Chapter 197: Dragonfruits
Ancient and terrible. Those were the two words that best described red dragons in the books Balthazar had looked through after that fateful day when Madeleine was taken.
Out of all the many types of dragons that once terrorized those lands in ages past, red ones were among the largest and most fierce, with fiery tempers and an affinity for fire above normal even among their kind.
A creature so menacing even a giant crab would be intimidated by it.
And there Balthazar was, faced with his nightmare. The one who came to his pond to take its gold back, to raze his home, and to take away his favorite person in the whole world.
[Red Dragon - Level 75]
The crab stared in awe at the creature through his golden monocle. With scales of deep dark crimson, the colossal beast rested at the very center of the chamber, a cave so enormous it could easily fit two of the forges the crab had used to repair his golem.
A halo of golden glow surrounded the creature’s vermilion body, radiating from the piles of valuables that filled its lair. Columns of golden coins, nuggets and bars of precious metals, sculptures of the finest materials, and everything else a dragon could deem worthy of belonging in its hoard.
It was a treasure unlike anything Balthazar had ever seen.
The monstrosity’s copper eyes narrowed as they found the intruder. It was every bit as terrifying as the merchant remembered and still as red and large as a barn.