Arise the Dragonslayer [⚔️The Flash warrior series #1⚔️]

Chapter twenty-two: Dragonsmith

I truly don't know what's scarier, the part where Lenard was almost eaten by a giant squid or Lenard's terrifying scream in the Havadra jungle sounding like the agony of the lost souls. "I hate the jungle!" He kept yelling.

"You'll get used to it, Lenard." Victor was trying to convince him to embrace the danger since we're warriors after all. The Havadra jungle was piled with twisted vines, tall thick trees, plants, and perfect hideouts for those unknown predators. Lenard may be trained for this situation, but he was still the same old Lenard. I was wary of our surroundings, too. The sound of wild beasts made me want to draw out a weapon, but I had almost forgotten that I didn't have them.

"The cave should be located in the mountains." I pointed at the west. "Maybe, just maybe, the Dragonsmith should be there, so we may have a chance to meet him or her." Traveling for hours with the summer sun beaming at us, they followed my lead. We passed several branches, bushes, even old logs crawling with bugs.

Did you ever think that I should just fly towards the mountain like that? No. No. No. No. I didn't want to be alone flying while they're alone trying to get used to Lenard's powerful shriek.

In the mountains, landslides often happen there. Thanks to our training, we looked at a nice spot before climbing onto it. We just need to be extra careful. "MaXabiere?!" Claes called from below.

"What is it?" I shouted, looking below.

"Are we almost there?" My senses grew stronger. My heart was pounding fast. I heard the crackle of flames.

"Yup, we're almost there. All we have to do is jump high enough to grab on to the edge."

"That sounds like a bad idea." Lenard wiped the dirt off his nose.

"Okay. Here I go." Without warning, I jumped high like a bunny rabbit. Quickly, I grabbed the edge and forced myself up. I hoisted them up for support after they reached my hand by the time each of them was close enough.

"That scared the crap out of me." Lenard panted.

"Is this it?" Chloriette pointed above my shoulder. I turned and saw the cave.

"Smells like fire in there." Claes peered to the cave.

"Could be a path towards the lava," Sean said. I stepped forward. "Guess we'll have to find out." I was the first to step inside the cave before my friends did. With my magic, I tried a simple skill by lighting my palm with a dancing flame. Neither bats nor strange creatures, making Lenard be at ease for a bit. "I maybe hate the jungle, but I like this cave. No monsters that'll give me nightmares." Suddenly, our surroundings rumbled gently but almost made us stumble. Again and again. "Okay, whatever it is. I might never sleep again," he squeaked.

I heard a voice- a deep voice from the glowing area in front of us. "Fargos!" Boomed the voice. "Could you fetch me some griffin eggs, please!"

"Griffin eggs?" Lenard said with curiosity.

"Yes, sir," An old, deep voice replied. We saw a silhouette of an elf, which slowly showed itself wearing a furry robe with a witch hat, walking on his tiny, but nightmarish legs. His face was old and his nose was pointy with a black mole. It's like this elf aged for years. "Uh, sir. I think someone wants to see you," he shouted behind him.

"All right then, let them in!" Replied the big voice. The elf gestured towards the light.

We followed the elf as we followed the markings on the wall- dragon claws, I thought. At the end of the tunnel was a room like a Blacksmith's. Inside displayed armors, rare weapons, unusual clothes that I'd never seen before. An iron chandelier lit the room with its burning candles as we stepped in. And come to think of it, this is one huge room. Aside from the spiky chandelier, the cave had glow stones blinking slowly like fireflies.