The loud whistling of wind passed through them as they fell into the cave. Terror gripped their throats.
It was a bottomless hole; would they die from the fall?
After about ten seconds, they had finally reached the bottom of the cave. They were fortunate, considering that they had fallen into the puddle of a swamp, breaking their fall.
However, half of the impact was enough for them to see stars. It had almost turned their insides out.
Chester was the first one to get a hold of himself. He looked around and asked, "Is everyone okay?"
At that moment, Chester shivered at the sight of something a short distance away. Dread shot through him.
"We're alright!" the rest answered.
"What's going on, Brother Chester?" They asked again when they saw the change on Chester's face. They looked in the direction Chester was staring at; their legs wobbled with fear as panic seeped through them.
A short distance away, hidden in the dark, they were able to trace the outline of an enormous beast.
Measured at about 300 meters, it lay there like a small, breathing mountain. It was covered in scales that were shades of crimson and charcoal, with two horns attached to its head.
It was a scaled dragon.
Dread fogged their brains as they stood there in a daze of sheer panic.
They could not believe that a scaled dragon was living inside the mountain behind the Hidden Hero Sect's altar.
Chester and the rest knew that the scaled dragon was way more powerful and vigorous than the one they saw ten years ago at the Wild Deserted Secret Region. That scaled dragon was at its final stage of shedding its scales to transform into a dragon.
"I can't believe that so many people are here in this obscured cave. What a pleasant surprise!"
A deep, hoarse voice sounded before Chester and the rest could recover from their panic.
Who was that?
Chester, Zoey, and the rest looked toward the source of the sound, and they were stunned at what they had just witnessed.
The scaled dragon was seen with its bloodthirsty mouth wide open.
"The Hidden Hero Sect has been pretty kind to me lately. They must have known I am about to transform into a dragon and had sent you here so that I could absorb your cultivated powers."
The scaled dragon said as its eyes sparkled in anticipation.
D*mn!
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