21 Training?! (1/2)

Inside was a big area lit up bright red by the flowing lava. There were also waterfalls flowing from up above and leading to the pool below. Even though the lava was coming from too far up, the flow of it was slow and the splashes were minimal, being controlled by the 'mist' inside the area.

The warm air Ling previously felt was coming from here, however, the temperature inside was not too hot.

As he was staring amazed at the view, he didn't notice that the dragon beside him already ran to the pool. Before he could stop it, the dragon already dipped its head in the pool.

”Maga!”

When he got near, he saw that the dragon was drinking the lava. It stopped drinking when it felt Ling beside it. Turning its head to look up at the boy, its expression seemed to say, 'Do you also want to drink?'

Dazed, Ling shook his head instead to answer the unvoiced question. It was reasonable that Maga can drink the lava since he can breath fire. However, that was not the case with Ling even though he was also thirsty as well as hungry.

Looking around him for something edible for him while Maga went back to his drinking, Ling noticed that the previous 'mist' flow he saw was going past the pool to something below.

He tried to look down the gorge on the side of the lava pool but all he can see was darkness. If he fell down, he might see where the 'mist' was flowing to. Good thing he was not that curious.

When he turned back to look for Maga, he saw that it was missing beside the pool.

'Where did it go now?'

Turning his head elsewhere to look, he was surprised again when the dragon was actually under the lava waterfall.

It had its eyes closed with its exuded 'mist' surrounding its body.

'This seems familiar. Isn't this how I trained under the waterfall back in the village?'

”Maga!”