B2 Chapter 47: Lost and FoundGaius swore loudly. "We're not out of the woods yet. Ready yourselves!"The Legionnaires once more tensed as Marcus felt his grip tighten on his spellbook. Given the lack of other horses among their ranks, there seemed to be no other obvious target for the dragon to come back for. None except for them, that is.Yet as he watched the dragon approach once more, he noticed something strange. It had something gripped in its massive ivory talons. Squinting, Marcus was just able to make out the shape."Is that… a tree?" Gaius muttered.Sure enough, it was. The massive trunk must have been at least fifteen feet thick and twice as long. Marcus wasn't even sure where it would have gotten something like that from. There were certainly no forests that could produce such a thing near here.The dragon swooped down toward their position again. A brief image flashed through Marcus's mind of their group being flattened as though by a baker's rolling pin. But instead of dropping the tree on top of their heads, the dragon dropped it a few dozen yards in front of the Legionnaires' formation.The impact shook the ground itself, followed shortly after by a secondary earthquake when the dragon slammed into the ground right behind it. Its talons dug deep into the earth and carved great furrows across it. The dragon lowered its head, staring down the Legion with a predatory glare as it puffed smoke from its nostrils.The two parties stared each other down for a long moment. The Legionnaires were understandably hesitant to engage, but no escape would be impossible. Not with it so close.