24 Dragon King (2/2)

Everyone around Don was staring at him to see what's he going to do, Don looked at Arrora and understood that she was genuinely afraid, he realized she asked him to hold his hands because she had no other choices she didn't throw a tantrum like young misses if she did anything like that he would not care about it, not even a bit however Arrora acted nothing like that, as a result he agreed to let her hold his hand,

”Thank you” Arrora slowly stepped beside him and gently grabbed his elbow while seeing this Uncle Dior rolled his eyes and got ready for the horrible trip.

After confirming everyone is ready Don started to control the wind element around him again, Arrora's gentle hold turned into a tight grip while the air beneath them started to rotate like whirlwind and the trio took off from the ground higher and higher, Amaryll waved her hands while her, everyone near her figures started to get smaller as Don flew higher.

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(Somewhere else)

A silhouette emerged on the air and opened its eyes,

”He's coming hahaha finally” the figure laughed like a mad man and slowly faded away.

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”Don the mark it seems down there” Uncle Dior pointed down, Uncle Dior realized he should be excited or a little bit afraid to come into the territory of Dragon king but ending of this long horrible flying made him relaxed when he reached the destination.

When they had reached their destination it's almost evening,

The sun cast its golden rays down upon the clouds of billowing smoke, turning them bright red; fire red. Don could have come sooner but he noticed Uncle Dior's feelings about flying so he flew smooth and slow as he could to make the journey less horrible to Uncle Dior, as for Arrora she was a little afraid in the beginning but after some time she composed herself and enjoyed the flight.

”Alright lets land” as he said he slowly descended to the ground, while Uncle Dior was glad to find solid ground beneath himself.

Don however, had no time or mindset to enjoy the ground as he was looking and scanning the area around them. There was nothing but a dark forest around them, Don led the two and walked towards the way Uncle Dior pointing.

The bare branches spiked into the sky - no sign of life to be found anywhere. It was so dark they were barely able to see where they were going. There were only small sounds of rustling bushes and the howl of the wind. Don didn't know what laid in the dark forest, all he knew was that it wasn't going to be a peaceful journey.

After maneuvering through the thick forest they could hear a sound of water falling. As closer they got they were able to see from a distance, the waterfall had been like a silent white stream cascading over the rocky outcrops. As they had drawn closer the noise had increased steadily until they were only a few hundred meters away. They could no longer even shout to one another over the deafening roar of the water.

”It's here the mark” Uncle Dior shouted so Don could hear what he is saying due to the sound of the waterfall.

Don took the map from Uncle Dior's hands and studied it, he noticed there was a symbol that looked like a waterfall on the map closer to the red mark but when he was studying the map the roaring sound of the waterfall stopped, just like that in an instant it stopped.

Uncle Dior's eyes went wide when he witnessed the stopping of the sound while Arrora unsheathed her sword and Don got ready for a battle.

”A human an' half-elves oi” a voice echoed around them just when Don tried to locate the source of the voice a silhouette emerged before him.

Don cautiously looked at the silhouette as it slowly took the form of a short man, he was nearly four feet in height with the stout, broad body and had a long thick beard as well as wore a black robe but his figure seemed slightly transparent like a ghost.

Don could not feel the magical fluctuations around the man but Uncle Dior and Arrora was able to, the power of the energy radiating from the man nearly choked them, they had a hard time breathing before him however when the man noticed Don was unaffected by him a mix of surprised as well as shocked emerged on his face but he quickly hid it.

”Who are you?” Don asked the man after studying him for a moment,

”It seems I have been gone for too long yeh, I be Dhorfir Thunderbolt tha dragon king” the man said with a thick accent.

”Dra...Dragon King?!!” Uncle Dior almost shouted when he heard the man.

”ha, it's nice ta see someone still recognize this old dwarf” Dragon King laughed looking at Uncle Dior who was shivering in fear.

”I'm looking for your castle” Don calmly said as Dragon king stopped laughing when he heard Don and stared at him for a moment.

”Nae a talkative type yeh I like that but if ye want me castle ye have ta prove yourself brat”

”What do you want?” Don knew well enough this was not going to be simple so he was already prepared to face anything.

Hearing the human before him, a mischief smile surfaced on Dragon King's face,

”Nae much ye just have ta defeat me”