15 TALES OF INDALUS CHAPTER 2 B

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TALES OF INDALUS 

CHAPTER 2 B
RHO VISITED THE LIBRARY
Good you are here a ship ftrom Rome havejust arrived this morning and you have a box

Rho opened the box and he found a letter

Seems rhings are becoming hard to handle nowbecause  of complexity

War is imminent between Parthia and RomeThe General wanted me to continue the plan for me to go to Indalus

Whats the importance of Indalus?asked Garsila

RhOsaid the  General wanted the gold of Indalus to finance the war against ParthiaWe need it to pay the contract of mercenariesWhyhire  mercenaries?

the Roman government have the army

Yoou knowgames of the generals...

Well.. it more expensive to use the regular army

Every roman soldier wants to become a millionaire after the warUnlike the mercenaries the roman government have no obligations after the contract price is paid  A roman soldier wants a beautiful house  and a farm after retirementhe roman government maintained a million soldiers so that the government needs billione to buy lands to give to each soldier after retirementIfthe roman army is discontented   CIVIL WAR OF rOME IS THE MOST FEARFUL THING TO HAPPEN TO US



knock knock

come insaidGarsila

the soldier from Cleopatra came inside

Its Hanatush the captain of the guards of the palace of the queen
Hanatush handed a note to Garsila
I bring here Sharvah a merchantsaid Hanatush

What did you say to the queen? Garsila asked Rho

I did say nothing i  just handed to the majesty the letter from the General


And how about you Sharvah?

Where from you Sharvah?

I came from the land of Tanis the lands of Pharaoh Apepi  he great one who defeated the Hykasu before the time when Ptolemy became the pharaoh of Alexandria 
Rho Phaaoh Apepi was one of the great heroes ofgyptIt means Sharvah must be an honorable mana man worth believing for of what he says 



I was sent here by the order of themajesty
My instruction is to accompany both of you to Indalus

Have you been to Indalus?

YesMany years ago I joined the arab merchantsin their voyages to Malacca

and  wheres  Malacca?

Hmnnn  Malacca is the port of entry before wereach Indalus

Malacca waslocated some hundreds of Leguas from the port of Baghdad and IndiaIts nearer to the land called Borneo and Sulawesi

Im am wondering about sulawesi and Borneo

Hehe..  if we reach Borneo Its very near to the lands of Indalus  but its a dangerous path   they said there are waqk waqs there....
What is waqwaqk?Im not sure they said its like shadows... sometimes you see them.. then they quickly dis appearedIcant rember so very well but its like thewy were the natives of Indalus... a word like  Magahat I thinkpart of the so called Manobo Tribe in that lands....