Food was running low. It was time to start traveling again. But the travellers decided they could pass through the ruined city one last time and look for the missing porter.
They followed the stream and found a shallow place where they could run across without being threatened by the fish. They headed for the pyramid. It was still largely intact though the jungle grew ride to its foundation. The party heard voices and stayed concealed.
It as the last of the Jaguars-- the leader and the last of his men. The leader stood high on the pyramid, shouting orders at his minion who was poking at the foundation of the pyramid.
Divemoye and Omachaka crept closer. Their noise attracted the man's attention, calling out to his leader that he heard a deer. When he raised his deer, Omachaka shot an arrow into his heart. Zolin stepped out and challenged the leader to fight. Rightly suspecting an ambush, the leader at first refused, instead giving Zolin a chance to flee. But Zolin stood his ground, taunting the powerful warrior. Forced by the insults to his courage and by the practical. As he neared the bottom, Omachaka, Divemoye, and Atl shot arrows at him. He couldn't retreat and was forced to charge. Zolin met him with his spear. He was a fierce opponent, but with the travellers surrounding him, and the porters harassing him with thrown stoned, he had no chance. He lunged at Omachaka and dealt him a mighty with his maca. The others immediately attacked him from behind. When he turned on them, they fell back. He pursued Zolin and again the others attacked him from behind. No matter how fast he turned and how hard he swung his weapon, they escaped any heavy damage and wore him down until he could be killed. The porters kicked his dead body and the travellers stripped him of his jewellery weapons, and armor. He carried a peculiar amulet of hard metal and also a map.
The travellers explored the rest of the city. They found a store of good maize but did not find the missing porter.
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