Chapter 484: Not a Dragon (1/2)
After being near enough strangled to death, Harry no longer had hope that Gary, or Monk for that matter, were able to be swayed back over to their side. It was too risky and they were both adamant, too infected or influenced by the Shadow to care about the lives of their past friends.
Having left the room where the large pit was, Harry immediately felt a lot better. The Shadow and deep sick feeling he felt in his stomach had disappeared and the further he walked away from it the better he felt.
Right now, Harry was on a mission - to return to the Redwings and inform them of the fake surrender. A big weight was now on his shoulders.
'Wait they didn't tie me up when I got down here, so maybe they don't think I'm a prisoner, as long as I don't act suspicious I should be okay.' Harry thought.
In addition to looking inconspicuous, there were certain people he wished to avoid, Monk being one of them since he knew what had happened.
Walking through the tunnels and back through the main area, it looked like his plan had worked. He passed a few people on the way and none of them had questioned him. And those that did notice him from before didn't think he was a prisoner.
”Prepare for war any second now. With our new weapon we shall fight the Redwing army, and show that they are no match for us!” A voice could be heard coming down from one of the tunnels..
Harry recognised it well, and wished to avoid that path. It sounded like Monk was rallying up the troops. He had already scurried out of the room before Ray had arrived so he had no idea that Harry was possibly alive.
”Let's try to find another way.” Harry said.
”Another way huh? And why would you need to do that?” A voice said from behind.
When Harry turned, he could see one of the only familiar faces he knew down here. It was one of the Dark Guild leaders, Mukdad, the man who had brought him here.
Harry gulped, worried he had been caught and what he was to do now.
”Here.” Mukdad said, holding out two long items under a cloth and handing it to him. Nearly in an instant Harry recognised what they were. They were his two swords that he thought was lost in the snow.
”If you want to get out of here, take that tunnel over there and then the second one on the left. You should see some people starting to head to the surface from there. Just follow them and you will be fine.” Mukdad said.
Taking the swords, Harry was a little hesitant. It could be a trap, but if so then Mukdad could have just killed him while he had no weapons, he wouldn't give him his old weapons to make it harder on himself.
”Why are you helping me?” Harry asked, taking the weapons.
”Maybe it's because I no longer believe in what we are doing, maybe it's because I think you're a good kid. Or that I don't like our current leader. He is far too connected to the Shadow, unlike our own Morfran.
Harry wanted to chuckle, to him, Morfran the Dark guild leader and the Shadow were just as bad. In the end Morfran was part of the shadow guard that worked and protected the Shadow but he stopped himself from saying anything to his unlikely saviour.
”Thank you.” Harry replied, taking off. ”I promise I will return the favour.”
Before the beast had even been summoned and the light started to shine, the first thing Ray had noticed was a terrible stench had filled the room. It was as if something had been left to rot on a hot muggy day, the smell of something dead.
When Ray looked up at the beast, although Gary claimed it to be a dragon, this was no dragon Ray had ever seen before. It was holding a piece of its body together with shadow, wriggling around like it was a worm. The rest of its shape did resemble that of a dragon with its wings and the many spiked scales running down its back and tail. But looking at it, Ray almost felt like he was looking at death.
”What have you done!” Ray shouted in anger.
”Are you frightened, Ray? An ancient beast that hasn't been seen on this land in so many years has finally returned. At last the dragon can get its revenge for all the humans that killed it.”