Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 97 Destination

The wolf is not important, the pure gold is more important.

Any power is illusory; only being strong yourself is the most real.

Compared with developing power, Leon is more willing to improve himself. No matter how big your army is, I am an army of one person, I am a forest of one tree... When playing strategy mode games, everyone plays the game of leading troops, but he is the only one who loves the game of being a lord without a pair. He is keen on getting the highest level, the best equipment, and the best bonus features, and he can kill thousands of people alone without any damage.

The Underdark is more dangerous than the surface. Even Leon can't be too reckless. Beholders, purple worms, mind flayers... too many things can threaten him. After all, he is still a young red dragon. Although he is larger than a normal young red dragon and has mastered many spells, his challenge level should exceed that of a young red dragon.

If Leon were left to wander around alone, he would definitely encounter bumps and bruises along the way, but with the evil wolves that often go in and out of the Underdark leading the way, he can avoid those unnecessary troubles, especially since the latter are now full of power and move forward very quickly.

Of course, the big troubles were avoided, but the small troubles were inevitable. You know, for surface adventurers, just entering the Underdark and being able to come back and tell about what happened in the Underdark is an achievement worth recording.

The giant fire beetle is not worth mentioning, just kill it easily.

The Kobolds screamed and ran faster than anyone else when they saw the enemy. If Leon returned to dragon form, it would probably be a different scene.

The Deinonychus has the head of a vulture and the body of a giant beetle. Its exoskeleton is covered with spikes and bony protrusions. Its name comes from the terrifying, curled claws at the end of its long and powerful limbs. As a ferocious predator in the dark, it lives in secret caves and constantly climbs back and forth on cliffs and cave walls.

Because Deinoclaws are pack hunters that always hunt in groups, and even a single individual is not weak, it is quite troublesome to deal with them.

In comparison, the Kou Tao fishmen, who also live in groups, are simply hilarious, or rather, comic characters.

They look not much different from big carps with hands and feet, and they look funny wearing big snail shells as helmets. Because they were enslaved by the mind flayers and their minds were broken, it is difficult to recover their broken minds, so they have to devote themselves to religious fanaticism and even create their own gods to protect themselves from threats.

Leon did not take action. The evil wolf just killed a zombie. When a Kuo-Toa fishman saw it, he worshipped it as a god and worshipped it on his own.

"The great gods saved us from the monsters... We know your name, Kma Makroum."

"Great God, what is your first commandment?"

Gods gain power from faith, and the gains vary depending on the strength and piety of the believers. The faith of a powerful dragon can be equivalent to that of tens of thousands of people... In this case, the faith of the Kuo-Toa fishmen is probably worthless. No one has ever heard of any god asking for the faith of the Kuo-Toa fishmen. The Kuo-Toa fishmen only have gods of their own creation.

"Let's go quickly. I feel so scared." said the evil wolf. He suspected that even if he took a knife and killed all the Kou Tao fishmen, they would not resist.

"Well, let's go." Leon was afraid that his IQ would be assimilated by the Kuo Tao fishmen.

The Underdark has no distinction between day and night, but it was already afternoon when we set out from Forked Road City, and now so much time has passed, it is undoubtedly night. Leon is sleepy in dragon form and spends a lot of time sleeping every day. He doesn't like to sleep that much in human form, but he is also tired after so much time.

Lyon managed to sleep for seven or eight hours, then had a good meal, hunted the cave bear that the wolf had hunted, and then continued on his way.

After walking for about an hour, a towering tree appeared in the distance… It was indeed a towering tree, with branches big enough for people to walk on.

There is another terrifying claw monster and a giant bat. The former requires a set of moves, while the latter only requires one move.

Leon had seen the Whispering Tree in a game before, so he was prepared. However, he never expected to see with his own eyes the glowing leaves and fluorescent bright blue flowers. He took a gentle sniff and could smell a fragrance as sweet as honey. It was like a dream and he was still shocked.

"Do you want to pick the Whispering Tree Flowers?" The wolf said, "Those flowers can only be seen in the Underdark. They will wither if you take them outside."

“Just put it away so it doesn’t see the sunlight.” Lyon picked a flower at random.

Since he had promised someone, he had to keep his word. Lyon began to collect whispering tree flowers.

Just as there are differences between the rule book and the real world, there are naturally differences between the game and the real world.

The Whispering Flowers in the game have an anti-magic force field. People who stay near the Whispering Flowers cannot use spells. However, although the Whispering Flowers here can interfere with the spellcaster's casting, it is not yet to the extent of banning magic... Each flower has different anti-magic power, and the best Whispering Flower may have a certain magic-banning effect.

Leon used his clairvoyance to pick out a magical Whispering Tree flower and put it into the box that had been prepared long ago. Then he picked out a few more flowers out of concern and threw them into the space crack, leaving the wolf stunned.

Whispering Tree Flowers cannot see the sunlight, and their magic power will continue to decay after leaving the Whispering Tree. For this reason, Leon did not collect any additional Whispering Tree Flowers, and did not expect to use the Whispering Tree Flowers with an anti-magic force field.

The whispering tree flowers were to complete Betty's mission, but the whispering tree bark was what Leon was looking forward to. He climbed up the whispering tree along the branches that hung down to the ground, looked around, and began to peel off the bark.

Leon peeled off two pieces of bark, glanced at the wolf who was imitating him, and said, "Don't peel the bark randomly... You don't have to help me, just stand by and watch."

The magical power of Whispering Tree flowers varies, and so does the magical power of Whispering Bark. Not every piece of Whispering Bark can be used. Only special Whispering Bark that is rich in magical power is needed. There are only a few pieces of this on a huge Whispering Tree, and you have to climb around to find one.

Fortunately, Leon can transform into a dragon man and grow wings to fly around, otherwise it would take him a long time to climb up and down. He has collected several pieces of Whispering Bark, and the rest is a matter of use. Leon doesn't know if the fire lizards under his command will use the Whispering Bark, but it's not a bad idea to take it anyway.

The Whispering Tree Flower and Whispering Tree Bark are in hand. What's left is the refined gold, which is the goal of this trip to the Underdark.

First, you have to cross a path covered with spider silk. Of course, there are Itter monsters and giant spiders along the way.

An underground lake appeared in front, and the Kou Tao fishman appeared again.

"A village of Kuo-Toa fishmen." The wolf said, "We can steal the Kuo-Toa fishmen's keelboats, or we can pay them to take us there."

Leon's attention was focused on the statue of a funny god created by the Kuo-Toa fishmen in the Kuo-Toa village.

The statue of the Sea Mother is a roughly carved humanoid female figure in wood, with a head and front paws resembling a giant albino crayfish, and exudes a strong stench of rotting fish shells. Shells, colored stones, mushrooms, and rotting fish are piled up at the feet of the statue, and a wreath of flowers hangs around its neck.

The statue of the Deep Father consists of a huge animal skin wrapped around the unfolded body of a ray, and the upper half is made up of two octopuses tied together, which also exudes a foul odor.

Leon was really disgusted by what he saw, so he looked away and asked, "Do you believe those Kou Tao fishmen?"

The wolf shook his head slowly.

"I'll let you walk on water—" Of course, Leon's water-walking skill can be used on others, otherwise it would be too ridiculous, "You walk over there, and I fly over there."

Leon thought that the wolf would encounter some monsters when walking on the water, but he didn't encounter any monsters when walking through the underground lake.

A fungal forest stood in front of the two people again.

This fungal forest is inhabited by intelligent, walking fungal creatures called mushroom people.

The mushroom people spent their lives seeking enlightenment of life and opposed violence. They were willing to coexist peacefully with humans and did not bring any trouble to Leon and the wolf. On the contrary, they provided convenience by selling fungi to them, thus saving their own lives.

The water ball mushroom is a drum-shaped fungus that can be squeezed like a sponge to squeeze out drinking water and leave edible "bread". The spicy sauce made from crushed and fermented light orange-white fire moss tastes really good... Leon finally has the opportunity to taste the "delicacies" of the Underdark.

That's about it. Relying on the map provided by Betty, the two walked for half a day and finally reached their destination.

It was a roiling lake of lava.

Mithril weapons are extremely expensive. An ordinary weapon covered with a layer of mithril can be sold for five hundred gold coins.

As a dragon grows from a hatchling to an adult, the value of the treasure accumulated over time may be as low as a few thousand gold coins. The key to whether a dragon has reached adulthood, in addition to a century of life, is a treasure trove worth about fifteen thousand gold coins or more.

As you can imagine, refined gold is definitely not that easy to obtain, and now the biggest problem has arisen.

A lava lake is a nightmare for evil wolves, but for Leon, a red dragon, it is like returning home... But it is not that simple, because there are monsters living on this lava lake.

There will definitely be lava magic blades flying around above the lava lake.

The top-heavy Lava Elemental, whose silhouette resembles that of a giant silverback gorilla, is always surrounded by boiling lava.

The ground suddenly shook.

"Earthquake?" The wolf was a little panicked.

Leon moved his ears and said, "It's not an earthquake, something is about to appear."

The monster that appeared in the lava lake at this time looked like a giant shark made of lava. It was larger than a normal adult red dragon, had four legs, and was covered with armor.

"What kind of monster is that?" The wolf was still a little ignorant. He only knew that the monster was much scarier than the green-footed dragon snake. Even if it turned into a werewolf, he would not dare to provoke it. He could not move freely on the lava. His claws could not pull out blood and flesh, but only a ball of boiling lava.

"Lava Land Shark, if I remember correctly, it should be called this."

Leon's expression was solemn.

(End of this chapter)