ULTRAMagic Prelude

Chapter 3

A couple of days had passed since the last journey on account of Dragoslava having to write up a report on the now named Fire World (A name coined by her). She was a member of The Central Unlight Explorers Guild and was expected to do write ups on her findings. Blood-Wraith took this opportunity to continue his research. Notes and books piled up beside him as he delved further and further into Alchemy. By the second day, he was buried in his studies with papers strewn about everywhere. A lot of the knowledge was still confusing since he was a beginner, but he was making progress regardless.

Dragoslava entered the room, being careful not to step on anything important. "Okay then...oops...careful... Hey, Blood, how's the...research going?"

"Satisfactory" Blood-Wraith replied as he dipped his quill into an ink well. "I haven't had a chance to practice yet, though."

"So... any signs of that dragon yet?"

Blood-Wraith banged the desk. "Shoot! I completely forgot about that!"

"Well how about we go try the telescope? See if we can find anything?"

"Hmm..." Blood-Wraith wrote down one last sentence. "I do want to try another library... also my notes..." He started collecting what was on the desk and organized them into a pile.

Dragoslava picked up a red book. "Oh wow, this one? Hey, did you get to page 167? Because I..."

"If the outcome is explosive, you're using too much iron."

"Oh... alright, my bad."

The two tidied up and organized the myriad of scattered notes. It turned out that Blood-Wraith had taken way more than he had initially thought, and his arm was killing him for it. After that mess was dealt with, they did their best to put the books back. Naturally Blood-Wraith had neglected to keep track of where he had pulled them from. They left the library when they were finished and made their way back to the observatory. Both were eager to start looking as Dragoslava calibrated the telescope. She then hopped into the seat and began moving the room around the tower.

The giant device creaked and groaned at first, but mellowed out as it was used. Dragoslava was not sure where to look, so she just looked in random locations. She had a distinct feeling that the target was being overlooked, but she could not be sure of that. Some beasts roaming the far off lands created some confusion, but were quickly dismissed as not the dragon. The search did not yield much aside from spotting a location of interest.

Dragoslava got up, figuring she would let Blood-Wraith give it a try. "Careful with the focus, it's sensitive..."

"Read you loud and...clear..." Blood-Wraith was concentrating heavily. After a minute of looking, he spotted something. "There it is! I think..."

"Wow, really? What does it look like?"

"It looks like a four legged dragon with wings... and a cloud thing, corkscrewing around it."

Dragoslava was excited. "Where is it heading? Can you tell?"

"Hmm... towards a mountain range? It looks pretty stormy."

"I bet it's heading towards The Roaring Mountains! Come on, if we hurry, we can meet him there!"

And with that, the two were off once again. Dragoslava took Blood-Wraith to a biplane, left behind by her people and still in working condition. Dragoslava lamented that she could not use hers, but it was still in need of repairs. She also did not want to bug Stolon again so soon. As for The Roaring Mountains, they were noteworthy for being close to The Iron City and their perpetual wind storms (hence the name). While the weather did cross Dragoslava's mind during the takeoff, she did not care. She was definitely being a bit gutsy, much to the chagrin of Blood-Wraith. The non-stop corkscrews and aileron rolls did not help either. Upon reaching the mountains, the two ran into rough flying, with a bumpy landing to boot.