Red Dragon Emperor

In the welcome of the gray dwarf guards, Jose and Moraine Steelbeard stepped into the gate of the majestic Steelbeard Fort, and entered the deep city gate.

While walking forward, Jose looked at the door opening. Palm-sized holes can be seen everywhere on the wall inside the door opening. Through the holes, you can also see the space inside the stone wall, and there are moving figures inside.

"Tsk, the dwarf is indeed a master builder," the red dragon sighed in his heart.

Living in the dangerous environment of the Underdark, the gray dwarves had to consider safety, thus turning Fort Steelbeard into a fortress of war. In such a heavily guarded city, without the participation of high-end combat power, no matter how many people have the advantage The city could not be captured either.

He also noticed the door-sealing stone hidden on one side of the cave, and the slight slope under his feet, and couldn't help but exclaim: "That's right! Steelbeard Fort's defense facilities are well designed! It's impeccable!"

With the affirmation of the red dragon, many gray dwarves proudly puffed out their chests, and the lord of the gray dwarves—Molaine Steel couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

When it comes to combat effectiveness, he feels inferior to the red dragon, but when it comes to building and forging, the gray dwarves have absolute confidence, which is the essence of dwarven civilization that has been accumulated for thousands of years.

"Haha! Thank you Your Majesty for your compliment! Your Red Castle is also a great building..."

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All the way to business, the red dragon and the gray dwarf passed through the 100-meter-long defensive doorway and entered the living area of ​​the dwarf city in the hinterland of the mountain.

Jose looked at the gray dwarf city. Unlike the majestic gate, the houses in the living area inside the city were low and vertically distributed in the mountainside. They were connected to each other through various steps, making the limited space to the extreme.

Like Orka City, there is also a central avenue inside Steelbeard Fort, which runs through the entire city from the gate of the city, leading to the castle at the core of the mountain.

The castle changed the style of the low-rise houses in the civilian area, and became as tall and majestic as the gate. In terms of use value, it is obviously a waste to live in such a huge house with the size of a dwarf, but they just did it.

Regarding this, Jose knew the reason. It was related to the culture of the dwarves. According to the legend of the dwarves, they were related to the Titans who had long since disappeared in the multiverse. They regarded the Titans as their ancestors. Titans are proud of the houses they live in, so there is a phenomenon of dwarves living in big houses.

Residents in the living area have long heard the news of the arrival of the red dragon, or out of curiosity, or under the order of the lord, these dwarf residents lined up to welcome the arrival of the red dragon.

On the street, the red dragon looked around, but did not find the iron furnace used by the dwarf blacksmith, and said to the gray dwarf lord beside him: "Your Excellency Moraine, I am curious, where is the foundry of your dwarves?"

"Your Majesty, do you also like casting?"

Molini Steelbeard was slightly taken aback, and then replied: "Our steelbeard dwarves have a special casting area, and the casting area is at the bottom of the city, where there is an underground lava lake. It is the underground lava that we can refine. All kinds of ores, casting ores into the tools we want, if you are interested, Your Majesty, I am honored to be your guide."

"Then, lead the way..."

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Under the leadership of the gray dwarf lord, Jose visited the foundry area, the ore hall and other areas of the gray dwarf city. After the visit, he followed the gray dwarf lord to the core castle and found a room in the castle to stay.

For the temporary resident Red Dragon, the gray dwarves naturally did their best to serve the Red Dragon comfortably.

Later, the red dragon learned that there was a library in the castle, which recorded the history of the steel beard dwarves, and even some books that the ancestors of the steel beard dwarves got before the establishment of the steel beard castle.

This aroused the interest of the red dragon, and he went to the gray dwarf's library to read in his spare time, and his life was quite comfortable.

Of course, Jose didn't go underground for vacation, his purpose was to solve the troubles in the deep dark region. While he was sitting in Steelbeard Fort,

[Red Dagger] Under the leadership of the leader - Van Cleef, the elite came to the Underdark, and investigated the spider forest according to the order of the Red Dragon.

The spider forest is densely covered with cobwebs. Once outsiders touch the spider webs, the spiders will be alerted, and the investigation progress is slow.

But Emperor Tian paid off. A week later, members of [Red Dagger] who sneaked into the Spiderweb Forest discovered an important piece of information and reported it to the Red Dragon.

Jose attached great importance to this information, and specially summoned the discoverer of the information to Fort Steelbeard for face-to-face interrogation.

In a certain room in the castle in the core area of ​​Steelbeard Castle, the lord of the red dragon and the gray dwarves—Molaine Steelbeard listened carefully to what happened to the member of [Red Dagger]. This member was sneaking into the Spiderweb Forest to investigate The intelligence was heard when there was a massive battle.

After the members of [Red Dagger] finished their narration, Moraine Steelbeard frowned and asked, "You mean you sneaked into the Spiderweb Forest and heard the sounds of large-scale battles, but the sounds of the battles were all spiders?"

"Yes, I dare to guarantee with my life, it is a battle, and only the hissing of spiders."

On the side, Jose also felt a little puzzled, and his thoughts were like lightning.

The only sound of the battle was the hissing of the spiders. His first thought was that the spiders had an internal fight, but then he overturned this idea. Judging from the situation of the day, the four Termod spiders were united when facing foreign enemies. , it is very likely that it is a "spider", it is impossible to fight so quickly.

Mo Laini said: "Your Majesty Jose, did you predict that there is a treasure in the depths of the spider forest, and the Temod spiders are fighting for the treasure?"

"I can't rule out this possibility, but I really can't think of any treasures in the Underdark, enough to make the four Termode spiders turn against each other."

Jose searched for the inheritance of the dragon, but found no relevant information, and continued to speak: "And there are too many doubts in this matter, why did the Natmod spider take the initiative to retreat after occupying the Blackstone mine? , Why didn’t the other three Termode spiders come to support them immediately, if you want to find out these problems, you have to go deep into the spider web forest.”

After a pause, Jose turned to the member of [Red Dagger] standing with his hands down, and ordered: "You return to the Spiderweb Forest and inform Van Cleef to explore the Spiderweb Forest as deeply as possible. I am looking forward to the performance of [Red Dagger]."

"Obey! Your Majesty!" The members of [Red Dagger] puffed up their chests, bowed and retreated to the door after a salute.

Only Red Dragon and Moraine were left in the room, and Red Dragon said lightly: "It seems that we have to wait patiently for a while to know the answer."

In the blink of an eye, another week passed, and finally, [Red Dagger] made breakthrough progress.

In the Spiderweb Forest, the Gnoll——Church carefully walked around the dense spiderwebs along the way. There was a cowhide pocket tied to his belt. The pocket was still moving, obviously because the things in the pocket were struggling inside.

Now, Church is very scared. As a veteran with eight years of military service, he stands out from many competitors and becomes a member of the glorious organization [Red Dagger]. He has experienced too much along the way. During the ordeal, there were more than a dozen times walking on the verge of death.

He has been strictly trained not to be afraid of anything, no matter how terrible, but this time he really couldn't help it.

"No! There is such a thing in the deep dark area! I can inform His Majesty the news as quickly as possible!"

Thinking this way, he was distracted and accidentally touched the spider thread on the side, and the vibration was transmitted along the spider web and far away.

"Oops!" Church's heart felt cold, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead.

rustle!

There was the rustling sound of a spider crawling in the distance, and the Jackal reacted quickly in his heart. He got rid of the spider thread and then started to sneak into the shadow of the trees. While running wildly, he took off a scroll from his waist and shook the magic scroll away. , a white light fell into his legs, and he suddenly felt his steps lighten.

Acceleration!

[Red Dagger] As a top secret organization directly under the Red Dragon, the equipment of its members is luxurious. Each team member is equipped with five magic scrolls of their own choice, as well as the best equipment and potions, etc., which can help Organizational members are better able to respond to hazards.

But there were too many spiders in the Spiderweb Forest, and after a while, a large number of spiders gathered from all directions to where he triggered the spiderweb.

Every time a spider passed by, Church would find a good place to stop, because sneaking does not mean losing the entity, and running will still cause changes in the surrounding environment, which will inevitably step on and drive leaves, causing wind noise and so on.

He is covered with a scent-masking powder, which prevents spiders from finding him through the smell, but even the best powder has a distance limit, if the enemy is within three meters, the effect of the powder will be greatly reduced.

After dodging five passing spiders, his good luck ran out.

A low-ranking spider with the size of a millstone crawled over the branch above Church's head. Suddenly, it smelled a strange smell, which seemed to be the smell of sweat produced by a creature after running, which aroused the spider's vigilance and slowed down. Footsteps searched around.

Suddenly, a matte dagger stabbed out from the shadows. The dagger pierced the spider's head, piercing the low-level spider's head with lightning speed, and the dark green tissue fluid sprayed out.

But before dying, the spider still let out a scream, and the legs of the eight spiders were dead but not stiff.

Church's heart was so cold that he didn't care about the corpse of the low-level spider that fell to the ground, and ran away in a hurry.

The spider group who were searching for the enemy heard the screams of their companions from afar, screamed angrily, and ran towards the direction of the sound, and a battle royale began.

The eight-legged spider behind him ran closer and closer, and when Church was exhausted and desperate, a jackal suddenly jumped out of the shadows.

Seeing the face of the visitor clearly, Church was startled at first, and then rushed to him in great surprise: "My lord!"

Before Van Cleef had time to inquire about the specific situation, he stretched his hand to his waist and took two scrolls from his belt. He threw one scroll to the following spiders, and shook the other scroll away at the same time.

The moment the scroll was shaken, dazzling purple magic energy gushed out from the void, forming complex magic runes, and the magic runes quickly formed an even more complex space magic circle. This scroll is exactly the teleportation scroll.

In Fusai Kingdom, only the legendary mage Red Dragon, plus Ergo Bloodtooth and Luna Bloodfeather two master mages can make teleportation scrolls, and all three of them are in high positions and cannot be transferred to produce teleportation scrolls , the annual production of teleportation scrolls is very limited, and only a few core dependents are equipped.

It has to be said that Church was very lucky to meet the leader of [Red Dagger]—Van Cleef looking nearby.

The dazzling purple teleportation array lit up, and the moment it disappeared in place, Church happened to see the dazzling flames from another thrown scroll, and there was a loud bang, and the spider army in the front row was blown into the sky. Fly around.

When Church regained his sight again, he had arrived at the temporary camp outside the Spiderweb Forest. The temporary camp was close to the entrance of the Blackstone Mine, and it was a safe place to evacuate in time even if he was discovered.

"What's going on?!" Van Cleef looked at the little brother in front of him indifferently. In order to save the little brother, he used the only teleportation scroll, and even tried to scare the snake away.

If this little brother can't come up with a reasonable explanation, then the punishment cannot be escaped.

Hearing the question, Church came to his senses, and excitedly said: "My lord! Hurry up! Inform Your Majesty! Something unusual has been found in the Spiderweb Forest!"

As he spoke, he took off the cowhide pocket at the back of his waist and opened the pocket, and a rotten stench suddenly came out.

Van Cleef stretched his head over, and seeing the contents in the cowhide pocket, his expression changed drastically.

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Fort Steelbeard, the red dragon who received Van Cleef's news in advance had been waiting, and even called the gray dwarf lord - Moraine Steelbeard together.

Without keeping the two bosses waiting for a long time, Church the Gnoll rode a wolf all the way from the gate of Steelbeard Castle unimpeded, directly rode the wolf into the core castle, and came to the room where the red dragon was.

Church quickly walked into the room without any nonsense, saluted hastily, then opened the cowhide pocket on the back of his waist, and poured out the contents.

Accompanied by the stench of decay, a round object rolled on the castle floor.

The moment he saw the round object, Jose's face was livid, and he couldn't help but crush the armrest of the chair he was sitting on with his dragon claws. Moraine Steelbeard was even more shocked and stood up from the chair, staring at the ground head.

This head is highly rotten, with carrion sticking to the bone, exposing the white skeleton. From the remaining flesh, it can be judged that it is the head of a caveman. Both Red Dragon and Moraine Steelbeard were beaten in the pile of dead people. Roll, an ordinary caveman's head naturally wouldn't shock them so much.

What shocked them was that the head of the long-dead caveman was moving. Its jaw opened and closed at the Gnoll man, trying to bite it with its teeth. It was obviously aggressive.

Jose stared at the empty eyehole of the rotting troglodytes. The blue soul fire was burning in the eyehole, and the soul fire made people feel shuddering.

He squeezed out two words between his teeth: "Undead?!"