Grendale was staring directly into the sleeping face of a huge bull looking animal with horns glowing like red hot coal. It was a flame charger.
Master Shifu had once told about them. These chargers were the guardians of the underground vault, and they possessed immense power in their horns. One hit and even the bravest and the strongest of warriors dropped dead within minutes. Their height was very small due to which their horn attacks were very effective.
Grendale had to go around the sleeping guardian without waking it or it could be very fatal to him. He started tiptoeing around it without even daring to breath hard. Just when he was almost halfway around one of the bat peeked out. Grendale froze with fear of what might happen next.
The bat baby took one look at the beast and before Grendale could stop it, screeched at the top of its lungs. The beast slowly opened its big red eyes and looked over at the source of the noise. Grendale went white with fear. He closely hugged the 3 bats and immediately started running.
The beast rose with majesticity and roared at him with rage for disturbing it's sleep. The rubbed it's paws on the ground, flexed it's horns and CHAAARRRGEED at them.
Grendale speeded up but still it wasn't enough. The beast was gaining on them. Within moments they were about to be crushed. When all hope of ever escaping this incoming death was looking closed something strange happened to Grendale.
He immediately stopped running and turned around his eyes glowing bright white. It seemed as if someone had unknowingly taken control of his body. He roared loudly at the charging beast. The beast skidded to a halt due to the loudness of the roar. They stood there facing each other eyes locked.
The beast swiped it's paws on the ground and charged once again. With lightning speed Grendale conjured up a fire bolt and smashed it on the beast's head. The force of the spell was so strong that both of them were knocked off their feet and thrown backwards.
Before the beast could get up Grendale turned heel and ran into the vault. It was very spooky in the vault because of all the scattered bones of old dead prisoners. At the end of the vault a white gas ball was floating in the air.
Carefully he approached the ball. As if it had sensed his presence the ball came down and took the shape of a much younger man of about 40 with a brilliant colored armor and long shiny sword. " Master Shifu?", Grendale called out to him unable to believe but still overjoyed that he's seeing his master again.
What had this younger shift called Grendale for?
Find out in the next episode.
Stay tuned.