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horse,” said Nick. “Andrew will then hold onto you.”
    “What exactly will you be holding on to, young Nick?” asked Andrew.
    “These two spikes here,” replied Nick. “They are the perfect height and in the perfect placement for a rider of my height. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?”
    Andrew chuckled a bit before grabbing hold of Thomas by the waist. Thomas exhaled deeply, then wrapped his hands around Nick’s waist. The whole camp was standing up and looking at the three men as they sat on top of the dragon. They looked eager to see the dragon take flight.
    Nick leaned down close to the dragon’s face and said, “Silner.”
    The white dragon spread its massive wings and flapped them. A gust of wind and dust flew at the thousands who gazed upon the men. Within seconds the dragon had made it over the top of the edge of the north bend’s walls.
    “Oh my!” shouted Thomas.
    “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” shouted Andrew.
    Nick smiled as the dragon elevated in altitude and his friends were in shock.
    Finally, the dragon leveled out and flew straight. Sunlight was just peeking out towards the east of the men. Birds in the distance suddenly flew into the opposite direction. The loud gust of wind rushed through the men’s ears.
    “Look at how small it all looks!” yelled Andrew. “It’s beautiful up here!”
    “It truly is!” yelled Nick.
    Nick pointed his finger towards the northwest and yelled, “That’s where we are headed! Terrel should be just beyond those mountains in the distance!”
    The great Oron Sea was to their left. It looked like such of a vast expansion of calm blue water from where they were in the sky. The wind grabbed the clothes they wore. Flying was a delight to their senses.
    After an hour of flying towards the mountains in the north of Terrel Country they began their final approach. The base of the mountain was getting nearer and nearer as the seconds passed by.
    “Terrel City should be tucked in behind the mountains here!” shouted Andrew.
    The white dragon flew towards the highest peak of the mountain. It then flew past the peak only ten feet above it, which caused some amounts of ice and snow to whish off the peak. The view of the other side of the mountain was revealed to the three men.
    Terrel was an enormous city. It rested in the shadow of the tall mountain. Its city’s walls stretched from north to south, east to west, as far as their eyes could see. Thousands upon thousands of people resided in that city. It was larger than all of Hentrio’s cities put together.
    Nick directed the dragon to land a mile away from the main gate. They did not want to incite panic, although some guards surely saw the giant white dragon fly near the city. They landed safely behind an array of tall and abundant trees.
    One by one the men descended from the dragon and began walking towards the gate. As they got nearer Nick could see the walls of the city that Terrel was known for. They stretched high into the sky several hundred feet. The founders had wanted to make Terrel impenetrable from any army. An army would have to be really smart to get over these walls , thought Nick. Tall sandstone walls stretched and surrounded the entire city.
    They were now only a few hundred feet from the main gate.
    “Let me do the talking at first,” said Andrew.
    “Agreed,” said Nick.
    “We will judge how things are going and talk when needed,” said Thomas.
    Nick’s heart began to race faster. His heart rate was calm when he flew, but now that he was in front of the unknown he was nervous. The lives of thousands rested on them. It felt like the weight of the world wanted to crumble and crash on Nick as he walked towards the gate, but the world was still hanging on by a single thread. Before they knew it they stood in front of the tall fifty-foot steel gate.
    Guards were perched on top of the gate on a small balcony. Their armor looked unusual to Nick. He had only seen how Refect dressed. These guards wore dark