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Chapter 260: Virtual and Submissive
Seeing the frost dragon escape, Dui didn't hesitate: "Chase it!"

Smaug and Saurondo followed after them.

Only the basilisk Herpo, affected by the cold, managed to stay awake by sheer willpower, but he didn't have much fighting power.

So I simply left it where it was to sleep, and picked it up when I came back.

The frost dragon fled ahead, with Dui and the others chasing behind.

The Frost Dragon moves incredibly fast on the ground; its massive body, spanning thousands of meters, traverses towering mountains with ease.

Meanwhile, Dui and others continued to attack from behind.

They moved north along the Misty Mountains.

The Frost Dragon has temporarily lost its ability to exhale cold air due to its previous outburst, but its power is still not to be underestimated.

The recent burst of ice had covered his body with an even more solid layer of ice, which even Smaug's dragonfire could not melt quickly.

At the same time, Dui could not maintain his Obscurial form for long and transformed back into human form, riding on Smaug's back and chasing after him.

So Dui and the Frost Dragon fought their way through countless mountains.

They stopped when they reached the middle of the Misty Mountains, near Silvertooth Peak above Moria.

In the distance, on Silvertooth Peak, lies the Tower of Dulin, the very place where Dui and Gandalf once fought the Balrog.

Dwarves now hold the fort there, and from afar they spotted the Frost Dragon, along with the pursuing dragon Smaug and the eagle Saurondor.

Many of the dwarves of Moria had seen the dragon Smaug and the eagle Saurondor, but they had never seen the even larger frost dragon, and were even more shocked by it.

An uproar immediately broke out, and warnings were sounded.

Dui, however, paid no attention to the commotion on Silvertooth Peak in the distance, but instead watched the stopped frost dragon warily.

The frost dragon looked extremely tired and weak, panting heavily.

It wasn't that the Frost Dragon was tired from running; it was because it was poisoned.

He was injected with all the venom of the basilisk monster Halbo. A single drop of that venom could kill an elephant, not to mention that Halbo had enough venom stored in his body to fill a bucket.

Such potent poison could even kill Smaug, yet the Frost Dragon has managed to hold on until now and is still standing.

Such strength left Dui speechless.

At the same time, they became more cautious and careful.

After all, even a cornered beast will fight back, and beings like the Frost Dragon are most dangerous in the final moments.

The ice on the frost dragon's body had almost completely melted under Smaug's relentless dragonfire.

The frost dragon looked at Dui and begged for mercy, "Wizard, I am willing to submit! As long as you spare my life, I am willing to be at your beck and call, just like your little fire dragon!"

Upon hearing this, Dui raised an eyebrow, revealing a look of surprise.

"You want to submit to me? Really?"

The Frost Dragon nodded quickly.

"of course it's true!"

Smaug, however, bristled with fury and stared warily at the frost dragon, as if he were looking at a thief who had stolen his home.

"Master, don't believe his nonsense! He's definitely lying to you! There isn't a single good dragon in this world besides me!"

The frost dragon, however, spoke to Dui provocatively:
“Wizard, you would be better off taking me than this little fire dragon. I have lived since ancient times and know many secrets, including the story of my former master Morgoth. Moreover, I am countless times stronger than that little fire dragon!”
I can help you dominate this world! Even replace Sauron and rule it!

The Frost Dragon's voice was full of allure, desperately showcasing its advantages.

Dui seemed to be persuaded and said, "If you truly submit, then sign a magical oath with me, obeying all my commands without disobeying. Can you do that?"

Upon hearing this, the Frost Dragon hesitated and struggled for a moment, but seeing the menacing Dui, the dragon Smaug, and the eagle Saurondo, it finally resigned itself to its fate and lowered its head.

"I am willing."

Dui's face lit up with joy upon hearing this.

"Then I'll teleport onto your back. You're not allowed to resist, and you must sign a vow contract with me!"

The Frost Dragon nodded.

Seeing that Dui had hooked up with the Frost Dragon, Smaug became anxious.

"Master, don't believe his nonsense! This old dragon has lived for a very long time and is extremely cunning. He wouldn't surrender so easily..."

"Alright, Smaug, believe me, no matter what, you will always be my most trusted partner, and that will never change!" Dui patted Smaug gently, then instantly Apparated and disappeared.

A few seconds later, he teleported onto the back of the Frost Dragon.

Holding his wand, he said to the frost dragon, "Now we will begin to swear a blood oath. I will draw a drop of your blood and merge it with a drop of mine to establish an unbreakable vow. You must not resist."

The frost dragon nodded submissively, then bit its tongue, instantly drawing icy blood from its mouth. It turned to the dragon and asked, "Master, is this enough blood?"

Dui waved his hands repeatedly: "That's enough! Just one drop is enough, you don't need so much."

"That's good! Master, please accept this!" The Frost Dragon leaned closer, looking completely at ease.

But the moment he got close to Dui, his submissive and docile gaze instantly turned sinister, and he suddenly exhaled an extremely cold breath from his throat.

Caught off guard, Dui was instantly engulfed by the chilling air and turned into an ice sculpture.

"Master!!!" Smaug exclaimed in shock, unable to believe it.

The giant eagle, Zorondo, let out a mournful cry and then charged angrily at the frost dragon.

The frost dragon breathed cold air at the attacking giant eagle. Although Zorondo dodged in time, one of his wings was still touched by the cold air and frozen, preventing him from flying. He then plummeted to the ground.

"Hahaha, just a foolish human, easily fooled by a few words from me!" The Frost Dragon looked at the frozen Dui, its eyes filled with smugness and the satisfaction of revenge.

During the chase, he had already regained the ability to exhale cold air, but he pretended that he had not, just to catch Dui off guard and deliver a fatal blow.

The frost dragon looked disdainfully at Dui, who was as frozen as an ice sculpture, and sneered, "My master has always been the great Dark Lord Morgoth. Even Sauron could not make me submit, let alone a mere wizard like you!"

"Now that you're in my hands, I'm going to devour you to vent my hatred!" With that, the Frost Dragon swallowed the frozen Dui whole.

He then looked up at Smaug in the sky, who seemed not to have reacted, and said with disdain and disgust, "A descendant of the mighty dragon Ankaragon, actually submitting to a human, what a disgrace to the dragon race! Your master has been eaten by me, now get lost!"

The Frost Dragon wished it could devour the little dragon, but with one wing broken, it was powerless against Smaug in the sky and had to let it go for the time being.

"Who said his master is dead?" a voice suddenly rang out.

The next instant, Dui appeared on the back of the dragon Smaug, looking down at the frost dragon with a mocking expression.

Upon seeing Dui appear, the Frost Dragon's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Impossible! Didn't I eat you? How come you're not dead?"

Suddenly it dawned on him, and he felt extremely uneasy. "What was that thing I just ate?"

"You figured it out so quickly? No wonder you're an old dragon that's lived since ancient times!" Dui exclaimed with a smile, then asked with a playful expression.

"Do you feel warm in your stomach now? I took into account that you have a cold stomach, so I specially prepared some warming things for you, such as Flame Demon Fire Crystals."

As the saying goes, the devil is one foot tall, but the Tao is ten feet tall. The Frost Dragon had never been kind from the beginning, and Dui never trusted the Frost Dragon.

Both sides were playing along, trying to find an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the other.

So, those few seconds that Dui was late in Apparating onto the Frost Dragon's back were actually spent in another hidden place.

The "Duy" that was swallowed by the Frost Dragon was actually Duy using shapeshifting magic to transform the mithril furnace containing all the Balrog's Fire Crystals into his likeness, and then using a portal key to teleport onto the Frost Dragon's back.

The Balrog's Fire Crystal is a crystal formed over thousands of years by the power of the Balrog in the Balrog's lair at the bottom of the Moria Mine. It has an extremely high temperature, enough to melt mithril.

The Balrog is a being of a higher order than the dragon; its condensed fire power is so potent that even the frost dragon's chill cannot extinguish it.

Now that the Frost Dragon has swallowed the Mithril Furnace containing all the Balrog's Fire Crystals, it's tantamount to swallowing a time bomb.

The moment Dui remotely activated the mithril forge,

Inside the enormous stomach of the Frost Dragon, the Mithril Furnace opened automatically, releasing the heat of the Balrog Fire Crystals.

The stomach, which was originally extremely cold, became incredibly hot, with temperatures reaching tens of thousands of degrees Celsius. This directly evaporated the gastric juices, and the surrounding stomach walls were also steamed and roasted.

The enormous stomach space rapidly expanded like a balloon, growing larger and hotter.

Meanwhile, outside, as soon as Dui finished speaking...

The Frost Dragon felt intense pain in his stomach, as if a scorching flame was burning inside him, scorching and melting his internal organs from the inside out.

Even through my belly, I could feel a burning heat emanating from inside.

The frost dragon let out an extremely painful scream, rolling violently on the ground, destroying all the surrounding boulders and trees, and causing the ground to tremble continuously.

The piercing screams even reached Moria, drawing the attention of countless dwarves.

Dui watched coldly as the frost dragon's belly swelled larger and larger, until finally a stream of scorching air shot out of its mouth through its trachea, much like a teapot continuously spewing steam when boiling.

Gradually, the frost dragon's body became scorching hot, just like a cooked shrimp, turning completely red.

The frost dragon, its internal organs burned to a crisp, was on the verge of death, its painful eyes filled with resentment.

"Avada Kedavra!" Dui used his staff to unleash the Killing Curse with all his might once again.

A dazzling spell struck the frost dragon.

This time, the Frost Dragon fell silent, its pupils dilated, and it completely lost its breath.

(End of this chapter)