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Come OT“ Come O“, come OH, BOYS.

HEY, captain, why the haste? The city Will not vanish.

It's not the city OF Charak he wishes to S66, but SOTHGOFIG WHO GWGHS within.

After a long VOYGQG, it iS QOOCI to stretch one's legs.

The only good thing about thiS DOFt iS the inn Of Abu Jamil the squint,

W|'10, FOF SIX months, | have been dreaming Of hi5 roasted SHGGITS EYES.

- And lthE EYES Of hi5 daughter. - YOU WEFE dreaming Of more than hET EYES.

Oh, captain, my mouth iS dry.

AHCI mine. LETS StOD and sample the WINGS Of Charak.

My thirst iS a thirst Of 8 thousand men.

StOD and drink, and I promise, YOU Will go HO further. Remember the |8St time?

"YOU were stripped Of 8|| YOU!" DOSSGSSiOHS.

BGCGUSG OF that, I added 'FOUF FHOFG eunuchs to 1116 population.

A||8h be With YOU. A|| the DGFGCHSG I seek IS here. WHO WEIHtS anything more?

I shall stay behind.

[All iS silent. NO SOUTH], no lights. A city OF ghosts.

- Why iS the gate UOSGCI? - Curfew iS not until midnight.

NO sentries about.

HO, there, captain Of the watch! Open the gate!

- Captain! - Wake, wake, wake, wake.

lt'S Sinbaol, friend Of the Caliph Kassim.

And a better friend to the DFIHCGSS Farah.

Captain Sinbad.

- YOU KHOW me? - I am a merchant.

I HODG to DUFCHGSG some Of the CGFQO YOU Will UFHOGCI tomorrow.

NO one iS to be admitted to Charak after sunset.

- But why? - The plague. Many have died.

EVGTY time we reach thiS DOTt, some misfortune strikes US. The DHQUG.

The CEIHDH Kassim and hi5 sister, DHHCGSS Farah?

They 8V6 well, bUt Kassim IS H011 the CEIHDH, not 8S vet.

I was tOld in Jerash that the caliph Kassim's father died three months EIQO.

TFUG, bUt Kassim H85 not vet been CFOWHGCI.

Captain, we'd better return to the ShiD.

"Yes, DGSt to leave and S6" OUF cargo elsewhere.

|'I'T1 not leaving Charak until I S66 DFIFICGSS Farah and KaSSilTL.

- But captain, it iS the plague. - IS there another way into the town?

NO, but if YOU WiSh to take the FiSk,

y0u may enter at daybreak, when the curfew is lifted.

"Until then, I can OHIY OFFGF to FGHGVG YOU!" disappointment.

"MY tent H85 wine, FOOCI and music. MY D6ODI6 are YOU!" SGFVEIHtS.

M6856, be welcome.

Come.

HEISSGH, CIOWt drink. The wine iS poisoned. H6ID Aboo-seer.

Aboo-seer.

Aboo-seer.

Who are you? And why have you tried to poison us?

From the depths Of the earth, I command YOU, arise.

DGStFOY them! Kill Sinbad!

Come, Rafi.

EVGFYOHG, DECK to the Ship!

Captain Sinbad, wait!

PFIHCGSS Farah.

Quickly.

- HOW did YOU get here? - PFEIISG tO A||3h I FOUHCI YOU. | must t8||( tO YOU.

NOT. “GT6 BUG HOT. HOW.

And HO going DECK that way. Come With me.

Keep rowing DECK to the ShiD!

Keep rowing, keep rowing.

- Mohammed, Musah, NGVGGH! - Where 8T6 they?

- EEISY, 685V. - Make FOF the ODGH sea.

- HOIST the mainsail. DO it! - AVG, captain.

- BUt the ShO8IS, captain. - We Will FISK them. There IS a FU|| moon.

VV6'|| lie offshore 'FOF the rest OF the night and not FGtUFFI until daybreak.

- Return? You will go back? - At dawn.

Aboo-seer! NEIVGGH!

Warm YOU 7'56"'.

Here, take this.

Drink thiS.

- YOU WGFG searching f0!" me. Why? - | W85 tOICl Of YOU!" TGtUTH.

I need help CIGSDGTGTIGN. MY brother iS in great danger.

PFIHCG Kassim? I 0W6 him my life.

A SD6|| has been C8511 UDOH him.

- My Uncle Balsora will tell you. - Why not you?

M6856, | beg Of YOU, C10 F1011 |68V6 Charak. TFUSt me...

- "f0!" my brother's sake. - FOF him, I WOUld FiSk my life.

For you, I would give it.

- I W85 tOICl there W85 DMQUG. - N011 tFUG.

BEHSOFH FUI6S the city by day,

but by night, fear rules Charak.

PGODIG WFHSDGF OF witchcraft.

How can I help?

- You will find a way. - Come, lie clown.

I prayed every clay for your return.

|t'S been almost a year. Then I W85 not willing to give up the sea.

- Nor I my life at court. - Now I've decided to live on land.

And I to live at S63.

I have returned to Charak to 85K Kassim f0!" YOU!' hand.

- Will YOU consent? - Willingly.

BUt OHIY when my brother iS 8bl6 to stand DGFOFG YOU and give hi5 consent.

- When he is himself again. - “Himself"?

After my father's death, Allah DFOtGCt hi5 SOUL

the astrologers CIGCICIGCI that the fiFSt FU|| moon WOLHCI be auspicious...

"f0!" the COFOHGUOH Of my brother Kassim.

Oh the day Of the ceremony, the procession began,

bUt GVGH 8S the CFOWH W85 being DI8C€Cl UDOH hi5 head...

- he... - Shh, Shh.

Lie back, lie back.

It W35 thé last time I 53W hilTl 3S the Kassim I've known all ITIV life:

Young, handsome, a true DFIHCG.

YOU talked Of a SDGH. OF H85 he fallen victim to the plague?

WOTSG than a thousand DHQUGS.

Shh, do not talk Of it HOW.

Hassan, Wh6F€'S the captain?

- What IS it, MGFOOF? - HIS GXCGHGHCY iS here, the vizier BEHSOFH.

- Hassan. ASK the DFiHCGSS to come on CIGCK. - YES, captain.

Ave. Ave.

- EXCGHGHCY. - Captain, welcome again to Charak.

Ah, there she IS. May AHGWS name be GXEIHIGCI.

I prayed that DFIHCGSS Farah might reach YOU safely |8St night.

- H85 she tOICl YOU? - YGS, thiS morning.

BUt IS it tFUG, GXCGHGHCY?

Let US go on DOHTCI.

Oh, my beloved child. Praise be to Allah you are safe.

"Hassan, Boucheri, FOOCI and drink f0!" OUI' guests. The F6511 Of YOU, DECK to WOTK.

SO, YOU have tOICl the captain Of OUF misfortune.

BUt IS it tFUG, GXCGHGHCY?

Tragically, horribly.

We have COFISUHIGG all the wisest ITIGFI and skilled dOCtOFS 'FFOITI here to Alexandria.

- They can C10 nothing. - Come, Sit CIOWH.

Sinbacl, you have traveled to many foreign lands. Help us.

- Perhaps there is someone somewhere. - Truly, my lord,

I Will do all in my DOWGF to help,

bUt what has HGDDGHGCI to Kassim FGQUIFGS SKINS far greater than mine.

It needs an understanding Of the black arts, a great alchemist, a magician.

A... Wait.

YGS, I have heard OF SUCH a man, if he Still lives.

- WHO? - Where can he be FOUHCI?

A Greek. Some 58V the WISGSt man in the WONG.

HIS name IS... Hassan, YOU remember.

Melanthius. That's it, the hermit Of Maroof.

- CGSQGT. - YES, a remote haunted iSI8HCl OFF the coast Of Phvrgia.

- Have YOU been there? - NO, HOT have | met anyone WHO has.

HIS CIGGCIS are legendary, bUt he may H011 GVGH exist.

- The iSI8HdS iS ringed With CIGEICHY FGGFS. - YOU must take US to him.

- It WOLHCI be a GEIHQGTOUS VOYGQG. - I Will risk it.

NO, my Child, | cannot 8||OW YOU to go.

UFHGSS DFIHCG Kassim iS CFOWHGCI DGFOTG the passing Of seven moons,

he Will lose FOFGVGF hi5 right to be caliph.

- MGMHTIHIUS iS OUT OHIY HODG. - Some 58V HE'S mad.

And that the island savages eat human flesh and WOFShiD him 8S a GOG.

I Will send treasure,

golol and precious jewels for you, your crew and for Melanthius,

nnnif OHIY he can restore my nephew.

Should I undertake this voyage, it would not be for gold or jewels,

"bUt f0!" a tFGEISUTG far more DFGCIOUS.

Oh, my beloved son.

May Allah DFGSGFVG YOU. Zabid!

Zabiol!

Here.

Keep those HOTSGS steady!

- Wh0 iS that? - ZGHODIG, my stepmother. She hates me.

She W35 not at COUFt.

My mother died when I was born.

It iS said Zenobia iS a witch and willed her death.

A||8h DFOtGCt US. Why iS she here?

"B6 on YOU!" QUGFCI, Sinbad. SHE'S more CIGHQGFOUS than a SCOFDIOH.

0 QUGGH, may AHGWS blessings be on thee.

We meet at |8St, captain. What brings YOU DECK to OUT SHOTGS?

TO CJGHVGF THY cargo and visit my friend, KaSSilTL.

- And hi5 sister? - I am bound by IOVG to them bOth.

I intend to 85K the CGHDH Kassim f0!" the hand Of DFIHCGSS Farah in marriage.

There iS HO CGHDH to consent to YOU!' marriage.

Kassim has H011 vet been crowned, HOT iS he likely to be.

I have been tOICl Of the events at the COFOHGUOH.

I shall help, if I can.

(Kassim iS beyond HGHC). DO not be blinded by love, Sinbacl.

"B8ISOF8 must be made to understand OHCG and f0!" 8||F1O one can help him.

- I shall tell him. - DO H011 DFOVOKG her.

FOOHSh OICl man, why do YOU interfere? YOU can do nothing f0!' Kassim.

- Captain Sinbad C8D help US. - I implore YOU, be silent.

What can YOU do...

Wh6l'1 they've COHSUHIGCI 8|| the WISE men, CIOCtOTS, DFiGStS, GSUODQGFS?

- There may be another. - NO one.

- ADGHCIOH thiS f8IS6 hope. Kassim iS doomed FOFGVGF. - YOU lie. YOU want him doomed.

Within thé passing OF SGVGFI ITIOOFIS, if Kassim iS not CFOWFIGG caliph,

he Will I056 hiS right forever. That iS the law.

You bewitchecl him. You want your son Rafi to be caliph.

"L611 m6 CUt U16 smile from H6!" F866! L611 m6 go, |6t m6 go!

YOU Will bring an eternal CUTSG on 8|| OUT heads...

nnnif YOU CITEIW one CIFOD Of blOOCl from any member Of the FOY8| family.

It's only f0!' that she hasn't ITIUFCIGFGCI Kassim.

AS CUHHIHQ 8S a snake, 8S malicious 8S a shark.

- But Rafi will never be calipn. - There is no one to prevent it.

Melanthius will prevent it.

M6I8HthiUS iS a myth, and hi5 DOWGFS are a |GQGHCL H6 C1065 H011 exist.

"We 5H8" SOOH CHSCOVGF if the myth and the legend exist.

- "- We sail tonight. - Oh, my beloved, may YOU!" CIGYS 8IW8YS be bl6SS€CL.

S8" f0!' RHOCIGS OF TFIDOH. YOU'|| find richer cargo there.

Set S8" in search Of Melanthius and YOU'|| set a COUFSG f0!" hell and damnation.

- "- Aboo-seer, Hassan, Bahadin, DFGDGTG the ship f0!" sea. - AVG, 8Y6, captain.

Order your men to bring treasure for MGMHUWIUS.

We S8 " f0!" CGSQEIF.

One thing I advise: Set a careful watch on Zenobia.

I will have my men watch her castle by day and by night.

Zabiol there Will be ifi command. HE'S the D6511 SOICH€F I have.

MY SOD, Sinbad H85 agreed to help them.

- We must act quickly. - But how?

He has taken them to the isle Of Casgar to COhSUlt the great sage, Melanthius.

- IS the heart ready? - YES.

YOU said HO one can help Kassim.

Exquisite, my SOD.

If Melanthius truly lives, he iS thé 0H6 DGFSOFI WHO COLHCJ.

YOU DFOITHSGCI me. I am to be CGHDH.

- You swore that Kassim would never inherit Charak. - I shall prevent it.

How?

Sinbad has a Ship, a CFGW.

- Balsora has thé palace guards. - VVG shall have other 'FOFCGS at OUF command...

“JTTOFG DOWGPFLH than a palace guard, than a lovesick S63 captain and hiS CFGW.

That... Will be OUT army.

Quickly as you can. We must be away before nightfall!

- Take that box in my cabin. - Carefully, I implore you.

Careful!

Come |OO|(. LOOK!

|t'S a baboon. Oh, what 8 b€8UtifU| specimen.

BaCk to WOFk, OF I'll make baboons OF the lOt OF YOU.

DOGS he do any tFiCKS, DFIHCGSS?

There, there. They mean HO harm.

Oh brave and DFOUCI DU",

whose mighty heart IT“! SOFI has fashioned OF DUFGSt QOIC|,

nnnbeat With the power 8S OHIY | command YOU.

I made it perfect in every detail.

O mighty AbU Salem,

vou who rule over a thousand devils,

bV all the fires Of hell and darkness,

"give strength and life to thiS, YOU!" creature,

Minaton.

Minaton.

Perfect.

A COIOSSUS Of DFOHZG, and mine to command.

- Hear anything? - Nothing.

Keep awake. OFCIGFS are to KGGD a WGtCH on ZGHODITS CEISUG...

or I'll slit your throat.

The wind iS dying.

A baboon that can DI8Y CHESS?

GO GWGY!

- HE'S frightened Of YOU. - I'm frightened Of him. H6 attacked me.

Baboons can turn savage, YOU KNOW.

H6 IS not savage. I command YOU to go GWGY!

|S he a gift f0!' the WISE man Of Casgar, MGMFHIHIUS, to DI8Y CHESS With?

GO GWGY!

- "Hassan, get DECK to YOU!" WOFK. - BUt captain, the b68511 W85 DHYIHQ...

CHESS. | KHOW. H6 H85 beaten me tWiCG.

H6 iS not FGHHY a baboon.

NQQQNOt a...

He W35 transformed by the black arts Of QUGGFI Zenobia's witchcraft.

H6 IS... DFIHCG Kassim.

Can YOU be certain that it IS HOt the DFIHCGSS...

W|'1O H85 been DGWHICHGCI to DGHGVG that thiS UQIY animal IS a DFIHCG?

H6 iS my brother.

LOOK.

"I am Kassim."

Now do you believe?

What iS it? What can it be?

A ship that moves without sails.

"H6 seems to be FOWIHQ f0!" SiX men.

COITTG on, let's try to QGt aboard.

Hurry, it's moving out to sea.

A fishing D0812.

SKIES Of BMSOTE.

Minaton! We'll head into them.

HTS ZGFIODiH.

FOF the |OV€ Of Allah, TOW! ROW, Will YOU?

Row, you thick heads, row! Row!

Oh, Oh, it's witchcraft!

- SGVG YOUFSGWGS! - Ram them, I said! Ram them!

Mercy! SGVG me! SGVG me!

Minaton. Minaton.

QUICK! QUICK!

I await!

"And HOW f0!" CEISQGT.

North by northeast.

- "On YOU!" mark, three. - | S66 nothing.

Breaker ahead!

TFGGCHGTOUS.

The rocks and the reefs will be invisible.

It'll be impossible to land.

- I have an GXCGHGHt idea. - YES?

LETS turn DECK.

- LOWGF the rowing boat. - AVG, 3Y6, captain.

Hassan, KGGD LID, KGGD LID.

Stay CIOS€ together. MOVG, move!

REST“.

HOW can YOU be SUFG where to find MGMFHIHIUS?

THIS IS a path. There are tFGCKS,

signs.

FOTWGTCI, men.

There.

A great pillar.

- IVIUSt be a hOIY place. - BLHHI DY a people OF great Ski...

What can it be?

A temple, DGFHGDS.

It seems to be CGTVGCI OUt Of SOHO FOCK.

Could be there iS treasure in it.

Could be the castle Of Melanthius.

MGHHthlUS!

MGHHthlUS!

I Will S66 if anyone iS there.

- WHO are they? - Take COVGF!

Quickly, quickly. They're going to kill us.

Run f0!' the wall!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

They Will not harm YOU HOW.

- HEIVG YOU been SYHDWFGCKGG? - NO, my Ship iS EIHCHOFGCI SEIFGN. I am captain Sinbad.

Only those who were wrecked have landed here before,

"DUt 1116 C3593!" people always found them fiFSt.

We seek the WiSG man KHOWH 8S MGMFHIHIUS.

Does he truly exist?

- DOGS he live on thiS island? - WHY C10 YOU seek him?

|t iS a matter Of great UFQGHCY and importance.

Go!

GO, I say.

THIS iS DFIHCGSS Farah from the distant city Of Charak.

I am DIODE. Come.

- BUt MGMMIHIUS, C1065 he exist? - FOIIOW me.

Truly incredible. A magnificent city.

BUt completely deserted. WhO built it all?

- The ancestors Of the natives. - What HEIDDGHGCI to them?

They became tOO CIVIHZGCI and CIGSUOYGCI each other.

IS that where the savages "V6?"

THOSE are the tombs Of their forefathers.

- And those buildings to the right? - Tombs Of kings.

There iS someone there.

|S that the great Melanthius?

YES, father, I Will.

Melanthius Will S66 YOU.

- But hOW did VOU... - MY father taught me.

H6 calls it "telepathia", a GFGGK WOFCJ 'FOF communication OF 1116 mind.

Come, FOIIOW me.

- Master Melanthius. - YOU'VE a brave man, captain Sinbad,

"and a remarkable navigator to have landed on C8598!" SGFGN.

It's only f0!' that I'VE agreed to S66 YOU.

Well, thank you, but I still don't understand now you know who I am.

The mind is an extraordinary thing, Sinbacl.

Thought iS transferable. It C8D tFEIV6| through SDEICG, GVGH to the StEITS.

The method HGGCIS time, patience and a skillful daughter.

What have YOU got in there? Tell me.

- |t'S a cage holding a... - Wait, don't tell me.

|t'S an 8TbOF€8| anthropoid Of the QGHUS papio.

- NO, HTS a baboon. - That's what | said, a baboon.

- What a clear little fellow. - Careful.

- WHOG! - H6 can be savage With GVGFYOHG bUt the DFIHCGSS.

YGS, | S66. AS a SDGCIGS, they are HQQFGSSIVG and Of |OW intelligence.

- H6 tFUStS OHIY me. - H6 |OO|(S SO unhappy, DOOT creature.

- Dione! - Careful!

- It iS thé baboon about whom... - YOU WiSh to S66 me. Yes, V65, I KNOW.

Well, | suggest we continue below in my MDOFMIOTY.

Out Of the sun. COME, DIODE.

- YOU claim it can write and DI8Y CHESS? - It, my brother,

W8S a brilliant chess DI8Y6F from the age Of seven.

DIODE, fetch me a mirror.

AS a scientist and alchemist, I KHOW that metals can be transformed,

bUt 8S a DHHOSODHGF...

EaSY, F6| |OW, easy.

| can 8ISO DGHGVG in the DOSSibiHtV...

Of a metaphysical change.

Thank you, Dione.

Let him S66 hi5 FEICG. GO on.

HE'S WEEDWUQ.

BY all the QOCIS.

A tFUG baboon WOLHCI have attacked HIS FGHGCUOH, thinking it an enemy.

It would not have recognized itself and been moved to grief.

I am very HGDDY to meet YOU, DFIHCG Kassim.

The OGFS.

Rafi, what has happened?

- The oars are smashed. - It would take hours to repair.

QUICKIV!

Sinbad found a way through.

Whatever drug or elixir it was that this woman...

- ZGHODIG. - ZGHODIG.

WHGtGVGT it W85 she USGCI iS the most DOWGFFLH bl8CK magic...

and IS DGYOHCI my KHOWEGQG.

YOU S66, unfortunately, time iS on her side.

PGFHHDS the DFiFICG WOUIC| “K6 SOITIG OF 111656.

- Here. - HOW kind Of YOU. Kassim?

ADGS are mostly vegetarian, YOU KHOW.

Can HGVGT resist fFUit.

- H6 C1065. H6 "K65 them." - Yeah, I thought he would. Dione!

- Wh6F€'S the mint tea? - Coming, father!

- | brought him something. - Bananas, he "K65 those."

|'|| SGFVG the tea.

What CiiCi YOU mean Wheh YOU said that time was Oh the side Of queen Zenobia?

Well, YOU S66, the longer the transformation iS GGHYGCI,

the more "KEN iS Kassim to |OS6 those human QUEHHIIGS..."

Nnnthat Still remain to him.

- Then there iS HO HODG FOT my brother? - Well...

Ah, wait.

There W85 a time when men KHGW HOW to combat this form Of black witchcraft.

A nation With an intelligence SO far SUDGFIOT to anything we KHOW today,

they knew the secret of transforming matter.

DIODE, help me find the Arimaspi SCFOHS, Will YOU?

- The Arimaspi? - Yes.

Archimedes Of SYTGCUSG, a VGTY clear FFIGHCI Of mine,

he based many Of hi5 inventions OH DFIHCIINGS...

0riginally developed by Arimaspi mathematicians.

- Here they are! - MGHUSCTiDtS DGYOHCI V8IU6. | WOHCIGF where | |6ft 'em.

I found them!

YGS, 111656 are thé OFIGS. Clear thé table. Runic cuneiform.

These SCFO||S are more than 2,000 YGGTS OICl.

- There we are. - What do they say?

Well, thiS first one Will be of special interest to YOU, captain.

- Oh? - HTS sailing CHFGCUOHS.

The first written authority.

The OHIY way to FGStOTG Kassim iS to undertake a j-OUFHGY to their COUNTY?

A IOUFHGY to HYDGFDOTGG, the land Of the Arimaspi,

iS the only possible way OF restoring DFiFICG KaSSilTl.

These other SCFO||S confirm the legend.

It tells Of a warm and green VGHGY...

“.812 the northernmost point Of the WOHCI, surrounded by wide S685 Of ICE.

There in the VEIHGY Of HYDGFDOTGG the Arimaspi bUHt a shrine,

the shrine Of the FOUT elements: Earth, fire, air and water.

Within that shrine iS the SOUFCG Of their extraordinary DOWGF.

ThiS DOWGF enabled them to DFGSGFVG their VHHGY against the glacier...

and tO change OI" transform the nature Of matter.

I have been experimenting With a similar DOWGT.

- IS there tTLHY SUCH 8 VGHGY? - Oh, DGVOHCI a doubt.

Then HOW SOOH can YOU be FGGCIY to S8"?

The journey would be impossible!

YOLFCI be UGVGHHQ in the COICl6St FGQIOHS Of the WONG.

COld, certainly, difficult and CIGHQGFOUS, DGFHGDS, bUt H011 impossible.

- And we shall have YOU to interpret thé SCFOHS. - I'I'T1 tOO OIC3|!

- BGSICIGS, th€F€'S SO |itt|€ time. - Come With US, Melanthius.

It cannot D6 that thiS noble prince shall SDGFICJ the rest OF hi5 clays in a C396.

- DIOHG, light the CEIHCHGS. - The shrine iS hi5 one chance,

and YOU'VE the OHIY one that can |€8Cl US there.

M6856, 58V YOU Will.

- Where did YOU find that? - With the SCFOHS.

"The key, the OhlV means Of opening the C1001" to the shrine.

HYDGTDOFGG, to visit the shrine, examine the very SOUFCG Of "f6."

Archimedes WOLHCI Split himself With envy.

Now, everyone stand well back!

There.

There!

Imagine that DOWGF, a million times greater,

USeC1 not 'FOF 6V“ DUt 'FOF QOOCH That iS what thé Arimaspi have left US.

- Yes, I will go with you. - Oh, thank you! Thank you!

YES, by all the QOCIS, | WI"!

NO way Of reading the SUD.

CIOUCI and FOQ.

HUFFY. HLIFFY!

Listen!

They are leaving!

HLHTY! We must FO||OW them!

With a following wind to drive us,

W€ ShOLHCl be many leagues into the...

And iHtO the WGStGTH ocean DGFOFG the next FU|| moon.

- Why not 500F161"? - NOt DOSSibl6.

Time IS OUF enemy on 8|| counts.

At the moment, Kassim iS Still in DOSSGSSIOH Of certain human qualities.

But the longer the transformation iS CIGHYGCI,

the more h6'|| FGVGFt to a DHDOOWS natural behavior,

more GQQFGSSIVG, savage, CIGHQGFOUS.

H6 may HGVGF be Kassim again.

We are under full sail. I can do no more.

It iS believed that there iS a swift ocean current CIUG HOFth,

D8St the CEISQGTS.

NOFth! Th6Y'F€ moving north towards the Celtic ISIGS. But why?

We ShOLHCl be CIOS€ to Sinbad's Ship.

Keep a |OOKOU1L.

I must know what advice the Greek gave them.

I must KHOW what they mean to C10.

| can't!

It W85 DOWGTFLH enough to transform Kassim.

I must KHOW!

NOW,

bY Hecate...

and 8|| the secrets Of GGFKHGSS...

and FOFCGS Of hell,

come.

Captain Sinbad!

IS there HO way Of increasing OUT SDGGCI?

A Ship can only sail 3S fast 3S the wind HHOWS.

I'll have to consult the chart again. Maroof.

And HOW the moon iS on the wane. Dear, Oh, dear.

NO, HO, HO.

No, no, no, no! If you study my design,

YOU'|| S66 th6F6'S more CUTVG in the FUHHGTS.

- The snow will be deep. - But I have never seen snow, master.

Here, let me try it. I shall join you in a few minutes.

MEIFOOF, the chart.

Here, sharpen thiS.

Bahadin, more FODG U65 f0!' the sledges.

The cargo H6115 Will need to be DFGDGFGG.

Everything 8S strong bUt 8S light 8S DOSSibl6.

Hassan, I tOIC| YOU to get that knife sharpened!

NO, YOU must try.

YOU can do better, YOU KHOW YOU can.

NO, Kassim. N012 like that.

The other way EIFOUHCI.

Like that.

Very well, Kassim, 8S YOU'VE SO bad-tempered, HO more writing tOCIGY.

Baboon.

Kassim, be quiet.

YOUF friend iS very disobedient today.

Please, Kassim, I'm trying to work!

Will YOU be Still?

- Kassim! - Father, why is he behaving like that?

Kassim! Kassim!

- Stop it! - Stop.

- NO, Kassim! - Kassim!

- CEIFGFLH. B6 CGFGFLH. - |I'1 the cage. In it.

Well, well, well. And what by Zeus and all the gods have we got here?

- And who? - Zenobia.

Ah, I thought 8S much.

- But how? - Never mind how.

Be CHFGFLH.

Remember: She's a witch and dangerous.

PUt me CIOWH! Let me go!

DOITt... hOICl me!

- DOHT hOICl me! HOW dare YOU! - Captain.

- I said, DUt me CIOWH! - Captain,

the glass jar, there OH the SHGH'.

It's like trying to hOIC| on to a scorpion.

DIODE, CI68T the table. Captain, put the jar down over there.

- IVIHKG a SDEICG. - Put me clown!

- NO WOFICJGF Kassim was violent. - YOU should have left her to him.

NO, HO, DFIHCGSS, HO.

I want to interrogate her.

| suggest that WHGtGVGF DOWGF Sh6'S USGCI to tFEIHSDOFt HGFSGH: Here and change her SIZE...

is similar in power and property to that which transformed Kassim.

But what is it, and where is it?

You may leave her in my charge. I will try to extract it from her.

- YOU must take GVGTY care. - "YGS, a confrontation With 6V" COLHCI be CIGHQGTOUS.

Captain, take the DFIHCGSS and DIODE UD on CIGCK.

Come With me.

NOW, then, mistress,

what powers have you used to shrink yourself, hmm?

- I will never tell you! - Oh, clear.

I GGSDiSG brutality,

bUt at thiS DFGSGHt moment I am DFGDGTGCI to reject COTTIDGSSIOH.

The sting Of thiS insect can be f8t8| to the strongest.

- "BUt to someone Of YOU!" SIZE... - NO!

Then answer my questions, and quickly!

What are YOU searching f0!" here on thiS ShiD, hmm?

THESE, DGFHGDS?

- Oh! - Or thiS?

How could you know of their existence?

YOU t6" me: When Will YOU CIGCICIG to FGtUFH to YOU!" DFODGF shape and size...

wand “OW?

Something of unique power,

DOW6T that might be USGCI to FGtUFH DFIHCG Kassim to hi5 human form...

and make OUT IOUFHGY to the shrine Of the Arimaspi UHHGCGSSGFY.

The Arimaspi!

Where iS it? And in what form?

A liquid? A DOWCIGF?

My locket! Gone!

You've dropped it, haven't you? Now, where would it be?

Kassim, have YOU seen it?

Ah, there it iS.

HTS mine. |t'S mine! It DGIOHQS to me!

- YES. - It can't be!

Smashed, the HQUICFS evaporating. Th6F€'S H011 much left.

Take care!

- The liquid is precious! - Evidently.

And I believe it's the very stuf-F you used to transform Kassim into an animal.

PGFHGDS th6T6'S H011 enough |6ft to retransform him. I must test it.

YES, on OUT friend here.

NO! NO, that's mine!

- I need it! - Now then.

- Will he be tempted? - DOHT! DOHT!

Ah, V65, th6F6'S a QOOCJ 'FGHOW. Lap it LID. That's 1116 way.

- NO! NO, 1I|'1€F6'S H011 GHOUQH! - Be silent!

BY all the gods!

Kill!

Kill the Greek!

NO, HO!

No, don't! Get away from me! Get away!

Aaah! HGID me!

Captain, help me!

Transformed! The IOCKGt!

Captain!

What? Get back!

- |t'S a mad bee! - Where? Where? Where? What iS it?

HTS H011 a bee. HTS a mosquito!

BUt what a mosquito!

The bird! It's getting away!

Kill the bird first. We need the |OCK€1L.

Oh, Kassim!

PFEHSG be to A||8h that YOU'VE unhurt.

N85, I underestimated the DOWGT Of ZGHODIG,

and I fear I've thrown away a chance for Kassim.

I am profoundly sorry.

YOU were right, DFIHCGSS. We ShOLHCl have |6ft her to Kassim.

TFY to calm him, DIODE.

HE'S becoming more savage.

B6511 to keep him |OCKGCI ifi hi5 cage from HOW on.

Safe. YOU are safe.

IS there enough?

Yes, by all the gods Of the UHCIGFWOFHII, there must be!

NOt enough!

NOt enough!

If OHIY I had seen more,

memorized more, FGCOFCIGCI it into my brain.

- A valley. - At the end Of the world.

And here-the shrine OF the legends, the healing shrine.

We must let Sinbaol SHOW US the way.

Then I shall find the means to DFGVGHt Melanthius from interfering.

(Come. H8“) me.

AhOV!

ICE! ICE ahead!

- Where EIWHY? - Dead ahead-icebergs!

At last!

- Will it be SOOH HOW? - We must try to S8 " north f0!" at |68St FOUF more CIGYS.

The |€SS distance to COVGF on F0012, the better,

anvthing to gain time.

The fourth full TTIOOH.

TWO degrees DOTt!

Easv!

LOOK at it!

One column Of that on 110D Of US, and we'd sink like a Ship Of lead.

The GHUEIHCG to the tunnel IS somewhere there.

When we can enter safely OUF IOUFHGY Will be 8|| bUt OVGT.

Sinbad, there! EXEICUY 8S CIGSCFIDGCI in the SCFOHS.

- Hassan, fetch me the charts. - The tUHHGW.

- That leads directly to the shrine. - The mouth IS tOO HGYTOW.

- It Will crack the boat like a walnut! - We must take the longer FOUtG.

Th6F6'S |€SS than three moons left!

If OHIY We COLHCI have entered the tunnel.

W6'|| HGVGF make headway against thiS. IFS getting thicker GVGFY hOUF.

The hull must Split if we go further.

- MGFOOF, |O8Cl UD the sledge. - Are we moving OUt?

ThFOW LID thé FODGS. Quickly.

Keep moving! DOWt StOD!

PUII! Keep pulling!

|t'S GGSIGT to abandon it!

KGGD moving!

- The ice iS HO match f0!' a D0811 Of DFOHZG. - And Sinbad?

PGFHBDS smashed, drowned OF 'FFOZGFI.

Move it!

Bahadin!

What COUld it be?

What iS it?

LOOK. |t'S beginning to crack.

|'|| get the others!

On your feet! Seize anything you can, spears, axes, anything!

- What iS it? - Melanthius, DFOtGCt DIODE and the DFIHCGSS!

A giant WEHFUS! We must StOD it DGFOFG it reaches the camp!

MGFOOF. COITIG on, come on!

Attack it in the 6Y6! The 6Y6!

- Watch f0!' the tusks! - Attack HIS EYES! WGtCH OUt!

Watch out! Maroof!

Th6F6'S HO way through the hide!

Bahadin, HO!

Attack! Attack!

Get the CEIFQO net!

Ca FGFU |, Ma FOOF, ca refu |!

PFOtGCt the SUDDHGS!

Get the CEIFQO net!

Unravel it! This way! Quickly!

Open it! Spread it out!

Spread it. Spread it out.

Save KaSSilTl. PUSH! GO on, DUSh, DUSh!

Throw it!

- Pull! Pull it! - He's pulling us!

PU|| GWGY! PU|| away from him!

Away! Away!

- HE'S pulling US! - That's it! HOld it steady!

Help me!

CUt me |OOS€!

Sinbad, my F0012!

CUt me |OOS€!

"Hassan, YOU!" knife!

Cut [T16 loose. CUt [T16 loose!

Too bad you couldn't hold him. I should like to have examined him.

W8ITUS giganticus. Prehistoric!

- MY DFOFOUHCI apologies. Next time I Sh8|| try harder. - MGFOOF, are YOU hUTt?

It is said a man has only one life. Now I have two.

- I 0W6 bOth to captain Sinbad. - I'VE HGVGF seen a bl8CK man turn white DGFOFG.

NO sign Of a tunnel between the CIIFFS.

The chart in the SCFO|| iS DFGCiSG!

THGFG iS an GFHIFGFICG, and I mean to find it! Minaton, sail on!

We found it! We found it! We found it!

We FOUHG it! We FOUHG it!

- We found it! - LOOK, the EIUFOTG... $66?

HYDGFDOFGG, Just beyond the hills.

- And that strange, glittering curtain Of light? - The Arimaspi call it...

The gift OF the winter ADOIIO; We call it aurora DOFGGHS.

And there, directly below the aurora, thé VHHGY OF 1116 shrine.

HE'S turning CGFHIVOTOUS.

"I hope it iS not 1200 late f0!" Kassim.

H6 no longer seems to FGSDOHCI to human speech OF contact.

EXCGDt FOP DIODE.

Take them, MGFOOF. PFOtGCt the WOITIGH.

Sinbad!

Stand Still, all Of YOU! DOITt make any sudden moves.

H6'S 8S frightened Of US 8S we are Of him.

- I'm more frightened. - I'm twice more frightened.

Now, Sinbacl, lower your sword,

and step DECK SIOWIY.

DO it!

What SOTt Of €Vi| monster IS it?

HE'S “OT. 3 monster.

H6'S one Of man's GHCGStOFS.

AHCI they're H011 evil. They're called troglodytes.

I've got the skull Of one Of them in my MDOFMIOTV.

HE'S coming CIOS6T!

DIODE... DIODE, speak to him.

Gently.

They have HO idea Of HHQUGQG, bUt these primates were KHOWH...

'FOF their QGFHHGFIGSS With the female OF the species.

There, there.

NO harm, we mean HO harm.

FFIGHCIS. We are FFIGHCIS.

DIODE, be CGTGFUH.

Kassim, he means HO harm.

Perhaps he might be able to help US.

DIODE, DTIHCGSS.

PGFSUGCIG Kassim to bring the trog 0V6!" here. I'VE something to SHOW him.

Kassim, Kassim, bring trog.

Bring him OVGF there.

There, to my father.

Kassim, I want the troglodvte...

- “.120 lOOk at this. - The face CIFGWH on the SCFOHS.

The face that marks the entrance to the valley, the gate to the shrine.

Where, where?

HYDGFDOFGEI! BY all thé gods, h6'S GONG it!

Hassan, Maroof, the WGGDOHS.

There! There it iS!

The GHUGHCG to the tunnel Of ice!

The way to HYDGFDOFGG.

We shall be there fiFSt. Oh! The tunnel, Minaton.

I Will light the tOFCHGS.

- Farah, are YOU 8|| right? - YGS.

There! LOOK over there!

- The last Of the Arimaspi? - WHO can 58V?

Minaton.

Listen.

The D0812 iS Still moving!

Th6F€'S some extraordinary FOFCG pulling US like a mighty magnet,

drawing US to the shrine.

The face from the SCFOHS.

The gate to the shrine.

Come on.

TFOQ seems frightened Of the gate.

Frightened of what lies DGYOHCI, DGFHEIDS.

- Why should he be afraid? - Like all primitives, he's afraid of the unknown,

nnnafraid Of what he can't understand.

H6ID me move the bar.

|t'S HO U56. We cannot move it without DIOCKS and TODGS.

Trog Will help US. H6 must help.

The shrine Of the FOUF elements.

$66, it exists, a reality.

HODG 'FOF KaSSilTl, at last.

The arch!

The boat iS stopping.

Rafi.

Wait.

Go on, up into the sunlight.

There it iS.

Come!

"At |8St YOU'|| have a U56 f0!" that DFGCIOUS key Of YOUFS,

if YOU can find a lOCk to Fit it.

We'll find it. The SCFOIIS haven't been WFOHQ vet.

We must |OO|( FOP an opening SOITIGWHGFG there among the FOCKS.

Come.

Minaton!

We must be CIOS€.

Hurry, Ram!

Nothing, nothing.

ICOLHCI H011 find an entrance.

We must make an entrance! Rafi, Minaton, stay clear!

Spirits Of the underworld,

infuse this potion With YOU!' DOWGFS!

What was that?

HTS "K6 an earthquake."

- There can only be one possible answer. - The witch,

MZGHODIH.

- H6'|| HGVGT break through. - H6 must.

H6 must!

H6 must! Minaton! Minaton, DU"!

HE'S GONG “'1!

H6'S GONG hi5 WOFK.

The W8|| iS breached!

- LOOK there. - ZGHODiTS creation.

- A DUII'S head, but a... - Giant's body.

Almighty GOG, defend US.

They ShOLHCl HGVGT have tried to FOTCG an ODGHIHQ!

NOW the power Of the shrine iS threatened.

The atmosphere inside, GGSUOYGG. THIS key iS US6|€SS.

PGFHHDS th€F€'S Still time, but we must be swift.

Drawn clown from the crown of Apollo itself.

The guardian Of the shrine.

- The ice is melting. - LOOk out!

- We must act at OHCG. - The cage...

mafid the chains...

jUSt 3S CJGSCFiDGCJ in the SCFOIIS.

We must DUt Kassim in the cage and D855 him through the column Of light 8S SOOH 8S DOSSIMG.

Sinbad, the chains- see if they Still operate.

Kassim?

- Thank all the gods. - The gods have abandoned YOU!

TOO H116, Sinbad!

Kassim Will never be caliph!

NOW, Rafi. NOW!

N012 that animal! Kill Melanthius!

They are helpless without him!

Sinbad, bring Kassim.

May the QOCIS Of the Arimaspi grant US the time.

Bring him Up, bring him UD.

Oh great ADOHO,

8|| YOU QOCIS and FOFCGS that WOFK F01 " QOOCI against 6V", help US HOW.

Oh great ITIYStGFV, come to OUT mortal aid.

Reveal your secret!

LOWGT the cage!

YOUF highness.

PFIHCG Kassim.

This way, your highness.

Kassim!

Kassim.

"M85116!" MGMFHIHIUS- he made it 8|| DOSSIMG.

- "HOW shall I 6V6!" thank YOU? - It's an Old debt repaid.

DIODE.

The DOWGF Of the shrine IS failing! We must go!

NOt a moment to |OS€. The temperatures changing ViO|€Ht|\/.

B6 swift, OF the shrine Will become OUT tomb!

- ZGHODIG! - SHE'S QOHG.

Stand back. Get back.

Get DECK, get DECK!

- COME on, |6t'S go. - NO, H011 vet!

NOW, move, move!

Take Dione and the princess DECK to the gate.

- "VVG shall not leave. Give me YOU!" dagger. - DO 3S I say!

"And if I do not join YOU within an hOUF, then head f0!" ship at OHCG...

and then FOT Charak DGFOFG the seventh moon iS FUN.

MEIFOOF IS dead.

They're coming!

Wh6F€'S MEIFOOF?

Come on! We must H011 WBStG a moment!