Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of religious discrimination/trauma and death.

Ged smiles, assuring Arha that she has saved them both, for “alone, no one wins freedom” (115). He declares that the broken pieces should be whole again, placing his hand over the two halves of the amulet. He speaks a few words, fusing the halves. The Ring of Erreth-Akbe is a small armband, sized for a woman or child. He slips it on Arha’s arm.

Ged wishes he had his staff, and Arha reveals that she brought it with her and left it in the corridor. They leave the Treasury, rushing through the tunnels and back to the pit. As they make their way across the narrow ledge, Manan appears. He tries to lunge for Ged and misses, falling into the pit and to his death. Arha feels numb as they continue. She loses count of the turns and becomes lost, beginning to despair.

Ged urges her on, explaining that he is using all his power to stop the Nameless Ones from using an earthquake to collapse the tunnels and crush them. Arha leads Ged into the Undertomb, toward the trap door in the Throne Room.