Book2:KigdomIteDreams

romthedodthebeautiesboardedittosetsailslowlytiantMountain.Bythattime,newsoftheimmihome-ing,thatverynight,ofKingDimitrihadspreadlikewildfirethroughoutthepopuce.Boatsandoesflockedoer,filledtocapacitywithloyalsubjectstheretoweletheirkinghomeagain.Medusastoodatthebowofthevesselwithargehornmadeofseashellinherhand,soundingoutanunhurried,leisurelywarning.HearingtheflowingnotesofherhorndriftingtowardsthemandseeingKingDimitri’shugecraftemergingfromthedusk,thenativeshurriedlyturheirboatstowardsthesidetoprovideleewayfortheroyalship.Aftercrossingthebroadexpanseofwater,theyarrivedatGiantMountainandthebeautieswentashore.Thetemporarydock,thoughsturdilystructed,showedsignsofwearandtear,havingsustaiheweightofunloadingmillionsoftonsofsolidgoldbricks.Buttherewasnotimenowtofixit.Theywalkedalongthelongdotiltheycametoahugedragon’shead,soskillfullysculpturedthatitsawe-inspiringeyesandimposinghoredtheloftydignityandmajesticseverityofthedragon,thissymbolofroyalty.Itsopenmouthseemedcapableofsuginandholdialvolumeofwaterinthekeaingitoutatwill.Thetwoheavysolidgoldgatesbuiltintothedragon’smouthopeharesoundingg,andthebeautiesfiledthroughthemontothewindinggoldpathwaythathuggedandfollowedthetwistsandturnsofthemountain,whichresembledthebodyon.Asthebeautieswalkedupthestepsthatledtothetopofthemountain,theysawthatbothsidesofthepathwaywerestilluntendedbarrensoil,wherepienantgoldbrickswerescatteredalloverandytherefotten.Buttheykhatsoongianttreeswouldbepnted,whoseentwiningbranchesandflourishingfoliagewouldbringamul