Fire & Ice Page #3

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can defeat this dragon.

You fought off the fire dragon today.

Can't be impossible.

No, he said he thought it impossible

for any man to defeat this dragon.

Then why is Quilok's kingdom

seemingly protected

from the dragon?

A dragon is the incarnation

of malevolence.

It will attack in an attempt

to destroy anything and everything

except a dracon.

The dracon is the sphere

we see between the dragon's eyes.

The dracon is, in fact, a shell...

the egg which holds

the dragon's offspring.

Quilok must have a dracon

perched atop his castle.

And how did Quilok come

to get the dracon?

My father.

Gabriel's father killed an ice dragon.

He cut the dracon out of it.

He is the only man

ever to have done so.

Every dragon is born female

and carries with it a single dracon

for all of its life.

Before a dragon dies,

it will expel its dracon.

Then the infant dragon emerges.

It learns quickly.

Within a few days,

it can feed and fly.

Then it abandons its mother to die...

...and flies away.

And the whole cycle begins again.

A fascinating lesson.

I'm sure the King would arrange

a teaching position for you.

How do we kill it?

As I said, we can't kill it.

But another dragon can.

Another dragon?

You can't trust Gabriel.

We have no idea

what he intends to do.

He will bring

further destruction to us.

He's a liar, like his father!

What do you mean by that?

When his father was a knight

to Quilok I,

it was no secret

that he hated the prince.

Quilok I held Alador

in very high regard.

They were very close,

having been through

many difficult times together.

So why was he banished?

After the King died,

Alador remained as head knight.

The young Quilok valued

Alador's experience,

but the feeling was not mutual.

He questioned every decision

the King made.

Alador believed

that he himself should be King.

Quilok had much patience with him

out of respect for the relationship

he had with his father,

but he was then told

Alador was going to attempt

to overthrow the King.

Quilok then put a price on his head,

and Alador fled,

never to be heard from again.

He was a man without virtue...

or morals.

And now it seems his son is able

to sway you into trusting him

the way his father swayed Quilok.

For your sake, I hope the apple

falls miles from the tree.

You said what's on your mind.

You can go now.

- Wait. I'm coming with you.

- I don't think so.

I order you to take me along.

I'm not a knight of your court

just yet.

I don't take orders from you.

Sorry, Princess.

I think I should send both of you

to charm school.

You know, my boy,

if our plan doesn't work,

we will have only put

many more lives in peril.

Well, unless there was a bit

of my father's blood in me.

Now, wait for my signal.

When you're done,

meet me back here.

Be careful, there. Good luck.

What do you want?

I want you to stop treating me

like I'm useless.

You again?

What are you doing here?

Helping you.

Now, do you see

I can keep up with you?

- I've tracked you down twice.

- Helping me?

You're sure you're not here

to tell me more lies?

Almost killing me isn't helping me.

I am as capable as any man.

Please. I've heard it before.

Besides, I know nothing I could say

could make you turn back.

Well, at least you're learning.

Just stay close

and try not to get yourself killed.

I'll try.

There, there.

I'll be back soon.

Stay.

Why are we stealing the dracon now

instead of under the cover of night?

There's a changing of the guards

in the morning.

It's when the dracon

is the least defended.

And I'm going in alone.

I want to go with you.

I need you here. It's the best place

to spot me when I exit.

You then start the signal

to Sangimel.

Inside is all you'll need

for the signal.

How will you get inside?

I grew up here.

I know this castle

and all its shadows.

You be careful,

there's tree people everywhere.

You know I can take care of myself.

Put down the dracon

and surrender your weapons.

Paxian.

Let go of me.

You aren't in charge here, Princess.

I know you.

You are the son of Alador.

I recognize your amulet.

Does that mean

you're going to let me walk free?

I'm afraid not.

I knew you couldn't be trusted.

How insightful of you.

You would have made a good Queen.

Such a waste.

Why are you doing this?

Augustin is weak.

His kingdom is run by laws.

But no law can control

the will of man.

All Quilok needed was a little help

from a fiery friend.

You're responsible

for the fire dragon.

It wasn't hard to do.

The fire dragon was hibernating.

All I did was wake it from its sleep.

You're a murderer.

Yes. Finish her off.

No!

- What happened?

- Paxian.

He's been conspiring with Quilok

to destroy my father.

And they're using the dragon

to help their cause.

- Are you all right?

- I'm fine.

We need to get back

to the castle to warn my father.

There's one baby that doesn't

give you a motherly feeling inside.

What's that?

Another one

of Sangimel's inventions.

Given enough time,

he can make almost anything.

What are you doing?

Letting the ice dragon know

where to find us.

Are you sure about this?

Perhaps we should take

the dracon back to Carpia.

If it protected Quilok,

it will protect us.

Then the innocent people

in his kingdom would be destroyed.

Is that what you want?

You want to be like Quilok?

As long as Sangimel's awoken it,

this will bring it here.

Why?

It will sense one of its own kind

in danger.

Once we endanger the dracon,

its scent changes

and it sends out a distress signal.

The ice dragon will follow it.

Seeing as the dragons of different

species can't abide one another,

when the ice dragon sees

the fire dragon,

all hell will break loose.

But how can you be sure

the ice dragon

will defeat the fire dragon?

Sangimel's seen them both.

He believes the ice dragon

to be the more powerful.

Is he sure?

It's not something you can measure.

If you know anybody

with more experience,

then I'm more than happy

to defer to them.

How did you allow this to happen?

We have lost our only protection!

You have put our kingdom

in jeopardy as well!

All right, this is very simple.

Find Gabriel.

Find him and kill him!

Then bring me back the dracon.

Do you think

you can do that for me?

Yes.

Or is the thought of killing

your former captain's son

a difficult one?

Yes.

Honesty. I like that.

However, if you don't think

you can bring yourself to kill him,

then kill yourself!

It will make everything easier

on the both of us.

Go.

This should be enough.

Get the box.

The box is made of lead,

so it should block any scent or sound

the dragon can pick up on.

Don't we want the dragon

to be able to find it?

- Not while we're holding it.

- Right.

We just need it to draw the dragon

into the general area.

Once here, she and the fire dragon

will fight each other.

Now, come,

we've got to move quickly.

Where are we going?

There's an abandoned farm

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