"No! It's different, look — there are two marks!" a princess suddenly shouted, alarmed.
In front of the portal, there were two runic marks side by side, looking almost like one. It was a language Darian had heard about before — something extremely ancient, used only by dragons. That's why he couldn't understand it.
Everyone stared at it, but...
"This... I'm sure of it, it's the same mark from the Calamity level the Matriarch described. It's the highest trial level, the one only she and her generation ever reached. But... there are two of the same mark..."
A prince spoke, and everyone swallowed hard at the same time. That could only mean one thing, according to the language of Dragons: it was a test above the level once considered the maximum — *double* the difficulty.
Everyone turned to Darian.
