Wilmes flapped his wings and slowly landed on the top of a mountain.

Through the bright moonlight above, one can vaguely see that behind a huge rock on the top of the mountain, there is an entrance that is just large enough for a creature of the size of a red dragon to enter and exit.

However, because it is surrounded by dense vegetation, it is well hidden and almost impossible to spot with the naked eye.

If there were no "guides", it would be quite difficult for outsiders to find such a place.

After all, this mountain is just one of the surrounding mountains and hills that stretch for hundreds of kilometers.

There are no so-called "mountain roads" around, and all you can see are terrifying cliffs and steep slopes.

Without the ability to fly, just climbing up would be a hassle.

If you accidentally fall down halfway up the mountain, you will probably be smashed into a meat patty.

Zuo Si jumped off the dragon's back and walked straight to the entrance to take a look inside. Without even turning his head, he asked, "Are there any traps or monsters in Beltogas's lair?"

"I don't know. This guy never allowed me to enter his lair. But I do know that he has a large group of kobold slaves as his servants. In addition, there is a very rich mineral vein under this mountain."

Wilmes directly told all the information he had.

After experiencing this crisis, the red dragon has realized that Zuo Sicai is the only one who can restrict the owner of the strange thing in his brain.

If anything happened to him, he would probably not be able to escape the ultimate fate of having his brain eaten, so he didn't dare to hide any information.

"Kobolds? Mineral veins? In that case, this nest still has some value in preservation and possession?"

Zuo Si touched his chin with a thoughtful expression.

There is no doubt that the planet Toril, where the continent of Faerun is located, is a world with extremely rich resources.

In particular, various magic metals, precious metals and gems are all spellcasting materials that spellcasters need to collect in large quantities.

Moreover, when mining in this land full of supernatural powers, you have to face more than just wild beasts and monsters.

There are also druids who are sworn to protect nature, elves who make the forest their home, and a large number of fairy creatures and nature gods.

Therefore, a mineral vein that has not been discovered by the outside world and can be mined in large quantities is definitely of considerable value.

Wilmes also came to the entrance and shook his huge head and replied, "Yes! I have actually decided to move the nest from near Myratma to here after the storm has died down in a few days.

Compared to my original nest, this place is obviously safer and more hidden.

At the same time, you can overlook the trade route leading to Zazesibo.

Since we are very close to the Xingxuan Mountains, even if I occasionally rob one or two caravans, no one will suspect me. "

Obviously, as the current capital of the Kingdom of Tethyr, Zazespor is much richer than Myratma.

In addition, the area around Myratma had just been completely looted, and it was impossible for it to recover in a short period of time.

At this time, as an evil and greedy red dragon, it is perfectly normal to move to another place to rob.

"Moving? Don't be silly! You will always be by my side in the future, so you won't need a nest at all. When I settle down and build the Mage Tower, I will reserve a cave large enough for you to live in."

Zuo Si undoubtedly saw through the other party's thoughts and directly eliminated Wilmes's delusion in the bud.

With the lesson learned from last time, he would never allow the red dragon and the strange object to leave his sight again.

Otherwise, God knows what kind of trouble this duo will cause.

Through the conversation on the road just now, Zuo Si has almost understood that although Qiwu seems to have a very outstanding level of intelligence, in fact, it does not have a very strong "self-awareness".

All of its actions and thoughts are based on simulating the creatures it encounters around it.

Simply put, it is like an auxiliary artificial intelligence with autonomous decision-making capabilities.

Because of this, it is extremely dangerous and easy to get out of control.

The reason is simple! As long as the strange object believes that doing something is beneficial to its master, it will do it without hesitation, without considering the possible serious consequences.

Therefore, Zuo Si thought that he should keep him by his side and teach him for a period of time until he grew up to be rational and mature enough.

"What about my treasure?" Wilmes asked with a vigilant look on his face.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to covet your pitiful treasures. You can move them here first, and then move them to your own cave after the wizard tower is built."

After saying this, Zuo Si raised his finger and pointed at the dark entrance, signaling the red dragon to go ahead.

In this way, the man and the dragon walked along the carved steps into the pitch-dark cave.

As expected, Beltogas set a lot of traps along the way.

More than half of them spewed out magma and flames after being activated.

If it were an ordinary adventure team, they would probably be in a very miserable state even if they didn't die.

But this time the intruder was also a red dragon that was immune to fire damage, so it had no effect at all.

Wilmes didn't even bother to dodge. He just flapped his wings to push aside the lava, flames and rocks rolling down from the top of his head, opening up an absolutely safe path for Zuo Si behind him.

After walking in the dark for about ten minutes, we estimated that we had almost reached the lower center of the mountain. Suddenly, a huge natural cave appeared in front of us.

Inside the cave, one can clearly see a hill sparkling with golden and silver light.

Needless to say, these are all coins made of precious metals, as well as trade bars used in commodity exchanges.

In addition, there are also jewels, ornaments, handicrafts, armor, weapons piled on top of mountains of gold and silver...

Several of them emitted bright and dazzling arcane auras, and were obviously magical items.

Of course, near the huge pile of treasure, there are also many small creatures with reptile-like heads and scales, who are concentrating on taking care of this huge underground cave.

They are kobolds.

An omnivore with dragon bloodline.

Compared to goblins who only know how to rob and destroy things, ogres are obviously more organized and disciplined. They like to hide underground and dig holes, and live on grazing, hunting small animals, and growing mosses and fungi.

Due to their timid nature, they rarely take the initiative to attack villages and cities inhabited by humans.

Most kobolds are happy to serve a powerful dragon in exchange for its protection.

At this moment, these little creatures, just over one meter in size, are using a furnace that continuously spews out high-temperature flames to continuously throw ore into it and melt it into boiling molten iron.

Then it is poured into the mold to cool and become metal ingots.

This super-giant furnace does not use any fuel, but instead utilizes the boiling magma that gushes out from deep in the mountains.

Obviously, due to the presence of a mature red dragon that has settled here for a long time, even the mountain peaks are inevitably affected by the fire element and are gradually transforming into an active volcano.

The space on the right side of the entire cave is densely packed with large pieces of crude iron ingots, as well as scarce quantities of copper ingots, silver ingots, gold ingots, mithril ingots and refined gold ingots.

Such a spectacular scene made Zuo Si couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Unbelievable! Not only is there a mineral vein here, but a natural furnace has also been built. But who on earth is Beltogas going to sell so many crude iron ingots to?"

"No matter who he sells it to, it belongs to us now."

Wilmes made no effort to conceal his bandit face. He rushed directly to the ogres and unleashed his "Dragon Power" unscrupulously.

moment!

All the kobolds working there were terrified.

A few unlucky guys who were throwing ore into the furnace even fell directly into the boiling molten iron, screaming and turning into ashes.

About two or three seconds later, all the kobolds huddled together and knelt on the ground, trembling.

Perhaps because they had served Beltogas for a long time, when they saw another red dragon, they had no intention of resisting at all.

Leading the group was a tall and strong dog-headed man with wings like a dragon. He walked straight to Wilmes, crawled on the ground with an extremely humble attitude, and began to try to communicate with this powerful and terrifying invader in the dragon language that sounded like a dog barking.

(End of this chapter)