Chapter 66: Glitch vs Dragon - Kai’s Failure!
What to do?
Kai drummed the clanker in a trance.
All eyes were upon him, watching him, staring at him for the idiocy he had just shown by asking for the clanker. 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15... for how long could he feign this awed expression on his face at the sight of this magical device? he wondered.
"OK," the High Goblin said. "Give it back."
Kai crawled towards the goblin at a snail’s pace. Now the condemning eyes were turning into that of questioning. It wasn’t any good sign. He must return it, Kai knew.
20th second...
23rd second...
25th...
BOOM!
The entire platform of the cliff they were standing on shook as if it was a clanker itself, clutched by some unseen, monstrous hand.
A shockwave travailed its way up, lifting dust and stones as if they were twigs. Thunderous noise echoed in the maze-like tunnels as heavy boulders, held by the tiniest frictional grip before, came tumbling down from their home, falling into the deeper holes of the abyss.