a guard fell to his right - michaenas screamed - a slender foot flashed in front of his face - a whirlwind of pain exploded inside his mind - an arrow embedded in his masters back - the cruel edge of a knife plunged through the soft tissue of his side - a flash , like the doors of the underworld tearing asunder , engulfed everything - a blackness , so deep even horus could not have lit his way from it , enveloped his soul then silence - nothingness - oblivion .