After the iron clang the soldier got their swords ready to attack. Ret slowly packed their things when Root gave Rue some more radish soup. Without warning, Ret graded Root and got up. They recognised the iron clank of the soldiers’ swords. They saw an exit and went for it.

Ret still holding Root, he ran and so did Root. The soldiers started ro dashed after them. They ran and ran through all the twisted tunnels. The children were almost there. The Opening. Suddenly, the portcullis started to close. Ret and Root doubled their speed and slid under the rapidly closing portcullis.

Outside Ret was thanking the goddess that he was still alive but inside a guard waited to strike the band of rabbits with his sword. Root saw the glint of the sword. Root graded Rue and fell to the ground. In the blink of an eye, Rets’ ear was cleaved off. Ret lay there in a dase and Root gathered leaves to make a bandage. The bandage worked, it kept the blood in and protected the wound.

They hear the gorm from the warren and started to sprint through the forest to try and hide from the gorm. Ret found a tree coming out of the ground and the kids tried to hide in between the roots. Out of the blue, five gorm riders and their rat monsters appeared. Seconds later, The gorm graded them and took them to Bloodblade, the evilest, biggest, fearest gorm of them all. Bloodblade had lots of muscles, the thickest iron shell and his mask was covered in scratches. 

They were taken deep inside the core of a volcano and it had more gorm than ever before, all with an iron sword, axe or great hammer that they were sharpening. They were ready for war.