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It was a very slight relief to Ethelred when the children described the fire-breathing beast as having its wings as part of its front arms, indicating it was a wyvern and not a full-blown dragon.  Ethelred wasn't particularly knowledgeable on dragons, but he knew that they were lesser, smaller dragons whose front arms served as its wings.

Reinhardt's description confirmed what Ethelred knew, but also dropped a rather worrying fact about wyverns generally living in close proximity to "true" dragons.  It sounded like they might still come into conflict with a real dragon.  Regardless, they had to push on and find Elnith.

While their mission was to bring their fellow knight back, it was becoming increasingly likely that they come into conflict with this wyvern.  Ethelred didn't mind this, however.  After all, this monster needed to be put down before it could burn more villages, furthermore it deserved to die for the destruction and death it had already caused.  He had never fought such a beast, but he expected that Reinhardt, as the descendent of a celebrated dragon-slayer, would have useful information on how to combat it.

The other potential issue was that they might come into conflict with the Harzel Knights.  Ethelred hoped that they'd listen to reason and if not help them, at least stay out of their way and not obstruct Sorcha's group in their quest to kill a mutual foe.  If, however, they stood in the way of retrieving Elnith, Ethelred was sufficiently agitated by recent events, particularly the loss of Od, that he would not hesitate to cut them down.  After all, it'd only be a diplomatic incident if someone survived to report it.

[color=6ecff6]"Reinhardt's right, your strength would be a great boon to us."[/color] Ethelred supported his companion.  [color=6ecff6]"We already lost one of our own on this mission, and we'd be most grateful if you were willing to lend your aid so that we do not lose another."[/color]

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