Chapter 9 Battle of the Giant's Mouth

The red dragon opened its bloody mouth and bit down hard on the neck of the dragon's head without hesitation.

The extremely sharp dragon teeth pierced through the chimera's scales, penetrated its tough skin, and embedded deeply into its flesh.

Blood splattered everywhere, the head was raised up, and a shrill wail was let out, and the originally fierce breath of fire also came to an abrupt stop.

"Ow—"

The chimaera dragon-like wings flapped wildly and struggled to fly upwards. At the same time, the thick and sharp lion claws swung towards the red dragon in the air, trying to launch a counterattack and escape from the embarrassing situation.

Cassius opened his mouth, nimbly dodged the incoming blow, flapped his wings lightly, and flew diagonally over Chimaira.

At this time, the attack and defense were in a different situation. The red dragon let out a long and comfortable roar, swooped down, and rushed rapidly to the back of Chimera.

"Roar--"

Compared to the strange-shaped body of the monster below, the red dragon's streamlined body is obviously more advantageous when flying.

The Chimera in mid-air had no power to dodge his movements and could only flap its wings in vain, looking back and watching the red dragon approaching.

"Got you."

Cassius spread his wings and grabbed the Chimera's wings with his strong claws.

The Chimera panicked and lost its balance. It could only flap its wings wildly, and its three heads bit back at the same time, trying to shake off the red dragon on its back.

"Bull power!"

The red dragon roared, and the power of the spell surged into its heart, then pumped to every inch of muscle in its body. Its already sturdy limbs bulged exaggeratedly, and even emitted bursts of steam.

Kasius suddenly felt a sharp increase in strength.

His claws locked onto the Chimera's wings tightly, almost crushing its flesh and even bones.

"Who gave you the courage—"

"Flying in front of a real dragon?"

"Get down here!"

Cassius said viciously.

He then tightened his wings and put all his weight and strength down - the red dragon needed a crushing victory.

The Chimera, who had been struggling before, was now under the control of absolute power and had no chance of escape at all.

It can only wait in despair.

“Woo—ah—”

The Chimera first struggled in the air, and then under the powerful pressure of the red dragon, it fell straight to the ground from a height of more than ten meters.

"boom!"

The earth rumbled.

All of a sudden, dust flew, gravel splashed, rocks collapsed, and a huge shallow pit was smashed into the ground.

The Chimera in the pit looked particularly miserable. Not only was its body covered with wounds, but even its wings were almost broken.

"I'll show you what real fire is!"

The red dragon pressed down on the half-dead Chimera, its mouth slightly open, and the scorching fire element was accumulating deep in its throat - from the slightly twisted air at the corners of its mouth, one could see how terrifying its fiery breath was.

"Surrender."

"Or die."

Cassius stared into the terrified and spiritless eyes on the Chimaera lion's head and spoke word by word.

Although Chimera is a brutal and aggressive creature, it still cherishes life. Moreover, its dragon bloodline makes it naturally subservient to more powerful dragons and become a servant of evil.

Under the threat of death, without much hesitation, the three heads of the dragon, lion and sheep all drooped down with difficulty, revealing their fragile necks, and let out low groans to show their submission to the strong.

"Ouch..."

In the face of power, everything is equal; this is the simplest and most brutal law in the wilderness.

"Submission... Master..." This chimera could actually speak simple dragon language, although he was just uttering the words stiffly.

Cassius then released his claws that were holding down the Chimera, and immediately breathed out the fire that had been accumulating for a long time to a place less than one meter away from the Chimera.

In an instant, the blazing flames charred the ground and caused the rocks to explode.

Chimera was still frightened, but also felt a bit more awed, because he knew that if he was hit by this, he would be dead for sure.

The Chimera then slowly climbed out of the shallow pit, its injured wings tucked tightly behind it, its scarred limbs struggling to support its body, its three heads lowered, not daring to look directly into the red dragon's eyes.

The red dragon jumped onto the towering rock wall outside the cave, looking down from above, and roared in dragon language:
"From now on, this is me—

"Casius's lair."

The sound was so loud that it could be heard by many creatures within miles.

Whether it's a gluttonous gnoll, a highway-robber ogre, or a snoring bugbear...

Perhaps they did not realize now that the territory had a new owner, but Cassius was confident that he could make them understand this soon, one way or another.

Then, he jumped off the rock wall lightly, turned his gaze back to the Chimera who was waiting for orders with his head down, and said casually:

"From now on, you must remember this name and not disobey me. Lead the way."

"Yes……"

Chimera nodded slightly, walked in front, and went deep into the Giant's Mouth Cave.

The cave was very warm. Perhaps it was because there was plenty of fire element in the mountain, which made the red dragon feel very comfortable.

As he walked through the deep passages, Cassius discovered that there were many skeletal remains of creatures scattered inside, including huge giant skulls, wing bones of pterosaurs, and even humanoid skulls with horns.

“Is it Cambion?
"No, it should be Tiefling."

Cassius thought to himself.

The red dragon continued to follow behind, and after passing through a deep external passage, the view in front of them suddenly opened up. The space in the cave was even more spacious, enough to accommodate a mature red dragon.

There were still leftover remains everywhere, and there were holes and passages of various sizes.

When Chimera was walking past a pile of debris and bones, hesitantly thought for a moment, then quickly pretended not to see it and walked forward.

It was deliberately guiding the red dragon inside.

However, Cassius keenly noticed this anomaly, stopped the Chimera leading the way, and asked coldly in Dragon Language:

"What are you hiding? What's in there?"

"Do not……"

"No……"

Chimera turned around, whimpered, and lowered its head as if begging for mercy.

The red dragon dug through the pile of bones and found a hidden cave inside. Looking down from the cave, he could see thousands of golden coins flickering in the dark cave.

Chimera has dragon blood and inherited the dragon's greed. It is his nature to plunder and gather treasures, but being able to collect so many gold coins is a natural talent.

"According to the rules of the Dragon Clan, I will take half of it."

"But if you dare to hide it from me again..."

"But there won't be a next time."

"It's...master."

The beast's three heads drooped.

Cassius took a look at it, then entered the cave under the extremely painful gaze of the Chimaera's dragon head.

With just one bite, his bloody mouth swallowed hundreds of gold coins.

——That is, most of the savings from Chimera’s years of killing and plundering.

(End of this chapter)