

His sinewy muscles strained as he climbed the tree. Four years in the swamp camp had hardened Pug's body. Properly cured hides could produce a suit of leather armor as tough as Midkemian chain mail, and laminated wooden weapons were nearly the match of Midkemian steel. The resins were used to laminate woods and cure hides. The wood of this tree could be worked Uke paper, then dried to an incredible hardness, useful in fashioning. With few metals, the Tsurani had become clever in finding many substitutes. Pug scampered up the bole of the ngaggi tree, a firiike swamp tree the Tsurani harvested for wood and resins. This one's old and may be rotten." Without another word. "At least it ended quickly." He turned to the tall, blond singer from the Kingdom city of Tyr-Sog and said, "Keep a sharp eye out. Laurie's voice whispered in his ear, "Looks like our venerable overseer was disturbed by the sound of Toffston's dying." Pug tied a coil of rope securely around his waist. Pug looked over to see a Tsurani guard wipe off his sword. Its venom was slow-acting and painful short of magic, there was no cure. The dying man had been bitten by a relli, a snakelike swamp creature.

Life in the work camp was cheap, and it did no good to dwell on the fate that awaited so many. The other slaves went about their work, ignoring the sound as much as possible. Urn:isbn:5814201118 Republisher_operator Scandate 20111210000747 Scanner : Master ONE SLAVE TWO ESTATE THREE CHANGELING FOUR TRAINING FIVE VOYAGE SIX KRONDOR SEVEN ESCAPE EIGHT GREAT ONE NINE FUSION TEN EMISSARY ELEVEN DECISION TWELVE UPHEAVAL THIRTEEN DECEPTIONS FOURTEEN BETRAYAL FIFTEEN LEGACY

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