"Are you sure about this, son?" Kaelith asked as they advanced toward the castle entrance.
After hearing that Averis was moving toward the castle, Hades had decided to go out and meet her himself.
Kaelith's concern was understandable. Her son had only just woken from his slumber, and now he intended to fight Averis—a Duke-ranked dragon.
True, the dragoness would be weary from travel and hunting, but even then, she was older, far more experienced, and utterly consumed by her obsession with the fallen Primordial. There was no chance she would hesitate to strike.
Though Kaelith could shield her son, and though the castle had defenses strong enough to bring Averis down, she still wanted to hear what her son truly wanted.
Hades exhaled slowly. "Well, Mother, I need this fight to test myself, just as you said. And in the world we live in, I don't have the luxury of years of training before I'm forced to face monsters with centuries of skill and strength."
