"They are retreating!" a junior commander shouted next to the general commander.
Frank looked at the once formidable army before him. They were now a bunch of uncoordinated individuals running here and there!
"Pursue them! Cut down every one you can get!" The General ordered and his soldiers took to pursuit. Frank was commanding his beast while standing on the ground. This time he chose to let the dragon do the massacre as he watched. Then he had a thought.
"Where is their leader? Where is this chief agent of Dark Lord?"
He had seen the commander but that was just an ordinary soldier. He was in fact the one leading the retreat!
"That can't be him. Dragon, can you spot the Chief agent or Grupa!" He sent the beast on an errand. The dragon stopped attacking and started flying from one corner of the field to the other, keenly yet faster looking around all the escaping soldiers. After several rounds it turned and came back to Frank. The dragon landed a few metres from him.
Just by looking at the dragon Frank could understand his language. It was like the two were connected. Just like him and the PDA Zu Shi. The dragon right now was telling him that none of the two was in that field of war.
"So, they couldn't come to the war field, where are They?" he wondered what they were up to.
Frank turned on his communication device and called the princess. Noel responded almost immediately through a hologram that appeared over his wristband. But she was running and out of breadth. She was in some kind of a tunnel.
"Frank!" she gasped as she ran.
"What's wrong Noel? What's happening?" an alarmed Frank shouted.
"The palace is under attack. I think it's that Grupa and other men. Where are you?" She shouted as she hid behind a dark corner to hold her breath.
"Listen! I will be back there within an hour or so. Try to stay out of sight. Are you in an underground tunnel or something? Where is the seer?"
"Yes, there's a bunker in the underground palace am heading right there. The Old seer is guiding the palace knights to hold them off. Hurry Frank! Hurry! The palace is falling!" her desperate voice rang through his voice as he ran over to the dragon.
"General! The palace is under attack! Continue with this onslaught and as soon as you are done lead the army back to the palace. I will be there first to see what I can Do!" Frank shouted the orders as he climbed on top of his dragon.
"Yes my Lord!" the general, although taken aback by surprise quickly saluted and turned to command his army in fighting off the remaining army.
As Frank rode, many questions sprang up before him.
How did this happen that the seer could not foretell this strategy? How cunning is this agent of the Dark Lord? He had clearly outsmarted them. He sought the services of their neighbours to raise am army which he held at bay. The kingdom army was tricked and pulled away from the capital to go and attack this army yet the real plan was to attack the palace.
"But wasn't this supposed to happen in a few days time and not today?" he queried. This was actually the forth day since they were up on the mountain with his grandfather. The attack was not to happen until four days later. It seemed their enemies had deceived them!
"What is their motive! The princess! They want only her!" It suddenly dawned on Frank.
This thought made him to command the dragon to fly even faster. The monster seemed to get his moods. It's huge wings flapped more violently and it lowered its neck forward to assume a descending posture. Frank leaned forward too. Great gusts of wind flew past him. He had to lie almost entirely on the back of the dragon as it was now gliding at its top speed. His hair fell back in a trail.
5 miles away!
4 miles!
3 miles!
"Roar! Roar!! Roar!!!"
From a distant, the knights saw the dragon rapidly approaching. Their attackers also beheld as the beast grew larger and larger as it came closer. Already its red glowing eyes could be seen. The soldiers who were outside the wall started running away into the woods far from the palace. Frank threw a number of fire balls and killed most of them.
Just then in the main court outside the palace, within the walls of the King's residence, a man robed in a green gown ran out. He looked up at the sky and so the approaching beast. Quickly, he threw some green dust around him.
There was a loud explosion and the dust together with him transformed into a huge green dragon! It was bigger than Frank's dragon. With one stroke of its wings it was already on the air. The green beast positioned itself to counter the grey one Frank had.
On top of his dragon Frank calculated his move. The beast ahead of him was ferocious! He prepared his attack. The two were now circling one another. The green dragon was the first to spit out fire. Frank sprang and easily dodged. But the fire caused severe damage where it fell below. A part of the palace wall was brought down.
"I have to drag you away from the palace!" Frank resolved noting the destruction caused by that single strike. He immediately made a detour of his manoeuvres and flew to the open fields away from the palace. The green attacker didn't notice the reason of the move but just followed him with killing intent!
Frank swung his idea into action. As the beast opened its mouth to throw a flame at him, he swung to the left while at the same time his dragon also released its fire. At the same time Frank's sword was thrown over his flesh towards the open mouth of the green dragon. Both of his hands also released a countless number of fire balls at the same time!
It was like three dragons attacking one at the same instant! The green dragon was stunned and dazed. As it fought off the fire from the grey Dragon, it was suddenly hit multiple times with huge fatal fireballs. It got severe burns and it let out a terrible roar! At the same time Frank directed his sword again and this time got a clean cut into its throat!
The green dragon fell down to the field below. A great green dust erupted and out of it a badly injured old man appeared. Frank landed near him. He took his sword and approached the man. He was writhing in pain and mumbling incomprehensible words. Frank raised his sword and without a second thought separated his head from the torso. The Chief agent was dead!
The Prince turned and ran back to the palace. The knights had managed to kill all the other soldiers who had accompanied the agent.
"Great work my Prince!" It was the Seer!
"Grandpa! Where is the Princess?" Frank asked as he ran to him.
"She is safe in the bunker with all her maidservants. No need to worry now!"
"Here, come and see!" The Old Seer said to him. They walked into the palace and down a certain hall and corridor. Then they reached a corpse lying on the floor. It was Grupa, the suspended Lord.
"He managed to get this far, but I single-handedly cut him down!" The Old man said in pride.
"Oh you are still energetic old man!"
"Old Squirrels still bore their holes!"