Knights of the Dragon (of Knights and Wizards Book 1) by Gallant A. J

Author:Gallant, A. J. [Gallant, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

RYXA, MARCUS AND THE OTHERS APPROACHED A RIVER of flowing hot lava that was moving quite fast; they could smell of sulphur and burning rocks. It was too far for them to jump but no problem for the dragon to fly over it. It was hot in that area and made them all sweat. It bubbled and oozed, and the molten lava cracked through its black surface. A spurt of molten rock landed near the Knights making them take a step back. Zak thought what an utterly strange place they had gotten themselves into; dragons might be at home down here, but it was no place for humans. Marcus wondered how many people had managed to get down here, but he guessed it wasn’t many. The stink of sulphur and other obnoxious gasses was giving him a headache. He considered that hell must be something like this; he wouldn’t be surprised to see the devil himself pop up somewhere down the line. What would a wizard be doing down here?

Theon scratched the back of his neck. “Doesn’t it feel like were in the bowels of some nasty creature? What a stench.”

Past the river the huge dark tunnel continued, but now they could see some orange glow. Was there more lava down there or perhaps something sinister? Unless they flew down the river of molten lava going west or east to west, straight ahead was the only way to go unless they wanted to go back. So they all climbed on Ryxa’s back, and she flew them across. Titus considered that if something happened to the dragon, no way across that fiery river and end up trapped.

“What do you think that weird glow is?” Marcus ran away from the group and was then scolded by the dragon for running too far ahead as she caught up with him. The boy was staring at elaborate double doors built into the side of the tunnel that were giving off a golden glow. Marcus kicked the door, and some sort of golden dragon mechanism with red eyes took a three-dimensional form as it slowly pushed its way out of the metal, lowered its head and looked down at him then moved back to the door where it became camouflaged and nearly invisible. He searched for the dragon but couldn’t find it. The boy pounded on the door as the others caught up, and then he tried to open it but couldn’t. It was a fancy door with swirls and golden loops.

Zak’s green eyes studied the impressive entrance. “Looks like a good enough place for a wizard to live. Or a king.” He also pounded on the door with no answer from within.

Titus used all of his considerable strength but couldn’t pull it open. He tried a second time with the same result. “Some kind of metal. I can’t even get it to budge.”

All four knights grabbed a part of the door and decided to pull together to increase their odds of opening it, but it was so solid that they may as well have been attempting to move a mountain.

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