Planet Tetro ~ Page 29

We marched quickly through the plains in perfect formation . As we headed towards the Sapphire Cave we saw 15 dino birds flying over us . They started circling us while flying and then they dropped rocks at us . Visceroy summoned his staff . Stood it up tall and then had it enlarge to the size of large tower ! I noticed that he could activate his magic without vocal words . It killed all but 3 of them , and also blocked the rocks . Then when the last 3 tried to retreat bullseye took them out with his double mark arrow combo . He marked two of them . Using his index finger to send a laser seal on them . After hitting the third with his bow and arrow he sent his marked arrow through the remaining sealed dino birds yelling “Match!” You could see small insect warriors plummeting to the ground, along with the dino vultures they were riding.

Visceroy released his magic and we all continued to march after he checked if everyone was safe . We didn’t run into anymore resistance . It made me a little bit nervous as if we were literally being invited in now . I figure they are smart enough to realize that they have an advantage once we’re in the cave . Visceroy will also be at a disadvantage , he won’t be able to unleash his staff at full power once we’re inside . That could also lead to the cave collapsing and us dying .

We cautiously approached the intimidating entrance that looked like a giant beasts mouth . We were being stealthily quiet as we walked . The cave was eerily silent as well . The only bugs that were spotted , didn’t seem to have as much intelligence as our enemies . The inside of the cave was larger than it seemed . It was the same color inside with shades of dark blues and dark greys . So far the interior seems dry . Not much life so far except bugs . The air smelled like like faint musty armpits .

The further in we walked , the more evident the smell was . Bulls eye blocked his nose with his shirt . “ Damn , what ’s that smell ? John I hope you don’t get super musty when you‘re nervous .” John smirked “ nope , it must be your dirty muzzle . It’s right next to your poor nose .” They both smiled while holding in laughs as we walked . I contained my laughter to a small smirk . We kept a slow pace as we knew there was only a matter of time .

Bulls Eye held his right hand up and whispered to everyone to stop . We all heard it now, a loud noise sounded like a slow but constant rumbling . After pausing and listening for a minute we continued forward even slower . At this point we started to lose light . Both Rose and Visceroy pulled out magic lamps . Probably a better option than my moss torches . I have to invent a special light soon . Buying one wouldn’t be the same . Hunting for resources , trading for engineering resources, then creating something even greater . Thats my passion . Thats my dream .

We kept moving slowly until we came upon a divide . There were 3 paths . 1 big one on the left . 2 smaller paths on the right . Someone large like John would have to watch his head in the smaller ones . At this point we could even hear the rumbling louder now . It was evident that it was coming from the larger path . The path on the left was big enough for us all to go through comfortably. We huddled up and whispered amongst the group . We had to figure out if we were all to go down the large path or if we were to split up into the smaller paths as well . We came to the anonymous decision that we all should stick together and go down the large path . Even though the odds were high , that we were walking right into the rumored giant monster .