Amadeus had started to slowly wake up to the sound of someone talking. His body felt heavy and had troubles moving around but he eventually got the power to open his eyes. The first feeling that a.s.saulted him was grogginess while a slight headache followed. Rubbing his temple, he didn"t feel any fingers but, rather a furry object rub his face. This feeling brought a frown to his face while his vision started clearing. The first thing that came into his mind was why did the world look so much larger than before.Shaking his head, he rubbed his eyes, once more feeling a furry object tickle his face. Annoyed by what it was, he looked down only to see a l.u.s.trous black paw with a slight tint of purple. Confused as to why a cat"s paw was there, Amadeus tried to move it away only to see the paw move by itself.
Seeing this, it didn"t take a long while for Amadeus" eyes to widen as a terrifying possibility to encroach his heart. Before he got the chance to look around, a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts,
"Oh, his highness is awake."
Turning around, he saw Erika looking down at him while crouching slightly with Velia look at him from behind. What astonished him most was the size of the two girls,
"What happened?! Why are these two so big?!"
While he was thinking these things, Erika had bent down and picked up Amadeus allowing the latter to see himself clearly in the reflection of Erika"s eyes.
"I"m a cat?!"
Seeing himself manhandled to such an extent did not sit well with him until Erika"s hand slipped and he fell.
"Nyaaaa!"
"Aaaaagggghhhh!"
Feeling himself fall, Amadeus waited for the impact, yet it never came. What followed was his body jolting and him sitting straight up. Sweat cascaded down his body while he heavily breathed and hurriedly looked around. He was back at his hotel room and no one was in sight. Judging by the darkness outside, he determined that it was well past dawn when he had woken up. This meant that he was at least asleep for an entire day, if not more.
"d.a.m.n G.o.d of dreams…"
Realisation dawned on him, causing him to quickly look at his hands and start touching his face. A breath of relief left his mouth upon concluding that he was himself. A sudden click attracted his vision and he saw Erika walk in with a plate while looking down.
She slowly looked up to see Amadeus look at her with a weird expression on his face. Happiness flooded Erika"s face,
"Your highness!"
Instead of replying to her, Amadeus just grabbed the duvet and snuggled himself back in. This left Erika stumped on what to do next causing the room descended in an awkward silence. Seeing the bundled-up coc.o.o.n, Erika prepared to leave when a large grumble destroyed the silence.
A smile naturally found her lips as she looked up only to see Amadeus slowly peek his head out of the coc.o.o.n. Seeing his eyes directed at the food on the plate, she went forward, sat on the bed and watched Amadeus dig in.
The next day, the group was up and ready before dusk. By the time the sun had climbed over the horizon, Amadeus and his entourage were being led deep into the Mountain of Ferrarius. The land was barren with the occasional roadside vegetation. The group had pa.s.sed a few villages and cities and by noon, had entered a valley and were heading towards a rather large cave. But before that was another checkpoint, this one was more heavily guarded.
For some reason, Amadeus found it rather funny seeing small stodgy, yet burly and hairy people all wearing heavy armour. It was like a child trying out an adult"s suit of armour, but for some reason it fitted. The weapons they lugged around were nothing to scoff at. Amadeus had to put it, no matter how prideful dragons were, in the field of smithery, Dwarves had surpa.s.sed them.
After a serious and through inspection, they were finally let through as they entered the cave. They were half expecting a sudden rush of coldness, but it was the opposite. Accompanying the darkness was a heat not what they were expecting. Yet it was not too hot, it was weird, difficult to put into words.
Slowly, luminescent stones started lightning their path, first there were only a couple weak ones, but the more they walked, the larger they got until they were able to clearly see everything in the cave. It was just a typical boring cave, surrounded by stones.
A short while later, they closed in on what looked to be like an exit. Yet they couldn"t see clearly what was happening on the opposite end. What Amadeus had expected was reaching a large excavated place, with lots of mines and dwarves selling tools and the like. A blacksmith at every street and dwarves living in caves.
Yet what he saw blew his mind. It was a large excavated place, but the sheer magnitude of it was just incomprehensible. He could swear that his father could fly freely in here, well it will be a bit cramped, but he could.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Amadeus just left the carriage to marvel at the sight and saw a large city "floating" in the middle. There were simple stone houses that littered the place and a simple yet large stone wall that surrounded the city. A large, elegant stone castle stood in the middle.
Amadeus then moved forward, reached the edge and looked down. All he saw was rivers of lava filling the place. The city itself was on a large rock floating above the lava. Looking up, he saw large black chains attaching the city to the mountains and when he looked closer, he saw various ancient inscriptions littering the chains.
He now understood why his mother was happy and adamant on getting his weapon and armour forged by the current chief of dwarves. A grin of excitement had naturally formed on his face as he showed his unnaturally sharp canines. With a glow in his vertical eyes he ordered,
"Let"s move."
Amadeus couldn"t reign in his excitement, so he decided to sit on Sleipnir and lead. For some reason a golden three-legged crow had landed on his shoulder and a pearl white rabbit was sitting between his legs. These two had shown up after Amadeus had awakened, no one knew where they came from.
- Flashback -
Seeing the two, Amadeus thought that this was the present left behind by the G.o.d of dreams. Yet reality proved otherwise, the gift that the G.o.d had left him was completely different to what he was seeing. What the G.o.d had left him was a technique "Nepuko"s Illusions". He didn"t even know who Nepuko was, he needed to get back to the Emerald Palace"s library and search this figure up.
Anyway, the two had just appeared and Amadeus felt familiar with the two. There was this instant connection with the two. Yet they didn"t speak, and it seemed like they were just new-born. Curiosity sparkled in their eyes and they only responded to Amadeus, stuck to him like glue. Seeing this Amadeus just let them be as they brought him no harm. Also, the rabbit"s fur was really soft.
- Present day -
With Amadeus leading, the group started to cross the only bridge into the city. It was a wide bridge, made of a special type of stone. There was enough for 3-4 carriages to travel side by side unimpeded. Knowing that they were special guests, the group was able to quickly pa.s.s into the city through the walls.
Upon entering, Amadeus felt weird as it wasn"t as loud as he hoped it to be. Dwarves were the majority of the population here and they were just laughing happily while drinking and eating. Some were fighting over price"s while a small brawl broke out here and there. This did accept his idea of the cliché dwarf that was stuck in his head. Hearing a feminine voice, Amadeus also thought of the cliché beautiful dwarf female yet when he turned around, he saw something that frightened him to no extent.
Hurriedly looking away, Amadeus tried to forget the vision, delete it, but it didn"t happen. All he could do now was to push it back into the deep recesses of his mind.
After that minor incident, Amadeus once more became confused as he continuously looked around trying to figure out why it was quiet. A dwarf next to him saw this and started speaking. The dwarf himself was there guide and went by the name Hessor Steelbreaker,
"Is his highness wondering why it is so quiet?"
Amadeus nodded,
"Well it is something out of my expectations…"
Hearing this Hessor laughed slightly. Hessor had a head full of medium long red hair that reached his shoulders and a beard that reached his waist. His simple red eyes were filled with a certain ferociousness and the gruff voice brought with it a scent of alcohol. The short dwarf was clad in full iron armour minus the helmet. His weapon was a large battle axe that hung on his back.
Smiling slightly, he replied to Amadeus,
"There are no smithery"s here, only one forge is allowed in this place…"
A solemn and respectful look surfaced on Hessor"s face,
"…only the chief of dwarves is capable of using it. It"s called the…"