Dragonheart Part 48
#20 of Dragonheart Part 29-58
With a fireball in his hand, which lighted up the dark cave trying Natsu, Khad and Shadow to find the way out. "Is it me or is the only way before we were here before?" Shadow asked as they stone that he had seen before walked by. Natsu paused, looked around and answered. "Right, here we have ever been"
Disappointed to know about it they apparently ran in a circle on Shadow sighed and Natsu. "We will never get out of here!" Wailed Shadow. But then they heard something coming towards them. They looked into the shade when suddenly a black, were skipped to the size of a wolf rat. Natsu and Shadow were shocked to do anything, but moved quickly Khad a knife and stabbed in the stomach of the rat.
When she fell to the ground Khad took a gun and fired several times until the rat stopped moving. "What the hell was that?" Asked Natsu. "Believe me, I do not want to know first," replied Shadow. Khad turned around, put away the gun and pointed his finger at a passage. Without a word he walked past Natsu and went along this path.
"Where is he going?" Said Shadow. "Looks like he knew where we need long!" Said Natsu and ran after him. "And why did he then said that before?" Shadow asked back. Natsu looked at him with raised eyebrows, shadow then fell back on the ground and then followed Khad.
Meanwhile, Wynn, Ryu and Rockwell went down the aisle, the Aussa had told them recently as the right way. But then they arrived at a fork in the road and no longer knew. "Ok, that is a problem." Said Ryu. "We have to take the middle path." Said Wynn. "She's right." Agreed Rockwell to her.
"How do you know?" Said Ryu. Wynn circled his finger and said: "The wind has told me." "And for me it was my nose. It may sound funny but I can smell Khad. "Ryu looked at him skeptically, then shook his head and said that he can explain to him that later, but they should now look for the three.
When the three disappeared in the gear went into Arcade, Aqua, and Black Fairy had the space in front of the fork. "And where we have now long?" Said Fairy. Arcade looked in the aisles, pointing to the left. "There we have many." He replied sure. "I can almost hear the sword to call us." The two looked at him suspiciously, and then followed him into the hallway.
"What about the right course? If I have not questioned them are just looking for three missing. "Said Aqua. "Do not worry, I've already taken precautions that no one followed us." Replied Arcade and snapped his fingers. The entrance behind them disappeared all at once. "Do you want to be locked up here or what??" Fairy asked angrily. Arcade shook his head and replied: "Do you really think I would be so stupid and would lock us up here? There is of course a secret exit. "
At the same time met Shadow, Khad and Natsu more wolf rats, they could strike down every encounter. "Somehow I get the feeling that more will follow." Said Shadow firmly worried. "Come to me so before." Agreed Natsu. Khad looked around a little sniffing around and then pointed to another way.
"Is it before or knows me only as Khad from it?" Natsu asked curiously. "Either that or he just has a damn good sense of smell." Said Shadow. "I've always thought the wolves you the best sense of smell." Said Natsu. "Yeah, somehow I can only smell absolutely nothing, as if my nose is clogged or something." Said Shadow and followed Khad.
At the same moment met and completed Wynn, Ryu and Rockwell, a small group of wolf rats, which they ran across the road. "These critters are really disgusting." Wynn said, trembling. Ryu wiped the blade of his katana on the skin of a dead rat and agreed to go ahead. Rockwell, however, it was interesting that the rats could live in such a dark and cold environment in general.
"Probably they have adapted to this environment." Said Ryu. Rockwell nodded and then continued the search.
Shadow's ears twitched as he heard something from a nearby course. "Hey, something's there," he said, looking into the hallway. "Even more wolf rats?" Said Natsu. "No, sounds more like steps." Said Shadow. "When someone would come to us." Khad looked startled him, then sniffed in the direction of the Ganges and then ran off easily. "Hey, wait," cried the two behind him and followed him as fast as they could.
"Looks like we were there." Said Arcade as they entered a large hall. "This is the grave chamber of the last king of the desert peoples." He went ahead, looked around and noticed several of the chamber, about five-foot statues. "Fancy that, grave guard." Aqua looked at the statues and asked if they were dangerous. "If I have the reports that I have correctly understood in the museum just before our veins in the desert, they will attack the one who disturbs the eternal repose of their king." Said Arcade.
He went into the middle of the hall, where there was a large, golden casket. He took off the lid and saw the remains of the king: the skeleton of a jackal, with a crown in a partially broken-down jacket. In his hands he held the mist sword: the blade was purple, the edge-lit in a pale red. "Beautiful.", He commented that sight, reaching for his sword.
But the deceased did not let go of the sword, apparently, because it broke up, it's hardly handle. "Now give her already! You need it but not anymore anyway! "Said Arcade it and pulled it out of hand. Suddenly the room lit up and it was to hear a loud rumble. Arcade made a few steps back, looked around and was shocked when the statues began suddenly to rise from their base.
He went to the other; Fairy looked at him annoyed and said: But just smiled and pulled out a Arcade Card "Well done, you bonehead!". It was an ace of spades, which he threw on the floor. Quick as a flash came a circle of cards around them and the sooner they realized what was happening, they were back in the desert. "I told you. There is a secret exit," he just said, laughing.
Unfortunately, the arcade was happy too early, because a bunch of cobras appeared suddenly out of the sand. There were about twenty who were standing ready to attack them. "Fairy, if you please." Begged Arcade Fairy, who immediately pulled out her flute and played it. The Cobras stopped and lay down on the sand. "Excellent." Said Arcade left.
"And what you have now with these animals before?" Said Aqua him. "Well guess what? I hate it at the camp, "replied Arcade nasty. "At the camp, why is that?" Asked him Fairy scared. "Simply because it's fun to see others suffer." He replied with a grin. Aqua Fairy, and looked at him as he pulled out a new card and they threw in front of him.
He wanted to open it just as he remembered that he had taken care not about the statues. He ran a hand through the fog sword, with a portion of the blade colors in his hand went over and formed into a ball. These he threw toward Pytha. "And what you want now please?" Said Aqua him. "Scavenger hunt." Arcade answered shortly.
"I threw a large part of the aura of the sword after Pytha, where it is distributed to all what is there. I noticed namely, that these statues should protect the sword and not this withered king. "Then asked him Fairy, which would have to do that then with a scavenger hunt. "Quite simply, these statues are the first track, namely to follow the greatest accumulation of heavy aura and everything else they destroy attached.
And only then they will sense this small remnant of the aura, follow, and then destroyed by Rubino. ", He explained it to her. ".... Just like a scavenger hunt." She whispered, looking at Fairy Arcades nasty grin that widened every second. Then he opened the door, went through it and disappeared. "I would prefer to watch how his plan will work ... but that sun is clearly too bright for me." Said Aqua and also went through the door.
There remained only Fairy and Black. Fairy playing her flute and gave the Cobras the command that attack bearings. When they wanted to go through the door she asked Black why he stands there. He looked at her and replied: "I want to see it." "What to see," she asked?. "I want to see how the blood is raining." He replied. She looked at him, biting his lower lip and then said: ". Well, not a show not hurt"
She walked out the door, smiled at him with black and then went to the camp. "Where are Fairy and Black?" Said Arcade half way. Aqua turned around and noticed also that the two were not there. Then he laughed and said that the two will probably be a witness if both the camp and the city will be destroyed. "If I'd have thought me so nearly. Well, we let them, after all you only live once. "Said Arcade and moved on.
Aqua stood for a moment, then shook his head and moved on as well. "I hope they know what they're doing."
"Shadow! Natsu! Khad "shouted Ryu in the hallway. "This is Ryu's voice!" Saw Shadow and ran toward the voice. Suddenly she heard the screech of wolf rats, approaching from behind. "They are the last straw!" Said Natsu and inflamed his two fists. Then he struck the ground, whereupon a slight wave of flame light up the aisle for a moment, read, after which nothing more was heard of the rats, which was a good sign Natsus eyes.
But this joy did not last long, because suddenly the entire passage to collapse into itself. "Holy shit!" Natsu screamed and ran away. Khad also ran as fast as he could in the direction of Ryu's voice, with the gear collapsed more quickly behind them. "Do you hear that sound too? Sounds like the gear would collapse into itself. "Said Wynn.
Rockwell listened closer and yelled that it was not just special that it really happened! Immediately, the three wanted to run back, but then they heard voices coming Shadows on them. "Just wait!" Ryu asked them and they listened to him. They waited a moment, to see the three were looking at last. "Shadow!" Said Ryu, ran to him and threw herself around his neck.
The other came to them and got a warm reception. But this was interrupted by the collapsing cavity, which is why she was so fast she ran. At the last second they came out of the course and landed in front of the other, while the entrance collapsed behind them. "Wow .... that was close!" Said Surasshu who helped to get up at Shadow.
The others were of this opinion, which due to the fact that she only narrowly escaped death did not seem much. "The cave seemed so stable, why is she collapsed?" Asked Aussa the two. Natsu looked embarrassed at her and explained why she had fallen down. "If I had to think so.", She said it only. "Well the main thing is that nobody was seriously hurt." Replied her Raio.
The warehouse supervisor relax looked out into the desert, when he suddenly aware of a sand storm was approaching. "What is that? A sand storm? "He asked himself, and took a small telescope from his pants pocket. He looked round and startled. "My God, so many at once?" He asked himself. Another guard came to him and asked what was going on, he got a telescope and looked through it and woke up too.
"We must immediately raise the alarm!", He screamed and ran. In no time he reached a bell and rang it, while he shouted: "All the clans immediately stop the excavation! The camp is attacked by sand cobras! "All the clans stopped their work and looked at the warden. "Sand Cobras? I thought they only come out at night. "Someone asked.
"I always thought out." Agreed to another. "It does not matter! The main thing for some action! "Said a girl who was apparently quite wild battle's on.
Surasshu and the others were totally surprised to hear this. "How many are there anyway?" Shiba said immediately. "After the size of the sand storm, I guess they have caused their numbers to one hundred." This figure could be heard was a loud startle everyone involved. "A hundred?" Said Bertram. "So many at once? How is that possible? "The overseer shook his head and said that he could not explain it, but it was not more relevant.
"It is important that these cobras can reach this camp under any circumstances,. They should still make it but, everything must be so to prevent them from moving on," he said resolutely. "Otherwise they will fall upon Pytha." At this rate particularly to frighten Sylvia and Khad. Pytha was her home, so they were now very resolutely. "Every clan should get ready to fight!" Announced the foreman. "How much time have we?" Said Lyra. "Estimated five minutes." He replied and went to his tent.
Throughout the camp, all upgraded to a fight. Bertram looked to Rieder, who strapped himself despite his injuries, his katana and was just about to leave. "Is clear to you how dangerous it is to these injuries?" He asked. "There are no injuries." Said Rieder then only. "This is a sign of friendship. At least they called Surasshu so. "
Bertram looked at Rieder, then smiled and said, "Well if so then I will not stop you." When Bertram passed to Rieder asked him for something of this. "What?" Said Bertram. "Hold me back the free, partner." Said Rieder. Bertram smiled at him and replied: ".. I had before anyway" "Alice, I want you to stay here in the camp," asked Alice Lyra as they made themselves ready for battle.
"You can not fight at all out there so I thought it might be better if you stay here." "No way.", Refused to Alice. "I will fight, take it You can bet your" From her pocket she pulled out a roll of paper. "Now I have something I can do my drawings," she said proudly. Lyra nodded and asked: "Can not even make you what you're told"
"Why, you do but never will." Alice replied insolently. The two looked around and smiled, then started laughing and then started on the road. "It's funny it all here, right?" Asked Raio Shadow, as this is his claymore strapped on their backs. "What do you mean?" Said Shadow back. "Well, first you disappear into the cave and now appear again on the cobras." Said Raio.
"So our guilt is determined that.", Defended Shadow immediately. "I did not say. Only there is something strange. "Said Raio and went outside. Shadow waited a moment and then went behind. Surasshu strapped on his sword at his hip, wondering what will happen next. "Maybe he finally shows up now.", He thought, and went to the other.
As they stood: some twenty clans, battle ready, waiting for what is to come. They were all hooked up to the highest, as would rend the air before them. "Here they come." Rockwell knew the Cobras on the horizon. He took his bow, placed an arrow on the bowstring and waited. He waited and waited until his arrow with a losraste times.
Shortly thereafter, he pierced the head of a cobra, still moving for a moment, but then slowed down until it finally stopped altogether. "One down." He said suddenly, as if the sand a few meters before moving them. "Oh shit!" Shouted the guard. "Get out of here!" What jumped out of nowhere a group of cobras from the sand, which were so fast that nobody could stop them.
Just before they could get a group of adventurers, they were thrown by a sudden gust of wind up appearing. "Now," she cried, and the cobras were riddled with bullets and then thrown away by the wind. The eyes turned to a vixen, a seemingly Windmagierin, there was a small tornado around her.
"These critters can simply come out of the sand! Watch out on the floor, "she cried. Over the next few minutes cobras kept coming out of the sand and it even caught a few people. Others, however, managed to kill them fast enough. As Bertram, under whose feet a cobra came up. He drew his katana and rammed it into their head. "Donner cut." He said, and cut off the head of the cobra on the back, and told a flash it into two. He landed on the floor and let out a relaxed. "Bitch." He swore only.
At the same time the actual herd of cobras came closer and closer, while another threat, slowly and without it the city of Pytha noticed someone approaching.
To be continued .....