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. In their haste, not one of them happened to
notice the medallion which slipped out of hiding when the
corpse was tossed in. Even as they buried it with the body,
the medallion seemed to glow brighter and brighter, despite
the lack of any real light.
*****
On the following morning, the army did not move. A
great number of soldiers complained about heat and great
thirst. Most of them had become bedridden. The number of
ill grew quickly.
The clerics were of no help whatsoever. They had been
the first to be stricken and, oddly, the worst cases. Most of
them died within a day.
General Krynos attempted to organize the remainder of
his troops. He had the healthy separated from their fallen
comrades. Yet more and more men collapsed, a total of one-
quarter of the army's strength in only one day.
Confusion reigned. Some soldiers attempted to sneak
away. Many were caught and executed, and the rest were
tracked down. Each time, they were found dead no more
than a few hours from the main camp.
It was General Krynos who first understood what had
happened. He had let the bait of the trap lure him into a
battle with the one foe he could not defeat
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