The Sword and the Sorcerer Page #4

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in your own gizzards.

When we get out of here,

i intend to settle this.

I'll meet you, scum,

anywhere you choose.

[Men shouting]

Enough!

Enough, or i'll skin

all of you!

[Shouting ceases]

What's on your mind,

potato head?

Cromwell sends you a bargain

out of the goodness

of his heart.

Ha!

Cromwell's goodness?

Silence, you black dog!

Now, tell me who sent you

to invade this castle,

and i'll be merciful.

[Laughter]

Bring them in!

[Grunting]

These two had nothing to say,

so i cut out their tongues.

- Now speak,

while you still have yours.

- Uh...

tell me who sent you here,

or i'll skin her

before your very eyes.

- [Moaning]

- [Screaming]

[Moaning]

[Screaming]

[Shouting]

Kill him!

Kill him!

[Groans]

[Grumbling]

Rat!

[Man]

I hear the four kings

have arrived with 1,000 knights.

But only two will be allowed

to accompany each king

to the feast.

Once we have assassinated

the kings and lords,

and cromwell has exchanged

his vows with alana,

we can send out armies

to sweep across the continent

to consolidate our power.

With the rebellion crushed,

no one can stop us.

Where's cromwell?

He is preoccupied.

He has given me charge of

his army until further notice.

Let us finish with this.

General thogan?

My knights will seal off

the exits from the feast.

No one will get out.

Good.

General rumboldt?

When the signal is given,

my archers will kill

everyone at the feast.

General renquo,

you shall see to it that

all the king's bodyguards

are dead...

before the assassinations begin.

What is the signal?

When alana gives her vows.

Imagine, all the nobility

of ehdan...

and the kings of four empires

wiped out in one fell swoop.

Cromwell is a genius.

In three hours' time,

one man will control

the entire...

civilized world.

???? [fanfare]

[Man]

Their royal majesties...

king leonidas of minoa,

king ludwig of galese,

king stancho of valencia...

and king charles of the franks.

[Guests chattering,

laughing]

Is that chief talon?

[King ludwig]

It certainly looks like him.

Well?

It is him.

How can that be?

Last i heard, he was chieftain

of the black tribes,

helping them

to overthrow some slaver.

We owe that man too much

to let him die like some dog

at the hands of cromwell.

Yes, but the treaty.

Damn the treaty!

There'd be no kingdoms at all

if it weren't for him.

It will mean war.

Very well.

Let it be war.

???? [fanfare]

[Crowd chanting]

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell! Cromwell!

Cromwell!

Join hands.

[Speaking latin]

[Service continues

in latin]

[Panting]

[Men murmuring]

Who is here

to help the barbarian

with the gauntlet of steel?

Who are you?

Never mind. The barbarian

is to be killed at any moment.

We must save him.

[Darius]

Unlock this door, wench,

and leave that to us.

[Men cheering]

Let's treat the gods

to one hell of a fight.

For talon!

[All] talon!

Talon!

[Mechanical chugging,

scraping]

[Whimpering,

panting]

Don't worry, little girl.

It won't hurt

until i hit the bone.

[Laughing]

Yah!

[Screaming]

Do you, titus cromwell,

take this woman

to be your bride,

your queen,

the mother of your children?

I do.

Repeat after me.

[Continues, indistinct]

Do you, alana,

daughter of lord mogolin...

and last heir

to the crown of ehdan,

take this man, titus,

protector of ehdan,

[creaking]

Emperor of swabia,

castul, goth,

aragon and iberia,

overlord of brishia

and kelti...

and all the northern kingdoms...

of the west of evmark,

master of suders,

[muffled yelp]

Lord and god over all

that is right and good,

to be your groom,

your lover, master...

and the father

of your children?

[Groaning]

L...

cromwell!

Attack!

[All shouting]

[Gasps, screaming]

Stand back.

Small world,

your majesty.

Talon!

I put your army on alert

and had them gather

seven days' ride from here.

They await your presence.

That's perceptive of you to

assume something might go wrong.

I have lived only

to serve you, your majesty.

With your army ready to strike,

we shall yet crush

these rebel dogs.

This won't take

but a moment.

Men, thou art the devil.

Ah. Machelli,

the rebellion is finally on.

Yes.

Now i must get you to safety.

[Gasps]

Machelli.

Finish the dog.

You go after alana.

Go!

[Hissing]

[Screams]

- What are you doing?

- We await cromwell.

Why?

To end his reign

and begin... mine.

But mikah...

mikah is dead.

No. No. No.

The rebellion is dead.

I am the power!

Beyond that gate

lies my destiny.

You can be part of it

or a victim of it.

The choice is yours.

All right.

I've wanted you

for a long time.

You are the strength.

You are the power.

Take me with you.

You are wiser

than i thought, alana.

Promise me...

you'll obey my every wish,

my every command.

Yes.

I'll obey you.

You obey this.

[Demonic voice]

See me, alana,

as i truly am.

[Growling, laughing]

[Growling]

[Growling continues]

[Shrieks]

[Whimpering]

Now you are mine.

Die, jackal!

[Gasps]

[Groans]

[Hissing]

[Cromwell groaning]

And now

i shall have thy soul,

thy body, thy empire.

[Roaring]

I have no quarrel with you.

- [Groaning]

- Out of my way.

- Cromwell is mine!

- Now we have a quarrel.

[Gasping]

[Growls, screams]

Sly sword.

Then let's finish it.

[Screams]

[Whimpering]

[Screams, gasps]

[Screaming]

Who are you?

Talon,

son of richard.

[Groaning, screaming]

No!

[Screams]

[Yells]

[Growling]

[Screaming]

[Talon]

Why the long faces?

Good god, you've snatched

a kingdom.

Talon! Talon!

- Talon!

- [Man] talon!

- Talon!

- Talon!

[All chanting]

Talon! Talon!

And all that goes with it.

Don't we have some business

to attend to?

That we do.

[Shrieks]

[Crowd cheering]

[Darius]

So the debt's been paid,

eh, general?

Aye.

Now to maladon

to save lonbosha's kingdom.

[Horse whinnying]

What do you want?

To join up.

I want to ride with you.

Well, then...

let's be off.

We've a battle in the offing,

kingdoms to save

and women to love.

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