In the immortal words of Han Solo, "I've got a bad feeling about this." Artificer kobold, spellcaster kobold, warrior kobolds everywhere... If this were a D&D game I'd start getting seriously concerned about the power of their dragon master. Suzocon, for all his power, was a kami wannabe. Retanlong sounds like the real deal.
And now he has a new plaything. Saida's body is going to get badly broken. Or eaten. Or worse. Saida is kind of right. They need to get to Brand tout suite.