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Weapons of Fantasy and Science Fiction - The
dragon and the magical ring - Part 1
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| Dragon. Author: Miguel A. Monjas Date: July, 2005 |
An old
Nordic folk tale relates how a huge dragon came down from the northeren parts of
the country to ravage the land. Wherever the huge dragon settled, it stayed for
several years. It ate and ate and devoured every living being near it. After it
turned the land for a barren wasteland it moved on, reaching a new area and
starting to feed again, starting to turn the new place into a wasteland as well.
It was feared that the dragon would never stop till it ate every living thing on
the face of the earth.
The
dragon was enourmous. It possessed a round, bloated body, long hind legs and
short forelegs, much like the extinct dinosaur Tyrannosaur Rex. It had a long
serpentine neck and an even longer tail, incredibly long. It could jump more
than a mile away, thus traveling great distances in a twinkling. The dragon's
eyes were enourmous, casting a great light as if they were huge lamps. Everyone
who stared into the monster's eyes was hypnotized by the dragon's power and
forced to march right into its jaws to be devoured by the merciless
jaws.
Several
attempts were made to fight the dragon but the giant creature possessed scales
harder than any known substance and no blade, spear or arrow could penetrate the
dragon's defenses.
Kinds
and rulers who knew the dragon was approaching their kingdoms offered great
riches to any who would be able to defeat the dragon but all who tried, failed.
Even fire was tried but it proved powerless to harm the armored serpent.
There
was only one faint hope. There was a tradition that the magicians held that
there existed a magical ring used by King Solomon himself. The magician thought
that if anyone could get hold of the ring and decipher the secret writings
inside it, he would learn how to defeat the dragon.
Alas, as is often the case in tales of fantasy and science fiction, no
one knew where the ring lay.
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