In the king's castle:

a bell with a special tone rings in the dungeon indicating that an escape has taken place.

The bell alerts other guards and, like a powder trail, it alerts the guards who immediately close the city gates.

The Sheriff, eating with his witch mother, learns that an escape has taken place.

Only one came out of his mouth, spitting out the mouthful he had: Ténébrion!

I knew it was coming! He must have heard the judgment with his fine gills!

The king was informed of the event and immediately stopped his activities. He summoned Xanadu and Xanthia his 2 representatives, the kingdom of Magestia.

Rogue was discussing the elements in his possession with King Felicius II when two ladies with long blond hair and long white robes arrived in the courtroom.

The Sheriff spoke.

"Four guards were bewitched and two were found knocked out.

The dragon escaped and devoured 3 children and would have taken little Axula with him or devoured her too.

He must have fled through the sewers. The bars are twisted and loosened. He has a huge strength. A one-tonne grid, and a lot of broken obstacles. Real artist's work!"

Xanadu: "We must find Princess Axula or avenge her! This is our priority."

Félicius: "Princess Axula????"

Xanthia: "Yes, Axula was in charge of Ténébrion's surveillance and passed a courage test and had to warn us of any attempt to escape the monster...

She's Magestia's little girl. Our best bloodhounds are on their way to lend a hand to your Sheriff, with his approval," and she turned to Rogue (Snape) who made a grimace of approval

" Go ahead," Felicius said, then, when he was alone in the room, he pushed a button hidden in his office and a staircase opened behind him.

So he went down into a small dark room and on one of the walls a purple velvet cloth covered a large mirror. Next to the mirror, a small high marble night table with drawers. And a small table reaching stomach height and at the base of the mirror.

He lit 2 black candles on either side of the mirror and removed the shroud covering it.

There were only the 2 candles providing the only source of light and he opened one of the drawers of the bedside table and removed a small dagger, a black pot and a white cloth.

He pricked his left hand and a few drops of blood flowed into the black container, very open, almost a candle-light container.

He poured the contents into the burning wax of the 2 candles and smoke escaped. Runes lit up around the mirror and the reflection disappeared, showing another room, another cabinet.

A veiled figure appeared on the other side. Head and face hidden by a hood and the rest in a large cape to which the hood belonged.

Two horns protruded from the hood. Black horns.

Felicius: "Lord Bhaal, our plan is going according to plan! The Unicorns and Magestia fell into the trap. They took the bait. Ténébrion is an ace at disappointing his allies. While his elite troops are scattered in my kingdom, the capture of Magestia and his kingdom should no longer be a problem for you."

A few moments later, the king came back up, looking cheerful in his office.

He summoned Rogue and the Sheriff entered the room:

"My dear nephew! Everything is going according to plan. Welcome the reinforcements and take them around the kingdom in search of dragons. When their kingdom collapses, you will have excellent recruits because they will have to take refuge here. A golden prison, a villa in the black forest, has even been prepared to accommodate members of the royal family of Magestia."

Then one of the bloodhounds said to Rogue, "Chief, we found his trail, there are several of them..."

Rogue, flanked by his second and the two emissaries arrived at the foot of the river.

"The bars are twisted and they crossed the ramparts through the sewers. The doors and grills are all smashed, ripped or twisted. A dragon did this, but there are no traces of this monster, just children. The traces show 5 children.

Here, at the river we see 5 traces of children and then when we go up to the forest of the hill, we see the traces of the dragon and 4 children.

He would have flown away and eaten one of the children?"?

Rogue: "Fool! The dragon turned into a child to go through the sewers!"

Xantia: "It's very likely, but why would he care about 4 children? He's a monster after all! I hope you're right, but I hope he didn't eat poor Axula. He may have broken or damaged her horn to shut her up!

Smell and magic vision and disturbances made Xantia and Xanadu fine bloodhounds and dogs would have been useless and noisy.

The tracks stop here at the top of the hill. The claws here show that the children climbed on his back and he pressed hard on the ground here to take off. We see his 6 claws scratching the ground here and there.

He probably went to the maze of black mountains. It's like digging a needle in a haystack.

The Sheriff stopped but the 2 unicorns cast 1 flight spell on Rogue's steed and they galloped through the air following subtle traces of white magic from Axula without knowing it.

After 2 days of searching, they fell on the cave where we had taken refuge and they saw Axula's hoof marks and Ténébrion's claws.

"O, my God," Xanthia cried, taking human form again:

"They're facing each other! He knows!"

"But, Xanadu: look, the traces of hoof, hair and dragon. Following the smell, the dragons must have slept here, the children under one wing here and Axula here under the other wing...

It's really weird, there's no use of magic, or traces of violence. You think Axula's an accomplice? A unicorn with a black dragon???? It has never been seen before!

This Hellish Duke must have corrupted our dear little Axula! The further we go, the more afraid we are of monster powers."

Xantia begged Rogue to help them...

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Erza was furious at the turn of events and hit her fist violently, sending the cup of beer she was enjoying to explode on the wall in front of her.

The letter was intended for all guilds: To find and bring back Ténébrion's head and save the Axula unicorn from its claws. Children are also reported to be prisoners.

Quest from rank B to A!

She was required by law to post the quest and got drunk to forget. That day, a mass of adventurers went hunting for dragons and small children.

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A small cave had been set up with a path accessible to children and a removable ladder for them at night because at night, monsters were roaming around. When they removed the ladder, they were safe.

I went hunting and, quickly, I brought back my first rabbits and wild pigs.

I emptied them and they were roasted on a spit with the wood I had brought back.

They took care of the skins, sewing and making mattresses and supplies to settle in with me.

a central well was created for heating and drying and a kind of spa was built for baths in the cave, a smoking room and a salt room.

Soon, the cave became a small farm with hay storage, tools, a kitchen. Tonight we'd eat hot and we'd be hot at night.

I made animal fat oil lamps.

Axula had to go on an omnivorous diet... and enjoyed it.

Obviously, we were in the most remote part of the valley, opposite the kingdom of Kanda-ar and Magestia.

Behind us, on the other side of the almost impassable barrier of glaciers and mountains, lay the empire of the demon lord Bhaal.