Chapter 270: Where the Fire Dragon Is
Elmo hadn't been sure what to expect when he stepped into the pond. While he had expected to maybe 'fall' into the pond, he hadn't expected the sensation of falling to continue. Like he had stepped off of a cliff. Only, there wasn't any wind and he couldn't see a 'bottom' of the 'cliff' appearing.
Kim was the first of them to step into the pond, but he couldn't see, hear, or sense her around him in any way. He didn't think that Jonas or Elin had been far behind him in entering the pond, but at the same time, he didn't know where they were in relation to him either.
What he could feel was his MP and stamina being pulled out of him. In the same manner as when he used his spells, so it wasn't an unpleasant or even uncomfortable experience. It just let him know that whatever was happening, this was the sacrifice that was mentioned in the information he'd gotten about the pond.
While he had no sense of time while he was 'falling,' he knew that time was still passing. Only, how much time was going by, he couldn't say. Just that when he finally ended up where the pool sent him, the sun was much lower in the sky than it had been when he'd entered the pool.
He looked around him, wondering if he really had been sent to where the fire dragon was. There didn't seem to be anything that would signify a fire dragon having been there.
What he saw was that he was in a valley field that had a large burn scar though the grass and flowers in the field. He could see several people several feet away from him, all of which were just barely able to be made out in the distance from his perspective. He couldn't see what they were doing, what was going on, or even who they were, but he could just make out that they were people. He also estimated that they were probably around two to three hundred feet away. At least.
After a minute, he became aware Kim was on the ground next to him, looking like she was unconscious. He didn't know if that was from her arriving here or if it was from something that happened after she arrived in this location.
As he knelt to check on Kim, he could feel when Jonas and Elin arrived. Both took a minute to collect themselves as they not only recovered from the trip here, but also to gather their bearings from their surroundings.
"What's wrong with Kim?" Elin asked, as she rushed over to Kim, nearly pushing Elmo out of the way.