Chapter 40:Dragon Knights
I woke up to the sound of two metallic objects banging together could be heard throughout the mansion. It affected me more than most due to my sensitive hearing. Joe was standing in front of door banging two metal pots together. It seemed like this was the traditional way to wake up the new students.
"Can you not just wake us up like normal," Gary complained.
We quickly got out of bed and dressed into the standard school uniform, lining up in front of Joe. Joe looked at each one of us checking all was in order such as gear and sashes.
"Good, you"re starting to look like real knights now, unfortunately, I have some bad news. Training has been cancelled for today and will start tomorrow. An emergency meeting has been called between the master knights. You are free to spend the day as you wish."
"Can we go outside?" I asked.
"Unfortunately not, until you learnt the basics at Avrion academy, you are not permitted to leave the city. Please feel free to visit the library or even the church to get a blessing from the divine being."
Joe saluted to us before leaving.
"What are you going to do now then Ray?" Gary asked.
"I"m thinking of heading to the library, what about you?." I wanted to go to find out new information about the Dragon knights and the Divine being. Perhaps it would give me an idea of what was inside that tomb. Although I could go grave robbing it was something I didn"t want to do on my first day here.
"That sounds boring, I"m going to head to the training ground, maybe there are a few people who will spar with me."
Monk had decided to head back to the dorms and catch up with the others, while Kyle went along with Gary to the training grounds. This left me on my own which I was pleased about.
The library was a grand place just like the other building in Avrion academy. It felt like it would take a whole lifetime to be able to read every one of these books.
I decided to fist check out on information about the dragon knights. Of course, there were many books about the Dragon knights since they were the founders of Avrion academy.
I skimmed through a couple of the books that I picked out at random, most of them talked about how the five knights came together to protect the kingdom against the shadow plaque.
It was believed that the shadow plague originated from a different continent. When it came to the southern continent it started to take over the land quickly. A truce was called between the kingdoms and the dragon knights managed to hold off the shadow plaque. That was around fifty years ago and there hasn"t been activity since.
Although I learnt a bit about there past, I didn"t find any information about their weapons or armour. This was the information I was looking for. Until I came across a book t.i.tled "The truth about the Dragon knights."
This book was different from the rest, as it didn"t talk about the great deeds or the stories of the dragon knights but the dragon knights themselves. It talked about their personalities their armour their weapons. This was what I had been looking for.
I went to sit down at a table by the library and studied the book further. Then I saw something that interested me. The book began to talk about the abilities the knights would use in battle, how the skills they used weren"t human-like. They had a unique set of skills that allowed them to use magic as well as fight with a weapon.
The magic wasn"t standard magic that was known across the land, but abilities that belonged to the long lost age of dragons. It stated that although many people think they were named Dragon knights because of the armour and weapons they wore, it was actually due to the skills they used in combat. Unfortunately, the book didn"t have any other useful information in it and it didn"t go into detail about any of their abilities.
I turned the book over to see the name of the author "Lenny Steel."
"Lenny steel, an author known to exaggerate tails of the past." A voice said coming from my right.
I looked to the seat next to me and to my surprise it was Slyvia. I was too focused on the book to notice who was sitting next to me. I didn"t have a clue how long she had been there for.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Lenny steel, he used to be a knight at Avrion academy, a long time ago but then he quit and became an author to make a living."
"Is this person still alive?" If I could find this person then perhaps he would be able to answer my questions about the dragon knights.
"He stopped writing books long ago so I"m not sure, but maybe Wilfred would know more information about him."
"Do you know if he wrote any books on the divine being?" It was hard to find books on the divine being. It was taboo for people to write about it so all the tales were pretty generic.
"Even if he did I wouldn"t use him as a credible source, although his books are interesting theories and ideas to read, they are discredited by many people as tales of fantasy. If you want to know some information you can always ask me?"
"Do you know why the divine being is wors.h.i.+pped so much, it seems even more so here in avrion city." While walking around I had heard many people finish their sentences with "Bless the divine being." Some many churches and shrines were dedicated to it.
"Actually yes, it is said that the divine being was the one who gave the dragon knights their powers, it also guided them to create Avrion academy warning them of the shadow plague."
"Is there any way to see the divine being." If there was a chance to see them, maybe I could ask why I was turned into a human.
"The divine being is said to be located in the Alure capital near Roland academy, but they don"t just let anyone see it."
I had hoped that my trip to the library would be able to answer the question I had but instead, it just led me to more. I chatted with Slyvia a while longer asking her more question"s but her information was limited, in the end, we headed back to the dormitories together to get some rest for the next day.