Torin the dragon rider (TOME 12 of the TIAMAT'S WARS SERIE)

Kobold

Somewhere beneath the building that saw the dragons appear was a complex of cellars.

"Grim! It's dark. Do you think anyone saw us?"

A small figure no taller than a five year old accompanied his family. There couldn't have been more than nine of them.

These scale-covered creatures looked like mini bipedal dragons.

They were very intelligent, as much as humans, and had the reputation of being dragon worshippers, whom they worshipped as deities.

Having dragon blood in themselves, but in small quantities, they did everything to please and imitate their lords.

Their "masters" having disappeared, they felt lost and, not letting themselves be defeated by fate, they took their courage in both legs and started to discreetly follow the banished dragons.

They quickly understood the situation and that they had not been abandoned but "separated".

Each of them served one of the runaway dragons and Grim, the leader and shaman served Valtrax but she had joined her other companions under Frisor, Valtrax being away all the time, looking for her son Torin.

Most of the Kobolds had stayed on Britannia but this group was tight, reckless and unaware, crazy.

In their bags, not much, except eggs... Kobold eggs...

What they didn't know is that by crossing the portal .... their blood became pure dragon... the system doesn't take into account the dissolution...

But they did not know it... They were mini-dragons,

They kept their Kobold appearance and physique but... their strength and mana were amplified.

Grim cast a light spell and was surprised with the ease with which the spell was cast.

In the basements, the vibrations of trucks and cars could be heard but to them it was like the sliding of a huge predator one of their dragon gods.

"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

She motioned for the troop to crouch down and make no noise then all at once.

"GRRRRRRRRRRR-----BRRRRRRRRRRR"

Flame then trembling and an orange-red light lit up like a demonic eye.

The kobolds were terrified and fell flat on their faces, imploring

"Please... Please... we are good and loyal servants...."

They pleaded with the... boiler that had just started up.....Whose "Eye" was just the mica window overlooking the burner and pilot light.

After many minutes, Grim laughed.

The blacksmithing and technical skills of the kobolds were second to none to the dwarf engineers and she soon realized that it was a water heating system with a sophisticated grease burner.

They also admired the electrical circuit system, which was totally unknown, but Grim saw a box with a skull and crossbones and a man struck by lightning as they followed the line.

"This must be a warning. We need to get away from the wires... Lightning can strike us!

They tightened their grip, surrounded by the wires and lamps.

The youngest, Zat, saw an orange light in a box. It flickered and he put the tip of his claw hand against the button, which pressed down.

Grim: "STOOOP ZAT, don't touch!

Too late!

The neon lights came on and they discovered .... the cellar.

Zat: "Sorry big sister..."