Cyrus jumped a little as Wiflor took refuge behind him. He smiled and pat her head, trying to comfort her in as calming a voice as possible. That was a little difficult though. He was a little tense from the prospect of fighting a dragon. This one looked particularly powerful too. Cyrus had fought his share of monsters alongside Atticus on his last adventure. They even fought a dragon at the adventure's climax. (That was where most of Cyrus's money came from) But still... they barely got out of that alive. Now they're going to fight another one?<br/><br/>Sure, they had Wiflor there. She was tough, very tough. But he didn't feel right putting her in needless danger. Cyrus expected another gryphon, at worse... but a dragon? He had a very bad feeling about this. Cyrus tried to comfort himself with the idea of the dragon's hoard. Dragons were naturally drawn to gold and wealth and if they managed to kill it, that gold and wealth would be theirs. The thought of gold helped a little.<br/><br/>"Quit yer daydreaming!" Atticus whispered to Cyrus as he walked forward. Cyrus followed after him, feeling his heart sink a little when they passed the melted iron gate. When they passed through, they were now outside. The sun was rising now, but it was still very dark. There was a path that winded upwards, but some sections of it were missing. The wall along the path was also damaged. Atticus took some time to examine that damage. "The dragon dug into this wall... hmmm..."<br/><br/>Atticus thought for a moment. "I guess that the dragon dug into the wall here and held on... then blasted its fire, melting the gate and killing those inside. I'd say it's a similar story on the first floor. But that was probably done by the children..."<br/><br/>"At any rate... let's go." Cyrus walked along the path, jumping past the gaps as they made their way up higher. Eventually, they were on the final floor before the tower's top. Inside, it appeared to be storage space. Spoiled food was on the counters, there were boxes that smelled like dead, rotted, animals, and some broken eggshells. They appeared very similar to the eggshells below. "They've hatched... we better be careful."