With drawn sword, Reiloc leaped past Jupiter. He ran for the glowing idol, began to hack at one of ten tentacles with his sword. Tabak and Jupiter were right behind him. They grabbed Lete by either arm, hauled the bemused cave girl to her feet. Some of the shock of the Anolyn's sudden death had been transmitted to the humans under its control. They stared at the profaners of the temple with pained uncomprehending eyes. Reiloc snatched up the severed radioactive tentacle, dashed after Jupiter and Tabak who were half carrying Lete between them. "This way!" Tabak cried. "This way!" They burst out of the sanctum into a broad corridor, almost ran over another Anolyn. Jupiter shot it in its tracks. No signs of pursuit had developed by the time they reached the ramp. Lete was recovering from her shock. She struggled wildly, cried: "What's happening? What are you doing with me?" "We're escaping," Jupiter grunted. "But you can't. The first Anolyn we meet will stop us. I don't understand--" "Be silent, foolish one," growled Reiloc, "he's the Wanderer!" "But you're Edir!" "We're Edir no longer. He's broken our bonds." Lete seized Jupiter's hand. "Then you _are_ the Wanderer. You weren't laughing at me back there in the cages. But why--" "No time now," Jupiter said and plunged onto the ramp. They ran down it wildly, crazily, reached the canal at the bottom. "We'll have to--" Jupiter began, when Lete screamed. "I can feel them!" the cave girl cried. "They're trying to pull me back! Jupiter--" She bit her lips, her cheeks suddenly bloodless. "They're gone," she said in a shaken voice. "They mustn't have guessed who I was." Jupiter stared at her. Lete's yellow eyes were wide, frightened. She swallowed miserably. "We'll have to get that Anolyn off your neck at the first opportunity," he said, turned to Tabak. "This canal leads to the _Dra Dur_. Is that right?" "Yes," said Tabak in a queer voice; "but Jupiter--" "What are our chances of getting through now?" he interrupted. She shrugged slim white shoulders. "Every second we waste here lessens them." Without another word, he started along the ledge paralleling the canal. At regular intervals of about a block ramps led down to the aquaduct from the surface above. They crossed the mouths of other canals on narrow bridges. A perfect labyrinth of underground waterways stretched beneath the city. At the fifth ramp, Jupiter heard a twang. Something whistled past his head. He almost lost his footing as he glanced up and saw a dozen Nehogans on the ramp leading up to the street. Lete spun around and tried to run, knocking Reiloc into the water with a splash. Tabak caught her, held the cave girl in spite of her terrified efforts to escape. Jupiter dropped to one knee, changing the carbine to automatic, sent a burst of shots into the warriors above.