Bronze Dragon: Tyrant's Road to Conquest

"What's wrong?"

Su Hailun immediately noticed something unusual about Di Ruier.

"An ancient dragon is missing."

Di Ruier, who was originally in a leisurely mood, now looked particularly solemn.

"Which ancient dragon is missing?"

Su Hailun was also a little nervous. Although she knew that Di Ruil had many colored ancient dragons serving him, her grandfather was also helping Di Ruil now.

"An ancient blue dragon, I lost my sense of it."

Tyrell glanced at the golden dragon who became nervous and replied.

The color ancient dragons under him are all active on the Elmond continent, so his control and perception of these ancient dragons are maintained through the ring of control. But now, an ancient blue dragon has completely disappeared from his perception.

A similar situation has happened before. As long as the creature enslaved by the Ring of Dominance dies, Diriel will lose consciousness of it, but this is the first time that the ancient dragon level has disappeared.

Dragons of this level cannot be equated with the previous miscellaneous soldiers. The wisdom of the thousand-year-old ancient dragon has a certain probability of breaking away from the control of the artifact and regaining freedom. Although the probability is extremely low, it is not completely impossible.

It's a bit scary to think about an ancient colored dragon that has become free. What's even more scary is that there may be a way to break away from the control of the Ring of Dominance.

"What do you think is the reason?"

Su Hailun also realized the seriousness of the matter, but she had just woken up and did not understand the current situation.

"The best possibility is that this ancient dragon encountered some powerful external threat and fell. The worst possibility is that these color dragons find a way to break free from the control of the Ring of Dominance. No matter which one it is, I want it now Go to Elmond Continent, do you want to come with me?”

"certainly."

Golden Dragon, who has gradually adapted to the power, said without hesitation, with a look of eagerness in her eyes. Even if there is a possibility of the Color Ancient Dragon's rebellion, even if it is the worst situation, she and Di Ruier can join forces. Suppress it easily.

The two ancestral dragons joined forces to tear apart the space and arrived at Midgar, where the main urban area had basically been rebuilt. Guderian, the ancient golden dragon who sensed the arrival of abnormal power, hurriedly greeted him.

This ancient golden dragon, who maintained a humanoid posture and looked like an old mage with a white beard, appeared in front of him. He was both strange and familiar. He was surprised and happy, but also a little unconfident and tentative. The ground shouted,

"Su Hailun?"

"grandfather!"

The golden dragon descended from the sky and also transformed into a slender and tall dragon girl. Although she had a humanoid posture, she also retained a lot of dragon-like characteristics due to Dirrell's preferences.

"It's really you, OK! OK! OK!"

After confirming that the ancestral dragon in front of him, which could make him feel a slight sense of oppression, was his direct grandson, Guderian was so excited that he was trembling a little. Seeing his descendants achieve such achievements with his own eyes was much better than his own. He was happy to survive the deadline, become an ancient dragon, and be promoted to legend.

"Our family will become even more glorious because of you."

"Your Excellency Guderian, let's postpone these words for now. Has anything unusual happened recently?"

Seeing that the two golden dragons were about to put on a big show, Di Ruier quickly said, now is the time to race against time, and no time can be wasted.

"Something unusual?"

Seeing the two ancestral dragons that came together and looked a bit uncomfortable, Guderian, the ancient golden dragon, realized something and his expression became serious.

"If it's really unusual, there is one thing."

"Talk about it."

"Three months ago, some consuls reported to me that people were missing. I didn't pay attention to it at the time. But in the following month, consuls continued to report to me that there were residents of villages and towns around the cities they governed. Mass disappearance.

After I noticed the anomaly, I quickly sent people to deal with it, but basically I didn't get any useful information.

Until twenty days ago, there was a new city with a population of about 100,000. Because it did not submit administrative reports to me regularly, I sent the paladin to check, and found that the city had turned into an empty city.

In the entire city, except for the livestock that were kept in captivity, all the residents were missing. Traces of resistance were found in the city lord's palace and where some adventurers gathered. The entire city's population seemed to be affected by an inexplicable powerful force. All the power was taken away. "

Gu Jinlong Guderian told about a strange thing that happened recently, which he attached great importance to, because after the war, various places were in urgent need of a large number of working people for reconstruction, and any malicious behavior that affected population reproduction was a felony.

"So, I sent an ancient dragon to deal with it, but there has been no response yet."

"Ancient Blue Rondius?"

The name of the ancient dragon that Dirrell revealed made him lose consciousness.

"how do you know?"

Gu Jinlong was a little surprised and vaguely dissatisfied, because perhaps the young bronze dragon in front of him had such an over-expanded desire for power that he was secretly monitoring him.

"It may have fallen. I can't sense its existence through the Ring of Dominance."

Tyrell wrote lightly that things did not develop to the worst situation he expected, but it changed in another extremely bad direction.

In the land that he does not yet fully control, an unknown force that he currently does not understand has appeared and is plundering his subjects. This is an unforgivable act.

"Fall?! This is impossible!"

Hearing Di Ruier's words, Gu Jinlong subconsciously vetoed it. How could he not sense the death of an ancient dragon?

Short-lived species must gather at least five legends to be qualified to defeat the ancient dragon. Once a battle of this scale breaks out, the elemental tide caused by it can be captured even from thousands of miles away.

"Then it broke away from my control and rebelled with the help of unknown power!"

Looking at Jin Long who subconsciously denied it, Tyrell suggested another, worse possibility.

The Ring of Control is an artifact he traded with the Demon God on the other side of time and space. It is indeed powerful, but it is not invincible. Otherwise, it would not appear in the hands of the Demon God and become a trading item. Every tool must have its upper limit. The power of any artifact can be infinitely expanded.

He is approaching the peak of the material interface step by step, and at this level, it is not surprising to encounter a power that can compete with the ring of domination in his hand, or even usurp its power.

"this……"

This possibility made Jin Long unable to refute, but he firmly opposed the possibility that the ancient blue dragon he sent out fell after encountering a powerful enemy in battle.

There are only a handful of forces in the material world that can threaten an ancient dragon. There is almost no force that can make an ancient dragon fall silently, even if it is a white dragon.

"Which area did you send that ancient dragon to explore? I'll go over and have a look."

Although he still knows nothing about the force that silently robbed the entire city and caused an ancient dragon to mysteriously disappear and even fall, Dirrell is not afraid.

He didn't believe it. In the material interface, even Carlos, the king of blue lightning, had to lie down in front of him. What kind of messy things could overturn him.

"Isn't this a bit dangerous?"

Guderian had a lot of doubts because of the disappearance of the ancient blue dragon, and wanted to advise Diriel. After all, how could the highest-level lord come to the battle line in person to inspect the situation.

"I brought the statue of His Majesty Bahamut with me."

Faced with Gu Jinlong's worries and doubts, Di Ruier's response was particularly simple. He took out a dragon statue made of fine gold with his backhand, and smashed the statue, which seemed to have the breath of life, in front of Gu Jinlong. ,

"Do you think there are any dangers that I can't handle?"

"..."

Seeing Di Ruier's disrespectful behavior, Gu Jinlong twitched the corners of his mouth and wanted to say something, but he still kept his mouth shut.

This statue that carries His Majesty Bahamut's divinity didn't express any dissatisfaction with this. What's the point of forcing him as an outsider?

"I'll go with you."

Seeing that Dirrell was bringing the Dragon God statue, Guderian had no reason to object.

Because with his knowledge, he couldn't think of any other power that could threaten the dragon in front of him in the material world, let alone that the dragon could call the Dragon God to come down and incarnate to help him at any time.

This is completely unreasonable.

Although there was a possibility of encountering a powerful enemy, an investigation was still needed after all, so the three dragons spent half a day convening a joint legion composed of many giants and dragons.

The number of legions does not exceed a thousand, but the average strength of this legion is high enough to easily destroy any country under the kingdom.

After everything was prepared, Tyrell led the army to set off, heading towards the area where the ancient blue dragon last disappeared, which was the empty city left behind after the entire city's residents were suspected of being robbed.

Because the average quality of the formed legion was extremely high, they were constantly teleported through teleportation spells. By using this method, the march took less than half of the gathering time to reach the destination.

"That's it."

Guderian, who was responsible for leading the way, also looked at the empty city below with a cautious look. Although he had read many reports, this was the first time he had arrived here in person.

As the report said, traces of resistance and struggle can be found in areas where extraordinary professionals gather, but no signs of struggle or resistance can be found where ordinary people live.

In residential buildings, you can also find rotten and moldy food, and under some clothes drying poles outside the house, you can also find clothes soaked in basins that have given off a foul odor.

It was as if at a certain moment, an unknown force swept through the entire city, bewitching and controlling those mortals with weaker power.

Stronger extraordinary beings can resist this force, but their resistance and struggle are too weak compared to the existence of this force. They can only provide some fun to the intruders, and they are soon all destroyed. Take away.

"Examine every part of this city, everything that is irrational and abnormal."

Dirrell slowly fell from the air. Perhaps because of his ancestral dragon bloodline, he could stand at a higher perspective. Therefore, at the first sight of this empty city, Tyrell captured and sensed the residual aura of some evil creatures.

"Dirrell, let me go down and take a look first."

Su Hailun, who was eager to try and couldn't wait, took the initiative to join the army searching the city. Di Ruier did not stop him.

"Um!"

"Can't you go down and take a look?"

Guderian came to Tyrell's side and looked at the city below that was becoming lively again. Seeing Tyrell who was still calm and composed, he couldn't help but asked a little strangely.

"I've already guessed what's causing the trouble."

"What is it?"

Gu Jinlong asked curiously. In fact, he also had a judgment, but the evidence was not enough, so he did not dare to make a conclusion.

But in fact, some characteristics are so obvious that only a handful of them can be suspected. They have the ability to control and influence intelligent races on a large scale, and they have the ability to plunder their needs. After over and over again, it seems that there is only one. kind.

"It seems that you also have a guess. After Su Hailun comes up after checking it, let's tell the answer together!"

Tyrell smiled. After a while, when Su Hailun came up, without waiting for them to ask, the young female who had shown her performance and achieved results took the initiative to express her judgment.

"I suspect there is a powerful mind flayer force operating here!"

Mind Flayer!

This is an evil group that can be described as notorious. They have psychic powers that are powerful enough to control or destroy the minds and wills of intelligent races.

But the most disgusting and disgusting thing is the way this monster eats and reproduces. They feed on the brains of intelligent creatures, and their reproduction is accomplished through parasitism. Their offspring cannot give birth to large offspring. The body can only be taken from the humanoid race.

It is precisely because of this that this group has a fine tradition of plundering or kidnapping humanoid creatures, whether for food or for raising offspring.

"Same as I guessed."

Upon hearing Jin Long's judgment, Tyrell did not show a panicked expression. The moment he arrived at the scene, the answer was already in front of him.

"I guess it's also a mind flayer. Only this kind of weird race can do this kind of thing."

Although it was nine out of ten that it was possible to determine what kind of monster was secretly causing trouble and robbing people, Gu Jinlong was not happy about it. Instead, there were more wrinkles on his old face.

"It's just that Elmond Continent has never had a mind flayer that can control the mind of an ancient dragon before, let alone rob the population on a town scale. Do they lack food, or do they really need so many people to reproduce? ?”

"It didn't happen before, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. As for the purpose of these aberrations in robbing people, I don't think it's for food, otherwise it would be too troublesome."

Tyrell shook his head. If he really wanted to eat, he would just eat on the street. Judging from the abilities they showed, these monsters could even finish eating before leaving.

"If it is for reproduction, then the number they need is too much. A mind flayer of this size can already be called an empire. It is impossible for a mind flayer force of this size to exist on the Elmond Continent. , and we don’t know anything yet.”

"If the monster is not native to Elmond Continent, then it comes from outside the continent, or even outside the world. There is nothing strange about it."

The mind flayers are originally a race of aberrations that everyone wants to fight. The humanoid race forces with a certain amount of force will never allow such aberrations to move around, so there are not a few wandering mind flayers.