### 179

Mentally you recite the words of the Brotherhood Spell Mind Charm and direct its energies at the reeve-sergeant. You will him to give the order to his men to stand back and let you go, and mechanically he complies with your command. At first the soldiers are confused by their sergeant’s sudden passiveness, but they lower their spears and, as they move aside, you urge your horse forward and canter away into the square.

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