Chapter 209: Entering the Mountains
Elmo wasn't sure what he had expected when Kim had mentioned about how they'd be able to see the mountain more easily once they reach the edge of the trees.
However, he hadn't expected to find what lay before him.
What he could see in the distance was cliffs that sparkled like they had either a fresh coat of snow on them or someone had poured glitter over them. There was a river running through, between some of the mountains, but it looked rather narrow, so Elmo wasn't sure how deep it was or if it was just close to its source.
Most of the other parts of the mountains were covered with varying degrees of vegetation, but even there, he could still see the same sparkle as with the cliffs. Only here, it wasn't as easy to tell what exactly was sparkling. If he didn't know any better, he thought that the plants themselves might be sparkling.
"You know, if nothing else, I'd think this was the start of the mountains," Jonas murmured quietly, which Elmo didn't hold against him.
He could only imagine how the others might react if they hears what Jonas said. Especially given how touchy the people of this world seemed about other things that really weren't that significant to Elmo, but to them , it seemed like it was a big deal.
"So, where do you think we'll find the fire dragon?" Kim asked, looking around.
Elmo couldn't be sure, but he wasn't going to let that get him down. Not when they'd come this far already.
"Why don't we travel further into the mountains before thinking about that?" Jonas asked. "Maybe we'll see something that will make it clear where we might find dragons."
"How dangerous do you think the dragons are?" Elin asked, sounding more curious than Elmo would have expected, given how much a single roar of a dragon had shook the ground a week ago.
"Hard to say," Jonas replied thoughtfully. "Some stories I've heard had dragons as very dangerous, while others had them was merely misunderstood and only fought when attacked. Yet, there are those stories telling about dragons amassing a horde of gold, jewels, and all that." Jonas paused as he took a deep breath. "If these dragons are going to be anything like the ones mentioned in those stories, I can't say whether or not they'll be easy for us to fight, but from what I understood about what we were told a fire dragon is, I'd have to say it's going to be more dangerous than you could imagine right now."