Spring Break
Chapter 23
By Rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

We follow King Bnar's lead group. Soon we see a mountain range in Nevidre. We get lower and lower towards the mountains. King Bnar's group enters in a cave entrance near a large town nestled in the hills below it. We follow behind him. We fly through the caverns and tunnels. Then we see a tunnel widened out and becomes a major thoroughfare of dwarf activity. We pass several villages and enclaves along the way.

After some time, we see the traffic get more congested. We approach the large dwarf city of Light-crys. Then we see their Grand Cave and King Bnar's Fortress nearby. The city of Light-crys gets its name from the light crystals in bedded in the ceiling. There are multiple colors of different crystals in the ceiling. However, most of them are shining white in color.

We enter King Bnar's Fortress and into his throne room. We appear there in a blink of an eye or a flash of light.

We all get ourselves arranged in the room by kingdom. King Bnar and his queen walk towards their throne chairs and sits down. He then speaks up.

“Sword-bearer, Thrack'cel. Please come to the throne room!”

“I hear you, my king. I'm coming.”

As soon as he walks into the throne room he stops and stares at the royal guests for a moment. Then he looks at King Bnar and his queen.

“My... my king... you're back early.”

“We know, Thrack'cel. These royal guests are here for a purpose. Please have my Fortress Chief Warrior come here.”

“Yes, King Bnar.” Thrack'cel leaves the throne room. After a few moments, Chief Warrior Brakshard shows up and enters the room. He does a quick scan of the throne room. He immediately turns and faces King Bnar. He bows quickly and rises back up.

“Reporting for duty, my King. What do you need done today?”

“We are going to visit the designer enclave on the outskirts of Light-crys. It is going to be a surprise visit.”

“Are any of them in trouble?”

“I don't know, Chief Warrior. Right now it is just information gathering. Some secrets were just revealed to all of us yesterday and today. We need to confirm these secrets to determine if there is still a threat to all of Twainor.”

“That is a serious accusation my King. How many of my men do you need with you?”

“How big is Ghathne's enclave? How many can gather inside it?”

“It's Ghathne's enclave? It can hold twenty men inside the main room if I remember right.”

“All right, bring eight warriors from the Fortress Brigade. Four will be outside and four inside. We'll start with me and Queen Elithana entering in first. Then, the royalty from our region. Then, the rest.”

“What about our Outside Helpers?”

“They will come in when asked.”

“What are we looking for?”

“I don't know Chief Warrior. It has to be something out of place. It could be a hidden room.”

“King Bnar, may I interject an idea here.”

“You may, King Tierion. Richard gave us an idea how to find this hidden room.”

“What is this idea, Richard?”

I step forward and nod my head up and down quickly.

“Evrat and I discussed this yesterday. The only way to build electrical devices without getting the discharge from the Ethereal Space is to be in a well protected room.”

“Protected in what way, Richard?”

“The room needs to have a metal cage in there first. It is attached to the cave or ground with a metal cable. Inside this six-sided cage you can build a room that is supported by wooden stilts for example and does not touch the metal cage. The room is insulated and is well built.”

“How do you get inside this room besides using the transport spell?”

“There would be a metal door. It could have a small window or not. But what will be there is a rubber or flexible mat on the ground before the door. It will have a metal cable from it to the metal door frame.”

“Then one can walk into this room?”

“Yes, you must touch the metal door frame first before going inside it. This is to remove your own excess electricity that you store naturally.”

“Have you shaken hands with somebody and get an electrical shock?”

“Yes we have, Ariella.”

“That is called static electricity.”

“I see, Richard and Ariella. Then we'll look for that. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, King Bnar.” Ariella and I give a quick nod of my head and back up.

I look around the room; I see a lot of smiles from everyone, especially from all of the Outside Helpers. I smile back to them and nod my head up and down.

“All right, you have your orders, Chief Warrior. Select your men, you will be transporting with us from the throne room here.”

“Yes, my King.” He nods his head quickly and leaves the throne room. He comes back quickly with eight dwarf warriors. All are armed with a short sword that is sheathed, shield on the back, knives and a spear.

“All right, my friends. Let's pair up like before. Warriors select a group to connect to.”

“Yes, King Bnar.”

We all rejoin back together. The warriors put their free hand on to the shoulder of someone on the end of a wing.

“Is everyone ready?”

“Yes, King Bnar!”

“Then let's fly to Ghathne's Enclave.”

The wizards and sorceresses recite the transport spell. We all disappear in a blink of an eye or a flash of light. We pass through King Bnar's throne room and fortress. We fly down a road that joins into the main road. After a flying for a moment, King Bnar slows down and makes his descent. We see the traffic of dwarves becoming less and less. Then he slows down and rests on the ground. There is a small square in the road here.

We all appear in the clear space of the square. Some of the dwarves become startled when they see all of the royalty there. They bow immediately before us.

“You may rise, dwarves of Light-crys. Continue about your work and travel.”

“Yes, King Bnar. It's an honor to greet all of the royalty of Twainor. Thank you.”

The dwarves continue about their daily activities and ignore us.

“Come this way, my friends. It's not far from here.”

We follow King Bnar and Queen Elithana down a short way into an alcove from the road. Chief Warrior Brakshard brings four warriors with him; two on either side of the king and queen. He walks up to the door and opens it. He walks inside and sees several dwarves working on their current projects.

They stop when they see him.

“Designer and Builder Enclave Ghathne, I present to you King Bnar and Queen Elithana.”

“Oh, my!”

“What?”

They quickly bow forward. King Bnar and Queen Elithana quickly walk inside with the four dwarf warriors. Once inside, they position themselves in key locations of the main room.

“You may rise, honored dwarf designers and builders.”

They quickly rise up. The leader of the group quickly steps forward and stops before the king and queen.

“Welcome to Enclave Ghathne my king and queen. My name is Graythor. This is a surprise for you to be here. Is all well in Angathorn Kingdom?”

“I know it is a surprise, Graythor. All is well in Angathorn Kingdom. Something has come up yesterday and today. We need to verify some information.”

“What do you wish to know?”

King Bnar and Queen Elithana quickly look around the room they don't see any metal door, except a hallway in a corner of a room.

“Before I ask, I need to invite some guests in here.”

“They are welcome to come in, my King.”

“Chief Warrior, please invite the rest of the guests. We see enough room for all of them.”

“Yes, my King.”

Chief Warrior walks to the door. “You all may come in, honored guests. There is
room for all of us.”

He holds the door open. Then all of the Kings, Queens, Ambassadors, Outside Helpers and Escorts all file in. They stand in several lines all around the room side by side.

Graythor and the other dwarves look dumbfounded. Then he tries to speak, “Indeed this is a high honor to have all of the royalty here including the Outside Helpers and the Escorts.”

“Yes it is, Graythor. Now that everyone is here. I'm about to do something. It is going to be brought out and placed on the table here. I need a good explanation that is honest and truthful.”

“Yes, King Bnar.”

“Wizard Pagsen, please produce the items.”

“Yes, King Bnar.” Wizard Pagsen takes out two bags from his pockets and places them on a table.

Graythor looks perplexed at first. Then he gets wide eyed and very scared when he sees the object taken out from Dekrane's pocket.

Dekrane puts the disarmed bomb on the table.

“King Bnar. Where did he get that bomb?”

“It was found inside the stomach of a dead man. We found seven bodies in the Abyss in King Thranton's Under Kingdom.”

“Is... is it... disarmed? In the Abyss?”

“It is, Graythor. The two active ingredients are in those two bags.”

“I should hope so my king.”

“Have you made anymore of these Graythor?”

“No... no...my king. Ghathne told me he destroyed the designs after he built the seventh one. He vowed not to build them again. He feared if they fell into the wrong hands after Ruald took them. We still have the list of ingredients to make the two compounds though.”

“Have you seen King Dryden's Inquiry yet?”

“We have, King Bnar. We are glad Ruald got caught.”

“We are glad too, Graythor. You can calm down now. You're not in trouble.”

“Yes, my King.” Graythor and the other dwarves calm down from the surprise.

“Where did Ghathne make these bombs?”

“There is a protected room down the hallway. It is down there.”

“Can our Outside Helpers have a look? They need to make an evaluation of what has been made there.”

“Yes, they can go inside. They will need to pause on the mat and touch the metal door frame before going inside.”

“I understand that, Graythor. You just confirmed what Richard and Evrat guessed yesterday and told me today.”

“Yes, my king. King Bnar, how come those seven bombs were found there?”

“The short story is this, Graythor. Ruald had designs to bring great destruction to Twainor. He had designs to be the only ruler of Twainor. The first three bombs were found inside Master Wizard Galfnir, Thriol and Breagne. The next four bombs are connected to Draknor's plot in King Thranton's Under Kingdom.”

“I see, King Bnar.”

“If all seven had blown up, that region would have been destroyed and the quakes would have spread to the rest of Twainor.”

“What?! Is that true Brentann?”

“Yes, Graythor.”

“ Why, that selfish wizard! I ought to...”

“Peace, Graythor. Ruald has been caught.”

“Then why didn't the bombs blow up my King?”

“Because of two things that Ruald and Draknor didn't know. One, Ruald didn't know there was a dragon living on the bottom of the Abyss.”

“How did he get down there?”

“He was very little two hundred years ago. He got lost in the caves and fell into the shaft.”

“I've seen that happen here.”

“Yes Graythor. His name is Ryujin, the brother of Marcon.”

“The brother of Marcon? He would be huge today.”

“Yes, he is, Graythor. The second problem for Ruald was that even though Galfnir was bound, he was wide awake when he was thrown down. He didn't have time to recite the transport spell. He was too weak. He put a sealing spell on the electrical connectors and the bomb hoping to prevent it from blowing up. To his surprise he saw Ryujin glowing brightly at the bottom of the Abyss.”

“Ryujin is glowing?”

“Yes, he ate the Illuminae fish for food down there.”

“Heh, heh... I see it happening now. So Galfnir was able to protect the bombs as
each man was thrown down. Hence, the tragedy didn't happen.”

“No, it didn't, Graythor.”

“I am much relieved to hear that, my King.”

“I know you are. What electrical marvels have you made here?”

“We were able to make some great tools.” Then he looks at the Outside Helpers. “Come, Outside Helpers. Let me show you what we have made.”

“We appreciate that, Graythor. We need to ask a new question now.”

“What is it Geve?”

“Do the other three Under Kingdoms have enclaves like this one here?”

Everyone perks up their ears when they hear this question. They begin to smile hopefully to hear a good answer.

“As far as I know, it is different in each Under Kingdom. We have not really shared our knowledge with the Upper Kingdoms. Some of the Under Kingdoms have what we have here, but not all. We don't know how to share it or teach it properly, because we know the basic principles of math and science have to be understood first.”

I begin to chuckle loudly. Then everyone else picks up on it and begins to laugh with me. I speak up.

“Don't we know it, Graythor. It is very important. You have to begin with the simple math first and how to teach it at each age level. On Earth we start our children at age six with the basic math of adding and subtracting simple numbers and solving simple problems. Each of the Outside Helpers can provide some basic outline of teaching before we leave Twainor. We'll also look at your element list to see if you have some organization to it.”

“Thank you, Richard. That is greatly appreciated.”

“You're welcome, Graythor.”

“Then come, let us show you what we have made so far.”

Then all twelve of us walk down the hallway. He stops at the door. There is a light fixture mounted next to the door. It is not lit at this time.

“This crystal light will come on when someone is inside. It is a very large room. We can all fit inside. Don't forget to stand on the mat and touch the metal door frame before going inside.”

“Yes, Graythor.” We all respond together.

~~~000~~~

“This is great news, everyone.”

“Yes it is King Dryden. We'll be glad to share our knowledge.”

“It will have to be understood properly so it can be applied the right way.”

“I agree, King Lhokte.”

“I'm curious how much Draknor really knows about this.”

“Probably, not much, King Jeriel. Since he received the bombs from here, then that knowledge is not known in my Under Kingdom.”

“That could be true, King Thranton.”

“Wizard Pagsen, please put the items back into your pockets. We'll need them for Draknor's show.”

“Yes, King Thranton.”

Wizard Pagsen picks up the two bags and puts them into his pockets. Dekrane puts the disarmed bomb into his pocket.

~~~000~~~

Graythor recites the spell to turn on the light crystals and steps inside. The light fixture comes on in the hallway when he does that. We also feel some air movement bringing in some fresh cool air into the room.

We step on the mat and touch the metal door frame as we walk inside the room. We see various items lit up for their tools.

“Are you all right, Belisar, in this room?”

“Just leave the door open, Graythor, then I'll be fine.”

“Then I'll leave the door open.” Graythor swings the door wide open. “Let me record this. So I won't forget it.”

“That's fine Graythor. How about you activate three more crystals for the other Under Kingdoms.”

“Yes, that will be easier to do.”

He takes three more crystals and activates the spell to record our conversations and what we show to him.

“This room is incredible, Graythor.”

“I didn't expect to see this here.”

We see very accurate weights and balances. We also see microscopes and telescopes, mirrors, coils of wires, wire cutters, batteries, and crystals to experiment on. Glass test tubes, glass beakers and flasks. In one corner we see shelves of glass jars filled with different chemicals and labeled to show what the contents are. There are three tables in the center of the room. There is a long counter top along two of the walls with shelves and drawers to each of them.

“We know, Outside Helpers. I know it is a surprise to you.”

“You do know that you're from Earth; are you?”

“I know that now, Richard. I didn't know before you came here.”

“Can you describe what each piece of equipment does, Graythor?'

“Yes I can, Ariella. Over here we have a telescope that looks at the color pattern of each element.”

“We call that a spectroscope on Earth.”

“That's a good word, Richard. I like that one better. We have drawn various diagrams of the elements we have discovered so far.”

“How many have you found so far?”

“We have found fifty-five so far, Brentann. We're having trouble how to organize the elements to guess the missing ones.”

“My first question is this, Graythor. Do you know or have you guessed how the elements are built?”

“What Richard is saying is this, do you know the three parts that make up each element when they get really small?”

“I think I know what you’re saying. We have tried to slice and look through our special lens set up to see this. We keep seeing a solid element.”

“All right, that's a start, Graythor. It is much, much smaller than that.”

“Have you discovered or guessed there are waves of energy throughout the Maker's Creation?”

“I think we have, Evrat. We have a piece of glass here that is pure. We saw it when the sun light shines through it. We saw a rainbow color like our colorful lights at the sun sets.” He lights a candle and we see the rainbow on the wall nearby.

“Good, there is hope. You're on the right track here. What you did was to spread that visible light to make it wider to see the colors. Each color is a different wave length. We call that glass shape a prism.”

“Wave length, that's like the waves in water, right?”

“Yes that is right. Light can behave like a wave and like a particle. Light's smallest particle is what we call a photon. But when it is together with other light photons they work as a wave.”

“I can see that picture now.”

“Now our scientists thought matter is the same way. There is a core of particles in its center with what is called electrons circling around it like the planets.”

“We had that idea as well, but that is too crude.”

“That's right it is a crude model, but it provided about seventy percent of the answer.”

“All right, did you know heat is found in that rainbow that you saw from the flame you lit?”

“No, I didn't know that, Ariella.”

“Do you have a tool to measure temperature?”

“I think so Ariella. We use this glass tube here. It has a liquid in it and the tube is sealed.” He opens a drawer and takes it out and shows it to her.

“Excellent, Graythor. I see you put some markings on there.”

“Yes, the marks are for certain liquids when they boil and at room temperature.”

“Very good, Graythor. Now take that device and bring it over to the light spectrum. Measure the heat of each color that you see.”

“All right.” He does that. “I see no change with each color really.”

“I didn't think you would. Now move it further beyond the red colored one
slowly.”

“All right.” He does that. Then all of a sudden the liquid rises quickly. He feels the glass tube get hotter. He then removes it and sets it on the table to cool off. “What? How did that happen? Why did it get hot?”

“It's an area we call infra-red. It is beyond that red color. That is where the heat comes from when you see the sunlight. That wave is invisible to the eye. But you can see an image distort like near a fire pit.”

“Graythor, there are waves all around us. It permeates us all. The Ethereal Space behaves as a wave.”

“Yes, we see it appear at sunrise and sunset.”

“This is called the electromagnetic spectrum. It covers everything in the Maker's creation. Using that prism allows us to take a peek at that spectrum.”

“Let us see your diagrams for the elements you saw in the spectroscope.”

“All right.” Graythor opens another drawer and takes out several sheets. We see familiar lines that we know well.

“Each of these colors is unique for each element.”

“That is what we found so far, Geve.”

“Good. There are ninety-two elements that make up the basic element list for the Maker's Creation. It has been our experience that this permeates throughout his Creation.”

“Oh, my!”

“The difficult ones are the gasses and the dangerous elements.”

“We have suspected there are different gas elements.”

“You can examine them the same way. You can excite certain gases in a sealed tube with a wire to it. It will glow, and then you can use the scope to see the pattern.”

“I'll try that when I get the chance. What are these dangerous ones?”

We all look at each other.

“He must be told, Richard.”

“I know, Evrat.”

I look at Graythor. “First I need to see some of your math equations.”

“All right, Richard.” He opens another drawer and takes out several sheets of paper. He hands them to us. We look at the notations. Some of them look familiar to us.

“Richard, I recognize some of these relationships.”

“So do I, Brentann.”

“I do too, Geve. This is very good, Graythor.”

“I take you're pleased with this?”

“We are, Graythor. You're on the right track to do some better organization of the elements.”

“The dangerous elements are the ones we call radioactive.”

“Radioactive, Richard?”

“Yes, they emit a different property that can't be seen by the eye. It can cause damage to living cells in all animals and plants. It can sometimes change the property of an element very slightly.”

“How do you detect this emission Tek? I don't think our detection spell will do it.”

“Until you know what it is, Graythor, then you don't have the words to describe it to use the detection spell.”

“All right, that makes sense.”

“We'll have to show how to make a new tool to detect this radiation.”

“We'll begin with some concepts about matter and go from there.”

“All right, you better draw it up.”

“We intend to, Graythor. I also intend to show this drawing to King Thranton's group as well.”

“You're right. The more people who work on it, the better it is for everyone on Twainor.”

“That's right, Graythor.”

We take the next quarter-mark to make drawings of matter and the idea how radioactive elements work. He sees the need to make a special metal cylinder that has a glass tube inside with a gas sealed in it. There is also a wire that runs the length inside that tube to a box that will house more electrical parts. He sees the radioactive particle will hit the wire and cause a jump in the electrical output to be sounded out with sound or a display with a needle.

We write down some new ideas and hints for some new math equations they will need to discover for atomic mass, the atomic number and Avogadro's number. It is similar to the density equation they already discovered. We see he is close to understanding the PV = nRT equation. We didn't expound on that for him. We did point out to him how to modify his chart and rearranged the elements to look like the periodic table. We did that by grouping the metals into groups. He sees the gaps of elements that are yet to be discovered.

Geve writes down some electrical and power equations. Graythor sees that he was right on some of those ideas.

We find Graythor very smart for a dwarf.

“Thank you very much for the ideas. I appreciate it. We'll get working on this and see if we can organize the table better.”

“Before we go, Graythor, there are some tools that are needed in the healing centers.”

“What are they, Ariella?”

“Use the fan blade to create suction devices to remove pooling blood when the body is opened.”

“Yes I can see a need for that. It will need a filter to keep the blood away from the fan blade.”

“Yes it will, Graythor. The air device can be off to the side and not in a direct line with the tube.”

“Yes, I see it still working like that.”

“Then another device is the respirator. This is to provide air to the patient while being operated on. It can be filtered outside air given to the patient. Most of the time element #8 will be needed to help the patient to breathe while the operation is going on. Element #8 is the primary gas for all air breathers like us. Element #8 can be pressurized into small tanks for portability. It will need a regulator and a mask to cover the nose and mouth.”

“We've been trying to find the elements that make up our air to breathe. We haven't found a way to do it yet.”

“I'll show you a quick experiment for two of them. I'll need a battery, two wires with connectors, two glass test tubes, a small tank filled with water.”

“Sure, I can do that.”

Graythor goes about the room and collects the items. He brings them to table. We start assembling the device. The two electrodes are placed inside the tube upside down filled with water and extending out of the small tank. I connect one end of the wire to one pole of the battery. I pause before I attach the other end.

“Once I attach this end to the other pole, you will see bubbles floating up in the tubes.”

“All right, Richard.”

I connect the wire to the other post. We all see bubbles floating up the tubes. Soon one is pushing the water down twice as fast as the other. I take off the probe to stop the reaction.

“That's incredible, Richard.”

“Yes, it is. In fact I created two gasses on the element chart. It is element #1 and #8. There will always be a two to one relationship in pure water. Element #1 is this one here. Element #8 is this one. Element #8 is what we need to breathe. So do most of the fish life in the oceans as well.”

“You can study that gas and do some experiments with it. Remove the tubes, keep them upside down and light a match to each one. You'll get a different reaction for each one. However, element #1 will be more explosive than the other one, so be careful.”

“There are some uses for element #1, but care must be taken when dealing with it. It's all right to release it into atmosphere, because the quantities you create will be small as you start out to understand it. It will float up and disperse into the black space.

“How much water was needed to create those gasses?”

“Probably, about a drop or two of water to create that much.”

“Oh my... I'll see what we can do, Ariella to make this happen.”

“Take it slow, Graythor. No one needs to get hurt here. The tanks have to be strong to withstand the pressure when you compress it. There is a pressure limit for those metal tanks. The tanks need to be round and have no square corners.”

“I understand that principal already, Ariella. I have witnessed gas explosions near our fire pits.”

“You'll figure it out which gas it is that's exploding and what the critical levels are. There are other ways to detect different gases.”

“Thank you. You have helped tremendously.”

“Graythor, as a bonus for teaching; since we each have a different specialty, each kingdom on Twainor will have knowledge in more detail than the others. So, if you want to know more about plants, go to Antarte for example.”

“I see, we can set up different schools for Twainor. They can bring that information back to help each kingdom, region, port and town.”

“There is one more device that you will need to build before the next kingdom meeting. It is for the sea dragons.”

“I remember that now. I saw the replay of that recording here. How do you keep the sea dragons cool in the summer?”

I start to make some drawings. “Take that fan blade and mount it like this. Put a tank of water on the bottom for weight support. Have the tube from the water tank to the fan blade. You'll have to figure out how to move water up to the fan blade.”

“That's easy. I'll put a wheel pump on the shaft. We can use our magic to spin the fan blade.”

“That's great, you’re almost there. Then on the end of the tube here is a metal cap with very small pinholes.”

“Then the fan blade will blow out the mist into the air. It will keep the sea dragon skin moist.”

“Yes, it will. It will also cool off the air. However, the water will collect on the ground. So this set up will work for outside.”

“How do I cool off the air in a room that's above ground?”

“Study that equation for pressure, volume and temperature for a closed tank.”

“All right... wait a moment I see it now. Pressure times volume equals temperature.”

We smile at Graythor. We see his mind is leaping forward very fast.

“If the volume is constant, once the gas is released and the pressure goes down. Then the temperature goes down.”

“That's right Graythor. Then you can take that fan blade and blow air across a coiled metal tube to cool the air.”

“But I need to figure out how to cycle that reaction continuously.”

“Like you said, you'll figure it out. Take it one step at a time. You'll have to choose which gas or liquid will be cycled continuously. Some are easier and safer than others.”

“I'll definitely have to. Thank you.”

“Have you developed tools that you can take outside the room here?”

“It’s very difficult, Geve. The electrical level has to be very low.”

“Here's an idea that should work. Take some magnetic rock and wire. Take the wire and wrap it in a coil. Put the magnetic rock inside the circle and spin the rock. You should be able to create an electrical current. Take the two ends of the wire and touch them on a light crystal. The crystal should light up.”

“I'll definitely try that. Wait a moment, if that works, then we didn't use magic to light it up.”

“That's right, Graythor. You might need that set up if you're in a ship that is outside your Ethereal Space or underwater.” We smile at him.

“Then that means...oh, this is too much.... Thanks.” He smiles back at us.

Then Evrat looks on the wall and sees a familiar sight.

“Richard, I think they have a time piece here.”

“Where is it?”

“It's on that wall.” Evrat points to it.

“Oh that, Evrat. That is something we have been playing with for some time. We haven't been able to finish it yet. It needs some more gears.”

“I have on my wrist a watch from my home world.” I show Graythor my watch.

“Those parts have to be really small.”

“They are, Graythor. However, this is one not working. It has a small battery for power. But we still make watches that have a spring inside to wind up.”

“That time piece has a spring in it. We haven't figured out how to move the sub-mark hand to move it one mark yet.”

“Keep at it, Graythor, you'll figure it out.”

“Thank you.”

Graythor ends the recording on the crystals. He hands three of the crystals to us. I take one for King Thranton. Brentann takes one for King Rhur. Chls takes the other one for King Lhokte.

“We have been here long enough. We need to get to King Thranton's Under Kingdom and put on a show for Draknor.”

“I wish I could see his reaction, Richard.”

“We'll be sure to record it.”

“Yes record it on the crystals. Come, it is time to leave.”

We leave the protected room. Graythor has a big smile on his face when we meet the others.

“I take it from your face, Graythor, all is well?”

Everybody else smile as well when they see his face shining with a big smile.

“I'm definitely happy, my King. I look forward to working these new ideas out. Some will come sooner than others.”

“Well, you take it easy, now.”

“Yes, my King.”

“Well, we must be going, Graythor. We still have time to visit King Thranton's Under Kingdom.”

“I look forward to updating you again at the next full outer moon.”

“I look forward to hearing it.”

We all leave the enclave. We see Graythor talking excitedly to his co-workers. We walk into the alcove to get ourselves organized for the next trip.

“We can walk back to the Fortress, my King.”

“Thank you for providing the security. We'll be back later this afternoon after the noon repast in Angathorn Kingdom.”

“We'll be in your throne room awaiting your next orders, my King.”

“Until then, Chief Warrior Brakshard.”

They bow their heads to each other quickly.

We connect to each other like before. We are given the command from King Bnar. The wizards and sorceresses recite the transport spell. We disappear like before. We fly out of King Bnar's Under Kingdom and fly northward to King Thranton's Under Kingdom.

We fly across the ocean that separates the regions. King Thranton's group begins the descent first to take the lead. We follow in behind him. He enters the cave entrance in Castle Lord Randson's fiefdom. We fly through the caverns and tunnels. Then we pick up the main road that leads to Harsten and King Thranton's Fortress.

We enter in his throne room. We see a Fortress Lord give a startled look of surprise when he sees us all appear. He bows quickly.

“Welcome home, my King and Queen.”

“We're sorry for the surprise. It is time for Draknor and some other issues.”

“Of course, my King.” He then addresses the rest of us. “Welcome, royal visitors to King Thranton's Under Kingdom. If you please wait a moment I'll get Chief Warrior Grandwal.”

“Yes, go and summon him, my friend.”

He nods his head quickly. He turns around and leaves the throne room. It doesn't take long for both of them to show up.

Chief Warrior Grandwal bows his head quickly. “What do you need done, my King?”

King Thranton turns to Ariella. “Ariella, what do you need for this show for Draknor and his friends?”

“My first question is this. Is there enough room where Draknor and his friends are held? Can we set up seven tables down there for each of the bodies and a good number of us to witness this?”

“Yes, there is, Ariella. There is a large floor space down there. There are twenty cells on that floor level. We can stand off to the side so everybody here won't be seen.”

Then King Thranton looks at his Chief Warrior. “That's good, Chief Warrior. Set up the tables down there in a row. Then move the bodies down there. Oh, and one more thing; we have identified all three men from the southern kingdoms.”

“Yes, my King, it will be done.” He bows quickly and leaves the throne room.

“Is there anything else you need, Ariella?”

“Usually the clothes are removed so I can take closer look at the skin surfaces for visual clues of injuries. I'll take a closer look at the cross scans of the bodies to verify any broken bones. I can point out how each hit occurred and what kind of force it was. We will act out and play that we are removing the bomb and have a problem with it.”

“I see, Ariella. Then the wizards will produce a flash of light in front of their cells when the bomb drops to the floor.”

“That can work, King Thranton.”

“Hopefully by that time, Draknor will be screaming for us stop the insanity.”

“We can walk in front of the cells while they recover from the flash and stare at them.”

“Yes, I really like that, King Hilmar. Once they realize they are still alive, hopefully they will confess to what they know.”

“Then we can give the information what we learned this morning and see how he reacts to it.”

“I'm pretty sure Draknor will tell us that Ruald didn't tell his full plan to him.”

“We will need to replay that recording from Galfnir to convince him what happened down there.”

“I'm planning to send those four down to the bottom of the Abyss. Let them live off the Illuminae fish like Ryujin did.”

“How long will you keep them down there, King Thranton?”

“I don't know, King Rhur. My first thought is a full year, if their skin begins to glow from eating the fish. Then they have been marked. I'm beginning to think it was Draknor who threw them all down there alive. The other three had nothing to do with it.”

“That's a good plan, Ariella. I like it a lot. We'll make sure everything is recorded down there.”

“Then after this we can visit one your designer enclaves here?”

“Yes it shouldn't take too long, King Thranton. We were able to record what we talked about with Graythor in that protected room. We have a crystal for each of the dwarf Under Kingdoms.”

Everyone smiles in the room upon hearing that good news.

“Thank you very much, Outside Helpers. We greatly appreciate that.”

Then Chief Warrior Grandwal comes back into the throne room. “My King, we have set up the tables as requested. The seven bodies are lying on top of them.”

“Very good, Grandwal. Please escort us all to the Basement.”

“Yes, King Thranton. Come this way honored guests.”

Chief Warrior Grandwal leads us from the throne room to the front foyer area. He turns left and walks a short distant. A guard standing next to a door opens it for us. We all walk in single file. It takes some time to walk down the flights of stairs and levels until we arrive on the bottom floor.

We see the large room well lit. There are twenty cells on this level all in a circle. Each cell has iron bars. There are no wooden doors or walls. We can see the four dwarves lying on a cot in their cells fast asleep.

We find our positions to stay out of sight from the four cells. Ariella walks up to the first table. Some wizards and sorceresses attend to Ariella. There is a wizard or sorceress standing just to the right of a cell and they can't be seen right away.

Ariella and the Mystic Order begin the preparation of removing the clothes of the fourth dwarf that was thrown down the Abyss. They see multiple bruises on his legs, arms and torso. She lightly touches them and determines what happened.

“King Thranton, this man was beaten up severely before he was thrown down. I don't know who did the beating, but the object used was a wooden club. He bled internally. I don't know long he was awake when he was saved.”

“We'll have to activate the rest of the crystals and read the documents to know the full story Ariella. Continue with the show.”

“Yes, King Thranton. Mystic Order wake up the four dwarves. Have it done slowly. We'll be talking while they try to wake up.”

“We understand, Ariella.”

The wizards and sorceresses recite the spell to wake them up slowly. “It's done.”

“Pagsen, can you remove the bomb?” Ariella nods at him up and down.

“I don't know, Ariella. I've never done something like this. We have to get this bomb out of here.”

Then we hear one of the four dwarves. “Bomb? What bomb? Draknor, are you awake?”

“Can you do it, Dekrane?”

“I'll try, Ariella.”

“Unnnh... I'm just waking up.” Draknor gets up and looks at the tables. He gets scared. “Stop! You don't know what you're doing!”

“I've got it, Ariella, I'm taking it out of the body now.”

“Stop I say! You'll kill us all!”

“Ariella, there are wires still attached to the body! I can't hold it anymore!”

“No! Get that bomb out of here now!”

“Quiet! You're making me lose my concentration. No! I lost the control. I'm dropping it!”

“No!”

Dekrane drops the bomb onto the ground. We hear a loud “clang” when it hits the stone floor.

Then three dwarves scream together, “No!” The fourth one doesn't scream.

As soon as it clangs on the ground, the wizards near the cells produce a flash of light spell. All three dwarves are curled up in fear. The fourth one looks on in wonderment.

With their eyes being blinded, everyone who is watching walks into the room. They stare at the four dwarves to see their reaction.

The fourth one is still standing looking out of his cell. “What are you doing here, royalty?”

Then the three other dwarves slowly gather themselves together. They now realize they aren't dead. They look out the cell and see all of the royalty staring at them with scowls on their faces.

Draknor speaks first, “What's going on here? Why aren't we dead?”

“That's a good question, Draknor. Are we all supposed to be dead?”

“No, King Thranton. Only the four men we tossed down. Oops.”

“We know about the bombs in the four dwarves you replaced.”

“Did you also know there were three men down there before your plot?”

“No...no.. Queen Rosina. Honestly, I didn't know that.”

“Then you were duped by Ruald. He had a bigger plot than you had.”

“Ruald fooled me? How so, my King?”

“He was counting on all seven bombs to blow up. When the seventh one blew up, all of our kingdom here would be destroyed and our region.”

“What...what?! How?”

“A new fire mountain would have burst through and split the mountain range wide open. Some of our continent or all could sink below the ocean. The ensuing quakes would have torn the other kingdoms as well. Many people and First Ones would die. The survivors would come together with Ruald to be the sole ruler of Twainor.”

“No! No! You're lying!”

“Then we'll replay some crystals for you. All four of you pay attention. After we rescued the wives, we went to the bottom of the Abyss to confirm a mystery.”

“I know of that mystery. I heard there was a white dragon down there. That dragon should have been killed.”

“The wizards did find a white dragon down there. But he is alive and well.”

“The white dragon is alive? How?”

“Ruald threw down the first one. It was Galfnir, the former Master Wizard to Maranelle Island Kingdom. Galfnir put a sealing spell on the bomb and the connectors. He was surprised to find a dragon down there. The dragon caught him safely and lay on the cave floor. Galfnir did not die right away. He was still alive after you threw the last dwarf down.”

“No! That's not possible!”

“Replay Galfnir last crystal, Wizard Dekrane.”

Dekrane takes out Galfnir’s last crystal and replays it. He hears Ruald tell him about the potential danger with the bombs.

“No!”

“Replay Harrock's last crystal.”

“Harrock had a crystal?”

“Yes, he had it in his mouth.”

“Grrr.... I knew I should have checked there.”

“Replay it, Dekrane.”

Dekrane replays Harrock's last crystal. He can't believe what Ruald whispered into his ear. He gets furious.

“Curse you, Ruald! You played me for a fool!”

“Yes he did, Draknor. But you're going to answer for killing my father's sword-bearer and the other three.”

Then the fourth dwarf shouts out loud. “I didn't kill the fourth one. I was brought in late into their circle. I heard the other three....”

“Shut up, fool!”

“No! You shut up Draknor! I heard from you his seat was vacant.”

“I told you, Draknor, it was wrong to choose him.”

“Yes you, Draknor! It's your fault! We believed in you that change would come. If that dragon had not been down there, we would not be here talking and living!”

“This is my judgment for now, Draknor. You'll remain here until we decide what to do.”

Draknor looks down, defeated again. King Thranton walks down to the fourth dwarf and looks at him.

He bows his head down and up quickly. “I'm sorry, my King. I thought he was going to bring change that would be good for us all.”

“We'll investigate further the circumstances and your story. Please remain calm.”

“Thank you, my King.”

King Thranton turns and faces his Chief Warrior.

“Then won't be put to sleep now; you can bring them food and water down here. Let them stew in their poor choices. Judgment and sentence will be passed after we investigate this plot further.”

“Yes, my King.”

“Come my royal friends it is time to visit the designer and builder enclave here in Harsten.”

“My King, do you need some warriors with you?”

“Yes, just in case. Eight warriors will do. I don't expect any problems. We might need them for crowd control. We made a good discovery in King Bnar's Under Kingdom. Hopefully we'll find something similar as well.”

“Very good, my King. I'll have them waiting in the throne room by the time you get there.”

“Thank you, Grandwal.”

He takes out his crystal to contact the Fortress Brigade. We all start walking back up the flights of stairs and ramps to the top level. By the time we get to the throne room we see eight warriors waiting for us. They are outfitted with their weapons like we saw in King Bnar's Under Kingdom.

“We are going to the designer and builder enclave that is near here, warriors. We'll be going inside to ask some questions to see if anything corroborates what we have heard yesterday and today. Your task is to keep the people away from us while we are inside.”

“Yes, my King. Do you need any of us inside the enclave?”

“I'll take two of you with me and the queen first. If all is all right, then we'll ask the other royal guests here to come inside.”

“Yes, my King.”

“All right, let's all connect together my friends. This enclave is near the edge of Harsten. There is enough space for all of us to land there and appear.”

We all put our hand to shoulder to the wizards and sorceresses. They recite the transport spell. We all disappear one group at a time.

We fly through the caverns until we reach the edge of Harsten. We see a clear area that King Thranton's group heads toward. We appear there in the blink of an eye. We get ourselves disconnected and rearrange ourselves. The warriors take their positions around us. King Thranton and Queen Rosina walk towards the enclave door with the two warriors flanking them.

One of the warriors opens the door and walks inside. He sees six dwarves in there working on their current projects. They all stop when they see the warrior come in.

“Dwarves of Enclave Harsten, I present to you King Thranton and Queen Rosina.”

“Oh, this is a surprise.”

“Quickly bow your heads.”

All six of the dwarves stand up and bow their heads. King Thranton and Queen Rosina walk inside with the second warrior closing the door behind him.

“It's an honor to greet you, King Thranton and Queen Rosina.”

“You may rise dwarves. We have come here to do some information gathering. We uncovered some secrets yesterday and today.”

One of the dwarves speaks up, “If it has to do with Draknor and his friends, then we'll be glad to help.”

“That's good to hear, Blakner. I would like to bring in some friends here. They are concerned as well.”

“They are invited to come in, my King.”

The warrior turns around and opens the door. “You all may come in to witness.”

Then everyone comes into the main room. The dwarves have their mouths open when they see all of the royalty there and the Ambassadors, Outside Helpers and Escorts.

Then all six dwarves bow their heads down and up quickly.

“This is a great honor to welcome all of Twainor's royalty and guests here. Thank you.”

“We have some questions to ask. We need to know if Draknor has requested any of your services.”

“Draknor and two of his friends have been here from time to time. A long time ago he asked us if we knew how to build an electrical bomb.”

Another dwarf speaks up. “We told him we didn't know. We told him to seek the enclave in King Bnar's Under Kingdom.”

“Hmm... that's interesting, King Thranton.”

“Yes it is, King Bnar.”

“So you didn't know what Draknor's plan was at that time. Isn't that right?”

“Yes, my King. Draknor never told us what he was up to. He kept dropping by telling us that we must keep our best knowledge secret. He said he had orders from you to make sure we told no one.”

“What? I never gave that order, Blakner.”

“You didn't, my King?”

“I surely didn't. Again Draknor was plotting and keeping information from me.”

King Thranton looks around the room. He sees a metal door and mat on the ground before it. It has a metal cable attached to the metal door frame.

“I'm sorry to hear Draknor has kept us secret, my King. We would have told you what we are making down here. We have made some great discoveries here.”

“I'm sure you have. Wizards, please put the bomb on the table here for them to see.”

“Yes, King Thranton.”

Wizards Pagsen and Dekrane take out the bomb pieces and place them on the table for them to see.

“We were shown a drawing of that bomb. We didn't have the knowledge to make the electrical components and the compounds. Our specialty is in building mechanical machines that you can take with you. We also found new combinations to make steel better.”

“That's good to hear, Blakner.” King Thranton walks around the room to the metal door. He pauses before it. He doesn't stand on the mat and tries to open the door.

“My King! Stop! Don't open that door!”

“Why, Blakner? Is there something wrong? Are you trying to hide something from me?”

“No, my King. You were opening that door the wrong way.”

“In what way?”

“You need to stand on this mat before you open the door.”

We all begin to chuckle and giggle in the main room.

The dwarf builders look at us with curious eyes.

“I was just testing you, Blakner. I know about the protected room that is behind this door.”

“You do?”

“Yes, there is one in King Bnar's Under Kingdom.”

Blakner and the other dwarves calm down and begin to smile.

“So what do you need to know, my King?”

“I need to know where we stand on what you have done here. Also the Outside Helpers have spoken with Graythor already. They gave him some confirmation on his discoveries.”

“Are we going to receive that as well?”

“We are, Blakner. Richard, please bring out the crystal copy.”

“Yes, King Thranton.” I take the crystal out from my pocket and hand it to King Thranton.

“Thank you, Richard.”

“You're welcome, King Thranton.”

“This crystal is for you. There is very good information on here that will keep you busy for a very long time.”

He smiles, “Yes, my King.” He takes the crystal from King Thranton.

“I want you to be in contact with the other enclaves such as this one in the other kingdoms. We need to be together on this.”

“Yes, my King.”

“Also we need to share this information with the upper kingdoms as well.”

“How do we begin with that, my King?”

“You will have teachers and schools with them.”

“What?”

“King Thranton, may I provide some examples?”

“Yes you may, Evrat.”

“A good example is the metals that are found. I'm sure the smiths in the upper kingdom would like to know of the many combinations that can add to their choices in weapon building.”

“Yes they would, Evrat.”

“Also, there is an important new tool that we talked over with Graythor on that crystal. You need to work with him to get it built for example.”

“What will that tool do, Richard?”

“It will detect other elements that could be harmful to Twainor. You have yet to discover the gases and the dangerous elements that are found in the Maker's Creation.”

“There are more?”

“There are ninety-two basic elements in the Maker's Creation.”

“I didn't know that, Richard.” He looks at King Thranton. “On my honor, my King, I didn't know.”

“You need to be more diligent here, Blakner. If you need help, seek out Graythor for help. He appears to be more gifted in seeking the mysteries of the Maker's Creation. These twelve Outside Helpers already know more than all of us put together.”

“There are many enemies in the universe, Blakner. We just hope one does not set their eyes on Twainor too soon.”

“Then what is the hope if one comes our way Evrat and my King?”

“Then we'll call on the Outside Helpers here to come to our aid. Hopefully, with their insight they can find a way to help us defend ourselves better.”

“After what I have seen this week, anything is possible. Please, Outside Helpers, come into the room. I'll show you what we have.”

“Thank you, Blakner.”

Blakner walks up to the door and opens it. He stands on the mat and touches the metal door frame. He then walks inside. We do the same thing and walk inside the room. We leave the door open so the rest of the royalty can hear us talking. It's also for Belisar to feel at ease.

The room is a little smaller than the one we were just in. We do see some equipment that Graythor has. On the wall we see a similar time piece or clock. However, this one appears to be built better. It has three arms similar to ours on Earth.

“Blakner, it’s important this information gets taught to more people. It is important that more minds get thinking on the problems.”

“I know that now, Tek.”

“Blakner, before we start. We noticed a similar time piece or clock on Graythor's wall like the one you have here.”

“Yes, we figured out the arm movements and the gears to make it work.”

“The one on Graythor's wall is not complete yet. Have a talk with him about it.”

“I will, Geve. That one is built and sold in one of the shops here in Harsten. King Thranton has one in his living and sleeping quarters.”

“Does it match with the sun dials in the Upper Kingdoms courtyards?”

“It does, Geve.”

“On that crystal is the design to build a device to cool the sea dragons during the summer.”

“There is, Chls?”

“Yes, there is. You need to get it built and tested in time before the flying dwarf sea dragons come to visit. All of the kingdoms need to jump on this as quickly as possible.”

“I'll be sure to get my co-builders to work on it.”

“There are many subjects we can talk about, Blakner. We think this is our last full day here.”

“If that's the case I need to record your words for future reference. I think we better discuss how are we to go about teaching this knowledge to the rest of Twainor.”

“That's fine, Blakner.”

Blakner takes out a crystal from a drawer to use.

“You better bring out more crystals. It will save time in copying.”

“All right, Geve.”

Blakner takes out three more crystals and sets them on a table in the center of the room. We all gather around the table to begin our discussion. Blakner recites the spell to record our conversations.

~~~000~~~

“I like hearing that King Thranton. To get some sort of idea how to teach this knowledge to our people.”

“I do too, King Dryden. We can develop a plan from this to improve our education standards here.”

“But we know some people will be happy where they are.”

“That's true. It is important that we have our farmers; they provide food for all of us. We need balance with this knowledge my friends.”

“Yes, King Quentin. Since very few of us can be full-fledged wizards and sorceresses. I'm sure there will be few of us that can understand it. I mean, look at Richard. He has the desire to know a lot of information besides his specialty. He seems to relish in keeping his mind active to know more.”

“Then we must find a way to harness that energy in us so that we can help others. He has been able to join the smallest details and make sense of it.”

“It is similar to what I saw in Graythor. He seems to have that talent as well.”

“I agree, King Bnar. Graythor is an amazing man to do that.”

~~~000~~~

“As with any knowledge, Blakner. It must be taken in small steps. On my world education begins with the child. He learns to read and write all the time. After twelve years or so, the child should know how to communicate with other people effectively in reading and writing and solving simple problems.”

“A child should learn many different things.”

“Why is that, Alia?”

“This is to provide choices by the time he gets done with his basic education. He or she will know which direction to go to earn money and put food on the table and raise a family.”

“Yes, that makes sense. We have some education going on. We have healers, wizards, sorceresses, seamen, fishermen, ship builders, wood artisans, gem artisans, farmers, miners, smiths and even the designer and builders here.”

“So there are choices for them.”

“That's right, Alia.”

“That's good, Blakner. With this new information that you are learning here, there might be some more choices.”

“So, what else should they learn?”

“Since there are twelve Outside Helpers here, you will have the opportunity for more choices. We have already provided help in the kingdoms we represent.”

“For me, Blakner, my specialty is plants and herbs. I found new ones for your healers and Mystic Order to use.”

“So we can go to Antarte and ask what they are.”

“That's right, Blakner. Mine is power and machinery. I saw plenty of it on display in the Laurentil Islands and Nevidre already.”

“I'm sure you did, Geve.”

“I gave them a few pointers for some new uses of steam and the machines they can improve upon.”

“I see the picture now. We can send anyone to these kingdoms to pick up on these new ideas and bring them back for us to use.”

“That's right, Blakner. It's important to get this knowledge inter-connected. Then the Kings, Queens and your leadership can make decisions on what to do next to help the people.”

“Yes, that's very important to do.”

“On Earth, the child begins to learn to read, write, do simple math problems, history, arts and crafts and of course playing to keep their bodies fit.”

“That continues each year. The child learns more each year. The math problems become more complicated and new concepts are introduced to them. Some of what you do here is shown to them like the spectroscope that Graythor has. They learn how to measure and weigh objects.”

“Sometimes field trips are given to the students. They get to see how the adults work. This will give them ideas what to do in life as they grow up.”

“They might come up with a new idea to make work easier for example.”

“I can see that happening by having those field trips. We often wondered how we are going to bring up the next generation so this knowledge does not become lost.”

“That's very important. Even a trip to the libraries is important. The students can see history recorded and how it is used for research.”

“That's a good one, Tek. You can have specific assignments given to the students for a particular subject. When they get done, they can create a report and give a speech on the subject. It’s what I do when I'm presented with a tough judgment problem. I see if there is any history that supports the current problem. If it doesn't, then a new decision is made to help someone in the future who gets the same problem.”

~~~000~~~

“I'm glad they are recording this, my friends.”

“Yes, this will keep us all busy for years to come.”

Everyone is smiling and enjoying what is being discussed in the protected room. The royalty can't wait until next week to start implementing some of these ideas.

~~~000~~~

“On my world after the students have completed their basic education, we give them a signed document with a stamped seal stating they have graduated. That piece of paper allows them to show to a potential employer that they have the basic knowledge to begin right away.”

“I like that, Richard.”

“We try to encourage the students to finish. Sometimes we get students who don't have the capacity to go all the way to become healers or store owners.”

“We get that on my world, Richard. We try to encourage them or give private lessons to help them out.”

“That one on one teaching can be important. Sometimes our classes can reach twenty students.”

“We can get thirty in ours.”

“Isn't that a problem to keep that many students being taught at one time, Brentann?”

“It can be, but it takes practice. You might need another teacher in the room to help out the main teacher.”

“Usually we can handle up to five at a time.”

“Well, whatever works best for you stick with it. But be prepared if more students get interested in a certain job or career.”

“Ariella and Richard, you seem to have gone beyond your basic education to be where you are.”

“We have schools of higher learning. Sometimes learning seems to go on forever.”

“Don't I know it, Richard. To be the best surgeon on my world; I'm constantly learning new procedures for different problems. But by learning the basic surgery and health care techniques you improve the survival chances for the patient to lead a normal life.”

“That's what Ariella did when she showed what she knew to the healers and Mystic Order in Ringol Kingdom.”

“We'll definitely need to check in on that.”

“I just did one for a healing center here in Harsten. It is where Healer Morani works.”

“I know who she is. She is a good healer.”

“Yes she is, besides I need to stop by that healing center to check in on Traykes. He should still be there. I didn't have time yesterday to stop by.”

“Well we have talked a lot here. It's almost time for us to go back for our noon repast in Angathorn Kingdom.”

Blakner turns off the crystals. He picks them up and puts them into his pocket. Once we walk out of the protected room. We all get a round of applause, clapping of hands from the royalty.

“That was wonderful, Outside Helpers. We heard what you said in there.”

“Thank you very much.”

“You're welcome, Kings, Queens and escorts.”

Blakner then hands the three copies to King Thranton.

King Thranton then gives one each to King Bnar, King Rhur and King Lhokte.

“You have time, Ariella, to see Traykes before you leave for the noon repast.”

“Besides, it won't start until we are back anyway.”

Most of them giggle and laugh at the idea from King Dryden.

“Thank you, Kings and Queens.”

“I would like to see what Morani has done with your suggestions. It will confirm what you have been trying to teach them.”

“Then let's go my royal friends. It’s not too far from here. We can walk to it and leave from there.”

“That sounds fine, King Thranton. Then your people will be given a treat to see us all together.”

“That's my intention, King Deverell.”

King Thranton looks at Blakner one more time. “I would like a report at the next meeting we have at the next Fortress Lord meeting. They would like to hear what was talked about here.”

“Yes, my King. I'll have that report ready my King. We'll start working on the special fans for the sea dragons as soon as possible.”

“That is greatly appreciated for all of us.”

Then Brentann approaches King Rhur. Chls approaches King Lhokte. They take the crystal copies from Graythor out and hand it to them.

“Here is a copy of the recording with Graythor, King Rhur, and what Blakner just heard from us.”

“Same here, King Lhokte.”

“Thank you very much Outside Helpers. I'll be sure to give it to our designer and builder enclave members quickly.”

“Yes King Rhur, it is important they start on the special fans right away.”

“Well, if we are done here, we can do this last visit for Ariella.”

“Yes, King Thranton.”

We all exit Enclave Harsten together. King Thranton takes the lead. “Warriors please escort us to Morani's Healing Center. We wish to check up on Traykes and see how Morani improved the center with Ariella's ideas.”

“Yes, my King.”

“Once we are done there, then we will leave from there to Angathorn Kingdom.”

“Yes, my King. Warriors, take your positions around the royalty here as we walk to the healing center.”

“Yes Warrior Craglan.”

We begin to walk the streets back to Harsten. The dwarves stop for a moment for a quick bow or nod of the head as we walk by. It takes about a quarter-mark to get there. As we approach the healing center, we see patients coming in and out. There are two warriors there keeping watch and keeping the peace.

They see us approaching their way. They stand at attention.

“Resume your duties, warriors. We are here for a short visit. We wish to check in on Traykes.”

“He is still here, my King. He will be going home tomorrow.”

“That's good. Is Morani here?”

“She is here my King. So is Wizard Hedyn as well. He's doing his usual rounds with the healing centers here. Sorceress Elina is attending and helping a birth in another healing center near here. Please wait a moment I'll get Morani's attention.” The warrior walks into the healing center. After a few moments, both Morani and Wizard Hedyn greet us.

“Welcome, my King and Queen.”

“Welcome royal visitors. Indeed this is a surprise visit.”

“Ariella wishes to see Traykes. Also it will give us the opportunity to see what changes have been done here with Ariella's ideas.”

“You're more than welcome to come in. We suggest royalty first, then the Outside Helpers.”

“That's fine, Morani. We don't intend to be here long.”

“Then come this way. The patients already know you're coming inside. We told them to remain seated while they acknowledge you.”

“We would hope so.”

The royalty walks inside first. The patients smile as they nod their heads up and down as they walk by. The royalty does the same. They all have smiles on their faces.

“As you can see already, King Thranton, there is some improvement already. We just created a second operating room this morning. We are planning to bring in the miners to carve further back for additional rooms for recovery.”

“I remember the last accident we had Morani. A lot of our miners were hurt. All of the healing centers filled up quickly. It took some time to treat each one.”

“And this here is Traykes, the star of the healing center. He was the first one we operated on with what Ariella did for us.”

The other Kings and Queens file in behind them into the room as best they can.

“It's an honor to meet you my King and Queen. Greetings, royalty of Twainor.”

“It's an honor for us Traykes,” speaks Queen Lorinor.

“How do you feel?”

“I feel much better than yesterday my King. They reset the leg bone very good. They tried to use a re-assembly spell on a few blood vessels only. It worked very well. But I'm still tender from the injury.”

“That's good to hear my boy. I hear you need a complete two moon rest period before you could put any weight on it.”

“That's true, my King.”

“Well, you listen to what Morani and Wizard Hedyn have to say.”

“Yes, my King.”

“Come and visit me in the Fortress so I can see you properly in two moons.”

“Thank you, my King. I'll be sure to do that.”

“I need to go now. Today is the last day we are in Angathorn Kingdom. I'll be back later this afternoon.”

“Then have a safe trip, my King and Queen.”

“We will, Traykes.”

Everyone leaves the room. They walk down the hallway to see the two operating rooms. They are surprised to see it arranged neatly with several tables in each one. There are two tables pushed against the wall if needed. There are pitchers of water, bowls, towels and soap bars on top of each dresser. On top of the pitchers are towels to keep the dust off the water. The rooms are well lit with the light crystals.

“This is impressive, Morani. I really like it.”

“We did the same in Ringol Kingdom King Thranton. It really helped us to be organized. It's easier to keep track of the supplies and instruments.”

“We had a talked with the knife smith nearby, King Thranton. He agreed to keep our cutting tools sharp and ready to use. He gave us some pointers to keep them in excellent condition.”

“That's good to hear, Morani.”

“Ariella made a good suggestion when someone is injured and bleeding. The healer or someone must put a sealing spell on it right away. It will give us time to save the patient.”

“That's good to know, Wizard Hedyn.”

“The builders and designers already received word on making some new tools for the healing centers. Hopefully, it will add to what is here for your use.”

“That's good to hear, King Bnar.”

“We plan also to make sure this new information is shared with each kingdom. Everyone needs to benefit from our Outside Helpers.”

“That is good news, King Jeriel.”

“Well, we must be going. Keep up the good work here.”

“Thank you, my King and Queen. Have a safe flight back to Angathorn Kingdom.”

The royalty leaves the healing center. Then the Outside Helpers and the rest of the group walk inside. They are impressed by what they see. The Ambassadors all smile knowing there has been great improvement to the healing center here.

Ariella walks into Traykes’ room. He smiles as she walks in.

“Hello, Traykes. How are you doing?”

“That was a big surprise to see all of the royalty here. I feel like a prince already.”

She smiles back. “I'm sure you do, Traykes. So, how is the leg doing?”

“It's doing fine Ariella. I already tried a practice stand this morning with some crutches and hobble around the room here. Hopefully I can be released tomorrow.”

“We hope so too Traykes. Do you feel any pain?”

“Once in awhile, Ariella. It's not a terrible throbbing pain.”

“I should hope not, Traykes. If you do feel the pain become unbearable have Morani give you an herb. It will help dull that pain so you can sleep and rest.”

“Yes Ariella.”

Then Morani speaks up, “That's important, Traykes. We realize it takes time for injuries to heal. I want you here five days from now for a follow up.”

“Yes ma'am, I'll be here.”

“Try to avoid being hit there. If you can't walk here, then have someone bring you here, using a cart.”

“Yes, ma'am. I still have my parents and relatives around me where I live.”

“That's good. They are a good source of help when needed.”

“Yes, ma'am.”

We leave Traykes’ room. We visit the operating rooms to see the setup. We are impressed with it. The Ambassadors really like what they see.

“My fellow Ambassadors, we need to make sure each village, town, ports and Castle Lord have these types of improvements.”

“I agree, Telgon. It will definitely help everyone when emergencies happen.”

“I just hope we don't have those dangerous elements here.”

“Even if we don't, Dalgan, we must know our world better and better.”

“That is a must, Galena. That is a must.”

“Did I hear that right, Telgon? There are dangerous elements in the Maker's Creation?”

“There are, Morani. Right now we don't know if they exist here on Twainor. The designers and builders will take the Outside Helpers ideas to build a tool that will detect these elements.”

“We know there are ninety-two basic elements in Maker's Creation. So far we have discovered fifty-five of them.”

“I see, then let's hope we can find a cure or a treatment method to battle against this possible danger.”

“I'm sure we will, Morani and Wizard Hedyn. It will take time to figure it out.”

We exit the healing center in good spirits. We rejoin the royalty street side. We see they are getting ready to pair back up with the wizards and sorceress.

“It has been a very successful visit, my royal friends.”

“Yes, it has, King Dryden. We all have learned a lot these last seven days.”

“Then let's fly back to Angathorn Kingdom. We don't want my Master Chef to overcook the noon repast.”

We all laugh together. We rejoin hand to shoulder with the wizards and sorceresses. The people gather around us. They give us a cheerful ovation of clapping and yelling as a send off.

As soon at the transport spell is recited, we disappear in a blink of an eye. We fly through the caverns and tunnels like before. We exit the mountains and fly eastward back to the Grand Castle.