The corpse continent series book 1: The boy named Dragon

The Grey forest home of the Greywood family was a place of art and beauty and when the Arcane gang arrived it became their favourite place each of them even decided to become apprentices to a few artist Dragon, Angel, Magnus and Aaron apprenticed under sculptors to see what they learn from them to help them improve their magic skills by creating detailed ice sculptures as for Hela, Astrid and the rest they prefer painting Dragon ice sculptures were some of the most detailed and captivating sculptures in Valaheim and he's only been an art apprentice for about two weeks and he wasn't the only one who's magic skills improved through artistic expression Hela's paintings were extraordinary for the paint she used was made from crushed up magic runes that when she put on the canvas her flame looked so real and even moved liked they were and her portraits of ice landscapes actually sent chills down peoples spines and the lightning in her paintings of storms were realistic that some believed that she took lightning from the thunderbirds put them on her canvas Dragon talent with ice magic had reached new heights so he decided to work on his other magics fire magic he was already quite skilled with it so he decided to see what more he could do with the power of lightning. As he experimented with this power, in terms of art Hela definitely got the most out of it but that didn't mean he couldn't create something new with it and realized that lightning magic didn't have much long range capabilities but when he build up lightning internally his speed would match the speed of a bolt if lightning an with a little training his control over this speed had improved impressively and of course he taught the others how this fast One night all of them were sitting in their room Bella, Mia and Astrid who took up jewellery crafting, knitting and crocheting gifting everyone hand made coats, hats and jewellery and they were all discussing on their next course of action and Angel asked "Have any of you ever wondered what lies beyond the three human cities?" this question peaked everyone interest none of them thought about it but now that it's out in the open their curiosity struck them and they all decided when they feel ready they will head west to where they believed lived the Antler people those born from the Antler titans blood For weeks they prepared to travel to lands unknown to them excitement and anxiety was all they felt the entire time and when word got to the king he took the liberty to send them gear and clothes made for travel across long distance and even put them through training to help be prepared for any potential danger they might come across which Dragon and Hela had no complaint against knowing first hand how dangerous traveling to unknown corners of the world can and didn't want to repeat history After months of preparing they headed west past Allura and even past where Dragon and Hela buried their family, they were already a month in when they caught sight of the Antler titan and saw it was going to take another couple weeks before reaching the Antler people and across rocky uneven terrain they eventually reach the forest of the Antler titan and it didn't take long for them to come face to face with the native of this land for they came across a couple of Antler children who clearly didn't expect to see humans and didn't know how to react Not wanting to scare them Dragon and Hela approached them and both of them placed their hands on the ground and flowers grew around them instantly and that seemed to show the young Antlers they mean no harm and what they did sparked questions from the Antlers and after hours of talking four adult Antlers came looking for their children and saw them playing with human children and a strange metal thing [the arcane craft] and in their confused panic grabbed their children and kept their distance from the humans who used their magic to show them they mean no harm but it didn't enact the same results The ability control varies of elements may be incredible in the hands of those who wield it but in the eyes of everyone else they can be quite terrifying this realization hit them once they saw the scared faces of these grown adult Antlers and they needed a new strategy to show them they come in peace Dragon decided to just talk to them "Hi my name is Dragon this is Hela and this our group of explorers we are the Arcane gang and we came here to explore and sight see that's all." The Antler adults were hesitant but they were willing to hear them out and looked to each other and came to a decision they were not going to risk it and told them "Maybe you don't mean any harm but we have a history with humans, a history you probably don't even know but we can't risk putting our people and our children in danger so I ask you once leave." Dragon saw the fear in their eyes and decided to leave "Alright, lets go guys." They got into their craft and headed south of where they were and after deciding to go by ground to not scare the Antlers any further by showing them they had the power of flight and while they drove off they all the same thought on their minds what did humans do that would invoke so much fear from the Antler people and Hela spoke saying "Maybe we should hide our magic abilities next time we come across any Antlers or others I doubt all of them would fear a bunch of human children who just wish wonder and see." This decision was unanimous and they soon come across another Antler village