Leaf - The price of the head or save the prince.

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

                  ЦЕНА ГОЛОВЫ ИЛИ СПАСИ КНЯЗЯ

     По темному  коридору  терема пробирались три подозрительные
фигуры.  Серые тени на стенах сопровождали таинственных  гостей.
Два рогатых шлема и черный колпак.  Вот все,  что увидела охрана
князя перед смертью. Фигура в черном взмахнyла посохом и двери в
покои князя открылись.
     Терем два раза сильно тряхнуло.  Запахло плесенью и серово-
дородом.  Прибывшие на место преступления воины из дружины опоз-
дали на несколько минут.  В покоях князя царил полный хаос.  Ме-
бель  поломана,  посуда разбита.  На входеfour beheaded
security bodies.
     The villains did not even think about hiding their tracks.  One of them is on the floor
swordsmen found strange rosaries in the shape of small skulls.  And on
A bag of opium was found on the table next to an empty bottle. And all this
The picture was completed by a note on a piece of parchment. Clumsy Latins
in which letters it was indicated that the prince had been kidnapped and the kidnappers
demanded a ransom: one hundred hundred bags of gold, otherwise in two days
The prince's head will return back alone without a body!
     The claw marks on the road spoke for themselves: the prince was kidnapped
a gang of ferocious kungs - drug addicts, led by Talabruk himself.
     The council decided to start collecting gold. Then the elder warrior
called the young archer.
     -Will you come with us to the Talabrook catacombs?
     - But we decided to collect the ransom.  - Until the peasants find
so much gold, the prince will be left without a head.  And then the enemy
dozing.  The Kungs already know that we are preparing a ransom. Now go to
Elder Fura. We need him.
     - But he...
     - I know, he is an alchemist and master of white and black magic.  But without
a good wizard has nothing to do in a dungeon.

     Elder Fura became famous during the five-year war between
people and kungs. The old magician opened a school for talented students
kov and this helped defeat the enemy.  And only a small gang and sa-
the most cunning of sorcerers - Talabruk took refuge in a vast underground-
Melier. Time fromtime they raided convoys and small
settlements.  And now it's time to put an end to this breeding ground
dirt.
     With a crash and a roar, a disk-shaped
subject. Voivode Vsevolod dropped the unfinished jug of kvass.
     “Forget me,” he said and wanted to hide in the raspberry bushes,
but didn't have time.
     A man in a shiny ring got out of a strange flat cart.
here.
     - Those bastards!  The filthy dogs didn’t let us fly.  And how now
be?
     -Who will you be? - Asked the emboldened governor.
     - Is that me? Bohdan Pivnitsky I. I came to you on important business.
Yes, trouble happened. My flying carriage was shot down. I thought there was one...
nor the barbarians. And they have surface-to-air missiles here.
     - What about your cart? The horse was shot or the wheel was pulled away
did it pour?
     - The hull was pierced and the elevators were smashed.  Yes, and fuel is on
outcome. Can't you get hold of uranium here?
     - There are plenty of stones in the Kungs’ dungeon. Come with us
knight
     - That's why I came. They should have a base there. But without
My weapon won't get you far.
     - Okay, our wizard will come and then we’ll decide everything.

 PART TWO

 SCIENCE AND MAGIC

     Elder Fur was awakened by a strange noise. Finally waking up
he realized that it was making noise in his head. Was strong yesterday
drinking with students. Fura stood up and climbed into the cellar. There he scooped
a full ladle of cold kvass and knocked it over.  It became a little brighter
she. My head became clearer.  The mash was strong, Fura thought. His
my thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
     - Who else is there without the light of dawn! - the wizard grumbled,
and climbed out of the cellar to open it.

     Fura arrived later than everyone else.  Waiting for him in front of the fortress, ready for
marching squad. The wizard looked carefully at the gathered
ssov.
     -Who is this with you? - asked Fura.
     - This is our guest, his name is Bogdan Pivnitsky, he arrived from
distant edges. Wants to come with us.
     You look strange, you’re a warrior, not ours, your chain mail is mine
It reminds me of something, I can’t remember...
     “This is aqua-plastic armor,” Bogdan explained.
     - She doesn't look very good. Can it withstand an arrow from a crossbow?
     - A crossbow, a bow and a spear are easy, but plasma is unlikely.
     - Well, okay, if the whole squad is assembled, then we’ll go to
campaign against the filthy. - The governor interrupted the conversation.
     A small army left the gates of the fort and slowly moved
moose forward.
     Vsevolod rode first at the head of the cavalry, followed by swordsmen and
archers. The wizard, Bogdan and monk Boris brought up the rear.
     - How do you live there? - Asked the curious wizard.
     - This is how we live. - Bogdan answered.
     -Your clothes and armor are unfamiliar to me, apparently your country is vi-
dude, very far from us, if I haven’t met people like this before
you.
     - Perhaps I’ll tell you about our country and how I approach you
fell
     And Bogdan began his story.

 TO BE CONTINUED...