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Wizards First Rule :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 596 из 638Each of the men was blond-haired, heavily muscled, and covered in sweat despite the chill to the air. Chase had obviously given them trouble. For now, their weapons were put away; they had no fear of their control of the situation.
Their confidence irritated Zedd. Their grins made him furious. The early light made the four pairs of blue eyes all the more penetrating.
Zedd knew very well that this was a quad, and he knew very well what it was that quads did to Confessors. Very well. His blood boiled at the knowing. There was no way he was going to let that happen to Kahlan. Not as long as he was alive.
Demmin Nass and Kahlan stared at one another.
"Where is Richard? What has Rahl done with him?" she demanded.
"Who?„
She gritted her teeth. "The Seeker."
Demmin smiled. "Well now, that is Master Rahl's and my business. Not your."
"Tell me," she glared.
His smiled widened. "You have more important things to wont' about right now, Confessor. You are about to give my men a very good time. I want you to keep your mind on that, and make sure they enjoy themselves. The Seeker does not concern you."
Zedd decided that it was time to stop this, before something more happened. He brought his hands up, and released the most powerful paralysis web he could marshal. The camp lit with a loud crack of green light as it flashed in four directions at once, toward each of the blue-eyed men. The green light hit each man with a hard thud.
Before the wizard had time to react, things went terribly wrong.
As fast as the green light hit them, it reflected back from each. Too late, Zedd realized that they were protected by a spell of some sort-an underworld spell that he hadn't been able to see. From four directions at once, the green light hit him. His own web paralyzed him in place. He was frozen tight as stone. Helpless. Try as he might, he could not move.
Demmin Nass took his thumb out of his belt. "Problem, old man?"
Kahlan, a look of rage on her face, stretched her arm out and planted her hand against his smooth chest. Zedd braced for the release of her power, for the thunder with no sound.
It didn't come.
By the look of surprise on Kahlan's face, he knew it should have.
Demmin Nass brought his fist down and broke her arm.
Kahlan fell to her knees with a cry of pain. She came back up with her knife in her other hand, slashing at the man before her. He grabbed her hair with his fist, holding her away. She drove the knife up into the arm that held her. He pulled the knife out and twisted it from her hand.
Their confidence irritated Zedd. Their grins made him furious. The early light made the four pairs of blue eyes all the more penetrating.
Zedd knew very well that this was a quad, and he knew very well what it was that quads did to Confessors. Very well. His blood boiled at the knowing. There was no way he was going to let that happen to Kahlan. Not as long as he was alive.
Demmin Nass and Kahlan stared at one another.
"Where is Richard? What has Rahl done with him?" she demanded.
"Who?„
She gritted her teeth. "The Seeker."
Demmin smiled. "Well now, that is Master Rahl's and my business. Not your."
"Tell me," she glared.
His smiled widened. "You have more important things to wont' about right now, Confessor. You are about to give my men a very good time. I want you to keep your mind on that, and make sure they enjoy themselves. The Seeker does not concern you."
Zedd decided that it was time to stop this, before something more happened. He brought his hands up, and released the most powerful paralysis web he could marshal. The camp lit with a loud crack of green light as it flashed in four directions at once, toward each of the blue-eyed men. The green light hit each man with a hard thud.
Before the wizard had time to react, things went terribly wrong.
As fast as the green light hit them, it reflected back from each. Too late, Zedd realized that they were protected by a spell of some sort-an underworld spell that he hadn't been able to see. From four directions at once, the green light hit him. His own web paralyzed him in place. He was frozen tight as stone. Helpless. Try as he might, he could not move.
Demmin Nass took his thumb out of his belt. "Problem, old man?"
Kahlan, a look of rage on her face, stretched her arm out and planted her hand against his smooth chest. Zedd braced for the release of her power, for the thunder with no sound.
It didn't come.
By the look of surprise on Kahlan's face, he knew it should have.
Demmin Nass brought his fist down and broke her arm.
Kahlan fell to her knees with a cry of pain. She came back up with her knife in her other hand, slashing at the man before her. He grabbed her hair with his fist, holding her away. She drove the knife up into the arm that held her. He pulled the knife out and twisted it from her hand.