`I don"t think so, Luce. Hellom wouldn"t have been expecting a rescue. He went to a lot of trouble to hide those key gems. If it hadn"t been for Blundo, we"d never have found them."
`If it hadn"t been for Blundo, we"d not have had any idea about the four elemental worlds and the keys. I must get Torren to reward him when we get him back."
`Keys. These gems I"m wearing are keys. Perhaps they"re keys to the gates too."
He rose and strode over to the gate. He looked all over for anything that might be a keyhole that the artefacts could fit in. All he could see was a little indentation on one of the iron nails.
Lucenra came up behind him as he was fingering the indentation.
`Have you found anything?" she asked.
`No. Nothing at all. I hoped there"d be something the artefacts could go into
