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Claudius could still see a bit of the mine, after all a dragon"s eyesight is stronger than the average organism"s. Something definitely happened in the mines—the two lavawights had died, but in their place the dead dragon had stood up once again.
"It hasn"t died too long ago. Did it start to rot the moment it became a corpse dragon?" Claudius pondered while reflecting on how mysterious the world was. He didn"t know how soon a dead dragon would start to decay after dying, but the corpse he found was definitely fresh. If it was human, the body was new enough to have died just a moment ago. The moment it turned into a corpse dragon, its appearance changed within a fraction of a second. Along with a horrid smell, the corpse instantaneously decayed before their eyes. Huge chunks of meat turned black, falling off the body, revealing bones underneath. Its skin and scales rotted just as quickly. Some of them got stuck in the decaying meat clinging to the bone. Its eyes became small fireb.a.l.l.s. Its decayed wings sagged, forming huge holes in the skin. They looked like a worn-down tent. "Lucky for us it doesn"t sp.a.w.n any maggots." Claudius murmured. The silver dragon didn"t hear him as his voice was m.u.f.fled by the corpse dragon"s roared.
A corpse dragon is a high-level undead monster. Claudius was sure that the dragon was even stronger than when it was alive, albeit he hadn"t known the dead dragon. The fact that the dragon"s aura was pinning down the holy knights and bishops still remained. In death, a dragon"s spell resistance actually increased compared to when it was alive. Spells that can easily dispatch a middle-level undead monster could no longer harm it now.
Fortunately, the gold dragon could use a fire breath. After taking three fire breaths, the corpse dragon miserably fled into the mines to hide. Claudius didn"t watch until the end. He left the mines to wait for the silver dragon behind the rocks again. Claudius made up his mind, convincing himself of the impossibility in defeating the silver dragon and her underlings inside the mines—his human form wasn"t strong enough. He would transform back to a dragon outside of the mines. "It"s just a silver dragon, gold dragon, bronze dragon and a copper dragon. I think there"s a fighting chance" Claudius thought to himself. Achilles and Sleipnir will undoubtedly tell Eliaza that Claudius was here, so there"s no way a surprise attack would work. "There"s only one way remaining" Claudius reasoned, "First let"s see if I can find out which city the silver dragon usually dwells in. Then I"ll see if I can capture the bishops and holy knights for interrogation. h.e.l.l, I would never forget to interrogate the little guy."
Claudius" predictions were correct. The silver dragon led Mensal and Marlborough, the gold dragon, out of the mines. All of them were on their highest alert, holding out their magic shields to defend against any imminent attacks. Both the golden dragon and the silver dragon cast a spell, yet they couldn"t locate the crimson dragon. "Did he leave already?" Achilles asked. "No way! The Crimson Disaster isn"t known for his intelligence. I bet he"s waiting somewhere to strike all of us down." Eliaza replied. Both Marlborough and Achilles secretly glared at Eliaza. They both thought that a dragon using a dragon killing sword on even the 五色龙(five-coloured dragon?) was a shocking and unbelievable thing.
Zeratul: The five coloured dragon is tiamat, What they are trying to convey here is that they were shocked that eliaza used the Anti dragon sword herself, normally dragons would never use it, even against tiamat
Claudius stalked the group while thinking about how to defeat the silver dragon. He was still indecisive about whether to continue as is or to rush in, knock them out, and then proceed to abduct the silver dragon. He also needed to consider the legendary leShay warrior, Mensal. Messing around with the bishops and holy knights was just icing on the cake for Claudius. He continued to ponder and plan while stalking the group.
"f.u.c.k it! I"ll just go and beat the s.h.i.t out of them!" Claudius finally decided after a while of thinking. His temper has always been short. Tailing Eliaza to her nest was too slow of a process and he would easily be discovered. Despite debating for half a day, Claudius still ended up doing what he was most talented in, which was to rush in blindly.
The crimson dragon let out a low roar—the deeper his voice, the louder the roar. He quickly took off his expensive armour thinking it"d be a shame to dispose of it after one use. He turned back into his huge dragon form while the air was still shaking from his roar. Using his legs, Claudius then launched himself into the air, flapping his wings for extra support. The flapping cleared the ground of soil and sand, causing strong winds to blow wildly across it. Claudius adjusted his direction in the air and started flying towards the silver dragon and her crew.
Claudius"s legs tensed up and he leapt into the air. While flying, he opened his mouth and inhaled, sucking in the surrounding air to prepare for his high-pressure spit attack. Both he and his opponents were ready. Dragon aura enveloped the sky. Claudius knew then that the four dragons were ready and prepared for a battle.
Claudius was surprised when he saw the leShay riding on the silver dragon"s back. she looked like she was ready for a tough fight. Claudius didn"t have time to think or plan accordingly as all sorts of spells ranging from blizzard to ice storms were hurled at him. The effectiveness of his skills were once again proven. As spells closed the distance on him, their strength quickly dwindled. The blizzard hail spell which had worked wonders on him in the past wasn"t much more effective than a normal blizzard. Although his movement was slightly impeded, any spells that entered his domain evaporated into thick steam and blazing winds.
The gold dragon, the largest of the four, was only a third of Claudius" length and was barely comparable in size. Achilles, recalled his depressing past and attempted to hide, looking for an escape as Claudius approached them in high spirits. Sleipnir was only a few dekameters in length. She was clearly dragging everyone down.
It looked like Eliaza had all her bets on Mensal as it took her over 100 years to form a bond with the leShay. Mensal"s power level exceeded both Eliaza"s and Marlborough"s. Even if both of them evolved into ancient dragons, they still wouldn"t be able to hold a candle to her. As an EPIC species, true dragons were only of the common pre-legendary cla.s.s. Even when they became legendary cla.s.s, they were still weak when compared to other EPIC species. The three legendary dragon species were an exception though, as their power level weighed in to be around midrange for the EPIC species. Undeniably, there are special individuals who could battle strong EPIC species, that upon sight, even G.o.ds run away from. Claudius was one of those very individuals. He most likely will be the last remaining colored dragon on the Faerûn continent…