Chapter 862

Solam had originally had no intention of dealing with the Shattered Demon Crystal at all. He had planned to leave directly. Dragons and artifacts alike were nothing but trouble. If things went wrong, Solam himself might end up dying here. Why should he make trouble for himself over some lousy territory?

But the problem was, he could no longer leave even if he wanted to. There was no other reason—someone would not let him.

The Shattered Demon Crystal seemed to have grown angry and embarrassed after being rejected by Solam again and again. It threatened that if Solam dared to leave like this, it would immediately tell Klauth where Solam was!

As a cunning red dragon, Klauth did not want the fact that he possessed the Shattered Demon Crystal to be exposed too soon. It would draw far too much hatred. In Faerûn, something like the Shattered Demon Crystal was coveted by both the righteous and the wicked alike.

Those of evil alignment longed to obtain it, while those of good alignment wanted to destroy it—or at least seal it away. When the time came, Klauth would undoubtedly end up like the Shattered Demon Crystal's previous owners, killed by all sorts of people with ulterior motives!

So until he possessed sufficient power, Klauth would never allow the existence of the Shattered Demon Crystal to be revealed. Which meant that if the Shattered Demon Crystal told Klauth about Solam, Klauth would definitely fight to the death to eliminate him!

Now Solam was truly caught between a rock and a hard place.

"What the hell do you want?!!!" Solam asked through gritted teeth.

"Take me away!" the Shattered Demon Crystal said telepathically.

"Bullshit!" The Shattered Demon Crystal had angered Solam enough to make him curse. If he could have done that, he