"You said that Tiamat suddenly appeared after you slaughtered the green dragons in the Dragon Forest, and expressed her desire to meet with me?"
Zuo Si fiddled with the colorful scales brought back by his followers, and a very strange and puzzled expression appeared on his face.
As the second-in-command of Baator today and a planeswalker with a vast amount of knowledge and secrets in his mind, it was impossible for him not to know the name of the evil dragon queen.
In fact, unlike what many people think of her as being widely worshipped by the five-colored dragons of the entire Faerun continent, the truth about Tiamat is that she was almost completely driven out of the pantheon of this world several times.
Even now, strictly speaking, we have not been able to establish a solid connection.
Apart from Unther, Mulhorand and Chessenta, it is estimated that only the madman Sammaster and the Dragon Church he founded worship this evil dragon god to a certain extent.
Because their brain circuits were not normal, they were deceived by Tiamat's little tricks and thought that this was the dragon lich god in the prophecy. They even gave it a resounding name, called "The Immortal Queen".
Due to the beliefs and worship of these lunatics, the God of Dragons gained a third incarnation besides the Dark Lady (in human form) and the Color Dragon, the multi-headed dragon lich.
Considering her wide-ranging influence across multiple material planes and her past as a hell lord and deity, it's hard to really know what she wants to do.
There was even a time when people speculated that Tiamat and Asmodeus must have reached some kind of unknown agreement in private, and perhaps she had already become one of the great devils.
This stems from the part of their teachings that advocates fighting the gods and expelling their influence from Faerûn.
Apart from the madman Cyric, only demons and devils would preach hostility against all gods.
Moreover, she has too many titles and faces, including Azhar who killed and integrated the dragon gods, Takhisis, a powerful deity in the world of Krynn, and Tiamat in the neighboring world of Greyhawk.
Even the God-conferred Dragon Tchazza and the wild god of the Chessenta region, Entropy, were once completely controlled and possessed by Tiamat.
Although the latter two eventually regained their independence, Tchazzar lost his previous ambition to become a dragon god, and eventually stopped at the "Dragon of the Gods". He was forced to become the chosen one of Tiamat and serve as her golden thug in the material plane.
In addition, there are two completely different theories about how Tiamat appeared in the continent of Faerun.
Some say that she and her mortal enemy and brother Bahamut were both born from the war between the gods and the primordial beings in ancient times.
The most powerful of the Originals, Erric Hutz, used a powerful battle axe to split the Nine-Faced Dragon God in half in a one-on-one duel.
As a result, the half that tended to be good became Bahamut, and the half that tended to be evil became Tiamat.
From then on, the brother and sister always disliked each other and were caught in an eternal struggle.
However, since this record was also written by a mortal, those who understand it will understand it, and its credibility will not be very high.
After all, before the distant Age of Thunder, it is unknown whether there was any civilization on the planet Toril or any written records that could record the War of Dawn. Such detailed and outrageous records can basically be regarded as legends or myths.
On the contrary, the other version is more credible.
In the latter's well-documented description, Tiamat came to the continent of Faerun with Unther and the Mulhorandi pantheon.
As for the reason, of course, after the ancient Imaskar Empire was hit by a plague, it opened an inter-dimensional portal to capture slaves everywhere to supplement the population and labor, causing the slaves to bring the beliefs of their original world with them.
Among them was Tiamat.
However, at the beginning, the majestic Dragon God merely existed as a "scapegoat".
Whenever the gods of Unther encountered setbacks or failures, they would blame Tiamat and accuse her of bringing disaster, destruction and death.
Over time, although Tiamat did not gain people's faith, she gained their fear.
As we all know, fear is essentially another kind of belief. Talos, the god of storms, and the furious gods he leads draw strength from the fear of mortals, becoming a powerful force among the gods that cannot be ignored.
So eventually, Tiamat harnessed the power of these fears and gained the power to send down an avatar in Toril.
According to the religious legends of the local people of Unther, the present Tiamat fought the bringer of justice Marduk for centuries.
The latter eventually succeeded in defeating the former and completely destroying his incarnation, but he himself paid a huge price and was permanently exiled.
Subsequently, Marduk's sect quickly disappeared in the long river of history and never appeared again.
Incidentally, Marduk is actually an aspect of Bahamut in the Untheric pantheon.
What is love and hate, what is evil fate, just look at these two and you will know, one pantheon is not enough for them to toss around, they have to go to other pantheons to change vests and continue to do it...
No one knows what Gilgeam, the second god-king of the Unther pantheon (the first god-king Enlil voluntarily abdicated and left the world of Toril), was thinking.
Perhaps it is to prove their legitimacy, or they simply want to create an enemy to scare mortals and ultimately gain more faith.
In short, he chose Tiamat, who had disappeared from the continent of Faerun, as his target, and constantly preached in various texts and sacrificial activities that the God of Dragons was the biggest threat to the entire pantheon and even the country.
This indirectly helped Tiamat, who was expelled from Toril, to successfully maintain a weak connection.
When the Unther pantheon began to weaken and shrink, and the god-king Gilgeam continued to degenerate and eventually became greedy, jealous, cruel, and arrogant, the situation finally changed.
To be precise, the people under the rule of Unther began to increasingly dislike and hate this God-King who only knew how to increase taxes and force them to give up the food they depended on for survival.
So, they began to stop believing in Gilgeam and instead prayed to Tiamat, the enemy that Gilgeam constantly preached about.
At this time, the Church of Tiamat, which had been hiding in the dark, also began to come out and teach the people at the bottom who were eager to resist how to establish a stable faith connection with the Dragon God.
Before long, Tiamat once again gained the power to send down an avatar across Faerun.
As luck would have it, not long after she was successfully summoned by her believers, Io, the god above all gods, cast all the gods down to earth.
The most shocking and turbulent year in Toril's history begins!
Gilgeous-Alexander, who thought he had the home advantage, openly launched a war of gods against Tiamat, hoping to use this opportunity to eliminate the most threatening enemy once and for all.
Since Io had not yet changed the rules between gods and faith at that time, Gilgeam, who possessed moderate divine power, won unsurprisingly.
He successfully killed Tiamat, and then fell into uncontrollable ecstasy.
In the eyes of the God King of Unther, with the death of Saint Tiamat, he can finally rest easy.
Unbeknownst to Gilgeam, before her death, Tiamat split her power and divine essence into three parts, merging them into the three most powerful dragons in the region.
One of them is the famous "Dragon of the Gods" and "Father of Quesenta" - Tchazza.
At that time, he was ambitious to become a dragon god, so he accepted the power and divinity from Tiamat without even thinking about it, and began to track down two other dragons of the same color as himself.
Shortly after the end of the turbulent years, Tchazzar not only successfully found the other two dragons, but also killed them and devoured their divine power and divinity, directly transforming into the dragon form of Tiamat.
But before they could be happy for long, Tiamat, who had been dormant and observing for a while, directly took control of the body and ambushed Gilgeam, who had declined to the level of a demigod.
Because at the end of the turmoil, Io, the God of Gods, completely changed the rules of this world, and the power of all gods is proportional to their believers and influence.
This also means that Gilgeam, who had long lost the support of the people after practicing tyranny for a long time, did not have many true believers at all, and fell from a medium-level divine power to a fragile demigod in an instant.
The mortal struggle between the two gods spread across Unther and into the Outer Planes.
The end result was that Gilgeam's essence as a god was destroyed, and Tiamat lost an incarnation and was also demoted from a lesser god to a demigod.
This is the price a god must pay for killing another god.
But as the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Just as Tiamat returned to Unther in triumph, preparing to be crowned as the new God-King, ruling this vast land and its people and gaining faith to increase her strength, her mortal enemy Bahamut and his followers unsurprisingly made a move.
This attack caused her to lose the precious opportunity to harvest faith and monopolize theocracy.
By the time the new avatar was created a year later, Unther had been corrupted by the Mulhorandi pantheon, and Tiamat could only scrape together some scraps.
As for the devoured Tchazza, for some unknown reason he later gained independence and freedom.
There is no doubt that compared to the first version, which is obviously fake and has a huge suspicion of fabrication, the second story is not only well-documented, but also can reflect the close relationship between Tiamat and the Unther pantheon from a certain aspect.
Therefore, Zuo Si felt that the latter was closer to the truth.
But the problem is that this cannot explain why before the elves came to Toril, when the dragons ruled the world, they fought each other as individuals or clans, and even developed some inexplicable religious fanaticism and desired to completely destroy each other.
You have to know that at that time, the enemies Tiamat and Bahamut had already instigated their descendants, believers and followers to commit genocide, and even triggered the famous "Dragonfall War".
It is also because of this that after the religious fanaticism subsided, many dragons came to the conclusion that these two dragon gods were not the protectors of their race and abandoned their belief in them.
This can be seen from the fact that both dragon gods have weak divine powers and do not have many dragon believers under their command.
So what is the origin of the birth of Tiamat and Bahamut?
Could it be that the first record that seems the least reliable is the true one?
Or was it because of the "Dragonfall War" that caused the collapse of faith in the two dragon gods in the world of Toril, or even their temporary extinction?
Then they all went to other planes to recruit followers, and then returned as the Unther pantheon? If this speculation is true, then when the Imaskar Empire opened the interplanar portal to capture slaves, did Tiamat and Bahamut play a role in guiding and behind the scenes? Did they deliberately sacrifice the Imaskar Empire in order to return?
The more he thought about it, the more Zuo Si felt that the two ancient dragon gods were not simple, and there might be many unknown conspiracies and secrets behind them.
"Master, do you think there is any danger or conspiracy here?" David asked cautiously.
Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and replied with a smile: "There may not be any danger, but it is hard to say whether there is any conspiracy.
You know, it is not easy to try to judge an ancient god without knowing his true intentions.
But I was still curious about what had caught Tiamat's attention.
Is it the ability of the planeswalker to freely travel through the multiverse and plunder the wealth and resources of an entire world?
Or can I find a home for her evil dragon spawn to thrive?
Or can I lead the evil dragons to conquer one time and space after another? Of course, it is not ruled out that the dragon queen wants to cooperate with me to expel the influence of the Mulhorand pantheon in Chessenta and Unther, so as to monopolize the faith in that area.
There are so many similar possibilities, not to mention the new and even more brutal bloody battle with demons and the Eldrazi that is about to break out.
So it is very likely that Tiamat is hiding her true intentions behind countless lies and deceptions."
"So you're not going to respond?"
Davian asked in a not very sure tone.
“No, quite the opposite.
I had to respond immediately and appear interested.
Because whatever Tiamat wants from me, she must give something as bait.
I will not easily let go of such a free benefit.
As for the specific process of cooperation and who can gain more benefits from it, it depends on how she and I perform in this game of wits and courage.”
After saying this, Zuo Si quickly turned his gaze to Vera, who had been assisting him in managing and commanding the coalition forces these days.
The latter obviously noticed this, and immediately stopped the work at hand, raised his head and asked tentatively: "Is there anything you need me to do?"
"Can you lead the coalition forces to continue their steady advance toward the Dragon Coast and bring all the towns and villages along the way into the territory of Amn?"
Zuo Si had no intention of beating around the bush and expressed his thoughts very directly.
Because he needed a few days to go to Baator and visit the dragon god who established his kingdom in the huge cave near the Pillar of Avernus's Skull on the first level.
Of course, considering that the other party had once served as a lord of the first level, one of his descendants, the plunderer - Modukavaar (a two-headed red dragon of purgatory who can transform into a super-large abyss demon), is also a member of the Eight Demon Generals and has an extraordinary influence on the politics of hell, so it is best to act secretly without anyone's knowledge.
Vera nodded quickly. "No problem! But you'd better leave a clone or simulacrum behind just in case. Otherwise, if people like Ms. Alustriel and Master Khelben find out the flaw, I'm not sure I can deal with them."
"Don't worry, I have prepared a simulacrum for you."
After saying that, Zuo Si raised his hand and cast a summoning magic.
moment!
An avatar that looked exactly like him and whose body was made entirely of ice and snow was summoned from the wizard tower.
Then, with another transformation, the simulacrum became indistinguishable from reality, and even touching it did not feel the slightest bit cold.
Obviously, since his arcane spellcasting level reached a certain level, Zuo Si created a large number of simulacra in the Mage Tower with half of his own strength, and even equipped them with some magic items.
Although the simulacrum has many shortcomings, such as it cannot become stronger through learning and research, and its basic attributes cannot be improved with the help of the wishing spell, and the production process consumes a lot of magic energy, and the used spells cannot be restored by resting...
But the problem is that as long as it is not destroyed, it can exist forever, and there is no limit to its quantity.
This means that if a wizard or warlock learns the art of simulacrum, he can slowly create a simulacrum every few days and accumulate them.
When needed, he could pull out a dozen, dozens, or even hundreds of himself with half the strength.
Whether it's joint spellcasting or a righteous group fight against the enemy, it can achieve the effect of surprise.
In this regard, Sean VII is a typical example.
At all times, he always keeps at least twenty simulacra with full spell slots ready for action.
In comparison, Zuo Si, who always liked to plan ahead and prepare as many cards as possible, would naturally not fall behind.
Although the simulacra he created would only inherit the job level and power gained in this world.
Including a total of LV16 mage level, LV12 priest level, LV18 warlock level, and the ability to transform into a small two-headed infernal dragon.
It can't even inherit the various spell-like abilities and immunity characteristics from the Chosen One, the only form of the Great Devil, but it is already powerful enough for most people.
Many times, just a simulacrum is enough to calm the situation.
"You stay here and follow Vera's instructions!"
Zuo Si gave the simulacrum direct orders.
Because it is a special magical creation, the simulacrum does not have any mental connection with its creator, so all commands and instructions must be given in clear language.
"clear!"
The simulacrum immediately bowed to the young woman next to it to show its obedience.
The Salem Quant family is the founder and controller of the Masked Mages Guild of Amn.
As the last direct member of the family, Vera is a warrior, but that doesn't mean she knows nothing about magic.
On the contrary, she understood the essence of simulacrum, so she didn't care about the reaction of the simulacrum. Instead, she solemnly promised Zuo Si: "I swear, when you come back, you will see the complete West Heartland and Dragon Coast. All the people living in this land will regard you as the savior and the chosen king."
"Oh, there's no need to be so hasty, Vera dear.
You have to understand that many things in politics are not about doing things the faster the better, but require enough patience.
Also, remember not to push Fuzzol Chamberlain too hard.
If possible, let him go.
After all, for a long time to come, Zhentil Keep is not our main enemy, but their old rival, the Harper Alliance.
Let Fuzor Chamberlain retain more strength, so that he can better contain Elminster and his followers after returning."
After saying this, Zuo Si immediately activated the teleportation magic and took Davidian and the black dragon Mulharans with him and disappeared into the tent.
The moment he opened his eyes, Zuo Si saw the succubus queen Mecanthust and the Khorne angel Zariel appear in front of him.
Especially the latter, after experiencing the baptism of divine power and divine blood, he has obviously become much stronger.
Coupled with the power obtained by the lord of the hell level, it seems that the power is not much worse than any weaker divine power, and is even slightly stronger.
"Tell me, how do you feel now?"
Zuo Si asked Zariel while quickly converting clothes and equipment from cards into real objects and putting them on to avoid the embarrassment of being naked.
后者不加思索的回答：“我现在感觉前所未有的好，父亲。
尤其是希瑞克疯狂的神血，已经成功被我转化成为对于战争和杀戮的狂热。
新型号的烁油也正式拥有了可以腐化侵蚀神明的力量。
只是苦于没有适合的实验对象，因此我们暂时还不知道它的侵蚀速度和效果究竟如何。
除此之外，我还利用新型号的烁油制造了一批重型战争机器，可以轻而易举在战争中碾死像巴洛炎魔、深狱炼魔这样最顶级的恶魔跟魔鬼。
它们都跟我一样，拥有跟上古邪物一样永生不灭的特性，即便是被杀死或者彻底摧毁，也会在几个星期之内从巨大的烁油海中获得重生。
给，这就是融合了神力与神血的新型号烁油，请您过目。”
说着，扎瑞尔抬起手解除了自己上半身坚固的金属机甲，露出里边一丝不挂的白皙皮肤，以及胸口心脏位置那不断发出轰鸣声的烁油引擎。
透过透明引擎的边缘，可以清晰看到里边原本黑色发亮的烁油，此刻已经彻底变成了一种宛如鲜血一样暗红色的半能量物质。
左思小心翼翼用一个事先准备好的容器取出了一点，感受着其中所蕴含的惊人力量，微微翘起嘴角赞叹道：“棒极了！
现在它终于有资格被称之为足以威胁到整个多元宇宙的天灾。
作为第一种可以侵染神明的烁油，我就暂时先将其命名为零号吧。
美坎修特，我交给你一个任务，那就是尝试着把零号烁油与你的六号烁油融合。
记住，这一切都要对外保密，绝对不能泄露半点风声。”
“如您所愿。”
美坎修特提起裙子优雅的行了一礼，美丽的脸庞上闪耀着宛如天使般圣洁的光芒，但举手投足间却散发着一种无法用语言形容的诱惑跟吸引力。
如此巨大的反差，很容易让人内心之中产生抑制不住的欲望跟想要亵渎的冲动。
不过她本人似乎并不在意这一点，向身边的扎瑞尔要了一点零号烁油之后，立刻主动汇报道：“父亲，您上次离开之后，地狱中发生了一些相当有趣的事情。
其中最值得关注的，无疑是第六层领主格莱西雅不断派出的使者。
从对方急不可耐的反应来判断，这位公主殿下应该是通过安插在我们宫廷内的间谍，得知了关于阿斯摩蒂尔斯交给您的那份授权文件。
我想她现在一定很焦急且十分缺乏安全感，迫切想要知道您的态度。
另外，您的那位秘书格拉米尔在以使者的身份抵达第四层弗莱格索斯之后，立刻便引发了一场严重的政治危机。
尤其在许多人知晓她的真实身份之后，菲尔娜女士和其父亲毕莱尔大公之间的关系开始变得异常紧张。
根据我们探子的回报，双方现在都开始不断地逼迫第四层掌握权力的魔鬼站队。
不出意外的话，这种双王共治的局面很快就会被打破。
届时只有一个胜利者能够成为第四层面真正的主宰。”
“听起来一切都在按照我预料的方向发展，不是吗？”
左思抿起嘴角意味深长的笑了。
“没错！通过阿斯摩蒂尔斯的那份授权文件，您已经成功拿捏住了第六层面领主格莱西雅的软肋。
而拿捏住了格莱西雅就相当于间接控制住了菲尔娜女士。
因为后者只有前者这么一个坚定的盟友，想要在政治斗争中战胜其老谋深算的父亲毕莱尔大公，势必就要向您低头求助。
这也就意味着等扫除毕莱尔大公之后，您将在很长一段时间内保持对第六和第四层面的影响力。
当其他层面领主得知这个消息之后，一定会被吓得瑟瑟发抖并对您保持足够的敬畏，再也不敢主动招惹是非。”
在说这番话的时候，魅魔女王的眼睛里充满了毫不掩饰的崇拜。
左思伸出手抚摸着美坎修特精致光滑的下巴，饶有兴致的吩咐道：“既然之前的计划进行的十分顺利，那就按照这个节奏有条不紊的继续推进吧。
尤其是被宠坏的格莱西雅，先不要急着给出回复，尽量多拖一会儿让她好好反省一下自己这段时间的所作所为。
更何况我这次过来也不是为了处理这两件事情，而是打算去拜访一下位于第一层面的恶龙之神提亚玛特。”
“拜访提亚玛特？”
扎瑞尔猛然间抬起头浮现出十分惊讶的表情。
作为很长一段时间的地狱第一层面领主，她自然不可能不认识这位恶龙之神。
毕竟提亚玛特还有个别称，那就是“地狱看门狗”。
由于她建立的国度刚好在阿弗纳斯与第二层链接的螺旋楼梯附近，所以任何非魔鬼生物在经过这里的时候，都有很大概率会被她和她的配偶、子嗣和造物攻击。
没人知道阿斯摩蒂尔斯和恶龙之神究竟达成了怎样的协议。
但可以肯定的是，提亚玛特绝对可以算得上是魔鬼们的盟友，偶尔还会亲自带队加入血战战场，去给那些混乱的恶魔们开开大眼。
“你对这位龙神有什么了解吗？”
左思随口问了一句。
扎瑞尔轻轻摇了摇头：“不，我对提亚玛特的了解并不多。
只知道她会在血战前线情况危急的时候前来帮忙，是个可以在一定程度上给予信任的盟友。
另外，她和她的巨龙军团根本不会服从任何领主的指挥。
就算是地狱之主阿斯摩蒂尔斯，也只能通过八魔将中的莫杜卡瓦尔来间接的进行调遣。
如果您要拜访提亚玛特，那最好格外小心一点。
因为吉斯洋基人的女王，就曾经被她扣押在自己的国度作为人质。
而且为了满足这位恶龙之神的胃口，吉斯洋基人每年都要进献大量的金银财宝。”
可左思却不以为意的笑着摇了摇头：“不用担心。
别忘了，这里可是地狱位面，而我是地狱第九层面的领主，同样也是主场作战。
真的打起来还可以召唤你们和第九层面的魔鬼军团。
我不觉得提亚玛特会愚蠢到玩这种无聊的小花招。”
伴随着最后一个字脱口而出，左思戴上兜帽遮住自己的脸，抬起手打了个响指消失在原地。
仅仅一秒钟之后，他便出现在第一层阿弗纳斯巨大的头骨之柱旁边。
这个标志性建筑主要是由恶魔的头骨塑造而成，其中最骇人的足有一栋小木屋那么大，应该是某种深渊巨兽死后被砍下的脑袋，最小的仅与成年男性的拳头相当，大概率来自于最低级的小恶魔或者怯魔。
这些头骨杂乱无章的堆砌在一起，最终形成了一个高度超过一千六百米的超巨型柱子。
由于太过惊悚骇人的关系，任何看到它的凡人都会产生强烈的不适与精神冲击。
轻则会原地开始恶心、呕吐、眩晕，重则当场遭到震慑根本无法动弹。
总之，头骨之柱是个拥有一定邪恶死灵系魔法效果的区域。
凡人冒险者如果不想闲着没事给自己找点刺激，最好是远远地躲开这个地方。
而且由于血战的前线已经被推进到无底深渊的前几层，所以阿弗纳斯现如今看起来相当的和平安静，丝毫感受不到之前那种紧张的战争气息。
就连之前永不停止加固的青铜堡垒，现如今都已经停止了扩建。
其内部驻扎的魔鬼军团也大多被派遣到前线去占领更多的深渊层面，把那里从混乱倾向转为秩序倾向。
只有少数军团作为卫戍部队被留了下来。
不过恶魔虽然没有了，但造访的凡人数量反而多了起来。
其中绝大部分都是冲着第九层那座超巨型赛博朋克城市中纸醉金迷的纵欲、享乐来的。
如果换成以前，这些人至少要穿过好几层环境恶劣的地狱层间才能抵达目的地。
但是现在，几乎每一个层面都有直达第九层的传送门。
所以他们只需要缴纳一笔费用便能直接传过去节省时间、避免沿途可能遭遇到的危险。
这是左思与其他层面领主达成合作协议的一部分。
作为回报，其他层面领主可以派遣手下前往第九层忽悠那些凡人签下魔鬼契约，最终与第九层对半平分收益。
看着正在从军事要塞向交通枢纽转变的青铜城堡，左思脸上浮现出淡淡的笑意，随后转身朝附近那个巨大且显眼无比的洞穴走去。
因为洞穴内部就是提亚玛特的国度，同时也是她用来囤积财宝的仓库。
据说在这个洞穴内，积累了恶龙之神收集到总计超过一百个世界价值的财富。
就在左思一只脚刚刚踏入洞穴的刹那，一条拥有三个脑袋红色巨龙便突然现身，眯起眼睛质问道：“你是什么人？是谁给了你勇气擅闯伟大提亚玛特的国度！”
“我是受邀而来的！”
左思没有表明身份，而是把那块蕴含着神力的鳞片扔给了对方。
The three-headed red dragon's expression changed slightly after receiving the call, and his tone immediately became much gentler. He took the initiative to make way and made a gesture of invitation: "Please come in, guests who have come from afar.
But remember, control your greed and desires.
If I were to discover that you had attempted to steal even one of the coins belonging to the Great Dragon Queen, the consequences would be dire.
Many reckless thieves have lost their lives before, I hope you won’t be the next one.”
"Thank you!"
Zuo Si obviously ignored the dragon's warnings and threats and walked straight through the cave.
After passing through countless complicated intersections that were like a maze, he finally witnessed a scene that he would never forget.
In a huge circular cave that might be tens or even hundreds of kilometers high, a golden mountain tens of thousands meters high stood before him.
Please note that this is not an exaggeration, but a very common description.
Under the illumination of the magical halo reflected from the surrounding walls, countless gold coins, gold nuggets, gold bricks and gold foils presented a dazzling golden light.
Among all this gold, one can vaguely see a large number of top-notch gemstones, magic weapons, armor, and equipment worth more than tens of thousands of gold coins. The number of artifacts alone exceeds thirty.
As for legendary magic items, the number is even greater.
Even the ground itself is paved with one cubic meter of gold blocks. More than tens of thousands of huge round pillars stand on both sides, and the tops are carved into the shapes of dragons of various colors.
As for the material, it is basically either pure silver, platinum, or rare magical metals such as mithril and refined gold, and the surface is inlaid with colorful gems.
There is no doubt that this is the treasure of Tiamat, the dragon god, worth a hundred worlds.
It is no exaggeration to say that the amount of precious metals that can be seen before our eyes is enough to easily destroy the monetary and economic systems of a hundred or even a thousand worlds.
As for those gems, magic metals, and artifacts made of the most top-grade materials, even Zuo Si, a planeswalker, couldn't help but feel the urge to grab some.
"Ah! You're finally here!"
Tiamat, who was lying on the golden mountain, spread her wings and flew down from a great height, slowly landed on the gold bricks, and then quickly transformed herself into a woman with long black hair.
After doing all this, she raised the corners of her mouth and said, "I think you should prefer to talk in this way, don't you?"
"No, you misunderstood. In fact, I don't care much about the appearance of gods, as long as it is not too strange or uncomfortable." Zuo Si bowed politely.
"Haha, if you say that, Ghaunadaur, the god of slime monsters, will be unhappy." Tiamat chuckled and teased.
Zuo Si spread his hands with an indifferent look: "So what? Would he dare to trouble me again? If such a thing really happened, I wouldn't mind killing another god. Anyway, Guanadaur has no allies, and its existence is almost unanimously despised by all the gods."
“Hahahaha! You are worthy of being the Prince of Hell chosen by Asmodeus himself.
I have to admit that you are indeed closer to the essence of the devil than most lords.
No wonder the Hell Plane likes you so much and even gives you such tremendous power and authority.
Then do you know why I suddenly invited you here?"
Tiamat paced gracefully on the golden brick floor, bending down from time to time to grab a handful of gold coins or some valuable objects and sprinkle them into the sky above her head, listening to the pleasant sounds made by these things falling.
As the god of dragons, she clearly possesses the obsession and greed for treasure of all color dragons.
The golden mountain in this huge cave is the best proof.
No one knows where so much wealth comes from.
Some of this may come from offerings from believers, and some may be treasures confiscated by the dragon after its death, but most of it should come from the astral bandits, the Githyanki.
Even though this group of notorious guys don't have any powerful men, in fact, they have robbed countless worlds, and have even accomplished the feat of killing gods more than once.
Yes!
You read that right!
It’s the God of Killing! The Githyanki, who don’t even have a single strong person above level 16 except the queen, actually managed to defeat several gods in the material world.
Of course, this is closely related to the psychic technology and magic ship fleet they possess.
You have to know that the Astral Plane is where the bodies of gods lie. God knows what the Githyanki have dug out from it that can restrain the gods, and then used it as a basis to make weapons that kill gods.
Zuo Si watched every move of Tiamat and tried to analyze her behavior and intentions in his heart. After a full minute, he shook his head expressionlessly and said, "Sorry, I can't guess, and I don't want to guess.
Because this is not something I should consider.
The premise of cooperation is mutual trust.
The fact that I have come all the way from the material plane to your kingdom has already shown my attitude.
Now...it's your turn to show your worth!"
(End of this chapter)