Veno Pisan of the Den of Souls sat with a group of the clan's best warriors.  In 
front of them was a small orb.  It was magically showing them an image of the 
Sword's Edge clan base.  Veno addressed the other members, "We think it's this 
section in the center of the base where they're keeping the Scroll.  My father 
wants it retrieved before the end of the eclipse."  Veno prepared to explain 
their attack plan, but was suddenly interrupted by a loud crash.  It was 
Citange, the only member of the Hurricane's Eye able to escape the dimensional 
prison the rest of his clan were trapped in.  Two Den of Souls members 
immediately rushed at him, swords drawn.  Citange simply punched both as they 
neared him, sending both of them to the floor with their faces "transformed" into bloody pulps. 
 Citange dispatched the rest of the warriors with little trouble.  Veno watched 
this, clutching his sword.  He said, "The demons of war be my guides," and 
leaped toward Citange.  He slashed with his sword, cutting an only superficial 
wound in Citange's arm.  Citange grabbed Veno by the neck and slammed him 
against the wall, nearly breaking his spine.  Citange said, "Where is it?  
Talk!"  Before Veno could say a word, Citange noticed something in the Den of 
Souls' orb.  He saw an explosion at the Sword's Edge base.  Even from this far 
away, he sensed the powerful magic causing the explosion and dropped Veno to the 
ground.  Veno was shocked to see Citange simply walk away.  Citange's red 
necklace was glowing, and he was walking toward the source of the magic, 
unmindful of the time it would take to get there.

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Goddard smiled as the magic worked, causing the explosion in the Sword's Edge 
base and bringing the Scroll of Sangora to him.  The Scroll descended into his 
hands, taking little time to be transported to the Kin Shi Tal base from the 
Sword's Edge base.  Goddard looked at Nick Swindle, who had fallen unconscious 
on the ground, and left toward Hyru's base.  Nick woke up hours later.  He 
weakly looked around to see where he was, still unable to tell night from day 
because of the eclipse.  He saw a small torch lighting the small bedroom, and 
noticed that his wounds had been treated, although he still hurt like hell.  He 
then looked over to see Kilana sitting next to his bed.  Kilana said, "Nick.  
How do you feel?  You were stabbed.  I . . I was so worried about you."  Nick 
said, "I'm . . okay."  He tried to sit up, but flinched with pain when he did.  
"You shouldn't try to overstrain yourself.  You're still hurt.  The ministry 
will be fine without you while you recover," said Kilana.  Nick looked away, 
"Right, the ministry."  The door to the room opened.  Kinshiro and three of his 
guards walked in.  Kinshiro stood at the foot of Nick's bed, looking sternly at 
him, "Swindle, I want to know what you were doing outside the base, who stabbed 
you, and why my gold sword is missing.  Now."  Nick swallowed, looked Kinshiro 
directly in the eye, and lied, "I just stepped out for some fresh air, and he 
just stabbed me.  I don't know who or why," he smiled weakly, "And I don't even 
know what gold sword you're talking about."  Kinshiro stared at Nick, unsure of 
whether to believe him.  He then said, "You're not off the hook yet," and 
motioned for his guards to follow him out of the room.  Nick looked over at 
Kilana, who was visibly worried.

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Citange reached the spot where the spell had been cast, but instead of finding 
the spell's caster only found a patch of singed grass where Goddard had been 
standing.  Unsure of where to go next, he looked at the Kin Shi Tal base . . .