Dragon Emperor 13 by Eric Vall

Dragon Emperor 13 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-10-30T04:00:00+00:00


Chapter 10

“Where is it?” I demanded. “Did you get close to it?”

“No, of course not,” the lioness said with a shake of her head. “We knew we were close from the smell, and we didn’t want to risk running into anyone, though it looks like you may have run into someone yourself?”

While my automatic healing had taken care of my bumps and bruises from the fight, my hair was a wild mess, and my clothes were covered in clumps of wet sand from rolling around in battle.

“Yeah, I found the Fisherman,” I grunted and rubbed my hand through my messy hair. “And then I lost him. He’s a mage, and he was strong enough to open a portal to the underworld right in front of me. He tried to push me into it before I got a hold of him.”

“Damn,” Rebecca breathed and looked me up and down. “Do you think he opened the rift, too?”

“I wouldn’t be surprised,” I replied. “Between him and whoever N is, we have some pretty powerful people around here somewhere, but for now, we need to go find that rift and seal it.”

“We’ll lead you to where we smelled it,” Aaliyah said. “It’s over by that big building with all the columns.”

“The museum?” Phineas asked with wide eyes. “Oh, I hope they haven’t ruined anything inside.”

“What do you have in there?” I wondered, and my inner dragon paced back and forth with excitement at the prospect of more treasure.

“Priceless artifacts from our city’s history,” Helmi replied with a smug jut of her chin. “Nothing for you to pillage.”

“It could have attracted the Sect,” I scoffed, though I was a little disappointed, to be honest. “The same thing happened in Kana a few weeks ago, and we had to help them get rid of tons of bandits. I’m not the only person in Rahma who likes treasure. Besides, if that was all I wanted, why would I come talk to you? I could have snuck in just like they did.”

“That’s a good point,” Aaliyah agreed with a twitch of her golden tail.

“I suppose,” the duchess murmured, though she didn’t look happy to agree with the lioness. “Either way, we need to make sure the intruders don’t get to it, too.”

“Then we need to go now,” I decided. “Lead the way.”

Rebecca and Aaliyah dipped their heads and paddled in the direction of the museum with the rest of our group right behind them. Phineas, Helmi, and a handful of guards followed along, and I could hear them whispering to each other as we went.

It seemed the merpeople didn’t realize how well dragons could hear.

“Why did Lord Evan think you would know about this Fisherman’s journals?” Phineas asked in a low voice.

“How should I know?” Helmi snorted. “He already said they’ve found other leaders involved with this Sect group. He’s probably just assuming one of us is, too.”

“But you aren’t helping them, right?” the duke prodded, and his voice was tinged with worry. “It seems this Green Glass Sect is involved in some very bad things, and we can’t be doing anything to help them.



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