In Brian's impression, he believed that the appearance of the red dragon was the most domineering among the colored dragons.

There are two large swept-back horns on their heads. These horns can be straight or twisted, ranging in color from bone white to night black. Several rows of small horns extend to the red dragon's cheeks and jaw.

Moreover, the red dragon has the widest wings among all colored dragons, which is not only the actual size, but also the longest relative to the body length ratio.

Just from the appearance, we can know that the red dragon does have arrogance and is worthy of being the strongest dragon species among the five colored evil dragons.

However, the adult red dragon in front of him felt a bit funny to Brian, and it simply refreshed his outlook.

His dragon body was crouching at the entrance of the cave, just enough to poke out the dragon's head. Even if the wide dragon wings were folded behind him, he still couldn't hide his bloated body.

Most of the dragon's horned head is filled with fat dragon meat, so that the mighty and domineering appearance looks a bit round.

Brian could almost imagine how ridiculous the red dragon's swaying look was when it flew up.

However, it's not time for him to think about these things yet.

Because he knew that the 'Dragon Blacksmith' Agtus was as vain and arrogant as his kind.

Although the gray dwarves he supported made him pampered, he still felt restless all the time.

It can be seen from the behavior of this adult red dragon towards the gray dwarf that he has realized what fate he is about to face.

However, he did not have a showdown with the gray dwarves, but patiently observed and waited for the right opportunity.

Apparently, Argotus felt he needed a real agent.

This is why Brian dared to convince the red dragon so confidently.

"I heard that Master Agtus's dragon egg was lost, so the two of us came here to help you find the lost dragon egg under the order of Prince Erdi."

Facing the red dragon that kept turning its lava-colored eyes to stare at him, Brian calmly explained his purpose.

"Since you are looking for dragon eggs, you two should have a good talk with the Father of Flames."

The gray dwarf priest hovered over the red dragon, Brian and Hesiah with a gloomy expression for a moment, then said a word and turned to leave.

"Gatoka, I want to have a good chat with these two interesting surface people. You are not allowed to sneak into the scene secretly, and you are not allowed to disturb me in the name of delivering food."

The red dragon Agtus blew out a cloud of white smoke from his nose, bright flames flashed in his pupils, and warned the gray dwarf priest fiercely: "Otherwise, don't blame me for burning them all with a breath of dragon breath."

ash."

The gray dwarf priest paused, turned around quickly and nodded respectfully.

"Hey, surface people."

Seeing the gray dwarf priest leaving, the red dragon Agtus was visibly relieved. He looked up at Brian and said slightly dissatisfied:

"I'd like to state in advance that that dragon egg is not mine. It was Gatoka who told me that this dragon egg can hatch into a beautiful red dragon girl. Who would have thought that before I even covered the egg to warm it, I was...

The damn thieves from Gray Ghost stole the egg. This is related to my happiness for the rest of my life, so you must help me... you must find this dragon egg for me!"

"Otherwise I will eat you."

As if he felt that his words were a bit too weak, the red dragon leaned his head in front of Brian again, stared at his eyes as big as light bulbs, grinned and threatened:

"You have to know that I like to eat young humans and elves the most. Half-elves like you who don't have to tear humans and elves into pieces and mix them together are my favorite."

"Of course, there are also beautiful human girls."

He turned to look at Hesiah, sniffed hard, stretched out his forked tongue and licked his lips, swallowed greedily, and added: "Especially virgins."

Looking at the dragon head that was so close, Hesiah's eyes turned cold, her delicate body suddenly tensed, and her right hand had unconsciously been placed on the hilt of the sword at her waist.

She could feel that the red dragon looked at her just now and really wanted to eat her.

Although she was no match for the red dragon, she could still easily teach him a lesson and escape smoothly.

"Don't worry. As two of us are famous treasure hunters in the Dark Region, we can still find a dragon egg for you easily."

Brian endured the pungent smell of sulfur mixed with lava, pressed the sword mage's hand, pulled her to his side, motioned her not to be impulsive, and promised the red dragon in front of him.

He knew this big guy wasn't joking.

Because red dragons are typical carnivores, their preferred food is indeed young humans or elves.

Moreover, their pursuit of the flesh of young women is well documented.

The dragon insists that such meat tastes the most delicious, and some evil dragons even force villagers to sacrifice young girls to them on a regular basis.

Because of this, the world regards the red dragon as the prototype of the evil dragon.

The red dragon is not ashamed, but proud.

They complacently believe that this evil characteristic is the nature and behavior closest to the true dragon clan.

As for other dragons, they have long deviated from this kind of 'purity', which has brought shame to the true dragon clan.

Therefore, in order to restore the glory of the true dragon clan, they must do whatever they should do as evil dragons.

"Then let's go. I'll take you two to the scene where the dragon egg was lost to check it out."

The red dragon glared back at Hesiah triumphantly, raised its head arrogantly, turned around, deliberately twisted its bloated hips, shook its tail trailing on the ground, kicked up dust on the ground, and crawled deeper into the cave.

"Are we really going to follow?" Hesiah looked at Brian worriedly.

"Yes." Brian gave her a don't-worry look and said with a smile, "Let's go, nothing will happen."

Although this adult red dragon has developed a rebellious heart towards the gray dwarves, he is also self-aware and knows very well that his current strength is not enough to fight against the gray dwarfs' psychic priests.

Moreover, this fat red dragon kept in captivity by gray dwarves is not a qualified spell caster. If the two of them want to escape, the other party will have no way to deal with them.

Then, the two of them followed the adult red dragon, whose belly was almost hanging to the ground, and walked towards the depths of the dragon's nest.

Walking in the deep tunnel, Brian couldn't help but recall the characteristics of the red dragon's habitat.

In fact, the underworld is not the red dragon's favorite place to live.

Relatively speaking, they prefer mountainous areas.

Red dragons prefer to nest in mountainous terrain, or hilly areas, preferably where they can perch high and overlook their territory.

This often brings them into conflict with silver and copper dragons.

Although the individual quality of the Silver Dragon is not as good as that of the Red Dragon, it cannot stand up to its kind nature and good temperament, so the charming Silver Dragon can often sway more than a dozen dragon-slaying teams just by talking.

Therefore, when the red dragon is often in conflict with the silver dragon, he will suddenly find that he is fighting more and more enemies, and in the end he can only run away with his tail between his legs.

As for the red copper dragon, which is weaker than the silver dragon, they are not so lucky. They often move around to avoid the red dragon.

Red dragons will look for large caves that extend into the depths as their lairs, and caves with certain volcanic or geothermal activity are welcomed by red dragons.

However, no matter what the lair looks like, there is always a high perch nearby from which the red dragon can proudly overlook the rest of its territory.

Red dragons that live in dungeons will look for overheated or flammable areas as their lairs.

Because dungeons usually lack high ground that provides panoramic views, red dragons living there are often content with long corridors or open spaces near caves that provide good views.

That is to say, there is no balcony, and a playground needs to be added.

Just as Brian imagined, as they walked deeper and deeper into the underground cave, their field of vision gradually broadened.

And he could clearly feel that there were many traces of kobold activity here, so he had to cover his mouth and nose lightly to block the strong stench.

Soon, a mess of kobolds appeared in his sight like rats, scurrying around. After a quick glance, he estimated that there were at least a thousand of them.

This made him realize that this was the Red Dragon's 'Guardian of Flame', a force he formed to resist the gray dwarves.

Through the number of these kobolds, he could see that there was definitely a wider fungal forest or underground river nearby.

Otherwise, these kobolds are just daily food and cannot be solved.

Brian and the two followed the red dragon through the kobold camp. The patrolling kobold soldiers or miners were so frightened that they crawled on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads.

Brian looked around casually and unexpectedly discovered a large number of kobold warlocks.

When the red dragon took them to the most spacious cave in the underground cave, even though he had always had a calm expression, he was so shocked by the scene before him that he raised his eyebrows.

Because what appeared in his sight was a treasure mountain filled with gold coins, gems and a few magic items. Huge crystals were embedded in it, emitting colorful and dazzling light, as if tiny daggers stung his eyes.

These treasures were so nakedly presented before his eyes, giving him the strongest visual impact.

On the contrary, the sword mage Hesayah beside him had no trace of emotion on his delicate face.

Brian secretly made up his mind to kill this red dragon when he was strong enough.

The red dragon Agtus, who returned to the cave, fluttered his wings and flew crookedly in the air, then lay leisurely on his golden mountain, as comfortable as if he was taking a hot bath.

"Hey, surface people, please step back and don't step on my gold coins."

As if he realized something, he raised his head again and reminded Brian dissatisfiedly.

Brian looked startled and realized that he had actually stepped on a gold coin, so he quickly took a few steps back.

Red dragons are the most greedy of all true dragons, and they will even use any means to increase their treasure trove.

Moreover, every red dragon clearly knows the origin and value of every small item in its treasure house. Even if someone steals a copper plate from it, it will cause serious consequences, such as recovering a copper plate, slaughtering several small towns, etc.

of.

"You didn't mean to show us where the dragon eggs were stolen."

Brian withdrew his gaze from the treasure mountain and looked at the red dragon whose limbs and tail had sunk into the pile of gold coins. "Why did you bring the two of us here?"

"Looking for a stupid dragon egg." Agatus shook off the two gold coins that fell on his head and blew out two streams of white smoke from his nose with disdain, "I lost that dragon egg on purpose."

"This egg is related to the happiness of your lower body." Brian nodded thoughtfully, pretending to be surprised and asked, "Why do you still want to lose it?"

"If I don't lose it and wait for the dragon egg to hatch, my life..." Agtus seemed to realize something, and quickly changed his words:

"If I wait for the dragon eggs to hatch, there will be other dragons competing for my job. Taking my job means my income will be reduced. If my income is reduced, it means I will become unhappy. Of course I will not be happy. Beautiful red dragon

How can a girl compare to these treasures of mine?"

Obviously, the red dragon's arrogance made it difficult for him to say that his own life was not important.

Even by dragon standards, the red dragon in front of him was particularly arrogant.

Because dragons do not have a fixed Sima face, the legendary evil dragon expression only exists in sculptures.

The expressions of some chaotic and kind-hearted metal dragons that Brian has seen can even be so rich that it makes people feel ashamed (copper dragons and brass dragons: mmp, who are you talking about).

He glanced at the red dragon and asked, pretending not to know, "Then what is the purpose of bringing us here?"

After hearing Brian's inquiry, Red Dragon looked around and checked carefully. After confirming that no one else was present, he looked serious and began to ask questions to the two of them.

The content of his questions was like checking a household registration, including name and identity background, how he came to the Dark Area, why he came to Aldus King City, and other detailed questions.

Brian had long understood the true intention of the red dragon. He signaled the sword mage beside him not to speak, and the regulations clearly answered the questions raised by the red dragon one by one until he nodded with satisfaction. This was like an interrogation of a prisoner.

The questioning is finally over.

"Surface people." After a long inquiry, the red dragon put away his serious expression and said to Brian and the other two, "Now, I entrust you to do something for me."

Brian's expression changed, showing that he was listening carefully.

"I need you two to follow the instructions of the Flame Guardian and help them find the dragon eggs." The red dragon Agtus seemed to have already thought of his plan and said clearly:

"After finding the dragon egg, take the opportunity to destroy it. In this way, if the flame guardians don't have spare dragon eggs, my work will not be shared by other red dragons, and my reward will not be withheld."

"If you help me complete this mission." The red dragon stretched out its claws and promised Brian and the two of them, "I will catch each of you here with a lot of treasure as payment for the mission."

"Randomly grab a lot of treasures... It's the first time I've heard of this kind of reward. It's like opening a blind box."

Brian looked at the red dragon's chubby claws and felt that given the other party's greedy personality, he probably wouldn't be able to catch anything good if he grabbed a handful of them.

"If you don't agree."

Seeing that the two of them didn't reply, Red Dragon became a little anxious. He blew out two streams of white smoke from his nose, flames jumped out of his lava-colored pupils, and he grinned and threatened: "I will just treat you as tonight's

Eat the snack."

"Of course." The red dragon raised its head proudly and added:

"You can ostensibly agree to my request and then inform the flame keepers. What I need to remind you is that I am not afraid of you doing this at all, because if you do this, it means you will not get any reward from me, and you will

Captured by the treacherous gray dwarves and used as free labor."

"You have to know that I am a red dragon who keeps my word." He continued:

"Otherwise, with my strength, I would have pushed down the entire Aldus King City long ago. It is because I agreed to the agreement with the gray dwarves that I have always been diligent, hard-working, meticulous, conscientious, and arduous every day.

He gets up early and stays up late, forgets to eat and sleep, concentrates his attention, single-mindedly and wholeheartedly, and tirelessly helps them light the furnace."

Brian signaled the sword mage beside him not to act rashly. He looked up at the red dragon lying on the treasure mountain and said, "I can agree to your condition, but I think you actually have a better choice."

"A better choice." Agtus stretched his chubby neck.

"Don't you want to find a real agent and become the ruler behind the scenes of King Aldus City?" Brian smiled slightly and expressed his thoughts to the red dragon.

"The real agent? The ruler behind the Royal City of Aldus?"

Agtus stretched out his chubby dragon claws and scratched his head. He stared at Brian with two eyes like light bulbs and said, "Please explain clearly what happened."

"Actually, I have known what happened to you for a long time, so the purpose of the two of us coming here is not to help you find the dragon egg." Brian looked serious and said to the red dragon seriously, "but to help you find the dragon egg."

You take over the royal city of Aldus."

"Really?" Red Dragon said slightly excitedly.

After thinking for a while, he realized his gaffe, took a deep breath, and said as calmly as possible, "You are indeed a smart surface person, and you can even think of me. In fact, I have had this idea for a long time, but it's just

I have never found a suitable agent.”

"You should know the gray dwarf prince Erdi Steelshadow." Brian was too lazy to pay attention to his boast and continued:

"He was ready to take over King Aldus City, but he also deeply realized that without the help of Lord Agtus, the strongest man in King Aldus City, he would not be able to do it with his own ability alone.

Bring down the Deep King and the Flame Keeper."

"Very good, if Erdi is willing to be my agent and serve me, I will definitely bring my flame guardians to help him when he takes over King Aldus City."

"In this case......"

Agatus scratched his head regretfully, and said a little embarrassedly: "I need you to help me do something and find the lost dragon egg again. After all, this is related to my happiness for the rest of my life."

"Then it's settled, I will convey your words to the gray dwarf prince Erdi." Brian looked at the red dragon in front of him who was a little cute and silly, and said to him, "

I can help you find dragon eggs, but you can't let us two work in vain."

"Don't worry about this. After finding the dragon eggs, I will grab a lot of treasures for each of you as rewards for the mission." Red Dragon assured them.

"You grabbed too many things with one claw." Brian shook his head slightly and said, "In my opinion, it would be more cost-effective for each of us to pick two things."

"this......"

Agtus looked at the two of them and hesitated for a moment, as if he was weighing how to divide the reward more cost-effectively.

Thinking that he would become the true ruler of Aldus King City, he gritted his teeth and nodded with a heartbroken look on his face:

"Okay! As long as you help me reach an agreement with Erdi and get the stolen dragon eggs back, I will let each of you pick two items here."

"Since you are so sincere, the two of us will naturally complete the tasks you assigned us seriously." Brian nodded in agreement, and then said:

"However, you have to know that we are treasure hunters from the surface world. Our rules usually require half of the deposit to be paid before we can safely complete the employer's tasks, so you must advance half of the remuneration in advance."

"This is absolutely not okay."

When the red dragon heard this, he became anxious again. Flames jumped out of his lava-colored pupils, and his broad dragon wings spread out, like an old hen protecting its chicks, covering all the treasures around him, "What if you two bring it with you?"

He ran away with my treasure."

"So, you've never believed us. If that's the case, then there's no point in us staying here."

Brian glanced at the red dragon with a disappointed look on his face, then grabbed the sword mage beside him and turned around to leave.

"Do you think you two can leave?" The red dragon lying on the treasure mountain was indifferent and just snorted coldly, full of threats.

Brian smiled slightly, concentrated, and with a thought, a translucent portal appeared in front of them.

Then, prepare to step into the portal and leave.

"Hey... don't go." Agtus jumped down from the treasure mountain in a hurry, and the piles of gold coins and gems rattled, "I'm kidding you."

"I can agree to your request and advance half of the reward in advance." Red Dragon said with a smile, "But I also have a condition. When you choose the treasure, you must cover your eyes."

"No problem, I agree." Brian agreed readily.

Then, in front of the red dragon, he closed his eyes and thought, using his telekinesis ability, he waved his hand.

In the big pit created by the red dragon's butt on the treasure mountain pile, a five-foot-long yew staff was suspended in the air and quickly fell into his hand.

"Holy shit, you can find all of this!" Seeing the magic items Brian had acquired, the red dragon Agtus was dumbfounded, beat his chest and cursed loudly.

Brian was too lazy to pay attention to the other party. After he saw Hesiah happily taking away a turquoise and moonstone belt, he immediately stepped into the portal and disappeared.

The cute Argotus was left alone, confused.

When they were about two kilometers away from the red dragon's lair, Brian finally identified the properties of the staff.

This is a smooth yew staff with a flame rune printed in the middle, a ruby ​​with a faint luster at the top, and some arcane runes etched inside the crystal.

Evocation Flame Staff 4

Type: Magical weapon

Quality: Purple·Excellence

Aura: Strong evocation of aura

Equipment effect:

1. Holding this staff, the fire attribute spells released will increase the damage by an additional 15%.

2. Holding this staff, the fire attribute spells released will cause an additional explosion damage of 3 with an intelligence adjustment value.

3. When holding this staff and releasing fire attribute spells, the release speed is increased by 20%.

4. The top of this staff is set with a starry ruby ​​that looks flawless but oozes energy from time to time. It has up to 10 charges, which can activate three forms of fire magic and restore the spent charges at dawn every day.

able.

The first one: Consume 1 charge to release a first-level spell like ‘Burning Hands’.

The second type: consumes 3 charges to release a similar three-ring spell 'Fireball'.

The third type: consumes 5 rounds of energy to release a similar five-ring spell ‘Advanced Explosive Flame Technique’.

Explanation: This was originally just an extraordinary staff inlaid with star rubies. Because it had been stored in the red dragon's lair for too long, over time, it absorbed the fire element energy overflowing from five adult red dragons, making this staff

The quality of the staff has been qualitatively improved.
Chapter completed!