othetransportationoffirewoodandironingotstofeedthefurnaces.ergedfromthedensefogandsawthatthetripodwasstillempty.Soffthelegoftheroastedbullpreparedforhim,hebegainghismeatanddrinkingfromthergevatofliquor.Turninghishead,helookedaroundandhappeonoticeargecrathefurhestaway.Ashewatched,thecrackdeepenedandreadingout.Redhotliquidirooleakoutthroughthecracks.Mouthfullofmeat,herantoMedusa,whowasstandingnotfarawayfromhim.Pointingtotheleakingfurnace,hesaid,

    “Look!Look!Look!”WhenMedusasaashappening,sherealizedshehadanemergenherhandsandimmediatelystartedevacuatingthepeople.Therewasarge‘Boom!”andthefaultyfurnacecolpsed.Meltedliquidironflowedeverywhere.Justthen,anotherfurnaceblewupwithaloudbang.Itwasthergestfurhethreeandthemainproducerofliquidiron.Whereverthemeltedliquidirontouched,thegroundwasscorched.Cyclopsrushedupthemountain,grabbedholdoftheleatherpipeaosprayicycoldkewaterontotheredhotliquidiron.Allofasudden,theairwasfullofevaporatedsteam,whichmixedwiththesandanddebristheexplosionshadsentupintotheair.Visibilitywassobadthatthepeoplecouldscarcelyseethingsthreefeetaway.KingDimitri,whowasstandingatthebowoftheboat,realizedsomethingwasamissaWhiteFairytoscoutoutthesituation.WhiteFairyquicklycamebacktoreportthattwofurnacescouldnotwithstandthehighheatforsuextendedperiodoftimeandhadexploded.Thethirdandsmallestonewasintadstilloperational.

    “Whodiscoveredtheact?”

    “Cyclops.”KingDimitriosignifythathehad.

    “Medusawasveryswifttoact”saidWhiteFairy.“Sheimmediatelyevacuatedthepeopletoheightshalfamileaway.”

    “Anyfatalities?”

    “Luckilyeveryoneescapedharmandtherewerenofatalities.”

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    “Good”noddedKingDimitri.“Procimmyordersthatnomatterhowdifficult,ourprojectmustbedonebeforenoon.”

    “Yes,yourmajesty”saidWhiteFairyaocarryoutKingDimitri’sorders.

    Theredhotliquidironallroundhadsolidifiedwhentheycameintotactwiththeicycoldkewater.Buttheirheatwasstillextremelyhighandwouldseriouslyburnanyonewhoactallycameintotactwithit.Thegroupsofpeoplecarryingfirewoodandironingotshadtotakeroundaboutalteresthatrequiredmoretimeandenergy.TheonlyfurhadtobecarefullyusedandmonitoredsothatnofurtherdamagewouldbedoherwisetheprojectcouldnotbepletedontimeandKingDimitriwouldnotbeabletokeephiswordtoZeus.Thewressedslowerthanbefore,butthethirdfurnacegaveoutenoughliquidirontofillthetripod,whichCyclopsliftedandcarriedupthemountaioodatthetopandwithamightyshovethrew9outthetentsofthetripodontothenorthwesterofthegoldpace.Afterfour,fivetrips,Cyclopsshieldedhiseyesagainstthesunandgazeddownthemountaihatnospeckofgoldremaineduncovered.Heputdowripod,lookedtowardsKingDimitri’sboatandsaid,

    “Myjobisdone.Iamleaving.Theimewemeet,itwillbeasenemies,notfriends.”

    “Cyclops”saidKingDimitri,standingatthebowofhisboatinthemiddleoftheke,“Nomatterwhetherwemeetasfriendsorfoesiure,Iappreciatewhatyouhavedoneforme.Takecareofyourself.”Cyclopsturnedandagaibatothedenseforest.KingDimitriorderedthefurnacesbeextinguishedandtoldallthepeopletogatheronthegroundsinfrontofthepacetocelebratethesuccessfulp

othetransportationoffirewoodandironingotstofeedthefurnaces.ergedfromthedensefogandsawthatthetripodwasstillempty.Soffthelegoftheroastedbullpreparedforhim,hebegainghismeatanddrinkingfromthergevatofliquor.Turninghishead,helookedaroundandhappeonoticeargecrathefurhestaway.Ashewatched,thecrackdeepenedandreadingout.Redhotliquidirooleakoutthroughthecracks.Mouthfullofmeat,herantoMedusa,whowasstandingnotfarawayfromhim.Pointingtotheleakingfurnace,hesaid,

    “Look!Look!Look!”WhenMedusasaashappening,sherealizedshehadanemergenherhandsandimmediatelystartedevacuatingthepeople.Therewasarge‘Boom!”andthefaultyfurnacecolpsed.Meltedliquidironflowedeverywhere.Justthen,anotherfurnaceblewupwithaloudbang.Itwasthergestfurhethreeandthemainproducerofliquidiron.Whereverthemeltedliquidirontouched,thegroundwasscorched.Cyclopsrushedupthemountain,grabbedholdoftheleatherpipeaosprayicycoldkewaterontotheredhotliquidiron.Allofasudden,theairwasfullofevaporatedsteam,whichmixedwiththesandanddebristheexplosionshadsentupintotheair.Visibilitywassobadthatthepeoplecouldscarcelyseethingsthreefeetaway.KingDimitri,whowasstandingatthebowoftheboat,realizedsomethingwasamissaWhiteFairytoscoutoutthesituation.WhiteFairyquicklycamebacktoreportthattwofurnacescouldnotwithstandthehighheatforsuextendedperiodoftimeandhadexploded.Thethirdandsmallestonewasintadstilloperational.

    “Whodiscoveredtheact?”

    “Cyclops.”KingDimitriosignifythathehad.

    “Medusawasveryswifttoact”saidWhiteFairy.“Sheimmediatelyevacuatedthepeopletoheightshalfamileaway.”

    “Anyfatalities?”

    “Luckilyeveryoneescapedharmandtherewerenofatalities.”

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    “Good”noddedKingDimitri.“Procimmyordersthatnomatterhowdifficult,ourprojectmustbedonebeforenoon.”

    “Yes,yourmajesty”saidWhiteFairyaocarryoutKingDimitri’sorders.

    Theredhotliquidironallroundhadsolidifiedwhentheycameintotactwiththeicycoldkewater.Buttheirheatwasstillextremelyhighandwouldseriouslyburnanyonewhoactallycameintotactwithit.Thegroupsofpeoplecarryingfirewoodandironingotshadtotakeroundaboutalteresthatrequiredmoretimeandenergy.TheonlyfurhadtobecarefullyusedandmonitoredsothatnofurtherdamagewouldbedoherwisetheprojectcouldnotbepletedontimeandKingDimitriwouldnotbeabletokeephiswordtoZeus.Thewressedslowerthanbefore,butthethirdfurnacegaveoutenoughliquidirontofillthetripod,whichCyclopsliftedandcarriedupthemountaioodatthetopandwithamightyshovethrew9outthetentsofthetripodontothenorthwesterofthegoldpace.Afterfour,fivetrips,Cyclopsshieldedhiseyesagainstthesunandgazeddownthemountaihatnospeckofgoldremaineduncovered.Heputdowripod,lookedtowardsKingDimitri’sboatandsaid,

    “Myjobisdone.Iamleaving.Theimewemeet,itwillbeasenemies,notfriends.”

    “Cyclops”saidKingDimitri,standingatthebowofhisboatinthemiddleoftheke,“Nomatterwhetherwemeetasfriendsorfoesiure,Iappreciatewhatyouhavedoneforme.Takecareofyourself.”Cyclopsturnedandagaibatothedenseforest.KingDimitriorderedthefurnacesbeextinguishedandtoldallthepeopletogatheronthegroundsinfrontofthepacetocelebratethesuccessfulp