Somber Knight vs dragon

“You’ll pay for that,” the dragon threatened. “Out you come or I roast you.”

“Too scared to fight me face-to-face?” Seth cried.

“You dare insult my courage?”

“I always heard Wormface was the most cowardly dragon,” Seth yelled. “Fights human children from a distance.”

“Orders or not, you die now,” the dragon declared. The head wriggled back into the cave, and Seth held his sword ready. Suddenly the head flopped to the floor and stopped advancing, tangled tentacles squishy and limp, the severed ones still oozing juices.

Seth stared, wondering if it might be a ruse. The dragon seemed weirdly still for how angry it had sounded.

“Hurry, boy, come quick,” a deep voice boomed.

“Who’s there?” Seth asked.

“Your Dragon Slayer,” the voice replied.

Now Seth recognized the voice! It was the Somber Knight!

Stepping on mushy tentacles, Seth scrambled around the dragon’s head and past the somewhat narrower neck until he exited the cave. The huge knight had to be at least ten feet tall, and he stood beside the spot where the scaly neck had been cleaved in two. The gigantic body of the dragon lay lifeless. The knight clutched a sword with a blade longer than Seth from head to foot.

Chapter 13-Roadblock