All Chapters of Wielder Of The Dragon Flame : Chapter 101
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Chapter 101
"Matthias! Watch this!" Brick shouted, leaping off a smaller rock and rolling through the grass in what he probably thought was a spectacular combat maneuver. He came up covered in grass stains and grinning like he'd just slain a dragon.Matthias barely glanced up. "Keep your voice down. You'll spook the sheep.""The sheep are fine." Brick protested, but he lowered his voice anyway. He never could stay mad at his older brother for long. "You're always so serious. When are we gonna do something exciting?""Keeping the flock safe is exciting enough." Matthias replied, but there was no real heat in his words. He was used to Brick's restlessness by now. "Father trusts us with this. We can't…"He stopped mid-sentence. His body went rigid, his eyes fixed on something in the distance. Brick noticed immediately, his playful demeanor vanishing as he scrambled up onto the boulder next to his brother."What is it?" Brick whispered, his hand tightening on his wooden staff.Matthias pointed
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He paused, reaching for a cup of water on the nearby table and taking a slow sip. Asta, Mira, and Jabber were all leaning forward now, completely absorbed in the story."By the time they turned nineteen." Kael continued, setting the cup down. "Their father decided it was time. He brought them both into the clan warriors, into the formal training program. There was a ceremony and everything,the whole village came out to watch."FLASHBACK: THE INITIATIONThe training grounds were packed with people. Matthias and Brick stood side by side in the center of a large circle, both dressed in the simple gray uniforms of warrior initiates. They looked older now, their boyish features sharpened by years of work and training. Matthias stood with perfect posture, his expression serious and focused. Brick kept shifting his weight from foot to foot, barely containing his excitement.Their father, Commander Aldric, was a mountain of a man with a voice that could silence a room. He stood before the
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Old man Kael's voice had gone quiet, almost hollow, like he was recounting a tragedy he'd witnessed firsthand. The clinic felt smaller somehow, the shadows in the corners growing deeper as the sun dipped lower outside."The scream came again. Louder this time, more desperate. It wasn't just fear in that voice,it was terror. The kind of sound that makes your blood run cold and your instincts scream at you to do something, anything."….**FLASHBACK: THE CROSSROADS**The caravan had come to an abrupt halt. The horses snorted nervously, their ears swiveling toward the forest where the scream had originated. The other guards were already reaching for their weapons, their eyes scanning the tree line with practiced wariness.Matthias stood at the front of the caravan, one hand raised to signal everyone to hold position. His jaw was set, his mind already calculating distances, threats, possibilities. The supply wagons were their responsibility. Three wagons filled with medical supplies that
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Brick agreed, but both of them knew that once you stepped off the path, there was no guarantee you'd find your way back before time ran out.They moved through the forest with the skill of boys who'd grown up hunting and tracking. Broken branches here, disturbed leaves there, drops of blood on a rock,someone had come this way, and recently. The trail led them deeper into the woods, away from the safety of the road, away from their duty.Then they heard voices. Male voices, rough and crude, punctuated by ugly laughter.Brick and Matthias exchanged a glance, and without words, they split up, moving silently through the trees to flank the sounds. Years of working together meant they didn't need a plan,they knew instinctively how the other would move, where they'd position themselves.The clearing came into view through the trees.There were five of them,bandits, clearly, dressed in mismatched armor and carrying weapons that looked well-used. Three of them were going through bags and pack
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Matthias turned back to help his brother and felt his heart stop.Brick was on the ground.Scarface stood over him, axe raised high, preparing for the killing stroke. Brick's sword had been knocked away, lying in the dirt three feet from his outstretched hand. Blood ran down Brick's face from a cut on his forehead, and his eyes were dazed, unfocused.Matthias moved without thinking. He crossed the clearing in three running steps and threw himself between his brother and the falling axe. His sword came up, meeting the axe mid-swing, and the impact nearly tore the weapon from his hands. His arms screamed in protest, his shoulders feeling like they might dislocate from the force.But he held on.Scarface's eyes widened in surprise, then narrowed in fury. He pressed down harder, putting all his weight behind the axe, trying to drive it through Matthias's guard. Matthias's knees buckled, his boots sliding in the dirt as he was forced lower and lower.Behind him, he could hear Brick groanin
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And Matthias realized with a sinking feeling that it didn't matter what he said. It didn't matter that they'd saved a life. It didn't matter that they'd defeated five bandits. All that mattered was that they'd abandoned their post.He tried anyway. "We heard screams from the forest. A woman in distress. Brick wanted to investigate, and I…""You should have stopped him." Commander Aldric's words hit like physical blows. "You are the smart brother. You know better. You've been trained better.""But Father…""Silence." The Commander took a step forward, and now he was addressing both of them, but his eyes stayed locked on Matthias. "You were given a mission. A simple mission. Escort a caravan. Protect vital supplies. You had one job, and you abandoned it the moment something more exciting came along.""Someone was dying!" Brick burst out, unable to stay quiet any longer. "What were we supposed to do, just ignore that?""Yes!" Commander Aldric rounded on him now, and his voice fin
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"You will think long and hard about what it means to be a warrior. About what it means to lead. Because right now, you've proven you're capable of neither."He turned away, moving to inspect the caravan wagons, the conversation clearly over in his mind.Matthias stood there, feeling like he'd been struck. Around him, the other guards were carefully looking anywhere else, giving the brothers what privacy they could. The woman they'd rescued was being helped into one of the wagons by Elder Seris, casting grateful looks back at them that somehow made everything worse.Brick was staring at their father's back, his hands clenched into fists so tight they'd gone white. When he spoke, his voice was barely above a whisper, but it carried venom that Matthias had never heard from his brother before."He's wrong.""Brick…""He's wrong." Louder now. "We did the right thing. That woman would be dead if we'd followed his precious orders. How is that okay? How does duty matter more than someone's
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Old man Kael's voice faded into silence. The clinic felt heavy, like the air itself had absorbed the weight of the story he'd just told. The shadows had grown longer while he spoke, and someone had finally lit a lamp, but the warm glow did nothing to chase away the cold understanding that had settled over everyone.Asta was the first to break the silence. He leaned back in his chair, his expression troubled, his fingers drumming against his knee in an unconscious gesture of processing what he'd heard."So they're rivals now." he said slowly, testing the words. "But they're also still brothers. That's... that's complicated."Old man Kael nodded, a tired movement that made him look every one of his many years. "Yes. Though they don't speak to each other, though they've chosen different paths, though they stand on opposite sides of that old argument about duty versus conscience…" He paused, his weathered hands spreading in a gesture of helpless acceptance. "They're still brothers. B
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Asta's smile faded slightly. "About what?"Jabber's fingers kept working at that thread, pulling it longer, wrapping it around his finger, unwrapping it. He didn't look up when he spoke, and his voice had gone quieter, more hesitant."The fight." He said. "Everything that happened in the arena. All of it…"He paused, and the pause stretched out long enough that Asta leaned forward, concern creeping back into his expression."What about it?" Asta prompted. "Did something happen? Did Brick do something we didn't see?""No, it's not that." Jabber finally looked up, and his eyes were troubled, confused in a way that had nothing to do with physical pain. "It's just... I can't actually remember anything that happened in the fight."The words dropped into the quiet clinic like stones into still water, creating ripples of confusion and concern. Old man Kael, who'd been tidying up his medical supplies across the room, went very still. Asta's entire body tensed, his casual posture evapor
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Old man Kael sat down on the edge of the bed, his hand coming to rest on Jabber's shoulder in a gesture of comfort and concern. "That's what we need to figure out. Because if you accessed that kind of power once, you might be able to do it again. But if you can't remember how, if you can't control it…" He didn't finish the sentence, but the implication was clear."It could be dangerous." Jabber finished for him. "To me and everyone around me.""Not necessarily dangerous." Kael corrected. "But unpredictable. And in a place like this, with warriors training and fighting every day, unpredictable power can become dangerous very quickly."Asta sat back down on his stool, his elbows resting on his knees, his expression intense. "Okay, so what do we do? How do we figure this out?"Kael was quiet for a long moment, thinking. When he spoke again, his voice was measured, careful. "We start by monitoring Jabber closely. Any unusual symptoms, any strange feelings, anything at all out of t