Chapter 174 To Fight a Dragon 1 (1/2)
”I don't like it,” Snowcloud said, shooting a worried look at the sleeping dragon ”It's too dangerous”
”I don't like it either,” Arran replied truthfully, ”but we're not exactly spoiled for choice, and if Crassus is right, tihed deeply ”We could at least wait until nightfall At least then, it won't be able to see you”
Arran shook his head ”It's another eight hours before the sun goes down By then, the dragon will be even stronger Every hour ait is another hour it has to recover”
Snowcloud hesitated briefly, but then, she gave Arran a reluctant nod ”All right Just… be careful This isn't the fight we planned for”
Arran knew that all too well, of course They had expected there would be at least another week before they had to face the dragon, with plenty of tiinal plans, they would attack in the dead of night, using their Sense and Arran's Shadowsight to gain an advantage over the beast
But then, Crassus had infor to recover, over a week ahead of schedule And although Arran had souide, froht
Whichbut an ion had only recovered a tiny portion of its strength
Arran did not despair at the prospect — he didn't have the time for that All he could do noas perform the task ahead as best he could, and hope for the best If he survived, there would be time to worry after the battle
He quickly hurried along the edge of the valley, hiding between the rocks as he on should still be fast asleep, he didn't want to risk waking it — not until they launched their attack, at least
When he finally came to a stop, he was on the opposite side of the valley, in an area filled with rocks and outcrops While the cover would offer little protection if the dragon attacked, he hoped that hiding should buy hirabbed his Duskcloak fro immediately and wrapped it around hionbone bow Lord Jiang had given hionbone' from which the boas crafted was really just wood, the weapon was still a forer than it had been when he received the bow, it still took him effort to fully draw it And while he wasn't sure how h a novice with ease
But of course, he wasn't facing novices or adepts right now He was facing an adult dragon — strong enough to effortlessly kill novices and adepts alike
Arran took out half a dozen arrows, then spent several ht In the battle to coet
Finally, when he was certain he had done all he could, he raised his hand and waved briefly toward the rocks that hid Snowcloud
A e of the valley began to roll, see to move all by itself
This, of course, was Snowcloud's doing She was using Wind Essence to apply an invisible force to the rock, causing it to h she herself was several hundreds of paces away