Trigo reached the cavemouth.

Gone! Janno has gone!

He gazed up at the stake where his nephew had been tied.

They’ve taken him! It may be that all I can do now is to exact vengeance!

Entering the vast cavemouth, he saw . . .

There’s light down there!

He descended into the gloom. Presently, the Trigan Emperor was gazing upon a scene that staggered the imagination.

By all the stars! It is a world within a world!

There was a vast underground city, all bathed in a phosphorescent glow that was brighter than daylight.

As Trigo stared in awe, a group of slaves toiled past, guarded by hideous, squat creatures.

At a curt order from their guards, the weary slaves stopped to rest.

If I could get closer and speak to one of those poor wretches . . .























Presently . . .

Pssssssst!

Ah! Who . . . Who are you?

A friend! I’ve come to help you. But, first, I need some information!

To start with—who are those ugly demons?

They are the Kerds—savage and warlike creatures who serve the Great Ones and keep us Vorg slaves in submission.

Just then, a litter went past. In it lolled a stout and pampered-looking individual.

All hail O Great One!

A Great One? But I have seen statues of the Great Ones—they look like gods!

Countless ages of gluttony and idleness have taken their toll! Now all the Great Ones look like that fat wretch!

At that moment—IT HAPPENED!

Alarm! Alarm! A spy in our midst!

Gaaaaaaah!

This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 633 on 2 March 1974.