Nick greeted the clan leader but didn't expose his terrible acting since he didn't intend to cut all ties with the welk clan. the clan leader tried to pry out any information from nick about anything useful but as nick was aware of his intentions he failed horribly which made his face twitch slightly. "so how is the little dude i left with you?" nick asked after toying with the clan leader a bit. the clan leader stiffened instantly when nick asked about azdra since in truth the clan leader had completely forgotten about the small wyrm. "to be honest i have left it with the elder who sent you for the test so i honestly don't know." the clan leader said honestly since there was no point in hiding information nick would eventually get anyways. there was a slight pause in nicks steps while he frowned deeply for a moment but soon went back to being stone faced after saying "i see". the clan leader didn't know why but he felt a slight chill when he saw nicks frown but thankfully nothing happened. soon the two men reached the cave that had the elder wyrm much to the relief of the clan leader.

Nick didn't even wait to be invited in before walking into the cave calmly which the clan leader could only follow. nick reached the cavern with the elder wyrm who was busy tossing around azdra playfully only azdra was now the size of a medium sized dog. "oi big lizard i finished your test!" nick yelled out with obvious disrespect which made the clan leader look at nick like he was insane while he quickly distanced himself for fear of being implicated. the elder wyrm stopped playing with azdra when it heard nick before turning to stare at nick in amazement. "you do realize that if i wasn't so good natured that comment of yours could get you killed right?" the wyrm said confused. nick grinned "of course i do but who asked you to send me after a stygian bear." nick said with a slight irritation. the elder wyrm snorted "and yet here you are bothering a poor old wyrm like me , oh woe is me." the wyrm said sarcastically. nick sighed and gave up since he knew that he wouldn't get a leg above this person since they had this type of attitude.

Nick threw down the corpse of the stygian bear before looking the elder wyrm right in the eyes "here's the stygian bear you wanted now i believe you can allow the little one to return to me." he said refused to look away. the elder wyrm sighed " truthfully i was aware that getting this bear wouldn't be a problem for you since i was the one who caught this particular bear to begin with." he said causing nicks eyes to grow wide. "you knew about that thing?!" he yelled in shock as it finally made sense why the first test for the inheritance just so happened to be the exact creature he was hunting.