Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

"Zariel? The forces of hell actually got involved so early. It seems that the butterfly effect I caused is really quite big."

In the rock palace at the top of Dragon Blood Mountain, Cassius held the parchment contracts handed over by the players and exhaled a breath of sulfur-smelling hot breath.

Cassius had heard of Zariel's name in his previous life. He was the fallen Seraph, the general of the eternal bloody battle, and the devil's duke who ruled the first level of the Nine Hells.

Hundreds of years ago, it was she who dragged a city into hell. Although the city was finally liberated, the horrific experience also had a profound impact, causing tieflings to live in exile to this day.

Trump half-knelt beside Cassius and used his staff to project magical images collected by the players. For some reason, the image of Charlotte seducing Count Donald also appeared in it.

Maybe some players think this is also so-called "important information".

The ogre continued to report: "Master, according to the information we collected, after the death of Aragorn I, the devils have begun to be active in the main material plane, and now their traces have spread all over Fianso, especially in This was especially frequent within the Kingdom of Thracia.

Although the Kingdom of Thrace is deliberately concealing it, they have left too many traces. The Chamber of Commerce affiliated with the Klauberu Military-Industrial Group, the hundreds of thousands of Starfallen who are within the Kingdom of Thrace and under the control of the empire, Countless clues were found.

We have enough reasons to suspect that Hell has stood behind the Thracian Kingdom and become the new backer of this group of humans. "

Cassius opened his mouth and showed an interesting smile, with surging flames emerging from the corners of his mouth.

"Haha, it's really strange that the once aloof beings who claimed to be descendants of gods actually colluded with devils, synonymous with cunning, dirty and evil, and even used them as their backers."

But this is not surprising. Human beings are such a species that tends to follow the crowd, and only such humans can be completely used by the empire. "

Trump lowered his head and respectfully agreed: "My dearest views, Master."

The ogre hesitated for a moment, then raised the staff again, and images appeared in front of Cassius. It was a cunning devil disguised as a human.

"In addition, Master, we have also discovered traces of some demons in the empire. We are paying close attention to this, but we have not closed the net. We would like to ask your opinion first.

Your Majesty, should we launch a hostile policy like our previous treatment of the Abyss, conduct large-scale propaganda, and portray Hell as the sworn enemy of the Empire?

At the same time, we will use the internal power of the empire to catch all these devils and wipe them out completely. "There was a harshness in Trump's tone.

In the eyes of mortals, the devil is evil and terrifying, like a nightmare. In the eyes of the ogre prime minister of the empire, it is just a worm that has entered the empire.

Cassius thought for a moment, then shook his head and said softly: "No need, compared to those madmen in the abyss, these devils are still valuable, maybe we can cooperate with them.

If the abyss demons are like crazy robbers who only plunder and destroy everything, then the devils are more like the greedy factory owners and entrepreneurs in the empire." Red Dragon suddenly sneered and his tone became a little weird. "

"They are like vicious dogs. As long as they hold on to the red-hot iron chains in their hands, they can still use them to bite their prey."

Trump still had some doubts on his face: "But Master, this may disrupt the order of the empire, and those devils secretly support the Kingdom of Thrace, which will be detrimental to our southern expedition."

Cassius said in a calm tone: "Who said you want to cooperate with them in the empire? Trump, call Metrorash and the Lich Orest over."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Trump asked no more questions and just responded in a deep voice. Then he raised his scepter and obeyed Cassius's order.

Emperor Burning Ember is always so arbitrary, often issuing orders like a prophet, but never making a wrong decision - just like he is invincible on the battlefield.

Soon, a portal passed by Cassius and opened suddenly. With the smell of sulfur and gunpowder smoke, the tiefling leader Metrorash stepped out steadily.

"Good day, Your Majesty."

Metrorash was dressed in the formal attire of an imperial noble, half-kneeling in front of Cassius, with the Duke's Medal shining brightly on his chest.

Immediately afterwards, a dark green thick fog exuding the aura of the dead spewed out of thin air, and the Lich Orest also appeared on the top of the Dragon Blood Mountain. When he saw Cassius's larger body, he actually stood there stunned. for a moment.

A fifty meter long dragon.

For any spellcaster with sufficient knowledge, this is enough to cause a huge impact, and Orest is no exception.

Filled with respect for strength in his heart, Orest stepped forward tremblingly, bent down deeply, and made a low, hoarse voice.

"Master, your loyal servant has come to obey your orders and offer you my most sincere greetings."

The Lich, which once made people fearful, now exudes a sense of malaise. It must have been tortured by the endless stream of players.

After all, this lich has become a check-in point for players on the forum, and many players risk losing their lives to come into contact with him.

Cassius nodded slightly, first looked at the tiefling, and said with a smile: "Medrarash, how do you feel about your relatives appearing in the main material plane?"

Metrolash frowned and responded quickly: "Your Majesty, the tieflings have no second thoughts. We will always be loyal to the Burning Empire, which brings security and stable order.

As for those devils? With all due respect, Your Majesty, they have left us only hundreds of years of blood debt and sins that are difficult to wash away. As long as you give an order, we can regard them as enemies without hesitation. "

Metrolash's voice was sonorous and powerful, extremely firm, and revealed undisguised murderous intent.

All he cares about is his own people and the future development of the empire. He even harbors hatred for the devils who made him homeless and his family ruined.

"very good."

Cassius nodded and stopped joking. He just ordered in a calm tone: "Assemble your imperial guards and control all the demons in the empire."

Metrolash was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, don't you need to kill them?"

The lich Orest next to him sneered in a low voice, and the soul fire in his eyes trembled slightly: "Your Excellency, as a descendant of the devil, you don't know the basic knowledge of hell?

Outside Hell, devils are never killed, but are stripped of all their possessions—usually their souls, although for these miserly souls this can be more painful than death. "

Metrolash just handed over to the red dragon: "Your Majesty, I will use the power you gave me to control these demons one by one."

"Very good, I look forward to seeing your results, Metrolash. Since they are from Baator Hell, keep your relatives, these uninvited guests, in Baator City."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cassius turned his head and looked at Oreste with his pale golden vertical pupils.

Although the lich looks quite tired, the soul fire in his body has grown a lot and has returned to 60 to 70% of its original strength.

Orest often secretly rejoiced at the recovery of his strength.

But the lich didn't know that 90% of the strange energy he harvested from transforming the undead fell into the red dragon's pocket. And Cassius is also considering increasing the share to 95% to better control the lich and squeeze out experience.

The red dragon narrowed his eyes slightly and said to the Lich: "Orest, I guessed it right. You know the Nine Hells very well."

Orest was overjoyed, and the will-o'-the-wisps in his eyes became more intense. "Master, when I was still a mortal mage, I searched everywhere for ways to live forever, and I also had some knowledge of the devil's contract in hell, but"

The Lich's tone paused, and the emotion of "disgust" was clearly revealed in the beating flames. "Those devils are complete bastards, shameless liars, and their contracts are full of traps. Three hundred years ago, I was deceived by a big devil and almost gave up my soul."

Cassius was not interested in hearing about Oreste's past. He just took out the scroll and placed it in front of the lich. "Orest, look at this contract."

Orest browsed the contract carefully, his expression suddenly changed, and he murmured to himself: "Zariel? That crazy woman is actually spying on the main material plane again.

Master, that is the first level of the Nine Hells - the Demon Duke of Avernus. He is a Seraph who fell from heaven ten thousand years ago. He is extremely powerful and a war madman. "

Cassius continued: "This was found by the empire's spies from the south. According to our estimation, Hell is likely to become the backer behind the Kingdom of Thracia and disrupt the empire's conquest plan."

The red dragon looked down at the Lich and said softly: "Orest, tell me what you think."

Orest opened his mouth that was only white bones and showed a terrifying smile - but the lich with almost no flesh and blood seemed to be able to only show such a smile. "Master, you must know that although it is a lawful force, hell is by no means monolithic."

The Lich stretched out his withered, thin arm and tapped it with his bony fingers, and an image of an army of demons killing each other in hell appeared in front of him.

Listening to the neat war cries of the devils, Orest continued: "Devils are born with unparalleled ambitions. Conspiracy, trickery, and fighting are their instincts. The lords of hell are carrying out eternal battles internally for the supreme hegemony. Fight.

And for a lunatic like Zariel who is obsessed with bloody battles regardless of everything, there are countless big devils in hell who hate her. "

Cassius nodded thoughtfully: "You mean - we can find an ally inside hell to contain Zariel?"

The Lich lowered his head, bowed slightly, and said in a particularly flattering tone: "Master, I am amazed by your wisdom."

"Recommend a suitable candidate for me and I will deal with him personally."

After hearing Cassius's words, the Lich seemed to have remembered something, and was speechless for a moment. He wanted to say something but couldn't.

Because the first "suitable ally" that came to his mind was the big devil who almost enslaved his soul.

Cassius stared at him with confusion in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Orest quickly replied: "Of course, no problem, my respected master, please look here -"

The Lich raised the bone scepter in his hand, and the mist of death surged in the air, once again creating a lifelike magical image.

Cassius cast his gaze over and saw a huge devil appearing in the magic image:

The devil's body was covered with crimson scales, and a pair of ferocious bat-like wings stretched out from his back. Green venom continued to drip from the mouth, falling to the ground and causing bursts of smoke.

The most eye-catching thing is his waist, on which is a belt with 12 screaming angel heads.

There is no doubt that these heads were cut off by the huge sword burning with fire, which was tightly grasped in the claw-like hand, and the crimson face was grinning wildly.

This is simply the most standard image of the "big devil" in the minds of mortals.

Orest introduced: "This is Bayer, the former Lord of Avernus, a cruel warlord. Hundreds of years ago, he betrayed Zariel and took the opportunity to be promoted to the devil lord."

But unfortunately, his performance on the bloody battlefield was far worse than that of the madman Zariel, and he was demoted by the Lord of the Nine Hells, allowing Zariel to take the throne again.

In order to keep Bayer busy and away from her sight, Zariel asked him to forge weapons, armor and terrible killing machines. "

The lich shrugged indifferently. "But it doesn't matter. What's more important is that he now hates Zariel almost madly. And this is also our chance. "

Casius looked at the image of the big devil and commented with interest: "Bayer sounds good."

Orest thought of his past experience and whispered: "Although I have always known your wisdom, master, these devils are extremely cunning, you have to be careful."

"Hehe, in the face of absolute power, all conspiracies and tricks are useless.

He is just a downtrodden lord of hell. Even if the contract is really signed, the dominant power of this cooperation is in my hands. "

Casius' tone was full of confidence. Now he had a clear assessment of himself - if the gods did not come down, few beings in this material plane could stop him.

His only problem was that his background and means were slightly insufficient, and he was not enough to compete with those old guys who had lived for thousands of years.

Although there were certain risks in making friends with the devil, it could also make up for his shortcomings to a certain extent.

The red dragon slowly stood up, raised his head, looked into the distance, and then spread his broad wings. "Since Thrace has asked for help from hell, we will use the power of the devil to fight the devil.

By the way, we can also cooperate with the rulers of hell. "

Seeing Casius stand up, the three followers said in unison: "Your Majesty (Master) is wise!" (End of this chapter)