Chapter 97 - Chapter 99

After many hours, the knocked out eagle finally showed movement again. Its eyes were starting to open so Dragon stopped practising and quickly walked over and sat down in front of it. He kept his gaze on the bird.

"Good morning. have you calmed down now?"

The eagle nodded and its aura had entirely changed from before Dragon knocked it out.

"And, will you listen to what I have to say?" The eagle took a few seconds to think about it, but it eventually nodded again.

"Fantastic. So here is my offer to you. I want you to abandon this mountain and come live with me on my mountain. It's the small one over there." Dragon turned around and pointed at a mountain far off in the distance.

The eagle screamed in his face and shook its head. It had a determined look in its eyes, and from how it reacted, it was not gonna abandon this place.

"hm, I can just take this place from you using force." Dragon said with an equal amount of determination.

It released its wings and flapped them violently and brought about a strong storm that made all the rubble on the plateau fly all around the two of them.

"Oh, so you're saying you'd fight me then?" Dragon cupped his chin and watched the eagle nod its head firmly.

"Knowing that you will only lose again?"

It shook its head and flapped its wings more violently than before.

"You're thinking this time will be different?" Dragon moved his arm in the opposite direction of the wind, and the storm started to disappear.

It screamed loudly and stood up. But it was still hurt so it fell down again in great pain.

"See, how are you going to fight me like that? Why don't you just surrender and follow me back to my mountain?" He saw the eagle struggle against its own body to try and intimidate him.

"How about this. I will help you with that injury, but you will need to follow me back to my home."

The eagle shook its head and started up another storm with its wing flapping.

"hm, you drive a hard bargain. A visit? You need to visit my mountain and stay there for one week." Dragon and the eagle were staring at each other.

It turned its head to the side in refusal. Dragon put up one finger in front of his face.

"One day! That's my last offer! I help you with that injury and you have to stay on my mountain for one day!" Dragon yelled out loudly and glared at the eagle.

It looked at him again and after a few seconds, it nodded at Dragon.

"Fantastic! Now I can't deal with that injury here, we have to visit my mountain to take care of it completely." Dragon said and at the same time as the words left him. The eagle that felt betrayed started screaming in anger and frustration.

"Calm down! I can do a little bit here, but we have to go to my home to fully heal your injury." Dragon ripped off a big chunk of his own robe and walked up to the eagle.

"I'm just gonna wrap this around the wound. Do not attack me." Dragon took the big piece of clothing and skillfully wrapped it around the wound.

"So are we good now?" Dragon said and stroked the eagle's wing and felt the soft and almost silken fur it had.

The eagle moved quickly at the cost of some pain, and with the use of its wing and some air bending, sent Dragon tumbling backwards. It screamed in happiness and pride when seeing the awkward position Dragon landed in.

"Okay, so now we can call us even, right?" Dragon said and dusted himself off.

It nodded and laid down again. Dragon walked up and sat down in front of the eagle's giant beak. He started to touch it out of curiosity, much to the displeasure of the eagle itself.

"You're a majestic animal. How long have you lived here?" Dragon looked into the eagle's eyes. And he saw the eagle tilt its head, and Dragon finally slapped himself on the forehead.

"Right, you can't talk. forgot about it. So let's do this. Have you lived here for more than one year?" Dragon held up a finger.

The eagle nodded and Dragon increased it to two fingers. And again, the eagle nodded.

"hm, ten years?" Dragon held up all of his fingers. And the eagle upped the number again.

"Twenty years?" Now that Dragon knew it understood numbers he just started to say the numbers instead.

"No? fifty?" Dragon saw the eagle shake its head again.

"More? really? Then let us try with a hundred years?" He looked at the eagle with interest. And the eagle finally nodded and a prideful flame was lit inside of its eyes.

"You're an old man just like me, hahaha" Dragon fell backwards and laughed at the mental image he got of a grey-haired and wrinkly old eagle.

The eagle's anger flared and he screamed loudly again and almost attacked Dragon. He didn't seem to like people attacking its pride.

"Wait! Are you a guy, or are you a female?" Dragon asked with a questionable look. And this really pissed off the bird. His pride insulted and his gender doubted. He glared at Dragon like he wanted to rip him apart.

"This is gonna be a great partnership!" Dragon said between tears. The eagle flapped its wings and screamed.

"Yes, I am serious! We are now partners in crime." Dragon started to somewhat understand the eagle by the way it changed the pitch and tone when it screamed. And how it moved its body, it all had a pattern to it, and Dragon used that to somewhat translate what it was trying to say.

"You should try and sleep, it's a long way back to my home from here. And you can't fly so we need to walk back." Dragon said after finally calming down. It responded to Dragon with a soft scream.

"That sounded rude! What did you say?" Dragon snapped his head towards the eagle and glared angerly. It just looked to the side and ignored him.

"Fine! You say that you are a hundred years old, but you are acting like you have not passed ten years old. What is the matter with you." Dragon said in his angry parent tone.

It screamed at Dragon and laid down and closed its eyes. It took up its sleeping position and went to sleep.

"As you wish. If you wanna play it that way, then I get all the good food when we get to my mountain. You will eat rocks!" Dragon said and went into meditation with annoyance building up inside him.

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