched both a chain armor, and a body under it, but It is small - Ghosn did not stop. Long
the sword flashed once again, and the robber's head together with a mask and a helmet
it was started turning in air, spraying the red beads of blood which were flying away
precisely torn necklace. The beheaded body swayed and failed with
stone. It is small - Ghosn was dropped by a sword and stooped, pressing hands to a breast. Shakily
stepped aside, did not refrain on slippery from the settled evaporations of round
to the stone top and silently went down, in a foggy nebyl of the Obstacle.
The Wolfhound caught a glimpse of all this, watchfully, already being cut with five
some bandits who ran into bodyguards because of rocks.
To robbers it was not become stronger.
Three soldiers too well knew the business. Not for nothing the Wolfhound to the seventh
sweat sent twins on the yard of galiradsky Krom. All of them
inquired about the real fight when there are a lot of the people. Now here
experienced whether the truth was told them by the mentor. Will not guess any more how
will behave IF. Time has come, - and children without thinking used
the ability which is ruthlessly driven severe wine in flexible young bodies.
The wolfhound thought that they quite would roll those five and
together, without it. And even without swords, just barehanded. He looked back
on a knesinka: the girl, that was forces squeezed a velkhsky dagger with
gilded handle in the form of the little man. She did not leave it later
fight in a sanctuary. She did not cry any more. To it it was terrible, still as
terribly! But happen to fight, from it will not wait for shout and tears. It whom
it is necessary will meet by this dagger. Will meet ineptly, but with desperate
rage...
Towards to bodyguards Aptakhar with one and a half tens broke through
soldiers, generally segvan and solvenn. Behind their boards and backs
Illad, Mangul with the boy and four servants took cover. Boy
squeezed the picked-up knife in a fist.
- It is necessary to the bridge, - the Wolfhound told Aptakhar. - To Knesink and these, whom
let's manage.
Segvan according to nodded, already estimating from what party to bypass
the platform that noticed less Sagittariuses. Wolfhound bystry,
the habitual movements undid on himself belts, pulled off popyatnanny
blood the leather cover, pulled down then a chain armor and stretched to a knesinka:
- Put on, madam.
He told it so routinely and quietly that the knesinka understood: IN TOTAL.
The LAST END came.
- No!. - She tried to push away him a hand. Would try still
to shift a boulder behind which they hid from shooters. - No!. You... you
...
- Will not get to me, - the Wolfhound told, but the knesinka did not believe him,
and then he simply seized her in an armful and by force put in a chain armor. -
There is no time to persuade to me you, madam.
To resist it was useless. Half-pood of steel blued rings, still
keeping heat of his body, covered a knesinka, having overhung below knees. They
noticeably bent down it to the earth, but together with its own silvery
kolchuzhka
armor really turned out reliable. Perhaps will also preserve.
- On the bridge keep more strong, madam, - the Wolfhound punished. - Two
hands. Yes do not look down, there is no need.
- Moved, a shaft to you in...! - Aptakhar bellowed. Soldiers are silent
piled up boards and ran to the bridge, keeping in a live ring and servants, and
the doctor with satellites, and the monarchess a knesinka. First it all
looked back at the Wolfhound who remained in one gray sleeveless jacket
through wet from sweat and the blood ornamented by stains. A pocket with
the map and the book dangled at it on a breast. Then began to look back
once: in a board which it held over the head began to be stuck
arrows. Knesinka only got ready to look to herself under legs, - jumping on
to osklizly cobble-stones, it was short to stumble. For some reason it is more
was afraid to fall, than to please under an arrow. To run, having loaded on itself almost
iron pood, it was inconvenient and heavy, but the body which is urged forward by fear and
excitement, bore freight almost without strain. Unexpectedly soldiers moved
more densely, the knesinka appeared between Likhoslav and Likhobor and saw at
under legs instead of stones frighteningly thin and narrow levels of the bridge.
Here and there in them feathery arrows stuck out...
- Madam! Hold ropes! - Likhoslav going told over an ear
behind it.
Knesinka heard it, but did not understand: it is bewitched looked down, there
where in the boiling fog enormous shadows slowly moved. Likhoslav selected
the board, took her hands and put them on the thick shining hair ropes.
If the knesinka of Elen just happened to travel local
in places, she, perhaps, would linger before the similar bridge, gathering with
spirit and trying-legged plates fragile in appearance. And that would think, not
whether to become attached somehow a rope to ropes. Now a lack of time was about
something to deliberate, cope with itself and to drive away fear. Astride and
bottom singing arrows whistled, and everyone could claim the life. Knesinka
convulsively began to mince forward, touching wadded hands on it is elastic
to the tense ropes moving, slippery. Directly before it there was a back
Likhobora, in a nape breathed Dashingly glories. Brothers marched in step, having closed boards and
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