Atlant's dusk comes slowly.
After the sun sinks below the horizon, the afterglow will linger in the sky for a long time, dyeing the clouds into layers of golden red and deep purple.
Red Iron Dragon looked at the clouds in the sky.
He half-closed his eyes, folded his front paws in front of him, rested his chin on the back of the paws, breathed slowly and slowly, and his tail hung down along the edge of the high platform, occasionally waving it casually.
That's it.
He has been lying here quietly for most of the afternoon.
Garos is always immersed in his own strength, enjoying the feeling of power filling every inch of his scales, enjoying the confidence and confidence that can make the air tremble with every breath.
However, he is not without other emotions.
After an extremely dangerous and fierce battle, he was happy to take a period of leisurely rest.
Empty your thoughts, relax your body, and let your tense nerves slowly relax in the twilight.
This is necessary for any living thing.
Then, the air in front of the high platform suddenly fluctuated.
A colorful vortex emerged out of thin air, like a ball of spilled paint spreading on the water, spinning and expanding, stirring up the surrounding clouds and halo.
Garos raised his eyelids slightly, and his vertical pupils reflected a colorful light.
He knows what it is.
The expression didn't change much, except for a slight pause of the tail, and then continued to maintain a lazy posture.
At this moment, in the center of the whirlpool.
A mini and exquisite body suddenly rushed out.
Fairy Dragon Vera's wings flapped rapidly. After leaping out of the vortex, he first made a sharp turn in mid-air and flew around Red Iron Dragon's huge head in a full circle before stopping and hovering in front of his eyes.
She looked dusty.
The scales were stained with a few broken leaves and a small piece of dried mud, as if they were rushing over.
The giant dragon looked down at the little one in front of him and asked slowly, "Why are you here?"
Since Vera became the guardian of Verdant Gardens, he spent most of his time in the Fae settlement, and occasionally found time to sneak to Material Plane.
She has an out-of-the-box personality and likes to have fun.
But when it comes to things like this, Vera is surprisingly responsible and rarely leaves his post without any reason.
"Garos, Garos."
Vera stabilized his body in the air and his voice was much higher than usual, "I have something very important to tell you. You will never, never guess what happened to me."
Garos narrowed his pupils slightly.
He lowered his head that he had just raised, put his chin back on his front paws, and drooped his eyelids halfway.
Important things----
According to Vera's standards, the meaning of this word is often different from what he understands.
For example, one time.
She solemnly said that she had an extremely important thing to report, but it turned out that a new litter of Dryad had been moved into the berry bushes south of Verdant Gardens, and they were so noisy that she could not take a nap.
Another time, for example, she rushed over in a rage and said something big.
As a result, she only found a mushroom that bloomed very large. She felt that Garos must see it with her own eyes.
In short.
What Vera calls "very important", to Garos's ears, is usually on the same level as "insignificant".
Red Iron Dragon didn't even bother to raise his head completely.
He hummed lowly as a response. "Oh, tell me."
Fairy Dragon didn't care at all about the perfunctory tone in his tone.
She moved forward and hovered very close to his face. Her wings flapped so much that the wind hit his eyes, and said, "Guess first, guess what happened to me."
"I guarantee you won't think of it."
The dragon's vertical pupils turned, and then he spoke slowly, "Are the little Verdant Gardens and Dryad arguing again, or did those Pixie fall and hurt themselves during the race?"
"No!"
Vera's tail flicked dissatisfiedly, "Those are small things, I'm talking about the real big things."
After saying that, Vera retracted and spread its wings and landed steadily on the bridge of his nose, with its front paws on its hips and looked into his huge vertical pupils.
"Can you be more serious? I really have a big problem."
Red Iron Dragon finally focused his attention on her again.
The little dot on the bridge of the nose puffed out its cheeks, spread its wings slightly, and looked like it had been greatly wronged. Its tail swung back and forth behind it, with dissatisfaction written on every scale.
"Okay."
Red Iron Dragon restrained his casualness and asked seriously, "What happened to you?"
Vera took a deep breath, as if to fill his entire chest, and then said word by word, "I was teased by a god."
Red Iron Dragon's vertical pupils shrank slightly.
His originally half-closed eyelids were fully opened, and his lazy posture completely dissipated in an instant, replaced by a sharp and focused light.
Being teased by the gods?
Sounds like Vera is joking.
But if not, this is really not a trivial matter.
"Speak clearly."
"Which god? Where? What happened?"
Vera was stunned for a moment by his sudden serious attitude, then he quickly moved his front paws and flapped his wings twice.
"Not that kind of bad god."
"He didn't hurt me, he just teased me and made me look embarrassed—listen to me and tell you from the beginning."
Immediately, Fairy Dragon started talking.
From discovering another fairy dragon in the meadow, to being pranked by it, to finally feeling that its name was very familiar to me - I told Garos everything.
Garos made no sound and listened carefully.
The Fairy Dragon said a lot in one breath, paused for a moment, and then continued, "At that time, I thought this guy was a bit evil. He looked playful and smiling, but every step he took was stepped on before I could react."
"After I calmed down, I felt that he was very abnormal."
"After that, the smart Vera finally came to the truth after rigorous review and reasoning."
"The Fairy Dragon named Naitar is definitely the god of mischief and mischief mentioned in the inheritance, Fairy Dragon God."
Red Iron Dragon wrinkled his forehead scales slightly, forming several majestic lines above the brow bone.
"A god came all the way to Verdant Gardens to tease you."
"What is he for?"
He whispered.
Fairy Dragon immediately puffed up his chest.
She raised her head proudly and raised her chin high. "It must be because Lady Vera is so good and the stories she tells are so perfect. Even the gods have heard of my reputation."
"He was jealous of my talent, so he deliberately came to tease me and wanted to undermine my confidence.
"It's a pity that he made the wrong calculation."
"I'm so big-hearted that I don't take such small things to heart."
She spoke confidently and was obviously quite satisfied with the conclusion.
Garos is silent.
He looked at the high-spirited little Fairy Dragon standing on the bridge of his nose, and there were waves in his eyes.
A god will not appear in Verdant Gardens for no reason.
These control the existence of Divine Authority. Almost every action has a reason and consideration. Even the most casual actions often have a chain hidden behind them that ordinary life cannot see.
One god made a special trip to play pranks with a little Fairy Dragon.
On the surface, it seems to be just a matter of stubborn nature.
But Garos will not accept this explanation easily.
Did Fairy Dragon God go for Vera?
Or more accurately----
Was it coming for him?
Verdant Gardens itself is not special, what is special is the connection between it and Sacred Aura.
This Fae settlement on Fey Wilds has now become a bridge between the Material Plane and Fae planes. The other end of the bridge is connected to his empire.
Fairy Dragon God appears in Verdant Gardens, perhaps testing or warning.
Garos knows very well that the attitude of the gods towards Dragon Race has never been friendly. It can even be said that they are full of wariness. If the momentum of Dragon Race's rise touches certain boundaries, it will naturally attract attention.
"However, Fairy Dragon God----"
"Although he belongs to Dragonkin, he is a member of Joyful Court and belongs to Fae Pantheon."
Garos thought silently in his heart, and the knowledge and information about Joyful Court appeared in his mind.
Compared with Dragon Pantheon, Joyful Court, composed of goblin gods, is not that powerful and is a relatively low-key one among the gods.
However, these gods are much more united than the Dragon Gods.
Dragon God's overt and covert fights with each other are more intense than external wars, and Joyful Court's Fae gods at least don't stab each other in the back.
The main god of Joyful Court.
Fairy Queen, Titania.
This is an out-and-out powerful Deity, the master of Pantheon, standing at the top of Divine Pyramid.
It is worth mentioning that.
Theoretically speaking, Bahamut and Tiamat are both the masters of Dragon Pantheon and are the two pillars of Dragon Race's faith.
If it were a head-on battle, Fairy Queen would definitely not be as good as Tiamat and Bahamut.
Because there are too few believers, the latter two are actually just weak Deity, which is at the same level as Beast of Valor that Cantum believes in. They are not high on the ladder of gods, and the scope covered by Divine Authority is limited.
However, no god will despise Tiamat and Bahamut.
The power of these two people lies in the fact that they are Eternal Realm Immortal Realm dragons first, and gods second.
And it's not just them.
Dragon God of Destruction, Dark Dragon God, Dragon God of Fate----
Every other existing Dragon God is a similar existence. The level of the god is not high, but it is an extremely powerful Immortal Life.
In the most glorious era of Dragon Race.
Each dragon god has countless loyal followers. In addition to being powerful, the god's status is also extremely high. Tiamat and Bahamut are both powerful gods.
They are far from their peak now.
Compared with the orthodox and powerful Deity like Titania, Tiamat and Bahamut only have the advantage of individual dominance0
Besides that.
In terms of perception range, prayer response, divine domain control, prophecy deduction, cross-world interference, etc., they all lag behind the truly powerful Deity.
Deitys are always more versatile.
"The plane Fey Wilds is under the watchful eye of Joyful Court."
"Could it be that Joyful Court noticed my existence and sent a god to warn me."
Garos is alert in his heart.
But then, after some thought, he shook his head again.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much."
"To think that a god came all the way to warn me is a kind of arrogance in itself, my own arrogance."
Intelligent creatures will be limited by their own cognition.
Garos is no exception.
But one of his strengths is that he does not stubbornly believe that his ideas must be correct.
Just as he didn't think Vera could bring any truly important news, he found that he was using his own cognitive framework to interpret the behavioral logic of a strange god.
When it comes to dealing with gods, Garos is always accustomed to using a cautious and suspicious attitude to speculate on every detail.
But this time it's different.
Naitar, is a mischievous god known for his playfulness and mischief.
This god is very active and his character is clearly recorded.
He is frivolous, fun-loving, and likes to tease other creatures without harming them. He cares more about where interesting things happen than about power and belief.
Perhaps, this god is really just out of fun.
For example, on a whim, I saw an interesting Fairy Dragon and couldn't help but come down and play with it, just like Vera himself couldn't help but flick the canopy of little Mushroom Sprite.
It's unlikely that it really attracted Joyful Court's attention----
Thoughts swirling.
Garos slowly closed his eyes and opened them again, his eyes falling back on Vera.
She was tilting her head, waiting for him to speak.
"Vera, if you meet that Fairy Dragon again next time, please remember to notify me as soon as possible."
"You don't have to be nervous either."
"He may not be a god, he may just use his name to scare you."
Red Iron Dragon said slowly.
"Nervous? Look at me, I look nervous."
Vera flapped his wings, flew up from the bridge of his nose, and turned over in mid-air, "I was personally visited by the gods. Although I was being teased, it shows that my fame has reached the ears of the gods."
"That's something worth bragging about."
Although he said this, Vera also knew that this matter was extraordinary, otherwise he would not have come to tell Garos in person.
Time passed slowly and leisurely.
After a short exchange, Vera and Red Iron Dragon said goodbye and returned to Fey Wilds.
Garos raised his head and looked at the sky soaked in twilight.
The clouds had mostly darkened, and only the last trace of golden-red afterglow remained on the horizon, like a stretched line of fire. Stars began to appear on the other side of the sky, one by one, sparsely.
His mood was much more solemn than usual.
Fey Wilds, this plane is Garos's retreat.
If there is a completely uncontrollable disaster in Bernardo, he can choose to lead Sacred Aura to retreat to Fey Wilds, take root again on the land of Fae, and regroup.
This is one of his bases.
But what if you are not accepted by Joyful Court?
This escape route was immediately blocked.
Fae people welcome him, but from a macro perspective, the number of these Fae is not large.
The god who represents Fae may not necessarily welcome him.
There is an invisible line between the two attitudes, and Garos still can't tell which side of the line he is on.
"I have shown no evil tendencies in Fey Wilds, and I get along very well with the Faes. I have even protected more than one Fae gathering place from evil beasts."
"Joyful Court shouldn't have any ill intentions towards me."
Garos Think from a logical perspective.
He asked himself that there was nothing worthy of investigation in what Fey Wilds did. There was no robbery or destruction, and there was no oppression or use of Fae.
However, precautions are essential.
Cunning Rabbit Three Cave, perhaps in addition to Fey Wilds, we should seek some other escape routes in case of emergencies.
"It's better to be at Prime Material Plane."
"In Material Plane, even if you offend the god, there is no chance of survival at all. The god's ability to interfere in Prime Material Plane is limited, and there are many more rules and restrictions than in Outer Planes."
"However, Material Plane is too vast, and Material World, which is suitable for habitat and rich in resources, is not easy to find."
Suddenly, Red Iron Dragon's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Faerûn Imaskar Empire in mainland China is suffering from Gods' Wrath. It is probably inevitable that it will be destroyed.
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"At that time, the territory of this empire will become a terra incognita, and maybe we can get a share of the pie."
he thought.
Imaskar will be destroyed sooner or later.
Once the gods get serious, no Material Plane empire can resist for long.
When the time comes, the resources and relics on this land, especially the legendary creations that can peel off Divinity and rebuild the belief system, will be a temptation that any ambitious life cannot ignore.
At least, build an outpost first.
After thinking about it again and again.
Because of a desire in his heart and uncertainty about the safety of Fey Wilds, Garos decided to send his trustworthy heirs and some of his family members to Faerûn to take root in this material continent.
Nothing needs to be done immediately.
First observe, stand firm, make some preparations in advance, and then adapt to the situation and decide the specific direction for the next step.
At this time, twilight completely sank into darkness, and stars filled the sky.
Red Iron Dragon lay down on the high platform again. He emptied his mind and stopped thinking about other times. Then he folded his front paws and gradually closed his eyes reflecting the starry sky, continuing to enjoy his rare free time.