Under the Red Dragon

“This isn't just any ordinary demon lord,”

Green Dragon Antajena's narrow pupils gleamed with scheming light. The green dragon race was naturally fond of conspiracy theories; it was her area of expertise.

“The tone he used to promise and recruit Caron in battle doesn't seem like something an ordinary demon lord could display. Perhaps his true face is that of a master of some ancient and powerful abyssal plane.”

The female Red Dragon Kraina snorted, sending two sparks flying, and said somewhat hoarsely, “So what if his true face is a powerful master of the abyssal plane? The victor is king, and the loser should lie obediently on the ground.”

This female dragon raised her claws and stomped on the legendary demon's bones, making a clanging sound.

“The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, has always been the law of survival for all things, not just our chromatic dragons,” White Dragon Germot stood proudly.

In this battle between the greatest dragon and the demon, the power and dominance displayed by the Ancient Red Dragon filled White Dragon Germot with confidence.

Any dragon who didn't harbor thoughts of challenging the Ancient Red Dragon's position and power would feel honored.

Of course, in the eyes of these dragons, the way to express this honor was through the expansion of the empire's territory and the increase of their own wealth.

“Then let him keep coming,” Blue Dragon Lord Akxz bared his fangs and said in a deep voice, “I've heard that in the astral plane, there are also wars between dragons and demons, dragons and devils, and dragons and other civilizations for the hegemony of the world.”

“The Dragon's Nest and Golden Empire we create will also become such a powerful civilization, such a powerful empire!”

The dragons of various scale colors guarded the Dragon King's side, not even the warriors of the Imperial Legion could approach Caron within a hundred meters.

In this weak moment, these dragons, who had grown up together since they were hatchlings, were always Caron's most trusted companions.

Caron swallowed the fruit of the Tree of Life, allowing the abundant life energy to wash over his exhausted body, repairing and healing the injuries on his body.

Green Dragon Antajena was also using the spells she had learned, combined with her innate green dragon talent, to feed the life essence absorbed by those cultivated poisonous, bloodthirsty ancient vines back to Caron.

The massive supply of life energy and essence allowed Caron's weakened body to visibly become strong again, the broken scales on his body cracked and fell off, and new scales began to glow with luster again.

Apart from the magic power that was still slowly recovering, and the Ancient Dragon Blood that was still on the verge of exhaustion, in this place that had been almost completely destroyed by demonic aura, these all needed time to accumulate and slowly recover.

The legion warriors of the empire began to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner. The warriors, who had experienced many wars, didn't need the commander's deliberate orders to cut off the heads of those demons that still had bodies, and pile them up on both sides of the plane passage seal to form a Jingguan.

The ferocious and terrifying demon skulls were extremely rare materials in the hands of mages specializing in necromancy or other spellcasters and warlocks studying demonic power.

But in the hands of the empire's legion warriors, they could only become proof of the empire's military power. This crude custom had become a common practice in the empire's legions.

But the meticulous spellcasters wouldn't allow it. Among these demons, the low-level demons weren't very precious and couldn't be sold for much.

But the bodies of many mid-level and high-level demons that remained, every organ was like glittering gold and silver coins in the eyes of these mages.

The empire's young high-level mage, Sacro, led the spellcaster team and stood in front of these warriors who didn't know how to use resources, and shouted loudly, “Even a dog has value, let alone these demons who are stronger than dogs?”

“Don't you understand? In the markets of our Akania world, a strong adult male corpse can even be sold for a gold coin. In the hands of those spellcasters who study dark magic, these demon corpses are even more precious.”

“Even incomplete demon corpses can be sold at a low price to those scavenging dark mages,” Sacro's saliva flew out as he pointed his fingers at the legion commander.

“Those high-level demon corpses are the preferred demand of liches, enough to sell for hundreds or thousands of gold coins. How rare are necromantic materials, it's because those mages in the darkness don't dare to openly buy materials,”

“But on the empire's battlefield, these demons have no human rights, they are legal materials, no country or force can condemn us through this, this is enough to bring a huge income to the empire,”

A spellcaster even took out an ancient abacus-like magic instrument from his ring and rattled it in front of the legion commander.

“Those mages are not short of money, and liches are not short of money. What they lack is the time to find materials. We will use these demon corpses to exchange for their bulging money.”

“Look,” Sacro pointed to the corpse of the dead Slaughter Demon and earnestly persuaded, “Every part of such a corpse is worth a lot of money.”

“Heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, we have our own spellcaster team, who will specifically and meticulously dissect these materials. The heart of a high-level demon, in front of some people who want to exchange for more powerful power, is worth at least several thousand gold coins.”

“We will also produce and upgrade the supplied materials of those other internal organs, to meet or even exceed the level of spellcasting materials.”

“And the Slaughter Demon's claws, armor, and spiky whip are the favorite materials of those poor warriors. Although those warriors are relatively poor, they can also be sold for a good price.”

“There is also the demon's bloodline, while they are still just dead, like chickens in the market, the blood is still fresh, and it can be extracted and used. Do you understand?”

The legion commander looked ashamed and speechless.

Although in the Golden Empire, the unique status of these spellcasters was not necessarily higher than that of these commanders, in this field they didn't understand, the commander couldn't find a way to argue.

“This, these are the proof of the warriors' bravery, this, this is the warriors' honor,” the legion commander scratched his head and squeezed out two sentences.

What greeted the commander was a waterfall of saliva.

Sacro jumped up angrily and roared, “Bravery, honor? His Majesty the Emperor's affirmation is your honor, your bravery, being seen by His Majesty, doesn't need to be proven.”

“But these are all glittering gold coins all over the ground. Do you think the empire's legion's dispatch doesn't need military expenditure? Do you think the armor you wear that even ordinary demons can't break the defense of came from the sky and fell in front of you?”

“And where did the treatment of your warriors that makes other ordinary mages jealous come from? These are all conquered plane worlds, the extra income obtained, how can they be wasted!”

The dragon lords, who didn't care much about the quarrels between the warriors and mages under their command, all raised their heads and pretended to inadvertently prick up their ears when the words 'gold coins' appeared.

It wasn't until the commander, with a pale face, let the warriors under his command make way, allowing these precious mages to pick and choose like they were browsing a market, that the dragon lords gently breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't that these dragons were greedy for money, but the words 'gold coins' naturally had a special attraction for dragons.

Caron bared his fangs and cut off the spiritual authority's induction of the empire's citizens. In this battle, not only did he gain a lot, but he also understood how he should go in the future.

The entire empire also got the opportunity to grow stronger in this battle.

The empire's power domain comes from the existence of the empire, from the existence of spirituality.

Although the Ancient Red Dragon is the highest creator and crown holder, Caron can do more with the spiritual authority.

Just like creating secondary authorities and distributing them to the dragons in the dragon group.

Caron can also use the spiritual authority to grant the power of the empire's domain to those loyal warriors, powerful war团长s, and those diligent officials.

From the masses, back to the masses.

This borrowed power can be divided according to the size of the official and noble system within the empire. The mark of each legion commander is the material existence that carries this ability, and the job seal of each official is the medium for them to borrow the power.

The stronger the empire is, the stronger the power they borrow. The stronger the empire's power they borrow, the stronger the empire will be.

And the Ancient Red Dragon, who sits high on the spiritual crown, will have an unpredictable future power place as the empire's power extends.

But this is just Caron's current idea. It will take careful consideration of many details before it can be truly implemented.

For a long time to come, Caron may share this hard work, oh, this powerful power, to these dragons who have obtained secondary authority.

And now, it's time to enjoy the fruits of victory.

Caron stepped on the bones of the legendary demon Sakres, his claws extracting all the heat and temperature from the surrounding space, and the biting cold ice instantly spread and covered from under his claws.

In an instant, the demon bones dozens of meters long under his feet were frozen in the absolute zero domain, and even the breath spontaneously released by the legendary demon's death was completely frozen by this biting frost, unable to transmit even a trace.

A delicate jade stone appeared in Caron's claws, and ancient dragon language sounds began to overlap and resound, and the remaining magic power and elements between heaven and earth responded to the will of the Ancient Red Dragon, stirring up boiling wind.

Under the nine-ring magic effect, the huge and heavy legendary demon bones were absorbed by the jade stone in Caron's claws, and the powerful body of more than thirty meters was imprisoned in the jade stone, only one inch in size, on the Ancient Red Dragon's claws.

Like a piece of amber, light can also penetrate this jade stone normally. But even divination spells cannot find the place where the legendary demon is imprisoned and sealed in this world.

Caron hid this jade stone with the imprisonment spell in his scales, and then spread his wings and raised his head and smiled: “Let's go, it's time to wake Rosani and let him return to the dragon group!”

Hulong, the dragons of various scale colors followed the Ancient Red Dragon, spreading their wings and soaring into the sky, like when they were young, soaring in the sky and patrolling the territory, and flew to the other end of the continent.

Archmage Lapers stood on the floating island and sighed silently. It seemed that he had to clean up the mess here.

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