Blood Essence Stone

With no other choice, Solam plopped down on the ground and let Violette do as she pleased. Although Violette nominally obeyed Solam completely, in truth, as a construct lifeform, she only obeyed her own programming. To put it bluntly, even if Solam dropped dead right now, Violette would probably be perfectly fine and go looking for her next master.

Strictly speaking, Solam was not Violette's master. She had always been independent.

BOOM!!!!

Just as Solam sat down to let his body rest, a tremendous crash suddenly came from the second underground level! Then Solam saw a red dragon with its head a bloody mess crawl out of the deep pit. Its enormous body clung to the edge of the pit as its crazed, furious eyes locked onto Solam and Violette!

"You! You! How dare you! How dare you! I'll—I'll kill you! Kill you! You damned bastards! I'll tear you into pieces!"

Feeling the pain and humiliation of his injuries, Klauth's towering rage instantly burned away the last of his reason. Never before had Klauth felt so stifled and wronged. What did these bastards take the great dignity of a red dragon for?! Floor tiles they could trample whenever they pleased?!

Ignoring his injuries, Klauth forcibly raised himself and let out an earth-shaking howl toward the sky.

"Come! My servants! Kill them all!!!!"

Following Klauth's summons, the Dragonborn went mad, charging desperately toward Solam and the others without regard for their wounds.

The moment Klauth appeared, Solam sensed that things were going badly. He had never expected the red dragon's vitality to be so tenacious. Violette's heavy punch had smashed into his head, yet he had still remained conscious. That skull was truly hard!

And the Dragonborn's frenzy made it impossible for Solam to remain seated. As he forced himself to