sonovelo Book 6: Chapter 219
Book 6: Chapter 219
Book 6: Chapter 219
Hundreds of winged ant corpses were piled up like a small mountain. Unlike the seasoned and roasted piles of bugs the dragons and phoenixes were eating at the barbeque, this pile of bugs was covered in greenish liquids leaking from multiple cuts and tears marring the insects carapaces. At the very top of the pile, there was a spear impaled inside a winged ants carapace, and sitting cross-legged on top of the spears butt, there was a woman squinting up at the rift in the sky. On her forehead, there was a deep furrow, the corners of her eyes wrinkled like a crows foot. She was wearing a black dress with golden embroidery, the color nearly identical to her hairs. Luisa was the strongest human lord of the phoenixs tower, and she was not pleased; bugs made her squeamish. If it werent for the crowd of people she was protecting from the swarm, she wouldnt have fought the insects in the first place.
Luisas eyes narrowed at the rift in the sky. A figure emerged, but it wasnt a winged ant. It wasnt even an insect. The creature had ocean-blue scales and claws, and a pair of golden eyes. Dragon? Luisa mumbled. Dragons were difficult to find in the tower; the phoenixes were rumored to have driven them away.
That must be her, a high-pitched voice said. On top of the dragons head, there was a woman with horns and a caterpillar. Even though it was a small creature and quite a distance away from Luisa, she could still tell it was pointing its leg at her. A golden-haired woman with a spear is what Gronion said, and she looks like the description to me.
The dragon blinked and pointed its face at Luisa. She frowned as she slid off her spear and stood up, placing her hand on her weapon but not removing it from the winged ant corpse below. Why is a dragon looking for me? she asked. I dont believe I have any conflict with you.
The dragon, Vur, pointed at Luisas wrist. I want your root bracelet.
Luisas eyes narrowed. Excuse me? she asked. Since when did dragons resort to mugging people?
Vur blinked. He was about to speak, but Stella popped out of his snout. Were not mugging you, the fairy queen said. Were dethroning you. This tower doesnt want to listen to us because it hasnt seen Vur beat you yet. Were asking you nicely to give us your root bracelet; otherwise, well have to use force.
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Vur slipped his newly acquired root bracelet onto his front-right legs ankle, the accessory expanding to fit around his limb. He nodded to himself before raising his head to look at Volearden and Malvina. The towers are going to merge, Vur said.
Malvina and Volearden exchanged glances with one another. Malvina pointed at the armored dragon, gesturing with her wing. Im going to be living with him?
As if youd be lucky enough, Volearden said. You keep to your trees, and well keep to our roost. It wont be any different.
Malvina frowned at Vur. When is the merge going to?
The ground rumbled as it shook and shifted. The shifting was violent, the land bobbing up and down at a high frequency, causing the winged ants to fall over and bounce around like shaken pebbles. The sky rippled with mirages of various places: snowy mountains, lava-filled calderas, dark tunnels with circular routes.
Now, Vur said, unaffected by the shaking. He held out his paw, steadying Malvina, who had fallen onto her face. Once its over, well open the portal back to Erde.