Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

"Oh?"

Casius did not show panic, he just continued to raise his head and looked at Beatrice without dodging, his strong claws raised, and his smooth and shiny wings spread out.

"Is this the way you treat guests in the Eternal Order Realm? Strange fellows, did you invite me here just to be my enemy?"

Beatrice waved her wings, raising hurricanes, her voice was particularly cold: "In front of the holy relics of His Majesty Landis, there is only justice and order, and anyone who deceives and conceals will become our enemy!"

The two pairs of pupils like molten gold pools reflected each other's similar majestic faces. Two powerful dragon powers overflowed instantly, they confronted and squeezed each other, and the air seemed to be about to solidify into ice.

Under the influence of this collision, the golden dragons in the hall opened their eyes one after another, awakened from their respective meditations, and flew behind their familiar teacher, Beatrice, looking solemnly at the strange ancient golden dragon.

Aurora flapped her wings and flew between the two ancient dragons. She first raised her head and looked at Beatrice with pleading eyes.

"Teacher, you must have some misunderstanding! Senior Titus is the benefactor who saved the Alpine Kingdom and is respected by mortals as the 'Dawn Dragon'. How could he be an enemy?"

Beatrice did not listen to her explanation, but ordered mercilessly: "Back off, Aurora! This has nothing to do with you."

"Teacher, it is definitely not what you think"

"Enough! This is too dangerous. You have learned the secret history of our tribe. Those evil dragons often spy on our power. Who can guarantee that the guy behind you is not a blue dragon or a green dragon who is good at deceit and disguise? "

"But."

"There is no but. Stop fooling around, Aurora. You are still too young and do not have the ability to distinguish between good and evil. "Beatrice's cold eyes passed over Aurora and projected onto "Titus".

"But I have already..."

Seeing that he could not refute his teacher, the young golden dragon turned around and looked at the Dawn Dragon who was invited by him with guilt.

"Senior Titus, I'm sorry, I don't want to see this happen. The teacher just has some misunderstandings. She doesn't really regard you as an enemy."

Aurora turned her head back and forth, looking up and down. Her voice was particularly anxious, as if she had swallowed a mouthful of magma into her throat.

But neither side was affected by her. In this ancient dragon-level contest, Aurora even felt dizzy and was about to fall down.

"Is it really like this? You are worthy of being the granter of the Eternal Order Realm. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. "

Casius lowered his head and spoke in a low voice. His face, which had been quite angry just now, gradually became calm, relaxed, and showed a helpless expression.

Finally, he slowly folded his wings and folded them on his back like a huge golden moth, and the strong dragon power also dissipated.

Feeling the disappearance of the confrontation in the air, Aurora breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't help but wipe the sweat oozing from her forehead with her claws and landed on the ground obediently.

But Beatrice was still hovering in the air. She looked at the strange ancient golden dragon with a scrutinizing eye, slowly opened her mouth, and a dozen slender whiskers fluttered around her mouth.

"Titus, what are you hiding? In any case, it is my duty as the guardian of the Scale of Landis to prohibit all suspicious people from approaching. "Her voice was as stern as that of a judge in a court of justice, echoing in the hall of the monastery.

Casius smiled bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his voice and said: "Covering up and deceiving are sometimes not out of malice, but habitual self-defense and protection of the people around you."

He raised his head again and looked at the majestic female ancient golden dragon in the air, with exquisite runes engraved all over her body. "Sir Beatrice, I have no intention of being your enemy, but... we may need to change to a more secret place and talk slowly. "

"Okay, follow me. "Beatrice's response was crisp and brief.

Seeing this, the other golden dragons retreated and returned to their respective positions to continue their practice. Aurora looked at him worriedly and had to leave in disappointment.

But she firmly believed in her heart that the "Senior Titus" she invited would never be a bad person. Perhaps it was intuition, Aurora always felt that this mysterious senior was particularly reliable and gave her an inexplicable sense of security.

Beatrice flapped her wings and flew out of the monastery lightly and gracefully, flying towards the valley deep in the mountains, while Cassius, who had transformed into an ancient golden dragon, followed closely behind without saying a word.

He was thinking about countermeasures.

In the Yongxu Realm, a demiplane specially created for the carved skin golden dragon, With the power of Cassius's incarnation alone, it is probably no match for Beatrice, the ancient guardian.

And against such an ancient dragon with high wisdom, vague riddles alone are probably not enough to fool him.

A half-truth is more deadly than pure deception. Maybe he can make some moves in this regard, Cassius thought to himself.

But he was not worried. Even if he died here, he would only lose an incarnation. At most, he would give up this power, the connections of the Mountain Kingdom, and the reputation he had made.

"Ah——"

The moment he entered the deep valley, Cassius heard a series of shrill wails and roars. The sound was noisy and chaotic, but it was blocked by an invisible barrier and could not be heard outside the valley.

Casius looked into the depths of the valley, and saw scratches and cracks everywhere, and bloodstains everywhere, like a dilapidated prison, and cold winds blew from time to time, which was incompatible with the peaceful and orderly environment of Yongxu Realm.

On the rock walls on both sides, there were still dense runes engraved, but these symbols gave people a strong sense of oppression, like a cage.

At the same time, the strong pressure descended, making Casius feel his shoulders sink, and even flapping his wings and maintaining flight became a little difficult, not to mention casting spells. But Beatrice was not affected at all, and was still flying briskly in front.

Casius looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, I didn't expect that there is such a place in the seemingly peaceful and beautiful Yongxu Realm. It's like a screaming tunnel. Is this your prison?"

"This is the Valley of No Pardon, the only place in Yongxu Realm that cannot be illuminated by the sun." Beatrice's voice was still cold, and every word was clear even in the background of the whistling wind and wailing.

"In a sense, you are right. This is the place where my father, Ferdinand, imprisoned those who were extremely evil, or sinners." She slowly flapped her wings and landed lightly on the protruding cliff, then folded her wings behind her back and folded them up.

"Sinner?"

Casius subconsciously lowered his head, with a helpless bitter smile on his face, and even the whiskers at the corners of his mouth trembled slightly. "Sinner, I haven't heard this familiar name for a long time. Maybe... you are right."

Beatrice glanced at him meaningfully, and didn't say much, just walked into a cave along the cliff.

In the deep cave, pieces of night-shining stones illuminated the road ahead, and the rock walls on both sides were still covered with complex runes, emitting a certain repressive power.

Casius looked at the extremely repressive lines like iron fences and asked softly: "Is this the dead magic domain?"

Beatrice tightened her wings behind her, strode in front, and said without even turning her head: "Yes, my father used exquisite rune carvings to create a large area of ​​dead magic domain and good and evil barriers. This is the confinement he carefully built, specially used to imprison those self-righteous wizards."

Casius felt the power coming from all directions to suppress the original spells in his body, and chuckled: "You actually used such a luxurious thing, you really think highly of me."

"Suspicious 's outsider, this is just a necessary precaution. The power of runes allows me to see through the essence of everything. Although you are shrouded in fog, I can feel that you are much stronger than you look. "

"Thank you for the compliment, although I don't want to accept this kind of compliment in your prison."

Beatrice said seriously: "This is not a compliment, Titus. Before I understand your purpose and position, the stronger you are, the greater the threat you pose to the Eternal Order Realm."

Casius shook his claws under heavy pressure to relieve the pain and took the opportunity to question.

"This is not logical. If I really have enough power to break the Eternal Order Realm, I would have turned against you long ago. How could I follow you here? Sir Beatrice, you are a little too nervous. "

"This is just a necessary precaution." Beatrice did not comment, just shook her head and continued to walk deeper into the cave.

"This is it, follow me."

"Boom--"

Accompanied by a loud bang, the heavy stone door in front slowly opened, and the patterns on its surface flashed with light, obviously filled with many supernatural effects.

Finally, they entered the cave one after another, and what came into view was the spherical secret room, the complex runes that covered the surrounding walls almost without dead angles, and--the black gem suspended in the center.

Stronger pressure fell, and the moment he saw the black gem, Cassius even had the urge to pour out everything and tell it all.

Advanced Mantra Orb.

In this environment, even a powerful ancient red dragon could not exert half of its strength, but Beatrice was not affected at all.

Beatrice turned around, looked at the ancient golden dragon incarnated by Cassius with a scrutinizing gaze, and spoke again.

"This is my father's interrogation room. Even the ancient blue dragon can hardly escape from it. This secret room can isolate all sounds, prying eyes and even prophecies. It should be in line with what you call a 'secret place',"

"Of course."

The ancient golden dragon walked forward aggressively with a scorching look. "Then - please tell me, what are you hiding? What is your purpose?"

"Give me a little time, okay? At least I am still your guest, not your enemy." Cassius was prepared for this. He closed his eyes, as if he was recalling the past, and seemed to be hesitating.

Suddenly, a gloomy and lost temperament appeared on him, the air was gradually solidified, and even the golden scales became much dimmer.

After a long silence, he opened his eyes and slowly stretched out his left front paw.

"Swish"

The sound of burning flames rang out, and mottled black and red flames suddenly appeared in his palm.

"Chaos Fire? How dare you seek such power? It will drag you into the bottomless abyss!" Beatrice's voice trembled and her expression changed suddenly. She stared at the seemingly insignificant flame in Titus' hand.

There was a subtle smile in Cassius's eyes. Sure enough, as long as a shocking enough fact is thrown out - such as the abyss, the other party will ignore other disguises.

"boom!"

In an instant, the runes on the wall flashed rapidly, releasing various powers of order. Hundreds of silver-white chains came from everywhere, seeming to imprison this evil and chaotic force.

But the crazy, messy tongues of fire were like tentacles extending from the abyss, dancing wildly in mid-air, stubbornly resisting the power of the runes. The billowing black mist filled the secret room, and the smell of blood gushed out.

Cassius closed his claws and forcibly controlled the flame, but tongues of fire still leaked out, even burning his own scales.

"I did not seek the power of the abyss, but I had no choice." Cassius' body trembled, with a look of pain on his face.

He forcibly suppressed the manic flames, raised his head, and smiled weakly: "Beatrice, are you willing to listen to the story of a sinner that has been forgotten for a long time?"

Beatrice's eyes were solemn, but she still nodded hesitantly.

She felt that the golden dragon in front of her was not someone who was complicit in the abyss, but was forcibly suppressing the power of chaos that she hated so deeply. There should be some kind of unspeakable secret, and even she could feel the sadness.

Such an ancient golden dragon probably has a painful past.

Just like that, Cassius lay tiredly in the secret room, his voice hoarse and low. "I don't know how long ago. Maybe three thousand years? Maybe four thousand years ago?

In short, at that time, I was still a mature dragon and wanted to maintain the justice and order of the world with my own strength, so I summoned many of my kind and established a close alliance.

For some reason, before Titus said much, pity, regret, sadness and many other emotions emerged in her heart and lingered for a long time.

Following Cassius's words, she seemed to see an ambitious golden dragon who wanted to change the world, just like her father, Ferdinand. She seemed to be able to see hundreds of golden dragons flying in the sky, patrolling everywhere and eradicating evil everywhere.

Beatrice didn't know that this was because Cassius's [Smooth Talker] trait was fully activated and he had 36 points of charm.

If he passes the [Deception] and [Persuasion] test in the game, Cassius's charm and skill added value can reach at least +20. Even the ancient golden dragon skin carver with a will as strong as steel will be unknowingly Influence.

"My companions are galloping on the earth and traveling in the sky. No matter they are the evil red dragons that slaughter villages, the giants that plunder cities, the devils that defraud mortal souls, or the lichs that harvest souls, they cannot escape our sanctions."

Cassius' words continued, and he gradually described a magnificent story for Beatrice that was particularly in line with the Golden Dragon's values.

Under the influence of the [Smooth Talker], this female ancient golden dragon, who lived in the Eternal Order Realm all year round and had no interest in worldly affairs, was immersed in it and believed in his words. (End of chapter)