Mordo Peak Forest, Molten Heart.
On the island deep into the lava, a huge crimson dragon is entrenched on the Golden Mountain. Even if the dragon's wide wings are as big as a basketball court, it is still not enough to cover the entire Golden Mountain.
The whole space is very quiet, so quiet that only the sound of bubbles bursting from the lava and the rhythmic breathing of the red dragon can be heard.
At this time, a kobold wearing a scarlet robe came out from the exit of the stairs in the distance, walked through the vigilant group of salamanders, and walked up to Jin Shan, standing obediently with his hands behind his hands, waiting quietly.
The moment the kobold arrived, Jose, who was in a light sleep, sensed it immediately, and slowly opened his eyes, looking at the kobold under the golden mountain with his long pupils like hot lava balls.
Sensing the awakening of the red dragon, the kobold mage bowed and said, "Master, what do you want me to do?"
"call!"
Two streams of white gas with a sulfur smell came out of his nostrils. Jose stood up from the golden mountain, and the gold coins fell clattering down, piling up on the guardrail to prevent the gold coins from falling into the lava lake.
He stretched lazily, shaking his neck, which was a little stiff from deep sleep, and the dorsal fin on his body, which resembled a swordfish, swayed accordingly.
After his head was fully awake, Jose slowly said: "My servant, our territory has remained unchanged for more than ten years. It's time to expand our living space."
You Gou was a little moved when he heard the words, and his breathing rhythm accelerated a little.
Over the years, both the Moduo Peak Forest and the Triangle Plain have been developed to the limit, and the newly born population has nowhere to rest, and the road to expansion is imminent.
"Master, have you decided on the direction of expansion?"
Jose glanced at his most trusted family member: "Yes, but I want to hear your thoughts first."
You Gou understands that the Red Dragon is testing himself, and at the same time, it is also to listen to different opinions and learn from different opinions to improve its own plan.
After meditating in a low voice for a moment, the kobold raised his head and analyzed: "The forces in the northern prairie are complex, and the situation around the Triangular Plain has finally stabilized. I don't think it's appropriate to go to war on the surface, so as not to arouse the vigilance of the surrounding forces and destroy the current good business. environment."
The red dragon nodded in agreement after hearing the words, and continued to look at the kobold family.
"The surface of the earth is not suitable for use of force, but the dark region can be unscrupulous, the premise is that we have the strength to control the situation," Er Gou continued: "I think, as long as we avoid the dangerous place where the strong gather in the Red Nest Crypt, other We can try it anywhere.”
Jose nodded, then shook his head again.
"My servant, never lose your vigilance, the Underdark is not a place where you can expand unscrupulously."
As he said that, a solemn look flashed in the eyes of the red dragon, and he recalled some records in the inheritance of the dragon.
In the inheritance of dragons, the Underdark is also a mysterious place. The arrogant ancestors of the Red Dragon Clan even specially warned future generations: Don't step into the legend, don't go deep into the Underdark.
Regarding this point, the ancestor of the red dragon also explained.
The Underdark, especially the deep Underdark, hides many mysterious species, some of which are as talented as the giant dragons, and even stronger than the giant dragons.
Races that are no worse than giant dragons, such as the Demon Eye Clan, Aboleth, and Hydra.
And stronger than the giant dragon, there are not many such powerful races, most of them are old antiques that have lived for thousands of years, and there are even some alien species with special bloodlines.
In addition to these dangerous extraordinary creatures, those lost ancient relics are also a major threat, such as the elf relics encountered by the Red Nest Mistress.
"Only with awe can go further," Jose muttered to himself, as if to teach the kobold a lesson, but also as a reminder to himself.
After a pause, Jose continued, "However, the dark area around the Red Nest crypt is safer."
Yougou looked at the red dragon curiously: "Master, why are you so sure?"
"Savanna, the Red Nest Crypt is the site of the Red Nest Mistress - Savannah. The deterrent power of the demigod ancient dragon is beyond your imagination. Even if there are any dangerous creatures around the Red Nest Crypt, they will be killed or killed. Ran away."
The kobold was stunned, with an educated look on his face.
Jose squeezed his chin, touched the bone spur on his chin, and continued: "The area around the Red Nest crypt is relatively safe. We can use this to expand our territory, but we still need to remain vigilant."
"Those in the Red Nest Crypt these years, only O'Neil and Yilong have taken the initiative to expand outwards, and everything else has remained the same. I don't know if it's for the sake of guarding the relics of the elves, or they don't bother to expand, or what is around the Red Nest Crypt that makes them Feeling dreadful."
"Master, do you mean to worry that the territory around the Red Nest is a buffer zone for the true dragons and other forces?"
"Yes, it is indeed possible, so we must remain vigilant."
"However," Jose changed his voice and said confidently: "Don't worry too much, as long as I don't venture into the deep dark area, I can still hold up the field."
As he said that, Jose couldn't help but think of the big gap in the Bloodtooth Mine and the breath of the black forest coming from the gap.
After deciding to discharge urban sewage into the rift, he conducted a preliminary exploration of the location of the big rift, but found nothing. He estimated that the original ecological dark area was in the deep dark area.
Seeing the red dragon stunned, You Gou couldn't help reminding: "Master?"
Jose reacted and waved his hand: "Okay, you go down and prepare. The main force of this expansion is your kobolds. As for the direction of expansion, you can decide for yourself. I only look at the results."
"Follow your will," Ergou bowed and retreated.
Currently, Hogg Riverpaw is leading the elite of the gnoll clan to guard Darkmoon City, guarding against the evil dragon forces in the direction of Red Nest Crypt.
The main force of the wild boars gathered in the Triangle Plain to maintain the order of the city and at the same time deter the prairie bandits around the Triangle Plain.
Although ogres are powerful individuals, their numbers are too small, and their intelligence is low, so they are not suitable as the main force.
Orcs don't have darkvision and aren't used to the Underdark.
Therefore, the main force can only be the kobolds.
The kobold clan can also take on the important task of expanding the territory. Now, the three giants of the kobolds have all stepped into the high-level level, and Ergou is also a high-level mage and a high-level dragon warlock. Difference.
The kobolds are the main force, the goblins are the cannon fodder, the elite ogres are in charge, and a small amount of harpy scouts are enough to deal with the general situation.
After all, in the Underdark, small and medium-sized Underdark are the mainstream, and there are generally no legendary creatures living in small and medium-sized Underdark. Even large Underdark, not every place has legendary creatures or legendary races.
After Ergo left, Jose got down on the golden mountain again. He wanted to keep his spirits up, and then continue to practice magic, striving to become a legendary mage as soon as possible.
While the red dragon was sleeping soundly, Ergou prepared the food, assembled the army, and led the army into the tunnel to the dark region.
… … … … … … …
In the dark area, the upside-down fluorescent rock emits a hazy brilliance, and the dim fluorescent light shines on the thatched huts beside the lake. This is the territory of the Kou-tao murloc tribe.
Kou Tao murlocs, they are disgusting alien murlocs, cruel, greedy, bloodthirsty, ignorant...
They advocate sacrifice and regard other races as potential slaves or sacrifices. They often wander aimlessly in the Underdark, and they are ordinary objects of sacrifice.
Driven by madness, the Kou Tao murlocs are not afraid of death in battle, and sometimes even if their own strength is not superior, they will fight to the death without retreating.
This has a lot to do with their sacrifice customs. In many cases, the objects of sacrifice of the Kuu Tao Yu people are not real gods, but some false gods with divinity.
False gods have no divinity and cannot handle the prayers of a large number of believers. It feels like tens of thousands of monks are chanting scriptures in their heads, and the scriptures they recite are different.
If things go on like this, false gods will often be driven mad by the prayers of believers, and their thoughts will become confused. This confusion will in turn act on believers, forming a vicious circle.
This is the center of the Kou Tao Yuren tribe. Many Kou Tao Yuren gathered together and knelt on the ground to worship the stone statue in the center of the venue.
The facial features of the stone statue were indistinct, with the upper body of a murloc and the lower body of an octopus. The stone statue was stained with coagulated blood, giving off an unpleasant smell of blood.
In front of the stone statue, the murloc priest Kou Tao raised his hands high and shook frantically, the fishbone and shell necklaces on his body made messy clinking sounds, and murmured murloc language that no one could understand.
After the ceremony, the murloc priest took off the fishbone dagger from his waist, grinning grimly, walked towards the altar in front of the stone statue, on which a caveman was tied.
The caveman—Nado was bound tightly by the aquatic plants, unable to move, and could only watch the Kou Tao murloc priest approaching.
The fishbone dagger was raised high, and the tip of Senbai was aimed at his stomach.
Nado's eyes showed fear, and he couldn't help but despair in his heart.
Whoosh!
An arrow was shot from behind the Kou Tao murlocs, and one of the murlocs was hit by the arrow, screaming in pain.
The Kou Tao murlocs were awakened by the screams, and quickly turned around to look for the enemy. The moment they turned around, they were surprised to find that their tribe had been surrounded.
A group of well-armed kobolds!
A bright sword and an oak shield covered with iron, this is the kobold sword and shield hand at the front.
Behind the kobold sword and shield hand, there are kobold spearmen with spears in their backs and holding spears, and a small number of wolf man archers. The arrows just shot were shot by the wolf man archers.
Behind the Gnoll archer, three extremely oppressive tall figures were approaching quickly. After the screams sounded, these tall figures stopped hiding themselves and started running, stomping on the ground to make heavy objects move.
Before the tall figure approached, the kobolds and jackals took the lead in attacking.
The kobold sword and shield held their shields in their hands and charged. They were in unison, almost at the same level. It seemed that they were well-trained, and the kobold spearmen followed closely behind.
"kill!!!"
The Kou Tao murlocs were not weak either. After experiencing the initial panic, they yelled frantically and launched a countercharge against the kobolds, their momentum no less than that of the kobold army.
Unfortunately, courage cannot make up for the gap in strength and equipment between the two sides.
After a face-to-face encounter, the Kou Tao murloc in the front was pierced by the spear protruding from behind the shield, and the sharp spear head with blue blood pierced out from the murloc's back.
There was a long series of screams, none of which belonged to kobolds.
In the rear, the murloc priest Kou Tao threw away the fishbone dagger in his hand, chanted the curse quickly, and a ball of rancid black sewage gathered in his hand.
At this time, behind the kobold army, an exceptionally strong kobold jumped up and threw the spear in his hand high.
The spear covered with a layer of translucent light brought the sound of howling wind, and before the Kou Tao murloc priest could react, the spear pierced through it and nailed it hard to the ground.
At the same time, the destructive energy exploded in the murloc priest's body, crushing his internal organs.
The murloc priest twitched twice, and then fell completely silent.
After finishing off the murloc priest, the commander of this team, the high-ranking kobold fighter, Soda, stopped attacking, but stood aside and watched his subordinates slaughter the kuo-tao murlocs.
That's right! This is a massacre!
A massacre of the crypt natives by a well-equipped and well-trained regular army!
For a long time, their own side died, and the enemy did not fall. Even the brave Kou Taoyu people were afraid. They threw away their weapons and ran towards the lake beside the village.
Seeing the enemy fleeing, Dassault stopped watching the show and shouted: "Get ready to throw your spear!"
The kobold spearman took off the throwing spear behind his back, held it up with one hand, and aimed at the fleeing kuo-tao murloc with his back turned.
"emission!"
Whoosh whoosh!
The well-trained kobold fighters rarely missed, and a large number of kuo-toa fishmen were pierced by the spears shot from behind, and they fell to the ground powerlessly.
Only a small number of lucky ones managed to escape into the lake and swim away without looking back.
At this time, the three ogres hurriedly arrived, but there were no enemies to kill. These powerful Hercules angrily uprooted the murloc houses on the side and threw them at the fleeing enemies in the lake.
"ah!"
Several unlucky ones were hit by the house debris thrown by the ogre and floated on the water.
Commander Suoda ignored the ogre, and arranged for his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, recover arrows, throw spears, and look for any spoils worth taking away.
"Report sir! A troglodyte has been found here! He's alive!" a kobold warrior shouted.
Suoda walked over curiously, and saw the caveman on the altar—Nado, who was tightly bound by water plants.
"Untie him."
"Obey!"
The kobold soldiers cut open the water plants on the caveman's body with a single knife, and the water plants fell off.
"stand up."
Nado shivered, and slowly sat up from the altar, then followed the order and stood still, with his head down, not daring to look directly at the luxuriously equipped kobolds.
To him, kobolds are also a foreign race, and falling into the hands of kobolds may not be much better than kuo-toa fishmen.
"Rotten-toed caveman?"
Hearing the name of his tribe from the mouth of the strong kobold, Nadu's body trembled, and he couldn't help feeling desperate.
Has the tribe been discovered by this group of people!
With the strength of this group of people, there is absolutely no possibility of their own tribe surviving.
Seeing that the caveman was silent, Suo Da frowned: "Answer my question!"
Naduo was taken aback, he would rather die than live, he managed to escape the fate of being sacrificed, but he didn't want to be killed immediately because of angering the kobold chief.
He nodded hastily: "My... my lord, I am... Nado of the Rottentoed caveman tribe."
Suo Da's expression was as expected, and he said calmly: "Now, you are free."
Nadou couldn't believe it, and looked up at the kobold in surprise. He thought he would continue to be enslaved by the kobold, but the kobold declared him free.
"Big... my lord, this..."
Seeing the incoherent appearance of the caveman, the kobold soldier on the side smiled and explained: "The tribe of rotten-toed cavemen swore their allegiance to the great dragon yesterday, and now, you are ours."
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