Chap­ter 6 – The Arab Raid begins with Basuli and his fel­low Waziri war­riors return­ing to the shat­tered ruins left by a dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake. Ini­tial­ly flee­ing in ter­ror, they now seek to uncov­er the fate of their miss­ing leader, Tarzan, and two of their com­pan­ions. Despite their efforts to clear the pas­sage of rub­ble, only one of their own is recov­ered, life­less and bro­ken. The grim dis­cov­ery forces them to accept that Tarzan and the remain­ing war­rior have per­ished beneath the debris. In solemn silence, they col­lect the gold meant for Tarzan’s wife and begin the long jour­ney back to their home­land. Their hearts are heavy with grief, unaware that a far more imme­di­ate dan­ger now moves toward the Greystoke estate from the north.

At the same time, Achmet Zek, an infa­mous raider dri­ven by greed and con­quest, leads his ruth­less band of Arabs and can­ni­bal­is­tic allies through the jun­gle. Their eyes are set on the Greystoke bun­ga­low, believ­ing it to be filled with trea­sures ripe for the tak­ing. Back at the estate, Mugam­bi remains behind to pro­tect Lady Greystoke dur­ing Tarzan’s absence. His instincts sharp­en as he sens­es the approach­ing threat, and he swift­ly orga­nizes the remain­ing Waziri to pre­pare for bat­tle. Though the bun­ga­low lacks strong defens­es, the loy­al­ty of the Waziri burns bright, and they are deter­mined to pro­tect Jane Clay­ton at any cost. Every man among them knows the odds are grim, yet none hes­i­tate to stand in defense of their mas­ter’s wife.

The bat­tle erupts quick­ly as the raiders descend, but the Waziri’s archery skills allow them to hold off the ini­tial wave. Jane Clay­ton, calm under pres­sure, sup­ports them by tak­ing pre­cise rifle shots from with­in the house, prov­ing her strength and resilience in a time of cri­sis. How­ev­er, Achmet Zek’s forces are relent­less, and through cal­cu­lat­ed maneu­ver­ing, they man­age to breach the bungalow’s perime­ter. Chaos erupts with­in the walls as the two forces clash in bru­tal close com­bat. Despite their courage, the defend­ers begin to fall under the sheer weight of the invad­ing force. Blood is spilled on both sides, but it becomes clear that the defense is col­laps­ing and the raiders are gain­ing ground.

In the heart of this des­per­ate bat­tle, Mugam­bi remains unshak­en, stand­ing as the last bar­ri­er between Jane and the intrud­ers. His deter­mi­na­tion does not fal­ter, even as the ene­mies press in clos­er with every pass­ing sec­ond. Achmet Zek, see­ing Mugam­bi’s valiant resis­tance, rais­es his ornate mus­ket, aim­ing not at Jane but at the war­rior who pro­tects her. With a flash and a thun­der­ous crack, the weapon fires, and Mugam­bi is struck down, col­laps­ing at Jane’s feet. His fall marks not only the phys­i­cal breach of the bun­ga­low but the emo­tion­al break­ing point of the chap­ter. The moment is heart­break­ing, not only for its vio­lence but for what it sym­bol­izes: loy­al­ty, brav­ery, and ulti­mate sac­ri­fice in the face of over­whelm­ing odds.

Now defense­less, Jane Clay­ton faces the raiders with unwa­ver­ing courage, despite know­ing she can no longer resist them alone. The sight of Mugambi’s body beside her speaks vol­umes of the loy­al­ty he upheld until the very end. As the raiders sur­round her, she remains com­posed, even while know­ing that cap­ture or worse may await. The chap­ter ends with a sense of trag­ic inevitabil­i­ty as Jane and the bun­ga­low fall into ene­my hands. Her fate now rests in the hands of ruth­less men, and the strength she showed will be test­ed again in ways she can­not yet imag­ine. Through this sequence, the nar­ra­tive cap­tures the har­row­ing bru­tal­i­ty of war and the hero­ic devo­tion of those who fight not for rich­es, but for hon­or and love.