Rahan. Episode Ninety-Eight. By Roger Lecureux. The Eye of Granite. A Puke (TM) Comic.

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Rahan.
The son of the ferocious ages.

Episode Ninety-Eight.

By Roger Lecureux, drawn by Andre Cheret.

The Eye of Granite.

The "Dayakas" will never find Rahan again!
Oh!

Thanks to this source which would erase his tracks, the son of Crao could hope to evade the headhunters who had been tracking him since the day before.
The forest suddenly gave way to the most curious of peninsulas.

This high cliff, inaccessible from the sea, was hollowed out by a gigantic crater, a granite eye staring at the sky.

Following the spring that flowed towards this crater.

Page Two.

Rahan discovered there, with amazement, a sort of lagoon.
Men were lounging under the coconut trees, others were frolicking in the clear water.
How do they live at the bottom of the eye, since it is impossible to go down or get out!?

The son of Crao was mistaken, believing he had outwitted the cruel "Dayakas".
They had discovered his ruse.

Harkar was right to think that "Fire-Hair" would follow this water trail!
Here he is!

The cries of death that Rahan had heard all day and all night rang out again.
Rahan cannot escape them anymore!

In fact, he still had a chance to escape the howling pack.
The ocean!
Kill! Kill!
The "Fire Hair" will be Harkar's most beautiful trophy!

Rah-ha-ha!
Any other person would shrink from such a perilous plunge. Rahan did not hesitate.

Page Three.

His dive was so perfect that he was already rising when the spears and arrows broke the surface.

A new hail of arrows fell, crackling around him.
No refuge!
Rahan has only gained a small slice of life!

Climbing the cliff was impossible and he could not, without a boat and without provisions, face the immensity of the "Great River."

He had to sink ten times to avoid the arrows of the "Dayakas."
And suddenly.
Oh! This cave may lead to an air pocket.

A recent adventure had made him discover a similar phenomenon.
To die for the sake of dying, Rahan must try everything!

Page Four.

Not seeing him reappear, the "Dayaks" thought they had struck him.
They had just discovered the strange lagoon in their turn. Their astonishment was as unmistakable.

As that of Rahan who, coming out of the underwater cavern, found the light of day again.

A few seconds later he noticed that he was in the lagoon, inside the granite eye itself!

The coconut trees resounded with cries of fear as the "Dayakas" shot their arrows at the men.
Argh! Argh!

The "Dayakas" are more cruel than wild beasts!
They kill for the pleasure of killing!
They will not be able to descend into the “Eye."
But if they see Rahan, they will understand that there is a passage to enter it!

Page Five.

The bottom was covered with corals.
Marvelous fish fled before Rahan who only returned to the surface when he was out of breath.

Without being noticed by the Dayakas he joined the men lying in wait under the coconut trees.
Go away! Go away! Your people stole Tanoa's life! With that thing!

The son of Crao noticed that these men were not carrying any weapons.
And that they had never seen an arrow!
Life has not yet left Tanoa brothers!

Everyone backed away in fear when he stabbed the flint point with the tip of his knife to extract the arrow.

Tanoa will live!
His heart was not touched!
Rahan promises you that your brother will not join the "Territory of Shadows."

Page Six.

From the top of the steep cliff, the "Dayakas" shot other arrows.
Stay under the trees, brothers! These man-hunters are merciless!

The greatest joy of these savages is to adorn their huts with the heads of those who venture into their territory!

They have been tracking Rahan for two days!
Now that they have discovered your clan, their fury is turned against you!

The "Dayaks" Must not see Rahan, because they would know that an underwater cave allows access to this lagoon.
They would discover it.
And it would be massacre!

The son of Crao had realized that "Those-of-the-Lagoon" knew nothing about weapons.
How could these gentle and peaceful men resist the fearsome headhunters!?

Page Seven.

The arrows had ceased raining down but when night fell, the "Dayakas" were still prowling the cliff.

These savages kill for fun!
They are capable, if necessary, of remaining on the lookout for days and days!

No man has ever been able to enter the "Granite Eye"!
Except you, who discovered the cave-underwater by chance!

Surrounded by its fantastic granite rampart, the lagoon was indeed inaccessible.
But how did "Those of the lagoon" get there? How did they live there?

An old man answered Rahan's questions.
I was still very young, when a hurricane devastated, destroyed our village.
The survivors were carried away by the waves. Clinging to uprooted trees, they sailed on the great river in anger for as many days as the hand has fingers. Many disappeared.

Page Eight.

The happiest ones found themselves one morning, prisoners of an immense rocky circle.
And the "Great River" calmed down, and withdrew.

And the lagoon took on the appearance that you see.
Except for these "Wood Fruit" trees that have grown since.
Because all this happened when I was only ten years old!

The "Underwater Cave", which we discovered shortly after, did not allow us to escape the trap since on the other side of the cliff, there is the "Endless River"!

But just when we thought we would be decimated by hunger and thirst or overwhelmed by the next wrath of the "Great River."
A wonderful life awaited us.

Never again will the "Great River" get angry as before.
Even when it becomes stormy, we are safe here!
Sheltered from the wind and the waves, sheltered from the cold and the wild animals!

Page Nine.

We live on the fish that abound in the lagoon and the birds that often knock themselves against the cliff.

And thanks to the spring that flows in all seasons, we can ignore thirst!
Our clan knows happiness!

Remorse settled in Rahan's heart.
Had he not just, unintentionally, broken this happiness?

Rahan should not have attracted the "Dayakas" to this side!
But he will not allow peaceful men to die because of him!
He will repel the Dayakas.

These wild men will never be able to come down to us.
They will probably get tired of it!
These savages never give up, brother!
They will find a way!

Day returned without the besiegers showing up. What were they planning?
If only Rahan could get up there! But that is impossible!

Page Ten.

The tallest coconut tree only reached halfway up the steep cliff.
The idea that the initiative could only come from the “Dayakas” irritated Rahan.

Who had managed to make a bow.
Perhaps the head-hunters' arrows would be useful to him.
Oh, there they are!

The "Dayakas" suddenly reappeared, throwing two long vines into the void.
The son of Crao understood.
Stay under the trees!
Do not break cover!

Under the protection of their own, some "Dayakas" began to descend along the cliff!

Rahan could easily kill these savages, but others will follow them!
Rahan has better things to do!
The arrow flew away with a long whistle.

Page Eleven.

The first vine, cut in half, gave way under the weight of the men.

Who crashed at the foot of the cliff.
The Lagoon Clan has nothing more to fear from them!
But will Rahan be as skillful with others?

The son of Crao had to shoot several arrows to cut the second vine.
The two Dayakas had had time to descend.

And their fall was less brutal than that of their peers.
While anxiety froze "Those of the lagoon", they rose again, fierce and cruel.

On the cliff, Harkar-the chief screamed with rage.
It will take us a whole day to prepare new vines!
But what does it matter! Since two of ours are down there!

Page Twelve.

And two "Dayakas" will be enough to subdue this clan!
But.
What?
What?

Stupor suffocated Harkar.
The man with the "Fire Hair", whom he thought was dead, had just sprung out from under the trees.
Rahan hates stealing the life of "Those-Who-Walk-Upright"!
But if you force him to do it he will!

More accustomed to a fleeing adversary than to seeing themselves charged, the "Dayakas."

Had a hesitation which benefited Rahan!
Ra-ha-ha!

As he led them back to the trees, arrows shot around him.
And suddenly.

The son of Crao, under a barrage of arrows, was about to reach the trees when the second "Dayakas" was struck in turn.

Page thirteen.

Here is proof of the cruelty of these beings!
Their desire to kill Rahan is such that they did not even care about the lives of their own!

Harkar the chief, on the failure, could not control his fury.
“Fire Hair” has challenged us once again!
It is Harkar himself who will cut off his head!

It will take us a long time to find other vines as long and as strong!
"Fire Hair" managed to reach the lagoon without a vine.

So there is a passage under the cliff!
If he could discover it, we will discover it too!

Night returned.
The head-hunters had retreated into the forest.
Do you think they will come back, Rahan?
Yes! But we will not be here anymore!

Page Fourteen.

Crao's son smiled.
The Dayakas had offered him what he would not have dared to hope for. The two long vines!

When he had collected them, he made a long lasso of them.
We will have to find the strength to get up there, brothers!
It is our only chance to survive!

Shortly after, climbing into the highest tree, he tried to grab a hold on the cliff.
He could only count on chance.

How many times did he throw and bring back the lasso? A hundred times? Maybe more!

The loop finally encircled a support.

He tested its solidity and joined those in the lagoon.

Go ahead, brothers! You can only go up two by two. It will be long and exhausting.
But you will succeed! You must!

Page Fifteen.

At first light, Harkar and two of his men set out in search of new vines.

While their peers dove into the "Great River". Skilled swimmers, they quickly discovered the underwater cave.

A moment later they emerged into the lagoon, like Rahan had two days before.
Death to “Hair of fire”!
Death to those of the lagoon!

Oh! Fire-Hair is escaping us!
The beach was absolutely deserted!
As nimble as a “four-hands”, Rahan pulled himself up the cliff.

And rejoined all the "Those of the lagoon" who had preceded him on the platform of the "Eye-of-granite"!
Quick, brothers! Help Rahan to get back to Tanoa!

Page Sixteen.

The headhunters threw their spears in vain.
Tanoa, hanging from the vine, was already out of reach!
Ah! If Harkar does not throw us another vine. We are lost!

The situation had been reversed.
It was the "Dayakas" who, in their turn, were prisoners of the eye of granite!
Attention!

Harkar and his men rushed forward, their spears raised. "Those of the Lagoon" dispersed at once.

But the son of Crao knew how to break the attack!
Ra-ha-ha!

And while he was preparing to confront the leader of the headhunters, his companions pulled themselves together and rushed towards the others.

Page Seventeen.

Thrown into the "Great River" they would perhaps find the "Underwater Cave," but would become prisoners of the lagoon!

Just barely escaping the spear of Harkar the savage, Rahan also came tumbling into.

The void!
An instinctive reaction made him grab the loop of vine that was still hanging on the side of the cliff.
Rahan is lost! The vine is not held to anything!

And it was a miracle!
The vine tightened so abruptly that he almost let go.

He hadn't thought of Tanoa who, desperately clinging to the ground to avoid being dragged into the void, saved him at the same time!
But!

Page Eighteen.

A howl rang out and Harkar the savage, brushing past him, crashed onto the beach fifty meters away.

This monster was going to cut the vine!
We could not.
Do not regret anything, brothers.
Harkar was worth less than a wild animal!

The formidable headhunters were now condemned to live in the "Eye of Granite" until their natural extinction!
They will be able to feed themselves and they will be protected from the waves.
But they will no longer be able to satisfy their evil instincts! They will never again bring terror to this territory!

The outcome of this adventure shocked the son of Crao.
“Those of the lost lagoon” could have regretted this territory where life was so easy. It did not happen. The youngest, who had grown up under a horizon of granite, marveled at the landscapes so often described by their elders.
And everyone finally felt liberated.

Free, as already, in these fierce times, "Those-who-walk-upright" loved to be!
This is why they followed in the footsteps of the son of Crao without regret.

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