"Don’tpanic．Iwasafraidofsomethinglikethis，soIhavetraihenativestroopsjustforsuemergency．Theyarenowpositionedinstrategicspotsinthemountains．Iorderedthemnottoattack,fortheyarenomatchforthemightyCyclopsandhismagicsword.Todosowouldonlybesacrifigtheirlivesinvain.Itoldthemonlytousetheguerriltacticsofdistragandhamperingtheeoslowdowntheirprogressasmuchaspossible．I’mhopingforthefogtodispersesoonandetoashoiththemwhentheydashfromthemountainstothepace．Thereisasmalldistaweewopoints,whichwillgivemespaovearoundin．Ihopetodestroythematthatcrucialspotatwhatevercost.”
"Whatdowedointhemeahen?Weotjustwaitherefordevelopments.”
"No．Yougotothefront,scoutfornewsabae．Iwillgotothepadfortthebeautieswhomustbescaredtodeath，notknowingwhat’sgoingon.Idonotwaorunoutinapanidscattereverywhere．Thatwouldbedisastrous!"
"Right．I’llmeetyouhereter.”Thusthetwofriendsparted,eachtoherowntask．
Shadowsofswiftlyorstealthilymovingbodiesappearedanddisappearedinthedensefog．TheskiesresouhheroicshoutsofthebravewarriorsastheysurroundedCyclopsandfoughthimwiththeirprimitiveons，attemptingtoblockhisprogress．Thenon-humanshoutsthatcamefromthemohroatwerelikeroarsofanarousedlionashefoughthiswaythroughtheforest,besetbythenatives’trapsandons．Alreadythegroundavedwithbleedingcorpses，buttheystilttackedwithrenewedforce，watgwithunbeliefastheirswordsahrustintoCyclops’bodyandmadebiggapingwounds,onlytoseethebleedingstopandthewoundcloseinamatterofseds．ButCyclops,oherhand,couldcutthroughshieldsandarmorsasiftheyweremadeofpaper．Suddenly,onebravemancameforwardandmadeamightythrustatCyclops．HisspearsankafewioCyclops’chest．Withanangryyelp，themohrewawaythespearandcutofftheman’sheadinoneswipeofhissword．Hisrade-in-armsrushedtosavehim．Afewsshesofthemagicswordandheadscouldbeseenrollingallround．Bloodspurtedasheadandbodyseparated．IleenhidbehindCyclops，direghimwheretogo，howtofight，whattrapstoskirtandpointingoutwheretheymightbeambushed．
Oive,whoseleftarmandshoulderhadbeencutoffbyCyclops,hadfaintedandymotionlessamongthedead．Now,ingtoandseeingIleen’straitorousbehavior,hestoodup,raisedhisswordwiththerighthandandwasabouttoluher,whenCyclops’backeyecaughtsightoftheattack．Turningaround,hegaveamightyshoutandchargedstraightatthemanwithloweredhead．Hishornpiercedtheman,sstomach,leavinghisiinesallroundhimwherehefell．Hediedinapoolofblood,histeethchedinbitterhedeathtollrose,butthenativesstildvanced,waveafterwave,surroundingthecouplelikeahumanwall,willingtogivetheirlivesjusttohampertheenemy’sprogress．Theykhattreetrunksandtrapswereofnoavail，thattheonlythingthatomentarilystopthemonsterwastheirfleshandblood．ThenativesbattledonceouslyagainstalloddsinloyaltytoKingDimitriandtoprotectthecelestialnymph-likebeauties．Theydiedindroves．Acloudofsmokehungintheskyabovethebattlefieldandwithitcouldbeheardsuppressedandindistinctsoundsofmuffled,passionatesobs．IleenwasimmediatelyonthealertandpoiouttoCyclopssaying，
"Thatcloudofsmokeistheembodimentoftheevilflobythecave．Cutitwithyoursword!"Cyclopsthrust，stabbedandcutrighta，butthemetalswordcouldnotcutthroughtheintangiblesmoke．Theworld’ssharpestswordthatcouldpiercethehardestmetalotecameintotactwiththesoftestandlightestofsubstahesmokeparted，onlytoetogetheragain．Thecloudofsmokedriftedtowardsthepace,weepingforthenoblewarriors．Thebattlewagedon．
Thebattlewagedfiercerthanever，andtheuproariousshouts，thedinofgonswhichfilledtheair,earerandheedgeoftheforest．Cyclops’violentroarscouldclearlybeheard,butthebravewarriorsstillfoughttothedeath．Medusaandthebeautiessteppedoutontotheattiedwithbonsai,andwaitedtheretenseandworried．Butallremainedcalm,withnotraceofhysteria，fortheyhadetoaresolutiontoliveordiewiththepace．Justthen，acloudofsmokeflewswiftlytowardsthemandgedintoabeautifulhumanshape.Whenitgottotheattic,Medusasaid，
"ThisisWhiteFairyIwastellingyouabout.”Everyonecppedtheirhandsinwele．Natalie,thebeautifulballerina,eciallyhappyandsaid，
"Iknewyouwouldetoourrescue.”
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