READ THE NOVEL- Chapters 1-31 - ERBzine

Tarzan on Mars
you get your inside information is beyond me," he said.
"Never mind that now. Just follow my instructions
closely and you cannot fail. After you have transmitted your
assigned message to the odwar, you must request permission
to see the brother of U-Daj, whose name is U-Bar Daj. Say
that you have a personal message from his brother in your
utan. I am quite certain that the odwar will give you a written
pass to enter into the section guarded by U-Bar Daj. And once
you are there, U-Bar Daj will help you."
"You mean—he will help me to escape? I cannot
understand—"
"There is no time, Kar Komak! In another fifteen xats 6
the guard will be changed and he will not be there. He will
help you to take the black flier of Zilhad, Dator of the First
Born. It is the swiftest ship available, and no one will be able
to overtake you. You will be fired upon by U-Bar Daj, but he
will not fire true. He will pretend that you tricked him."
"But, why should this U-Bar Daj do this for me?"
"Go, Kar Komak!" insisted Var Koros.
"And if you, yourself, do not favor the principles of John
Carter, then why...”
"Go, Kar Komak! Ask no more questions of me! And my
your ancestors smile upon you. I have spoken!"
Kar Komak thanked Var Koros, and as the old man
advised him to appear in the outer trail without him he
quickly left him standing there in the shadowed bower deep
within the Tarnathian Forest.
He delivered his message to the odwar, who was a heavy
set, suspicious looking man with a deep scar crossing over
one eye. When he requested permission to speak with U-Bar
Daj and explained his reason, the odwar scowled.
"U-Bar Daj is assigned to a restricted part of the fortress,
6 Xat—Martian period of time equivalent to about 3 minutes
141