CHAPTER44

(The party venture in Ydrassil’s lair.)

MINGCHENG

So, what do we do now?

NOELLE

We find where the seals are and stop the ritual.

BELITA

On it.

(Mingcheng senses something and then stops. Rosalia bumps into him then followed by Drake and Tessa.)

ROSALIA

Why did you stop?

MINGCHENG

I feel like someone is watching us.

(Ariella who was watching them atop hides herself.)

ARIELLA

[So your Omniscient Kama sensed me huh. Very Nice Aries. But it’s too early to meet up with your sister. I’ll meet you again.]

(She disappears.)

DANE

Now, that you’re mentioning it. I feel like we’re being watched.

(Red eyes pop out of the shadows as kobolds step in.)

BELITA

They’re kobolds!

NOELLE

They never showed up in the Ydrassil’s lair because they feared Ydrassil since he was a dragon.

DRAKE

Now that he’s gone, these kobolds think that they’re in charge huh.

(One Kobold with a scar on his face recognizes Mingcheng and step in.)

SCAR