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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Guardians of the Tower - -Author: Randall Garrett - -Release Date: June 6, 2021 [eBook #65521] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GUARDIANS OF THE TOWER *** - - - - - - Jon didn't know why he held a sword in his - hand to fend off the Wild Ones; he knew only that - he was one of many who for centuries had become-- - - Guardians Of The Tower - - By Randall Garrett - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - April 1957 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -That morning, the sun rose bright and clear over the Tower. Jon woke, -clambered to his feet, and rolled his sleeping-blanket. Within five -minutes, he was fully awake and ready to protect the Tower against its -enemies. - -He took his station and stared out over the sea. Far in the distance, -he could make out the bomb-blackened city; off to the left was the -spot of green that indicated the village of the Free People. Somewhere -beyond were the lands of the Wild Ones--the ones Jon was here to defend -the tower against. - -"All well to the East!" he cried, when his turn came. The other -Guardsmen, stationed in a circle around the Tower, called off their -observations in turn. - -The morning passed slowly. A little before noon, the man at the top of -the Tower cried, "Enemy boat approaching! Prepare to defend the Tower!" - -Jon's mouth tightened, and he squinted toward the dot of light on the -sea that was the boat of the Wild Ones. Slowly, he drew his sword, -whisked it through the air a few times, loosened his wrist. It was the -first time in over a month that he had been called upon to do battle in -the name of the Tower. - -From within the Tower, the auxiliary guard-force came running out and -took battle-stations. They stood ready, waiting for the Wild Ones to -come. - - * * * * * - -No one knew what the Tower was. It had been there as long as any of the -Free People could remember, and probably had been there forever. It was -sacred to them, and for that reason was under constant attack by their -enemies from the Wild Places. - -At twenty-three, Jon had been a Tower guard for nearly three years, had -taken part in almost twenty defenses. The Wild Ones had practically -captured the Tower twice, but each time the guardians had driven them -off. - -Now, they were back for another try. Jon waited tensely as they drew -near. - -Time passed slowly. Five minutes, ten, while the enemy attacking-party -approached. The look-out at the top of the Tower sang out periodically, -keeping the guards below informed of the boat's progress. - -Finally: "They're here! Prepare to defend the Tower!" - -The great sailing-ship pulled up on the shore, and men began to pour -forth--ten, twenty, thirty men. It was a good-sized army. And Jon -gasped when he saw who led them. - -He was a giant, topping seven feet by several inches. His sword -glittered in the sunlight as he slashed it savagely through the air, -and his hair was a coarse, matted mane. He growled some barbaric -command and the Wild Ones charged onward. The ring of defenders -tightened and stood firm, waiting for the attack. - -Swords rang. Jon found himself opposing a brawny youth with fierce, -widely-set eyes and a good sword-hand. He parried a two-handed chop -that could have cut him in half, and smashed back with a quick lunge -that drew blood. - -"Dog!" The Wild One flicked blood from the flesh wound and drove -forward. Jon parried again, drove in, crashed his sword off the -other's hilt. His hand numbed, the Wild One dropped his sword. Without -hesitating, Jon cut the unarmed man down and turned to seek his next -opponent. - -He glanced over and saw Len, the Tower Captain, in tight combat with a -gigantic Wild One. The giant was driving Len back toward the sea with -sweeping swings of his huge broadsword. - -Jon turned and started to go to Len's assistance when another barbarian -interposed himself. Jon whirled and leaped forward for the battle, just -as he saw Len fall to the giant's sword. - -"Give back! Give back!" someone yelled. "They're beating us!" - -_They're not beating me_, Jon thought fiercely, as he laid open his -opponent's arm with a savage slash and followed immediately with a -quick swipe that ripped open the Wild One's throat. - -Breathing hard, now, Jon turned to look for his next opponent. He had -but one thought: the Tower must be defended. The Tower was sacred to -the Free People; the Tower must be defended. - - * * * * * - -He found himself embroiled in another duel quickly enough. The -barbarians seemed to be all over the place, cutting and slashing with -their wild, untrained manner. A quick glance around told Jon that the -Tower guards were being driven back; half a dozen of his childhood -friends lay slain near him, and a river of blood trickled slowly -through the grass. - -The barbarians were falling too--but their giant leader was -indomitable, was wreaking death right and left in the ranks of the -Guardians. - -Jon killed his opponent and looked around. The thick of the battle was -on the other side of the Tower, he saw. It was now nearly noon, and the -sun blazed brightly off the Tower's metal sides. - -When he reached the other side of the Tower, he was surprised to see -that barely half a dozen guards remained alive. Half a dozen, out of -nearly forty. - -He plunged into the fray with furious energy, cutting down three -Wild Ones before they realized he was there. That narrowed the odds -considerably. - -Only three of the Free People remained--and four of the Wild Ones. It -had been a bloody, fierce battle, with heavy loss of life on both sides. - -Jon's sword plunged into a barbarian's throat, and in that instant the -giant's weapon cut the life from the man at Jon's side. Two against -three, now. - -"Now!" Jon yelled and drove down against one of the remaining Wild -Ones. His slash ripped open the man's leg, but before Jon could apply -the finishing touch one of the other barbarians killed his man and -lunged at Jon, who parried and dropped the man with a swift chop. - -The realization hit him suddenly: _I'm all alone._ - -And the gigantic Wild One was moving slowly toward him to finish off -the last of the Tower guards. - -Jon set his lips grimly. So the Tower would fall, after all, to the -barbarians? _Not lightly_, he thought, and waited for the giant's -advance. - -The sword the giant swung was nearly four feet long. It cut a sizzling -swath through the air as he approached. - -Jon moved back, up against the comforting bulk of the Tower itself, and -prepared to defend the Tower to the death. The giant charged. - -Jon parried his wild blow, felt the stinging shock ripple up his arm as -their swords clanged together. He initiated an assault of his own, but -the Wild One laughed derisively and parried as if he were fighting a -child. - -"Ho, Free One! The Tower is ours!" - -"Not yet," Jon said. "Not while I live!" - -"How long will that be?" the giant asked. "Another minute perhaps?" - -His sword spun through the air in a shining arc. Jon parried -desperately, but the force of the blow was too great for him and his -sword went flying out of his numbed hands. He stood there, helpless, -while the giant raised his sword for the final blow. - -And suddenly six inches of bright steel protruded from the giant's -chest. A red fountain of blood bubbled forth. The giant stared in -amazement for a second, then began to topple like a felled oak. - -Astonished, Jon looked up and saw the Wild One he had wounded standing -there, holding a bloody sword. - -"You ... killed him!" Jon said uncomprehendingly. "Why?" - -The Wild One shook his head uncertainly. "I don't know," he said. "I--I -suddenly realized he had to die." - -Exhausted, Jon leaned against the Tower to support himself, and shook -his head. "Why did you save me? The Tower was yours. Why?" - -"I think I understand," the Wild One said slowly. He threw his sword -to the ground. "It is something I have long thought of. We fight -you because we hate you--because we envy your free life. You have -something to fight for, in this Tower. I--I want to join you. I want to -join the Free People!" - -Jon smiled. "You're welcome to come to our village with me," he said. -"We believe in freedom--the way the Old Ones did." - -"And the Tower? What is its meaning?" - -Jon shrugged. "That we do not know, but we defend it because we think -it is sacred to us--to freedom. An old legend, perhaps." He clapped the -other on the back. "Come, friend. Let's signal the mainland that the -battle is over and the Tower still in free hands." - -He glanced up at the massive Tower, at the huge statue of the woman -with her hand outraised, stretching a torch out over the harbor. 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Jon woke, -clambered to his feet, and rolled his sleeping-blanket. Within five -minutes, he was fully awake and ready to protect the Tower against its -enemies.</p> - -<p>He took his station and stared out over the sea. Far in the distance, -he could make out the bomb-blackened city; off to the left was the -spot of green that indicated the village of the Free People. Somewhere -beyond were the lands of the Wild Ones—the ones Jon was here to defend -the tower against.</p> - -<p>"All well to the East!" he cried, when his turn came. The other -Guardsmen, stationed in a circle around the Tower, called off their -observations in turn.</p> - -<p>The morning passed slowly. A little before noon, the man at the top of -the Tower cried, "Enemy boat approaching! Prepare to defend the Tower!"</p> - -<p>Jon's mouth tightened, and he squinted toward the dot of light on the -sea that was the boat of the Wild Ones. Slowly, he drew his sword, -whisked it through the air a few times, loosened his wrist. It was the -first time in over a month that he had been called upon to do battle in -the name of the Tower.</p> - -<p>From within the Tower, the auxiliary guard-force came running out and -took battle-stations. They stood ready, waiting for the Wild Ones to -come.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>No one knew what the Tower was. It had been there as long as any of the -Free People could remember, and probably had been there forever. It was -sacred to them, and for that reason was under constant attack by their -enemies from the Wild Places.</p> - -<p>At twenty-three, Jon had been a Tower guard for nearly three years, had -taken part in almost twenty defenses. The Wild Ones had practically -captured the Tower twice, but each time the guardians had driven them -off.</p> - -<p>Now, they were back for another try. Jon waited tensely as they drew -near.</p> - -<p>Time passed slowly. Five minutes, ten, while the enemy attacking-party -approached. The look-out at the top of the Tower sang out periodically, -keeping the guards below informed of the boat's progress.</p> - -<p>Finally: "They're here! Prepare to defend the Tower!"</p> - -<p>The great sailing-ship pulled up on the shore, and men began to pour -forth—ten, twenty, thirty men. It was a good-sized army. And Jon -gasped when he saw who led them.</p> - -<p>He was a giant, topping seven feet by several inches. His sword -glittered in the sunlight as he slashed it savagely through the air, -and his hair was a coarse, matted mane. He growled some barbaric -command and the Wild Ones charged onward. The ring of defenders -tightened and stood firm, waiting for the attack.</p> - -<p>Swords rang. Jon found himself opposing a brawny youth with fierce, -widely-set eyes and a good sword-hand. He parried a two-handed chop -that could have cut him in half, and smashed back with a quick lunge -that drew blood.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>"Dog!" The Wild One flicked blood from the flesh wound and drove -forward. Jon parried again, drove in, crashed his sword off the -other's hilt. His hand numbed, the Wild One dropped his sword. Without -hesitating, Jon cut the unarmed man down and turned to seek his next -opponent.</p> - -<p>He glanced over and saw Len, the Tower Captain, in tight combat with a -gigantic Wild One. The giant was driving Len back toward the sea with -sweeping swings of his huge broadsword.</p> - -<p>Jon turned and started to go to Len's assistance when another barbarian -interposed himself. Jon whirled and leaped forward for the battle, just -as he saw Len fall to the giant's sword.</p> - -<p>"Give back! Give back!" someone yelled. "They're beating us!"</p> - -<p><i>They're not beating me</i>, Jon thought fiercely, as he laid open his -opponent's arm with a savage slash and followed immediately with a -quick swipe that ripped open the Wild One's throat.</p> - -<p>Breathing hard, now, Jon turned to look for his next opponent. He had -but one thought: the Tower must be defended. The Tower was sacred to -the Free People; the Tower must be defended.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>He found himself embroiled in another duel quickly enough. The -barbarians seemed to be all over the place, cutting and slashing with -their wild, untrained manner. A quick glance around told Jon that the -Tower guards were being driven back; half a dozen of his childhood -friends lay slain near him, and a river of blood trickled slowly -through the grass.</p> - -<p>The barbarians were falling too—but their giant leader was -indomitable, was wreaking death right and left in the ranks of the -Guardians.</p> - -<p>Jon killed his opponent and looked around. The thick of the battle was -on the other side of the Tower, he saw. It was now nearly noon, and the -sun blazed brightly off the Tower's metal sides.</p> - -<p>When he reached the other side of the Tower, he was surprised to see -that barely half a dozen guards remained alive. Half a dozen, out of -nearly forty.</p> - -<p>He plunged into the fray with furious energy, cutting down three -Wild Ones before they realized he was there. That narrowed the odds -considerably.</p> - -<p>Only three of the Free People remained—and four of the Wild Ones. It -had been a bloody, fierce battle, with heavy loss of life on both sides.</p> - -<p>Jon's sword plunged into a barbarian's throat, and in that instant the -giant's weapon cut the life from the man at Jon's side. Two against -three, now.</p> - -<p>"Now!" Jon yelled and drove down against one of the remaining Wild -Ones. His slash ripped open the man's leg, but before Jon could apply -the finishing touch one of the other barbarians killed his man and -lunged at Jon, who parried and dropped the man with a swift chop.</p> - -<p>The realization hit him suddenly: <i>I'm all alone.</i></p> - -<p>And the gigantic Wild One was moving slowly toward him to finish off -the last of the Tower guards.</p> - -<p>Jon set his lips grimly. So the Tower would fall, after all, to the -barbarians? <i>Not lightly</i>, he thought, and waited for the giant's -advance.</p> - -<p>The sword the giant swung was nearly four feet long. It cut a sizzling -swath through the air as he approached.</p> - -<p>Jon moved back, up against the comforting bulk of the Tower itself, and -prepared to defend the Tower to the death. The giant charged.</p> - -<p>Jon parried his wild blow, felt the stinging shock ripple up his arm as -their swords clanged together. He initiated an assault of his own, but -the Wild One laughed derisively and parried as if he were fighting a -child.</p> - -<p>"Ho, Free One! The Tower is ours!"</p> - -<p>"Not yet," Jon said. "Not while I live!"</p> - -<p>"How long will that be?" the giant asked. "Another minute perhaps?"</p> - -<p>His sword spun through the air in a shining arc. Jon parried -desperately, but the force of the blow was too great for him and his -sword went flying out of his numbed hands. He stood there, helpless, -while the giant raised his sword for the final blow.</p> - -<p>And suddenly six inches of bright steel protruded from the giant's -chest. A red fountain of blood bubbled forth. The giant stared in -amazement for a second, then began to topple like a felled oak.</p> - -<p>Astonished, Jon looked up and saw the Wild One he had wounded standing -there, holding a bloody sword.</p> - -<p>"You ... killed him!" Jon said uncomprehendingly. "Why?"</p> - -<p>The Wild One shook his head uncertainly. "I don't know," he said. "I—I -suddenly realized he had to die."</p> - -<p>Exhausted, Jon leaned against the Tower to support himself, and shook -his head. "Why did you save me? The Tower was yours. Why?"</p> - -<p>"I think I understand," the Wild One said slowly. He threw his sword -to the ground. "It is something I have long thought of. We fight -you because we hate you—because we envy your free life. You have -something to fight for, in this Tower. I—I want to join you. I want to -join the Free People!"</p> - -<p>Jon smiled. "You're welcome to come to our village with me," he said. -"We believe in freedom—the way the Old Ones did."</p> - -<p>"And the Tower? What is its meaning?"</p> - -<p>Jon shrugged. "That we do not know, but we defend it because we think -it is sacred to us—to freedom. An old legend, perhaps." He clapped the -other on the back. "Come, friend. Let's signal the mainland that the -battle is over and the Tower still in free hands."</p> - -<p>He glanced up at the massive Tower, at the huge statue of the woman -with her hand outraised, stretching a torch out over the harbor. 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