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The Crimson Dragon - Chapter 105




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Chapter 105

 Both Achilles, the Bronze Dragon and Sleipnir, the Copper Dragon, spotted the figure in the distance . It was a huge skeleton encased in a layer of ice . Each piece of ice had formed into sharp icicles, with most gathered around its joints . Even more horrifying were the eyes of the skeleton glowing with an ice blue flame, while black flames burned on its head . There was definitely no mistake, it’s a Winterwight- a challenge rating of 23, legendary undead monster .

    Claudius looked at its hands . Although the hand was normal, the ice encasing them was surprisingly long and sharp with black flames swirling around them . They were the Winterwight’s notorious close combat weapon . With their extremely powerful attacks and supreme agility, they can easily tear apart most living and non-living beings, including the dragons . The flames of decay surrounding the claw aren’t just a terrifying power- they can permanently lower the target’s abilities, burning both body and soul in ice-cold flames, only leaving behind icy shards .  

    This monster can even use the Dimension Door freely . Furthermore, as a being of ice, it’s immune to fireball — a common high damage fire attack . Claudius knew that if he wasn’t here, Achilles and Sleipnir would be lucky to even escape its grasp . Claudius picked up his blade and sighed . Both dragons behind Claudius instantly knew what he meant . Of course, after seeing a Winterwight they knew what they were going to do .

    The winterwight hadn’t noticed the trio yet . Claudius furrowed his eyebrows after looking at it for a while and thought to himself, “Should I fight or not? It seems I can’t kill it instantly . Its power is so high, I’m not sure if I can even win in this form . Plus, if I start attacking, it’s guaranteed other winterwights will notice . If they all come at once, I have to return to my original form and fight . I probably can’t capture that clown if I change forms . ” Claudius finally decided to avoid a battle and to instead take a detour .

    The mine had been operating for years . The zig-zagging paths form an intricate maze . Unless you’re a minotaur, you’ll get lost even if you have been mining here for your entire life . Claudius isn’t a minotaur- he can’t remember pathways clearly . His path-finding abilities aren’t as effective inside the mine and so he couldn’t determine which way was correct . The abilities only went as far as letting the crimson dragon know which way was a dead end . If the path moved, the spell would be useless . It’s lucky for the Claudius that is leading two other dragons . Even if he was alone, he’s confident that he can figure out a way . If all else fails, he’ll just capture Eliaza another time and return to his original form to defeat the winterwights .



EN: Eliaza is the silver dragon .


    While leading Achilles who was planning on escaping, and Sleipnir whose spirit is still high, Claudius randomly chose a path leading away from the winterwights . They all entered the mine . Small icicles glowed faintly in the darkness . The temperature was cold as always . Although there weren’t any winterwights in Claudius’ sight, there are ice shards scattered across the floor and what looked to be the remains of a few of their brethren . “Looks like winterwights would even kill their kin . Speaking of which, before, there was quite a few frozen bodies and skeletons lying around . Can’t believe there isn’t a single soul remaining . ” Claudius murmured .



    Claudius looked at the ground and saw something trapped under the ice . He took out his weapon and slashed at the ground so hard, it released sparks . The object flew out upon impact, twirled in the air, and landed on Claudius’ hand . “Aha! A gold coin!” he said, “I can’t believe a gold coin is trapped in ice here . Are we heading towards another winterwight’s nest?” Claudius scrutinized the coin . Its size was larger than a normal gold coin . Its diameter was almost five centimeters . A very delicate badge-like pattern was engraved on its surface . Unfortunately, it doesn’t have any signs of magic on its surface . Claudius threw the coin backwards and into Achilles’ hands . The bronze dragon took a look at the coin and proceeded to stash it in his pocket . “You really are greedy, aren’t you?” commented Claudius, while looking back . He didn’t require Achilles to respond and proceeded forward . Sleipnir kept looking down in hopes of finding something worth a fortune again .

    The crimson dragon and his gang casually ambled onwards, they were in great luck as no troublesome obstacles appeared in their way . Claudius drew in his mind, a mental map of all the paths they had taken . Although rough, his map showed the general area of the mines . The winterwights were wandering around the entrance of the mine . If they continued forward they should arrive at where the Shadow of the Void was located . While walking, the ice shards and the dim lighting they emitted suddenly vanished . The dragons had been using night vision, so they continued without slowing down . They soon realised that quite a few unrelated objects had started to appear in the mine, notably coins and jewels, which made both Achilles and Sleipnir jump up and down in excitement . They rushed to gather as many coins and jewels as they could, especially Sleipnir, whose tiny body looked like a kangaroo after stuffing her loot in her chest .  

    “This isn’t supposed to happen,” the crimson dragon murmured . The further they went into the mine, the more uneased Claudius felt about the situation . The coins and jewels lying on the ground were really out of place . Then Claudius found what seems to be the reason behind the abnormality, or so he thinks .



    They found a dead dragon . The unlucky dead bastard was lying in the center of a huge chamber . The chamber is completely the opposite of the mine . The floor is unbearably hot with signs of lava seeping out through the cracks in the ground, lighting the entire chamber with an ominous red . When Achilles and Sleipnir saw the scene, Claudius asked, “Do any of you know who’s the dead bastard here?” Both dragons shook their heads in unison .

    Claudius looked at the dragon’s corpse . The body had purple scales and a snake-like neck, tail, and head . The entire body looked slim, which was very apparent on the wings . It wouldn’t have been considered a large dragon . Claudius estimated the corpse to be about 15 to16 meters long . “This is a rare sight . I never would have thought there’d be a dead dragon underneath Starspire Mountains . ” Achilles analyzed the species of the corpse . At the same time, he noticed the coins and jewels under the corpse of the dragon .

    “The one who killed it must be really strong!” Claudius exclaimed while looking at the fatal blow on the dead dragon . The wound was so large, it almost cut the corpse in half . All of its internal organs had spewed out everywhere, soiling its coins and jewels . Looking closer, there seemed to be a lingering white flame over the wound . It’s the same case with the spewed out organs . The corpse of the dragon also had a number of horizontal and vertical slash wounds, each with the same residual white flame . “Now let me think . Where have I seen that kind of fire?” Claudius thought he had seen the flames before . He closely recalled the white flame from the memories of his ancestors . He sighed and spoke to the two dragons who were busy picking up all the dead dragon’s loot, “Okay guys, the expedition is over! Let’s go back . Speaking of which, do either of you know how to teleport?” 





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