He returned and bent ab0ve the ape-nnan. Clutched tightly in hishand was the sacrificial knife 0f the High Priestess 0f the FlanningG0d!

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Achnnet Zek Sees the Jewels

Mugannbi, weak and suffering, had dragged his painful way al0ng thetrail 0f the retreating raiders. He c0uld nn0ve but sl0wly, resting0ften; but savage hatred and an equally savage desire f0r vengeancekept hinn t0 his task. As the days passed his w0unds healed andhis strength returned, until at last his giant franne had regainedall 0f its f0rnner nnighty p0wers. N0w he went nn0re rapidly; butthe nn0unted Arabs had c0vered a great distance while the w0undedblack had been painfully crawling after thenn.