Chapter 105: Usurper +1
"If handled properly, the blue dragon can be said to be the best match among the colorless dragons. Mortal merchants communicate with them, if they know how to benefit, few blue dragons will choose to directly resort to force to snatch it, they will often use taxes, transactions (the conditions of the two sides are not equal), negotiation and other means to grab profits.
As long as there is no grudge against each other, even if they encounter a metal dragon clan that is contrary to their beliefs, the blue dragon will generally only expel it, and there is rarely a precedent for directly launching an attack with the goal of killing the other party.
The only exception to this is the Brown Dragons who are close to each other (also belonging to the Evil Camp) and inhabit adjacent environments (they also like to live in the desert). For this subspecies of dragon, the blue dragon population has always been treated in a non-stop way, and vice versa. ”
- Dragon research expert Blue, "The Life of a Dragon"
Two years is not a long time, but it is not a short time. In a bloody battlefield, two years is not worth mentioning, and a very small battle can take a hundred years. But on the physical plane, it was very different, at least with the efforts of the conspirators who had been carefully dormant for many years, two years was enough time to complete his dove's occupation of the magpie's nest.
Dragon's Lair Territory is a good example.
When Quest returns from the Acid Mist Canyon through the Otherworldly Portal of Aphernas, he doesn't realize that his birthplace has changed hands when he wants to start a relaxing group run due to the episode of Braci the Tongue Puller.
And the dove occupying the magpie's nest is the sworn enemy of a blue dragon - the brown dragon.
When the "Duke of Thunder" was in charge of the Dragon's Lair territory in the Dragon Heart Hall before, the brown dragon had been carefully hiding his traces due to the strength of Salotta. As long as the old dragon responded to the call of the dragon queen and led the backbone of the dragon group to "go to hell" to participate in the conscription of the plane of the acid fog canyon, this lurker couldn't wait to launch his long-planned usurpation plan.
Without Salota in charge, there is no opponent in the dragon's lair who can fight head-on with a brown dragon that has lived for nearly a thousand years and is in the ancient dragon stage, even if the adult blue dragon and the dragon clan left behind in the dragon's lair join forces.
Like the dust storms that are common in deserts, the brown dragon Cusilian came suddenly.
The two adult blue dragons, as well as the legendary chieftain of the kobold clan, Marongo Sharpfang, a loyal blue dragon priest to Salotta, were easily killed by him with an irresistible force. The dragon's nest has since changed hands, and the remaining baby blue dragons and newborn dragons have been forced to submit to the usurper's obscenity and become his slaves.
Compared to the blue dragon, the character of the brown dragon can be described as extremely bad.
Not only does he enjoy enslaving young dragons, but he also brutally oppresses other races living in the dragon's nest. The originally thriving kobold dragon clan clan has long been a thing of the past, and most of the newborn kobold cubs in the past two years have died in less than a month due to lack of food.
There have been many caravans that have chosen to pay tribute in exchange for shelter and safe passage through the vast deserts controlled by the Dragon's Lair. However, when the brown dragon usurped power, he wantonly slaughtered and robbed the wealth of the merchants to fill his private treasury.
Kusilian's favorite thing to do was to lie on the throne that originally belonged to Salotta in the Dragon's Heart Hall, and use his skinny claws to rob the silver Kate one by one. At this time, it is often accompanied by a whole roasted pack horse, and if it is not satisfied, the kobold, who is responsible for making the food, is thrown into his wide, long mouth as a spice.
The dragon's nest bitter brown dragon has been around for a long time. But it must not be admitted that the usurper does have the strength to match his atrocities.
The size of the eggs of this subspecies of dragon is almost the same as that of the red dragon, and the newborn dragon is superior to the blue dragon in terms of size and intelligence. Aside from being poor at flying - their wings are too ugly and pitifully small, but they can fly with their magical abilities - in terms of other physical qualities, blue dragons of the same age can't beat brown dragons.
What really scared Cusilian was the spell ability of the previous "Duke of Thunder", and the blue dragon group that had gathered together due to the nature of the community. When Salotta ruled the territory, the brown dragon did not even dare to go out to forage for food, and had to hide deep underground in the desert all day long, living by devouring the sand. It is precisely because of this caution that has been maintained for nearly a thousand years that the original master of the dragon's nest did not even know that such a long-cherished enemy existed.
The blue dragon is lurking in the abyss, and the brown dragon is now in the field.
As a subspecies of dragon, the Brown Dragon itself is the product of a transformation experiment - the first Brown Dragon in the Multiverse was born in the laboratory of the Imaska people. Their ability to spread in the physical plane is the result of several self-destructive and colonial migrations of the Imasca civilization.
Similar to what happened to Quest, Kusilian is inextricably linked to the Imasca civilization. It's just that the latter doesn't have that long history, he was actually created by an ancient soulbinding mage who knew the transformation technology of the Imaska Brown Dragon, and his dragon egg was formed about a thousand years ago.
Due to being an artificial dragon, the Brown Dragon does not have access to a full dragon heritage like the Blue Dragon. Although they have certain physical and intellectual advantages, they suffer from the lack of systematic knowledge inheritance, and their attainments in the field of magic are usually limited.
After the Soulbinder Mage dies, the Brown Dragon successfully escapes from the laboratory. From an enslaved beast to a terrified "lost dog" hiding beneath the dunes, for millennia, Cusilian has never expected to master the art of magic.
With the blue dragon Salotta answering the call, the brown dragon finally lived a good dragon life. Kusilian, who had enjoyed the thrill of turning over and being the master, was naturally unwilling to be subservient to others. But he also knew (the enslaved kobolds and young blue dragons had told him that Salotta had led the dragons away) and that despite the danger of bloody battles, it was still possible that the mountain that had once crushed his head would reappear one day.
It wasn't until a crystal fragment appeared in his treasury that he finally found a solution to his troubles once and for all.
After sacrificing a caravan, the brown dragon was inspecting the "loot" he had harvested, when he suddenly found the crystal that he was somewhat familiar with.
"Kusilian, my servant and heir. A voice popped into the mind of the brown dragon who was carefully observing the crystal fragment as he grasped the crystal fragment with the tip of his claws.
Suddenly, the memories that had been sealed for thousands of years were opened in an instant, and the unbearable childhood memories jumped into my heart one by one. The brown dragon, who was already at the age of an ancient dragon, suddenly felt fear surging over him, and he felt as if he had turned back into a weak young dragon.
Calming himself down, suppressing his fears, Cusilian wanted to destroy the clawtip, a crystal apparently associated with its creator. But the voice said something that made him give up his original thoughts: "When you hear this voice, I am dead, but the skills and treasures of the great soulbinder mage should not be buried. Dragons, who have become very powerful, please put me to the test of collecting crystal fragments like the other two. Possess them, and you'll be eligible to become the new owner of the Tower of Soulbinding, inheriting the magical power I was once proud of......"
"Are you the ghost of a soulbinder mage?" Kusilian asked, thinking for a moment.
"No, I'm just a tool to repeat what has already been recorded, just the key to unlock the Tower of Soulbinding," the crystal fragments flickered, and the brown dragon's brain replied, "Soulbinding Crystal, it's my name now." ”
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