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Tarzan on Mars
dematerialized. Instead of coming back to Lothar, he had
evidently fled. It was even possible that he had since allied
himself with the Prince of Helium.
His name was Kar Komak.
Someday, Tario knew that he must find Kar Komak and
destroy him. His probable existence in the enemy camp and
his knowledge of the tremendous mental powers of the Lotharians
was one of two weak links in the chain of developments
which would be necessary to Tario's plan of conquest.
The other matter which troubled Tario was a secret
which was also known to him alone. The Lotharian who had
occupied Sorn's rank and station in the palace at the time of
Carthoris' appearance had been a man named Jav. He was
later killed by Komal, the sacred banth a Barsoomian lion.
Before he died, however, Tario had extracted one vital item
of information from his mind, as a result of Jav's close
association with Carthoris during his brief stay in Lothar.
Carthoris had represented himself as being a "Prince of
the house of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, and son of John
Carter, Warlord of Barsoom, and of his wife, Dejah Thoris."
Tario's great secret concerned this strange warlord. His
son had insisted to Jav that John Carter (as his name might
well confirm) was not of Barsoom. Rather was he from
Jasoom, and for this reason his great strength which was the
product of the heavier gravitation of another world had
enabled him to accomplish seeming miracles. But what was
most significant of all to Tario was the fact that no Barsoomian,
however accomplished in the universal gift of telepathy,
could penetrate this alien's powerful mind.
Here, indeed, might be Tario's greatest obstacle: John
Carter, Warlord of Barsoom! Therefore, he reasoned, it
would be well to place him first on the list of people, places
and things to be investigated in his preliminary survey of the
world that he intended to rule...
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