The Mistery of Belicena Villca
– Kurt ! Kurt von Sübermann ! --he yelled in a daze-- . Is it really you or am I dreaming ? – It ' s me , it ' s me ! --I stated impatiently-- . Get ready because we have to flee from here as soon as possible . I ' ll explain everything to you later . Poor Oskar couldn ' t stand up .
For seven days they kept him tied up at the altar and only fed him with what was necessary to arrive alive on the day of his execution . The Lopa and I each put a shoulder under his arms and retreated to the end of the Temple holding him up suspended in the air . Meanwhile , the Gurkha stuck his ear to the door and , not noticing any danger , made sure with the dagger that the guards were well dead .
In truth , we could have gone out the door of the Temple , since the outside guards rushed into the village upon hearing the explosions ; but then we did not know it and we did not want to risk an unequal fight . What we did , instead , was to go out the four of us through the window : first the Lopa climbed ; then Oskar , standing on my shoulders , got help and passed on to the exterior cornise ; and finally Bangi and I went up .
We surrounded the Temple and found that the front was unguarded . We crossed , then , the corridor that connected the White Island with the beach and we hid behind the little wall to observe , fifty meters ahead , what happened in the Monastery . In the following minutes we would meet again with our Comrades !
Chapter XXVI
The surroundings of the wall had been stripped of rocks , so they had to crawl fifty meters . At five minutes to one Von Grossen , the three SS officers , and three Lopas , were glued to the ground twenty meters from the front door . The remaining four monks were in charge of eliminating the lookouts , deployed in suitable positions to such an end .
Their action was very fast and the lookouts " saw nothing " when the Lopas emerged from the ground with cobra speed , dropped to one knee , and shot four arrows . Four arrows in the night , four accurate targets ! It can be said say that those sacred arrows sought the hearts of the adorers of the Lord of Shambhala .
Von Grossen and his group then ran towards the door , joining two of the archers ; the other two marched , separately , to liquidate the sentries from the extreme towers of the wall , those that were on the waters of the lake . They all pressed against the wall , while Kloster and Hans held the four demolition explosives on hinges and locks . The main entrance to the village was guarded by a heavy and enormous gate of a single sheet , built with assembled boards and covered with ironwork that concealed the indentations completely . It was certainly a strong fence , which would have withstood more than one battering ram charge , but certainly ineffective in modern warfare , against the artillery or the bombs like the ones we placed . Kloster looked at the time : two minutes to one ; then he ignited the delayed detonator of two minutes and he pressed himself against the wall , next to Von Grossen .
Psychologically , two minutes can last an instant or an Eternity , especially if there is the possibility that one will die after them . The Germans , to avoid thinking about anything other than combat , engaged in verifying that the submachine guns had the safety unlocked ; to check for the umpteenth time that the chargers would come easily to hand , from the canvas cartridge belts ; and to make sure that the stick grenades would slide without problems off the belt and the mouth of the boots . Thus , for the Germans , two minutes were closer to the moment than to eternity . The Kâulikas , instead , stood absolutely still , their minds focused on the infinite unity of the Kula . For them , who had shed the awareness of duration , the two minutes were similar to Eternity .
But they all ran anyway when the bombs exploded . And , literally speaking , they got tired of killing .
The charges , distributed with singular skill , completely ripped the gate and smashed it , scattering the pieces tens of meters around . The smoke from the entrance had not yet cleared , and Von Grossen and Heinz were standing in front of the only two doors of the barracks .
There was great confusion inside , and only a few managed to take their gun and try to get out ; but such a reaction came too late to save their lives . Kloster and Heinz were running since a minute before around the barracks throwing the grenades through the embrasures : to the fifth grenade , simultaneously , both slums began to crumble . Desperate , the ones that turned out miraculously unharmed , struggled to gain the doors and get out , to fall struck down on the corpses of their predecessors , struck down by the inclement bursts from the Schmeisser . Not a single one escaped from that mortal trap .
When no more guards appeared at the gates , Von Grossen gave an order and two Kâulikas entered the ruins and set about finishing off the wounded and survivors with accurate stabs . The
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