Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 482 Kingdom of God
Bahamut arrived suddenly and left in a hurry; otherwise, Lyon wouldn't have minded entertaining him.

“See, I told you long ago, His Majesty is kind-hearted and would never harm you; on the contrary, he would help you.” Isilie’s cheeks flushed with excitement at seeing the respected Bahamut. “When you go to Avernus, you can use that scale if you encounter danger… May I see that scale?”

“Here you go.” Lyon handed over the scale. “As a red dragon, as long as I don’t publicly support Bahamut, Tiamat will never harm me.”

"If you believe in Him so much, you could have gone to Avernus long ago. Why did you make so many preparations?"

Ishri glanced at Leon sideways, a slight smile playing on her lips, and compared the scales Leon had given her to the scales on her forearm... Platinum scales were indeed more beautiful than silver scales. She was really bold to dare to compare herself to His Majesty Bahamut.

"Isn't that being prepared for any eventuality?" Leon added with a smile. "I've told you the principle that a wise man doesn't stand under a crumbling wall before him."

Ishri sneered. Since becoming a princess, she and Lyon had been arguing even more frequently.

Leon didn't care about anything else and reached out to ruffle Ishri's soft, silky silver hair.

Ishri exclaimed "Ouch!" and glared at Leon, feigning anger.

Lyon needed some time to process the shock of Bahamut's arrival at Watchtower. He didn't immediately set off for Avernus to visit Tiamat. After carefully studying the complex relationship between Bahamut and Tiamat, he packed his things, took his awakened divine sword, especially the carefully prepared pills, and took out the dimensional amulet.

I've been to Avernas for a long time.

Avernus remained unchanged, the air filled with crimson light, aimless yet deadly fireballs roaring across the sky, jagged peaks appearing and disappearing on the distant horizon, and a scorched wasteland littered with rubble, where blood and entrails were scattered everywhere.

Lyon wasn't in a hurry to go to Tiamat's kingdom, mainly because he was worried about a conflict with Tiamat that would force him to leave Aphrodite in a hurry. He decided to wander around Aphrodite first... He had been longing for Elysium for a long time.

"You haven't been here for many years."

"Would you like to extend the time?"

Compared to the spa services offered by Elysium, special services including dream therapy, full-body restoration, and life extension, as well as numerous other services to satisfy both wholesome and decadent desires, Lyon prefers the catering services, enjoying cuisines from various dimensions.

Those delicacies can even grant diners the effects of a sixth-circle spell hero's feast. Of course, there are side effects, but they have no effect on them.

"What is this?"

"I want two that are exactly the same."

The city of Hell and Elysium has many shops that sell all sorts of random things, and Leon didn't forget to buy some small gifts to take back to his beloved daughter.

After leaving Elysium, Leon first went to the battlefield of bloodshed and saw that demons had once again set foot on the land of Avernus, and the commander of the demon army was a Balrog.

A group of Floods spotted Leon and rushed toward him with a whooshing sound.

Leon didn't make a move. He snapped his fingers and entered stealth mode, leaving the Flomon, who had missed his target, pacing around in frustration and roaring angrily. After observing the bloodbath, Leon found a spot to try using the Nine Breaths Breathing Technique... Places like Afonas only had air pollution; there was no spiritual energy to speak of. However, the Nine Breaths Breathing Technique was still usable, since the essence of spiritual energy was magic power, which Afonas had plenty of, though the effect would be greatly reduced.

Bell was never Leon's friend; who would be foolish enough to befriend a devil? They were just business partners. With nothing else to do, Leon didn't bother chatting with Bell. Instead, he went to check out the Mansion of Hope with great interest, eventually spending some time finding the Maggot's Lair.

The Hole of Maggots is where the devil transforms fallen souls into wretched and filthy demons. The pit is filled with soft mud, in which white worms writhe endlessly, exuding a distinct aura of corruption and evil.

Hordes of tormented demons dragged the trembling, foolish soul shells off wheelbarrows and wagons, driving them down to the edge of the abyss. Then, worms devoured these defenseless souls, and their putrid excrement fused into a gel-like imp, which the tormented demons then retrieved.

"That's disgusting," Leon said, frowning.

The appendix map of the Nine Hells is marked with the entrances to various divine kingdoms. Each one leads to a separate divine kingdom that is almost infinitely large, and strictly speaking, it no longer belongs to any part of the Nine Hells.

The maggot's lair stands here, blocking the gate to the divine kingdom of Tiamat. A red dragon demon named Arrika—wielding a spiked mace—is stronger than an adult red dragon and has a challenge level of 19—is responsible for protecting the divine kingdom of Tiamat from the invaders.

Terrestrial creatures must traverse a cave protected by maggot burrows, but Lyon, with his ability to fly, does not need to. He simply flies over the steep cliff—Dragon Cliff—where the dragon-shaped spire of the Tiamat Mountain fortress appears and disappears above these rugged peaks.

Lyon, now accustomed to soaring through the clouds, had just flown over Dragon Cliff and entered Tiamat's divine realm when a fully grown red dragon immediately flew out, hovering steadily in mid-air in front of Lyon. The dragon stared intently at Lyon and shouted, "Who are you? How dare you trespass here!"

Lyon paused slightly, looked down, and then remembered that he was currently in human form, not even in dragon form. He said, "I have come to pay my respects to His Majesty."

Upon hearing this, the adult red dragon bared its teeth, revealing a set of sharp, knife-like fangs, and exhaled two streams of scorching breath from its nostrils, saying disdainfully, "Who do you think you are? Do you think you can just see His Majesty whenever you want?"

"Then please inform them for me." Leon stretched his neck, and his body began to rapidly expand and deform, instantly reverting to its red dragon form.

The adult red dragon looked at the enormous creature that suddenly appeared in front of him. That terrifying, colossal red dragon was at least ten times his size. He felt an invisible pressure rushing towards him, and he inexplicably felt suffocated. His body trembled involuntarily.

"I, I..." The adult red dragon couldn't speak.

“My name is Leon.” Leon’s voice was deep and authoritative.

After saying that, Leon looked away from the adult red dragon, because he keenly saw an ancient green dragon flapping its huge wings and flying towards him.

The ancient green dragon flew to a stop in front of Lyon and respectfully said, "His Majesty Tiamat sent me to greet Your Excellency Lyon."

“You should call me His Majesty Lyon.” Lyon squinted at the ancient green dragon, exuding a fierce aura.

The ancient green dragon took a few deep breaths and lowered its head deeply.

(End of this chapter)