Chapter 204: A Morning Conversation
While it was nice to know that there were dragons close, as that meant they had at least a chance to encounter the fire dragon. Or at least Jonas hoped that was the case. Even though he didn't have any idea of whether or not that would be the case.
Still, he couldn't help but wonder what the dragon passing by might have been doing. Especially since it didn't seem to have noticed their camp. Unless it didn't find their presence concerning to it.
Which was entirely possible as far as Jonas was concerned.
It wasn't like the mythology of dragons that he was aware of was consistent or even clear as to how dragons acted. Plus, he couldn't recall if Elmo had come across anything in regards to the behavior of dragons on this world when he looked into where they might be able to find dragons.
When the noise had returned to where they were waiting to see if the dragon would appear, they went to look for the dragon, and found tracks of the dragon about maybe a mile away. Although, Jonas couldn't see how any of the trees in the area, except maybe some of the really tall ones would have been moving enough for Elmo to have noticed them, given what his reason for heading to that end of the damp had been.
Not that he had a reason to doubt Elmo, just that his reason felt a little odd to him. Though, aside from the tracks, they didn't find any sign of anything that would have indicated a dragon.
Yet, he wasn't deterred. If the search for the dragon they were looking for would end that easily, then it might not even be worth calling it a challenge. Even though he had no idea how easy it was going to be to slay.
Still, he wasn't about to let that incident dampen his mood. He was feeling almost as good as he had when they first started leaving the king's palace. Mostly because being stuck in this single location for a week because of the parasites had been a real pain.
As such, he was eager to finally be able to start moving again. The only problem he had right at that moment was the fact that it was just before dawn right then. So, the only other ones who were awake were those who had drawn the last watch.
Unless they were an early riser like him, despite the fact that he was confident that he'd only woken up this early simply because he was so ready to continue moving on.
"Oh, sorry, didn't think anyone was awake at this time," Jonas heard someone say, causing him to look towards the sound, to find Lance, looking sheepish.