The Black Dragon

chapter 13

꧁ Cave. ꧂

"Mr. bad news! Bad news!" shouted a young man who came running in a hurry.

Everyone who was present was surprised and a little worried about how this young man was coming, something must have happened in the mountains so everyone got closer.

"What happened? Tranquilizer, breathe first" exclaimed the emperor. The young man listened to him and calmed his breathing and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, the five young men...have been attacked!" The young man said surprising everyone.

"How is that possible!" Leader Wen exclaimed.

"There is supposed to be a barrier, no one can enter," commented leader Jiang.

"This can't be possible, who are they?" Leader Jin shouted.

"We must go now!" exclaimed the leader Nie until the emperor shouted "Calm down"

"Young man, who attacked?" the emperor asked.

"I...I...I don't know, I'm not sure," said the young man.

"But you don't know and who informed you?" Leader Lan asked.

"The one who informed me was...the dragon king!" The young man exclaimed while everyone remained silent.

"How do I tell you?" asked the emperor.

"He commanded the golden butterfly," said the young man.

Golden butterfly : A spell in which you can send a message through a butterfly, this spell is widely used in cases of distance and can only be heard by the one the butterfly touches it, after that the butterfly will disappear .

"We must split up and find him," exclaimed the Wen leader.

"I have one more thing to say," said the young man, upset.

"What is it?" asked the emperor.

"Let's talk!" Leader Wen said flustered.

"The...the kingdom is being attacked by some demons and the royal guards are fighting at the entrance but they won't hold out for long" the young man exclaimed while everyone was in shock, no doubt this was a surprise attack "It's not enough with the young people." "but they also had to attack the capital" exclaimed lan qiren.

"Well, we must hurry, we are going to divide up, Clan Jiang and Nie are going to enter the forest and find the dragon king while the others will go to the capital with me," exclaimed the emperor.

"Yes your Majesty!" They all said together and then left the place and carried out their duties. At this moment everyone had their mind on who it could have been.

Meanwhile, at the top of a mountain where the fog was very dense, there was a young man standing at the entrance of a huge cave thinking about how to get in since it was being protected by a golden barrier. He thought about leaving but the sword told him not to leave so he only thought about finding out what his sword wanted in that place. He took a seat on the grass and looked at that barrier thinking about how he would enter that place that could be felt. Something or someone was inside but suddenly the sword rose and landed near a wall where there were writings that at first glance could be said to be very old, so he got closer and could see that there was a riddle. Wangji read it carefully. and it took its time, the riddle said.

a) What is born every night and dies at dawn?
b) What flickers red and hot like a flame, but is not fire? c) What is like ice and yet burns?

Lan Wangji read each word carefully because if he wanted to get in he had to get it right but another strange thing was that this had a spell that runs on time and if you don't solve it something will happen to you but he can't know what will happen to you since that part of the rock is destroyed so this complicates things the only thing he can do is solve it so he sat down and read again, he was one of the best students in his clan he couldn't fail he knew how to guess a lot of riddles but he never heard about it , he wondered, maybe you see it again? or Is it old? Time was ticking and Lan Wangji stood up and spoke.

"What is born every night and dies at dawn? What flickers red and hot like a flame, but is not fire? And what is like ice and yet burns? Well the answer is Hope, Blood and Turandot "Lan Wangji exclaimed and suddenly the barrier opened but only a part, he took his sword and went inside. Once inside the barrier was sawed off, leaving Lan Wangji naked inside.

Riddle: The central character of Puccini's opera Turandot is an incredibly beautiful Chinese princess, but with a heart of ice. She demands that her potential suitors solve three riddles or lose her life. The opera begins with the execution of the last prince who failed to pass the test. However, a foreigner, who refuses to reveal his name, accepts the challenge. Turandot tests him with 3 riddles and those were: What is born every night and dies at dawn? What flickers red and hot like a flame, but is not fire? and What is like ice and yet it burns? The answer was Hope, Blood and Turandot.

Lan Wangji, every time he went deeper, he could feel an overwhelming power that covered the cave, he continued walking until he reached the end of that cave and what he saw left him more curious than he was, what he was seeing with his eyes was about of a black dragon tree, it was very unusual to see that color these days, for a moment he came to think that it was that supposed black dragon that brought disaster to the world but then he remembered that his uncle had told him that the black dragon had died by the hands of the dragon king so that was not possible, then he thought that maybe because it was that color it became angry but that was not very likely, Lan Wangji carefully approached that dragon that was sleeping and could see that it was tied with some anti-magic chains, when he was about to touch it, suddenly his sword reacted and he flew towards a very particular rock where another very beautiful sword was stuck.

Lan Wangji, every time he went deeper, he could feel an overwhelming power that covered the cave, he continued walking until he reached the end of that cave and what he saw left him more curious than he was, what he was seeing with his eyes was a sword.

Lan wangji approached that sword and could see a name engraved on it "Suibian" he whispered and suddenly the ground began to shake and his bichen sword stuck next to the other sword and suddenly he could see that the great chains of magic that covered The sleeping dragon disappeared and the cave began to shine, leaving Lan Wangji without vision for a few minutes, but when his vision returned, what he saw left him perplexed or perhaps surprised.

To be continue.....