Book 1: Chapter 16
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The landscape of the entire valley had shape-shifted.
When I took a breath, it felt like I was sculling blood. The bits of flesh and suffocating stench of burnt stuff made it almost impossible to breathe. The black smoke covered the sky. I don’t think even the bright sun at noon could penetrate it. The floor was littered with bits of flesh, organs, and the huge corpses of the Earth Dragons. Spears were stuck in the corpse, and though they were dead, blood continued to spill forth from their corpses.
SFX: Pita, pita pita.
The ground had become a river of blood and we tread through the blood in our boots. The elves removed their helmets, ignoring the floor covered in blood and mud, and made their way around panting heavily as they used the corpses of the dragons as support to hold themselves up. After I gave the order to attack, their spears thrust into the dragons like venomous snakes. The much larger Earth Dragons wailed as they were completely slaughtered by the much smaller elves.
The imperial palace guards were very accurate with their spear thrusts. Each thrust was aimed at either their neck or heart. Each time their spears coated with her highness’s blessing entered and exited their bodies a strong burning stench could be smelt. The wails of the Earth Dragons further lowered their morale. They couldn’t escape because we sealed the exit. The men slaughtered every single one of them in the canyon.
I didn’t retreat. I continued to hold the flag tightly and followed the men in front. I watched as each and every dragon’s head fell to the floor. I crossed the dragons still moaning around on the floor, and watched the men pull out their blades after their spears snapped. I listened to their steady steps and courageous roars.
“Your highness…”
The men who were still able to stand made their way to me as they continued to pant heavily. They pointed up ahead and said: “The Earth Dragon King is up ahead. He’s not dead yet. Would you like to see him, your highness?”