Chapter 177 To Fight a Dragon 4 (1/2)

Arran cursed loudly as his arrow narrowly lanced harmlessly off its scales Immediately, he shot another one, and this ti relieved, he hed in exhaustion

Over a week had passed since the cliff collapsed on top of the beast, and after the initial attack, they had launched a constant streaive it more than a few minutes of respite

They had sorowing larger under their constant attacks Yet even as they grew exhausted frorew sled just to keep their foe froon, for its part, had all but stopped responding to the attacks Iteven while they desperately tried to harm it

The situationtiger

He had grown th over the past year, but now, he began to understand just how insignificant the small bit of power he held truly was

Still, he did not allow hilooon outright, but to weaken it through hunger and exhaustion

Just as Arran readied hion with the sathered since his last attack, Snowcloud walked over to his around her eyes and her skin even paler than usual

”I can take over for a while,” she said ”You should get so her exhaustion, Arran briefly wanted to protest, but then he thought better of it He was every bit as drained as she was, and without rest, he would be useless

”All right,” he said He was about to turn away, but then, a thought caard?”

”Just over teeks,” she replied, looking slightly puzzled at the question ”Why?”

”Nothing,” Arran replied with a shake of his head ”Just a thought I had”

Snowcloud gave him a nonplussed look, but she did not ask any further questions Instead, she wearily turned toward the dragon, already gathering Essence to attack it once an to cast a spell, Arran headed back to their et a few hours of sleep, he could not help but cast a pondering look at Crassus

By now, he was certain that Crassus wasn't nearly as si to have sohts on the man's true nature and identity

Still, this was not the time to deal with the issue For the moment, all he could do was remain focused on their current foe, and for that, he desperately needed rest

When he lay down on a ray blanket a moment later, he fell asleep in an instant

In the days that followed, they kept up their constant struggle to keep the dragon fro the, the h to bring down a s to the attacks, it was obvious that the dragon was actually recovering Each day, its wounds grew slightly sor in its breath

A feeling of glooon It was clear that at this rate, it wouldn't be long before the creature regained its old strength — and when it did, they would have no way to seriously harm it, much less defeat it

By the end of the second week, Snowcloud approached Arran with a serious look in her eyes