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 Then, seeing Narizinho standing on the back of the throne, pale with astonishment and fumbling with her tailed dress, he grinned fiercely, marked her well and charged at her.

A scream of horror filled the room, and all eyes closed to avoid seeing the catastrophe. The Black Scorpion advanced, his body swinging. He's already a meter away from the girl. One more step and it will reach her with its venomous sting.



Narizinho, distraught, looked at the prince, begging for help. He was her last hope.

Scaly didn't hesitate for a moment: he pulled out his sword and threw himself at the monster. A fearsome duel ensues. The beast launches successive stinging shots, but the prince parries them with his sword and, after many blows, manages to hit his enemy in the head. The Scorpion lets out a cry of pain and charges with redoubled fury.

Everyone trembles for the prince, who is in serious danger because his strength is unequal to that of a monster of that size. But the prince defends himself heroically, throwing blow after blow at the Scorpion's head, even though he was already feeling tired. The fight would have ended tragically if an astonishing event hadn't changed the si-