Rahan. Episode 122. By Roger Lecureux. The Trap of Sorcerers. A Puke (TM) Comic.

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Rahan.

Episode One hundred and twenty two.

By Roger Lecureux, drawn by Andre Cheret.

The Trap of Sorcerers.

The son of Crao, who had taught the Round Rock clan a thousand things learned during his adventurous treks, did not know that he was being spied on.
Mahokk will never tolerate this "Fire-Haired" sorcerer on the territory!

And shortly after.
I saw him and heard him, Mahokk!
He said his name was Rahan, and he told crazy things to disturb the minds of "Those of the round rock"!

The ideas peddled by sorcerers are more dangerous than the venom of snakes!
Capture this Rahan and bring him to Mahokk!

It was at dawn that the son of the ferocious ages was assailed by a wild pack, and brutally led to the cavern of Mahokk.

Page Two.

They say you spread strange and insane ideas, Rahan!
You claim that other clans live better and happier than ours!?

It is true!
Rahan has known clans more evolved than yours.
And his duty is to pass on what he has learned, what he knows, so that his brothers can evolve in turn!

Crazy people like you only make hunters envious and jealous!
Our clan is and will remain what it is!

You will suffer the fate of those who came before you and spoke the same language as you!
Throw this sorcerer into the abyss!

The son of Crao was dragged to the edge of a deep gorge.

Do not obey Mahokk, brothers!
It is your leader who is no longer in his right mind.

Page Three.

Rahan is lost!
Argh!
Thrown into the void, Rahan saw the rocks rising towards him, on which he was going to crash.

Suddenly.
What. What, but a miracle!
He had just fallen into a net of vines on which he bounced several times.

A net that many men were holding!
Fortunately Mahokk always sacrifices his victims from this same promontory!
This allows us to save a few. When we arrive in time!

Rahan was already released.
But who are you?
We belonged to different clans, but Mahokk-the-savage considers us all to be sorcerers.

Mahokk hates all new ideas!
He wants to keep his people in ignorance to better dominate them!
Rahan learned that these men, like himself, had great experience.
The knowledge of some exceeded even his own!

We dreamed of sharing all our knowledge with our brothers, whoever they may be!
But alas we will never escape from this cursed ravine, from this "Sorcerer’s Trap," as Mahokk calls it!

Page Four.

The landslide had in fact formed a deep chasm and climbing its steep walls was surely impossible!

Some of us have been here for ten seasons!
They are the ones who, before miraculously escaped death.
They knew the idea of the net to save those who would suffer the same fate!

This spring gives us its water. We sometimes catch birds.
We survive in the hope that this nightmare will end one day!

Sometimes, just for fun, Mahokk's followers harass us under a rain of rocks!
We have to take refuge under the overhangs of the walls.

It will end! We will find a way to escape from the "Sorcerer’s Trap"!
The optimism of the son of Crao did not last long.

Ten times he tried to climb the wall, he could only reach a ledge, far from the goal.
Impossible! Even a "Four-Hands" could not climb higher!

Page Five.

And the days passed.
Mahokk sometimes came to taunt the "Wizards."
Ha-ha-ha! All the ideas in your big heads are not much use to you, eh!

Rahan's companions had known many territories, many clans.
Their knowledge was great.
Your "knowledge" is immense, brothers! It must benefit "Those-who-walk-upright"!

Rahan sometimes felt the rage of feeling helpless.
We must escape from the "Trap" at all costs! We must! We must!

This brutally angry reaction had an unexpected effect.
Catapulted into the sky, the ivory knife spun and fell back towards the men.

Oh! attention! Move aside!

And the face of the son of Crao lit up as chance once again gave him an idea.
You saw! That's how we can escape from the trap!

The catapult was not unknown to these men.
I understand your idea, Rahan!
Rahan must be thrown up there! Like the knife!
Page Six.

That would be madness, Rahan! That would condemn you to certain death!
Are we not already dead, at the bottom of this cursed trap!

If we have one chance, just one chance. We have to take it! We have to!

The son of Crao knew how to be convincing.
And soon everyone was at work.
The most favorable place had been chosen.
When Rahan gives you the signal, you will push this rock into the void!

An assembly of two large trunks constituted the "Catapult".
Men had hoisted themselves onto the ledge, armed with solid levers.
Begin!

Moving the huge rock was long and difficult.
But it finally found itself balanced on the edge of the ledge, just above the trunks of the "Catapult" pointing towards the sky.

Standing at the end of it. Rahan was watching the maneuver.
If it fails, he will be crushed, ground, pulverized!
Lets go!
Page Seven.

In a last effort the men made the rock tip over.
The son of the fierce ages saw it coming towards him, enormous.

And he felt himself suddenly thrown into the sky, with a force he had never experienced!
The Catapult had worked!
Ra-ha-ha!

With anguish in their hearts, the "Sorcerers" saw him rise like an arrow towards the edge of the ravine. Had the trajectory been well planned?!

Yes!
Rahan just managed to grab a ledge on the rocky ridge!

A huge ovation arose when he climbed onto it.
Rahan was very scared! But it was worth it!

Rahan will come back soon, brothers! He will not abandon you in the "Trap of Sorcerers"!

Page Eight.

The son of Crao, shortly after, slipped towards Mahokk's cavern.
The two men who were watching over.

Vlang!
The entrance, must have felt like they were struck by lightning!

Hum?
Those who he surprised in the gallery where he was sneaking.

Had the same impression!
Rahan hates to bully "Those-who-walk-upright"! But he sometimes has to!

And now Rahan must subdue Mahokk before all the hunters come running!

When he burst into the "Room" where Mahokk-the-savage was enthroned, Mahokk believed.

That he saw a "Spectre" return from the shadow territory!
Argh!

Page Nine.

He staggered with a rattle before collapsing.
Wake yourself up, Mahokk!
Rahan wants you to demand that your people deliver those you call "Sorcerers."

You hear, Mahokk! Rahan wants you to free the "Wizards"!
The tip of the ivory knife lightly prodded the man.

Who still did not move! That was when Rahan understood.
Dead! He is dead!
Struck by fear, Mahokk-the-savage had indeed joined the "Territory of shadows"!

Rahan did not want that. He did not want that.
It was the first time that the son of Crao had caused, quite unintentionally, the death of a man!

He was still in shock when the clan's hunters appeared.
“Hair of Fire” has killed Mahokk!
"Fire-Hair" is our new leader, our new master!

The men fell to their knees and prostrated themselves.
Stand up! Rahan hates it when hunters humiliate themselves and act like slaves!

Page Ten.

But Rahan will explain all these things to you later! For now, he needs your help!
Rahan could now get anything from these men.

That was why, shortly after.

And a few days later.
Thanks to you, each of us will reconnect with our destiny!
We will once again be able to transmit our knowledge to "Those-who-walk-upright," our brothers!

The "Sorcerers" split up, each going their own way.
And whatever happens, everyone will always know that others, somewhere, are also fighting savagery and ignorance!

The son of Crao also surrendered to his destiny.
He felt happy. Happy to know that others, like him, cared about the fate of "Those-who-walk-upright." Happy to know that there were other "Rahan"!