Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 409 Duncan's Authority!
Quessen Tower.

This place is located southeast of the Falling Star Sea. If you travel along the sea route from west to southeast, the route is: Sergant – Dragon Island – Pirate Islands – Autunbel – Quesenta – Enser – Mulholland.

At this moment, in the area of ​​Wave Peak Island, north of a city called Simba, an incredibly large infernal red dragon has quietly appeared.

He descended upon this place disguised as a human.

—Chassa (possessed by Tiamat) (Father of Quesenta) (Male Primordial Red Dragon of Purgatory) (Level 12 God-level Dragon) (Eight-star Gold) (Challenge Level 40)

This ancient infernal red dragon, known as the 'Father of Quesenta,' possessed power that was almost unparalleled in the entire material plane.

He conquered Simba in a single day and then quickly expanded his control over Quesenta.

A turbulent year.

Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons, was forced to descend to the mortal realm and was reincarnated as a three-headed colored dragon. Later, as the Cataclysm of the Holy Ones was nearing its end, Gilgamesh, the god-king of the Enser pantheon, challenged Tiamat and ultimately defeated her reincarnation.

But Tiamat did not die easily; her divine essence was simply dispersed into the most powerful three-headed dragon in the region.

Of the three dragons, Chassa was the most powerful, so unsurprisingly it killed the other two and then seized the divine essence of Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors.

Unfortunately, it never fully digested these divine essences.

Thus, this powerful Primordial Red Dragon of Purgatory, the Dragon of Godhood, was unsurprisingly possessed by Tiamat, without even realizing it.

“A great master!”

After Chassa appeared, a group of half-human, half-dragon creatures immediately appeared on the coastline of Langfeng Island. They were all descendants of the five-colored dragons. The half-dragon priest at the front was very powerful, a high-level legendary. He looked at the ancient infernal red dragon in front of him with a fanatical expression, marveling at its magnificence, and then humbly knelt on the ground.

Chassa looked down at the kneeling believers and sensed something was amiss, but for some reason, it couldn't understand it until it saw the emblem of the shrine the believers were worshipping.

— Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons!

not good!

The father of Quesenta, the God-Sealing Dragon Chassa, instantly changed his expression. His entire human form began to distort, and his body rapidly expanded. Then, a huge Primordial Purgatory Red Dragon, as big as a small mountain, revealed its true form. It roared at the sky with resentment.

"No!"

"This is impossible!!!...I have already devoured your divinity!..."

"Do not!!!"

“Great Tiamat! ...Great Queen of the Five Colors! ...Please forgive me!..."

Click!

There was not a shred of pity.

This Primordial Red Dragon of Purgatory, whose strength surpassed all others in the material plane, was a god-deified dragon. Cracks appeared on its head, and its scales, which were strong enough to resist legendary spells, were easily torn apart. Even its huge horns showed signs of decay.

Even the power of the Divine Dragon could not resist the erosion it was suffering at this moment, because it was cracked open from the inside out, with endless blood gushing out and then flowing back in. Its cracked body was torn apart, and from the shattered flesh, dragon heads slowly emerged from its body.

Let them wail.

Beg for mercy if you will.

Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors, showed no mercy. After lying in wait for nearly three weeks, she relied on her divine nature to complete the final 'possession'.

Without the dragon's awareness, Tiamat directly eroded its body, completing the final transformation, and used its flesh and blood to reshape a human avatar in a material plane.

boom!
The body of Chassa, the father of Quesenta, the Primordial Red Dragon of Purgatory, and the God-Sealing Dragon, exploded on the spot. From its broken corpse, ferocious dragon heads emerged, followed by an even more majestic female five-headed dragon.

—Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons (human incarnation)!

Divinity is not so easily devoured.

Chassa thought that by seizing the power of the other two divine dragons, he could devour Tiamat's divinity, but he never expected that he would only become a tool for Tiamat to possess and reincarnate.

"Praise be to the great Five-Colored Dragon Queen."

Such a horrifying scene caused all the half-dragon priests to kneel down, while Tiamat, the five-colored dragon queen, slowly raised her head and looked down at her servants.

“A great master!”

“Gilga, who leads Enser, has been abandoned by his people.”

The high-ranking legendary half-dragon priest bowed to the ground, trembling with fear at the dragon's might, and said, "As you command."

"We have already sent people to infiltrate the Dragon Worship Cult."

"I'm sure it won't be long before they realize that you are the greatest being!"

Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors, has returned this time solely for revenge!
She wanted to kill Gilga of the Enser pantheon.

However, before that, she had a very important thing to do. Tiamat, the five-colored dragon queen, looked down at the believers before her and said slowly, "Send people to the Dragon Coast immediately."

"Secretly gather information about a powerful being."

Ok?
Just how strong is it that the Five-Colored Dragon Queen would call it a powerful being?
The leading half-dragon priest looked up in astonishment and said cautiously, "My lord."

"Is the being you want us to investigate an incarnation of a true god?"

Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons, slowly shook her head.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on the forehead of the half-dragon priest, who forced himself to ask, "Is that a demigod capable of challenging an incarnation of a god?"

Tiamat shook her head again after the five-colored dragon.

As if she felt she was indeed making things difficult for these believers, Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors, finally said, "He is the embodiment of darkness, the shadow of death. Once He reveals His presence, there will surely be turmoil."

"Find His incarnation and then tell me."

A certain intuition told Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons, that the terrifying being had also entered this world.

Moreover, that being's existence is related to her origins.

However, the other party will not easily reveal its tracks, because there are too many gods in this world, and there are even gods above gods. It will most likely choose to 'sneak in secretly', perhaps by incarnating a will into a mortal, or perhaps by secretly creating a human body for reincarnation.

Regardless, Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors, hopes to find Him.

After arranging all of this, Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colors, looked in the direction of Enser, her pupils burning with the flames of revenge—hatred for Gilga.

The turbulent year is over.

However, the Holy Catastrophe was not completely over, because the battle of the gods was still ongoing. Especially after the gods became more closely connected with faith, her violent enemy, Gilga, suffered a significant drop in strength due to insufficient faith.

Now is her chance to kill a god!

After the last incarnation of the Five-Colored Dragon Queen perished, she secretly plotted her resurrection. She ultimately chose Chassa, an ambitious ancient purgatory red dragon who wanted to be deified.

After lying in wait for several weeks, she finally decided to complete her 'resurrection' and begin her revenge plan.

Tiamat, the Queen of the Five Colored Dragons, swallowed Chassa's soul.

This soul is still useful.

Perhaps one day in the future, she will try to resurrect it and use it as her tool, the dragon champion of the Faerûn plane, the chosen ones of the gods.

Storm Mountains.

A young man dressed as a bard arrived in Arabe, a bustling lakeside city.

The shadow dancer Kevin, disguised as a bard, quietly arrived at this place that had once been ravaged by the ancient red dragon. There were still traces of the dragon's breath ravaging the place, but it was not abandoned because of this. On the contrary, there were many unfamiliar faces from other places.

Those ambitious adventurers.

Of all the adventures, slaying a dragon is undoubtedly the most commendable feat, bringing immense wealth, astonishing fame, and even attracting the attention of the gods.

"What would you like to drink, buddy?" a bartender asked as he approached.

The shadow dancer Kevin put down his harp, snapped his fingers, tossed a silver coin, and said, "Give me the strongest liquor."

His handsome appearance was quite eye-catching.

Most of the members of the Pleasure Cult were handsome men and beautiful women. Perhaps because of his refined demeanor, a waitress in the tavern even gave him a flirtatious wink. However, Kevin was uninterested, because the Pleasure Cult was not lacking in beauties. How could the ordinary women outside compare to those pampered noblewomen?

However, he still chatted intimately with the other party for a few moments, even taking out a gold coin and stuffing it into the other party's ample chest, while also inquiring about the details of the dragon attack that had recently taken place here.

In fact, it wasn't really an attack; the red dragon simply exhaled a breath of dragon breath and then left.

It didn't take long.

A refined-looking merchant quietly appeared outside the tavern. His eyes lit up when he saw Shadow Dancer Kevin, and he quickly walked over, bowing his head and saying, "Lord Kevin."

A high-ranking member of the Crimson Actors Order.

A prominent figure in the Pleasure Cult.

Chirkot is a well-known merchant in Arabel, mainly dealing in art and also offering private commissions. He also has some connections among the elves.

When he saw the figure of Shadow Dancer Kevin, he immediately knew that his chance had come.

This is a very important person whom you would never normally see!
His face was full of flattery, and he was almost completely open to telling the truth, doing everything he could to please the other party and offering anything of value. For him, if he could gain the friendship of this person, he could quickly get in touch with the church's higher-ups and even obtain the secret support of the Church of Wealth. After all, many people knew that the Goddess of Joy, Lierra, was now in charge of the God of Wealth.

In the corner of the tavern.

Several adventurers from the West were also whispering among themselves. One of the tall rogues glanced over and said to his companion, "That bard is no ordinary person. He seems to be a big shot."

Beside her, several of her companions secretly glanced back, and the bearded dwarf said in a deep voice, "How did you figure that out?"

The wanderer lowered his voice and said, "You've forgotten."

"Abella hired a large number of adventurers to clear out the orc raiders in the Storm Mountains. One of the investors was Chilkot, a well-known merchant here."

"The elven artifact used to reward adventurers—Echo of Moonlight—was the one he brought out."

"The kind of person who can make him bow and scrape."

"What else could he be but a big shot?"

The adventurers present seemed thoughtful, and one of them whispered, "Should we make contact?"

Adventurers like them, even if they have some strength, are unlikely to rise to prominence without fame. Local merchants and nobles usually ignore them, even regarding them as potential trouble, using them and then discarding them like worn-out shoes. If they could get in touch with the church, they might have a chance to turn their lives around.

At this time, many unfamiliar yet powerful new faces had appeared throughout the Kingdom of Cormier.

at the same time.

A fleet of more than ten large ships also set sail from Sergant, passing through Lake Long and arriving at Susar, the capital of the Kingdom of Komir.

The two major churches began to exert their efforts simultaneously.

They sent out a dozen or so teams of spies and informants, but compared to the people sent out by the Pleasure Cult, the Wealth Cult had already scouted out the surrounding area before they even took action.

West of Tilton, in the area near the rocky terrain.

A burly human warrior pulled a battle axe from the orc raider's head, casually wiping the blood off his body before plopping down beside the corpse. He addressed his halfling companion, who was cleaning up the battlefield, as "Basil."

"What's going on lately? Why has the Adventurers' Guild suddenly released so many quests targeting orcs?"

Basil-Smoker, standing to the side, sorted the spoils into his storage bag, then said without looking up, "Perhaps some big shot up there wants to clean up these raiding orcs."

Why worry about so much?

"We only accept tasks that are within our capabilities."

At this moment, a female mage not far away spoke up: "I heard that the Church of Wealth provided the funding for this operation."

"Anywhere around the Storm Mountains where quest requests can be issued."

"Reconnaissance missions were issued simultaneously."

"And the commission has also been increased by 20%."

This mage clearly had more channels for gathering information. She explained, "The Kingdom of Cormier is in financial trouble due to the turmoil, but their Crown Prince Asan seems to have won the friendship of a powerful figure in the Church of Wealth."

"The funding should be provided by them."

"These missions are mainly for orc warlords who plunder everywhere, and for the rumored whereabouts of that giant dragon."

"If we can find traces of that dragon."

"No need to slay the dragon."

"You could make a fortune!"

For ordinary adventurers, the Five Fierce Women are legendary figures.

The companions around him were tempted upon hearing this, but the halfling cautiously shook his head and said, "Let's forget about it."

"After all, it's a dragon."

"I heard that it melted the walls of Arabel with a single breath of its dragon breath."

"Perhaps it is a fully grown red dragon."

"Do not."

"It could even be a dragon in its prime."

The tall human mage shrugged and said, "I was just saying. Maybe we'll get lucky and see it flying by, and it just happens not to notice us?"

"Who can say for sure about these things?"

"do not forget."

"After all, I once won the [Temora's Smile]."

Normally, the luckiest halflings in an adventurer's party are those favored by the gods and possess unique fortune. However, this adventurer's party is an exception because the human female mage once saw the holy incarnation of the goddess of fortune, Tamora, and even won her smile.

She brought up this matter whenever she had the chance.

The specific events occurred in the year the Holy Cataclysm broke out, when Tamora descended upon the city of Arabel during a turbulent era, which is the place where the Shadow Dancer Kevin arrived earlier.

She built the "Ladies' Hall" in the local temple and publicly received worshippers there.

In that chaotic moment when magic was out of control and it seemed that the gods had abandoned mortals, the arrival of Temora and his subsequent actions not only calmed the panicked and bewildered hearts of the people, but also let everyone know that there were still gods who cared about their mortal believers.

In that desperate moment, the fact that one could directly converse face-to-face with the noble and sublime goddess not only attracted a large number of new believers (of course, one had to donate a certain amount of wealth before being able to see the goddess), but also greatly elevated the status of her followers and clergy.

There is a wondrous object in the material plane called the 'Lucky Coin', which appeared at that time and is said to have been blessed by the goddess of fortune, Tamora.

As she spoke, a glittering gold coin appeared in the human female mage's hand. She tossed it triumphantly, drawing envious glances from the halflings beside her.

She not only met the goddess of fortune, but also received her smile.

From then on, she was very lucky, and the team was able to escape danger several times because of her good luck.

at this time.

The burly human warrior stared in surprise at the distant mountains, then hissed, "Get hidden!"

All of them were experienced adventurers, and their reactions were quite quick; they immediately took cover.

The human female mage even activated the ring's invisibility spell directly.

The wind howls!

A massive red dragon swept across the sky, and whether they were lucky or not, the terrifying and ferocious dragon didn't see them at all.

Only after its terrifying figure disappeared did the others manage to stand up, limp and exhausted.

"This is definitely not a fully grown dragon."

Basil-Pipe, looking somewhat shaken, patted his small frame and said, "It must have been a mature, large dragon."

"No!"

"It might even be an elderly dragon!..."

As for anything higher, that would be a bit too much for them; such a dragon would be a disaster anywhere.

"do not talk!"

"Lady Fortune is smiling upon us!"

The human female mage exclaimed excitedly, "Hurry back! We're going to be rich!"

This is a large sum of money.

They estimated they were the first adventurers to discover traces of the dragon, and that the dragon's lair was likely nearby.

The human female mage kissed the lucky gold coin in her hand, carefully placing it close to her chest. During the Holy Cataclysm, she spent all her savings to pay homage to the Goddess of Fortune, which was probably one of the wisest investments of her life.

The smile of Lady Luck was so radiant that she decided to convert to her faith from then on.

………………

When the Cataclysm broke out, the goddess of fortune, Tamora, won the favor of mortals by receiving worshippers and helped the local church overcome its financial crisis.

One of the joys of Temora is teasing the serious and rigid guardian god Heim, as well as the god of justice Tyr.

In addition to inheriting all the kind qualities of her predecessor, she also inherited the fickle nature of the goddess of fortune, Tahiri, in matters of love. Since her birth, she has seduced many gods and countless mortals. However, her romances rarely last more than two years; most of them are just teasing and flirting to satisfy her perverse pleasure.

That's just how luck is.

The goddesses of the Bright Water Domain descend to places that are relatively close together, and apart from her sister, Lady of Misfortune, basically no one bothers her.

Her church was very loosely organized, with the main temple located in Arabe's ladies' quarters, and the Lucky Lady rarely devoted any effort to managing the church.

With this free time, she might as well tease some mortals or make fun of her sisters and find some amusement.

Her incarnation is usually a human woman dressed in a magnificent robe, with a noble and elegant demeanor, and wearing a simple gold crown over her long, platinum-blonde hair.

Within the Goddess Alliance of the Bright Water Domain, she maintained a distant relationship and rarely took action herself.

Lady Luck is as fickle as mortals would think.

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(End of this chapter)