Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

Cassius lay in the palace, observing his chest with the [All-Seeing Eye]. The "Heart of Karix" was emitting a rhythmic glow as his heart beat steadily, as if it had completely merged into his body.

He looked at the panel, and the number representing the progress of the fusion was still increasing, but its speed had slowed down a lot.

[Your progress in absorbing the [Heart of Karix]: 1.57%]

Cassius looked solemn.

Gods do not exist with completely free will. Their priesthood will affect their personalities to a certain extent. Even the third Mystra was affected by the remnants of the original goddess of magic, and her personality was completely different from the original, not to mention mortals like red dragons.

Facing a being like Karix, whose status and bloodline far exceeded his own, it was almost inevitable that Cassius would be affected.

If he had not realized the change in his personality, it would be very likely that he would have become the incarnation of the God of Destruction Dragon in a subtle way.

"Jezalslak."

He read the name again.

Carefully recalling his experience in the Astral Prism, Cassius realized that the means of this "vengeance demon" far exceeded his imagination.

At the moment when the remains of Karix reappeared in the world, his desire for power almost reached its peak. He even tried to steal the heart with a desperate mentality - but he actually had no such urgent need, just out of greed for power.

"This is the influence of the will of the abyss."

"Becoming chaotic, violent, dominated by desire, and even at all costs."

Cassius couldn't help but feel a little scared.

The demon lord easily influenced his mind without him noticing. It seems that there is a reason why the "Cassius" in the previous life was deceived.

After all, that was a genuine young dragon that had just left the nest. How could it play with this tens of thousands of years old abyss fox.

Cassius looked at his panel and stared at the sub-profession of [Blood Scale Berserker].

This "barbarian" among dragons is extremely compatible with the characteristics of red dragons, and is a perfect match with the destructive power of Karix.

Every time he enters the state of "blood scale frenzy", he will feel his heart beat faster, and a warm current will come from his body, and the fusion progress of the Heart of Karix is ​​growing rapidly.

He used to be addicted to the pleasure of increasing strength, and even to the feeling of fist-to-flesh and bloody fighting.

But now, his mood is particularly heavy.

"Sure enough, it's bait again."

Cassius smiled bitterly.

From the moment he killed Koman, he had fallen into the trap of the vengeful demon, and all the rich power he gained from it might become a poison that would sink him.

He once disdained Koman, who was obsessed with revenge, but now he is vaguely on the same path.

The red dragon can still feel that the power of chaos and destruction flows in every blood vessel of his body, lurking in his strong dragon body, waiting for the opportunity to vent and destroy everything.

This is the common curse of Karix, who is trapped in the screaming tunnel, and Jezalslak, who is imprisoned in the astral world.

Ordinary mortals have almost no resistance to this level of curse.

If he leaves it alone, the situation will only get worse. When Karix's blood flows through his torso, limbs and even brain, the power of destruction will eventually devour him completely, turning him into a puppet dominated by the desire for destruction and influenced by the will of the abyss.

Now he can barely maintain his sanity, but by then it will not be controlled by "his own will" alone.

Cassius exhaled sulfur-smelling white smoke, he lowered his head and stared at his slightly rising and falling chest, as if he saw the amber-like blood crystal, and muttered to himself:

"Damn, this state must end as soon as possible."

"At any cost."

In the remote side hall of the palace, the silver dragon collapsed to the ground powerlessly, breathing weakly.

The confinement of the dragon binding array has been partially unlocked. Although there are still outer restrictions that she cannot break through, at least she has space to move freely.

Recalling what happened in the past few days, she felt extremely absurd and felt endlessly wronged.

"Why on earth?"

Olivia looked confused and smiled bitterly.

If the scam had not been revealed, she might not be so desperate. At least she would have a little illusory hope, barely deceiving herself and indulging in the beautiful fantasy she had woven.

But when the cruel reality was bloody in front of her, she could not continue to deceive herself anyway.

The figure of the powerful Burning King gradually overlapped with the figure of the mysterious golden dragon Angel, which made her feel more absurd in this world. It was like a huge joke played by the God of Destiny on her, and her sanity was about to collapse.

But strangely, for the red dragon, she did not feel the deep hatred as she expected, but more confusion and puzzlement, as well as an extremely complex emotional and psychological dependence - this situation seems to be called Stockholm syndrome in a certain world.

The attachment to "Angel", the grievance of being deceived, the confusion and despair about the future intertwined and tangled together, and finally formed this complex mood in the mind of the silver dragon.

"He could have killed me."

"But his personality is like a different dragon."

The red dragon's violent eyes that wanted to destroy everything appeared in Olivia's mind again.

This was completely different from the rational and wise "King of Embers" Cassius in her memory, let alone the kind and upright golden dragon Angel.

"Demon of the Abyss."

Olivia remembered the words repeated by the other party.

Yes, the devil of the abyss.

This chaotic and violent emotion, the state of being completely dominated by desire, is very close to those demons from the bottomless abyss. Olivia once came to Avernus under the protection of her elders, and saw the cruel and magnificent "bloody battle", as well as those violent demons.

"Maybe he really has something to hide."

"It was even cursed by an abyss demon."

Olivia couldn't help but murmur to herself, with a glimmer of light in her blue-gray eyes.

After sorting out the chaotic thoughts, Olivia suddenly felt that the red dragon was not so hopeless, and even a little involuntary.

"I might be able to save him."

Olivia suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of mission, thinking that she might be able to get the other party out of this chaotic and violent state, and even change their ways and come under the guidance of His Majesty Bahamut.

This is not only the salvation of the red dragon, but also the protection of all living beings on the main material plane.

You must know that for such an extremely powerful red dragon to become the incarnation of the abyss, it is not only a disaster for the Anzeta Wilderness, but also a nightmare for all living creatures, and even a disaster for the entire material world.