"They knew the consequences if they didn't let me through," said Miphon once they had passed the two sentinels.

"Who were those two?" asked Charjer.

"They are Xaxes and Zahn, guards and first disciples of Zeth, the dark goat," replied Ryoga. Charjer nodded.

They followed Miphon down the hall to two large doors. With a wave of his hand, they moaned open with a low pitched creak.

When the doors had fully opened, they saw the throne room of Zeth. They looked over to the throne and saw the dark goat sitting there with a woman petting his head.

"You!!!" exclaimed Miphon. He lurched forward at blinding speed and slashed at the woman, but she vanished at the last second. Her cackling filled the chamber.

Min walked over to Zeth and looked at him. "He looks like he's on drugs. Look at his eyes." Everyone looked and saw that his eyes were glazed over.

"Damn witch," muttered Miphon.

Everyone looked at Ryoga for an explanation. "That woman was the witch Elmoren. She must have somehow gained control over Zeth, allowing the demons to escape the prison he made for them."

"So how do we get him out of his stupor?" asked Kechara.

"Like this," replied Miphon. He retracted his large hangnail, wound up, and released a punch right into the face of Zeth.

"Oh yeah, that'll do it," said Min.

"What happened?" asked Zeth, who looked like he was coming to.

"I just knocked some sense back into you," said Miphon. "Take a look at what's going on." He created a globe that showed what was happening to the Land of Mordor.

Zeth looked solemn. "Well, since this was partially my fault, allow me to remedy this."

Everyone nodded.