Chapter 574
Chapter 574 Azurelode
Azurelode.
It was a large metal mine at the edge of Stonetalon Mountains.
The cave spiders and the hill dwarfs were the ones toiling hard within the mine. They had obtained ownership of the mine from Dragon Lord Cherkes in exchange for offering a certain amount of metal ores on a consistent basis.
It was such a rich metal reserve rested right beneath the eyes of Dragon Lord Cherkes, yet he seemed blind to its wealth. Cherkes didn’t do much else with it apart from some light excavation of the metal ores to forge metal armor for his subordinate dragonborn.
As for creating an empire of steel and exporting the valuable metal resources to other planes? Such mercantile thoughts had never appeared in the minds of the Dragon Lords.
Back then, the reason Cherkes had agreed to the joint excavation of Azurelode by the dwarfs and the spiders was that he had his eyes set on the accompanying resources of the metal reserves– the magical gemstones. Cherkes couldn’t care less for those black and heavy metal ores that took up so much space.
Yet, it was these metal ores that Cherkes was never concerned about that drew him such terrifying and undefeatable enemies.
“I understand!” Gazlowe was much more obedient than before, “It’s just a tiny Second Grade dragon anyway. I’ll send it packing.”
As a Third Grade brain monster, it wasn’t an exaggeration when he said such a thing.
With the metal monster and all its hidden magic energy weapons, it was no trouble dealing with a barely adolescent Second Grade wind dragon. In fact, Gazlowe could even capture the dragon alive if the geography was suitable.
Thus, not only did the metal monster not stop digging upon Greem’s orders, it even increased its pace, as if it couldn’t wait to get underground.
Wind Dragon Cherkes flew high above Azurelode, looking down upon the mess beneath him with eyes widened in anger.
It wasn’t that he cared for these worthless mine workers. Instead, he was stunned by the absolute hostility of the enemy. It seemed the enemy had no intention of making peace with him, the Dragon Lord of this land. They had wrought immense destruction on the mountain the moment they arrived.
It seemed the enemy was trying to dig into the ore veins beneath the mountain.
A massive hole a hundred meters in diameter had already been dug out of the mountain. Over half of the metal monster itself had entered the mountain.
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!
Cherkes cursed furiously.
The enemy’s actions signaled one thing; they were ignoring him.
It was undoubtedly an offense against the Dragon Lord’s reputation!
Cherkes could no longer hold back. He let out a roar, folded his wings, and dove straight down from five hundred meters in the air, his whole angular dragon body stabbing down like a sharp sword.
The dragon had come!
Naturally, there was no way any single one of Cherkes’ actions could have escaped Gazlowe’s spiritual senses.
Gazlowe only stopped his digging when he saw the dragon dive towards him. He commanded his large liquid metal body to prepare for combat.
The production facilities carried within the metal monster were all sent into the mountain, while all the magic energy weapons were transferred to the side facing outward.
The initially uneven metal body had now become as smooth as a mirror, melding to become one with the mountain, as if it was a metal city wall. Countless holes opened up in the wall as black gun barrels emerged from every one of them. All the cannons and guns locked on to the approaching dragon.
What…what was this?
Fierce winds blew through the air.
Cherkes’ massive eyes opened wide while his body was still mid-dive. He watched the enemy’s strange actions with utter confusion.
He might not have understood what the enemy was up to, but the sharp senses of a dragon caused an indescribable feeling of death to rise from the depths of his dragon soul.
He would most definitely die if he kept diving down like this!
This feeling had come so suddenly that Cherkes couldn’t help but doubt it for a second.
While he was debating whether to pull up or continue descending for a dragon’s breath, his sharp sight caught sight of a hundred magic-gathering points suddenly lighting up. The speed at which the magical energy was gathering, and the level of the power, left Cherkes speechless.
The wind dragon was utterly terrified, so much so that he fell into a complete panic. The dragon beat his wings desperately, trying to change the angle of his flight.
Dammit!
Cherkes couldn’t even finish his roar before being drowned in a blinding sea of light by the one hundred energy pillars blasting into the sky.