Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 18: Shocking the Goblin City
Nemesis was flying in the air, and on the ground were his two hundred gnoll legions and several dragon followers.

"What a troubled time."

As Nemesis walked along the way, he found that many of the small tribes on the way to the goblin city had disappeared. He had a premonition that a war might break out here as well.

During these three years, the three gnolls left behind by Nemesis did not die, and they insisted on returning to the tower once a month to open the passage. He would occasionally send gnolls to the ground to investigate the situation.

The green dragon's army entered the forest as early as the first year. The huge army composed of thousands of monsters tore apart any creature that faced them. The small village near the wizard's tower was the first target of the monster army along the way.

The exact circumstances were no longer clear, but when the gnoll returned, the only image in its mind was one of ruins.

It is said that further away, a green dragon led an army of monsters to capture a city. A bishop of the Church of Chauntia risked his life to stop it and seriously injured Ochivillis.

But the bishop died soon after. Without any resistance, the old green dragon rested for only a few days before launching another attack, looting nearly a million gold coins and destroying nearly one-third of the city.

The victorious Deeppoison Ochivilis led her army back to the mountains and embellished her lair with the vast wealth she had plundered.

Famous adventurers from all over the world began to head to the Kingdom of Imbutu in an endless stream. Most of them were attracted by the bounty for slaying the dragon issued by the king. Occasionally, one or two lost adventurers would break into the tower and discover the passage leading to the underground.

But the adventurers who come down will be torn to pieces in an instant by the monster army guarding the passage.

The situation on the ground was already a mess. The main battlefield of the green dragon's followers and adventurers was in the forest. In the past three years, Nemesis had never gone up there once, for fear of being caught in an unexpected disaster.

I didn't expect that things are not peaceful underground now.

No, it should be said that this is the norm in the Underdark.

"It's finally here."

Nemesis breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the faint traces of buildings in the distance. In order to bring the army with him, he had to reduce his flying speed these days and spent a lot of time on the journey. Otherwise, at his speed, he would have arrived in one day.

The invisible Nemesis was not noticed by the guards of Bricolect City, but the army of two hundred gnolls frightened them so much that they sounded the alarm.

"Enemy attack! Wild dogs are coming!" The goblin guards on the stone wall screamed and frantically pulled the alarm. The harsh crashing sound echoed throughout the small town.

It's no wonder they are so nervous. No race that comes to Bricklect City for trade would bring such a large army with them. What's more, the gnolls are a primitive and bloodthirsty tribe without a civilized social structure and are not objects of trade at all.

In the center of the city, Volenza in the tribal leader's tent opened his eyes. He shook the huge fan-shaped ears unique to the bear goblins, and his confused and turbid eyes became sharp.

"Who are they? Are they those dark-skinned elves? Damn, why are they here so soon?"

The leader of the goblin city stood up, mobilized his strong muscles and rushed towards the outer city wall. With a huge jump, he crossed a distance of seven or eight meters. His extremely fast speed even brought up a strong wind. In just two minutes, he arrived at the city gate.

Nemesis narrowed his eyes, Volenza's speed was beyond his imagination. This was the blessing brought by the Wanderer profession, the extreme speed, and also the most hated melee opponent for spellcasters.

Wanderers are professionals who are loyal to the way of shadows. They are good at concealment, and the advanced ones can even hide in the shadows. Their greatest feature is their extreme speed. It is said that the legendary assassin (the advanced profession of the Wanderer) can even burst out at several times the speed of sound!
Volenza glanced gloomily at the gnoll army, trying to find the presence of dark elves among them, but found nothing, which made him slightly relieved, but the huge minotaurs and ogres in the team caught his attention.

"Is that a dragon vein creature?!" Volensa's face turned ugly. The Tauren and the Ogre had unknown silver lines on their bodies, emitting a faint aura of a real dragon, which was a typical feature of a dragon vein creature. This made him start to worry whether there was a real dragon behind these two dragon vein creatures.

"It is indeed a dragon creature, and there is a real dragon there." A blue-skinned female goblin walked to the side of Volenza and looked at the position of Nemesis in the air with some fear in her eyes.

She is Gricket, a rare blue goblin, the second-in-command of this goblin city, and a sixth-level psion!
Behind her, there was a male blue goblin emitting psychic power fluctuations. This blue goblin was taller than ordinary goblins, and his blue skin was darker than Gricket's, almost black.

Judging from his stance, the other party was just an apprentice of the former.

"Finally they appear, Mind, to show their strength."

"The target creature, a male bugbear, is an eighth-level fighter and a fourth-level rogue. The target creature, a female blue goblin, is a sixth-level psion. The target creature, a male blue goblin, is a sixth-level psion."

Nemesis raised his eyebrows. Volentha's strength was even higher than he had heard. He was probably much stronger than Danoli. And that unknown male blue goblin actually had the same strength as Gricket.

The Scroll Dragon thought about it, then removed its invisibility and revealed its true form.

Volenza's pupils shrank. Nemesis's size had reached that of a young dragon. It was not easy to deal with. Level did not mean everything. A level six goblin warrior could probably only use two claws to deal with a young real dragon. Even he had to be careful.

Gricket bent down and said on behalf of Volentha: "Welcome, powerful dragon. What is your purpose for coming here?"

The attitude of the Psion is humble yet a little bit arrogant. Unlike Volentha, the Psion is born with an egocentric mentality, which is a common problem of idealism.

Nemesis looked at her and said lazily, "Don't worry, I have no interest in killing you. I just came to ask you something."

This is a fact. If he originally had the idea of ​​conquering the goblin city, after realizing that the war was about to break out, Nemesis decided to keep to himself.

Gricket was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the dragon was coming towards her. Volenza on the side also glared at her, as if asking her what on earth she had done to attract such a big Buddha.

The Psion smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency True Dragon wants to know, I will do my best to satisfy you."

The scroll dragon moved its body in the air and approached the city wall. The huge dragon power descended on the goblins. Goose bumps appeared on Volenza's skin. His muscles were tensed, ready to face the dragon's attack at any time.

But Nemesis simply raised his dragon claw, pointed it at the Psion and said, "I want to learn how to become a Psion."

Gricket was stunned for a moment, and Volensa was also stunned. So you made such a big scene just to learn?
Nemesis didn't care about all this. As a Gou Long who had been able to stay in a broken tower for five years, he was always prepared for the worst.

Truth only exists in power, this is the truth he firmly believes.

Gricket breathed a sigh of relief. If that was the case, she didn't mind. Unlike mages who cherished their own abilities, psions were very happy to see the birth of fellow psychics. They even hoped that everyone in the world could become masters of psionic powers and roam in the astral realm.

"Of course, Your Excellency True Dragon, I am happy to explain to you the ancient method of leading to the spiritual path. In fact, the city of Bricolect welcomes you and your family to stay in the city for a while."

Gricket answered, but she didn't notice that behind her, her most trusted apprentice and also her lover - Dericlette had a flash of panic in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)