Chapter eight
The belly of the beast
The group quickly took in the scene before them; the prison was a circle room with stasis cells around it. The room itself had two levels, currently in the centre the magi of the Kirin tor were battling against the Blue Dragonflight. In the chaos one of the magi noticed the group, she detached herself from the other magi and rushed over to them. Sweat covered her body, a testament to the how hard she and her group must be fighting to keep the blues back. Marsh was surprised she could stand, let alone fight looking at how drained she appeared.
'Reinforcements finally.' She gasped. 'I am lieutenant Sinclari'
'Looks like we made it just in time, Lieutenant.' Marsh said. 'Tell us about the situation within the prison and then get you and your men out of here'`
Relief crossed her face briefly, but was quickly replaced by a mask of calm.
'The Blues are relentless.' She breathed 'Each time we kill one another comes through the portal to take its place, and we have been unable to push them back enough to attack the one keeping the portal open. We have only lasted as long as we have by using the anti magic defense systems.' She indicated a crystal to her left.
'This one here has one charge left.' She informed Marsh' 'We will use it to destroy the current dragons in the hold allowing my men to retreat. If you are able, there are other such crystals around the room that you can use'
Nodding Marsh looked over to where the mages were still battling the dragons.
'What dragonkin have you encountered?' He asked.
'Dragonspawn for the most part and a few drakonids.' She replied 'But this is far too big a task to be left to just them. There has to be a dragon pulling the strings somewhere, be careful.'
Marsh looked to the rest of the group; they all nodded to confirm they were ready. With that the lieutenant touched the crystal and said the words of power. Purple lighting forked from the top of the room and arched its way to the dragonkin and portals. The dragonkin in the room fell lifeless and the portals collapsed in on themselves. With a shouted command the rest of the battle mages retreated out of the room.
'That has brought you sometime.' She told the group 'We will seal you in, good luck.' without another word she turned and left through the door which sealed shut behind her.
Walking down into the centre of the room the group prepared for the first portal.
'So,' said their leader 'How much do dragons do scales sell for these days?'