Artana shook his head. "No. But I have a plan. You know that when
the rains come we store them in the great reservoirs, so that our
under-world may not be flooded. Then why not loose the waters in the
reservoirs, and flood the caverns?"
Ross stared in admiration. But he slowly shook his head. "You'd have to
kill half your people, Artana, just to dispose of Horta."
"But," argued Artana desperately, "Horta will destroy half our people
himself, to seize the Kingdom. And he will destroy the Earth folk, too!"