What bad thoughts can a paladin have?

Chapter 86 The Altar of Tiamat 【Please subscribe! 】

"A dragon beast with the blood of a blue dragon? This is the place to breed and train dragon beasts!"

Ren's eyes became serious.

"Ow!"

As if sensing the smell of strangers, the three dragon beasts became irritable. They roared at the position where the three of Renn were standing, and tried to climb up the cliff and attack the stranger on the top of the cliff.

However, due to the three-meter-high iron railings on the outside of the stone steps, the attempts of these dragon beasts to climb the cliff failed, and they had to roar angrily at the top of the cliff.

Glancing at the dragon beast at the bottom of the cliff, Ren turned his head and walked towards the way he came.

"Let's go, these guys can't escape without the key to open the stone gate at the bottom of the cliff."

Ren can see that these dragon beasts still have a lot of remnants of animal nature. Obviously, the cultists of the Dragon Witch Cult have not yet been fully domesticated. It is only because of their hasty retreat that these three dragon beasts have not been domesticated successfully. The dragon beast was thrown here.

It's just that Ren's heart became more and more curious, why did the Cult of the Dragon Witch retreat so hastily?
It can't be because of yourself, right?
The three of Ryan followed the passage and returned to the entrance full of flora.

This time, they chose the path on the right.

Soon, in the field of vision of several people, a cave that had been obviously artificially expanded appeared.

Hidden in the shadows, Ashe walked in cautiously. In less than half a minute, she brought the information inside the two of Ren.

"It's a mess inside, it looks like a kennel, and it looks like a barracks where kobolds live."

The half-elf assassin said with a look of disgust, then took a cloth bag from his waist, and threw it up and down in his hands.

"I found some golden eagle coins inside, not many, only 30 pieces, the three of us should share them equally."

Although kobolds are very interested in coins and wealth like dragons, they are more interested in offering the collected treasures to their dragon masters in exchange for the dragon's praise and gifts. Therefore, Not many coins can be found on kobolds.

Ashe was able to find 30 golden eagle coins in this kobold barracks. It is very likely that these kobolds just found them, but they haven't had time to pay the tribute.

After all, Hells, the green dragon, parted ways with the Cult of the Dragon Witch a few days ago.

In the eyes of the kobolds, except for the giant dragon, there is no intelligent creature worthy of their contribution to the wealth they have accumulated with great difficulty.

"It's a windfall, thank you Sister Ai Xi!"

Angelica happily put her ten golden eagle coins into the dimension bag.

"Tsk, I didn't expect, An Jie, you are still a little rich woman... Dimensional bag, this is a good thing to say."

Seeing the dimensional bag on Miss Ranger's waist, the half-elf assassin couldn't help but shed tears of envy.

Although she is an assassin, the extremely strict commandments in the monastery gave her no chance to show her skills, so that before she was captured by Qingfury, all the equipment on her body was worth less than 500 Golden Eagle Coins...

As for now, it is even poorer.

Her only enchanted dagger was taken by the half-blue dragon Blackguard as his own trophy and as a tribute to the Mother of Dragons.

"Hee hee, this is what Ryan gave me!"

Miss Ranger's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and a string of laughter like silver bells came out of her mouth.

What most stimulates people's sense of happiness?

Naturally, I have what others don't have, and I have it when others have it.

After sharing the small fortune, the three of them continued to explore ahead.

After going around a big detour, a huge stalactite cave appeared in front of the three of them.

"Stranger, stop and step back! This is the altar of the Great Dragon Queen, not a place for you to set foot in!"

With the sound of flapping wings, several winged kobolds flew out of the cave with weapons in hand, blocking Ren's path.

In the kobold population, in a small probability, the oviparous kobolds will give birth to cubs born with "dragon wings".

In the dragon language, the winged kobolds are also called "Erd", and their leather wings are also regarded as a gift from Tiamat, the mother of dragons, to the kobolds, and they often enjoy a higher priority among the entire ethnic group. high status.

And these winged kobolds are also more likely to be promoted to professionals than ordinary kobolds.

"I remember that you, you, and her are all defeated by Lord Qingnu. Young paladins, don't you know how to cherish the continuation of your life bestowed by Lord Qingnu?" Accompanied by the old voice, A kobold holding a staff, with an old complexion and a blue dragon scale on each side of his cheek came out slowly.

A kobold warlock, and a dragonborn kobold warlock with the boon of the dragon.

The kobold warlock is originally a spellcaster who has awakened the dragon bloodline in the kobold family, and the dragon-born kobold warlock blessed by the dragon is even more powerful.

Although it is not as good as the legendary adventurer of the kobold family, Pun-Pun, Ren has a feeling that the old kobold in front of him is a middle-level adventurer (5- Level 10) may also exist sideways.

Its cloudy eyeballs swept over Ren, and finally settled on Ashe, shaking his head slightly.

"Hehe, little assassin, it seems that you attracted these two. Don't you really understand the preciousness of life?"

The expression on Ashe's face suddenly darkened, she held the dagger behind her back, and said with a sneer:

"Old man, I am indeed no match for the half-blue dragon of Qingnu, but, do you think you and the kobolds under your command can kill the three of us?"

"Although I really want to send you to the Styx," the old kobold warlock did not get angry, but pointed the simple staff in his hand at Ren, and said with some regret, "but Lord Qingnu had already As I told you, if it’s someone else, shoot and kill, but if it’s you, a young paladin, don’t do it. So, two little girls, you should thank this young man, and praise the Dragon Queen, you picked up another life."

Taking a deep look at Ren, the kobold warlock waved the staff in his hand and said:
"In the name of Old Quark, I order all kobolds to retreat from their caves."

After all, Old Quark didn't even look at the three of Ren, surrounded by a group of winged kobolds, he turned and walked towards the cave behind him.

"You old bastard!"

Enraged by the contemptuous attitude of the opponent who turned his back on him, Ashe's eyes spewed fire, and was about to hit the opponent hard, but Ren stopped him with his hand.

The paladin shook his head slightly, signaling her not to act rashly.

"Why, are you tempted by that half-blue dragon, are you going to walk the path of the black guard?"

Ashe glanced sideways at Ren, and sarcastically said.

It seems that you really don't know what the gold content of an aged dragonborn kobold warlock is...

Ren shook his head.

"Ash, bad mouth doesn't change the fact that the opponent's strength far exceeds ours."

"Hmph, cowardly fellow!"

Ashe snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Facing the sudden conflict between Ashe and Ren, Angelica looked at this and that, and finally moved a few steps towards Ren's position.

Seeing this scene, Ashe was angry and funny.

"An Jie, you... just wait to be eaten by this bastard for the rest of your life!"

"But, Elder Sister Ashe, I have long been determined by Ren!"

Angelica blushed and stared at her toes, and said in a soft voice.

"Cough...the group of kobolds have already gone far, let's go in and have a look!"

Ren coughed lightly, trying to change the subject.

"Heh, you don't even dare to catch the ball, what kind of paladin!"

After passing by the paladin and dropping such a sentence, the half-elf assassin walked towards the cave first.

When the three of them entered the cave, they were all surprised to find that the space inside the cave was even bigger than they had imagined.

As long as the intelligent creatures entering this cave can see that this cave has been enlarged and reshaped by magic.The stone floor and three gray walls were polished extremely smooth by kobolds, and the stalactites and stalagmites scattered everywhere were also polished and polished, no matter where the light came from, they could refract colorful halos.

The air in the cave was not as cold and dry as outside, but warm and humid under the effect of the magic circle.

The most eye-catching thing is the huge altar in the middle of the cave, which covers an area of ​​ten feet and is evenly divided by the five colors of red, blue, black, green, and white.Five dragon heads representing evil dragons of five colors surround the outermost part of the altar.

On the wall facing the altar, there is a huge statue of a dragon.

A ferocious dragon with five dragon heads is rising from a volcano that is about to erupt.

The five ferocious dragon heads of that evil dragon protruded alternately, and its huge body and outstretched dragon wings almost covered the entire wall.

Under the dragon wings of this giant dragon, there are many smaller five-color evil dragons, as well as kobolds and members of the Dragon Witch Cult worshiping the giant dragon.

——Mother of Dragons, Queen of Five Colors Dragons, Tiamat!
Obviously, this is an altar dedicated to Tiamat by the Cult of the Dragon Witch!
And in the corner of the dragon statue, there is also a small wooden box inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl.

"Evil...mother of dragons!"

Looking at the sculptures on the wall, Ashe and Angelica's eyes almost widened.

Queen of five-color dragons, mother of evil dragons, goddess of evil dragons living in Avernas on the first floor of the Nine Hells, even ordinary people have heard of her name in many adventure novels!

"This... is this the altar of who?"

Ashe swallowed, and said harshly.

"Otherwise?" Ren asked back, walked to the altar, and began to look carefully, "Dragon Witch Cult worships more than just the dragons of the main material plane!"

According to his vague memory, the Cult of the Dragon seems to have finally summoned the incarnation of the oldest five-color dragon and descended to the main material plane.

He still vaguely remembered the scene of Tiamat's avatar climbing out of the huge crater roaring.

"I, I thought these Dragon Witch Cults could only create dracolich..."

Ashe smiled wryly.

"Although creating dracolich is the main job of the Dragon Witch Cult, this does not prevent them from developing a part-time job, such as enshrining Tiamat, the ancestor of the five-color evil dragon, and even trying to summon him to come to the main material plane. .”

Ren's words made the half-elf assassin's face change instantly, and her tone was full of disbelief.

"Zhao, summon this one to the main material plane, Ren, are you kidding? Yes, you are joking, right?"

"I wish I was joking, too. But I'm told it's not some ridiculous joke," Ryan said, putting his index finger lightly on his lips, "Shh, Ashe, Don't ask too much, I have my own news channel, but I can't tell you why. If you believe me, it's best to convey my words to your teachers and other people who pay attention to this matter. With their sophistication, I believe that if we can find out the clues of the relevant plans of the Dragon Witch Cult, then I will be able to verify whether my inference is correct."

I still have to track down the traces of the worm walker, and I can't spare any extra energy for a while. It is better to leave it to others that the Dragon Witch Cult tries to summon the mother of dragons to come to the main plane.

Looking at Ren's solemn and sincere face, although Ashe subconsciously couldn't believe the other party's reasoning, she thought in her heart that what the paladin said was very likely to be true.

So, after hesitating for three seconds, she nodded and agreed.

"I will tell the teacher and the elders of other monasteries about your deduction. As for whether they believe it or not, it depends on their decision."

The negotiation was successful.

Seeing that Ashe was moved by the words, Ren put down a big stone in his heart, and turned to talk about his discovery.

"Angelica, Ashe, look, on this mural, it is obvious that the number of black dragons under the wings of the mother of dragons is much more than that of other dragons. Does this mean that this altar dedicated to the five-color dragon queen , was mainly built with black dragons? Then, if this is used as an inference, are there other four altars in the entire main material plane, representing the four kinds of giant dragons except black dragons among the five-color evil dragons?"

"This... is very likely."

Ashe bit her lip and said.

"I have inquired a lot of news in the raider camp these days, one of which is that the Dragon Witch Cult near the city of Lahar is commanded by a high-ranking Dragon Witch Cult called [Dragon Lady]. And that one wears a black dragon mask on his face all year round."

"Black dragon mask?"

Angelica's eyes lit up, and she interjected:
"Isn't this consistent with Ren's deduction just now? And, does this mean that among the senior leaders of the Dragon Witch Cult, there are cultists wearing masks that symbolize other four-color evil dragons?"

"It seems that the seriousness of this matter is no longer something that my brother and I can solve alone. When we return to the monastery, these news must be reported to the teacher, and he will make a decision!"

With the gathering of news one by one, Ashe's complexion became more dignified.

"This is indeed what you have to do, but these are all things in the future... What we have to do now is to see what valuable things are in the treasure chests left by the kobolds here!"

Ren turned his gaze to the exquisite wooden box under the statue and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)