Ember Dragon

"Subjects of Hell, destroy them and drive these filthy lunatics back to the bottomless abyss!" Cassius' roar spread throughout the battlefield.

Under the command of the red dragon, both the players from the material world and the devil soldiers native to hell rushed to the battlefield with high morale and chased those demons.

At this moment, it seemed as if the red dragon in the sky was the real lord of hell, commanding the army of Avernus.

Seeing the reactions of the demons and the momentum of the Red Dragon commanding the army, Bayer's expression became increasingly gloomy, unable to hide the anger in his pupils, and his mood became increasingly heavy.

That greedy red dragon, the damn Burning Emperor—all he said were my words!

"Don't worry about anything else, just fire with all your might! Kill all these demons, and give glory to the Mechanicus!!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Wyverns soared in the sky, bombs and missiles rained down on the demon group, causing earth-shaking explosions and turning countless demons into charcoal.

The aerospace airship also flew at full speed, and beams of light swept across the battlefield. Wherever the beams passed, no grass grew, all demons were destroyed, and even the surface of the ground was blasted with deep cracks.

Steam tanks were speeding across the land, rushing into the demon horde recklessly, crushing large swathes of demons into a bloody mess.

"We haven't lost yet! For the great Lord Koschechi! For the supreme will of the abyss!" A frost shaman raised the scepter high in his hand, summoned an ice storm, and swept towards the players.

The eyes of the Tanar'ri Frost Giants rolled back and their expressions were ferocious. They roared at the top of their lungs, waving their clubs and spears wildly, and rushed towards the players in a biting cold wind.

But at this moment, a hideous blood-red figure appeared in the air. The figure was tall, with bat wings on his back, holding a steel fork, and his body was surrounded by hellfire.

This is none other than the Pit Hell demon, the nominal Lord of Avernus, Bayer!
"That's..." The Frost Shaman showed fear on his face. He turned and ran without hesitation, shouting, "Damn it, it's Bayer. Fellow tribesmen, run!"

Bayer growled with gnashing teeth: "Koschechi is dead, and so are you! Under the wrath of hell, you abyss bastards will all be burned to ashes!"

If it weren't for Koschechi, how could he hand over the authority of Hell!
If it weren't for that damn Demon Lord, how could the Burning Emperor be so prominent and dominate his own territory!
Anger welled up in the eyes of the Hell Devil, and even the steel fork was wrapped in raging flames, as if he wanted to vent all his anger on these "remnants of Koschechi".

"Shh-"

Bayer flapped his wings and instantly came behind the Frost Shaman. He swung the steel fork in the air and directly chopped off his head. Filthy and cold blood spurted out from the neck of the headless corpse.

The frost giant's head rolled to the ground, still retaining an expression of fear and despair.

The Frost Shaman died, the cold wind suddenly dissipated, and the Tanar'ri Frost Giants roared angrily and rushed towards Bayer one after another, wanting to make a final counterattack.

But the reality was extremely cruel. A raging hellfire gushed out of Bayer's eyes, instantly burning the besieging Tanar'ri frost giants into ashes.

"You are a bunch of ignorant fools. I am the Lord of Hell, the supreme ruler of Avernus! I will drive all of you bastards back to the abyss!!"

"It's not you!"

One of the Frost Giants wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, pointed at the giant dragon in the sky in the distance, laughed wildly and shouted: "It was that dragon that defeated us. He is our opponent? He is the dragon of hell! He is the enemy of the Frost Giants!"

"What are you? You are nothing but a cowardly devil, a poor creature clinging to the strong. We giants despise that the most—"

"Puch-"

Before the Frost Giant could finish his words, the furious Bayer rushed up. The sound of flesh being torn apart was heard. Bayer raised the steel fork and stabbed it hard into the Frost Giant's abdomen, ripping it open. Large pieces of dirty internal organs gushed out.

Soon after, hundreds of high-level demons came here, led by a leader of the Hell Demon Legion, and gathered around Bayer.

The leader of the Devil Legion bowed his head and said respectfully, "Lord Bayer!"

Bayer looked amused and said in a bad tone: "Haha, you are finally here. I thought my orders were no longer effective."

"Of course not. We all know that you are the real Lord of Avernus." The legion commander had cold sweat on his forehead, and his hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

He smiled flatteringly and continued, "What do you think we should do with these frost giants? They are not highly demonized, so maybe they can be of help to us."

Bayer looked at the corpse of the frost giant with disgust, waved his hand, and said in a cold voice without hesitation: "Kill them all, leave no one alive."

"Yes, Lord Baier."

The devils responded in unison. Under the command of the legion commander, the devils formed a tight military formation and surrounded the remaining Tanar'ri Frost Giants. Their dark eyes revealed undisguised murderous intent.

"Kill them all!!"

"Damn devil! Break out of the encirclement!" the frost giants roared.

A feast of killing has begun.

Bayer was thinking about the words left by the frost giant and felt increasingly uneasy.

"The Hell Dragon?" Bayer muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
He looked up at the distant sky, at the majestic hell dragon, his brows furrowed, with deep fear in his eyes.

The lord of hell flapped his broad bat-like wings and flew towards the red dragon.

Above the blood-red sky of Avernus, a giant dragon covered the sky, casting a huge shadow on the tattered battlefield.

"it is finally over."

Cassius looked down at the battlefield which was gradually becoming clearer, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, a breath of sulfur exhaled from his nostrils, and a rare look of ease emerged on his majestic dragon face.

Suddenly, he felt a gaze filled with anger and jealousy coming from a distance, so the red dragon turned his head and looked at the source of that gaze.

"Haha, it turns out to be my cheap ally. It's time to return 70% of the power of hell." Cassius retracted his gaze and thought so.

Under the influence of the [Power of Oath Breaking], the contract was actually just a piece of empty paper in the eyes of the red dragon, without any binding force at all.

But Cassius didn't want to expose his abilities yet, and he didn't want to completely break up with Bayer.

Meat must be eaten bite by bite, and the road must be walked step by step. It would do him more harm than good to take Avernus for himself at this time.

After all, there is an Asmodeus above Bayer.

As the saying goes, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. If that old guy who has survived from the beginning of the universe were to discover his abilities and ambitions, the consequences would be disastrous.

Even if the Lord of the Nine Hells leaves it alone, the other lords of hell will feel threatened by him and may even join forces to fight against him. Rashly occupying Avernus at this time will only make enemies on all sides, which will not be worth the cost.

The best option is to make Bayer his puppet and agent step by step, semi-colonize Avernus, and force them to rely on the Burning Empire. Thinking of this, Cassius looked at the Hell Demon flying towards him happily and whispered: "Bayer, my dear ally, I will fully support you to continue to be the Lord of Hell"

At this moment, the space in front of him fluctuated violently, and an extremely powerful, yet familiar and friendly aura emerged, and the noisy roar of a giant dragon came from afar.

"This breath."

Cassius's expression suddenly changed, and he said solemnly: "Damn it, it's Tiamat!!"

The dragon roared, the world twisted, and evil pressure spread.

Two huge claws tore through space. Five ferocious dragon heads in red, green, blue, black and white twisted and tumbled out from the gaps. A dragon body as huge as a mountain and as ferocious as a nightmare descended on Avernus and appeared in the sky.

At the same time, from the crack in space, blue dragons, green dragons and other five-colored dragons loyal to Tiamat emerged one after another, flapping their wings and surrounding Tiamat. Among them was a strong red dragon.

These five-colored dragons are at least adult dragons, and there are even three or four huge ancient dragons.

However, compared with the two mountain-like dragons Tiamat and Cassius, their bodies seemed extremely small, like a group of moths flapping their wings.

"Here comes with ill intentions." Cassius gritted his teeth and stared at the so-called mother goddess.

He rushed to hell this time and missed an important thing——

The kingdom of Tiamat.

Tiamat's Lair is located in Avernus!
Since Baator is an outer plane, Tiamat can even descend to Avernus in her true form!
Fortunately, Cassius has the authority of Avernus and is not completely powerless. At least he has a great chance of escaping from hell back to the material plane.

Bayer looked up at the sky, his face filled with shock and anger, and was shrouded in gloom. "Oh no, it's the Five-Colored Dragon Queen! Could it be that the greedy red dragon called her here? This is his conspiracy!"

"Lord of the Nine Hells"

"The Mother of Dragons has arrived at this time. She has not appeared in Avernus for hundreds of years!"

"Could it be that things are going to change in Avernus?"

The demons all looked at the nightmarish five-headed dragon in panic.

Could it be that Avernus was going to be ruled by a dragon? Where would these native devils live?
"What's happening here?"

"Fuck, isn't this the Mother Goddess of the Five-Colored Dragon? Why is she here?"

"Logically speaking, the Five-Colored Dragon Queen is also the mother goddess of Cassius. They want to join forces to defeat Hell? Exciting."

"It seems that the atmosphere here is not right. There is no sense of loving mother and filial piety. Is Emperor Kai going to fight with the Five-Colored Dragon Queen?"

"Let's go to the show. Sunflower seeds are on sale in the front row! I love watching the big guys fighting. The special effects are maxed out."

Unlike the devil who was in a panic, the players were excited. They were discussing things happily, looking like they were enjoying the fun.

And in the high sky, the black divine light was overwhelming all around. Tiamat looked at Cassius, who had transformed into the Hell Dragon, and seemed to be observing him carefully.

Feeling the breath of the power of hell, the red dragon head was surprised at first, then revealed a hideous smile, and endless greed emerged from its pale golden pupils.

The Dragon Queen spoke slowly and smiled, "Long time no see, Cassius, my child. I am so proud of you."

"I never thought that in just a few short years, not even enough time for me to take a nap, you have grown to this extent - even conquering Avernus for our Five-Colored Dragon Clan."

Classic Tiamat-style rhetoric, turning Cassius's into the entire five-colored dragon clan's, and then turning the five-colored dragon clan's into his own.

Obviously, this matter had nothing to do with her from the beginning to the end, but the Dragon Queen was able to distort it and take all the benefits and credit for herself.

Hearing this, the whole audience was in an uproar, and it was like a stone that caused a thousand ripples.

"What? This is actually the Dragon Queen's conspiracy!!"

"Lord of the Nine Hells, things are really going to change in Avernus!"

Bayer's face was hideous, and he roared and raged: "Casius, you damn reptile, you are so shameless! Avernus belongs to the devil!!"

"The great Lord of the Nine Hells will not let you go! You will pay the price you deserve!"

In the eyes of the Hell Lord, the thing he was most worried about had happened. This greedy red dragon joined forces with his mother goddess to occupy Avernus!
The five-colored dragons surrounding Tiamat cheered and roared excitedly, saying a long-forgotten title: "Praise His Royal Highness the Dragon Prince!"

"His Highness Cassius is indeed the most cherished offspring of the Mother Goddess!"

"Great! From now on, Avernus will be our Five-Colored Dragon's world! Those slick-tongued red-skinned devils will all be our slaves!"

"If I could have sex with such a strong man." The strong female red dragon looked at the majestic dragon body not far away with admiration, and her golden vertical pupils were full of restlessness and desire.

Facing the overwhelming pressure and harsh noise, Cassius lowered his head, nodded slightly, and then said in a calm tone: "Good day, Your Majesty Tiamat."

"But I'm sorry to disappoint you. I didn't occupy Avernus. I just borrowed the power of hell from my ally Bayer to fight against the Lord of the Abyss."

"Besides." Cassius paused, raised his head, looked at the five-colored dragon, and said in a strange tone: "This is my own behavior, what does it have to do with you?"

He directly pointed out the truth, stated the facts, and ruthlessly tore apart Tiamat's lies and rhetoric.

Cassius' words once again caused an uproar.

"Fortunately, fortunately this is not the Dragon Queen's conspiracy." Bayer finally calmed down, breathing heavily with lingering fear, and nervously observed the situation in the sky.

The demons were also unable to judge the situation and remained silent, not daring to speak, for fear of being dragged into this dispute involving the gods.

Only the players were still discussing loudly and heartlessly, not caring about incurring the wrath of the gods.

"I feel like this conversation doesn't seem right. Why is it so tense?"

"Ti Ma: Hand over the territory! Kai Huang: Old man, do you still want me to get gold coins?"

"Filial piety, it's really filial piety!"

"Shocked! Is this the rebellious period? Okay, I want to see the battle between mother and son!" (End of this chapter)