CHAPTER 27: THE DARK KINGDOM AND MIDDLE EARTH

As the months pass, training has been reformed in the castle as part of their daily lives.

The phoenix leader and current King YONGHENG, has performed as best he can.

The deterioration of the land of the council kingdom has not allowed total reconstruction, there are sismos very often every year.

The land has preserved and even increased its fertility, albeit because of the number of chimneys of the volcano that, while, has remained, in apparent calm, from time to time is the cause of earthquakes and ash rains that kill all the vegetation that is nearby.

These lands are no longer good to live in.

YONGHÉNG, evaluates the idea of migrating to new lands by small groups.

There is still doubt about what happened almost a year and a half ago, with the attacks on the outskirts of the kingdom, the theft of most humans, the disappearance of the harpies around, no manticocoras have been sighted since that time.

The situation of the kingdom has never, in millions of years, been as delicate as it is now.

In addition, the situation of the young Prince RYU has been a small headache.

Through SHURUI they have kept PANDORA under surveillance with the help of village leaders, they have had to change it a few times.

RYU has been insistent, he has wandered through more villages in search of the girl.

also, YONGHÉNG appreciates PANDORA's help, in its quest not to further damage the kingdom, has remained out of any attempt to see RYU.

The king is grateful to the girl, although, he is sad for her situation, they are beings of two species who seek out and are missed with the despair of innocent love.

You can't be wrong, even if they're of different species, even if they're so young, especially PANDORA.

They know what love is.

He considers that it is still too early to remove the barrier separating the human from the dragon, although, for this short time, he has improved a lot.

DRAKO and his family, have been appeasing their hatred, however, among dragons, there are discrepancies, many of them hold a grudge against the human and with this, everyone else.

No doubt a king's decisions are difficult. T

o think for the whole kingdom and to pretend that nothing happens to you, that you are invulnerable to everything, is a high price.

Appreciate DRAKO more than before.

He really was a great king.

Then he takes a break, smiles a little, thinking of his friend, tells himself that he will do his best while in charge.

In distant lands, in cold lands, surrounded by forests and sea, within a mountain, near the top, a castle was forged on the rock, made from tunnels within the mountain, the castle has been expanding throughout the rock.

In this place, full of torches and large bonfires, are the manticore and harpies with its king DWYER.

He lies at the top of the tower looking as deep in his kingdom, the captured humans work for him.

Moving rocks with wagons pulled by beasts and others by more humans.

All of them have been used for hard work.

Some are wounded, others tired, all dirty, wearing rags and afraid in their eyes.

They are slaves of DWYER, dedicating themselves to the forge of weapons and armor, to which, being complete, it fills them with dark magic causing a demon made of dark energy to dwell in them.

There is prosperity in the dark kingdom.

There is so much noise, wailing and pain that, have attracted the attention of other species.

Among them the dragons of ANCALAGON and also of the elves who, have inhabited the middle ground for generations.

They see how the evil that has come is growing and preparing for this threat.

Dragons, for their part, know the power of DWYER, the power that could not rob King DRAKO.

They don't see DWYER as a big threat yet.

And they lurk to steal the power of the HEART OF MAGIC.

Since this power no longer lies on a stone, only by snatching the heart from DWYER's chest will they be able to claim power.

In the council kingdom, RYU's situation has paid no fruit.

However, he has felt it, he has felt the smell of PANDORA in some of the villages.

Sometimes he gets to places she's been, he follows her smell, however, he's always late.

On one of the occasions when she played with TIFON, the little one surprises that she can acquire the human form, but it's the snakeheads on her head.

For RYU, TIFON looks beautiful.

Its ability to transform, although not perfect, is very similar to that of human girls.

He supports her sister for her effort, but DRAKE rebukes her for copying a human form.

He tells her that humans are cruel-hearted beings.

The girl is saddened to be reprimanded by her older brother.

Although he has not been very close to TYPHOON in all this time, his words, to her, are very important.

DRAKE and RYU argue, he defends his sister, asks DRAKE not to look at the details of the transformation itself, only to see his sister's potential.

TYPHOON looks at him looking for an approval.

But, DRAKE tells him dismissively that, better to have become a frog, this animal is small and complex, that would be a challenge.

It forbids TYPHOON from becoming human.

TYPHOON can't articulate word, she feels very sad because her brothers fight, she didn't mean to be the cause.

RYU claims DRAKE, being the eldest doesn't give him the right to talk to his sister like that.

DRAKO enters at this point.

END OF CHAPTER 27