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broken wood. Then he retreated to the center of the span and spoke the words of growth and life that
Master Laerg had first shown him in the library of the Schola. While he watched, a green shoot appeared
from each of the acorns, and then-as twenty years of growth passed in a single minute the shoots became
saplings, and then young trees full of leaves, their roots firmly bound to the crev ices in the rocks. The
twin oak trees were pleasant and green, and their leaves whispered in the cool breeze that rose from the
river so far below.
Randal walked back to his friends on the road to Balpesh's tower.
"Well done, Randal," the master wizard said.
Randal smiled, even though working this spell so soon after helping rebuild the bridge had left him almost
exhausted. But far more gratifying to him than Balpesh's praise was the look of wonder in Walter's eyes,
and Lys's proud smile.
A few days later, Randal stood once more with Lys and Walter on the near side of the bridge.
All three of the young people were dressed again for travel "I'm heading for Cingestoun," said Randal.
"There's a university there, and a library where I can spend a restful week or so poking around the scrolls
and manuscripts."
"And I'm going with you," Lys said. "You need someone to keep you out of trouble."
Randal smiled. "I don't suppose I have any choice in the matter." He turned to his cousin.
"How about you, Walter?" he asked. "We can go as far as Tattinham together, at least. Before you go
anywhere else, you have to find out where Sir Guillaume left your horses and armor."
"And maybe you can find out where Sir Reginald went, as well," said Lys. "Because if he was the one
who tried to kill you-"
"I have business to settle with Reginald," agreed Walter, "but my debt to Master Balpesh comes first."
The young knight laughed. "I made the mistake of asking him if there was anything that I could do to
repay him for healing me. There was. 'A little favor,' he called it."
"What did Balpesh ask you to do?" Randal asked.
"I have to return a book that he borrowed from the Hermit of the Western Isles," said Walter. He shook
his head. "Minstrels sing of quests that were simpler-no one's traveled from Brecelande to the Western
Isles in over a hundred years, and I thought the Hermit was only a legend."
Randal thought of his dream and the magical tree that had been three trees twined into one. "Do you need
a wizard along?" he asked.
"No," said Walter. "This is something that I have to finish on my own."
"You'll do well, I know it," Randal told him. "And we'll travel together again someday-until then, we all
have our own roads to follow."
His heart was light as he stepped out onto the broad stone bridge. I have my magic back, he thought
happily, Walter has the healing he risked so much for, and the whole world is open for us to explore.
Together they started down out of the mountains into the bright new day.
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Randal begins a dangerous adventure when a dying man gives him a mysterious statue. The man's last
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Randal soon discovers that the statue possesses great power, and that Dagon is not to be trusted.
But the mercenary is not the only one who wants the statue. A warlord, a wizard, and many others in the
strange walled city of Widsegard are after Randal and his friends. What's more, the statue's power seems
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