"At least it won't be too long," Lena tried to cheer everyone on, but she herself stuttered a little.

The structure of the bridge across this canyon is unique. Two huge maple trees span the narrow valley, their intersecting branches forming a structure that supports the planks above.

Once upon a time, this must have been an engineering marvel. But now the planks are rotting and shaking.

If there was still a rope in place, it must have fallen into the valley below a long time ago.

In front of their eyes, the wood was still shaking in the cold wind, making a sound that made the gums sour.

Then, behind them, there was the sound of loud conversations, and weapons crashing against rocks.

"Looks like there's no going back," Robert muttered to himself.

"We'll probably have to walk over one after the other. We can only hope that God is on our side.

And, as much as I hate to admit it, Evan is right.

As soon as we cross the bridge, we can easily stop these dragonmen.

They will get stuck on the bridge and turn into very eye-catching targets.

I'll be the first to go. Follow me and line up.

Calamon you walk in the last line, and Belclaire you follow closely behind me. “

Robert stepped onto the drawbridge and moved as fast as he could.

He could feel the planks start to shake. The river beneath your feet flows smoothly through the canyons;

Sharp rocks, rising from its foamy surface.

Robert took a deep breath and quickly looked elsewhere.

"Don't look down," he said to the others, feeling a feeling of emptiness in his chest.

For a moment, he couldn't move around at all, and then, gritting his teeth, he forced himself to move forward inch by inch.

Belclery strode behind him, his fear of the dragonmen making him completely blind to other threats.

Behind Berclere was Wade, and the athletic skills of the Kander allowed him to pass with ease, and he could occasionally look down curiously.

Then there was the frightened Hubble, who was holding him up.

Eventually, Lena and Calamon stepped onto the drawbridge and looked nervously behind them.

When the plank began to crack, Robert was almost halfway through, and the plank under his feet cracked with a thud.

Acting instinctively, he grabbed the decaying plank in time in fear.

But the plank began to crumble in his hand, and then ———— grabbed his wrist with one hand.

"Belclery!" Robert was taken aback. "Catch!"

He forced himself not to make any shaking, knowing that just one move would only make it harder for Berclery's side to keep his balance.

"Pull him up!" he heard Calamon yell, and then, "Everybody, don't move!"

The whole bridge is about to collapse!"

With a nervous look on his face, beads of sweat began to drip from his forehead, and he began to pull hard.

Robert saw the muscles in his arms bulge and the veins almost burst.

With an almost unbearable slowness, Berclerc slowly pulled Robert to the brink of a broken bridge.

Robert collapsed on the edge of the bridge, trembling with fear, and clung to the plank.

Then he heard Lena shout. He looked up and realized that perhaps the life he had just picked up was about to be over.

About thirty dragonmen appeared behind them.

Robert looked down at the big hole in front of him. The rest of the planks are still intact.

He might be able to safely jump over the big hole, and Berclere and Calamon might be fine.

But Wade, Lena, Hubble, and the old mage have problems.

"The perfect target, you just said," Calamon muttered as he drew his sword.

"Cast a spell, old mage!" Wade said suddenly.

"What?" said Aven.

"Spell!" Wade pointed to the dragonman.

They saw the group trapped on the bridge and were hurrying to get rid of them.

"Wade, we've had enough trouble," Robert said, the drawbridge making a strange noise beneath his feet.

Calamon moved cautiously, just enough to block the dragonmen facing them.

Robert wound the arrow and shot it.

A dragonman covered his chest and screamed and fell off a cliff.

The half-elf fired another arrow, hitting the target accurately again.

The dragonman in the middle of the line hesitated, confused as to what to do.

There was no cover nearby, and there was no way to dodge Robert's deadly arrows. The dragonmen in the front row swarmed towards the drawbridge.

It was at that moment that Evan began to cast his spell.

Robert heard the old mage chanting a spell and felt his heart begin to sink.

Then he reminded himself that it couldn't have been any worse anyway.

Berclery, who was standing beside him, seemed to be facing the dragonman without any care, much to Robert's incredulity.

He finally remembered that Berclery was not afraid of death;

Robert fired another arrow, and another dragonman fell screaming.

All his mind was on aiming, almost oblivious to Aven's presence, until he heard Beclercel shout in surprise.

Robert looked up and saw Berclery pointing to the sky.

Following Belclery's line of sight, the half-elf almost lost his bow and arrow.

Descending from the clouds, a golden arch bridge shone in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The old mage guided it with his hand and let it descend from the sky, just to fill the hole in the bridge.

Robert came to his senses. Looking around, he found that even the dragons froze, at least for a moment, as they looked at the golden arched bridge with glowing eyes.

"Hurry up!" exclaimed Robert. He took Berclery's hand and dragged the Eternal Man onto the arched bridge, which was about a foot above the deck.

Berclerc stumbled to follow. Even as they stepped on, the arch continued to descend.

Under Aven's command, the speed slowly slowed down.

When Vedra screamed and jumped up with the frightened dwarf, the arch was about eight inches above the deck.

The dragons suddenly realized that their prey was about to run away, roared angrily, and rushed onto the wooden bridge.

Robert stood at the end of the golden arch bridge, shooting non-stop arrows at the dragonmen at the head.

Behind Calamon, he kept waving his sword so that they couldn't get too close.

"Come here!" Robert ordered Lena, who had just jumped onto the arch bridge. "Stay with Berclery.

Keep an eye on him. You too, Hubble went with her. Hurry up!" he roared furiously.

"I'm going to be with you, Robert," said Tylo Kosi kindly.

Lena glanced back at Calamon and reluctantly obeyed the order, grabbing Belcleral and rudely pushing him forward.

She saw the dragonmen approaching, and she didn't need much urging.

Together, they rushed across the golden arched bridge, and over the rest of the drawbridge.

Under their weight, the drawbridge made a different sound.

Robert could only pray that it would hold up, but he didn't have time to take a closer look.

It held up, at least for now, as he heard Hubble's heavy footsteps.

"We're coming!" Lena shouted from the other end of the canyon.

"Calamon!" Robert shouted as he shot another arrow, trying to balance on the golden arch bridge.

"Move on!" said Evan angrily to Calamon.

"I try to focus. I've put the arch bridge in the right place.

I guess just a few centimeters to the left, "Tylo Kosie, come here!" Robert ordered.

"I don't want to leave Aven!" the Khandians stubbornly watched as Calamon stepped onto the golden arched bridge.

When the dragons saw that the strong warriors were beginning to retreat, they immediately swarmed forward. Robert shot as constantly as he could;

A dragonman collapsed in a pool of green blood, and a dragonman fell from the side of the bridge.

But the half-elves were tired. To make matters worse, he was running out of arrows.

The dragonmen were still pressing, and Calamon crossed the arched bridge and stopped at Robert's side.

"Hurry up, Aven!" Wade pleaded, shaking his hand.

"Alright!" said Evan satisfied. "Immaculate.

The gnomes used to taunt me and say that I wasn't an engineer. ”

As they talked, the golden arched bridge carrying Robert, Calamon and Wade – firmly holding the broken bridge together.

At that moment, the other half of the wooden bridge – the other half, which was still intact just now.

The half leading to the other side of the canyon cracked open with a creak and fell into the ravine below.

"Oh my God!" Calamon was taken aback, just in time to bring back Robertra, who was about to cross the wooden bridge.

"We're trapped here!" Robert said hoarsely, watching the planks keep falling and his soul seemed to fall with them.

He listened to the other side of the drawbridge, and Lena let out a scream that mingled with the drown's curses.

Suddenly, there was a snap, and the dragonman's angry cry turned into a wail of fear.

"Look, Robert!" Wade shouted excitedly. "Look!"

Robert was just in time to see the other half of the drawbridge fall, and most of the dragonmen on it tumbled down with him. He felt the golden arch bridge shake.

"We're going to fall too!" Calamon yelled. "There's nothing to back it up—"

Calamon was halfway through his words. He swallowed hard and looked slowly to the sides.

"I don't believe it—" he muttered.

"I don't know how, I'm ......" Robert suddenly took a break in a breath.

——

That morning, Rodrith felt his body tremble slightly, so he got up early to pack his bags.

He decided to ignore the situation, telling himself that it was just shaking from missing breakfast and the excitement of returning home.

I put on my clothes for the winter trek over the mountains, including a red gown filled with wool padding.

Green trousers with red thread embroidery on the waist and cuffs, and a pair of fur boots lined with strands of wool thread.

It felt like bags of soft fur that didn't take shape until I put it on.

I had to tie my boots tightly to my feet with a long line of leather, but my trembling fingers made it extremely difficult.

Rodlis said that these winter coats are suitable for the dry snow in the mountains, and told us to be careful not to get wet.