Abraham Merritt

Name: The Conquest of the Moon Pool — 13. Dragon Worm and Moss Death
Author: Abraham Merritt

The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

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“The Conquest of the Moon Pool — 13. Dragon Worm and Moss Death”, published in 1919, is a work by Abraham Merritt. It explores elements such as Lugur, Rador and Lakla.

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ And then Lakla's voice, pealing like a golden bugle of wrath:
"Go, Lugur!" she cried. "Go, that you and Yolara and your Shining One may die together! Death for you, Lugur. Death for you all! Remember Lugur—death!"
There was a great noise within my head—no matter, Lakla was here. Lakla, here—but too late. Lugur had outplayed us; moss death nor dragon worm had frightened him away. He had crept back to trap us. Lakla had come too late. Larry was dead—Larry! But I had heard no banshee wailing, and Larry had said he could not die without that warning. No, Larry was not dead. ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ The amber light grew stronger; the rift above us wider. The tunnel curved; on the left a narrow cleft appeared. The green dwarf leaped toward it, thrust us within, pushed us ahead of him up a steep rocky fissure—well nigh, indeed, a chimney. Up and up this we scrambled until my lungs were bursting and I thought I could climb no more. The crevice ended; we crawled out and sank, even Rador, upon a little, leaf-carpeted clearing circled by lacy tree-ferns.
Gasping, legs aching, we lay prone, relaxed, drawing back strength and breath. Rador was first to rise. ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ The green dwarf stretched a hand; stiffened; gazed over to the left of us beyond a lower hillock upon whose broad crest lay a pile of the moss shapes. They fringed it, their miters having a grotesque appearance of watching what lay below. And now I saw that the glistening road lay below—and from it came a shout! A dozen of the coria were there, filled with Lugur's men and in one of them Lugur himself, laughing wickedly.
There was a rush of soldiers and up the low hillock raced a score of them toward us.
"Run!" shouted Rador. ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ The glistening white spores that covered them turned to a pale yellow, grew greenish, spread and swelled, darkened. The eyes of one of the soldiers glinted for a moment, and then were covered by the swift growth!
Where but a few moments before had been men were only grotesque heaps, swiftly melting, swiftly rounding into the semblance of the mounds that lay behind us—and already beginning to take on their gleam of ancient viridescence! ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ DRAGON WORM AND MOSS DEATH FOR a small eternity—to me at least—we waited. Then as silent as ever the green dwarf returned.
"It is well," he said, some of the strain gone from his voice. "Grip hands again, and follow."
"Wait a bit, Rador." This was Larry. "If Lugur's going to follow us in here, why not let Olaf and me go back to the opening and pick them off as they come in? We could hold the lot, and in the meantime you and Goodwin could go after Lakla for help." ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ From its peril we pass into another against whose dangers I can guard you. But in parts this is in view of the roadway and it may be that Lugur will see us. If so we must fight as best we can; if we pass these two roads safely, then is the way to the Crimson Sea clear nor need we fear Lugur nor any. And there is another thing that Lugur does not know. When he opens the Portal the Silent Ones will hear and Lakla and the Akka will be swift to greet its opener.
"Rador," I asked, "how know you all this?" ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ Rador was warning; he began whispering. "Lugur for a little time will be perplexed. He will not open the Portal until he must. They will find the corial and search. They will follow our tracks. Beyond the moving stone is naught but bare rock; there will be no tracks there but neither will there be hiding place. They will seek the entrance and they will find it. Then Lugur will send after us there a force of his men and with his others will pass through the Portal to beat for us. ”

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Abraham Merritt, The Conquest of the Moon Pool… (1919)

“ Lugur and his companions awakened from their nightmare; piled into the coria, wheeled, raced away.
"On!" said Rador thickly. "Two perils have we passed. The Silent Ones watch over us!"
SOON we were again among the familiar and so unfamiliar moss giants. I knew what I had seen and this time Larry could not call me superstitious. In the jungles of Borneo I had examined that other swiftly developing fungus which wreaks the vengeance of some of the hill tribes upon those who steal their women; gripping with its microscopic hooks into the flesh ”

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