Ignoring the group of defenders of justice that Eliaza had gathered, the temples in Tethyr were also gathering their forces. The news of a legendary necromancer that had appeared in Zazesspurâs mines had long escaped the city boundaries. If the Shadow of the Void ever decided that it no longer wanted to stay in the pit, then the entire region of Tethyr could forget about maintaining peace. Monsters of this level, especially winterwights, if they ever grouped together, even if it was only 5-6 winterwights and one Shadow of the Void, could completely annihilate a city.
Since it wouldnât be great if Tethyr was turned into a perpetually frozen hellscape, defeating or at least sealing off the Shadow of the Void became the Silver Dragon Eliazaâs top priority. If the necromancers became aggressive, then Eliazaâs sources of wealth that she had accumulated over the years as well as her property that she wouldnât have time to move would be done for. As a Silver Dragon, any action which would cause damage to her property was utterly unforgivable.
Claudius swaggered into the mine while Achilles, who was a little hesitant, still fearlessly followed Claudius into the vast expanse. âStep up the pace! Move your ass! What the hell are you afraid of, we literally just went inside! The Shadow of the Voidâs way at the bottom, weâre nowhere near it yet!â Claudius loudly swore at Achilles. However, shortly thereafter he gestured to the Bronze Dragon indicating that they should stop. âThereâs something following us, aha! Itâs a curious little kid!â Claudius suddenly made a move, but it wasnât to draw his sword. Instead, he punched the air, which shimmered like the surface of water. A petite figure appeared in front of Achilles. âSleipnir! Why did you come?â The Bronze Dragon recognized this figure, and while he was surprised, he also thought this was pretty normal behavior â Copper Dragons are curious and love mischief and jokes. As such, for the Copper Dragon to show up here wasnât completely unacceptable. Plus, his nest was on Starspire Mountain, which wasnât that far from here.
TN: Lots of slang in this paragraph
âI didnât think Iâd know you⦠let me see, I remember when I met you, Sleipnir the young girl.â The Crimson Dragon held the loli-like Sleipnir in one hand and scratched his chin with the other. However, the Copper Dragon was really flexible, and with a twisting movement she managed to slip free of Claudiusâs grasp. âAre you a part time monk?â Claudius felt amused. âThat movement was amazing, how old are you? Are you an adolescent yet? Can you use transfiguration?â
When the Copper Dragon Sleipnir expelled the Crimson Dragon Claudius, she didnât really care about it either way, but she still beat the crap out of him. However, it didnât really hurt the Crimson Dragon too much, so even though a dragonâs memory is very good, Claudius had long forgotten this dragon. Now, Claudius didnât particularly care about this dragon. So what if she was young, or if she had advanced to the Gulong level? She wasnât the Crimson Dragonâs opponent.
TN: Lots of slang in this paragraph too
When the Copper Dragon Sleipnir was outside the attack range of Claudius, she began singing a mocking song. Claudius didnât really understand the song because it was sung in a Tethyr dialect, but the song that the loli was singing sounded fun. Claudius immediately said: âYour songâs garbage. Watch me sing an actual good song!â
TN: In Chinese, an idiom is used to describe how Claudius speaks and it roughly translates to âwhen youâre angry enough anything is possibleâ, but this entire scene seems pretty lighthearted so I assume it just means heâs really getting into it
âMamaandpapawerelayinginbed!Mamarolledoverandthisiswhatshesaid: Oh,givemesoneâ¦â This asshole immediately began singing this song. The language of Faerûn was actually a variant of English, and when a true dragon sings they also use the communication magic, so most intelligent creatures could understand the words, so Claudius was able to sing this kind of song without stuttering. âThese asterisks represent Ho Chi Minh, but you can replace it with anyone you want to mock. ***isasonofabitch!Gottheblueballs,crabsandtheseven-yearitch!â
TN: Wanna know what Claudius was singing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNQZ_fot0A
The loli Copper Dragon was very interested to finish listening to this famous **. Anyways, everyone here was a dragon so no one really cared about humans breeding, so this shouldnât sound like a love song to the dragons? But this song was really catchy, so the Copper Dragon learned it really quickly and immediately began changing the words. Before this, the Copper Dragon thought the inner mine was really interesting so she also wanted to take a look. Of course, the bottom was very dangerous but that didnât matter to the Copper Dragon and Claudius also wasnât obligated to remind her. Furthermore, the Bronze Dragon also liked to fool around and he also didnât care about the dangers below, so the small loli followed the group as they went deeper.
TN: The asterisks are intentional
Normal necromancers didnât show up at all, the mine was completely frozen. Where water once dripped were now frozen icicles. The cave felt like one of those ice caves in the northern mountains. The ground was frozen solid, and the further inwards the group went the colder it got. Claudius didnât active his Flaming Aura since he wasnât afraid of the cold. He led the group deeper into the cave, using the dragonâs darkvision to see.
The three dragons moved quickly because they didnât need any lighting equipment, but a light emerged ahead very quickly. Emerging from the ground and the ceiling were numerous ice shards, all emitting a bright white light. Normally ice shards werenât too bright, but the ones in front of them were terrible. It wasnât dissimilar to looking at multi-layered clouds during the daytime.
Claudius crouched down and poked at the shards with his shortsword. It was some sort of metal, harder than iron, frozen inside the shard. Claudiusâs weapon could withstand cold temperatures and his strength was great so he effortlessly pried the metal pieces up. However, the pieces quickly disintegrated and turned into glistening dust on the ground. âThis should be the body of the paladin who ran the furthestâ, the Crimson Dragon muttered to himself. This place was pretty far from where he first ran into the Shadow of the Void. It looked like those paladins werenât completely brain-dead. But it looks like no one survived, the people in here walked their last steps and gifted new winterwights to the Shadow of the Void.
The Bronze Dragon also wasnât all fun and games. For some legendary monsters, he could also get the necessary information from the shared dragon consciousness. Achilles really hated Claudius, but wasnât he kidnapped right now? Besides, he couldnât handle the current situation himself since he couldnât defeat a winterwight, so he was quite excited to see what Claudius would do.
âThe winterwights are ahead of us. Against it, your bronze dragon breath is completely useless. As for the copper dragon, your strength isnât nearly enough. You canât even give them a nice warm bath with your breath. So weâll use weapons to handle this.â Claudius looked at Achilles. âLet me make it clear, Iâm not interested in transforming into a dragon and finishing this in one shot. You know why, so donât overthink it!â