Crown of Chaos

As soon as he entered the city, Aaron felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong.

Grextug is a city dominated by gray dwarves. Derro dwarves are second-class citizens, and other races are inferior people. Except for a few organizations from the surface world such as the Zhentarim that have trade relations with the gray dwarves, the gray dwarves are hostile to other humans and elves.

Derro dwarves don't like to kill people. What they prefer is to capture people as hard labor and slaves. If they are not forced to do so, the gray dwarves will try their best to avoid fighting, especially avoiding fighting without benefits.

The second-class citizen Derro dwarves are completely different from the gray dwarves. Derro dwarves are frivolous and careless, do things without rules and are crazy, without any credit or morality. The only thing that maintains their racial commonality is hatred. Derro dwarves hate everyone. This inexplicable hatred supports the soul of the Derro dwarves. Any reason can make the Derro dwarves hate and grit their teeth, thus giving them new motivation.

It is said that the Derro dwarves were once a hybrid of humans and underground dwarves. Because they are mixed, their personalities are particularly unstable.

The Derro once launched a large-scale rebellion to refuse to be enslaved by the Gray Dwarves. This war destroyed many Gray Dwarves' kingdoms. Although they were eventually suppressed by the Deep Kingdom, the Derro's madness really frightened the Gray Dwarves, so the Derro were absorbed into the ruling class and became second-class citizens.

But what Aaron saw was the gray dwarves going crazy on the gray and foggy streets. Several merchants were grabbing passers-by and forcing them to buy and sell, but they took the approach of kneeling and begging, crying and begging kind people to buy their goods, otherwise they would go to hell.

Street cleaners were catching "drow spies" everywhere, but they turned a blind eye to Nesstia and Viconia.

There was also a weapon craftsman who enthusiastically took Aaron's hand and said that Aaron and he were half-brothers. He not only wanted to give Aaron a long-barreled musket, but also to write a letter of introduction for him to meet the Deep King to recognize his relatives.

Father! Have you ever been to the Underdark when you were adventuring as a Purple Dragon Knight?

Aaron was horrified and refused.

"I feel something is wrong with this city." Aaron said to Nestia and Viconia: "I feel a familiar force, but I can't be sure who it is."

"It can't be Rose, Rose has been silent, could it be Cyric or Mask?" Nestia and Viconia were both dressed in leather clothes, and the pointed toes of their high leather boots stepped on the slightly damp stone road, and their heroic spirit and murderous aura burst out together.

"Don't worry, let's go see Xibochad first." Aaron thought for a while and gave a non-movement answer.

The Deep Kingdom is ruled by the Deep King Holga-Steel Shadow V. He and many clans in the kingdom form a "Landlord Council". Each clan will have the chief as the landlord to participate in the meeting. The gray dwarves have a seemingly united social organization, but in fact this unity is very unstable. Each generation of the Deep King will constantly provoke and intensify the conflicts between the clans, making them suspicious of each other and fighting each other so that they can stay out of trouble.

Prince Enrique is the victim of this struggle.

In this case, any action of Aaron may break this fragile balance.

Aaron now needs this balance until he defeats Rose.

With Aaron's charisma and the identity certificate of the Zhentarim, Aaron easily obtained the permission of the stone guard to meet with the red dragon blacksmith.

Xibochad's lair is located in the southeast corner of the city. The flame keeper Gatoka looked at the letter of introduction doubtfully for a while. When the gray dwarf priest took Aaron to a stone-carved room outside the wide cave entrance, the ground suddenly shook slightly, and a thunderous voice echoed on the stone wall.

"Gatoka." A reptilian beast appeared and called.

It was covered with lava-colored scales, and its bright yellow eyes shone in the shadows of the cave.

The dragon slowly walked out of the cave and continued, "You didn't tell me that tonight's dinner was surface people. Hey, aren't drow and surface elves high-end goods? Why are they sent to me?"

So fat!

This was Aaron's first reaction when he saw the dragon.

This was the first time he saw a dragon with a double chin! Although this red dragon was huge, its neck was almost invisible. Its fat belly slid down along the pile of gold coins in the dragon's nest, and its claws and feet were bulging like balloons.

This fat dragon might have gout, right?

Aaron complained in his heart.

"Strangers." The gray dwarf priest said respectfully, "This is the father of flames, the eternal burner, and the heart of the city's foundry industry - Xibochad, the dragon blacksmith of the city of Graxtugu." "Gatoka, you go out first, I have something to discuss with them." Feilong rolled on the pile of wealth. The gray dwarf looked at Feilong and Aaron and others with doubts, and left first. The dragon's nest returned to peace, and Nesstia took the initiative to step forward: "Sir Xibochad, long time no see, you are getting more and more refreshed." "Oh, I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be you, little white hair, didn't I hear that you have left the Baenre family and become an honorary surface person like that Drizzt? Although you didn't come to me this time to help Menzoberranzan find reinforcements, you are definitely not here to reminisce about the past, right?" Feilong rubbed his head against the gold coin with the Ladugu pattern on it, and said casually.

"I'm here to introduce you to a friend." Nastia motioned to Aaron.

"Oh, friend, friend, anything related to friends is definitely not good." Big Fat Dragon said casually: "I hate people asking me questions. You'd better be fine. Don't you know? Your Banrui family Disaster is coming to Menzoberranzan!"

After saying that, Feilong laughed out loud in a very tasteless manner: "Okay, let me see what kind of fucking friends you are going to introduce to me."

"Hey, low-level species!"

With a flash of light, the great dragon Egil appeared with his hands on his hips: "Get up, you fat pig!"

"What?" Fei Long's half-open eyes widened suddenly when he saw Egil. He rolled up from his pile of wealth like a lazy donkey and climbed up: "Egil?!"

"That's right, it's me. I'm here to discuss a bill with you today. Do you agree? Or do you agree?" Egil raised his head proudly, opened his mouth, and reflected the two pointed dragon teeth. Mingguang, with an expression of "I'm fierce" on his face.

But the fat dragon just did this. The red dragon faced the powerful dragon, just like the old Parisian old guard facing the old Parisian master in a small town in Algeria, Africa. When he came up, he was inferior to the dragon, and Egil's name He had heard that the great dragon had five times and ten times the wealth of the fat dragon, and his reputation spread throughout the multiverse!

"It seems that you are Aaron Salian." Fei Long reacted quickly, and he immediately said to Aaron: "Very well, Prince Enrique's rebellion was all your fault, right? I'll Where did Prince Enrique get the magical support and equipment supplies? You have a grudge against Rose, so are you here to ask for my help? "

"Smart." Aaron smiled and nodded: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Red Dragon Blacksmith, the new order of the Underdark will be rewritten."

"I don't want to hear so many so-called new orders, stars and seas, and historical documents." Feilong immediately interrupted Aaron: "We are all sensible people, just tell me, what do you want? What can you give me? "

"Quickly, I want you to contact all the deep dragon lords in the Underdark and let them attack Menzoberranzan City together."

The fat dragon narrowed his eyes. He was lying on the pile of his treasures. Hibberchard had already judged that he could neither beat Egil nor Aaron, and the other party said these words. He definitely didn’t plan to leave any escape route after that, so he had no choice but to cooperate, otherwise Aaron wouldn’t mind having a few more sets of large-sized red dragon armors.

"I, Hibberchard, the red dragon blacksmith of the Deep Kingdom. I can eat two living creatures and enjoy various delicacies here every day. I have a large group of gray dwarf servants who are responsible for serving me and satisfying me every day. requirements.”

The fat dragon touched his slack chin: "Every time I build a piece of equipment, I get 30% of the profit. Although these dwarfs raised by myconids and the landowners whose brains have been infected by fungus have recently deducted my remuneration from time to time, I Very satisfied with my current life.”

"If I promise to help you, will this good time still happen?" Feilong said.

The great dragon Egil was stunned.

Is this a good time for you?

Are you really a red dragon? Isn't this too easy to satisfy?

Hey, no wonder you’ve become a fat pig, that’s all you’ve got~

"After everything is done, you will have good times now and in the future!" Aaron said with enthusiasm.

"Okay~" The fat dragon first looked at Egil, thinking of her astonishing wealth and reputation in the multiverse, and swallowed: "Then, what about the good times of my gray dwarf servants and other deep dragon lords?"

"There will be some too!"

"Okay!" Fei Long shook his head with satisfaction. He took out two goblets from the pile of financial reports under him: "Wine!"

"They will all be there!"

…………

After successfully reaching an agreement with the Fat Dragon, Aaron, Nestia, Viconia and the great dragon Egil quickly left the Deep Kingdom.

After leaving the kingdom, they learned that the Chaos Dwarves were becoming more and more powerful, and that other forces were also starting to move.

The Underdark is not just for drow, gray dwarves, derro dwarves, myconids, kobolds, orcs, goblins, hobgoblins, giants, shield dwarves and mind flayers have all started their own plans.

Especially the gray dwarf god Ladugue and the derro dwarf god Diylinka. The news channels of the gods are much wider than those of mortals. In addition, Aaron has already greeted some gods, Ladugue He and Dee Linka already know about Rose's disappearance. If they don't take the opportunity to make a fortune at this time, wouldn't it be inconsistent with their position as evil gods?

They issued oracles one after another, encouraging the underground dwarves to join the rebellion against the drow.

Lolth's drow pantheon is so powerful that it suffocates all the forces in the Underdark. Now there is finally a chance, and there are mysterious gods from the surface taking the lead, so why not?

The palace is prosperous and blessed!

As for who the mysterious god is, there are many theories that it is Wojin, the goddess of wealth. After all, the golden gloves, golden melt and powerful financial resources are all the work of Wojin, and the wave of collective disappearances of drow can also feel a trace of Wojin. The existence of divine power.

It can be said that except for Shamans City, which is ruled by male drow wizards, almost all the forces in the entire Underdark Region are interested because of Prince Enrique's rapid destruction of the city.

Rose really just doesn't care?

So either Rose has really fallen, or even if Rose has not fallen, she is now unable to solve the current predicament of the drow, and she can hide behind and pick up some benefits.

For a time, all the forces in the Underdark gave up waiting and joined the meeting to divide the spoils of the drow's rule.

As for Aaron, after completing the work of persuading Fat Dragon, Aaron was finally able to meet with Eilistraee.

The meeting place chosen by the Dark Girl and Aaron was an abandoned city of the sundernem. Once there were thousands of sundernemies living in this city, and it was famous throughout the country because of Drizzt Do'Urden's affairs.

But this also brought a catastrophe to the sundernemies. After the incident, the invading army of Menzoberranzan destroyed this place, thousands of dwarves were killed or captured, the city was destroyed, and the demons, myconids and ghosts of the Fungus Lady occupied this place.

"I'm ready, what about you?" Eilistraee felt that the start had never been so wonderful.

The entire Underdark has become restless, Rose's rule is crumbling, and every force has joined the fight against Rose. With the help from Aaron, the Dark Girl feels that she is just around the corner to win the war.

"Yes, I'm ready too." Aaron affirmed Eilistraee's high morale, but still emphasized: "But don't be too proud, Nastia said that Rose did not fall, she was just accumulating strength to prepare for promotion. Our so-called allies only joined the resistance team because Rose was not there. If Rose just coughed, most of the allies would turn against her on the spot."

"Then why did you spend so much manpower and material resources?" Eilistraee was a little disappointed. The dark girl felt that Aaron was a little too cautious: "We are taking this opportunity to enter the magic network pit and give our mother a fatal blow. If we are so cautious, we will miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Aaron, we have planned for this opportunity for a long time. Why are you cautious now? To be honest, this is different from what Su Lun described you!"

Aaron was silent for a while. He looked at Eilistraee and Nastia behind him: "Because, I don't want to see you fall."

"?" Eilistraee widened her white jade eyes. The dark girl was shocked by Aaron's words: "You...what do you mean?"

"Because there are too many uncertainties in it." Aaron said: "If you want to completely defeat Rose, you, me, and Nesstia must personally enter the Demon Network Pit, and even Rose's original kingdom of God, so you have to take huge risks."

"Why do I have to break through the city of Menzoberranzan first, instead of directly entering the Demon Network Pit and fighting Rose, that's the reason. Otherwise, how can we be sure whether we took the initiative to enter the Demon Network Pit, or Rose deliberately induced us to enter?"

"Wait a little longer, Eilistraee, be more patient, I hope you can survive well, and work with me and Sulun to create a new future for the drow race and the Underdark." Aaron held Eilistraee's hand: "Believe me, dark girl, the flowers in the dark will eventually bloom."

"You..." The dark girl pursed her lips tightly: "Are you caring about me?"

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