Dragonstone

Chapter 12: The Ruby City

We entered the city and every structure was created from pure ruby. The houses, the buildings, even the people wore garments that seemed like smooth silk but they sparked like rubies. We slowly walked forward gazing at the glory this city had to offer. It was a huge city with markets and skyscrapers and it was so immense it would take at least three days for us to explore this city.

The sky was a light shade of red and the street was alive with action. Merchants, commoners, street performers, everything we see in books coming to life before our very eyes. The wide grins and dazzlement on our faces said it all, we liked this city.

"Oh...my God!!! It's a clothing store!!!"exclaimed Kiko. She rushed over forgetting she had an important mission that could determine the fate of the world! But...Ren and I did the same exact thing.

"Oh it's a weapon shop, hehehe I bet it's full of nice things and all the weapons, the glorious weapons...!" He too ran in glee towards the weapons shop, but I had a different calling.

"Oh my....it's....it's....a five story library.... Oh the amount of books must exceed a thousand! The vast amount of knowledge and data and facts!!!" I ran towards the library and as I entered I almost cried of the sheer beauty of it all. Everything was made of ruby (of course) there was rows and rows of books and even more on the floors above me. There were books about virtually everything, charms, runes, disarming all sorts of things we are not taught at this level. I was interesting in something and searched for any books correlated to Atlantis. Naturally I started at the As and I found a few good books so I took them and continued the search.

I found a total of fifteen books and tried to narrow them down. I skimmed through them and ended with three books. One explained how the people were using black magic and necromancy and the warlock and witches of that time sank the city as a punishment. The other basically explained it's rich history and architecture. Basically all three books were useless and filled with nonsense.

"Why is it that no one knows about the city of Atlantis? There's virtually nothing useful!" Then from behind me came a small chuckle and I turned to see a woman, she has long flowing red hair. She was tall and wore an elegant red dress, one that sparkles even brighter than any star. She was wearing high heels, her skin looked bronze and her eyes were a fierce blue; contrasting the red she was wearing so they really stood out. She was beautiful and I looked at her name tag and her name was...Ruby (didn't see that coming).

"Hehehe, you're quite the interesting boy aren't you? Looking for something that just doesn't exist. No one truly knows about Atlantis because no one from Atlantis has been or heard of. The city is a mystery itself, no one really knows how it looks like." Ruby spoke in a gentle tone, much like Kiko but wasn't as demanding as hers.

"If that be true then, how does the author of this book knows the architecture of Atlantis if he has not seen it hmm?"

"Based off ancient scrolls and using our common sense. We thought about the era that Atlantis was present in and just made an assumption, nothing more hehehe." Her chuckle had a hint of a patronizing tone, yet I ignored her.

"Damn...than we can't go off of as what I have seen. Even though I saw much what good can it really be?" I whispered under my breath. I returned the books and walked out to find the others. Ruby gave me an interesting look as I walked away but proceeded with an apathetic facial expression.

As soon as I returned to the streets the weapons shop was engulfed in flames. Something tells me it was obviously Ren. I began to walk towards the shop when I noticed the flames weren't red-orange. They were shifting to a blue-purple color, meaning two things: Ren didn't cause this and Zane is the only man I know who can conjure those flames. He was in the city!

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