Ashen Dragon-Chapter 467 - 339 Submission and Pasha
Chapter 467: Chapter 339: Submission and Pasha
Chapter 467 -339: Submission and Pasha
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“His Majesty killed the Fire Giant!”
“My god…”
“It’s true, the Fire Giant was not only killed but also devoured by His Majesty!”
“He is far stronger than those Fire Giants! He is the true master we should pledge our loyalty to!”
A large Fire Lizard elder with a thick snake tail exclaimed in shock.
These slaves had been enslaved in the Black Iron City by the Fire Giants for who knows how long. Even the Fire Lizards were raised as a slave race, enslaved for generations. They could trace their lineage back dozens of generations, all as slaves to the Fire Giants.
Even if they were freed, they still had an image of an omnipotent ‘master’ in their hearts.
That was the deep-seated chain implanted by the Fire Giants over a thousand years to prevent rebellion, one deeply rooted in their flesh and bones, not easily broken.
Establishing a new idol was easier than smashing the old one.
Similarly, transferring faith was easier than completely destroying it.
When the Fire Giants, whom they regarded as omnipotent deities, were easily crushed and even devoured by a more powerful and grand being, their obedience and reverence naturally transferred to Cassius.
The slaves’ confused and frightened discussions started.
“He’s granted us the status of freemen!”
“Truly a merciful majesty!”
“Indeed!”
They expressed in their respective languages.
Their eyes, diverse in color, were full of flattery for their superior and worship for the strong.
Although Cassius had announced their status as freemen, most of them still followed the old habits, replacing the Fire Giants with this Dragon Emperor as their new master.
“Long live His Majesty Cassius!”
“Long live the Ashen Empire!”
The Fire Lizard elder raised his arms and shouted.
His common tongue was not very fluent, stumbling and mixed with some Fire Tribe language, but it sounded extraordinarily pious.
“Slap!”
The Fire Lizard knelt down, lowering his lizard-like head to the scorching ground, his thick snake body writhing in excitement.
Many other slaves of different races, as if triggered by some bodily instinct, knelt down in unison, touching their foreheads to the scorching ground, murmuring their master’s name.
The heavy chains around their necks and the metal shackles on their feet clinked and clanged.
“Tsk, tsk…”
“These Fire Giants know quite a bit about enslaving.”
Cassius flapped his wings high in the sky, looking down at the slaves with his pale gold pupils, his face expressionless.
“Swoosh—”
He descended slowly from the sky, landing on the ground, stirring up ashes and dust.
Ignoring the kneeling slaves, Cassius waved his claws, tearing the space apart with flames, creating a giant spatial rift.
Over a thousand officers and soldiers of the Imperial Fire Elemental Plane Vanguard advanced through the portal in neat steps, holding rifles, and lined up before Cassius upon their commander’s orders.
Everyone was extremely excited; they were being inspected personally by His Majesty! What an honor!
Many imperial soldiers would never get such a precious opportunity! Yet they were lined up before their emperor!
“Bang!”
On the commander’s order, the soldiers raised their guns in salute.
The kneeling Fire Lizards and Fire Dwarves shook with fear, thinking they were about to come to harm.
Selcan half-kneeled in front of the Red Dragon, placing his right hand on his left chest in a standard “loyalty” salute.
“Your Majesty!”
“The Empire’s Fourth Vanguard, at your command.”
“Selcan, I need you to take full control of this city, including these…”
Cassius glanced at the nervous slaves kneeling, then continued, “freemen.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“First Battalion! Take over the Southeast District!”
“Second Battalion! Take over…
The officers began issuing commands according to military regulations.
Meanwhile, Selcan looked at the nervous slaves with a sinister grin.
“Lead the way, please.”
With the slaves guiding them, the imperial soldiers quickly took over the entire city, encountering some hidden Fire Giants along the way.
However, during this process, they also encountered remnants of the Fire Giants hidden within the city, but the imperial soldiers, having long understood these elemental creatures’ weaknesses, easily crushed the sporadic resistance.
Nonetheless, the unique habits of the Fire Elemental Plane still made them a bit uncomfortable—for example, the flame fountains in the Emir’s residence and the ‘trifles’ collected by the Fire Giants that could incinerate mortals to ashes.
Cassius returned to the city walls, observing the swirls of steam clouds in the orange sky, and the descending ash rain. His pale gold pupils shimmered with light, and sulfur-smelling smoke wafted from his nostrils.
He seemed somewhat exhilarated.
“A peculiar phenomenon…”
“Finally, it’s coming… the true emissary of the Sultan of the Fire Giants. Even if the Sultan himself can’t come, at least a Pasha must be sent.”
“Boom!”
First came a heavy rumble, followed by the ear-piercing sound of air bursting.
Then, the rivers of magma surged, the wildfires on the wasteland blazed even more fiercely and wildly, the scorching white steam spread over the ground, and there were threadlike flowy flames in the air.
The rivers of magma cascaded off cliffs, forming a vast and spectacular fire waterfall. This liquid flame broke through an area, creating a natural whirlpool and agitating the surrounding elements.
In the sky, an even more magnificent flame vortex with a diameter of hundreds of meters appeared, like a lion’s open maw, causing nearby rocks to fly and ashes to swirl, almost engulfing everything around it.
“That is…”
“The Flaming Lion!”
The elderly Fire Lizard elder gazed at the spectacle trembling violently, the deep-seated fear ingrained in his bloodline resurfacing uncontrollably.
“Oh Lord of Flames…”
“It’s a Pasha! A noble Pasha is arriving!”
The Fire Lizard elder couldn’t help but exclaim.
He had only seen a Pasha’s mighty presence once in his childhood, nearly a century ago, and it remained etched in his memory.
“Noble?”
“In His Majesty’s presence, no one can be called noble. Mind your words.”
Selcan reminded sternly, arms crossed.
“Yes, yes… sir.”
The Fire Lizard elder quickly apologized.
In the sky, the phenomenon continued as a hand emerged from the center of the flame vortex, followed by a strong body—that was a Fire Giant!
This unfamiliar Fire Giant was far taller than ordinary Fire Giants, almost like a different species. The ten-meter-tall giant had an exceptionally robust physique, his skin crimson tinged with purple, with complex flame patterns all over.
His angry, round eyes radiated fiery light like two blazing stars, with a pair of black, curved horns on his head. Thick smoke billowed from his body.
The rough skin of the Fire Giant was covered in fine robes of silk and satin, adorned with gold bracelets and rings, the most eye-catching being the mithril ring around his neck that shimmered with radiant colors.
That was a rare treasure granted by the Sultan of the Fire Giants himself, a symbol of status—it signified he was a noble Pasha, one of the six direct servants of the Sultan of the Fire Giants.
Only the most powerful Fire Giants were entitled to such an honor, becoming the Sultan’s trusted aides.
“Red Dragon!”
“You have crossed the line!”
“The Fire Elemental Plane is the domain of the Sultan. It is a land of honor for the Fire Giants. You will not be allowed to unleash chaos here!”
The angry roar echoed across the scorched wasteland.
Cassius looked at the distant raging Fire Giant, his pupils narrowing, showing a keen interest on his dragon face.
“Just one of the Pashas has such power already…”
[Ishmael Enver Pasha]
Challenge Level: 24 (65,000xp)
