The message traveled from Camelot to the surrounding areas that Excalibur was stolen. From each village to the next, the guards at the stations blew their horns to alert the next village and all its denizens of the crisis. Workers would stop their activities in the fields just to listen. "Excalibur! It's been stolen!" gasped Monterey Jack. For the other areas, too far away from the villages or Camelot itself, the neighboring people would alert those who didn't know. The news spread across the land like wildfire. "But Minnie," Bianca protested. "Excalibur is missing! I must go after it."