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Nestor himself. Enraged, Nestor pursues Conan into the ruins of an ancient city and a battle between the two ensues. A hit from the barbarian's sword renders Nestor temporary senseless and Conan, thinking Nestor is dead, continues deeper into the ruins. As Nestor is recovering, Conan stumbles upon some unspecified monstrosity that he defeats by first hurling rocks upon it from an elevation and then finishing it off with his sword. Nestor eventually catches up with Conan outside a great palace in the middle of the city. Conan convinces Nestor to abandon his mission in favor of joining him in raiding the palace for treasure. Descending into the palace, the duo eventually reaches a treasure vault adorned with the bodies of long-dead warriors. After gathering up some loot of coins and jewels, the two throw dice for a jade serpent idol. Conan eventually wins but, as he lifts up the idol, the dead warriors awaken. The two fight their way out of the palace and are eventually followed by only a single large warrior. As the three of them emerge to the sunlight outside, the undead creature crumbles to dust. The two make for their escape, but an earthquake hits the ruins and separates Conan from Nestor.
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as she feels something moving inside it. At this very moment, a magistrate enters the tavern with a group of soldiers and has Conan driven up against a wall. It turns out that Nestor, having gotten drunk on the money of his which never turned to dust, had told of his exploits with Conan in their presence and just barely escaped arrest. The magistrate decides to confiscate Conan's leather bag. However, as he places his hand into it, he immediately retracts it with a shriek revealing a live serpent biting fast onto his finger. The resulting turmoil allows Conan and the girl to escape.
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As the story begins, Conan is being pursued by a mercenary, Gunderman, and his Zamorian cavalry. Conan uses a trap involving boulders to decimate Gunderman's unit. However, the mercenary follows him into an ancient city. Meanwhile, Conan is surrounded by a nest of red toads, which bring a stone idol
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Later, Conan is in a tavern with a young woman he rescued. Conan empties his bag of jewels onto their table, but to his amazement they too, like the undead warrior, had turned to dust. The girl lifts up the leather sack with the snake idol in it for Conan to examine, but soon drops it with a scream
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The two lure the reanimated corpses into the sunlight, and they turn to dust. However, the city begins to collapse, and Conan barely escapes with his life. It appeared that Gunderman was lost. Unsurprised, Conan returns to the city to retrieve his love interest and settle his debt with Gunderman's
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After climbing back down, while making sure the slug is dead, he hears a familiar voice and turns to see Nestor confronting him again, this time with a bandaged head wound. Conan's blow had only succeeded in injuring him. However, just as they are about to resume combat, the two decide on a mutual
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Nestor, a mercenary from Gunderland, is leading a squad of Zamorian soldiers in pursuit of the thief Conan. In a mountain gorge, Nestor trips over a rawhide tripwire set in the high grass of a grove by Conan. The trap activates an avalanche which kills all of Nestor's men, but only lightly injures
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Soon, Gunderman approaches Conan and offers a share in the fabled treasure with him. Conan agrees, and the two thieves enter a tomb where the petrified remains of three sorcerers are. Conan has another vision and, frightened, destroys the three corpses. Conan steals two emeralds, while Gunderman
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as walls and columns fall before them. Conan escapes the final destruction of Larsha, but Nestor is nowhere to be found. Calling his name and getting no response, Conan assumes the worst and travels into the city of Shadizar with his bag of jewels.
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Conan then makes his way into the deserted city and begins to thread the winding streets, recalling the tales he had heard concerning a horrible fate which befell trespassers. Soon, he confronts a monster in the form of a giant
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Enraged at the loss of his men and fearing the consequences of returning without his prisoner, Nestor decides to pursue Conan alone. He finally confronts him just outside the walls of Larsha, as the young
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to life. After being swallowed by the toad-like idol, Conan has a vision of a blind serpent and three mysterious robed figures. He slices his way out of the toad's stomach and continues his journey.
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left earlier by Conan. Nestor falls sprawling in the grass and sets off Conan's trap as a large pile of rocks wipe out his men, leaving him battered and bruised but alive.
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former master. Conan turned over the jewelled eyes, which suddenly comes to life. Conan doesn't stay to see; he retreats with his female partner and flees into the night.
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fills his shack with gold. Suddenly, Conan's destruction of the petrified corpses incited the rest of the guards to rise from the dead and attack them.
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alone and begins boasting of his adventure. He empties the contents of his treasure bag, seven priceless green jewels worth enough to buy an entire
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of the ancient city of Larsha in the country of Zamora, led there by rumors of a hidden treasure. Behind him, in pursuit, is an army of Zamorian
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After a desperate fight, Conan and Nestor escape from the vault with the mummies in pursuit. As they follow them out into the sunlight, the
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from Gunderland named Nestor. Suddenly, as Nestor turns his head to berate the men for their constant chatter, he fails to notice a
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seated in chairs, which promptly come to life and attack the pair of adventurers as they are gathering the treasure.
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agreement. The two warriors will search for the treasure as allies and divide whatever they find among themselves.
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with deadly accuracy. The slug chases Conan throughout the city, until he climbs up the roof of a decaying
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spell broken by mere contact. Suddenly, the earth beneath their feet begins to tremble in a great
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This article is about a short story. For the protagonist and principal character, see
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statuary, one after the other, crushing the monster to death.
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with grim humor, the two amicably decide on parting ways.
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is searching for a way inside. The two engage in fierce
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Index

Conan the Barbarian
Short story
Robert E. Howard
L. Sprague de Camp
Fantasy
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Pulp magazine
Conan the Cimmerian
Robert E. Howard
sword and sorcery
Conan the Cimmerian
L. Sprague de Camp
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Conan
Lancer
Ace Books
The Conan Chronicles
Sphere Books
The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle
Gollancz
Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932–1933)
Del Rey
ruins
soldiers
merchants
nobles
captain
rawhide
tripwire
barbarian

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