The Captain's tent was large and had as usual cushions to sit upon.  Somewhere in the trees there must be wagons for all the tents and gear that the company had.  "What brings you and your slave south from Sadar?"  The Captain asked.  "You are far from your city, and such as you do not happen by chance to be moving through this forest."<br/><br/>"We seek some one.  One that is dangerous to any who come in contact with him."  Daniel told the Captain as he sat down, next to Kyla<br/><br/>"Hunting down someone from Sadar?"  the Captain asked.<br/><br/>"No.  not from Sadar, but from a place very far away that has come here and can put the lives of many in peril."  Daniel responded.<br/><br/>"You believe he is here in this Forest?"  The Captain sipped some paga his slave poured for him.<br/><br/>"I know he is here.  Perhaps close by."  Daniel accepted some paga and sipped it.  "You and your men might be in danger.  He can be ruthless and he enjoys eating the flesh of people."<br/><br/>That made the Captain pause in lilfting his cup to his lips, and raise a brow.  "An eater of human flesh, that does sound revolting and I agree this person should be dealt with.  Do you have a discription of him.<br/><br/>Daniel smiled.  "That I do."  he looked at Kyla.  She may have been right in assuming that the mercenary company was working for the Kurii.  But did they know what he really was and what he was up to.  "He is not what you would call a mortal man."  Daniel watched the Captains face.  "It is not really a man but a beast like creature that is intelligent.  More so then any human or beast on Gor.  It Stands about 9 horts (9 feet) tall and is covered in thick dark hair.  It has large pointed ears and sharp teeth.  His race is called the Kurii"<br/><br/>The Captain sat there watching Daniel and by the mans look Daniel could tell that he knew of the Kurii.  "What makes this.....Kurii so dangerous besides his desire to eat human flesh?'  The Captain asked.<br/><br/>"You are of the Warriors, a High Caste.  You know that Gor was brought here by a race of beings known as the Priest Kings.  That they have ships that travel through the dark void of space to Earth to bring slaves back here.  What is not known by many is that they are not the only ones that can do that.  This Kurii belongs to a clan of his kind.  One of many clans that are trying to conqure Gor, make it their world and use us as we use animals for food.  This one is here on a mission one if successful might mean the ability to do just that.  The Priest Kings have been fighting them for thousands of years.  But with what this one has on his ship returns to the others of his race, they will be back and there is nothing the Priest Kings can do to stop them.  Once here they will lay waste to the cities of Gor with their advanced weapons.  Weapons that can destroy an entire city.  I am sure you have heard stories from slaves brought from Earth of the weapons there that can destroy and kill, these Kurii have far deadlier ones."<br/><br/>Daniel could see the fear in the Captains eyes when he talked of such weapons.  The man licked his lips and nodded.  "Such a creature is indeed dangerous then."  he sipped his paga with a look of deep thought.  "How do you know all of this?"<br/><br/>"The Priest Kings have asked me and my slave to help them.  We have been to their home deep within the Sadar Mountains and have talked to them. "  Daniel informed the Captain.  "They like the Kurii, are different then us and need those like us to do things for them on Gor, to help protect it.  You know of this Kurii."<br/><br/>The Captain looked hard at Daniel, "Yes I know of him, though not what he was here for or that he was an enemy.  He said he wanted to just go home and needed help to repair his ship.  That he was an explorer from his world and had an accident that caused him to crash here.  He had gold to pay for our services, so we never questioned further."  He nodded his head.  "We will help you with this matter, though I am not sure we can get into that metal shell of a ship of his."<br/><br/>The Captain's slave kept her eyes down but one could see the fear in her features, as they spoke of matters that were frightning.  She could also be seen looking over in Kyla's direction, her eyes looking at the scarlet trimmed slave garb Kyla wore.  Also her eyes traveled to Tiny, and her eyes filled with wonder at how one could control such a beast, like Kyla was doing.