Book1:TeDream-Maker

stothekeiandmarveledatitsresembheoneinhisdreams.HehadbeenwanderingtoolongandthisseparationincreasedhislongingforhisKingdom;sohetooydownandsoonfelsleep．

    Chapter7CrisisintheKingdom

    Throughtheheavyfogthatpervadedheaveh，hazyglimpsesofthemooncouldbeseen,pearlyandopalest．Itwouldhavebeenalovelymoonlitnightifithadnotbeenforthefog．Abare-footedIleen,holdingaswordinherhand,tip-toedherwaytowardstheke,intendingtorowtothemeadowontheoppositeshiantMountain．Justassheushingtheoeintothewater,shecaughtsightofahugeEasterlily,snow-whiteincolor,blossomingbythewater．Surprisedtoseeitblossomingoutofseasooopeddownandtoucheditsdaials,meaningtopickit,butthengedhermindanddecidedtodosoonherwayback．Shepushedtheoeswiftlyandnoiselesslyintotheke,andpaddledonwithsurreptitiousbuthelessstronganddecisivestrokes．Itwasonlyinsuchthickfogthatshecouldhopetoevadethesharpeyesoftheever-vigintMedusaandhaveacetospirewiththecaptive,Cyclops．Thethoughtofhimbroughttohermindhisstrongmuscurbody，andshecouldfeewildtingliionatherloins．Hissiheprotrudinghornatthetopofhishead，hisveryuglinessaddedtohisprimitivesexuattra，andshecouldfeeltheheatofarousalpermeatingherbody．ShehadeuponthecavewhereCyclopswasdetainedquiteactally,whileseargforasuitablesitefDimitri’sgoldpaceatthetopofGiantMountain．ShehadlongbeenseekingforanapliallywhocouldhelpherusurptheKingdom,forshekhatshealonewasnotuptoaakingofsograndascale．WhocouldbemoresuitablethanCyclopswhohimselfhadanaxtogrind?Somakingfulluseofherphysicattras,sheehebarbarousandsimplemindedmonst