The malignant frees OKE from the paralysis he had exerted on her, OKE, with much effort, tries to reach INKU with his hand.
He touches one of his shoes.
Her trembling hands, notice, stillness in her husband.
OKE, she turns a little upwards to see her husband's face.
Observe how, INKU takes the sword and forcefully embeds it in OKE's body to kill her, OKE, scared, lowers her face to the ground, expecting the worst.
However, the sword, as soon as it touches OKE's body, breaks.
To the surprise of all the evil ones, including INKU, who grimaces in disgust.
It is clear that it was made by CHONT-SU and all blessed by him, he cannot die by his own weapons.
Including those who received some blessing.
OKE, bursts into tears, with her face to the ground, trembling with fear, helplessness, surprise and pain...
She pronounces her husband's name in broken words...
He is still wielding the handle of the sword, annoyed and somewhat upset.
The sorceress, is surprised, but, more than the surprise, is the lack of knowledge about what just happened, but she knows, that it was not a common sword, so she decides a retreat, they will talk to her teacher about what happened, surely he will know what happened, in addition, they already have what they came looking for, THE SCRIBE.
The departure to a new destination begins.
When they take distance, the scribes who guarded the young people are watching...
Filled with anger at not being able to disobey their INKU master, they wait for them to get far enough away.
Seeing that, OKE has not risen, while crying, he touches the side where he has the arrow embedded.
The scribes run to OKE, she is in crisis and cries out desperately for her husband's name, crying hysterically and weakened.
One of the men comforts her.
The other, begins to apply first aid with healing magic, does not have much strength, but necessary to stop the bleeding.
CHINE has arrived at the castle of UNDERWORLD, his horse is almost dead at the entrance, when he sees it, another man attends to him.
CHINE leaves him in his care, he tells him that he must go see WAPURO, the man will take care of his horse, CHINE, runs inside the castle, passes through the corridors, there is a lot of movement.
Priests and soldiers preparing for battle.
CHINE continues long until you reach the hall of prayer.
There, he is received by WAPURO and OSIRIS, waiting for news.
WAPURO, knows that something bad is wrong with ESU, he has not been able to contact her, he only knows that he lives.
CHINE interrupts her, he has to tell them about the horde he saw in the forest near the village of THE HEALERS.
Everything that happened from his encounter with those beasts and evil beings, also from the power of the aura that emanated from these beings... It's not an ordinary aura... full of hatred and bloodlust...
It is very likely that this has to do with the disappearance of ESU.
WAPURO, thinks that, the fact of losing the location, means that, it is very likely that something very bad is going to happen with ESU, if there is one thing for sure, it is that, it is not dead.
WAPURO informs CHINE that OSIRIS has made the astral journey, has located information.
No one knows anything about ESU, but they know that YEYA AND MUK NIOM are going towards WASHI, she is close to them, but, between them there is a grave danger, there are whole hordes surrounding them.
WAPURO analyzes the situation a little and her face becomes more serious, she enters the prayer room with OSIRIS and asks him to pray, she must contact the spirit of TESUTO, she needs answers and a guide.
CHINE decides to go in search of his wife, but, WAPURO tells her that this is not possible, the simple fact of going, would only make things worse, if CHINE is around, WASHI will not be able to think with a cool head, it is a reality, she will not expose her husband's safety in a critical situation.
A bad step, could lead to death.
CHINE is serious, those are comments that he would have preferred not to have heard, WAPURO, asks him to stay for a while, he has already sent an escort to WASHI to help them since before he arrived.
CHINE, though he knows this to be true, he really wants to go in search of his wife...
Somewhat heartbroken, remember something important... his horse.
CHINE, tells WAPURO that he must go to the stable...
He runs there, he goes to see his horse which is very bad, he knows that his heart almost bursts from the effort, and that there are only 2 things to do, hope for improvement or sacrifice him for mercy, he feels very guilty, for not having realized what he was pressing his , CHINE, soba his horse lying on the ground.
The young teacher LAO has arrived at the village of the ORACULOS, the village was attacked, there are dead everywhere, although a small amount, houses destroyed and in flames, there is evidence, the lagging people, they wanted to defend themselves, but they could not, it is painful to see, among the victims children embraced by their parents, LAO is really upset, his mind, He accumulates anger and indignation, begins to give off a negative energy, he uses his speed to go through the town, he only thinks about finding someone, anyone, he has hope of finding survivors, but he did not find anyone alive.
Not even the animals of the villagers survived, there are remains, proof that they dismembered many.
end of chapter 20