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During the weeks that Thobius spent in Calpe, he climbed the whole fortress, got acquainted with many of its defenders, studied the state of defensive weapons and fortifications, after which he came to the conclusion that an army, and a hundred times superior to the garrison itself, would break their teeth against this stronghold. Kalp was full of weapons and food, although there was some strangeness with the second. The favorable location of the fortress made it almost invulnerable, and the cruel discipline that the commandant maintained in his people aroused genuine admiration.

The magician spent his time dealing with everyday problems, of which, in fact, the work of a healer was the most important. He quickly put most of the wounded and sick soldiers on their feet, and closely monitored the condition of the most difficult. At the same time, the wizard slowly tried to stir up the alchemist Gaston and arrange everything so that the laboratory began to smell of reagents, and not of ol
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