Ember Dragon

The rock dwarf roared to the sky, waved his arms, and threw a giant rock weighing ten thousand tons and more than ten meters in diameter at the red dragon in the sky.

That was no ordinary rock, but a terrifying weapon that contained the power of the earth. The power contained in it was enough to make a majestic floating city fall to the ground and turn into ruins.

However, the red dragon was not afraid at all. He opened his bloody mouth and terrifying dragon flames gushed out from the depths of his throat. The dragon crystal on his chest was like a miniature sun, releasing tremendous light.

"boom--"

Along with the sound of air bursting, a dazzling pillar of fire suddenly cut through the sky like a giant red and white sword, piercing through the huge rock and causing it to explode in mid-air.

The burning rocks poured down to the earth like flowers scattered by heaven, creating terrible explosions on the ground again and again. But compared to the spectacular battle between Cassius and Dumathoin, this was just a tiny splash.

After piercing through the boulder, the pillar of fire containing the power of the sun god continued to bombard Dumathod, heading straight for His carrier in the material plane - that is, Ed's body.

But the titan-like rock dwarf stood tall, with countless extremely hard gems growing on his arms, condensing into a crystal clear giant shield with an exceptionally smooth cross-section.

This giant jewel shield is hexagonal and more than thirty meters long. If it were cut, I wonder how many beautiful pieces of jewelry could be made.

You should know that Dumathod is also the controller of the mineral vein. At this moment, for this battle, he actually controls the mineral vein and gathers all the gems buried underground within a radius of nearly 100 miles here.

"boom!"

Two powerful elemental forces collided with each other, and the giant jewel shield blocked the column of fire spewed by Cassius. Its surface was shining brightly, and even reflected some of the heat back.

Behind the giant shield, Dumathoin raised the Lava Hammer. Along with the surging magma, countless metal fragments such as iron, copper, gold, silver, and mithril gushed out from the ground and shot towards the red dragon in the sky like inverted raindrops.

"Ow—"

Seeing this, Cassius let out a long roar toward the sky, and the power of the element of fire was fully activated. Meteors dragging flames also fell from the sky, colliding with the sharp metal fragments in mid-air.

For a moment, the sky was filled with meteors and flames, and the earth was covered by endless metal fragments. The two collided with each other, creating surging fire clouds in the sky, and countless burning metal fragments fell.

These precious metals are extremely pure and in large quantities. In the past, they were enough to make people risk their lives to snatch them. But at this moment, people were looking at the earth-shaking battle in the distance and trembling under the power of this natural disaster.

"boom!"

The rock dwarf swung the lava hammer and smashed it hard at the ground under his feet. The ground made a dull sound, and countless sharp rocks rose from the ground. The move was similar to Ed's, but the power was more terrifying.

Each rock rose to a height of a hundred meters, like a steep mountain peak, and like a giant sword piercing through the sky and earth, stabbing towards the red dragon's abdomen, neck and other important parts.

But Cassius was extremely fast. When his dragon wings flapped, a terrifying storm was set off with a "swish". His huge body turned into a colorful red shadow, shuttling back and forth in the surging fire cloud.

His speed was so fast that it was difficult for mortal eyes to catch it. All that could be seen was the hideous traces left by the red dragon in the fire cloud, and the occasional scaly claws that appeared.

At the same time, bolts of lightning roared from the sky and struck Dumathod's head, and miniature fireballs like the sun fell from different directions.

Each of these terrifying attacks was enough to take the life of an ordinary dragon, but could not harm the incarnation of the dwarf god.

Dumathoin's eyes flashed, and his whole body suddenly straightened. Fine gold and mithril emerged from the surface of his skin, transforming into armor with extremely high anti-magic properties, blocking the bombardment of thunder.

A dazzling light shone from His Silver Fire Eyes, and those terrifying fireballs exploded in the air. The flames were absorbed into the Lava Hammer and became nutrients.

Then, the surging fire clouds pressed towards the ground, like a tsunami about to submerge the land. The surface was filled with extremely hot steam, enough to burn mortals to a crisp.

However, whether it was thunder, flames or fire clouds, they were all just a trick of Cassius. At this time, he had already risen to a height of ten thousand meters and fell from the sky.

Strong wind pressure descended, sulfur-smelling smoke rushed in the face, and the whole world seemed to tremble under the swooping red dragon.

Dumathod clenched his molten hammer, raised his giant jeweled shield, and stood ready for battle. His massive body emitted a deep ochre light.

The next moment, the red dragon suddenly broke through the fire cloud and thick smoke, spewing dark red breath of chaos from its mouth, and pounced on Dumathod!

"boom!"

This collision was so powerful that it shook the heavens and the earth, and made the world tremble!
The ground suddenly sank several meters under the attack of the red dragon. The cracks were like dense spider webs, and countless magma gushed out.

The surrounding Black Stone Mountains shook and trembled violently, massive landslides occurred, and countless lives were buried in rocks and soil.

Although Dumathoin had a giant jewel shield to block the attack, he was still caught off guard and was smashed deep into the ground by the red dragon's attack.

He struggled hard, swinging the lava hammer with all his might. The hammer head emitted an earth-yellow halo, and with a force that was enough to shatter space, it smashed towards the red dragon's head.

Although Dumathoin's rock incarnation was huge, reaching a height of a hundred meters, it was far less agile than the red dragon. Cassius reacted extremely quickly, dodging by turning his head. Then the basal blood vessels in his body surged, and the flames of chaos gushed out.

This dark red flame containing the essence of chaos broke through the barrier of the earth's divine power, pierced through the giant gem shield, and attacked Dumathod's incarnation.

Dumathod rolled over suddenly, knocking away the red dragon's giant claws and narrowly avoiding the dragon's breath. The chaos flame directly burned a bottomless hole in the ground.

Cassius opened his mouth and revealed a wild smile, with flames still lingering in his mouth: "Dumathoun, if we were in the outer planes, I would still avoid you, but this is the Prime Material Plane!
Admit defeat, you dwarves are no longer able to occupy Avenderdan, this place already belongs to the Burning Empire, and it belongs to me!"

Dumathod remained silent, without saying a word, but he raised his fist as big as a hill and smashed it towards the red dragon's heart, and angry sparks burst out of his silver fire eyes.

"boom!!"

Cassius flapped his wings and flew into the air. Dumathoin's punch missed, but the power of his fist caused cracks to appear in the surrounding space, which made the red dragon secretly smack its lips in amazement.

Afterwards, the dwarf god's attack became more fierce. It seemed as if his body made of rock would never get tired. Under the raging flames, he continuously attacked the red dragon with his fists, feet and hammer.

Cassius, relying on his own mobility advantage, continued to fight with it in mid-air.

From time to time, the red dragon would spit out breath containing a variety of powerful forces such as chaos, order, and the sun. Its methods were varied, leaving Dumathoin's incarnation covered with scorch marks and cracks.

"Death!"

Cassius swooped down from behind the dwarf again, spewing a column of fire from his mouth. Caught off guard, Dumathoin suddenly crashed into a small hill nearby, and his abdomen was pierced by the column of fire.

"Boom!" Under this huge force, the mountain collapsed and buried Dumathod, but when Cassius pounced on him, the other party disappeared into the rocks.

The next moment, the rock dwarf broke through the ground, leaped high with countless broken rocks, swung his war hammer, and smashed it towards the back of the red dragon's head.

But Cassius suddenly raised his huge tail and swept it across, knocking away the dwarf god who was trying to attack from behind.

This was not simply a physical collision, but a contest of authority and divine power. Every strike contained a clash of two forces.

In this way, Cassius and Dumathoin fought from Blackrock Mountain to dozens of miles away. They were like walking disasters, turning everywhere they passed into ruins covered with magma and ash.

"Cassius above"

"It's terrible. The aftermath of the battle alone can cause the mountain to collapse. Fortunately, we didn't act rashly just now."

"Your Majesty will definitely win"

"There is actually someone who can fight with Your Majesty to this extent. Then, who is that dwarf?"

At this moment, a clear female voice echoed in the imperial army, answering the doubts of the imperial soldiers: "That is the patron saint of the shield dwarves, Dumathoin.

The great Emperor Cinder, our master, is at war with a veritable god!"

All the soldiers looked towards the source of the voice and saw that the speaker was Misha. At this moment, her face was full of excitement, as if she had witnessed a real miracle.

In fact, Dumathoin was only possessed by the remains of Eddard and was also influenced by the orc gods. His strength was completely incomparable to that of the gods themselves.

But this did not stop Misha from promoting the greatness of Cassius and the heroic deeds of the Burning Emperor in fighting against the gods.

In an instant, the people of the empire were in an uproar. Although they sneered at the gods, they had to admit that these beings were powerful.

"Then, is that really a god?" someone asked in disbelief.

"No wonder, no wonder His Majesty has to take action personally! Only someone like this can rival His Majesty!" Someone muttered to himself, his heart pounding with emotion.

"In order to protect us, His Majesty Cassius would actually become an enemy of a true god! How can we repay His Majesty's kindness?"

Some people burst into tears and knelt on the ground crying, deeply moved by the emperor's act of standing up for himself.

On the devastated battlefield dozens of miles away, Cassius didn't care about the people who cared about him, and a ferocious and arrogant smile appeared on his face.

"Dumathoin, do you feel it? The world is rejecting you!
Look at the surrounding environment. You have caused such great damage to the main material world. Can you still be called the guardian of the earth?"

Dumathod's expression suddenly darkened, but he really had nothing to say about Cassius's accusation.

The priesthood will affect one's character. He had just witnessed the death of a large number of shield dwarves and was already somewhat overwhelmed. Adding on the constant provocations from this sinister red dragon, he acted so irrationally.

This "silent conservative" snorted rarely, looked up and glared at the red dragon above his head, and made several gestures, the meaning of which was clearly conveyed to Cassius.

"Emperor Burning Embers, do you want to be the enemy of the entire dwarven pantheon?"

Cassius shook his head and replied easily, "Of course not. I am helping you. A short pain is worse than a long one. If we allow the orcs to invade the south, the number of dwarves who died would be far more than today."

Dumathoin gritted his teeth. Even the usually silent and honest god was furious at the shamelessness of the red dragon.

"This matter is not over yet! Your actions have aroused the wrath of Moradin! Return Avenderdan before our war with the orc pantheon is over!"

"I have already made a big concession, why don't you understand?"

Cassius sighed earnestly, and then continued, "If the dwarven pantheon continues to bother us, I don't mind completely exterminating the shield dwarves of the Mountain Kingdom."

Dumathoin's eyes flickered, and he gestured again: "What do you mean?"

"Do you think I didn't notice what the Lord of the Mountain did? Do you think his little tricks could be hidden from my eyes?"

Cassius slowly flapped his wings and fell from the sky, causing the ground to groan softly and adding a few more cracks.

He didn't care at all, just smiled and said, "Ancient patron saint of the shield dwarves, if you continue to be ungrateful, I am also interested in entering that demiplane and slaughtering all the remaining dwarves.

But I don’t know - by that time, will you still be qualified to be called the ‘Guardian of Shield Dwarves’?”

The red dragon stared at the incarnation of Dumathoin, and his light golden vertical pupils revealed an undisguised murderous intent. It can be said that he took "taking advantage of the fire" to the extreme.

"you"

Dumathoin's expression became even gloomier, with endless rage suppressed in his chest. The earth was shaking slightly at his emotional changes, like a volcano about to erupt.

If a mortal were faced with the anger of a god of medium power, he would probably have knelt down and begged for mercy, but Cassius was more interested.

The red dragon spread its wings, took a few steps forward fearlessly, shook its head and sighed, "If I can't find that demiplane, and you insist on being my enemy, I will have no choice but to fight to the death and cooperate with those rude orc gods.

You should also know that, thanks to the favor of fate, my bloodline is coveted by even Tiamat. Tell me, if this dragon blood is combined with orcs, what kind of monster will be born? "

A threat, an undisguised, naked threat.

Moreover, this is a threat against a god, which is simply blasphemy. What could be more audacious than this?

If it were before the Third Age, Dumathoin would have already revealed his true form to let that ignorant blasphemer experience the wrath of the gods and taste the power of divine punishment.

But now, Dumathoin's rocky face was uncertain, revealing signs of hesitation and looseness.

——Because what the red dragon said was not wrong.

If we continue to pursue this matter, and allow this powerful red dragon to form an alliance with the orc pantheon, there will inevitably be terrible consequences, and even He cannot bear this consequence. (End of this chapter)