The Mistery of Belicena Villca would operate in the Temple . In a second phase of the plan , the squad would bifurcate into two platoons , and then we would all meet , at a predetermined point , and execute the withdrawal .
Only the Germans would go to the assault equipped with firearms : a Luger pistol and a Schmeisser submachine gun per head , plus two of the obsolete 1914 Mauser rifles , which will be seen what they were for . In those days , the 9 mm . Schmeisser were secret weapons , and only an Elite corps like ours had been allowed to take them out of Germany . We counted with fifty clips with thirty bullets each , but I ' d only carry two , leaving the rest for my Comrades who would sustain the bulk of the attack . Naturally , we all carried the SS Knight ' s dagger , with the legend " Blut und Ehre " carved on the blade .
The Kaulika warriors , for their part , used three kinds of weapons : bow and arrows , scimitar , and dagger . As I said before , those monks were experts in martial arts , and their skill in archery was unrivaled in Tibet , where no one doubted to attribute magical power to their arrows and it was stated that , they could both hit their target during the day and at night , with their eyes open or bandaged , etc . They all carried fifty arrows , not one more , not one less , in a quiver suspended against the right leg : each arrow corresponded to one of the skulls on Kâly ' s necklace and that is why it had engraved on its rod one of the letters of the sacred alphabet of the Aryans . The scimitar was a short sword , about 80 centimeters with a single-edged blade , curved , convexly truncated and counterpoint , and widened at that end ; the quillon protected the fist with two hawks that imitated the claw of the eagle , and the hilt , of black ivory , had an exquisitely chiseled pommel , which represented the Face of Kâly as Mrtyu , the Death . The scimitar , sheathed , hung from a baldric on the left side . And finally , in a small sheath locked by the girdle , was the dagger with flamed blade and ivory hilt , similar in size to the medieval Panzerbreher or to its contemporary " Misericorde ".
The members of the Kâula Circle denominated “ Rudra ” to Shiva in their Tantra , a word that arose from the contraction and agglutination of Ru and Duskha , and that meant " He who destroys Pain ". Shiva was thus the Enemy of Pain , or the Enemy of Dusk ; and his disciples , by extension , would be the Enemies of the Duskhas . I clarify this , neffe , because I couldn ' t help but consider , in the balance of our own weaponry , the deep hatred that the Kâulikas experienced for the Duskhas , as an important tactical element in favor . The Kâulikas had the Duskhas as little less than vampires living on human pain , and were psychologically predisposed to act with the utmost rigor against “ the family of Dusk ”: Shiva Rudra would approve and reward the demonstration of courage of his Kshatriyas Kâulikas .
The Sun was hidden behind the formidable Bayan Kara Mountain Range and the night , impenetrable due to the scarce moonlight of the last quarter , descended on Lake Kyaring . At zero hours we left the horses well restrained a kilometer before the Ashram Jafran and we began to advance on foot , carrying the necessary material for the attack . This had been set for one o ' clock , the time that the two groups were to be at their posts .
The Gurkha , knowledgeable about the route to the Temple , one of the Lopas , and Me , would take care of rescuing Oskar , at the exact moment that Von Grossen with the others would start the frontal attack . Surprise was the determinant factor of the success of our Strategy and that is why we moved with extreme caution .
At a quarter to one , and about three hundred meters from the tower of surveillance , we entered the lake . The three of us were Initiates and we knew how to release the heat of the igneous Kundalini energy to prevent freezing , but with no doubt in that high mountain aquatic environment the Kâulikas had the upper hand : the Hata yoga practices of the SS were mainly concentrated on resisting with the naked body the low and dry temperatures of the Bavarian Alps . Thus , I was still shivering with cold , when we arrived at the White Island minutes later , without the Duskhas hearing us .
At the back of the Temple , the three invaders climbed up to the starry opening through which the unfortunate Gangi entered four days ago . It was almost one in the morning . From then on we would have to act with mathematical precision , since it was possible that the interior guards try to kill Oskar when recovering from the surprise of the attack .
At five seconds past one , with Germanic precision , a powerful outer explosion made the Temple vibrate and paralyzed with terror the custodians . In that instant , while Hell was unleashed outside , I jumped from the window , I rolled across the floor towards the altar , stood up abruptly , and with a single blast from the Schmeisser I wiped out all four guards . The four of them received the bullets in the back and died without knowing what was happening , riveted against the door of the Temple towards which they were turned . A fairer offering than Oskar Feil was the one that now received the horrible idol , after which I had parapeted in case the door was opened and other guards entered .
The Kâulikas , who arrived at the altar seconds later , were engaged in cutting the ligatures and removing the gag that prevented Oskar from speaking , who had already worn off the effect of the narcotic .
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