Bronze Dragon: Tyrant's Road to Conquest

Roar~

The giant dragon-like monster with four legs and two wings roared and roared, and then breathed out its dragon breath at the group of poor people below who picked up swords and tried to resist.

It is not elemental breath such as fire, frost, or thunder. The poor people who come into contact with the dragon's breath will not die quickly, but they will suffer something more terrible than death.

Because this monster, which has a shape similar to that of a dragon, spits out a stream of thick salt water, but there are so many psychic tadpoles swimming in the thick salt water that it makes people feel scalp numb.

That is the larvae of the illithid. Only through parasitism can it grow into a complete body and become a real mind flayer. However, the vast majority of illithid tadpoles do not have this opportunity, and only a handful of one or two percent. Only the lucky ones have this possibility.

Therefore, the poor people who were poured out by the parasitic dragon's breath swallowed by this strange monster soon encountered the most terrifying thing in their lives.

Those tadpoles that seemed to have smooth skin, at the moment they came into contact with their bodies, they used all their strength to twist their bodies and tear apart the leather or armor on their bodies. When they came into contact with their flesh and blood, they burst out with all their strength. , trying hard to get into their bodies and swim toward their brains.

For these tadpoles spit out by dragon-shaped monsters, this is a race between life and death. Only by successfully landing on a humanoid creature, completing parasitism, and devouring its brain can they be considered alive and continue. The right to grow.

A tadpole that falls into the mud is considered to be eliminated early and is sentenced to death. Even if it falls on a humanoid creature and completes its parasitism, if a tadpole of the same kind is one step faster than itself, it will also be sentenced to death.

A mind flayer can only have one consciousness, and two mind flayer larvae cannot share the same body, unless the parasite is a monster like a two-headed ogre.

However, for mind flayers, monsters with low intelligence like ogres are the next best choice. Unless they really have no choice, they will never parasitize such monsters.

"no, do not want!"

"What the hell is this!"

"Mom, save me..."

Under the water of this thick salt water breath, the rebels screamed and wailed at the top of their lungs. With clear consciousness, they felt that their brains were gradually being eaten away, and everything they had was gradually taken away. This was absolutely It is the most horrific torture in the world.

As long as you are slightly touched by salt water, even if you are only splashed with a few drops, you will feel the horror of being parasitized. And those who happen to be showered from head to toe by this dragon's breath will really be worse than dead.

There are hundreds of tadpoles burrowing into his flesh and blood all over his body at the same time, and they are all eager to eat his brain and seize his will. This situation is enough to cause any conscious professional to have a nervous breakdown. , and drew his sword and killed himself.

In fact, suicide is definitely the best choice when being showered with such parasitic breath, because people parasitized by the mind flayer larvae will not only have their brains eaten away and their bodies taken away, but their souls will also be eaten away by these. Swallowed by terrible monsters.

It is precisely because of this that people who have been parasitized by the Mind Flayer will lose any possibility of resurrection. No matter how advanced the resurrection method is, it will not work.

"Ho ho, that's it, yes, this is the path we should take."

The super-giant monsters were hovering in the air, looking at the group of poor people below who were imprisoned in cages. They finally mustered up the courage to gather and prepare to resist. Looking at everything they have experienced now, they couldn't help but feel excited. Roaring.

Because under his parasitic breath, most of these resisters were transformed into new members of his tribe. Only a handful of them understood the horror of parasitism by the Mind Flayer, or were unable to bear the process of being parasitized. The pain caused, he chose to commit suicide and did not give the mind flayer a chance to succeed in parasitism, so he became one of the few lucky ones whose souls were not stained.

Parasitism and member transformation on this scale are unimaginable for the ordinary mind flayer tribe. It's not that they don't want to, but that they simply can't do it.

Although parasitism on this scale will cause the average quality of the transformed mind flayers to be lower, the huge number is enough to make up for all disadvantages, and it is not that elite individuals will not be produced. With a sufficient base, even more will be born. many.

This is exactly why this mastermind is excited. With just this parasitic breath, he can expand the size of the group under his control to a scale that ordinary masterminds cannot imagine.

With the force he possesses and the size of his tribe that can be further expanded, he may be able to become the master of the floating city and then lead his tribe to complete the conquest of the plane.

"Syndicate, don't forget your promise to us. If you dare to break the contract with us, then you must be prepared to bear all the consequences."

A series of spiritual thoughts containing warnings were conveyed from a looming space gap. Watching the master brain dragon transformed from his own kind easily suppressed a rebellion launched by slaves, and expanded itself along the way. ethnic group.

Those masterminds who could only live in the floating city and were moved around by the floating city couldn't help but be jealous, and an impulsive desire full of greed was born. They all wanted to obtain a similar body and power.

As the masterminds who are bloated and must rely on the protection of the group, none of them does not desire to have a body as huge but flexible as a dragon, able to move freely between heaven and earth without restraint.

"Don't worry, I will find a body that suits you, but does it have to be a dragon? What about creatures other than dragons? Giants, I think they are good too."

"It is too rare for a giant with wisdom comparable to an ancient dragon."

"If you can capture a legendary level storm giant for us, that's not impossible."

"Hoho, if you want to dream, you can go into hibernation now and don't make such unreasonable requests."

The Mastermind Dragon Syndicate responded to the taunt. Of course he knew where the storm giants were, but those storm giants were on the same continent as that extremely unreasonable dragon. Why should he take such a huge risk to hunt?

"Are you prepared to break the contract?"

"I promise to catch you dragons and giants that can allow you to complete parasitism and transformation, but they are not necessarily ancient dragons or legendary level giants. We must adopt a stable and conservative development strategy now."

Parasitic Ancient Dragon, the syndicate that has completed the transformation, undoubtedly has the greatest say. Even if he has not shown his ambition now, no one is willing to confront him when he says he will keep his promise.

So, driven by interests, the masterminds who once again reached an agreement began to silently plunder the intelligent races in the darkness.

They are more low-key than when they first came to this material world, and their actions are more covert. Because they have a mastermind dragon that can move at will, and the mind flayers that belong to it can move in a much larger range than before. The choice There are more goals.

But frequent plundering, no matter how careful you are, will be noticed by interested people when the number of missing people reaches a certain size.

Therefore, when some special organizations noticed all this and began to mobilize their forces and simultaneously issued requests for assistance from the outside world, targeted trapping activities were carried out one after another.

The existence of the Mind Flayer was naturally exposed. In a world with extraordinary power, there are no secrets. As long as there is a deliberate intention, no matter what it is, it will be exposed sooner or later.

Flames burned on the ruins of the village, billowing black smoke rose into the sky, turning the originally clear sky into mist. The holy light representing justice and hope shone in the burning ruins, but this light and the hovering Compared with the nightmare figure above the village and town, it was too weak and insignificant.

"You have a lot of cleverness, but what's the use?"

The Syndicate looked down at the three paladins below, with mockery in their large, cloudy eyes. At the feet of these paladins lay nearly a hundred corpses of mind flayers in miserable death conditions.

For an ordinary mind flayer tribe, the loss of such a large number of members would be enough to be considered a physical pain, but for the tribe under his control, it was completely painless.

"You will eventually fall here and become one of us."

"Evil!"

The palm of a relatively young paladin holding the sword was trembling slightly, but not because of fear, but because of anger.

For mind flayers who control psychic powers and clear out all intelligent creatures in the area they pass through every time they move, paladins have no particularly good way to find them.

Therefore, some paladin groups will judge the villages that these monsters may target next based on the range of missing people, and then send paladins to hide in them in disguise in advance, waiting for the mind flayer to appear.

For the paladins who perform this task, this is an extremely dangerous and particularly cruel thing to do, because their average strength is not high.

Therefore, when the disaster struck, not only did they have no chance to resist, they could only watch as the villagers who lived with them day and night were captured and devoured by monsters.

What is most likely to break one's spirit and will is that when dragon-shaped monsters covered with tentacles and horny shells fall from the sky and breathe dragon breath below the earth, the paladins can only swing their swords to kill those parasitized monsters. , and transformed villagers.

Death is the best relief for these poor people who have suffered disasters, because it can prevent their souls from being tainted and devoured.

"Get 'em!"

The Syndicate will give considerable tolerance and preferential treatment to elite individuals of the humanoid race with excellent qualities, even those who have been transformed into mastermind dragons, because they are the highest quality parasites.

hiss! Roar!

The mind flayers scattered among the ruins of the village immediately drove the villagers they enslaved and controlled to rush towards the group of paladins with anger burning in their eyes.

The Elder Brain Dragon has already sprayed dragon breath on this group of paladins, but unfortunately, these warriors protected by the Holy Light, whether mentally or physically, can resist this parasitic attack.

The mind flayer's most feared psychic attack had the lowest impact on these paladins and was of little use.

However, what the mind flayers are best at, besides psychic attacks, is the army of slaves they control. This is what makes them truly feared and disgusted.

"what should we do?"

When a group of farmers with dull eyes and holding farm tools staggered around them, even the most determined paladin couldn't help but feel at a loss, but he had no target to turn to for advice.

To kill or not to kill?

These are the villagers who have not been parasitized yet, and they still have the possibility of being saved. But they have no power to save.

rush out?

impossible.

When this group of mind flayers are active, they will use the psychic power they control to wrap up all the hunting locations they choose, so that no abnormalities can be seen from the outside, and the prey inside cannot escape. Opportunity.

Tear--

Just as these poor paladins struggled to survive among the villagers controlled and enslaved by the Mind Flayer, a sharp and piercing sound sounded like cloth being torn.

The sky is torn apart!

Cracks stretched across the sky, and some transparent fragments began to fall downwards, dissipating into light blue light spots.

That was not a real sky fragment, but a psychic barrier used by the Mind Flayer to hide the traces of its own actions. This most basic and important means of protection was destroyed by a powerful external force.

A majestic and huge head poked inward from the huge gap that was destroyed, and what came with it was like the heavy dragon power under the 10,000-meter deep sea, which spread across the village. In every corner, the mind flayers who were watching the wretched appearance of the paladin with great interest trembled, and the dancing tentacles on their jaws couldn't help but twitch.

"finally found you."

Dirrell stared intently at the giant aberration that could only vaguely see the outline of a dragon, which could hardly be called a dragon. After estimating the power he held, he taunted,

"It's such an unimaginably ugly monster. No wonder you hide your head and tail and create a shield to wrap yourself up. It seems that you also know how invisible you are to the light."

"Dirrell!"

The mastermind dragon syndicate's gray eyes stared at the ancestral dragon that had come to the door, full of fear. He inherited most of the ancient dragon's memories, and the most profound one was the fear of the dragon in front of him. He was also inherited, so that now he has no intention to fight and just wants to escape.

"Although I don't like chromatic dragons very much, I can still see their appearance. And you, for turning such a powerful slave of mine into this, you really deserve to be cut into pieces!"

The sky turned gray and gloomy with the arrival of the Ancestral Dragon, and several beams of thunder that stretched for thousands of meters suddenly struck down, shattering the remaining psychic barriers. Then the thunder continued unabated and struck straight towards the mastermind. dragon.

"What are you still watching? Do you just want to watch me get killed?"

Looking at the sea of ​​thunder that seemed to be pouring down under the sky above their heads, the Syndicate, which had no intention of resisting at all, let out a horrified roar.