Next they were all in a small circle as with the commander and the riders that just came in. One of them had just finished making the report of what had befallen their comrades. But the news which was heard about them and the dragon was one that made the ears of the five people who they told this to tingle.They had just narrated to them how the dragon attacked and consumed them with his breath. According to their words, the dragon had known about them keeping up tracks with it all along but refused to react as it waited for the right time to do so. And the time it did was actually the right time based on the dragon."What are we waiting for again?!" Eric Claus asked them at random as he saw the manner in which they all froze. He was probably the only one amongst them that did not feel the way they did and even himself could not tell what the cause yet he was sure that it was as a result of words which they said about him being a gift to them. He knew that there was more to why he had
Since King Luca had made the promise, Aaron and Zach did not need to think about it before giving their response. They chorused, "Yeah, we won't.""Fine," Eric was glad to hear that reply from them, so he continued with his explanation which they had given him the chance to do. "This is not the place to make a plan. Any plan should be made in the castle, so that it would not cost us much time to begin its execution. The news is that the dragon is heading for Raychester so it is expedient that we are there at the moment when it will strike, rather than I have a good plan yet we are not there to execute it by the time it attacks."Now it made sense to them why he had shuck to the saying that should leave Northby and go to Raychester. Therefore there was no more argument on this. The King told the commander to still keep his men at alert because other creatures can attack the city at any time, especially the trolls which are believed to have a camp at the borders of the city.Afterwards,
Harris was already about to make the report of what happened there to his father before the question was raised so it was not a problem for him, he answered at once. "It's the dragon. It's around." Zachary looked up to the sky and then around the surrounding area as he was now confused of what Harris was saying. His mind was that if the dragon was around, then the soldiers would be engaged in combat already instead of running here and there. Since he could not hear the sound of the dragon nor that of combat, he asked. "Where is it? I can't see nor hear it." "It was visible some moments ago. It flew over the camp about thrice today, and from what our teachers and superiors say, it is planning an attack as it is observing our status so as to know the best way to launch its attack on us." Now that was serious as Zach was charged in the spirit. He also knew the reason for the unordered movement of the soldiers. He discerned that they were preparing for war so that they would be in their
As they left the main castle, heading for the military camp, and where a good distance away, the dragon came into sight again from behind as he smashed the top of the castle, so that the wall broke, as the top was falling, breaking the walls below and causing the castle to fall, the dragon flew above the collapsing building again and unleashed it's fire breath on the castle to aid the collapsing of their great castle.At the sound of the collapsing castle, all eyes turned to the direction of Raychester castle, and since it was a building so tall that all eyes could see no matter your location as long as you were within Raychester, the collapsing was also seen by all men. and they could see the dragon pour out its fire on the castle.This terrible and horrifying sight, caused a great shout and cry in Raychester. It was known to everyone that saw the castle fall that hundreds of people were also going down with the castle. Amongst them was their Queen, because it was without a doubt tha
Since Aaron Gordon was the highest ranked officer in the troop, his instruction was obeyed without questioning, even though some of them still thought that Eric was the rider who is controlling the dragon on what to do and what not to do.While the soldiers did as General Aaron had ordered, Eric then gained enough distraction as he moved on the dragon's back from its trail end down to the neck joint.As he made this move on the dragon, the soldiers who were doubting who he was now believed what Aaron had said. They were able to discern that if he was the dragon rider in control of the dragon, then the dragon would not be seeking for means to throw him down. And for this reason, they did not give the dragon any chance to do what it had in mind.The fight was now tougher than the dragon had expected, so it was time it would leave the fight, but before doing so, it had to release another astonishing strike which was its fire breath which it had gathered, ready to pour out.Eric who was o
While his command was being carried out, he took the staff and went to meet Eric where he was lying on the ground since he kind of needed aid before he could get up and walk.As he came to the spot where Eric was lying, he sat on the ground beside him and said, "You did it, Eric."Eric, whose eyes were closed when Aaron drew near, had to open his eyes at the sound of those words and look at Aaron who made the pronouncement.Aaron intentionally did not touch Eric because he knew that it was merely closing of his eyes, because he had seen him when he fell from the dragon and tried standing up but couldn't. So he knew Eric was just resting, nothing more. As Eric opened his eyes and looked at him, he said again because those looks carried a question that needed to be answered and since he discerned what the question was, there was no need waiting for it to be put in words. "The dragon is dead, and guess who did it? ....You. You've killed the dragon."As he heard this he turned his neck to
Just as Aaron uttered his first words, King Luca looked at him with this weird look that told him that he was not ready to hear any wise words from any of them at the moment. So Aaron held his peace apologizing to him for the words which he had spoken. "I'm sorry your highness."Eric was still on the horse, as he made the horse walk around the place, seeing the great multitude that had died both by the collapsed building and in the hands of the dragon. He was never happy with what his eyes were seeing because he could see that those who the dragon had taken down with him were so much that even the dragon's death would not take away such pain from them.When he had gone around the place and came back to the spot where King Luca was, he was shocked that even with Aaron and Zach beside him, he was still in so much pain, so he wondered how the both of them were unable to console the King. "Your majesty, you are in pain but that does not mean you should be like this. Look around you, your
Now the wound of Eric Claus had been opened for too long, that it should have been treated before now, so he was loosing strength that he could no longer hold on to the horse, therefore he fell from it to the ground and that made Aaron who had turned around his horse to ride out of Raychester to stop again and see what was happening, only to see that it was Eric who had fallen to the ground and both the King and Zach jumped from their rides to find out what had caused him to fall.It was now that Aaron remembered that Eric was injured and needed treatment which should have been done earlier on. So he came back to them again and helped take him to the place where he would be treated.Since this had happened within the camp, the closest place to carry him was to the medical unit so they would save his life. Though most medical soldiers had joined in the fight against the dragon because being a medical personnel did not stop them from having the basic training every soldier had. Even th