| OF ZURGON AND ALUCARTON So Zurgon fled back to his home Taking with him the forsaken tome As a secret kept in hiding To the Magic's will his time abiding But in Porre Village he could not stay Perceived in a most strange way Odd he's become since obtaining the book An ill-fated turn Zurgon took Into the Porre Mountains he did run Shunning the light of blinding Sun His new home a dampened cave Shadows in the dark he must brave For six months did he there dwell Amongst rocky ledges and bottomless well Only under moonlight did he emerge Racked with tensions on the verge One night startled to his feet By sound of an intrusive beat And a light thereby shone Fear tingling down inner bone "King Alucarton has come for you Heiliger Diamant is hungry, too Totenzauber it is I seek In this darkened cave of stench and reek Thus Zurgon fled with his book To protect that which he took Deep in the mountain he did flee But closely pursued this enemy To the bottomless well the pursuit led Alucarton's lust now purely fed A dead end the two had faced Pupils fixated and hearts raced "Back, you hound! The book is mine Fear you now thus Death shall dine!" Though magic Zurgon could not extract And such Death he claimed would not exact Zurgon danced upon the rock Sure feet prepared to dock Adjusted eyes from Sunless days Crooked ledges in darkened maze Alucarton faired not as well Close to slip to Hades' Hell Scared was he of stretching gap Lost in the dark with no map Yet his sword did shed sparse light His only save to play this fight But was always a leap behind Victorious strike he couldn't find Chance came when Zurgon dropped the book With a daring jump that he took Delaying then to thus reclaim And brought about his fatal shame Just as he came to a stance The strike he felt without a glance And then he knew it was his doom A shrilling cry filled the room With the blow he then fell Toward the mouth of the open well Alucarton's pace did quicken Thus his own doom was stricken For Totenzauber he did reach And his balance then did breach Tumbling down with his foe Into the darkness far below Neither lived beyond that day The Fellar weapons gone away Surging river beneath rocky dome The Ocean now their resting home |