Twenty-Five
Pyrrhic Victory
Almost out of nowhere, the cat-dinosaurs appeared and started racing angrily towards the raiding Mugulubu army. Somehow, one of the Ugubulugu soldiers had escaped and released the monsters wherever they were kept. There were four of the creatures and the escapee was riding on one. A close look and Tile saw that it was the one-handed Obruuta. He looked ferocious and even with one hand and a heavy foot; he seemed determined to produce results, albeit alone.
When Tile saw Obruuta on one of the screens, he turned and looked at Uzira pleadingly.
“Please call off the attack, you have already done justice,” he said.
Inasmuch as Uzira too was determined to get results for her long awaited vengeance, she seemed to be caught in a haze of indecision, a considerable
