Chapter 18

In the mountains filled with the smell of sulfur, there is a huge cave where a massive beast seems to be dozing off.

Elegant, beautiful, huge, and fierce—these contradictory terms perfectly blend in the presence of this mountain-like beast. Its razor-sharp scales reflect the sun's glow, and its silver, gleaming claws are as large as flagpoles.

Its very existence is a manifestation of majesty; its breath can bring about astonishing storms and thunder. Under the gaze of its demonic dragon eyes, life will feel its own end.

At this moment, as the king, it squints its eyes, seemingly focusing on something, and then suddenly lets out a startling roar.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

With the roar of the beast, which sounds like thunder, the entire mountain trembles. Countless magical beasts flee at the sound, and the fierce carrion-eating magic eagles scatter like frightened sparrows.

When the true master of these mountains, the ancient red dragon Eynmyth, roars in anger, no life can escape the feeling of fear.

Even if, the content of the roar is quite speechless...

"Ahahaha, you have your day too, I'm dying of laughter."

The massive beast actually rolls on the ground, clutching its belly, causing the entire cave floor to shake as if it might collapse at any moment.

"Shut up, Little Red!"

Yes, in front of her is me, the lich Roland Lam, but at this moment, my condition is not good...

"Isn't this our wise Lord Roland? What happened to your body? How come only your head is left?"

In front of the mountain-like beast is a skull no bigger than a scale, yes, that's me.

"Hmph." I really don't want to deal with her, but the scorpion-tailed lion beside her reports to its master.

"Roar, roar." The scorpion-tailed lion's strange voice is mixed with dragon language, which I can't understand very well, but Eynmyth becomes more and more interested as she listens.

"Oh, oh, you say he was first fought over by a group of vultures, then the vultures were driven away by goblins, then the goblins were robbed by griffins, and finally, after watching everything, you guys robbed the griffins and found him familiar, so you brought him to me to enjoy?"

"Roland, what an intense adventure. I'll share it with Adam and the others."

Ignoring this stupid dragon, I remain silent.

Yes, a lich's skull is not easy to digest. With only my skull left, I experienced the food chain of the sulfur mountains, being passed up level by level until I finally reached the top of the food chain, Eynmyth.

Of course, I could use magic to restore myself, but if I wait until 12 o'clock, my skeletal form will automatically reassemble under the spell's effect. So, I didn't plan to waste magic to force a reassembly, and as a result, I experienced the sulfur mountain food chain cycle.

"You're too happy too soon. Think carefully, what else could make me like this?"

The red dragon's massive claw props up her chin, and she looks like a human in deep thought. At first, she was quite calm, but soon, she remembered a possibility, and her body tilted, her chin hitting the ground hard, but she didn't care about the pain.

"No way, could it be that person is back?"

I nodded solemnly.

"Yes, she's back, and she's even upgraded, with much greater mobility. Look how high I can fly this time..."

Before I could finish my sentence, the dragon was already roaring.

"Quick, quick! Put up a truce sign at the foot of the mountain, saying I'm out visiting friends. Oh, and the key to the treasure vault? Throw it into the volcano, don't let the brat get into my treasure vault. Forget it, I'm really leaving."

That day, the dragon recalled the terror of being dominated by that person... After a nap, her proud scales were defaced with children's graffiti, her treasure vault was flooded, her fresh meat was mixed with sulfur and lava, and her golden coins were replaced with worthless glass...

"Damn, I'm not those stupid lizards, you can't replace gold with shiny glass? No way!"

"Sniff, sniff, I just wanted to make Auntie Little Red happy, everyone says dragons like shiny things. Sniff, sniff, I made a mistake, don't hate me."

At that time, facing the crying little girl, the resentment of her parents Margaret and Adam, and my mocking "You made the little girl cry again," even the dragon couldn't maintain its dignity and had to try to please An.

"Um, um, Sister Dragon loves An the most, An, don't cry. Good girl, Auntie will give you candy, no, this is a divine artifact, very valuable, I'll give it to you. Don't like it? Try this, the Blessed Winged Armor, you can wear it when you grow up..."

With my precious books turned into coloring books as proof, the most terrifying thing about brats is not their ability to cause trouble, but that after they cause trouble, you have to clean up the mess. If you scold them a bit too harshly, they cry, and you have to pay a price to make them happy.

That time, Eynmyth paid a divine artifact, a set of epic armor, and two... lollipops. Actually, I think the first two were unnecessary; two lollipops would have been enough. Of course, I wouldn't remind this stupid dragon.

Now, hearing that Annie is back and remembering the past, even the ancient red dragon, known as the Bane of Belor, is scared and leaves to avoid her.

The advancing brat, even dragons have to kneel.

"Don't panic, she's still in Sulfur City. I'll let you know when she comes up the mountain. But since we've met, there are some things I want to discuss with you."

"Discuss what? I need to quickly move my treasure vault! I'm very busy."

"Discuss your mother?"

Clearly an impolite question, but Little Red calms down.

"What do you mean? That self-proclaimed Dragon Queen Meryl? What about her?"

Yes, the ancient red dragon Eynmyth is the disobedient daughter of Dragon Queen Meryl, a rebellious princess who has been exiled from the underground dragon race. Like every rebellious teenager who runs away from home, she has a lot of grievances against her mother and her people.

"She's targeting Sulfur City, and perhaps the fire god sealed beneath it. Don't tell me you didn't know there's a sealed evil god down there."

"… I was wondering why I slept so comfortably, warm like a hot spring. So there really is a furnace underground."

Well, red dragons, like fire elements, love active volcanoes. For her, if a fire element god is really sealed beneath the mountains, it's just a very comfortable heat source.

"So, it's a bit troublesome now. It seems the underground city's group will eventually form an alliance, and the seal beneath your home has become their target. You wouldn't want to wake up to find your home in ruins, with your treasure vault looted, would you?"

"Besides, Annie is about to take over from Adam. Although she is indeed a brat, she is a brat we raised together. Now, those guys below are getting restless. Would you want to see our child bullied?"

Hearing this, a fierce red light flashed in the dragon's eyes, accompanied by a terrifying aura.

The tangible dragon aura fell, and the powerful quasi-legendary scorpion-tailed lion was affected, collapsing in fear. I, who was hit first, laughed.

I know, don't look at Little Red as being homebound, but she's not stupid. Her informants have definitely given her a lot of information.

And don't look at her tough mouth, but the one who cares most about Annie is this dragon girl who has passed marriage age but hasn't married and is overflowing with maternal love. She already sees Annie as half a daughter. Otherwise, the greedy and selfish red dragon wouldn't have given away precious protective divine artifacts.

Now that I mention Annie being bullied, the target of this killing intent is naturally those fools in Sulfur City who think they can reach the heavens.

"Stop talking nonsense. Just say what your plan is. As usual, you think, I act, and we beat them up."

Hearing this, I smiled smugly. I know that since Little Red is willing to be the enforcer, I've already achieved half of my goal today. The rest...

"I want you to put on a show, a show of a dragon attacking the city."

...The layout is complete, the rest is my task!

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