After the Serpent Societies ship arrived they gave the heavily armed men a glimpse at the “body” and they were immediately escorted up to the island. The stone archway opened it’s thick steel gate and they docked where their car was unloaded, they were given directions to the main keep and drove up the island.
“I can’t believe they let us drive there, I would have expected an armed escort.” Jolie said.
“I’m certain we’re still under surveillance, probably a few snipers tracking us as we speak. Let’s hope they buy the dead body, Jolie why don’t you use some necromancer magic to help sell the dead body look.” Luca replied.
Jolie rolled her eyes and flicked a green light at Matt, his body glowing green before fading.
“I was gonna do it. This veil of death will hide the dragon king’s life signs, he’ll look like a recently dead corpse and hide his heartbeat, body heat, breathing, etc.” Jolie explained.
As they drove up the island they saw many dragon bones and trophies taken from their hunts, even a few dragon hunters cheered at them as they drove past, it appeared that word of their deed had went around.
When they finally made it to the main keep they looked in awe at the castle keep: it was a mix between a traditional castle and a shanty town. Several rogue hunter groups and families that still hunted illegal species like Fae and werewolves gathered on the Serpent Society’s island, there they could trade and operate away from the persecution of the official hunters guild.
They were told to wait until Leonard was ready, apparently he was negotiating a trade of gorgon blood, rare and valuable as it had the ability to heal most injuries.
When they arrived they were directed towards a side gatehouse where a large lift would take them towards a more secure and private meeting place. Soon they were inside the underground caves and channels of the island. The group got out and checked the trunk, when a man and two armed men approached they looked to them. The main man was no doubt Leonard Kelly, he had burns across his body only broken up by massive slashes. He wore a dragon skin coat with albino werewolf fur, he had a large sword on his back.
“So, you’re the hunters that managed to kill the king lizard himself? I hope you’re not offended but I’m going to have to see it for myself.” He spoke with his coarse voice.
“No problem, just make sure you have our payment, it wasn’t easy killing this thing.” Luca said staying in character.
“Heard about the gorgon blood. Who’s the hunter who managed that?” Jolie asked, partly in character and partly for her own curiosity.
“He didn’t. That fuck tried to rip me off, he’s outside hanging from the wall. Let that be a lesson for everyone, don’t fuck with me.” He snarled.
“Only a suicidal idiot would cross you, lucky for you were not stupid. Jury’s out on suicidal though.” The vampire spoke up.
Leonard chuckled hoarsely and followed Bong-cha to the trunk, she didn’t like the way his eyes lingered on her tight leather pants, she kept it to herself, she didn’t want to blow their cover. Setepenre opened the trunk while Jolie inched closer to the two guards. When the burnt man saw the “body” of Matt he jumped back before getting in for a closer look.
“Hoo ahh!!! That’s him alright! Can’t believe some nobodies managed to take this SOB down!” He exclaimed.
“Yea, about that…” Luca smirked,
“What do you mean—ahhhhh!” The head of the Serpent Society was silenced when the dragon king suddenly closed his jaw around the man’s upper body. Blood pooled from his mouth and down the back bumper and onto his companions.
The two guards prepared to fire but Jolie had already prepared a spell and the guards were impaled by spear wielding statues that belonged to two graves. Unfortunately one of the guards managed to let off a few rounds and the gunshots echoed through the caves.
“Fuck Matt! You could have waited until we back off! I’m covered in asshole blood!” Setepenre shouted.
“Here.” Jolie said and removed their appearance altering spell.
“Thanks but couldn’t you have trapped them inside coffins or something? I hope nobody heard those shots.” The black girl replied.
“Nobody could have heard that—at least I think they could. Plus it looked so cool!” Jolie said with a wicked smile.
Matt had returned to his human form, jumping out of the blood soaked trunk, wiping blood from his mouth.
“It doesn’t matter either way. Just killing Leonard alone won’t stop these monsters. We have to kill all of the rouge hunters.” He said.
“Look, I don’t care about these dickbags but once we start fighting, most will flee before we can get to them.” Bong-cha explained.
“I know we won’t be able to get all of them, but the main dragon hunters are in the main keep, none of those dragon hunters can escape us.” Matt replied.
“As long as nobody heard those gunshots, I think we might be able to do this quietly.” Luca planned.