Ember Dragon

In the majestic palace of the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, the dragons were terrified. Fearing the wrath of the Evil Dragon Mother, they fell from the sky one after another.

They folded their wings, lowered their heads, bent their knees, and knelt on the ground respectfully, just like a group of docile sheep - not ferocious dragons.

Under the throne, the most respected and favored ancient red dragon, Kaleimas, stepped forward and asked cautiously, "My respected Majesty, what happened? What made you so angry that it came to this?"

The ancient green dragon Samuel next to him was not to be outdone. He squeezed next to Kaleimas and vowed, "Don't worry, Your Majesty the Dragon Queen. We, the green dragon clan, are willing to help you solve your problems and eliminate the guy who is ignorant of the consequences and makes you angry."

On the throne, Tiamat raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the ancient red dragon and green dragon kneeling in front of him. Thinking of his own failure in the material world, a surge of anger suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, and his annoyance and anger became even worse.

"Get away!!"

With an angry roar, a powerful force blew away everything in front of Tiamat. The ancient red dragon and green dragon were both sent flying and hit the wall of the palace heavily, leaving them covered in blood and bruises.

These two ancient dragons that were powerful enough to dominate the material world and become the nightmare of a country, but at this moment, they became punching bags for the five-colored dragon to vent her anger, and were half-killed by a random dragon roar.

Seeing the miserable state of the two ancient dragons, the other dragons in the hall lowered their heads nervously, remained silent, and broke out in cold sweats, fearing that their actions would anger the furious Dragon Queen.

Tiamat looked into the distance with eyes full of hatred and anger, and seemed to see the figure of the four-horned red dragon. Then He gritted His teeth and said, "Erebus is dead."

The ancient green dragon that had just been knocked half to death instantly climbed up, and despite the blood on its face, it shouted in horror: "Erebus was killed? Your Majesty, how is this possible?"

"He is a demigod! Could it be that Bahamut took action personally?"

"That's impossible. If Bahamut took action himself, the people we deployed at Mount Heaven would be able to discover it. No, could it be that the Sun God has resurrected?"

"That, that's the Lord of the Rotten Swamp, the most powerful demigod of our Green Dragon Clan. How could he be killed so easily?!"

The many green dragons in the hall showed expressions of surprise and fear. They talked about it in disbelief and even quarreled with other dragons.

There is no doubt that Erebus is the leader of the green dragon clan and an important support for the green dragons to fight for power in the Dragon Queen's palace. If they lose him, the status of the green dragon clan in the kingdom of God will probably be seriously affected.

"No, it was that arrogant rebel who killed Erebus."

But Tiamat shook his head, and in a low, hoarse voice, full of resentment, he slowly uttered the name that He wished to eat alive: "Cassius Croupou Noricius."

"How can it be!"

"How dare he kill his own people! This is an unforgivable crime!"

"Damn it, that red dragon has grown to this extent! How on earth did he do it?"

Suddenly, there was another uproar in the hall. In just a few years, this red dragon from the material plane had shocked the giant dragons in the kingdom of God several times.

The killing of Erebus was undoubtedly the event with the greatest impact, the most shocking and even terrifying impact on the dragons.

The ancient green dragon stared in deep thought, his brain working rapidly, muttering to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "This, this is simply impossible! The Burning Cinder Emperor is not even a demigod, how could he completely wipe out a true demigod?"

Suddenly, he raised his head and looked up at the extremely majestic five-headed dragon on the throne, and a terrible idea emerged in his mind.

Maybe not, it should be said that Erebus was definitely not killed by Cassius.

To the Five-Colored Dragon Queen, Erebus, whose body was destroyed and could not be restored in a short period of time, had lost all its usefulness. His only remaining value was his divinity as a demigod.

After Cassius defeated Erebus, Tiamat ruthlessly devoured the useless Erebus - this is a more reasonable and accurate answer.

After looking at the five-colored dragon, Samuel suddenly felt creepy, but when Tiamat swept his eyes over him, he lowered his head nervously and apprehensively, not daring to breathe, let alone tell the so-called "truth".

He knew that the Dragon Queen's hall was not filled with only muscle-brained guys like the Red Dragon. There should also be many dragons who had guessed what had happened, but they just kept it to themselves and would never make it public.

Of course, the ancient green dragon did the same, silently burying the matter in his heart, not daring to reveal a single detail, for fear of becoming the next Erebus.

Tiamat looked around the hall with a cold and sharp gaze, and then continued: "Yes, it is Cassius, the rebel who associated with lowly humans. He shamelessly attacked and killed Erebus, and stole my divine body!"

"How dare he do that!"

"That traitor must be given the most severe punishment! Break his wings, peel off his dragon skin! Cut off his head and use it as a decoration!"

"Yes, we must make that fellow who betrayed the Five-Colored Dragon Clan pay the price! How dare he blaspheme His Majesty like this!"

The dragons in the hall were all filled with outrage, and they vied with each other in rebuking and cursing the "ungrateful red dragon". Even if they were pretending, they had to pretend to be angry.

"very good."

Tiamat looked around again, his sharp eyes swept across the dragons, and asked in a deep voice: "So, who can kill this traitor for me?
As long as you kill him, I will grant you the power of a demigod, the blood of an ancestral dragon, and mountains of gold!"

Tiamat's voice was sonorous and powerful, echoing in the hall, but at this moment, the dragons that had been so passionate just now seemed to be hit by a silencing spell. They were silent and fell into silence at the same time.

Power, blood, money, these conditions indeed sound quite generous and extremely tempting. If it were under normal circumstances, there would definitely be countless five-colored dragons rushing up.

But no matter how good the conditions or how much wealth you have, you have to be alive to enjoy them. Your own life is the most precious - the five-colored dragons are all very clear about this.

Let them assassinate Cassius?
What a joke! That is one of the most powerful dragons in the material plane today. It can fight with the lord of hell, compete with the incarnation of gods, and even kill a demigod dragon!

What's more, the other side has a powerful and rapidly expanding empire with superb military capabilities. Asking them to assassinate Cassius - what's the difference between this and committing suicide?
This group of greedy and selfish five-colored dragons would never do such a stupid thing. They prefer to follow the dragon queen and show off their power, plundering money and bullying the weak without any effort.

Tiamat was a little furious, and shouted at the dragons: "What a bunch of cowards! Is this how you show your loyalty to me?"

“Your Majesty, no, we just…” “I support you with my divine power—is that just for you to talk big here? Get out of here and go to the material plane! Go and destroy the army of the Burning Empire! If you don’t complete the task I assigned to you, you will not be qualified to return to the Kingdom of God!”

In a rage, Tiamat flapped her dragon wings violently, instantly raising an extremely strong storm in the temple, knocking down dozens of five-colored dragons living in the kingdom of God, making their bodies become transparent.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment!"

"I don't want to go back to the material plane!"

"Please, Your Majesty the Dragon Queen, let me stay in the Kingdom of God! There is a mad paladin chasing me in the material plane!"

The five-colored dragons struggled hard and kept wailing and begging for mercy, but it was still of no avail.

Tiamat, who was in a rage, drove these dozens of five-colored dragons out of the kingdom of God, causing them to fall into the material plane.

Tiamat looked at the five-colored dragons that were sent to the material plane and said in a cold voice, "They should know that since they have enjoyed this innate powerful power, they should be willing to make contributions to the five-colored dragon clan."

The ancient red dragon Kaleimas immediately came forward and echoed, "Your Majesty, you are truly wise and intelligent. If you continue to let these dragon cubs run wild, sooner or later they will breed more ungrateful wolves like Cassius."

"If that's the case, when will our Five-Colored Dragon Clan be able to rule the earth again?"

Calleimas did this to flatter Tiamat and to make his position clear, distancing himself from the Burning Emperor. After all, as a fellow red dragon, he was bound to be suspected and envied by the Mother of Evil Dragons.

Unexpectedly, Tiamat was staring at him closely. In addition to the residual warmth of rage in her eyes, there was also an inexplicable excitement. The corners of her mouth were stretched, revealing a hideous smile.

"Kaleimas, you will serve me today. Remember to transform into four horns. I'm afraid you will suffer tonight."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, it is my honor to serve you."

This ancient red dragon, which had long lost its reproductive ability but was forcibly restored by divine power, had its tail between its legs, its hind legs trembling, cold sweat pouring down its forehead, and a look of wanting to cry but unable to do so.

Taliro Desert.

The sun is scorching and the high temperature makes the air distorted. There seems to be a lush oasis in the endless yellow sand.

But if a thirsty traveler approaches the oasis, he will find in despair that the so-called oasis is nothing but a mirage, and hidden in the illusion is a large-scale ancient ruins. The surrounding sky is filled with blue dragons, lion scorpions and desert dragon beasts.

This is the ruins of the palace of the Gulan Empire. It is also the stronghold of the Blue Dragon Sect in the Dragon Worship Church and the palace of the "Thunder Tyrant" Gorazdra.

Deep within the ruins of the palace, in the spacious interior, the ground was made of soft sand and was dotted with glass crystals formed by the breath of lightning, which flickered with a faint blue light in the dimness.

The air froze in dead silence, and the only sound in the hall was the creepy buzzing of static electricity, subtle but penetrating into the bone marrow.

Immediately afterwards, electric arcs leaped, crisp crackling sounds echoed in the palace, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of ozone.

The sand dunes shook violently, and the fine sand trembled and buzzed as if in fear, pouring and flowing down the slope, and the muffled sound of a giant bronze bell came from the ground.

Suddenly, yellow sand splashed, and the entire sand dune collapsed suddenly, and a huge and ferocious figure awakened from the earth veins, slowly stood up from the yellow sand, revealing its hideous true face.

It was a terrifying blue dragon, with clear edges and sharp lines like those cut by a knife or an axe. Its thick scales were no longer the cobalt blue or azure of a young blue dragon, but had settled into a metallic color that was almost deep indigo. The edges of its scales were worn and turned pale.

Covered with ancient etched textures and tiny crystalline protrusions, countless huge and deep scars crisscross its rugged scales, which is shocking to the eye.

A dazzling light of light blue shone through the blue dragon's pupils, as if it was a crack leading to thunder purgatory.

When it rose completely from the ruins of the sand dunes, the sight was enough to make the bravest warrior tremble with fear.

Along its strong back, a row of huge, mountain-like, jagged dark blue bone plates stood majestically, extending from the back of the neck to the end of the tail, and the tip of each bone plate was jumping with restless electric light.

Connected to this terrifying body are two pairs of giant wings that cover the sky and the sun, presenting a strange translucent feeling, as if there is blue liquid lightning flowing inside.

The most frightening thing is the energy that permeates its body. Visible, twisted blue arcs of electricity jump and wander between the gaps in its thick scales, gathering at the tips of its bone spurs and huge horns, making terrifying sizzling sounds.

This ancient blue dragon seems to be the incarnation of thunder and the embodiment of the desert storm.

Every inch of her body, every movement, and even every breath, silently proclaimed her terrifying power that came from the origin of the world and was enough to tear the sky apart and shatter the earth.

There is a long-standing poem in the Talil Desert that describes the appearance of this blue dragon:

“The legend awakens. The yellow sand is His blanket, the thunder is His heartbeat, and the cities of mortals are nothing but the dust swept away by His tail.”

This is the Thunder Tyrant, the Mother of Storms and Dunes, the Uncrowned King of the Taliro Desert - the ancient blue dragon Gorazdra Faria.

However, this time, Gorazdra's awakening was not to bring disaster to mortals, but to carry out the will of the Five-Colored Dragon Queen.

The ancient blue dragon raised its head slightly, looked respectfully at the five giant dragon shadows in the air, and murmured in a low voice:

"I understand, Your Majesty. As you wish, I will destroy his army and his body with thunder and lightning, and let that arrogant guy and all the mortals in the world know the consequences of betraying you."

Before he finished speaking, tiny bolts of lightning struck from the huge horns on the tip of the ancient blue dragon's nose. The surroundings were flashing with electric light, and even the sand and gravel on the ground were burned into pure glass crystals.

She raised her head and let out a long roar, and the sky and the earth changed color. Thunderclouds that covered the sky appeared above the ruins, and in the thunder that was as dull as a war drum, blue dragons, desert dragons, and lightning elemental dragons circled in the air, shuttling back and forth in the criss-crossing lightning, roaring and screaming incessantly.

For a moment, within a radius of a hundred miles, both humans and dragons were panicked and trembling.

They knew that the Thunder Tyrant sleeping deep in the yellow sand had awakened! (End of this chapter)