1 by Toby Neighbors

Author:Toby Neighbors
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

They had walked all day, and normally one of them would be sleeping while the other kept watch. This night was different, however. Just before dusk they had topped one of the rolling hills to find a large army camped on the plain below them. This legion had over 500 heavy horse troops and there were over two dozen pennants flying. Quinn had never heard of so many knights leading a single legion before, but he’d never seen a dragon before either.

“What do you think they’re doing here?” Kelvich asked, as they lay on the ground watching the soldiers.

“Dragon hunting would be my guess,” said Quinn.

“That many?”

“It’s a good excuse to get out of the dull sentry duty that occupies most of a soldier’s life. Besides, no one’s seen a dragon, and the rumors aren’t clear on what to expect. It could be our dragon from the battle at the Gate, or it could be a whole flight of dragons. Better to have too many troops than not enough.”

“What would they do if they found us here?”

“Probably nothing, we’re just travelers, and they’ve probably met a lot if there are as many people fleeing the smaller villages and towns as we’ve heard.”

They sat watching the army. They had no real reason to be interested in the soldiers, but both men understood the value of knowing as much as possible about any situation. Quinn lay thinking about Zollin, wondering if they had seen the same army. His son would have avoided the group most likely, but it was tempting to go and inquire if Zollin or Mansel had been seen. He doubted that it would do much good; it would most likely be exactly like their search for horses. There wasn’t a beast to be found for any amount of money in northern Yelsia. The soldiers were most likely going about their tasks with a numb sort of detachment which Quinn remembered well from his own days as a King’s soldier and then as part of the legendary Royal Guard. The knights who led the army were probably drinking wine and arguing over which of them was the most famous or most closely related to the royal family.

Kelvich harbored a secret fear that the dragon would draw the interest of the Torr. Zollin was the ultimate prize, but the Torr had been founded on the idea that by consolidating the magical power of the Five Kingdoms, they could deal with any threat, magical or otherwise, to the safety of the realm. Zollin had been enough to send three wizards in search of him, but a dragon demanded the attention of not only the Torr, but the leaders of the other kingdoms as well.

They were still watching the group, lost in their own private thoughts, when they heard the Whosh! Whosh! of giant wings. Kelvich had been mostly senseless when the dragon had attacked them at the Gate, and his memory of the event was hazy at best, but Quinn recognized the sound instantly.

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