Cậu bé cưỡi rồng was tired of fighting. His arms were heavy, and his mind was confused bởi fatigue. But he knew he couldn’t stop fighting now. The elfmagicans were tired, he was tired, Saphira was tired, but so were Thorn and Murthag too. And Cậu bé cưỡi rồng still had the power from Oromis’ sword which he had transferred into Brisingr.
Thorn attacked again. Whit his enormous jaws open he launched himself downwards against Saphiras back. But Saphira was to fast. With an easy di chuyển she got out of Thorns path, and Thorn passed bởi her with direction to the ground.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng reacted on instinct. <Follow after him and bite his wing like last time we fought>, he told Saphira. She nodded and dived after him. The moment that Thorn was going to straighten up, Saphira caught him. She closed her might jaws around his wing. The bigger dragon tried to get rid of her, but she didn’t let him go. The risky dive continued.
<Do bạn want me to bite it off?> Saphira asked. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng shook his head. <I most make Murthag surrender his sword to me. Almost all of his vards are connected to it. So if I can get it, I can break the vards and make Murthag surrender both himself, Thorn and all the hearts of hearts he has.> Saphira nodded and closed her grip around the wing. Thorn growled.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took a better grip around Brisingr. “Murthag!” he shouted. Murthag sat on the back of Thorn, only a few meters away from himself. “Murthag!” he repeated. “Surrender your sword to me! If not, Saphira is going to bite of Thorns wing!”
Murthag looked at him. “You’re lying!” he shouted back. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng shocked his head. “I have to defeat you, and if it means to kill you, hoặc tare of Thorns wing, Saphira and I will do it! And bạn know that’s something you’ll never manage to reappear!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng could see the fight in Murthags face. A fight between anger, frustration and hopelessness. Anger to Galbatorix, who hade made him his slave, and Eragon, who forced him into a corner with no way out. Frustration, since he couldn’t do as he wanted and give Cậu bé cưỡi rồng his sword. Hopelessness, since he couldn’t save Thorn from his terrifying faith.
“I can’t give bạn my sword! Don’t bạn get it? Galbatorix has made me promise to don’t give it away!” he shouted.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt his last tiny piece of hope disappear. He had hoped that Murthag had done it on purpose, so that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng could have a chance. In frustration, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng threw himself out of his saddle and against Murthag. On the way he shouted “Brisingr!” of his lungs full power.
He felt the enormous loss of energy from both himself and the sword when it stood out in flames. Every solider on the battlefield beneath him looked up as Cậu bé cưỡi rồng fell down against Murthag with his sword as a flare. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng swung Brisingr with all the power his body could manage to make against Za’Roc.
Za’Roc shattered. It shattered into ten thousand pieces, falling over the fighting warriors reflecting the flame of Brisingr. Then the flame put out, and Murthag sat left only with a sword yell.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng grabbed one of Thorns horns. <Saphira, get us down at some empty place, and don’t lose Thorns wing, okay?> he đã đưa ý kiến quickly. <Okay>, Saphira answered. Then Cậu bé cưỡi rồng opened his mind toward Thorn and Murthag. They were almost without protection, since all the wards connected to the sword were destroyed. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng easily broke through the rest of them.
When Cậu bé cưỡi rồng reached their minds, he got surprised over finding Murthags mind unprotected. He was still so shocked, that he hadn’t managed to put walls around it. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took the opportunity, and went into Murthags mind. When Murthag realized that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng had broken through, it was too late. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng had bound him on hands and feets.
<Surrender, Murthag! Cậu bé cưỡi rồng yelled inside his mind. I have won! You’ll be dead if bạn don’t give up! It will cost my nothing to kill bạn now, and bạn know it!> He could feel the frustration in Murthag. <I can’t! I want to, but I can’t, Eragon! It’s nothing I want more, then have the possibility and opportunity to surrender to you! But I am not free as bạn are, and I can’t surrender!>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng tried to find a new way to attack it, a new way to get Murthag out of trouble, something Galbatorix hadn’t thought of. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t find anything that Galbatorix hadn’t thought of. In frustration he looked through Murthags mind in tìm kiếm for something helpful. He got surprised over finding memories. A huge wave of memories of a younger Murthag. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng watched some of them, and then “copied” the memories and then stored them in his own mind. Couldn’t know, maybe they turned out useful?
All this had just taken a few seconds, which was the time it took Thorn to get over the shook of the shattering of Za’Roc and realize that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng sat on his face. The big dragon started to shake his head from side to side. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt his grip lose, and tried to tighten it. But then a long tail of red ngọn lửa, chữa cháy came out of Thorns mouth, and Cậu bé cưỡi rồng unleashed one of his horns. Now Cậu bé cưỡi rồng only hold with one arm, and he felt how the dragon prepared to start shaking again. “Thorn, if bạn don’t stop, I’ll kill Murthag!” he yelled in the same moment as Saphira said: <Thorn, if bạn don’t stop, I’ll bite of your wing!> Thorn stopped immediately.
<Eragon, I recommend that bạn move, because the ground is close, and its not Thorn who is going to be on the top, if bạn know what I mean!> Saphira shouted. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng understood and climbed up Thorns neck. He grabbed Murthag and yelled: “Prepare to jump!” Murthag gave him an ice-cold look. <Eragon, I can’t jump. I can’t even move!> Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Sorry, I forgot.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng closed his arms around Murthags body and asked Saphira one word. <When?>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng didn’t have to wait long. <Now!> Saphira shouted. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng jumped with Murthag in his arms. Even with his elvish strength, it felt heavy. He forgot that when Thorn and Saphira hit the ground. Or, thêm correctly, Thorn hit the ground. It made quite much sound.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng landed on the ground and dropped Murthag. <All right>, he said. <I’m going to unleash your hands and your mouth if bạn can promise me that bạn won’t hurt me hoặc Saphira hoặc anybody else.> The only thing Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt in Murthags mind now, was hopelessness. <Eragon,> Murthag said, with a tired voice. <I can’t. I have promised Galbatorix to never swear something to anybody else than him.> His voice was about to burst. <I’ve tried to break every single one of the promises, but it's impossible. I can’t promise bạn anything, because Galbatorix has waited all his life after getting a rider under his control, and he has already thought of every possible getaway, and found a way to stop it.> A tear ran down Murthags cheek. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng unleashed him, but were ready to bind him again. “Eragon, please stop asking me to break my promises. It hurts me, because I want to do it, but the promises stops me, and they pains me!” thêm tears followed the first one. “Do bạn hear me? They pains me in ways bạn can’t imagine! They burns my soul, my will to fight them! In the end, they’ll make me give up the fight, and I will be a slave in both body and soul!” Murthag couldn’t talk any more. It was too many tears falling.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng turned his attention to Saphira and Thorn. They were in the middle of a wrestling fight. Saphira had a clear advantage, since she had her tooth in his wing and were faster. <Thorn>, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng đã đưa ý kiến in a disappointed voice. Thorn stopped fighting with Saphira and looked at him. <Thorn>, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng repeated. <You don’t seem to care about Murthags problems. Don’t bạn want to be free?> Thorn didn’t answer, but sent a wave of memories to Eragon.
<A first sight of light through a broken egg. A face, no, the face, the face he had waited for all his life, a face filled with happiness and joy and… sorrow and pain. Then another face, evil, cruel, full of power. A dark room. A big dark room. Nothing to see hoặc hear hoặc feel hoặc anything. The feeling of being alone, when he should had someone to take care of him. Frustration. Hopelessness. Panic. Then an open door. The evil face, asking him to promise something. The fight in him, against the promise that’s told him to stay in the room, and the dragon in him who wanted to go out. Then, finally, being allowed to go out. Training with Murthag. Then forced into the dark room again. Nothing. No bond to Murthag anymore. Then training. The dark room. Training. The dark room. Then, his first battle. The one on the burning planes. He had fought against Saphira, and he had lost, even when Murthag won. Galbatorix anger. The long days in the dark room. No will left to fight the promises. His fast growing. How it confused him and made it hard to fly. Their một giây battle. How Saphira had fought him and defeated him. The anger from Galbatorix. The long days in the dark room…>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng didn’t need to listen any more. Thorn had never felt freedom. He didn’t have any wishes about being free. It was not a part of him.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng got an idea. <Saphira, can bạn hiển thị Thorn some of your memories, Some of freedom, when bạn were younger and played in the forest, and things like that?> Saphira looked at him-
<Why?> she asked. <Because Thorn has never been free, and if we can make him want to be free, he might change his true name, and then Galbatorix will lose his control,> Cậu bé cưỡi rồng explained. <Okay>, Saphira said.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at Murthag. He still sat crying. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng couldn’t remember that he had seen Murthag ever cry. He looked through his memories, but he couldn’t find one single tear. Not even when Morzan threw Za’Roc at him, he had cried. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked through the rest of the memories, searched through them and learned from them. He had a lot of time. Murthag had many years of tears to fell.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng put his sword back in its sheath. “Murthag,” he said, and Murthag looked up. “Tell me your true name.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at Murthag, and he saw the same frustration as before. “I can’t, Eragon. I can’t tell bạn my true name. I’ve promised Galbatorix to never tell.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at him again. “You’re right, bạn can’t tell me your true name, but not because of Galbatorix.
“Give me your sword, then,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said. Murthag looked at him. His face was wheat of tears. “What?” he asked, a little confused. “Give me your sword. bạn don’t have any use for it,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said. Murthag looked at his sword yell, then threw it to Eragon. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng caught it, and then looked at Murthag. After a long silence, Murthag said: “What?” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Have bạn realized what bạn just did?” Murthag shook his head. “You gave me your sword. Something bạn promised Galbatorix not to do.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled when he saw that Murthag was about to realize the truth. Then Murthag jumped up and shouted: ”I’m free!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled when Murthags strong arms closed around him in a big hug. “Thank you! Thank bạn very much!” Murthag laughed. “Ohh, it’s so good to laugh again! I haven’t done it since the twins caught me!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at him. “What are bạn going to do now?” he asked. Murthag smiled. “I’m tired of war, so I and Thorn is going to fly over the great sea to find a country where we can live in peace.” Eragons smile disappeared. “Are bạn going to leave now? Galbatorix is about to fall! bạn are maybe the only one who can defeat him! And now your just leaving?” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng was really angry. Murthag looked like he was about to slap himself. “Sorry, Eragon, that was stupid đã đưa ý kiến of me. I shouldn’t. But it’s just that I’m so tired of this war, were I’ve not had the possibility to choose side myself.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng nodded. He understood. “I think we shall return to the camp. But first bạn most promise me two things.” Murthag looked tired. “First of all, bạn have to promise that you’ll never ever let Galbatorix take control over bạn again.” Murthag got back his smile. “I can do that.”
“Second,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said, “you have to promise me your loyalty. Let me explain first,” he đã đưa ý kiến when he saw Murthags reaction. “On our side, we have the dwarfs, the elves and the Varden. And all want a piece of the cake. And we, you, me, Saphira and Thorn, are now the cake. I’ve promised my loyalty to Nasuda, I’m a part of Oriks family, and the elves has trained me and counts me as one of them. Its also many other promises that binds me. I need bạn to be unbound, because I’m planning to rebuild the Dragon Orden. And I’m going to take control, I just have to make Nasuda give me complete control over The Dragon Orden without her messing it up. And if I’m going to control the Dragon Order, I need somebody to control. Somebody that is not bound bởi a lot of promises. Do bạn understand? I need to be sure that bạn don’t bind yourself to anybody else.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took a deep breath. Murthag đã đưa ý kiến something. “Eragon, I like your dream, but I want to be truly unbound…” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng held up a hand. “Pleas let me finish. I now bạn don’t won’t to bind yourself, but if bạn do not bind to somebody, No one will trust you. So I’m going to do what I can to protect you, but I set killing Galbatorix higher then your freedom. So if bạn don’t bind yourself of your free will, I’ll have to force you.” Then Cậu bé cưỡi rồng đã đưa ý kiến one word, and Murthag fell to the ground, screaming in pain and frustration and sorrow.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at the ground in front of his feet. “Please, Murthag. Please don’t force me to use your true name again. tham gia me of your free will.” Murthag lifted his head and looked at Eragon. It was a ngọn lửa, chữa cháy in his eyes. An evil fire. “How can it be of my free will, if bạn get it as bạn want, no mater what I choose?”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng thought of it. “Your right, Murthag. It’s not of your free will. So I have a new deal. bạn give me your word in the anicent language that bạn will follow me as the leader of the Dragon Order, and then give me your word as the Murthag I knew, the one who weren’t a rider, that you’ll follow my orders and never betray me hoặc do anything that could harm me, because I know bạn won’t break that promise, except if it’s turns out necessary. Is that a better deal?” Murthag raised himself up, and then gave Cậu bé cưỡi rồng his hand. “Deal.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Now we have to meet with Nasuda. She’ll be happy to have a new rider on our side.” Murthag smiled and started to walk together with Eragon. “Thank bạn again,” he said. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Don’t thank me before we’re an toàn, két an toàn in Nasudas tent. I think it’s quite many in the camp who wants to kill you.” Murthags smile disappeared.
Thorn attacked again. Whit his enormous jaws open he launched himself downwards against Saphiras back. But Saphira was to fast. With an easy di chuyển she got out of Thorns path, and Thorn passed bởi her with direction to the ground.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng reacted on instinct. <Follow after him and bite his wing like last time we fought>, he told Saphira. She nodded and dived after him. The moment that Thorn was going to straighten up, Saphira caught him. She closed her might jaws around his wing. The bigger dragon tried to get rid of her, but she didn’t let him go. The risky dive continued.
<Do bạn want me to bite it off?> Saphira asked. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng shook his head. <I most make Murthag surrender his sword to me. Almost all of his vards are connected to it. So if I can get it, I can break the vards and make Murthag surrender both himself, Thorn and all the hearts of hearts he has.> Saphira nodded and closed her grip around the wing. Thorn growled.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took a better grip around Brisingr. “Murthag!” he shouted. Murthag sat on the back of Thorn, only a few meters away from himself. “Murthag!” he repeated. “Surrender your sword to me! If not, Saphira is going to bite of Thorns wing!”
Murthag looked at him. “You’re lying!” he shouted back. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng shocked his head. “I have to defeat you, and if it means to kill you, hoặc tare of Thorns wing, Saphira and I will do it! And bạn know that’s something you’ll never manage to reappear!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng could see the fight in Murthags face. A fight between anger, frustration and hopelessness. Anger to Galbatorix, who hade made him his slave, and Eragon, who forced him into a corner with no way out. Frustration, since he couldn’t do as he wanted and give Cậu bé cưỡi rồng his sword. Hopelessness, since he couldn’t save Thorn from his terrifying faith.
“I can’t give bạn my sword! Don’t bạn get it? Galbatorix has made me promise to don’t give it away!” he shouted.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt his last tiny piece of hope disappear. He had hoped that Murthag had done it on purpose, so that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng could have a chance. In frustration, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng threw himself out of his saddle and against Murthag. On the way he shouted “Brisingr!” of his lungs full power.
He felt the enormous loss of energy from both himself and the sword when it stood out in flames. Every solider on the battlefield beneath him looked up as Cậu bé cưỡi rồng fell down against Murthag with his sword as a flare. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng swung Brisingr with all the power his body could manage to make against Za’Roc.
Za’Roc shattered. It shattered into ten thousand pieces, falling over the fighting warriors reflecting the flame of Brisingr. Then the flame put out, and Murthag sat left only with a sword yell.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng grabbed one of Thorns horns. <Saphira, get us down at some empty place, and don’t lose Thorns wing, okay?> he đã đưa ý kiến quickly. <Okay>, Saphira answered. Then Cậu bé cưỡi rồng opened his mind toward Thorn and Murthag. They were almost without protection, since all the wards connected to the sword were destroyed. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng easily broke through the rest of them.
When Cậu bé cưỡi rồng reached their minds, he got surprised over finding Murthags mind unprotected. He was still so shocked, that he hadn’t managed to put walls around it. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took the opportunity, and went into Murthags mind. When Murthag realized that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng had broken through, it was too late. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng had bound him on hands and feets.
<Surrender, Murthag! Cậu bé cưỡi rồng yelled inside his mind. I have won! You’ll be dead if bạn don’t give up! It will cost my nothing to kill bạn now, and bạn know it!> He could feel the frustration in Murthag. <I can’t! I want to, but I can’t, Eragon! It’s nothing I want more, then have the possibility and opportunity to surrender to you! But I am not free as bạn are, and I can’t surrender!>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng tried to find a new way to attack it, a new way to get Murthag out of trouble, something Galbatorix hadn’t thought of. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t find anything that Galbatorix hadn’t thought of. In frustration he looked through Murthags mind in tìm kiếm for something helpful. He got surprised over finding memories. A huge wave of memories of a younger Murthag. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng watched some of them, and then “copied” the memories and then stored them in his own mind. Couldn’t know, maybe they turned out useful?
All this had just taken a few seconds, which was the time it took Thorn to get over the shook of the shattering of Za’Roc and realize that Cậu bé cưỡi rồng sat on his face. The big dragon started to shake his head from side to side. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt his grip lose, and tried to tighten it. But then a long tail of red ngọn lửa, chữa cháy came out of Thorns mouth, and Cậu bé cưỡi rồng unleashed one of his horns. Now Cậu bé cưỡi rồng only hold with one arm, and he felt how the dragon prepared to start shaking again. “Thorn, if bạn don’t stop, I’ll kill Murthag!” he yelled in the same moment as Saphira said: <Thorn, if bạn don’t stop, I’ll bite of your wing!> Thorn stopped immediately.
<Eragon, I recommend that bạn move, because the ground is close, and its not Thorn who is going to be on the top, if bạn know what I mean!> Saphira shouted. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng understood and climbed up Thorns neck. He grabbed Murthag and yelled: “Prepare to jump!” Murthag gave him an ice-cold look. <Eragon, I can’t jump. I can’t even move!> Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Sorry, I forgot.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng closed his arms around Murthags body and asked Saphira one word. <When?>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng didn’t have to wait long. <Now!> Saphira shouted. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng jumped with Murthag in his arms. Even with his elvish strength, it felt heavy. He forgot that when Thorn and Saphira hit the ground. Or, thêm correctly, Thorn hit the ground. It made quite much sound.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng landed on the ground and dropped Murthag. <All right>, he said. <I’m going to unleash your hands and your mouth if bạn can promise me that bạn won’t hurt me hoặc Saphira hoặc anybody else.> The only thing Cậu bé cưỡi rồng felt in Murthags mind now, was hopelessness. <Eragon,> Murthag said, with a tired voice. <I can’t. I have promised Galbatorix to never swear something to anybody else than him.> His voice was about to burst. <I’ve tried to break every single one of the promises, but it's impossible. I can’t promise bạn anything, because Galbatorix has waited all his life after getting a rider under his control, and he has already thought of every possible getaway, and found a way to stop it.> A tear ran down Murthags cheek. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng unleashed him, but were ready to bind him again. “Eragon, please stop asking me to break my promises. It hurts me, because I want to do it, but the promises stops me, and they pains me!” thêm tears followed the first one. “Do bạn hear me? They pains me in ways bạn can’t imagine! They burns my soul, my will to fight them! In the end, they’ll make me give up the fight, and I will be a slave in both body and soul!” Murthag couldn’t talk any more. It was too many tears falling.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng turned his attention to Saphira and Thorn. They were in the middle of a wrestling fight. Saphira had a clear advantage, since she had her tooth in his wing and were faster. <Thorn>, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng đã đưa ý kiến in a disappointed voice. Thorn stopped fighting with Saphira and looked at him. <Thorn>, Cậu bé cưỡi rồng repeated. <You don’t seem to care about Murthags problems. Don’t bạn want to be free?> Thorn didn’t answer, but sent a wave of memories to Eragon.
<A first sight of light through a broken egg. A face, no, the face, the face he had waited for all his life, a face filled with happiness and joy and… sorrow and pain. Then another face, evil, cruel, full of power. A dark room. A big dark room. Nothing to see hoặc hear hoặc feel hoặc anything. The feeling of being alone, when he should had someone to take care of him. Frustration. Hopelessness. Panic. Then an open door. The evil face, asking him to promise something. The fight in him, against the promise that’s told him to stay in the room, and the dragon in him who wanted to go out. Then, finally, being allowed to go out. Training with Murthag. Then forced into the dark room again. Nothing. No bond to Murthag anymore. Then training. The dark room. Training. The dark room. Then, his first battle. The one on the burning planes. He had fought against Saphira, and he had lost, even when Murthag won. Galbatorix anger. The long days in the dark room. No will left to fight the promises. His fast growing. How it confused him and made it hard to fly. Their một giây battle. How Saphira had fought him and defeated him. The anger from Galbatorix. The long days in the dark room…>
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng didn’t need to listen any more. Thorn had never felt freedom. He didn’t have any wishes about being free. It was not a part of him.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng got an idea. <Saphira, can bạn hiển thị Thorn some of your memories, Some of freedom, when bạn were younger and played in the forest, and things like that?> Saphira looked at him-
<Why?> she asked. <Because Thorn has never been free, and if we can make him want to be free, he might change his true name, and then Galbatorix will lose his control,> Cậu bé cưỡi rồng explained. <Okay>, Saphira said.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at Murthag. He still sat crying. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng couldn’t remember that he had seen Murthag ever cry. He looked through his memories, but he couldn’t find one single tear. Not even when Morzan threw Za’Roc at him, he had cried. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked through the rest of the memories, searched through them and learned from them. He had a lot of time. Murthag had many years of tears to fell.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng put his sword back in its sheath. “Murthag,” he said, and Murthag looked up. “Tell me your true name.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at Murthag, and he saw the same frustration as before. “I can’t, Eragon. I can’t tell bạn my true name. I’ve promised Galbatorix to never tell.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at him again. “You’re right, bạn can’t tell me your true name, but not because of Galbatorix.
“Give me your sword, then,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said. Murthag looked at him. His face was wheat of tears. “What?” he asked, a little confused. “Give me your sword. bạn don’t have any use for it,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said. Murthag looked at his sword yell, then threw it to Eragon. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng caught it, and then looked at Murthag. After a long silence, Murthag said: “What?” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Have bạn realized what bạn just did?” Murthag shook his head. “You gave me your sword. Something bạn promised Galbatorix not to do.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled when he saw that Murthag was about to realize the truth. Then Murthag jumped up and shouted: ”I’m free!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled when Murthags strong arms closed around him in a big hug. “Thank you! Thank bạn very much!” Murthag laughed. “Ohh, it’s so good to laugh again! I haven’t done it since the twins caught me!” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at him. “What are bạn going to do now?” he asked. Murthag smiled. “I’m tired of war, so I and Thorn is going to fly over the great sea to find a country where we can live in peace.” Eragons smile disappeared. “Are bạn going to leave now? Galbatorix is about to fall! bạn are maybe the only one who can defeat him! And now your just leaving?” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng was really angry. Murthag looked like he was about to slap himself. “Sorry, Eragon, that was stupid đã đưa ý kiến of me. I shouldn’t. But it’s just that I’m so tired of this war, were I’ve not had the possibility to choose side myself.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng nodded. He understood. “I think we shall return to the camp. But first bạn most promise me two things.” Murthag looked tired. “First of all, bạn have to promise that you’ll never ever let Galbatorix take control over bạn again.” Murthag got back his smile. “I can do that.”
“Second,” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng said, “you have to promise me your loyalty. Let me explain first,” he đã đưa ý kiến when he saw Murthags reaction. “On our side, we have the dwarfs, the elves and the Varden. And all want a piece of the cake. And we, you, me, Saphira and Thorn, are now the cake. I’ve promised my loyalty to Nasuda, I’m a part of Oriks family, and the elves has trained me and counts me as one of them. Its also many other promises that binds me. I need bạn to be unbound, because I’m planning to rebuild the Dragon Orden. And I’m going to take control, I just have to make Nasuda give me complete control over The Dragon Orden without her messing it up. And if I’m going to control the Dragon Order, I need somebody to control. Somebody that is not bound bởi a lot of promises. Do bạn understand? I need to be sure that bạn don’t bind yourself to anybody else.” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng took a deep breath. Murthag đã đưa ý kiến something. “Eragon, I like your dream, but I want to be truly unbound…” Cậu bé cưỡi rồng held up a hand. “Pleas let me finish. I now bạn don’t won’t to bind yourself, but if bạn do not bind to somebody, No one will trust you. So I’m going to do what I can to protect you, but I set killing Galbatorix higher then your freedom. So if bạn don’t bind yourself of your free will, I’ll have to force you.” Then Cậu bé cưỡi rồng đã đưa ý kiến one word, and Murthag fell to the ground, screaming in pain and frustration and sorrow.
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng looked at the ground in front of his feet. “Please, Murthag. Please don’t force me to use your true name again. tham gia me of your free will.” Murthag lifted his head and looked at Eragon. It was a ngọn lửa, chữa cháy in his eyes. An evil fire. “How can it be of my free will, if bạn get it as bạn want, no mater what I choose?”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng thought of it. “Your right, Murthag. It’s not of your free will. So I have a new deal. bạn give me your word in the anicent language that bạn will follow me as the leader of the Dragon Order, and then give me your word as the Murthag I knew, the one who weren’t a rider, that you’ll follow my orders and never betray me hoặc do anything that could harm me, because I know bạn won’t break that promise, except if it’s turns out necessary. Is that a better deal?” Murthag raised himself up, and then gave Cậu bé cưỡi rồng his hand. “Deal.”
Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Now we have to meet with Nasuda. She’ll be happy to have a new rider on our side.” Murthag smiled and started to walk together with Eragon. “Thank bạn again,” he said. Cậu bé cưỡi rồng smiled. “Don’t thank me before we’re an toàn, két an toàn in Nasudas tent. I think it’s quite many in the camp who wants to kill you.” Murthags smile disappeared.