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AN: Hmm… Nobody's giving any opinion… I should continue 2k+ chapters and post every two days then…

Arc: The Retrieval

Days Until Wedding: 25 days

"Is He Really That Important"

"What kind of idiot would call himself Dag-" Astrid saw that Cami was shushing her "that"

"Because he can" Cami said as she started walking and the others followed suite since she knew the island more than they do. "Everyone in the Yin Market knows him because he started the whole thing."

"Wait" Thuggory cut her off "He's that important?"

"Yep. So it's best if you don't get in his way."

"Where are we headed off anyway?" Hiccup asked as he looked through various swords they passed by

She looked back at them and smiled dryly "I'm taking you to the Yin Market"

"What?!" Hiccup shrieked "Why would we want to go there?! Didn't you just say that that place is horrible?!" he waved his arms frantically. Astrid shook her head. Some habits die hard.

"Like I said earlier, that's where I got Stormfly and that also means that that's where I traded the dagger." She reminded them "That actually gives us a lead. There's a high possibility that Eret is still there trying to trade off other unique types of dragons. We find him, we find the dagger" she said matter-of-factly

"You can be pretty scary sometimes, you know that?" Hiccup commented

Cami smiled sweetly "I know"

"By the way, are you sure our dragons are going to be safe on the ship?" Astrid asked, worried about Blindspot.

Cami waved her off "Don't worry. While your dragons are inside this island, they are perfectly safe"

"Except for those being traded off" Hiccup muttered

"There's nothing we could do about that" Cami sighed "I know it's immoral but that how it works here"

"Can't we do something about it?" Astrid asked

"There is one way. You could try and take over his place but I doubt that you could defeat him" Cami suggested

"Wait, back up, are you saying that anyone could be incharge of the Yin Market?" Thuggory was intrigued.

"Yep. The only reason why he's still incharge is because everyone is afraid in challenging him"

"What's the challenge?"

"A fight to the death" Cami said nonchalantly

"Of course" Hiccup sighed

Cami suddenly stopped, so everyone followed

"We're here" she said without turning

Everyone gaped at the thing infront of them. At first a person would think it was the giant wall around the island but it wasn't. It was actually a smaller circle compared to the outer wall and inside was the Yin Market.

"Why isn't anyone questioning about this?" Hiccup asked

"Because they think this is just decoration. People always overlook things and Dagur used this to his advantage."

"You're meaning to tell me that he was the one behind the making of this wall?"

"Yep. Like I said, people fear him for a reason"

Cami walked towards some sort of booth and when they entered it was like they were in a whole different place

"Wow. For someone so weird and crazy, I think people actually like him" Astrid commented as they passed some drawings of Dagur.

"More like respect him" Hiccup corrected because the moment they were inside, in the middle stood the largest statue Hiccup had ever seen in his life. It was a statue of Dagur with his signature menacing grin. He had his arms crossed and his legs apart.

Astrid blinked in surprise "I stand corrected, he's not just weird, he also very full of himself"

"This place is very different from the other side" Thuggory supplied.

Everyone sans Cami looked around. It was true.

Instead of beef, pork and chicken meat being displayed, the labels were for Nadder, Gronkle and Zippleback meat. This applied to all the stalls on a single line.

The next row of stalls was different. Instead of knick knacks and toys, different types of weapons were displayed. From swords to shields to spears to bolas, you name they got it.

Hiccup whistled "Talk about living dangerously. If someone was stupid enough to start rampaging then-" he started but Cami cut him off

"He'll be killed instantly" Hiccup gave her a blank look and she pointed upwards. When Hiccup looked up he finally realized what she meant. In each tower connected to the giant wall were two archers positioned to attack at any given moment.

"Remember." Cami got everyone's attention "Always keep a low profile and don't catch any attention."

"Don't have to tell me twice" Hiccup muttered as they continued walking.

They passed through different type of stalls until they were in the area where most of the deals involved dragons. Hiccup was fascinated by the sights. Most of the dragons there were unknown to him. All he wanted to do was try to study them. While he was musing, he something that he thought he would never see again.

Inside a giant cage was the Red Death. There was something different with this one though, it was drastically smaller than the one they encountered. The dragon looked at him and roared at his face. Hiccup winced because he remembered what happened the last time he fought it's species.

Astrid stood next to him and held his arm tightly.

"Isn't that?"

"Yeah, it's the Red Death"

Thuggory looked at the dragon carefully. If he was going to have a dragon then he might as well get the most badass looking one around.

"I'll be right back" Thuggory said but before he could continue walking, Cami stopped him

"What did I say about not getting attention?"

Thuggory shrugged her off "I'm getting that dragon whether you like it or not"

Cami sighed. Thuggory could so stubborn "Look. You could 10 dragons for all I care but can you do it later? We still need to find that dagger, remember?"

Thuggory looked back at the Red Death and after minutes of silence he sighed "Fine, but I get that dagger, I'll come back for that dragon"

Cami sighed and they continued walking "Whatever"

As they kept walking, the dragons being displayed became less awesome and more horrifying. There was a dragon that had multiple teeth outside its mouth. Another dragon had its eyes on its wings. But there was one dragon that clearly took their attention.

It was white colored and it had two giant tusks on the front of its head. Sure, many dragons had this feature but this dragon was thrice the size of a Monstrous Nightmare.

"What. Is. That?!" Astrid voiced out everyone's thoughts

Cami grinned "That, my friend, is what you call a Bewilderbeast. Believe it or not, it's still a hatchling"

"You have got to be kidding me?!" Hiccup gawked "How can something that ugly be a baby?!" he was slapped at the back of his head "Ow! Astrid! What was that for?" he whined while rubbing his head

"That's for calling that poor defenseless baby ugly" she huffed and turned her head away while crossing her arms.

"No offense but that thing is not close to defensless" Thuggory commented as the Bewilderbeast hatchling started thrashing around.

"It's a good thing that that a Bewilderbeast hatchling could only learn how to breathe ice when they grow up a little." Cami said in relief. "Or we would really have a problem"

"Cami?" Hiccup called

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry but I thought I heard you said that it breathes ice?" Hiccup asked

"Yep. Oh, did I tell you that those things can grow larger than a Red Death?"

"Nope. You completely disregarded that fact but thanks for sharing" Hiccup said dryly while giving her a deadpan look

"You're welcome"

They continued to walk in silence, absorbing everything they've witnessed so far. Things here were far more different in their respective tribes. People here seem to be wary of their surroundings. Nobody was chatting except when there was a deal being made. This unnerved the teens except for Cami since she was already used to this.

"Ah! If it isn't my favorite customer, Camicazi! What can I do for you today?" Someone said and got everyone's attention. They noticed that the guy who called Cami was selling different type of dragons inside odd cages.

Cami shook her head "Hey Eret, favorite customer my ass. I've only traded with you once."

Eret tsked "Ahh, but the trade was the best I've got since I started here."

"Actually, that's the reason why I'm here. We really need that dagger. What can we offer to get it back?" Hiccup spoke up

Eret shook his head "Sorry, my boy, that dagger is as good as gone since it was traded to me fair and square."

"Come on. There should be something you want more than that dagger, right?" Astrid urged

"Of course. My life." Eret laughed "If I lose this dagger now, I would also lose my life!" he continued to laugh

"Why is this guy so optimistic about losing his life?" Hiccup whispered to Astrid and she just shrugged

Cami groaned "What's so important about that dagger anyway? It's just gold! It's not that important!" she raised her arms in exasperation

Eret gasped and looked offended "How dare you! Don't you dare insult that dagger because with it, we could revive the dead!"

Hiccup smacked his face "Great. He just spilled the secret to everyone"

Astrid elbowed him and smirked "Just like what you did, right?"

Hiccup smacked his face again "You just have to bring that up .You're not letting me forget that, aren't you?"

Astrid smiled sweetly at him and focused on Eret again

"Cami. That dagger is more than you think. That dagger is not only valuable but also very powerful." He grinned and crossed his arms "They call it, the Dagger of Resurgence"

The moment he said the name, everyone around him stopped what they were doing and stared fearfully at him. He noticed this and blinked in confusion

"What? What did I say?"

Cami groaned "Eret, you fool…"

Suddenly two huge vikings approached them.

"You five. Dagur would want to see you"

"What did we do?" Hiccup complained "I swear we did nothing wrong… this time…"

Three other vikings arrived and apprehended Hiccup and the others including Eret

"Wait! What about my shop?"

"Nobody is stupid enough to steal here. It's common knowledge" one of the guards said.

Hiccup gave Eret a deadpan look.

Eret noticed this and returned Hiccup's look with a confused one "What? How was I supposed to know it's a secret?!"

"I don't know… maybe because it's a dagger that can revive the dead?!" Hiccup snapped

"You two, be quiet or I make you myself" the leading viking said

Hiccup and the others were brought to a giant hall. The room was filled with exotic dragons. People were running around and the hall was noisy from all them talking and giving orders. Sitting in the farthest back was none other than Dagur. He noticed them and gave a smile and waved.

"Hiccup" he muttered to himself but Hiccup heard it

"You know my name?" Hiccup asked, shocked

Dagur blinked at him "What name?"

"My name" Hiccup said dryly

"I know your name?"

"You just said it!" Hiccup gritted his teeth

"Said what?"

"My name!" Hiccup snapped

"Shut up!" the leading viking said while he put a hand on Hiccup's mouth to make him shut up

"Sir, we brought these people here because he overheard them talking about that"

"That?" Dagur asked

"You know, the dagger?" the leading viking sighed

"What dagger?" Dagur looked clueless

The leading viking smacked his face and forgotten that he was previously holding Hiccup's mouth.

"The Dagger of Resurgence" Hiccup blurted loud enough that everyone in the room stood quiet.

Dagur's confused look turned serious and he stared at Hiccup. He raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Just like that, everyone not involved hurriedly left the hall and gave them privacy.

"You know of this dagger, boy?" Dagur asked, his voice completely different from the way he talked before. This time, his voice was rather hoarse.

Hiccup glared back at him "Yes and I want to know why your men suddenly shackled us and brought us here"

Dagur smiled menacingly at them "All these years…" he started cackle loudly and stood up from his seat. He looked up and raised his arms above his head "All these years and I finally found it!" he began to laugh loudly

"Technically, you don't have it" Hiccup interjected. He noticed that the other captives were giving him looks "What? I'm just stating facts here!" he defended himself

Astrid groaned and shook her head. And he questions why she manhandled him.

Dagur suddenly stopped and looked at Hiccup. He quickly approached him and lifted him up with the hem of his tunic using only one hand.

"Where is it?" Dagur demanded

"I don't know"

"My men said you were looking for it so you must know where it is!"

Hiccup raised a brow "You just said it yourself. We're still looking for it!" Hiccup replied with his usual sarcasm

Dagur gritted his teeth "Argh!" he grunted as he threw Hiccup a few feet away. Hiccup landed with a thud and winced

"Hiccup!" Astrid shouted worriedly

"Listen to me. You will tell me" Dagur motioned to his men and they started dragging them away "one way or another" he continued darkly

AN: Hohoho… things are getting interesting! Enjoy and Review!