I am a dragon! Help me! (TOME 4 of the TIAMAT'S WARS SERIE)

the fortress

At nightfall it was a torchlight procession.

The thousand knights looked like a tongue of fire.

Tania" why so many knights?"

"We will explain it to you in the castle."

Marise was sleeping, exhausted.

The wizard noticed that they were not invincible but. It was necessary to know what links they had with the red star, the Hydra and the other Hydra...

They arrived in the immense valley and Tania immediately recognized Cheyenne Mountain, the famous military base.

She was unrecognizable.

Traces of lava, molten rocks and huge boulders, pieces of mountain had been thrown on the base, crushing rocks and trees and destroying everything in the way.

It must have been cataclysmic. The violence must have been unheard of.

But Tania said nothing.

She will spy later.

We entered the fortress at the top of the mountain and entered the underground maze.

It was illuminated by crystals all along the corridors and it was so vast that the carriage continued with the horses, always escorted.

Tania was concentrating and with her sharp senses she memorized the whole route, the sounds, even subtle ones, could betray an intention...

We arrived in a huge cave and the carriage stopped. It must have been more like a cart stuffed with cushions topped with an austere wooden hut, but protected from the rain and wind and, being able to keep a little heat with a mini stove bringing a minimum of heat and a mini cupboard under the benches that could be unfolded into a bunk. In the cupboard, a little milk, honey and water with dry bread in a cloth.

In this world, the bread was always dry. It was wetted with water, soup and milk.

The fridge was unknown.

We got out of the carriage and on a mezzanine, an old man was waiting for us.

Iseulbella asked us to wait.

Guards with halberds crossed their weapons to block the passage to the stairs.

It must have been an important passage.

The other accesses were not really guarded, just another guard and 2 others closed a barrier giving access to the external road.

Andromedus: "So? What are those creatures with you here?"

Apprentice Isolutbella: "I took the initiative to bring them here. They are not human, but they act like humans. The redhead is very dangerous and the golden one looks innocent."

She recounted all the details and information she had been able to subtract.

Andromedus: "Given their gold embroidery and jewelry, they must be nobles. Either it's magical, infernal or far ahead of us.

But they represent a danger. You did well not to use violence. That leaves us other doors."

The old man came down the stairs to greet his guests.

The guards spread their halberds. And in the same movement, the red feathers on their helmets followed.

"Tania? Marise? Welcome to the capital.

I am the High Wizard of the court and advisor to His Highness the Prince-Pontiff.

The journey was long and a buffet awaits you.