Arcane Journey

Chapter 89 Dragon Blacksmith
It is said that when the city of Aldus was first established, due to the heat of the forging work of the gray dwarves who were good at building, it had to be maintained by external objects every day.

So they set their sights on the red dragon who is good at breathing fire.

The current 'dragon blacksmith' Argotus, his daily job is to provide heat to the furnaces of each forging workshop at regular intervals.

In exchange for his work, he will receive various treasures, free food, and meticulous escort.

However, what these adult red dragons didn't know was that the previous 'dragon blacksmiths' were slaughtered and replaced by gray dwarves after they had grown to adulthood (challenge level around 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 soon face.

After all, the dragon family is an extraordinary creature with ancient blood and amazing potential.

Famous as cunning and rapacious marauders, the oldest dragons are quite simply the most powerful beings in the material world.

The most important thing is that they can even sleep all the way with sufficient food, and 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 their backs on customers.

However, in an accident, the key red dragon eggs kept by the flame guardians guarding the red dragon were stolen by the thieves organized by the gray ghosts of the Dilro dwarves.

This cruel hereditary rule was thus interrupted.

Argotus, the 'dragon blacksmith' who learned the truth, was enraged by the gray dwarves, and he began to feel confident that there was no need for him to be entangled in insignificant gold and slaves.

Because he himself can make all the gray dwarves in the entire Odus City surrender to him through simple threats of force.

So the adult red dragon pretended to be weak and obedient to the guardian of the flames.

Secretly, they took advantage of the opportunity of the abyssal demons to corrupt the gray dwarves, and formed a team of kobolds called "Guardians of Flame", looking for an opportunity to replace the city of Odus.

As a result, it is conceivable that this adult red dragon, who thought his wings were hardened, was also hanged and beaten by the abyss demon without a doubt.

After understanding the ins and outs of the whole incident, Brian easily found a way to persuade the Red Dragon.

Thinking of this, his pace involuntarily quickened a bit.

As he walked, Brian suddenly felt something was wrong.

He found that the sword mage Hesaiah who followed him all the way, left from the residence of the gray dwarf prince until now, she didn't even say a word, so quiet that he was not used to it.

As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

So, he stopped and turned to look at Hesaiah who was following behind.

The moment he turned around, Hesaiah exclaimed and bumped into him directly.

It wasn't until this moment that 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 party when he was caught off guard.

"Are you OK?"

He stabilized his body and looked helplessly at the sword mage who had finally recovered from his mind-wandering state.

"Ah? I'm okay?." After realizing what he had done just now, Hesaiah brushed aside a few strands of hair that blocked his view, peeked at him, blushed, and shook his head hastily.

"Then let's go, we'll be there soon." Brian gave her a weird look, turned around and walked towards the red dragon's lair without asking too much.

Looking at Brian's back, Sisaiah obviously hesitated.

In the end, she quickened her pace, and after walking side by side with Brian, she was ready to ask him the doubts about why he was distracted just now.

"Brian." Recalling the agreements he had reached with the gray dwarf prince, she called out his name nervously.

"What's the matter?" Brian looked at her calmly, unable to guess what the other party was thinking at the moment.

"I would like to know."

Hesaiah hesitated for a moment, then summoned up his courage and continued, "Is it true that you said about conquering the land of the ancient Netheril Empire, the Great Desert of Ennook?"

"Why do you ask that?" Brian stopped again and stared at the girl in front of him.

He found that the delicate face of this noble lady was a little embarrassed, and the moment he stared at her bright silver-gray eyes, he dodged a little embarrassedly.

This made him a little curious.

After all, in his impression, Hesaiah 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 her, bare her upper body, let him heal her injuries, and could talk and laugh with him freely without blushing or heartbeat.

And now he actually showed a rare little girl mentality in front of him, which really surprised him a bit.

"No other meaning, I just want to confirm again." Sisaiah stared down at her toes, twisted a lock 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've 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 was willing to tell the other party his future plans actually had other meanings.

After all, his current strength is still very weak, and if he wants to conquer the Great Desert of Enook, let alone other small forces, just the City of Shadows is enough for him to drink a pot.

Therefore, he must plan carefully. In his future plan, forming an alliance with the Kingdom of Cormyr and jointly fighting against the City of Shadows is one of his plans.

That's why he was willing to reveal his thoughts to Hesaiah.

For the sword mage in front of him, his original plan was to keep her by his side, maybe one day he would advance to the legendary level, and she could be regarded as the powerful thug and bodyguard he needed most when he was growing up.

But as the relationship between the two grew, he gradually discovered Hesaiah's life experience, which made him more and more incomprehensible, and he didn't even believe that she was really the illegitimate daughter of the Raul family.

Although if he insisted on asking, the other party might really tell him some of her little secrets, but Brian's subconscious reminded him that doing so was very inappropriate, and it was no different from tearing up the other party's scars again.

Therefore, during the days when he was with Hesaiah, he kept silent about any life experience and origins related to her from the beginning to the end.

"Brian"

Hearing Hisaiah's soft cry, he turned his attention.

He saw that the noble lady regained her familiar self-confidence and dignity. She looked up at him and said seriously:

"Although no one will believe your goal, I not only believe in you, I also firmly believe that with your ability, you can definitely achieve it. When we return to the surface, if you need any help in the future, just ask I can do it, and I will definitely help."

Listening to the sincerity and concern revealed in the girl's words, Brian was a little moved for a moment, and even felt a warm current slowly passing by in his heart.

He found this kind of warm feeling. He has lived alone for more than 20 years, and he has only experienced it once in the small world where he was born.

He reached out and stroked the lock of hair hanging on Hesaiah's pretty face behind her ears, and said to her with a smile, "Although I prefer to believe that you are super confident, I still want to thank you."

"If you don't believe it, then take it as a self-confidence."

Hesaiah didn't dodge, letting his hand float across his cheek.

She flicked her flowing red-brown hair, and said with a leisurely smile, "Let's go, I haven't seen what a red dragon looks like yet."

The two looked at each other in a tacit understanding, and continued to walk 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.

Keepers of the Flame now stand guard at its entrance.

While no one is foolish enough to go to the dragonsmith's house to make rations, the caretakers have had to step up their guard since the succession's red dragon egg was stolen.

The so-called 'Guardians of the Flame' is a formation composed of psionic priests.

Their main duty is to meet the various needs of Argotus.

The 'Guardian of the Flame' enjoys privileges under the protection of the Deep King, and at the same time helps the Deep King to solve various conspiracies from the Dilro dwarves.

"I'm Gatoka Sinton, the leader of the 'Guardian of the Flame', since you two were sent by Prince Eddie to assist me, please come with me."

A duergar priest threw back the badge that Brian handed him, and led them to the red dragon's lair.

Just when they were about to reach a stone-hewn room outside the wide opening, the ground suddenly trembled slightly, and a thunderous voice echoed on the stone wall.

"Gatoka!" a reptilian behemoth appeared and called.

He is clad in lava-colored scales, and his bright yellow eyes glow in the shadows of the cavern.

There is no doubt that this big guy is the 'dragon blacksmith' Argotus.

The dragon slowly walked out of the cave, glanced at the two of Brian, grinned wide, 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. You are not afraid that if I am not used to eating, what will I do if I have diarrhea?"

"Brian, why is this giant dragon so chubby?"

Seeing the outline of the dragon, Hesaiah was not only not afraid, but suppressed a smile, touched his arm, and spit at him with magic sound transmission.

"It is estimated that I am afraid of being shoveled"

Brian looked at the dragon's abnormally obese body due to its abnormal eating habits. He suddenly remembered the fat cats raised in some zoos, so he spoke to the sword mage next to him in words he couldn't understand. Said.

"What is slippery?" Hesaiah was interrupted by the gray dwarf priest before he could finish his question.

"Outlanders!" The gray dwarf priest said respectfully to the dragon:

"This is our father of flames, the Eternal Burner, and the heart of the entire city's foundry industry—Lord Argotus, the 'Dragon Blacksmith' of Aldus City."

　Thanks to the big guy: The sword outfit is shockingly rewarding, thank you for your support! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)