Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 188 Collusion
"Something is wrong, something is wrong, something is very wrong,"

In the five-member team, the young man in leather pants with dyed purple hair followed behind the team, frowning in thought while muttering to his companions.

But none of his companions paid any attention to him, because they had long been accustomed to the behavior patterns of their teammates. Basically, every established team has a member who serves as the team's think tank.

The purple-haired young man is naturally such a character, but because he is a chatterbox, many of his words will be automatically filtered by his teammates.

Ever since several people followed the ranger's instructions, passed the inspection, and wore marked nameplates, the purple-haired young man, whose perception was particularly outstanding in the team, found that his strength and perception had increased to varying degrees.

In other words, it was not until they put on these approved nameplates that they truly faced the true face of the world.

Some of their previous feelings and cognitions were suppressed by the vast will of the forest, and they were unable to accurately judge the rules of the entire world.

Several teammates around the purple-haired young man have been admiring the unique customs of the other world since they set foot in the capital city of the dragon group - the King's City.

Although the grandeur and size of the city also made them feel a little shocked, after all, they had seen more scenery and modern metropolises, so they put this feeling behind them after a while, and were more filled with novelty.

Only the calm middle-aged captain was keeping an eye on the idle mercenaries and travelers, the large number of spellcasters, the fierce-looking barbarian berserkers, the various exotic races, and the considerable number of mixed-race children that were everywhere in the city.

Looking down the street, the middle-aged captain could even sense several hidden auras at random, which made the captain, who had experienced several worlds and become a veteran, feel dangerous.

This made the middle-aged captain's already eye-catching wrinkles between his brows so bright that they could directly pinch a mosquito to death.

"What did you say just now was wrong?" The middle-aged captain turned around and asked the purple-haired young man. The captain was the only one in the team with a calm personality who could listen to the words of this chatterbox completely and filter out the effective information again.

"The will of the forest that suppresses us does not seem to be the collective subconscious of the ordinary forest, but a strong independent consciousness that dominates the consciousness of the entire forest."

"So our previous judgment of strength may have been very wrong. Didn't you notice the changes that took place in you after you gained the recognition of the territory?"

The purple-haired young man told his discovery and looked at his captain with a serious face.

"You count on them?" The middle-aged captain quietly approached his team's think tank and said to his teammates in front of several teammates: "A third-generation zombie who has exchanged zombie blood can only fight and rush the fastest."

"A time bomb that uses the Black Light Virus and the Heavenly Demonic Skill, and a meat shield vampire that wants to be exchanged for the development of Dead River. It's good enough that they still have a normal appearance!"

The middle-aged captain said dissatisfiedly that the team that switched languages was not worried about others being able to hear their conversation. In this city where many different races live together, these people do not need to pay special attention to details in this regard.

"But the remaining blood of the Nephalem in my body has become active. But when I thought about the existence of demons and angels in this world, I didn't pay attention to this information."

"In short, we have to re-estimate the strength of this world. It is very likely that the world we accept the mission to explore is a world of extremely high level. We can't be careless!"

Before the captain responded to the purple-haired young man's words, several people turned around the street and saw the towering mountains on the horizon in the distance of the King's Capital.

It is the lair of dragons, the holy mountain of the territory, and the sacred place of the gods for their followers.

In the distance, several people had seen the mountains standing there, but they did not react because they could not perceive any information yet.

But at this distance, several people could already feel an extremely terrifying pressure from the volcano nest on the peak of thousands of meters, which was burning like a huge torch.

It was like the will of a high and mighty monarch looking down at all living things on the earth, attached to the entire mountain.

As long as you don't actively explore and observe it, it will be like an emperor ruling the country, quiet and inactive, just an ordinary peak.

But the bold and proactive exploration by a few people touched upon that deep and powerful will that looked down upon all living beings in the world as its subjects. It was like an overlord sitting high on the throne, looking down upon them, a gaze that could not be avoided and was difficult to resist.

They could even picture in their minds a gigantic red dragon, perched on top of the mountains, looking back and casting a majestic and cold gaze.

Even though they were at a considerable distance, several people's faces turned dark as they were oppressed by the dragon's majesty. They immediately stopped their active exploration and only then did they calm down.

"I think that this mission needs to be discussed. Why don't we go and see the situation of the orcs before making a judgment? This guy seems to be very difficult to deal with. No wonder the residents in the city don't see the tension of the coming war at all."

The girl with dyed yellow hair had fair skin, but at this moment her fair face was as dark as if it was covered with a layer of black paste. She stopped chewing gum and made a serious suggestion.

"I agree," the white-haired high school student quickly raised his hand and expressed his attitude.

"Boss, it looks like this guy is not of the same level as our original target. They are both young dragons. This guy is actually worth two A-level plots and 50,000 reward points. I don't think we need to touch this tough guy."

The blond young man who had originally proposed this mission also looked serious and looked towards another nest.

That is the dragon's nest of the female dragon Clenaya. It is also a volcano, but it only emits a cloud of black smoke, and it is rare to see flames and magma bursting out of the nest.

Although these people had not had time to inquire about the details, the team members who had some superficial understanding of dragons knew that red dragons liked to sleep in hot environments. It was obvious which of the two volcanoes belonged to the creature marked in the mission.

"What a terrifying creature. Just the willpower acquired from living in the nest for a long time can have such a strong oppressive force. According to the information we have learned, sleeping dragons usually take the initiative to restrain their dragon power and ensure that they devote their whole body and mind to growth."

The blond youth looked at his captain and took the initiative to say, "Based on this terrifying willpower, this guy is indeed worthy of the evaluation of a dominant creature. My vampire bloodline is ancient enough, but I can't bring myself to actively resist under such majesty. My suggestion is, do you want to think about it again?"

"No, no, no, I think the Lord God has another purpose for the mission he gave us, but I can't think of it right now. I can't jump to conclusions so quickly. Give me some time to think about it."

The team's think tank shook his head, and the purple-haired young man looked thoughtful as he wandered back and forth behind everyone.

"How about this, we split up and go investigate the situation first, gather enough information, and then meet at the tavern in the evening to make a decision. Anyway, we still have one day to make a choice."

The mature and steady middle-aged captain gave the order and watched the team members scatter like birds and beasts, but the captain held the blond young man's hand.

"Hey, what are you doing, Captain? Don't do that. You know I hate intimate contact with men the most. Only a fragrant virgin is worthy of touching my noble body."

The blond young man with ancient vampire blood quickly shook off his captain's hand with a look of disgust, goose bumps on his skin were about to burst out. He also took out an exquisite silk handkerchief and wiped his left hand that had touched the captain.

The middle-aged captain's eyes twitched, and he said earnestly, "You are now increasingly influenced by the vampire bloodline, Xiao Jin. I still remember that when you first joined the team, you liked to hug that soldier's arm the most."

"Tsk, what's so good about hugging a stinky man? At that time, I was weak and needed the protection of a backer. If you want to keep me here, don't tell me there's another dangerous place for me to be a human shield. Why don't you go find that zombie?"

The blond young man looked dissatisfied, but he could no longer realize that even his own thinking was being quietly changed to some extent.

"That zombie howls every time before attacking, which makes it difficult to sneak around. If something unexpected happens, it will alert everyone."

The middle-aged captain looked at the mountain spewing flames and magma and said, "Let's go. We still need to see the specific situation of our target. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we formulate a strategy. The sleeping red dragon is difficult to be awakened by some small noises, and the dragon will not allow other people to move around his nest."

"As long as we use the Shadow Stealth Talisman, we can reach the top of the mountain. After all, it is a good thing worth 1,200 reward points. If the reward wasn't so generous this time, I wouldn't be willing to use it casually." "Okay," the blond young man frowned and reluctantly followed the middle-aged captain. The two of them left the city and crossed the sparsely populated forest.

The strength of both of them can be regarded as elite among the veterans, so it is easy for them to avoid the detection of ordinary kobold guards.

It was not until they reached the isolated area where all the trees had been cut down that the captain took out a talisman formed by the twisted trajectory of shadows, and channeled his own power into it to allow the stealth talisman to last longer.

The two men quietly crossed the defense line set up by the Imperial Guards at the bottom of the mountain. However, as they were crossing the defense line, the leader of the Imperial Guards, the dragon-born werewolf Saha who was on duty suddenly looked in their direction with a puzzled look, which scared the two men.

"This guy is definitely a powerful monster. His natural intuition is so terrifying," the two communicated using the team's internal communication method, trying their best to make their shadow stealth symbols have a stronger effect.

The highest peak among these mountains is now nearly three thousand meters high. Fortunately, both of them have good strength and physical fitness, so they can climb the mountain easily.

However, they still couldn't be too careless, because at the foot of the mountain, there were war treemen resting on the stone steps on both sides. These war treemen had the ability to communicate with nature, so the two men didn't dare to relax too much.

"Wow, this guy is really generous. He actually treats these tree people as green belts," the blond young man's eyes were shining with money.

"The tree hearts of tree people of this age are valuable. They can be made into various powerful magical equipment and props. I really want to dig two back. Even if we can't use them, we can still sell them. They are very valuable."

Although these tree people are no different from ordinary plants in tree form, the two men are not ordinary people and can discover the life fluctuations beneath the surface of these giant trees.

"Don't mess around," the middle-aged captain subconsciously warned his team members.

Fortunately, as the road became higher, the temperature of the space near the entire mountain gradually rose, and there was no trace of the tree man anymore. The two men then sped up and climbed quickly to the top of the mountain.

"This guy can't really be sleeping in the volcanic magma," the blond young man was already sweating from the heat, and the two men had no choice but to put up temperature-isolating protection on their body surfaces. This way, the shadow stealth talisman could easily leak energy fluctuations.

"Maybe. According to the information we have learned, although these red dragons are gifted and can swim in magma, only mature young red dragons can freely enter the volcano and sleep. However, this red dragon's gift is obviously not in line with common sense, so it is not surprising that it sleeps in magma."

The middle-aged captain stopped on his own initiative as he looked at the top of the mountain in front of him, where all the space had been occupied by boiling magma with flames and hot air.

"We can't go up anymore. This lair not only has a spell set by the dragon, but also has a huge barrier, similar to a field. Once we take the initiative to step into it, we will be forced to fight against the power of the entire field, and then we will be exposed."

The middle-aged captain took out a small, ancient round mirror from his pocket. In order to maintain the temperature-isolating defense and resist the overflowing field pressure for a long time, he had to mobilize his strength with extra concentration. The shadow stealth talisman had been handed over to the blond young man.

He carefully maintained the input of power, and input his power into the small mirror. The simple mirror suddenly showed faint ripples, and a scene appeared vaguely on the mirror, as if covered by a faint mist.

What appeared before the two people's eyes was a purgatory-like scene. Countless lava and magma flowed from large cracks into the huge magma lake. The boiling hot air filled the entire space, making the two people seem to feel the suffocating temperature.

There were also cracks through which flowed pure elemental energy, which, when exploded, was enough to blow the entire mountain into the sky. The terrifying energy fluctuations made both of them subconsciously hold their breath.

The rising magma lake was wide and violent, and the giant red dragon could no longer be seen in the rolling magma. Only occasionally, from the waves of the magma, a few dragon horns as thick as gnarled ancient trees and as sharp as peerless divine weapons could be seen emerging from the lake.

Before the two people had time to take a closer look, the next moment, in the space filled with hot air and on the ground full of flames, countless running and jumping creatures appeared. These creatures were made entirely of flames and were spirits born from flames.

At this moment, all the fire creatures turned their heads and looked at the mirror. An indescribable feeling of terror instantly gripped the hearts of the two people.

Click,

The mirror shattered and fell to the ground from the middle-aged captain's hands.

That night, the reunited team gathered in the tavern.

However, compared to the relaxed attitude of the other three people who were having fun during the day of investigation, the middle-aged captain and the blond young man who were sitting in the corner and were a little autistic seemed particularly silent and serious.

The rest of the teammates took the initiative to share the information they had gathered.

"According to my rough estimate, compared with the combat power of this world, our strength is probably just beginning to enter the Saint level, and we can be considered an elite."

The blonde girl was still chewing gum, two packs at a time, which made her mouth always bulge, like a little squirrel hiding food in its mouth.

The white-haired boy glanced at the captain and then said, "I have found out the news about the original target. The original target, Clenaya, is called the Red King by the residents of the territory. She is the sister of the Overlord Red Dragon and is very powerful. According to our strength, it is easy to kill her."

"But there are still several dragons in the territory. The most powerful one at the moment is the young red dragon Caedilos, who is the mayor of the town of Caedilos in the back. In addition to fighting, this guy holds uncensored meetings in his territory all day long, with all kinds of races participating. If our target is him, it will be easier."

"My suggestion is to give up this mission and choose another one. Although the mission to kill the orc prince is equally difficult, there is no time limit set for us this time, which means that we have almost unlimited time to complete it."

The blond young man also glanced at the captain with a dark face, and then slowly said: "As long as we don't waste a lot of time in this world, we don't care about the one-to-one time standard."

The middle-aged captain also nodded and said with a heavy face: "We secretly observed the red dragon. Although we haven't seen all of it, there is only one, which is a huge mountain that we can never overcome. His understanding of fire is no longer at the level of the red dragon's bloodline talent."

"He already has a real domain. Most importantly, the essence of fire has been born in his domain. Or, to put it another way, you can understand it more easily. That is, in the domain of fire, he is equivalent to the orthodox Taoist spell of illusion, or even the essence of the law."

"We absolutely cannot complete this mission! His level of understanding of power far exceeds his level of life. This is the most terrifying thing!"

Everyone fell silent for a moment, but only the purple-haired young man kept muttering to himself after hearing the captain's words: "No time limit, no confrontation, I know, I roughly know!"

Everyone with gloomy faces looked at the purple-haired young man who was talking to himself, and said in unison with gritted teeth: "What do you know? Tell us now and don't keep us in suspense."

"The Lord God never sets a mission that cannot be completed, except in extremely special circumstances. For example, our initial target was just another red dragon, which we could easily complete. All we were thinking about was how to escape."

The purple-haired young man clapped his hands excitedly. "But later, because he noticed some reasons, he changed the task to one that was extremely tempting but seemed completely impossible to complete."

"It has never been on the side of the orcs, but it didn't stand on the side of the dragons at the beginning, until it changed the task for some reason, and it has been using huge differences in rewards to induce us to make a choice!"

"I guess that our pioneering mission hides the Lord God's true intention. To obtain the ancestral blood of this red dragon, we don't necessarily have to go through a real battle. We still have another way, which is to become a dragon descendant, or in other words, to have the qualifications to become the descendant of that giant dragon!"

The purple-haired young man's words were a little incoherent, but his teammates who were familiar with him quickly understood what they meant.

"The Lord God is also a god to us, but to the real gods in this world, he is a heretic god. If we want to expand the entire world, what method is simpler and more effective than colluding with the gods of the original world?"

"Perhaps, it has discovered traces of the Dragon God in this red dragon. And considering the outstanding talent of this giant dragon, it is normal for it to enjoy the attention of the Dragon God!"

"Woohoo," everyone gathered around, picked up the purple-haired young man and threw him into the sky.

"I have to admit that you are indeed a little smarter than me," the blonde girl spit out the gum, quietly stuck it on her teammate's butt, and shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)