Now tis no mystery that among those four, only water retains its freedom to flow, whereas fire, wind, and earth are now bound each to their respective Sword, Scroll, and Stone. That a great sorcerer did resist the cabal of his brethren to channel the fundaments into these talismans, and in his efforts he did succeed in destroying the talisman intended to encapsulated water, losing his life in the battle.
Thus when husband hurled himself, knife in hand, into surf that frothed from frolic, the two-backed octopus was intent on its own activities and saw naught the danger fraught, and the husband"s first blow caught not the King but the wife such a grievous blow that she died in moments. So aggrieved and more enraged was the husband that he turned upon King Victor and plunged his knife into K
