Translator: Fwapy
Editor: Moop
Oof⦠Moop also got licked since the previous chapter. Zeratul, on the other hand, starts memeing crimson dragon chapters to release the stress of being licked.
I currently donât see any problem with getting licked, but anything that tortures Zera is entertaining. â Moo:P
Meanwhile, Achilles and Sleipnir were struggling- itâs going to be hard for them to leave alive. The two of them had returned to their dragon forms with Achilles acting as a meat shield for Sleipnie, whoâs currently hiding behind Achilles, shooting spells towards the enemy like thereâs no tomorrow. The enemies in question looked like skeletons covered in magma, the Lavawights. Obsidian shards at the tip of their fingers make up their claws. Their skulls are the only spot untouched by magma, but in exchange for the lack of cover, a white flame burns on the top of it. Achilles is already regretting his choices. He exclaimed, âLavawights! What are they doing here?â
This place really was cursed. Itâs just a mine of a harbour town. Its size wasnât even considered big when compared to other towns in the kingdom. Although the mine was confusing to traverse, it was still within the Starspire Mountains. Even the mountain range is considered small within the Faerûn kingdom. Itâs unbelievable that Shadows of the Void and Winterwights were appearing inside. Now, even Lavawights are in the mines, whose powers are on par with that of the Winterwights. Claudius knew instantly that something was wrong with the dead dragon. Itâs obvious that the flames on the corpse indicated something bad, especially since their temperature was lower than Claudiusâs. However, the fact that they stayed on the victimâs body was more terrifying and cruel than Claudiusâ flames.
The crimson dragon waited outside the mines for a while and before suddenly standing up to follow the righteous knights into the mine. Eliaza had already entered with her team and was hurrying towards the battle. At the same time, she sent a message to the two dragons. âBack up!â Exclaimed Achilles, âBack up has arrived! Sleipnir, we better hurry and escape!â If the room was even slightly smaller, the two of them would not have been able to return to their original forms and, of course, would have been instantly killed by the two Lavawights. Achilles should thank Claudius for forgetting his mace. Achilles, with his pitiful claws and scales, wouldnât have been able to defend against the enchanted obsidian claws of the Lavawights. Disregarding their claws, Achilles was barely clinging onto his life faced with the power and speed of the Lavawights. He was also incredibly lucky to survive up till now without the Lavawights knocking his mace away from him. In Sleipnirâs case, her only option was to constantly throw out Area of Effect spells to control the situation. Poor Sleipnir wasnât that great of a spell caster herself. Her spells are at most on the level of an intermediate spellcaster. Therefore, most of her spells were completely useless against the Lavawights. Even if the silver dragon didnât send her a message, the two were already at their limits. They could only prolong the battle for three more minutes. After that, it would all be over.
Itâs lucky that the silver dragon arrived so fast. The white-skinned elf was even faster, heading towards the battlefield. When Achilles could no longer hold up the mace to defend himself, a longsword flew out of nowhere, blocking the claws of the Lavawight. Without a moment to spare, the elf slipped into a splendid front flip attack, breaking apart an obsidian claw. Achilles and Sleipnir quickly returned to their human forms. Without the heightened abilities of the dragon form, they wouldnât have been able to survive until now. Their giant bodies were easy targets. They were alive all because of the elf throwing their longsword and blocking the attack for them.
The elfâs abilities are unrivalled. It looked like she was dancing when she blocked two attacks from the Lavawights. In the blink of an eye, the two wights received more than ten hits each. Most of the magma on their bodies fell off, revealing the black skeletons underneath. Itâs obvious that the two wights were not a worthy enough opponent for the elf. They couldnât use Dimension Door to their advantage as the elf moved too quickly, so much so that she occasionally left an afterimage in her wake, seeming to teleport to random locations, giving the two wights a heavy beating. Surrounding two enemies alone was an ability characteristic of the legendary species leShay.
Eliazaâs team came quickly. Mensal, the leShay, easily stopped the two lavawights, buying enough time for the gold and silver dragons to cast spells. The bishops also started casting spells at the Lavawights in hopes of exterminating them. Speaking of which, everyone looked kind of pale. After seeing the lavawights, those who knew of the legendary monsters fell to rock bottom. Things were already very troublesome with the winterwights and a Shadow of the Void. They never imagined an enemy with the polar opposite attributes could have appeared as well. In the worst case scenario, there might be a Shape of Fire waiting further inside of the mines. This wasnât something to celebrate about. It was a mystery why the two elemental monsters of naturally opposing attributes didnât fight each other. It would pose to much of a challenge if it came down to simultaneously facing off against both the Shadow of the Void and Spirit of the Fire, along with their legendary class underlings. From the looks of it, the team wasnât prepared to fight three legendary class monsters at the same time. Itâd probably be best to ask for a god to descend and deal with the situation. In truth, both Eliaza and Marlborough believed that even if a god did descend, the situation would only escalate in the wrong direction if things were handled poorly.
As a being of cold, the silver dragon had the elemental advantage over lavawights but she would definitely fail if she got into close combat range of the lavawights. Using spells against them would be the best course of action here. Of course, she could also return to her dragon form and attack with her icy cold breath. For Marlborough, he wasnât scared of the fire type Heat Aura attack from the wights, but his spells and dragon breath are half as strong as theirs. Holy attacks werenât effective against lavawights thus Marlborough could only copy Eliazaâs attacks. With Eliazaâs blizzard attack and Marlboroughâs imitation blizzard, the two lavawights lost all their magma armour and were left with crumbling black bones. Mensal dealt the finishing blow with a double spiralling punch to both wights. With a soundless roar, the two lavawights turned into ash in a torrent of flames.
âNicely done, clown.â Claudius thought to himself, âBut things arenât settled so easily. Isnât the best option right now to leave the cave and seal up the mines? If you are so eager to solve it right now, youâd better hope to turn into an ancient dragon and that leads a team of legendary adventurers. Only relying on a leShay, a golden dragon, and a bunch of slowpokes isnât enough for this situation.â The crimson dragon is stood from afar. Up until now, he hadnât found an opening in Eliazaâs formation. The mines also had a size limit so he couldnât return to his dragon form. Claudius began to feel that his human form was more of a prison as it prevented him from using his destructive power. He would probably be considered a legendary warrior in his human form, but his current power isnât even comparable to his dragon form. In fact, he canât face a single winterwight nor lavawight head on in his human form. âStill canât battle the skeletonsâ¦â the crimson dragon murmured while shaking his head.
It looked like like the silver dragon wasnât entirely stupid. After discussing with her team, they started to head back. Claudius quickly hid in a side path to so he wouldnât be discovered by the abnormal detection power of the team, especially Mensalâs. Her powers are far greater than what Claudius had imagined. As the silver dragon and her team inch closer to Claudius, Claudius felt that he couldnât hide any more. His location was about to be revealed to everyone.
At the same moment, a low, ominous roar was heard from where the dragon corpse lay. Dread instantly filled the entire mine. Those in Eliazaâs team who werenât strong enough or were too young couldnât stand the roar and fainted instantlyâ¦