Description: From Chapter 9, "Running" Slukee barked a sharp warning. A second group was overtaking the first, racing toward them from the northeast: five more yugs and a tall human, the latter outstripping the others with long strides. On his shoulders was a gray cloak that flowed out behind him as he ran, and in his hand was a bright sword. His pale features strained toward them, ferocious and hard, the eyes overshadowed both by a heavy brow and the skull of a big reptile he wore on his head. Recognizing the man the yugs called Vank-mul by Ginnich's description, Elwood gasped. "I see him!" cried Drallah. Her bow twanged. There was a shriek, and the yug at the head of the first group fell on his face. "These are near enough; shoot them first!" Elwood drew and released, but the arrow went wild. Drallah shot another arrow, and another yug fell. Trying to hide behind each other from Drallah's deadly aim, the yugs jostled together as they ran, slowing their approach. Out of the corner of her eye Drallah saw that at least a dozen more yugs were answering the horn's summons, running through the trees from the east. Elwood let a second arrow fly, and a yug--though not the one he had been aiming for--stumbled and fell.

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