Chapter 89 Dragon Blacksmith
It is said that when Aldus King City was first established, due to the heat of the forging work of the gray dwarves who were good at forging, it had to be maintained by external objects every day.
So they focused on the red dragon who was good at breathing fire.
The current ‘Dragon Blacksmith’ Agtus’ daily job is to provide heat to the furnaces in each forging workshop on a regular basis.
In exchange for his work, he will receive various treasures, free food, and careful escort.
However, what these adult red dragons don't know is that the previous 'dragon blacksmiths' were slaughtered and replaced by gray dwarves after they grew to adulthood (around challenge level 17).
On the way to the red dragon's lair, Brian recalled the information about the 'Dragon Blacksmith'.
Obviously, this is also the fate that this red dragon, who has grown to adulthood, will face soon.
After all, the dragon family is an extraordinary creature with ancient bloodline and amazing potential.
Famous as cunning and greedy predators, the oldest dragons are truly the most powerful creatures in the material world.
The most important thing is that they can even sleep all the way with enough food to advance to the legendary realm that countless mortals dream of.
So, if the gray dwarves dare to let the 'Dragon Blacksmith' grow from adulthood to the next stage.
These powerful red dragons will definitely break away from their control and turn against their customers.
However, in an accident, the key red dragon egg saved by the flame guardians who guarded the red dragon was stolen by thieves from the Gray Ghost organization of the derro dwarves.
This cruel hereditary rule was also interrupted.
After learning the truth, 'Dragon Blacksmith' Argotus was angered by the gray dwarves, and he began to feel confident that there was no need for him to be entangled in trivial gold and slaves.
Because he himself can make all the gray dwarves in the entire Aldus King City surrender to him through a simple threat of force.
So this adult red dragon pretended to be weak and obedient to the guardian of the flames.
Secretly, he took advantage of the opportunity of the abyss demon to corrupt the gray dwarves, and formed a "Fire Guardian" composed of kobolds, preparing to look for opportunities to replace the Royal City of Aldus.
The result can be imagined. This adult red dragon, which thought its wings had hardened, was undoubtedly hung up and beaten by the abyss demon.
After understanding the ins and outs of the entire incident, Brian easily found a way to convince the red dragon.
Thinking of this, his pace involuntarily accelerated a bit.
While walking, Brian suddenly felt something was wrong.
He found that the sword mage Hesaya who had been following him all the way, had not said a single word until now when she left the residence of the gray dwarf prince, and was so quiet that he was not used to it.
As the saying goes, when something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
So, he stopped and turned to look at Hesiah who was following behind him.
The moment he turned around, Hesiah screamed and bumped into him.
Until this moment, Brian realized that his strength was not as strong as the human girl in front of him, so that he was almost knocked down by the other person when he was caught off guard.
"Are you okay?"
He stabilized his body and looked helplessly at the sword mage who finally recovered from his distracted state.
"Ah? Am I okay?." After realizing what she had just done, Hesiah brushed aside a few strands of hair that blocked her sight, took a secret look at him, blushed and shook her head quickly.
"Let's go then, we'll be there soon." Brian gave her a strange look, without asking too much, turned around and continued towards the red dragon's lair.
Looking at Brian's back, Hesiah looked obviously hesitant.
Finally, she quickened her pace and walked side by side with Brian, ready to ask him about the doubts about why she was distracted just now.
"Brian." Recalling the agreements he had reached with the gray dwarf prince, she called his name with a slightly nervous expression.
"What's the matter?" Brian looked at her calmly, unable to guess what the other person was thinking at the moment.
“I want to know.”
Hisaya hesitated for a moment, then plucked up the courage to continue, “You are talking about conquering the land that used to be the ancient Netheril Empire. Is the Great Desert real? "
"Why do you ask that?" Brian stopped again and looked at the girl in front of him.
He noticed that the noble lady's delicate face was a little embarrassed. The moment her bright silver-gray beautiful eyes were stared at by him, he ducked a little embarrassedly.
This made him a little curious.
After all, in his impression, Hesiah was an impeccable girl with a strong appearance.
Even when the two of them didn't know each other, she dared to turn her back to him, bare her upper body, and let him help her heal her injuries. She could also talk and laugh with him freely without blushing or heartbeat.
And now she actually showed a rare little daughter's mentality in front of him, which really surprised him.
"Nothing else, I just want to confirm again." Hesiah stared down at her toes, wrapped a strand of hair hanging on her chest around her fingertips, and shook her head slightly.
"Of course it's true, so you can see that I have been working hard in this direction." Brian vaguely guessed her inner thoughts and said to her with a smile. In fact, the reason why he is willing to tell the other party about his future plans actually has other meanings.
After all, his current strength is still very weak, and if he wants to conquer the Eno Oak Desert, other small forces will not be mentioned for the time being. The City of Shadows alone is enough for him to drink a pot. of.
So, he must make careful calculations. In his plan for the future, forming an alliance with the Kingdom of Cormyr and jointly fighting against the City of Shadows is one of his plans.
This is why he was willing to reveal his thoughts to Hesiah.
Regarding the sword mage in front of him, his original plan was to keep her by his side. Maybe one day she would advance to the legendary level, and she could be regarded as the powerful thug and bodyguard he needed most during his growth period.
But as the relationship between the two deepened, he gradually discovered that Hesiah's life experience became increasingly unclear to him, and he no longer even believed that she was really the illegitimate daughter of the Raul family. .
Although if he insisted on asking, the other party might actually tell him some of her little secrets, Brian's subconscious was reminding him that doing so was very inappropriate, as it would be like tearing each other apart again. The scars are no different.
So, during the days when he was with Hesiah, he kept silent from beginning to end about her life experience and origins.
"Brian"
Hearing Hesiah's soft call, he turned his attention.
He saw that the noble lady had once again regained her familiar confidence and dignity. She looked up at him and said seriously:
"Although your target will not listen to anyone, I will believe it, but I not only believe in you, I also firmly believe that with your ability, you can definitely do it. When we return to the surface, if you need help in the future, just ask me and I will definitely help. ”
Listening to the sincerity and concern revealed in every word of the girl’s words, Brian was a little moved for a moment, and he seemed to feel a warm current slowly passing through his heart.
He discovered this warm feeling. He had lived alone for more than twenty years and had only experienced it once in the small world where he was born.
He reached out and stroked a strand of hair hanging on Hesiah's pretty face behind her ears, and said to her with a smile, "Although I prefer to believe that you are just being crazy about your confidence, I still want to thank you."
"If you don't believe it, then just think of it as outlandish confidence."
Hisaya did not dodge and let his hand float over her cheek.
She shook her flowing reddish-brown hair, smiled leisurely and said, "Let's go, I haven't seen what a red dragon looks like."
The two of them had a tacit understanding. They looked at each other and continued walking towards the red dragon's lair.
The lair of 'Dragon Blacksmith' Argotus is located in the southeast corner of the cave where the city is located.
Watchers of the Flame now guard its entrance.
Although no one would be stupid enough to go to the dragon blacksmith's house to make rations by themselves, the caregivers had to be more vigilant since the red dragon egg used for succession was stolen.
The so-called 'Flame Keepers' are a formation composed of psychic priests.
Their main responsibility is to meet the various needs of Argotus.
The ‘Watchers of Flame’ enjoy privileges under the protection of the Deep King, and at the same time help the Deep King uncover various conspiracies from the derro dwarves.
"I am Gatoka Hinton, the leader of the 'Keepers of Flame'. Since you two were sent by Prince Erdi to assist me, please come with me."
A gray dwarf priest threw back the badge that Brian handed him and led them towards the red dragon's lair.
Just when they were about to reach a stone-cut room outside the wide entrance of the cave, there was a sudden slight vibration on the ground, and a thunderous voice echoed on the stone wall.
"Gatoka!" A giant reptilian beast appeared and called.
He is clad in lava-colored scales, and his bright yellow eyes glow in the shadows of the cave.
There is no doubt that this big guy is the ‘Dragon Blacksmith’ Agtus.
The giant dragon slowly walked out of the cave, glanced at Brian and the two, grinned widely, stared at two funny big eyes, and joked to the gray dwarf priest:
"Dear Gatoka, you didn’t tell me that today’s dinner is for people from the surface. Aren’t you afraid that if I don’t get used to it, what will happen if I get diarrhea?”
“Brian, this giant dragon? Why do you look so chubby?”
Seeing the outline of the giant dragon, Hesiah not only was not afraid, but also suppressed a smile, touched his arm, and used magic to vomit at him.
"Probably because he is afraid of being shoveled"
Brian looked at the dragon's unusually obese body due to its abnormal eating habits, and he suddenly remembered the animals kept in some zoos. The big chubby cat spoke to the sword mage next to him in unintelligible words.
"What is slippery?" Before Hesiah could finish asking, he was interrupted by the gray dwarf priest again.
“Outlanders!” The gray dwarf priest said respectfully to the dragon:
"This is our Father of Fire, the Eternal Burner, and the heart of the city's foundry industry—Lord Agatus, the 'Dragon Blacksmith' of Aldus King City."
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(End of this chapter)