Chapter 10 - Wyvern

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Chapter 10

Wyvern

Marianne looked at Duke in surprise.

Then they heard the loud roar.

"Go on!" shouted Duke. "This is our chance to escape!"

Marianne nodded and they continued to force the horses forward.

Ascendary, still invisible, turned around to take a closer look at what was happening.

The INQUEST drifted further away.

Dexter shouted various orders to the crew and in no time the guns were occupied.

Order mages formed a protective shield around the INQUEST while the creature went back into attack flight.

When the creature flew against the protective shield, another jolt went through the ship.

"What the hell is this?" cried the captain of the INQUEST.

"It´s ...  a Wyvern!" shouted Danny and ran across the deck.

"So big! This can't be a Nexusswyvern!" The captain called more men to the guns.

"It's not a Nexuswyvern either. It's a real Wyvern!" replied Dexter.

"How is that possible? Wyverns, like griffins, are extinct." Cecile was stunned.

Danny reached his equipment and began to put something together.

The Wyvern flew another turn and went on the attack again.

At that moment, the protective Shields opened and the cannons fired. 

The wyvern, who saw the attack coming, skilfully dodged.

The protective Shields closed again and he crashed into them again, which made the Order Mages sweat on their foreheads.

"What the hell is going on here? First the Aranasera with the scroll, then the royal librarian and now the Wyvern." Dexter cursed to himself.

Danny came running up and had a long spear in his hand.

Cecile looked at him in amazement. "What do you want with that? Tickle him?"

At that moment it flashed at the top and Cecile saw that it was not a normal spear.

Danny got into position.

The INQUEST had reloaded the guns and were ready to fire. 

The Order mages waited for the right moment to open the shields.

The Wyvern had finished its turn and was flying back towards the INQUEST.

The shields were opened and the cannons fired. 

Again the wyvern dodged.

Then Danny threw the spear.

He flew precisely towards the Wyvern, who could not avoid it.

The spear pierced a target, but not the Wyvern.

It was as if the spear suddenly got stuck in the air, flashed and then fell into the depths.

"What just happened?" asked Cecile.

"Something was in between, something invisible," Danny replied.

The Wyvern seemed surprised and flew downwards.

For a moment it seemed as if he stopped, then he flew on again.

And away.

The Inquest sank down and touched down on the ground so that the damage could be assessed.

Danny jumped off the ship and ran towards his spear, which was lying on the ground.

Dexter and Cecile followed him.

He picked up the spear and examined the tip.

There was blood and feathers on it.

"What is that?" Cecile looked at Danny questioningly.

He took a feather and looked at it.

"A griffin feather." 

Dexter sighed. "Is Today Extinct Species Day?"

*

Further away, the Wyvern landed. He carefully had Ascendary in a mouth, since wyverns didn't have arms and hands, and put him down gently. The spear had accidentally hit the gryphon when it had curiously flown between the two.

The wyvern had been able to catch him with his mouth before the impact, but the spear fell off.

Marianne and Duke saw the Wyvern Ascendary cast off at a safe distance. They had hidden when they noticed that the Wyvern was getting closer.

When Duke saw him put down the no longer invisible Griffin, he stepped out of the bushes and shouted loud, "Away from him!"

The Wyvern turns its huge head in Duke's direction.

Marianne had followed Duke and held him tight. "Don't! He is superior to us!"

"I don't care! I'll flatten him! He should release Ascendary! Away, you monster!" shouted Duke.

The Wyvern raised an eyebrow, causing Duke to look at him in surprise.

Marianne was also amazed at this gesture.

The wyvern shook his head and rise into the air, releasing Ascendary.

Marianne and Duke hurried to the gryphon. 

"He is seriously injured." Marianne stroked his feathers.

"How should we help him," Duke said desperately when something hit him at the Head.

"Ouch!" He held the back of his head and stared at an ampoule. He looked up at the sky and saw the wyvern fly away.

"That's ragweed! But how? All the same. It will help him." Marianne took the ampoule and let the injured Gryphon drink from it.