Ember Dragon

Seleucid Kingdom, Eagle City.

The air was mixed with a strong smell of blood, stench and the pungent smell of acid. The ground was covered with blood and many buildings were in ruins, as if they had experienced an earthquake.

The corners of the streets were filled with dragon beast feces, rotting flesh and blood, and emitting a foul odor.

The spacious streets were filled with ugly and ferocious dragonborns, some of them had dragon horns on their heads, some had sparse dark green scales on their skin. They were either wearing armor or luxurious robes, showing off their might and being quite impressive.

However, most humans were dressed in rags, with unkempt hair and dirty faces. They walked timidly in the corners, with their heads down and their backs hunched. They walked extremely carefully, not even daring to step on the shadows of those dragonborn - for ordinary humans, this was a crime punishable by flogging.

When faced with a real dragon, they lowered their heads and knelt in the dirty feces on both sides of the road, shivering and not even daring to look up.

This is the rule of the Dragon Worship Church. Under this extremely strict and cruel hierarchy, mortals who want to survive must give up all their dignity and become the most loyal slaves of dragons and dragonborn.

Under the watch of the Dragonborn Guards, Mantou looked around at the scene, maintaining an arrogant attitude on the surface but secretly sending messages in the group chat.

I went to eat steamed buns: Damn, this place is simply hell on earth. There actually is such a place in the material world.

Born Fighter: Well, according to my experience, the environment of the Bronze Fortress in Avernus is much better than here.

Singo: The teachings of the Dragon Worship Church are to bring Tiamat back to the world and let dragons rule the earth. In their eyes, humans are just a group of beasts. If you regard those humans as chickens, ducks, and pigs waiting to be slaughtered in a farm, you should be able to understand the operation mode of this city.

Summer Night Autumn Rain: The NPCs in Erezegei are very intelligent, and their way of thinking is almost the same as that of real people. Even if it is just game data, it seems too cruel to me.

Natural Born War Maniac: Alas, I didn't expect to see living people being treated like animals. It really makes me feel bad. If I get the chance, I will turn this place upside down.

I went to eat steamed buns: By the way, is the scroll you gave to that cultist real?
Singo: It's true, but it doesn't lead to the so-called Dragon Blood Altar, but to the Mechanicus's Living Experiment Research Institute. They are short of experimental materials, and they can get 7 or 8 gold nars as a commission for every person they trick, which is enough to buy several teleportation scrolls.

I went to eat steamed buns: Wow, I've heard of that research institute, a famous gathering place for perverts, and you're really evil, you sell them to others and can make a lot of money.

Singo: What do you know? The richer I am, the more I will not let go of even a penny. Let alone a kinnar, I will not let go even if it is a copper.

Xia Ye Qiu Yu: Look, we should be entering the inner city.

Mantou raised his head and saw a tall city wall in front of him. Rough and mysterious runes were engraved on its surface, exuding a deep and evil aura.

After some communication, the heavy iron gate on the city wall slowly opened, and they were able to enter the interior of Linying City.

Ordinary humans are almost invisible here, and even if there are any, they will only appear as pitiful "sacrifices" in the team heading to the dragon breeding farm.

Mantou discovered that the woman he had rescued before was in the escort team, bound by heavy iron chains covered in blood. Her face was ashen and full of despair, and she seemed to have accepted the fact that she was about to become a sacrifice.

Green dragons are often seen in the air above the inner city, where they fight for treasures looted from all over the place and enjoy the freshest and tenderest blood.

In Grutar's view, the inner city area is guarded by his most elite dragonborn troops and many green dragons. This red dragon cub that was so scared that it couldn't speak could not escape from his grasp.

He could never have imagined that the real target of Mantou and his crew was actually the dragon breeding farm located deep in the dungeon.

Soon, the cult priest led everyone to a tall tower. They entered, walked through the long and narrow corridor, and came to the end of the first floor.

"Please come in. This is the temporary residence that Lord Grutal has prepared for you."

It seemed that they had arrived at their destination. The cult priest smiled and stretched out his hand. In front of him was a rather spacious room.

This is called a room, but in fact it is more like a cage.

The inner wall was made of solid steel, the door was engraved with the spell of an arcane lock, and more than twenty fully armed dragonborn soldiers patrolled back and forth in the corridor outside.

There are stone dragon heads sticking out on both sides of the corridor. If anyone is found trespassing, arrows coated with green dragon poison will be shot out from their mouths.

There are also Dragon Worship Cult priests who are monitoring everything here through magic crystal balls. Once any unusual movement is detected, the surrounding elite troops will swarm in.

Taking advantage of this precious opportunity, professional players such as Singo and Tiansheng Zhan Kuang observed everything around them with keen eyes, identifying traps and ways out.

Mantou, on the other hand, maintained the setting of a brainless red dragon, looking at the cult priest with contempt and a hint of anger.

"You'll regret this, bastard. Do you know who my father is? He's the famous Ancient Dragon! Get out of the way. I want to see—"

"My lord, please go to bed early."

After a moment of stalemate, the cult priest walked out of the room with a sneer, and the dragon soldiers finally escorted Singo, Tiansheng Zhan Kuang, and Xia Ye Qiu Yu into the room.

The door slowly closed with a crisp sound, and the illusory chains created by the spell wrapped around the door, locking it tightly.

When the footsteps of the cult priests and guards faded away, Mantou and his group began to discuss.

Singo sprinkled a handful of powder from his bag, and the room was immediately filled with white mist. "This is powder that interferes with prophecy spells. It can block their arrows and keep our actions from being discovered."

Mantou finally felt relieved and returned from his dragon form to his human form. He lay on the ground, panting, his face pale: "I finally finished using this ability for so long that it consumed dragon blood. I'm almost anemic."

"Can we just use the teleportation spell to escape from here?"

Xia Ye Qiu Yu shook his head solemnly: "The space in this tower is very solid, covered by an invisible magic film, and it is impossible to use teleportation spells."

The natural warrior suddenly became interested and rubbed his hands, "Then let's break through the wall and fight our way out of here! I've long disliked these guys who exploit humans!"

Singo shook his head. "There are at least twenty green dragons and hundreds of evil priests in this city. If we cause a big commotion, we will surely die under their siege."

Mantou wondered, "What should I do then?"

"I just observed the situation outside. Those dragonborn guards are all warriors and have no ability to see through spells. Let's turn on invisibility and sneak out."

Singo took out a crystal that recorded the situation in the corridor in detail. He pointed at the crystal and explained carefully:

"Here, here, there are trigger traps. Once you step on the floor tiles, the poison arrows on both sides of the wall will be triggered. There is also the Mystic Eye on the roof. As long as you detect the slightest noise, it will be triggered in a chain reaction."

Mantou was terrified and sighed in admiration after hearing this, thinking that people with dark minds really have similar thoughts.

After discussing for a moment, everyone decided to take action. Xia Ye Qiuyu stretched out his hand and released a group advanced invisibility technique, turning all four of them into a completely transparent state.

A ray of light appeared on Xia Ye Qiuyu's hand again, and the knocking technique was performed.

"Click."

With a slight sound, the chain wrapped around the door broke into hundreds of small pieces, and finally turned into tiny points of light, and the door became half-closed.

"It's now."

Several people walked out quietly, making almost no sound, but unexpectedly, they heard dull footsteps in the distance, as well as the somewhat nervous voice of the Dragonborn soldiers. "My lord."

"Lord Grutal, why are you here in person?"

A huge green figure appeared at the end of the distant corridor, walking towards their room at a leisurely pace - it was the mature green dragon Grutar.

Under the green dragon's sturdy and huge body, the corridor seemed extremely narrow, with only enough space on both sides of his body for one or two people to pass through.

Mantou was so frightened that he dared not move. He typed in the group: "Shit, that green dragon is coming again. What should I do? It's about to hit me head on!"
Singo: Let's hold our breath and move quickly over there. We must not be discovered by that green dragon!

Mantou looked at the oncoming green dragon, clenched his teeth, and held his breath. Under the strong pressure, fine beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

The figure became larger and larger in his eyes, and the sense of oppression it brought became stronger and stronger.

"Three, two, one"

"It's now!"

Mantou held his breath and slipped through the gap on the side of the green dragon like a mouse that had stolen rice.

The green dragon only felt a breeze passing by his side. He paused slightly, but did not think much about it and continued to walk forward - he wanted to humiliate the red dragon cub in person.

He didn't even notice that a group of stealthy guys were sneaking away from the corridor.

Soon after, an angry roar came from the tower: "What? They are gone?"

"Useless! You are a bunch of useless people! It has only been a short time, and yet they have all escaped!!"

"Sir, we really are..."

Then, accompanied by shrill wails, the sounds of flesh and bones being crushed rang out one after another. Several dragon guards in the tower were ruthlessly killed by the furious green dragon and became tools for the dragon to vent its anger.

Deep in the alleys of Linying City, four people gradually revealed their figures.

Mantou was excited: "It's exciting. I can escape like this! The green dragon was right next to me and was about to hit me."

Singo turned and looked at Xia Yeqiuyu: Have you found the location of that woman?
Xia Ye Qiu Yu nodded: "She should have arrived at the dungeon. The dragon breeding farm is underground in the inner city. Follow me."

"let's go."

The four people went into the sewer and, led by the summer night and autumn rain, came to a wall covered with cracks and moss.

"Smash it open."

"okay."

The natural fighter let out a fierce laugh, and impatiently swung his casserole-sized fist and smashed it into the wall.

"boom!"

Dust flew, rubble scattered, and the old wall suddenly collapsed. A group of Dragon Worship soldiers wearing armor and leading dragon beasts appeared on the other side of the wall. They looked at each other, seemingly not yet reacting.

"Why are you standing there? It's better to strike first!"

Singo took out the longbow behind him, pulled out an arrow flashing with lightning, and shot it out suddenly.

"Whoosh-"

With a sharp whistling sound, the head of one of the soldiers was pierced by an arrow, and these Dragon Worshipping soldiers also reacted and wanted to shout loudly.

"It's an intruder, go--"

But the next moment, accompanied by a crackling sound, dazzling lightning was released from the arrow, and the electric arc jumped, instantly electrocuting several people around, leaving them charred and unconscious.

The dragon beast let out a low, hoarse roar and pounced towards the four people with its fangs and claws bared, but the natural war maniac took a step forward without fear and slid under the dragon beast.

He held the battle axe in both hands, and the sharp axe blade cut through the thick skin of the dragon beast, ripped it open, and large pieces of bloody and wet internal organs poured out from under its body, and all kinds of red, white and yellow fluids flowed all over the ground.

Under the people's horrified eyes, the blood-stained battle axe was swung like a hurricane, instantly tearing the soldiers apart and shattering the human body.

Xia Ye Qiu Yu was even more exaggerated. She stretched out her slender hands, and rays of scorching flames shot out from her fingertips, instantly piercing through the brow of the soldier twenty meters away, leaving only a charred blood hole.

"I'm coming too!"

Mantou rushed forward waving his sword, but there was no enemy in front of him. There were only broken or charred corpses on the ground.

He scratched his head awkwardly: "Sure enough, a true master will only take action at the very end."

Singo rolled his eyes at him and whispered, "Let's go. We can't stay here for long. Even though they are dead, their bodies will be discovered sooner or later. We have to take advantage of their laxity to enter the dragon breeding farm."

"This is it." Xia Ye Qiuyu pointed at a stone door and said in a deep voice.

She stroked the surface of the door, a light flashed in her hand, and Gao Huan's magic of dispelling magic was released, and all the restrictions on the stone door were lifted.

"boom!"

There was another loud bang, and under the unreasonable brute force of the natural war maniac, the stone door shattered.

Then, everyone saw a horrifying scene.

——Tens of thousands of humans were crowded in narrow cages, covered in dirt and blood, like a group of uncivilized savages, and the ground was piled with thick feces, blood and food residues.

Their eyes were dull and extremely numb. When they saw Mantou and his group of people with dragon characteristics approaching, all humans crowded and pushed into the cage like crazy.

"The messenger of God has arrived!"

"They're choosing their sacrifice again! No, don't throw me in! I want to survive!"

People's voices were crying, some were able to organize their words, but more people just let out panicked and meaningless screams like frightened lambs.

They also found the woman they had rescued before. Her body was covered with whip marks and she was huddled in a corner in despair, sobbing silently.

This, this is
What on earth made them become like this!
Mantou looked into the distance. At the end of the road was a huge altar. Its shape was like the ferocious head of a green dragon. Its open bloody mouth was extremely deep, as if it wanted to swallow everything in the world.

——That is the altar of Tiamat, and also the core of the dragon breeding ground. (End of this chapter)