Twilight of a Hybrid, стр. 77
Through the crevice, Valverno followed the thin, dark hole upwards until a long line of light had shown above him. The light grew brighter and wider, as Valverno came flying out of the hole and back into the light of the day and above the surface ground of the island of Shimabellia.
Relieved to be back in the surface, Valverno inhaled the fresh air he breathed in and out. He looked back down and saw Geraldus, Sora, and Flarefur flying toward him. He saw a dim, blank sunrise covered by grey clouds, thunder weakly pulsating in the far distance. A large storm seemed to have formed overnight or the days they could have spent in the dark, dank underground city.
The wind Valverno felt seemed to be cold as ice. A soft blow against his skin made him shiver by a weakly feeling of the blowing air. Once again, Valverno felt something in a sudden change in the weather that is unusual in the spring, making him feel Lusìvar’s power is growing faster than how a person could count sheep.
Regrouping in the air, Valverno counted everyone who entering with him through the underground world and everyone was accounted when they came back up from the underground world. No one died and no one had become lost, and Valverno found another armor artifact and reattached it to his leg; a major victory for him and one step closer to withstanding Lusìvar and his rising power.
From the distance, Valverno saw the burnt laboratory he burned down earlier. He puffed at the sight of it. Next he saw the statue of the dragon scientist, Ralenskrit, who took his own life for having experimented on a failed experiment that turned out of a surviving specimen.
Valverno turned away from the ruined place he was reborn from, as it no longer had any meaning to him and a worthless place he never wants to remember again. He drew close to his flying companions, and they drew into a circle. “What should we discuss first?” he asked. “Geraldus as a White Knight? My new, current appearance? The real threat of Lusìvar? What do we want to talk about first?”
“How about we get to the capital city?” asked Marina. She was holding tightly on the Griffin’s feathers while leaning forward so the Griffin could fly easier and maneuver in the air.
“I agree,” said Geraldus. “There are many things and events to discuss and much to do. Since Valverno (or Vaeludar) has found two of three necessary items that do belong to him, let’s get a few days of rest, which gives all of us enough time to bring us all up to speed of the knowledge we are seeking. And seeing how we are flying in the air, it won’t be a good place for any of us to talk about anything. We would be sitting ducks and open targets for any wondering, nearby enemies.”
Valverno nodded his head and agreed they go to the capital city. It would be the place where he would be able to tell them, and the king, the truth of Lusìvar, and he would have to tell them as soon as they reach the king’s castle, and he would have explain his sudden change of appearance.
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The group had managed to make it back to the capital city without having to go through another firefight. Instead of flying toward the highest top level where Valverno and Marina had their wedding day and the place the throne room would be, the group went to a lower level right below the top level the of city. They aimed for one platform hanging from the caste’s walls with lots large Dragons flying entering and departing, seeing how there was much construction going on the top level of the capital city.
Valverno, Flarefur, and Geraldus landed some lengths away from the Dragons, hoping to not drawn attention or look suspicious they would have looked like invaders coming to invade the city.
Marina dismounted from the Griffin, and Sora walked away from Valverno to see the place he has brought her to. Sora wasn’t impressed to see the city; she saw it was smaller with lots of tight spaced than her buried, home city.
“Let’s go,” said Valverno. Valverno took the first step forward and went ahead of the group. He paced his legs to make him go slightly a bit faster ordinary walking. “King Uragiru will need to know of the dire situation Lusìvar.”
Once again, Valverno spent no time in waiting for someone to say “Hey, people, let’s go” and went on his own immediately; his ability in speed of almost everything (including focusing on the main point without his mind focusing on anything else) when he placed that armor on his foot, greatly increasing his speed in almost everything. The demigod wasn’t going to wait for Geraldus, Marina, or the Griffin to give him an invination to walk up to the throne room and give a knock to the host waiting for any visitors. He went with great haste without taking notice they saw him talking ahead of them without waiting for them to give some response.
Sora followed closely behind Valverno’s pacing speed. With his nonstop speeding legs and an almost trip over his slivering tail, Sora easily strolled closely beside Valverno. They both walked through the entrance leading from the platform and into the city.
Up through the alleys, Valverno led Sora into the city. Sora studied at all the people buying products and selling from carts and venders. This didn’t impress her at all; she had expected to see more people taller and clothes more stylish than she used to seeing. The buildings weren’t as tall or as decorative as her home she was in hours ago buried in the ground, and there weren’t any tall towers rising in the sky. Mostly she expected