Потерянный континент: история Атлантиды

           Onebyonewebalancedourwayacrossthenarrowledgewhichwasleftwherethepathhadbeendestroyed,andonepoorPriestthatcarriedawoundgrewgiddy,andlosthisbalancehere,andtoppleddowntohisdeathintheabyssbelowbeforeahandcouldbestretchedouttosteadyhim.Andthen,whenwewereallover,heatwasputtotherams,andtheyexpandedwiththeirresistlessforce,andtoretheremainingledgesfromtheirholdintherock.IthinkapangwentthroughusallthenwhenwesawforourselvesthelastconnectinglinkcutawayfrombetweenthepoorremaininghandfulofourSacredClanontheMountain,andtherestofourgreatnation,whohadgrownsobitterlyestrangedtous,below.

           Buthereatanyratewasabreakinthefighting.Therewerenofurtherpreparationswecouldmakeforourdefence,andhighthoughIknewPhorenice’sgeniustobe,Ididnotseehowshecouldverywelldootherthanacceptthecheckandretire.SoIsetaguardontherampartsoftheuppermostgatetowatchallpossiblemovements,andgavethewordtotheotherstogoandfindtherestwhichsomuchtheyneeded.

           Formyself,dutifullyItriedtofindZaemonfirst,goingontheerrandmyproperself,fortherewaslittleenoughofkinglystateobservedontheSacredMountain,althoughthenameandtitlehadbeengivenme.ButZaemonwasnottobecomeat.HewasengagedinsidetheArkoftheMysterieswithanotheroftheThree,andbeingmyselfonlyoneoftheSeven,Ihadnotrankenoughinthepriesthoodtobreakinupontheirworkings.