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After the ocean swallowed Atlantis,

and before recorded history, there was an age

when mythical kingdoms spread across an uncharted world.

This was the age of Conan.

Enslaved as a boy, Conan grew into a warrior.

He escaped to encounter mystery, magic, and myth,

while forever facing the ultimate master of sorcery.

Lover, friend, hero.

His destiny was to free the oppressed

and become a king by his own hand.

Conan.

Didn't look this high up when we started.

It'll take twice as long to get back down tomorrow.

I don't care.

I just wanna be someplace where it's dry and warm.

In my whole life I've never seen a storm this intense.

It's true,

I don't know how we're gonna find our horses tomorrow.

They won't go far.

See if you can find something to start the fire with.

If I have to uproot a tree

and hack out this with my claws,

we will have a fire to warm ourselves.

I tell you, I don't like this, Conan.

This storm's come out of nowhere,

and it doesn't look like it's gonna end anytime soon.

It seems wrong somehow.

Be honest, my friend.

It's not storms you don't like, it's caves.

You're right, Zzeben.

It's better to sleep dry with bats

than wet without them.

Conan and his followers are in the cave, master.

Just as I told you.

A little thunder, a little rain.

That's all it took.

Killing Conan will be more than difficult.

Tell me Skull.

How many rubies have you gouged from me over the years?

Not nearly enough to rebuild your ruby tower

and your body, and that's a certainty.

You thought I didn't realize your purpose?

But how else could you ever regain your full powers?

Well?

I'll wager you

all the rubies you own

by the end of the day

Conan will be dead.

You are most confident, oh dark one.

Bet or not.

Because Conan's destruction begins as we speak.

Well, have we a wager?

I think if you had both Conan's death

and my rubies, my existence would be completely unendurable.

I will watch, not wager.

What shame.

Winning a bet from you would have been the only thing

to make today better.

Watch, Skull.

I begin the spell that brings death to Conan.

I still say I don't like this storm,

or this cave.

This whole thing reeks of sorcery.

For you, everything reeks of sorcery.

As for this cave, it only reeks of bat droppings.

Conan!

Conan, fire feels good!

Come, warm yourself!

Soon.

First I have to see what is in there

and how far back it goes.

Do you remember the good old days?

Back when I actually looked forward to surprises?

Exactly my point.

A long time ago.

Now!

What's that?

What is that?

An earthquake!

Conan!

Conan!

Conan!

Conan!

He's gone.

And the earth is closed.

Of course, of course we'll dig.

We'll dig with knives, with our bare hands if need be.

Are you sure?

I didn't see what he said.

He said when the earth opened,

it seemed to slam back that way.

We should dig further back.

How do we know where to dig?

Then find it.

And quick.

Tell me, Skull.

Is he dead?

I can't see.

What do you mean, you can't see?

Why else do I keep you around,

if not to see what I cannot?

I always thought it was for the simple pleasure

of tormenting me, excellent one.

Tell me, you reticulated heap of bones,

did Conan survive the fall?

It is impossible for me to see certainly.

But if Conan were dead, I am certain I would have felt

the vibrations from the universe.

And I feel nothing.

Then perhaps you should have reconsidered

my wager after all.

I think not, your eminence.

Not while your voice holds such confidence.

You see why I felt forced to do what I did to you?

You're almost as clever as I.

And you're right.

Things go exactly according to my plan.

Hurry up.

He could be dying.

Shh.

He's right.

Be quiet, and let him find the place

where we'll have the best chance of success.

Conan's alive.

Despite the earthquake, he lives.

I'm in a generous mood, Skull.

Would you now wish to make the wager?

Last chance.

If you fear

losing all your rubies

I'll take a smaller bet.

Say,

100 rubies?

100 rubies?

That by the time the sun rises tomorrow morning,

Conan's bones will be left to bleach and dry

as white as yours.

Now or never, Skull.

Yes or no?

100 rubies it is.

Ah, good.

Before tomorrow dawns, you will be 100 rubies

further from your magic power.

Who's there?

Answer me!

Here?

Let's get to it.

There's no telling how much air he has left.

Or if he's even alive.

You're right, I'm sorry.

Of course he's alive.

I think now!

Who are you?

I am Kamikon.

The man that's going to kill you.

You're not the first one to try that.

Prepare your sword, Cimmerian.

Not bad, if you weren't so young.

I may be young

but after today I'm the only one

who will be getting any older.

We will see about that!

Oh no, not again!

Now, Conan, the world will know

that I am the greater warrior!

Crom, I hate that!

When you can't even depend on the earth to stay still.

Where I come from, there's earthquakes every month.

The eldest say that it is the gods laughing.

They say it's sacred.

When I was a kid, my second cousin Farqus,

by way of my great uncle Monteco,

he used to pull the wings off of flies,

and he would laugh.

And there was nothing sacred about that.

Okay, okay.

Less talk.

More digging.

Conan!

I know you're there!

There's no escape!

Who says I want to escape?

I want the world to know that I am the greatest warrior

the world has ever seen!

How did you find me here?

Hissah Zul, he must be behind this.

What difference does it make?

He wants you dead, and I want the glory of killing you!

He watches my back, I watch his.

Beware of Hissah Zul.

Today he watches your back.

Tomorrow he puts a knife in it.

Where are you?

You cannot find me.

You will have to do better than that, great warrior.

Have you ever thought what you would do if, uh,

you weren't with Conan?

If he were dead, or something.

I know he's not dead.

I just asked if.

I don't even wanna think about it.

It could happen.

For the fact that Conan's strong

and he has the blessings of Crom,

he still is only human.

I was just asking.

I've always had this crazy thought

about becoming a sailor.

You are crazy.

You hate the water.

Besides, sailing is very dangerous.

I know, I know.

But is it any more dangerous that what we've been doing?

No, I don't think so.

Exucon is by no ocean.

Where you grew up, the earth shook all the time.

Remind me not to go visit your family.

My family's dead.

That's right.

I'm sorry.

So are mine.

His too.

I know.

Three orphans.

They say the lands beyond the oceans are beautiful.

I hope to see those places someday before I die.

So, what would you do

if Conan were dead?

I don't know.

There was a woman once.

A widow that owned a tavern.

You remember her, Zzeben?

She wanted me to stay and help her.

Imagine that.

Grog I could drink.

A warm dinner every night.

A warm body in the bed at night.

I never did figure out what was gonna happen.

Or if that would work out.

I don't know.

I guess I haven't had my fill of adventuring yet.

I may go back someday and see if she's...

Still alive?

And interested.

What about you, Zzeben?

Did he say what I think he just said?

He said if Conan is dead, he'll keep digging

until he reaches the deepest pit of Hellfire.

And then he said he'll leap into the flames.

But Conan is not dead.

I hate this!

This one's different.

Watch now

as the mountain grows angry.

It's a volcano.

Look out!

We have to roll it!

We have to roll it!

Once more, once more!

Come!

Fight me, Conan!

My battle is with Hissah Zul, not you.

You're afraid of me now

because I almost killed you.

Killed me?

You weren't even close.

If you want me, you'll have to come to me.

And when I land, there will be a moment

when I have no defense.

It would be easy to kill me.

If you truly don't fear me,

you jump.

And have you kill me at that moment?

No thank you.

There's no escape unless you jump.

The only exit out of this cavern

is on this side.

You have to come to me.

Still not dead.

You begin to worry.

This is not worry, this is impatience.

My two serving girls await me in my chamber.

We had planned a celebration

and I hate to leave them dangling.

Would you have shared one?

Even with a body, I don't believe you would have gifted me

with one of your girls.

No.

But I might have committed you to watch.

Kamikon.

I trained you.

You have one mission,

since childhood, to kill my worst enemy.

Kill Conan.

Kill Conan.

Take my hand.

No!

Kill me!

Let me die with honor!

Don't be stupid.

Take my hand.

I wanna die by the sword, not like this!

Take my hand!

Put up your sword!

No.

You saved my life.

I cannot kill you until you defend yourself.

No, I won't.

You must!

Why?

I have no reason to kill you.

You coward.

I'm warning you.

Defend yourself!

As I told you, I have no reason to kill you.

Sit there.

You are a coward!

If I were a coward,

I would have let you fall.

Well then kill me and get it over with.

I'm prepared to die.

Are you prepared to be silent for a moment?

If you're not gonna kill me,

then what do you plan to do?

I plan to wait.

For what?

My friends.

For sure, they're looking for me.

One more time!

No.

It's no use.

No, but we will have to dig elsewhere.

We can't give up.

We will have to dig elsewhere.

It's hot.

Here, balm.

For the cut on your hand.

It will heal it.

You'd feed me?

I told you, my battle is with Hissah Zul.

Not with you.

I still intend to kill you.

Hmm.

If you can, put something in your stomach.

Before you start to fight.

This is meat!

Dried boar!

You eat meat?

You don't?

Only barbarians eat meat!

My gods gave us vegetables for food.

He also gave us animals.

I can't believe you grow so big

eating only plants.

A few reptiles, some insects.

But meat saps your energy, Conan.

You grow old.

If you want to fight so badly,

you'll have a problem getting older.

Your ring.

It has a meaning?

None of your business.

Tell me, how did it happen

that you serve Hissah Zul?

What do you care, Conan?

How else we will pass the time?

I was chosen as a boy.

Along with others from all over

for our size and ability.

You were taken from your family?

It was an honor.

I too was taken from my parents,

by Hissah Zul to be a slave.

What happened to me was different.

Was it?

I was trained.

To obey Hissah Zul?

To kill on command?

Seems I was the lucky one.

You're trying to confuse me with words!

You know what I think, Conan?

I think you're getting tired.

You're talking because you're afraid to fall asleep.

You think I can't stay awake as long as you?

I'm younger than you.

More rested.

You've been through a storm,

climbed a mountain.

And been swallowed by an earthquake.

Put the rock down.

I said put the rock down.

It wasn't poisonous.

No.

But it is dinner.

They are communicating, Master.

As if they were friendly.

I thought you couldn't see.

I don't have to see.

Neither man is dead.

And they have much in common.

It takes no great vision to sense a bond.

Kamikon has been trained to mistrust friendship.

However, he might try to lull Conan

into a sense of complacency.

If you truly believe that,

I'm willing to double the wager.

Never.

Where is the faith in your champion?

You want to change the bet?

All right, I will.

But the wager I want is all or nothing.

If I lose, I will restore you to your former self

and grant you freedom.

But if you lose, you give me every ruby you've taken

from me and pledge eternal servitude for nothing.

So?

Now which one of us lacks confidence?

Why didn't you do it?

You could have killed me.

When we get outside, we can have a fair fight.

A man of honor.

Simply a warrior like yourself.

My father taught me to respect a worthy opponent.

That is all I have left of him.

That and

he gave it to me when I was taken.

After I have killed you,

I mean to return to Tumeria to show him

that I grew into a son he could be proud of.

Kill me or not.

He will still have a son to be proud of.

Honorable, strong, and wise.

Just now.

You weren't really sleeping!

You couldn't have killed me.

But still you took a great risk.

I had to be sure.

Of what?

I told you,

I won't try to kill you

until we can fight on equal terms!

You told me there's a way out here.

Over there.

You told me you were waiting for friends.

No longer.

The lava.

It's rising.

We have to go back.

It's stone all the way through here.

We can't get through.

No!

No!

No!

No!

My friend, no!

No.

No.

No.

No.

Do you think the sun has risen yet?

This far back in the cave, who knows?

You're right.

We failed.

We can't save him.

We'll sleep here tonight.

Tomorrow we'll go back down the mountain

and see if we can find our horses,

and see if they're alive.

Well,

you can go look

and see if your widow's still at the inn.

You can go to the sea.

Zzeben?

I know you're as loyal to Conan as I am,

but I hope you will consider traveling with me

for a little while longer,

at least until I find my tavern window.

Damn the sea.

Conan was the greatest warrior I have ever known.

He started me on this path to destroy Hissah Zul

and by Crom, I shall.

Zzeben, I mean no disrespect to our brother here,

but come, fight with me,

against Hissah Zul.

Hey.

I was the first to meet Conan.

You think I'm gonna let you go on without me?

So I go first.

If you need my help again,

I will be there.

Of course you will, because if I die,

the secret to the escape route dies with me.

But if you don't make it, Conan,

I'm a dead man.

If I don't make it,

I'll try to feel sorry for you.

Good jump, Conan.

Now you!

You can do it!

I know, I'm just looking for a root

- to grab if I... - You won't need it!

Don't think, Kamikon.

Just jump!

You can make it!

You didn't need my help.

You would have helped me

even though when we get outside

I still mean to kill you, Conan.

Perhaps we're not outside yet.

We should go.

We don't have much time.

Kamikon.

No warrior should go without a weapon.

You're not the only one

who's learned to keep a hidden weapon, Conan.

Hmm.

If I have to die,

death at your hand would be no disgrace.

And if I have to kill you

I will be very sorry.

Where's the way out?

That way.

Still nothing.

Nothing.

Kamikon, what is it?

It's Hissah Zul!

Kamikon, grab this.

Crom will protect you.

I think I'll add new towers

to my ruby castle.

You know what this means?

You are free forever.

No.

No one is free while Hissah Zul still rules.

Then join me to fight him.

We two are not enough, Conan.

I have three companions, and thousands more,

who have promised to help me.

When is that?

It seems so hopeless.

It is a first step.

Come with us.

If I join you,

I'll never know if I could have been

better than you or not.

Neither will I.

You know.

So, when do I get my rubies?

You don't.

You think I didn't anticipate this possibility?

I still have one surprise left.

One that not even Kamikon knows about.

It's this way.

The opening is through there.

We come out a secret entrance

just below the mouth of the cave.

I swear I will follow you forever.

I ask only that you stand beside me.

Where are your friends?

Otli, Zzeben, Bayu!

Where are you?

Where are you?

You're dreaming.

You could not have heard him.

Leave me alone.

I just wanna sleep a little more.

Otli, Zzeben, Bayu!

Where are you!

It's him!

He's alive!

It's Conan!

We're coming!

We're here, Conan!

- Conan! - Conan!

Conan.

I have one request.

This weapon of yours.

The sword of Atlantis?

May I?

It was given to me

by Crom himself.

It's magnificent.

I'm afraid, oh magnificent one,

that Conan has a new ally.

Then he is following a dead man.

Conan!

We're coming!

Otli!

Conan heads for his death.

No!

Conan.

Kamikon, my friend.

Please, promise me.

If you ever travel to Tumeria,

you will tell my father

tell him, please,

tell him I was free

for just a few moments.

You made me free.

I swear.

I will do it.

Great and mighty Crom.

We ask you to watch over our friend, Kamikon.

He is a fearless and powerful leader

for your ghostly army.

May it be.

- May it be so. - May it be so.

I'm sorry I never spoke with him.

He must have been a remarkable man.

He was.

But he was a creation of Hissah Zul.

And there will be more.

If they're human, they will want to be free.

It is Kamikon's ring.

I will bring it to his father.

He was so young.

He might have been the best of us all.

He probably was, Bayu.

He probably was.

Come.

We have to go down the mountain.

If our horses are gone,

we have to go far to buy new ones.

Conan still lives,

and you killed your own warrior?

Kamikon was weak.

I had no more use for him.

But now I know how to train my next warrior.

And I will be certain

that he will not fail.

Don't forget the rubies.

You owe me 100 rubies.

I want my rubies!

Pay me what you owe me,

or you'll never see me again!

If Conan can escape you, so might I.

So might I.