Several long rocks were piled over and made into a long hill and few plants were grown from the cracks from the rocks.
Vaeludar then found a large curve-in going through the hill, forming into a cave. He thought the Cyclops was going to enter into the cave, but as the Cyclops went past the cave, the hybrid thought the Cyclops was going to meet someone or something.
Vaeludar kept his distance from the giant and made sure he wasn’t discovered by the one-eyed giant. He also needed to watch his step, so his dragon feet wouldn’t snap a dead vine or a thin branch. Stepping on an easily breakable branch would make a loud snapping noise to draw the Cyclops’s attention and make Vaeludar lose the trail completely.
Vaeludar found it strange that a Cyclops was taking a stroll through the woods, in the middle of daylight. Cyclopes are considered to hate sunlight, as it blinds their one eye. Even the Minotaurs have been considered to hate sunlight. How these two monsters are walking in sunlight was concerning Vaeludar somewhat: if the Minotaur attacks in the middle of the day, then it could mean the other monstrous creatures could be attacking elsewhere under the day of light.
This Cyclops walked some distance from the cave as Vaeludar followed closely behind. He was determined to find out what was going on and see what this Cyclops was doing outside the mountain ranges Vaeludar thought the creature was supposed to be living at. As Vaeludar would have seen anything he needed to see, he would have the opportunity to head back to the village and report what he saw to Geraldus. But he just needed to follow after the Cyclops.
Just then, the Cyclops halted and sat down suddenly. The area the Cyclops and Vaeludar had stopped was a wide open area. Trees had been cut down and the stumps rooted from the ground. There was enough space to build a large house.
Behind the Cyclops were about five hooded men walking around carrying quivers of arrows and short swords. About three were sitting beside the giant.
To Vaeludar’s surprise, the Cyclops wasn’t attacking the humans. Instead, the large one-eyed giant sat beside the men: the thieving riders. It was odd for Vaeludar to be seeing a giant sitting down with humans the Cyclops would see as enemies. The Cyclops should have attacked the men at first sight or being the other way around.
“You sure you weren’t followed?” said the Cyclops.
“Of course, the dogs would have made sure we weren’t followed,” said one of the thieves. “I successfully led the thieves against the small burglary. These horses shall do fine in our raid against this small town. Otherwise, the raid will end up becoming a very short one.”
Vaeludar though the thief talking to the Cyclops was the leader of the thieves. If he could capture the leader and find a way to make the leader spill the beans of what these people and the Cyclops have planned, then he could prevent a massacre erupting in the village Geraldus and his family lived in.
Vaeludar was right to have followed the Cyclops and heard what they were planning: attacking Geraldus’s village. However, it seemed odd for him there was one large human with a squad of small humans; those enemies would need a larger group of men and a few giants to raid Geraldus’s village.
Geraldus had an army of a few thousand men in the village while the other thousands of soldiers he commanded were stationed elsewhere. It would be impossible for a Cyclops and a small group of men to attack.
Just then a trio of Cyclopes walked from the trees and sat beside the one Cyclops. A group of four Cyclopes were with the group of thieves.
Right before Vaeludar’s eyes, four gigantic, walking, talking Cyclopes sat beside one other and near a human that would be the size of an ant to the giant Cyclopes. Enemies of enemies were conjoining into a group of invaders planning an assault.
“So, what are we waiting for?” asked one Cyclopes.
“Yeah, I don’t get it,” said another. “We have the horses. We have four Cyclopes. And there is the Minotaur, which should be returning. We should strike now.”
“The Minotaur will not be returning to this route,” said the thief leader.
“What do you mean?” asked the third Cyclops.
“There is word spreading around like wildfire. The Minotaur had been slain by a particular specimen people are calling a human dragon hybrid.”
The four Cyclops and the men remained silent. Apparently, from what Vaeludar was hearing, the Minotaur was supposed to wreak havoc in the village then come to this meeting spot of men and giants.
“What? What did you say?” asked the fourth Cyclops.
“Weren’t you listening, one-eyed giant? The Minotaur has been killed by an unusual specimen. A hybrid in other words, like a Merman or a Centaur, but the other half being a dragon. A human dragon hybrid. I don’t know much, but from what I’ve heard, he managed to kill the beast with no armor or weapons. He breathed a fire-breath to decapitate the beast. Now we’re one bull short.”
“You are right about that,” said Vaeludar, loudly.
Alarmed, the four Cyclopes and the thieves drew out spears, swords, bows and arrows. They seemed to have heard Vaeludar’s voice echoing all around them. Vaeludar tainted his voice so his enemies would think they were being watched from all around.
Slowly Vaeludar walked from the trees’ shades and revealed himself to the people and the giants. The trees’ shades covered his body while he was hiding from the group of bitter enemies. Now, he was going to reveal himself to the people planning on storming the village he grew up in.
“Who are you?” asked a thief.
“I’m the human dragon hybrid who killed the Minotaur,”
