Under the Red Dragon

The bronze dragon, Alina, possessed a clear voice imbued with the inherent majesty of dragons and the composure of a leader cultivated over years of governing the empire.

Even wild dragons, untouched by the trials of life, might be momentarily awestruck by the bronze dragon lord's imposing presence.

A soft, clear voice and a sigh arose as the adult male, carelessly discarded on the ground by the young red dragon Cadelos, opened his eyes, instantly transforming into his dragon form.

Eyes like shimmering mercury spheres revealed this silver dragon to be in his prime, advancing towards the age of an elder dragon.

His scales no longer possessed the dazzling silver of a young silver dragon but a subdued, aged silver-white. His massive body stretched twenty-three meters, with thick limbs, and a silver disc-shaped crown adorned with ridge-like grooves, resembling a silver coronet.

“I knew it; this red dragon isn't as reckless as he seems,” the adult silver dragon, Flo, sighed softly. “It seems you are displaying your strength and potential to your allies, giving a weary traveler from afar a rather harsh welcome!”

The adult silver dragon's mercury-like eyes gazed at the bronze and steel dragons before him, while the pixie, Raven's curious gaze, did not concern him.

Even though silver dragons are naturally friendly towards other races, such a renowned 'Forest Witch' was nothing more than a tiny ant in the eyes of a dragon.

However, the dragons of the empire each carried a unique yet shared essence. The differences stemmed from their diverse dragon bloodlines, each possessing inherent racial traits.

What they shared was the vibrant, upward-striving spirit that permeated every dragon in the Golden Empire, like the rising sun climbing the sky, illuminating its radiance.

And the wisdom beyond mere dragon instinct that shone in their eyes was strikingly similar to that of some ancient silver and gold dragons that the adult silver dragon, Flo, had encountered.

Those ancient silver and gold dragons were the best of their kind, including many renowned throughout the world of Aikania and its surrounding planes.

Moreover, these ancient and powerful dragons could, to some extent, suppress the interference of their innate dragon blood, possessing the most serene and pure wisdom and rational thought.

Some exceptionally powerful ancient dragons, attempting to discard their dragon blood's nature, which granted them immense power but also tenfold desires, even aimed to become god-dragons, striving for the pinnacle of dragon strength.

Even if not aiming to become a god-dragon, but seeking to transcend the ancient dragon stage solely through their own power, without the dragon god's blessing, to condense divinity and become a demigod dragon capable of traversing the astral plane, required suppressing their dragon blood's inherently overwhelming desires and interferences.

What the adult silver dragon, Flo, saw before him were dragons capable of embarking on this path to a bright future. Though not every dragon in the Gogmora Dragon Clan would succeed, at least they possessed the fundamental qualifications to cross that threshold.

Even the seemingly reckless young red dragon, Cadelos, possessed a rational restraint beneath his clear foolishness that was unexpected in a young red dragon. Such a situation could not help but shock the adult silver dragon, Flo.

“No wonder the outside world says that every dragon in the Gogmora Dragon Clan is far more outstanding than other dragons of the same age,” the adult silver dragon, Flo, thought.

“Although we have monitored your movements since you left the Good Dragon Alliance's base, this was truly not a deliberate display of power, but a coincidence,”

The bronze dragon, Alina, revealed her white fangs, inviting the adult silver dragon to step forward and walk alongside her in this hidden demiplane, engaging in conversation.

The adult silver dragon stepped forward, while the forest pixie, Raven, grabbed the bronze dragon, Alina's horns, and sat on the shoulders of Alina, the queen dragon, famed for her wisdom in governing the country, and couldn't help but take another look at this Pique pixie who blinked her eyes and curiously looked at herself.

The bronze dragon, Alina, seemed to know the adult silver dragon's thoughts and turned her head to chuckle softly, “Raven is a core member of the Golden Empire. All the dragons respect her contributions and achievements. She is a friend to all dragons and a close friend of the Emperor since he was a hatchling.”

The adult silver dragon slightly revealed his fangs and smiled at the curious pixie.

But adult dragons, no matter how beautiful they appeared, even including the ancestor red dragon, Calon Gogmora, who was now known as the most beautiful dragon among the true dragons,

Whose magical images, crystal recordings, and bard-drawn portraits were wildly popular among female dragons and humanoid intelligent species, were absolutely ferocious and terrifying when they bared their fangs and smiled, with no hint of friendliness.

The Pique pixie, Raven, simply smiled kindly without speaking. The lively pixie was not one to be tactless, which was why the dragons liked her so much.

“I knew that brass dragon, Holister, although trustworthy, doing his job after taking the money, betrayed this old friend of mine, which is extremely annoying. He didn't even think of sharing some of the money he made from selling me out with me,”

The adult silver dragon complained with a soft laugh, pretending to say casually, “However, my information was also sold to those guys from the Hunter Alliance by some interested parties, causing my journey to suffer an unexpected disaster.”

The bronze dragon, Alina, stopped walking, and the steel dragon, Midir's small head turned, his pupils carrying a teasing expression, emitting dragon words like the echo of steel.

“You don't need to suspect that the Empire secretly took action. Since the Empire has already privately reached an agreement with you to meet and discuss, it would not do such a dirty thing,”

The steel dragon, Midir, revealed his small fangs and sneered, “You might as well consider whether it is due to the stupid, boring political infighting within your Good Dragon Alliance. If the gold dragons of the other faction had not suffered setbacks in the Godforsaken Mountains, why would they send dragons of your faction?”

Even if the adult silver dragon, Flo, had a good temper, he was somewhat angered by the words of this thin steel dragon.

“Does the Golden Empire, such a large country, a force led by His Majesty Gogmora, one of the Five Kings of the North, which not only mixes former enemies like chromatic dragons and metallic dragons but also has civilizations with various races coexisting, have little political and power struggles?”

The adult silver dragon smiled faintly, “When three people form a group, there are factions; when five people gather, there are differences, let alone creatures like dragons.”

“You are wrong, Flo,”

The bronze dragon, Alina, chuckled softly, “While it is true that where living beings gather, there will always be disputes, perhaps over power, perhaps over resources, but in the Empire, these political and power struggles are transformed into competition.”

“The Gogmora Dragon Clan created the Empire, governs the Empire, and the entire Empire exists to serve the Gogmora Dragon Clan,”

“Beneath the Gogmora Dragon Clan, everyone is equal. Various complex races retain equality in personality. The more power you want, the more responsibility the Dragon Clan will give you,”

“The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. Those who cannot bear the corresponding responsibility but want to seize power will only be completely crushed by the Empire's path forward because the entire Empire needs to serve the Dragon Clan's advancement,”

The bronze dragon, Alina, stepped on the soft soil with agile and light steps, suddenly stomping the soft soil into a depression.

She pointed to the small pit on the ground and said, “Even if the entire Empire, the bureaucratic classes that rise in the ranks, unite, they cannot resist the absolute power of the Gogmora Dragon Clan's rule. As long as Calon lightly waves his claws, those who hinder the Dragon Clan's progress will be like this seemingly all-bearing soil, with no chance of recovery.”

“The ultimate enlightenment under absolute power is the Golden Empire's path of progress. Anything that cannot keep up with the Dragon Clan's path will only be abandoned behind or crushed into dust.”

The adult silver dragon was silent, then suddenly spoke, “What about the dragons within the Dragon Clan?”

The silver dragon's words were unfinished, but it was enough for the bronze dragon, Alina, to understand what the other party wanted to express.

“Flo, tell me, why does the outside world use the name of Gogmora to crown the name of the Dragon Clan?” the bronze dragon smiled, “Those who hinder the Dragon Clan's progress do not need Calon to personally take action. We will crush those guys ourselves.”

The adult silver dragon could not help but sigh. He thought of some words he had once seen.

The world naturally has its underlying rules and logic, and all things have their own laws of development, never shifting according to the will of living beings, especially not according to twisted, chaotic, and deranged wills.

The diligent and conscientious will prevail over the arrogant and lazy, the clear and pure will prevail over the murky and chaotic, and the self-improving will prevail over those who simply take what is given.

Everything in the Golden Empire, like the Dragon Clan that created and rules this empire, is demonstrating this truth.

And the one who endowed the empire and the Dragon Clan with this concept and ideology is a red dragon known for chaos and violence, the true dragon species endowed with the strongest dragon blood and the deepest venom by its creator among the chromatic dragons.

“If I were not a silver dragon burdened with responsibilities, I might be attracted to the empire created by His Majesty Gogmora,”

The adult silver dragon, Flo, sighed, “I have also traveled and wandered in many planes outside the world of Aikania, and I have seen countless dragons in those planes, both metallic and chromatic dragons.”

“But these dragons, relying on their own strength, gathering followers, and creating kingdom forces, are like a crude, amalgamated tribe in front of the Golden Empire, ridiculous and laughable,”

“Their powerful strength is used to suppress their own kind, enslave their own race, claiming that the dragon's bloodline nature is unchangeable, and some even take pleasure in killing their own kind.”

Flo scoffed at this and then revealed a serious expression on his face, deeply lamenting, “The venom in the chromatic dragon bloodline makes it almost impossible for them to ever escape the chaotic will. Their demise in the ordered material plane is inevitable, even with their powerful bloodline. This is the root cause of the chromatic dragons' decline,”

“Even metallic dragons, without the venom in the chromatic dragon bloodline, are still trapped by their inherently powerful dragon blood and possess desires and greed a hundred or a thousand times greater than ordinary beings.”

“But not a single chromatic dragon can think of reversing this situation, not even a single metallic dragon wants to escape this predicament, not even those demigod dragons who traverse the star realm, not even the dragon gods.”

“Those powerful dragons only gloat about their power to suppress their own kind and take pride in enslaving their own race, but not a single dragon is willing to be like His Majesty Gogmora,”

An expression of admiration that was hard for the bronze dragon, Alina, the steel dragon, Midir, and the young red dragon, Cadelos, to believe appeared on this adult silver dragon's face.

His soft dragon voice sounded, “He is willing to share his achievements with other dragons as he advances, thus creating the Gogmora Dragon Clan's increasing prosperity,”

“He is also willing to protect his own kind. All dragons can find their sanctuary in the Golden Empire, thus creating the countless dragons gathering around the current Empire,”

“Perhaps, a dragon who leads the entire race out of chaos and into the realm of order, walking the path forward together, should be the true King of Dragons, the Emperor of Dragons,”

A strange brilliance flashed in this silver dragon's pupils, “His actions are the reason for being born as a king. This is the style that the dragon civilization should display. The True Dragon of the Empire is the path that all dragons should pursue.”

“Instead of merely possessing a powerful bloodline and inherited wisdom, yet doing the same things as beasts!”

Clap clap clap,

The delighted Pique pixie, Raven, clapped her small hands in a timely manner, praising this silver dragon's words.

“Well said, woo-hoo, I didn't know that Calon, that guy, actually had such great aspirations! That's really amazing!”

The other dragons were also stirred by this silver dragon's speech, their blood boiling. In the eyes of these dragons, this goal was undoubtedly a great undertaking, and every dragon in the Gogmora Dragon Clan was a creator of this path, sharing in the glory.

The young red dragon, Cadelos, did not understand before why the Empire would easily impart those precious secrets explored with endless effort by mages and dragons to those untested newborn hatchlings.

Now he understood that this action, as the adult silver dragon, Flo, said, was the Dragon Clan using its influence, through the next generation, to gradually influence the entire chromatic dragon race, and perhaps other dragons as well.

“The Gogmora Dragon Clan accepts all dragons with aspirations. If you are willing, you can also find your place in the Golden Empire.”

The steel dragon, Midir, began to actively recruit this silver dragon who seemed quite good, in a muffled voice.

The adult silver dragon shook his head, “I have my own responsibilities. Although it is regrettable, we should find an absolutely safe place to discuss our alliance matters next.”