Posted on June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 by YarriThe Man with a Mission (continued . . .) What are you trying to tell me, Peric ? That you have six lunar months to live, my friend ! You will speedily recover your former strength and skill. But six lunar months from now, you will suffer a sudden collapse. The end will then come swiftly . . . painlessly . . . A few days later, Lukaz Rann looked out from the grounds of his sumptuous villa, over the city he loved so well. Six lunar months and then I must be parted from all this. I must spend those six months doing something to benefit those I leave behind . . . something to benefit all Elekton ! I have it ! In the time left to me, I will destroy the power of the six most evil inhabitants of this planet, leaving Elekton a better place to live in. While his strength improved, Lukaz Rann prepared dossiers on his six intended victims. The six most dangerous and detestable creatures ever to blight this planet ! And the first one is . . . ZORZA THE BARBARIAN, scourge of Elekton’s southern hemisphere, but a constant threat to the rest of the planet. Burn ! Destroy ! Yaaaaaaaah ! Half the vast planet lived under the heel of the barbarians who burned, destroyed and enslaved. Where Zorza sets his foot, nothing ever grows again ! His preparations made, Lukaz Rann left Trigan City in his personal craft. Dusk found him high above the great southern wilderness, abode of the savage horde. I’m coming to get you, Zorza ! That night, as ever, there was feasting and merry-making in the barbarians’ camp. Lukaz Rann was close at hand. Tonight, when you are asleep, Zorza, I shall . . . Suddenly, the bushes rustled and the next moment . . . Take him to our leader ! Zorza will swiftly loosen his tongue ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 700 on 14 June 1975.
