“Stand up!” Myles ordered.
For reply the Roy jumped to his feet and started running for cover.
“Halt!” the earth-man commanded. “Halt, or I’ll kill you again!”
The man stopped.
“Return!”
The man returned, like a sleep walker.
“What do you mean by running away? Now listen intently. Are you one of the men of Grod?”
“Yes.”
“Then go to Otto, the son of Grod, and tell him that it is the order of Cabot the Magician that Vairking expeditions into these mountains, in search of golden cubes and other minerals, be unmolested. Tell Otto that he can recognize my expedition by the blue flags which they will carry hereafter. Now go. I have spoken.”
The Roy warrior ran up the trail and this time was not halted.