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| + BUT ASCLEPIUS KILLS THE HUGE BEAST AND THE ENRAGED | PEOPLE TURN AGAINST RRINCESS AMIRA. GLADIATORS AND THE _ FREED PRISONERS FIGHT A FIERCE BATTLE WITH THE SMALL "ROMAN GARRISON AND THE PALACE GUARD.
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IN THE MEANTIME, BACK AT THE PALACE, ZAHAR,
NOW THE PERSONAL ATTENDANT TO THE BOY-KING,
DISCOVERS THAT PRINCESS AMIRA HAS POISONED THE CHILD...
HE'S NEAR DEATH! IF. CAN GET HIM TO DRINK THIS SECRET HERB IT MIGHT SAVE HIS LIFE!
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WHEN MARCUS’ FRIEND, LUCANUS, FEARS HE:'HAS BEEN IMPRISONED, HE RUSHES TO RESCUE HIM. HE KHLS TWO
OF THE SENTRIES, THEN BATTERS DOWN THE DOOR TO MARCUS’ CELL...
ZAHAR'S MEDICINE DOES WORK, BUT LEAVES THE BOY IN A COMA... ZAHAR PRETENDS HE-IS DEAD. HIS BODY IS PLACED IN THE TOMB OF THE KINGS WHERE SHE
FOR A WHILE—OH, WHERE IS MARCUS? ONLY HE CAN
THE OUTNUMBERED GARRISON IS QUICKLY OVERCOME. THE VICTORIOUS REBELS TAKE TO THE MOUNTAINS... MARCUS IS CAPTURED AND DRAGGED ALONG WITH THEM.
AT THE REBELS’ CAMP ASCLEPIUS’ WIFE PLEADS FOR MARCUS’ RELEASE...
V_ HE IS A JUST MAN-X I WILL LET HIM HE RELEASED THE | GO—BUT I WILL PRISONERS. HE WILL / KILL ALL THE SEE THAT AMIRA ROMAN
IS PUNISHED. CAPTIVES IF HE DOES NOT KEEP HIS WORD!
MARCUS, FREED BY ASCLEPIUS, ARRIVES AT THE PALACE JUST AS AMIRA IS BEING CROWNED QUEEN...WITH THE ‘CONNIVANCE OF HER SCYTHIAN ALLIES...
GUARDS! ARREST HIM—
STOP! IN THE NAME OF THROW HIM IN THE
IMPERIAL ROME I FORBID HER CORONATION! SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO THE THRONE OF ARMENIA!
WATCHES OVER IT.-CHILD IS SAFE HERE
ICANUS IN FIGHTING OFF THE SCYTHIAN GUA
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MARCUS MAKES GOOD HIS ESCAPE, NOT KNOWING HIS FRIEND HAS BEEN NORTALLY WOUNDED...