Chapter 7
" Eric, I've seen these madmen. "What did you do with them? What god raised the prayer to God?
" Oh, Rudolph, you're already an adult, where are these stupid things from? "Have you ever seen a prayer work in your life?
"I've heard of it. "
- Well, I'm talking about the fact that cows fly, I heard, but I did not have to see.
" Do not talk, tell me. "I do not find a place for myself.
- Yes, everything is simple. After an hour of shelling, I decided to divide the archers into two equal groups. Change of watch for three hours. While one is not in a hurry to give volleys, the second is resting or sleeping. The ballista was also organized. As a result, the bombardment was round the clock and evenly, without stopping for a minute. Just imagine - for four days nowhere in the city was not calm. You want to drink and you are scared, horror as terrible, as these fucking arrows pierce even the roofs. Only you begin to fall asleep - and then again somewhere near the core the wall of a house has been turned, only your eyes are closing, how you hear this terrible whistle and blows, hundreds of blows that surround you and drive you into a corner. These poor devils did not sleep for four days, they hardly drank the last day. In addition, they have been in a strong nervous strain since the advent of the ships of Demeter, that is, a week. They just were not ready for this tension and lost their mind. I spent the whole night watching what they did in the city. Women tore young children to pieces with their bare hands.
"A terrible siege. "Did everyone lose their mind there?
- Of course, no, but that huge crowd of simple and weak inhabitants dared the crumbs of those few that held on.
" It's creepy to think that someone will do something like this against us. "How did you learn about such tricks in the siege business?
- Yes, from nowhere. I improvised.
- What does the word "improvise" mean?
- Well, let's say, "composed". How to compose music. Inspiration came, and I used it. Rudolph's face suddenly turned completely pale.
- So you that, when you told this Greek girl stories about Ares, did not joke?
" And what about the gods? "People create and destroy this world. Can not you really admit that I'm just an ordinary person, just having certain talents?
" It's easier for me to accept that you have not been you for a long time. "Eric, because the changes that touched you that night can not be explained by a blow to the stone. In that crypt, an unintentional boy ran in, and an adult and extremely dangerous man came out. "I'm afraid. " I've been through so much, but I'm scared like a child. For the first time I feel that I have encountered something mysterious, terribly dangerous and completely incomprehensible. Eric, who are you?