"There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut," answered Conan. "I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the dusk, or a branch deflected its flight. I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by."


"Beyond the Black River" (1935)


There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut, answered Conan. I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the ...

There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut, answered Conan. I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the ...

There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut, answered Conan. I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the ...

There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut, answered Conan. I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the ...