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Chapter 16 - The Lake of Tears
The travelers continued through the damp tunnels for a while longer, unaware of the presence stalking them in the darkness. Although many of the markings had been erased, the few traces that remained guided Anthos on the path forward. From time to time, they stopped to rest their feet. During those moments, Kalen would take the opportunity to pray and ask Leiorus for a bit of his light in those shadows.The deeper they went, the more the feeling of oppression in their chests grew. There was still a long stretch ahead, and perhaps they needed to rest earlier than usual to recover the strength they had lost in battle. Now the tunnel they were walking through was much wider, but almost devoid of ornamentation, nothing but roughly carved stone.“Are we doing alright?” Begryn asked, moving beside Anthos.“Yes, I remember this tunnel.”“How much longer until we’re out of the mountains?”“Considering we’ll need to rest a bit more, maybe a day… a day and a half.”The elf made a face of annoya
Chapter 15 - Blood and Bone
The jet-haired man watched in horror as they began eating the leg of the man who, just a few minutes earlier, had been alive. Those beasts had dismembered and gutted him while he was still breathing. They painted themselves with his blood and used his bones as ornaments. One osgor growled and smeared his hair with the blackened blood of the newly deceased, slicking it back, and almost instantly began walking toward the prisoner. His massive mouth, full of blood and lined with jagged, yellowed teeth, twisted into a grimace of both hatred and delight.“You’re going to regret this,” said the captive, his long hair falling across his face.The osgor raised his spiked bone club, and just as he was about to strike, the tip of an arrow burst from his throat. In that instant, the fight erupted.Kalen emerged from the darkness, wielding Eldora and striking one of the anthropomorphic beasts. The osgor tried to hit him with his spiked club, but the knight deflected it with his weapon, pivoted, a
Chapter 14 - Long Pork
They were gathered around the fire. Anthos drank the last sip of rum, courtesy of Galfrido. The cave wasn’t huge, but it fit the four of them and the baby perfectly. Outside, the storm continued to batter the mountains relentlessly. Had they not found that place quickly, they might have succumbed to the untamed power of the mountain.“I think now is the time for a story,” said Begryn, opening her tunic so the guide could see Drako. The man, upon seeing him, was left speechless. He had known from the start that this wasn’t an ordinary baby, but he had never imagined such rarity in a single being.“There are unique beings in this world, ones you may have heard of in legends or deep within your dreams. They have many names, but they are known as the Dragon Knights,” Anthos nodded, his gaze still fixed on Drako. “There is one for each species of dragon, six in total. An ancient elven prophecy says that with the blood of the last Dragon Knight to be born, sacrificed at the place where a mo
Chapter 13 - Silent Invasion
The guide stopped abruptly, careful not to take another step. Before him lay a vast canyon that stretched both forward and downward. The storm showed no sign of easing, and the crossing was going to be quite dangerous. He told them to wait where they were while he tried to find the bridge. Kalen, Galfrido, and Begryn huddled together, surrounding the Dragon Knight and sharing warmth. It was clear that any other child of normal traits would have already succumbed to the weather. However, the boy with dragon’s blood seemed to endure even more than the travelers carrying him.After a few minutes, Anthos returned, signaling with his hand for them to follow. Just a few steps ahead, they found a wooden suspension bridge swaying dangerously to the rhythm of the strong wind. They couldn’t make out the other side because of the storm. The knight looked at the guide and shook his head. There was no turning back now, even when the wood looked old and fragile.“We must cross one at a time!” Antho
Chapter 12 - Into the Teeth of the Storm
Early, with the first hours of dawn, they continued their journey with Anthos leading the way. They began to veer slightly eastward, drawing even closer to the mountains. The terrain started to rise, and the vegetation gradually disappeared. Downhill, they could see the entire valley covered in a thick mist and, in the distance, bathed in the golden light of the morning sun, stood the vast Misty Forest.A few hours passed until they finally reached a space formed between two enormous rock masses, which seemed to rise like colossal walls, gradually becoming the great mountains of the range known as Ramei. The valley and its trees were now far behind. From this point on, they would begin to enter the mountains, though without a steep climb just yet. As they walked, the two great walls closed in on either side, casting the surroundings into inevitable darkness, in that immense corridor that was now beginning to be covered with snow at every step they took.Anthos was aware that once they
Chapter 11 - Heroes Are Not Made Without Pain
They departed the following noon, under better weather. Though the sky was still mostly covered with clouds, there were a few openings that allowed timid beams of sunlight to filter through, and the rain had stopped. The air and ground still felt damp, but even the temperature had risen slightly, becoming more pleasant.For the journey, they managed to get a cart pulled by Galfrido’s horse, in which they placed not only the contents of their saddlebags, but also bags of legumes and fruit, a barrel of water, and a small cask of rum to fight the cold—complementing the one they already had. They also acquired two more blankets and a long rope they bought from the innkeeper.The road south began to gradually rise, and they started to lose vegetation as they advanced.“Sir Kalen,” said Anthos, approaching the knight, who was walking alongside his horse, Blackmane. “Soon, we’ll have to send the horses back. The path I know runs through a series of abandoned mines, usually used by smugglers
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