The Crimson Dragon

Translator: Fwapy

Editor: Moop

Oof… Moop also got licked since the previous chapter . Zeratul, on the other hand, starts memeing crimson dragon chapters to release the stress of being licked .

I currently don’t see any problem with getting licked, but anything that tortures Zera is entertaining . – Moo:P

Meanwhile, Achilles and Sleipnir were struggling- it’s going to be hard for them to leave alive . The two of them had returned to their dragon forms with Achilles acting as a meat shield for Sleipnie, who’s currently hiding behind Achilles, shooting spells towards the enemy like there’s no tomorrow . The enemies in question looked like skeletons covered in magma, the Lavawights . Obsidian shards at the tip of their fingers make up their claws . Their skulls are the only spot untouched by magma, but in exchange for the lack of cover, a white flame burns on the top of it . Achilles is already regretting his choices . He exclaimed, “Lavawights! What are they doing here?”

This place really was cursed . It’s just a mine of a harbour town . Its size wasn’t even considered big when compared to other towns in the kingdom . Although the mine was confusing to traverse, it was still within the Starspire Mountains . Even the mountain range is considered small within the Faerûn kingdom . It’s unbelievable that Shadows of the Void and Winterwights were appearing inside . Now, even Lavawights are in the mines, whose powers are on par with that of the Winterwights . Claudius knew instantly that something was wrong with the dead dragon . It’s obvious that the flames on the corpse indicated something bad, especially since their temperature was lower than Claudius’s . However, the fact that they stayed on the victim’s body was more terrifying and cruel than Claudius’ flames .

The crimson dragon waited outside the mines for a while and before suddenly standing up to follow the righteous knights into the mine . Eliaza had already entered  with her team and was hurrying towards the battle . At the same time, she sent a message to the two dragons . “Back up!” Exclaimed Achilles, “Back up has arrived! Sleipnir, we better hurry and escape!” If the room was even slightly smaller, the two of them would not have been able to return to their original forms and, of course, would have been instantly killed by the two Lavawights . Achilles should thank Claudius for forgetting his mace . Achilles, with his pitiful claws and scales, wouldn’t have been able to defend against the enchanted obsidian claws of the Lavawights . Disregarding their claws, Achilles was barely clinging onto his life faced with the power and speed of the Lavawights . He was also incredibly lucky to survive up till now without the Lavawights knocking his mace away from him . In Sleipnir’s case, her only option was to constantly throw out Area of Effect spells to control the situation . Poor Sleipnir wasn’t that great of a spell caster herself . Her spells are at most on the level of an intermediate spellcaster . Therefore, most of her spells were completely useless against the Lavawights . Even if the silver dragon didn’t send her a message, the two were already at their limits . They could only prolong the battle for three more minutes . After that, it would all be over .  

    It’s lucky that the silver dragon arrived so fast . The white-skinned elf was even faster,  heading towards the battlefield . When Achilles could no longer hold up the mace to defend himself, a longsword flew out of nowhere, blocking the claws of the Lavawight . Without a moment to spare, the elf slipped into a splendid front flip attack, breaking apart an obsidian claw . Achilles and Sleipnir quickly returned to their human forms . Without the heightened abilities of the dragon form, they wouldn’t have been able to survive until now . Their giant bodies were easy targets . They were alive all because of the elf throwing their longsword and blocking the attack for them .

    The elf’s abilities are unrivalled . It looked like she was dancing when she blocked two attacks from the Lavawights . In the blink of an eye, the two wights received more than ten hits each . Most of the magma on their bodies fell off, revealing the black skeletons underneath . It’s obvious that the two wights were not a worthy enough opponent for the elf . They couldn’t use Dimension Door to their advantage as the elf moved too quickly, so much so that she occasionally left an afterimage in her wake, seeming to teleport to random locations, giving the two wights a heavy beating . Surrounding two enemies alone was an ability characteristic of the legendary species leShay .  

    Eliaza’s team came quickly .  Mensal, the leShay, easily stopped the two lavawights, buying enough time for the gold and silver dragons to cast spells . The bishops also started casting spells at the Lavawights in hopes of exterminating them . Speaking of which, everyone looked kind of pale . After seeing the lavawights, those who knew of the legendary monsters fell to rock bottom . Things were already very troublesome with the winterwights and a Shadow of the Void . They never imagined an enemy with the polar opposite attributes could have appeared as well . In the worst case scenario, there might be a Shape of Fire waiting further inside of the mines . This wasn’t something to celebrate about . It was a mystery why the two elemental monsters of naturally opposing attributes didn’t fight each other . It would pose to much of a challenge if it came down to simultaneously facing off against both the Shadow of the Void and Spirit of the Fire, along with their legendary cla.s.s underlings . From the looks of it, the team wasn’t prepared to fight three legendary cla.s.s monsters at the same time . It’d probably be best to ask for a G.o.d to descend and deal with the situation . In truth, both Eliaza and Marlborough believed that even if a G.o.d did descend, the situation would only escalate in the wrong direction if things were handled poorly .  

    As a being of cold, the silver dragon had the elemental advantage over lavawights but she would definitely fail if she got into close combat range of the lavawights . Using spells against them would be the best course of action here . Of course, she could also return to her dragon form and attack with her icy cold breath . For Marlborough, he wasn’t scared of the fire type Heat Aura attack from the wights, but his spells and dragon breath are half as strong as theirs . Holy attacks weren’t effective against lavawights thus Marlborough could only copy Eliaza’s attacks . With Eliaza’s blizzard attack and Marlborough’s imitation blizzard, the two lavawights lost all their magma armour and were left with crumbling black bones .  Mensal dealt the finishing blow with a double spiralling punch to both wights . With a soundless roar, the two lavawights turned into ash in a torrent of flames .  

    “Nicely done, clown . ” Claudius thought to himself, “But things aren’t settled so easily . Isn’t the best option right now to leave the cave and seal up the mines? If you are so eager to solve it right now, you’d better hope to turn into an ancient dragon and that leads a team of legendary adventurers . Only relying on a leShay, a golden dragon, and a bunch of slowpokes isn’t enough for this situation . ” The crimson dragon is stood from afar . Up until now, he hadn’t found an opening in Eliaza’s formation . The mines also had a size limit so he couldn’t return to his dragon form . Claudius began to feel that his human form was more of a prison as it prevented him from using his destructive power . He would probably be considered a legendary warrior in his human form, but his current power isn’t even comparable to his dragon form . In fact, he can’t face a single winterwight nor lavawight head on in his human form . “Still can’t battle the skeletons…” the crimson dragon murmured while shaking his head .

    It looked like like the silver dragon wasn’t entirely stupid . After discussing with her team, they started to head back . Claudius quickly hid in a side path to so he wouldn’t be discovered by the abnormal detection power of the team, especially Mensal’s . Her powers are far greater than what Claudius had imagined . As the silver dragon and her team inch closer to Claudius, Claudius felt that he couldn’t hide any more . His location was about to be revealed to everyone .  

    At the same moment, a low, ominous roar was heard from where the dragon corpse lay . Dread instantly filled the entire mine . Those in Eliaza’s team who weren’t strong enough or were too young couldn’t stand the roar and fainted instantly…