This time, everyone reacted very differently.
They immediately crowded around Ethan, waiting eagerly for him to finish. Even Namyanna stopped cleaning their clothes.
Ethan gave them a helpless look and pointed toward the sky.
"Our next destination is—the sky!"
Their eyes lit up. Every head turned in the direction he was pointing, toward the heights above.
Seraphina heard the order as well.
Her enormous wings swept downward, and the resulting air current carried her massive body higher. The clouds parted around them as they rode the dragon into the unknown reaches of the sky.
No one knew what awaited them there.
Time passed.
The surrounding clouds grew thinner until they were all below them. If they continued upward, they would soon reach the upper atmosphere.
For now, they were cruising through the relatively stable stratosphere.
