Dragon Calendar, Year Ten, late autumn.
Time flows like water, unmoving by the will of all things in the world. In the blink of an eye, another five years had passed.
Over a thousand days and nights, which seemed quite long to short-lived races like humans and Kobold, were merely a brief rest for a True Dragon.
At the highest peak of those mountains, within the volcano lair where the Dragon Lordslumbered, Kalon Kogmora had transitioned from deep sleep to ordinary slumber.
The beating of his heart within him began to slowly quicken, and his breathing grew increasingly heavy and powerful.
After devouring the spiritual authority that once belonged to the Nightmare King a few years ago, Kalon's main consciousness, while in slumber, influenced his subconscious, subtly using the heart energy within his body to refine and cleanse this authority.
It was only recently that Kalon gradually digested and analyzed it. The immense spiritual authority transformed into nourishment for his knowledge, becoming the key to opening another grand door.
Within Kalon's body, the Ancestral True Dragons blood, from the depths of his bloodline, revealed a source of dragon blood composed of countless fragmented and incomplete runes.
This is the origin of every True Dragon's bloodline, the fundamental source of their abilities, and the root power created by the Dragon God at the birth of all True Dragons.
However, this root power is incomplete, fragmented. Perhaps the root power in the source blood of all True Dragon s in the world combined could rival the essential power of Creation Dragon God io, preserved in the bodies of the Chromatic Dragon Queen Tiamat or Platinum Dragon God Bahamut.
Even Kalon's immense mental power and will took several years, referencing the research results of the Evil Dragon True Blood from Young Red Dragon Kadilos, to finally capture and anchor this root power, almost like a rule, in the deepest part of his own bloodline.
This subtle root power gradually grew stronger during several years of slumber, indicating that the Ancient Dragon's blood within Kalon's body was continuously growing.
And as Kalon transitioned from deep sleep to ordinary slumber, under the influence of his main consciousness, the immense heart energy accumulated throughout his entire juvenile stage, and the immeasurable heart energy drawn from his dependents and subjects, surged back into the depths of his bloodline.
That spiritual authority—Gluttony—was also cast into the origin of the bloodline at this moment, causing that trace of bloodline origin to rapidly expand. Within the river of Ancestral True Dragons blood, it actually made a sound like a giant beast drinking water, gurgling and echoing throughout the entire lair.
Even this almost immeasurable heart energy, and that spiritual authority with its miraculous power, still seemed insufficient to satisfy Kalon's anticipated enhancement.
Only a few pieces of information quietly emerged in Kalon's bloodline river.
[Bloodline Solidification - Super-Limit Growth]: All aspects of your physical qualities will achieve maximum growth within the scope of your bloodline's development, and your own potential will be developed to its fullest extent.
[Bloodline Solidification - Mind Overclocking]: A powerful mind and will allow you to always operate in overclocking mode, freely exerting all your strength and abilities.
[Bloodline Solidification - ****]: All things have a root. And they are the nourishment for your bloodline, the ladder to your power. You are the predator standing at the top!
Besides this, many other pieces of information awaited Kalon's acceptance and digestion, but all of this was nearing its end.
Thump, thump-thump, thump-thump-thump.
After all this was completed, the sound of heavy drums beating faster and faster echoed in the lair. Those were the two hearts within the Red Dragon, beginning to adjust their operating mode to adapt to the impending change in state.
And from the boiling lava lake, a massive Red Dragon slowly emerged from the sea of fire. From head to tail, it was nineteen meters!
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Golden City, this city named after precious and rare things, always seemed prone to calamities, built and then destroyed, destroyed and then rebuilt.
After completely eliminating the Orcs who invaded the Orc Kingdom from their territory, those Orcs were no longer able to launch attacks on the territory.
Even though the Orc Kingdom still had a large number of legions, they no longer had enough ships and surplus material reserves to sustain the war.
Thus, the war officially ended, and the Dragon Clan Territory still flew the True Dragon's royal banner.
Because of this war, all the Dragon Lords unanimously decided to construct the Golden City's urban scale and defenses according to the standards of the Kings Capital, making this most important seaport a strong fortress city.
The city walls of the entire city were built from sturdy granite, reaching twenty-five meters high. Countless heavy cannons and giant ballistas were distributed on the various battlements of the city walls, overlooking the entire wide coastline.
This massive project undoubtedly required immense manpower and material resources, especially since the Dragon Clans Territory had lost a significant portion of its population after the great war, and residents who had already relocated to the west had settled in newly opened homes and could not simply be moved back.
This made the Dragon Lords somewhat regret not having kept those Orcs as laborers to exploit.
But the Goblin Glitter, who had been dispatched to conduct trade with other continents and numerous countries, played a crucial role at this time.
This bold and intelligent Goblin merchant not only heavily recruited mercenaries to support the territory's war at the beginning of the war between the Orcs and the True Dragon, but also.
After the war ended and news of the Dragon clan's victory arrived, this fellow actually spent all the profits he had earned over the past few years to assemble a huge commercial fleet, even before communication with the territory had been restored.
This fleet, numbering over a hundred ships, departed from Likar Harbor in the southernmost part of the Central Continent, renting and purchasing ships along the way and engaging in slave trade.
They sent ship after ship, fully loaded with people, to the territory to replenish its population resources and provide a large workforce for the territory's reconstruction.
What Goblin Glitter did not expect was that, despite many nobles in the Northern Continentcountries claiming that the True Dragons were good at bewitching people and using magic to entice human and various other displaced races to settle, and some nobles had even begun to cut off slave trade with the Dragon Clans Territory,
A considerable number of free displaced people still voluntarily moved towards the Dragon clan's territory, because these people didn't care about evil or justice; they simply heard that the Dragon Clans Territory offered enough food, their own houses, and land, and they only needed to be able to live well.
The Scholars' research on the Dragon Clans Territory and the propaganda from many adventurersand bards, including Alfred, made the Dragon Clans Territory the Golden Land longed for by these struggling displaced people.
These populations, coupled with the easily growing vassal races within the Dragon clan, greatly improved the efficiency of city construction with the support of the development of magic-guided industry.
Although the quarry was far from the Golden City, the Scholars at the research center had already put the magic-guided steam engine into practical use. The first planned railway was laid, and roaring magic-guided steam trains began to shuttle between the Golden City and the quarry.
Although this Behemoth, a mix of magical technology and industrial science, often encountered problems, requiring maintenance every few days, and its wooden tracks also needed frequent replacement and upkeep, it still improved efficiency countless times over human and animal labor.
Therefore, within these few years, the nearly rebuilt Golden City had become a truly magnificent city, tall and majestic, a colossal city built specifically to True Dragon standards.
Especially on the tall city gate facing all visitors from the harbor, a huge head hung, a testament to the might displayed by the True Dragons after dismembering it: the skull of the Ancient Beast, Behemoth.
This sight instantly evoked a feeling in most visitors: in the land ruled by the True Dragons, savage might and spiritual civilization coexisted.
After several years of recovery, this towering Golden City had regained its former prosperity. Not only did ships full of people arrive in the harbor every ten to fifteen days, but even from the most distant Southern Continent, merchant groups and adventurers traveled with high frequency.
However, these newcomers to the territory would always discover that in the near-shore waters of the Golden Coast, two more adult Bronze Dragons had appeared, frequently traversing the sea.
These two adult Bronze Dragons salvaged many shipwrecks from the seabed, using them as their temporary lairs, and resided near the coast.
These Bronze Dragons, who prided themselves on being righteous, had many disputes with the Dragon Lords of the Dragon Clans Territory in recent years, mainly because the two Bronze Dragons felt that the territory's laws were too strict and often condemned the Dragon Clans Territory's enforcement.
And these two Bronze Dragons had no self-awareness of being in someone else's territory. Although they didn't violate the True Dragon Group's laws, they actually occupied a sea area as a lair and even didn't pay taxes.
Although the Dragon clans could forcefully expel or even kill these two Bronze Dragons with their dependents, they were wary of the Good Dragon Alliance behind them.
Those Metal Dragons were not like the Chromatic Dragon; they were extremely protective of their own and self-righteous.
Although most True Dragons active in the Ekania World were in their juvenile to adult stages, with Old True Dragons rarely appearing, let alone Ancient Dragon, the Dragon clan did not believe that there weren't such long-lived old things behind them.
Without a true backbone to lead them, the Dragon clan could not easily provoke trouble and could only temporarily conceal their claws and endure.
In this situation, even the seemingly powerful True Dragons have areas of concern; this is a true reflection of the Evil Dragons in the Ekania World today.
These Evil Dragon no longer possess the glory of ancient times; they not only have to face increasingly powerful humanoid races and numerous intelligent races, but also have to contend with their ancient nemesis, the Metal Dragons, who are stronger than them.
The Chromatic Dragon, short-sighted, greedy, obsessed with infighting, and arrogantly proud, have not completely faded from the stage of history, thanks to their inherent powerful vitality, allowing them to grow moldily in any corner of the world.
Although the True Dragons have become exceptionally united after the war with the Orc Kingdom, this still cannot change the general trend of the world.
Only Fafna the Ogre Giant, full of resentment, kept making notes about the two Bronze Dragon in her small notebook.
This Giant ogre, who had a unique understanding of managing wealth, managed the Dragon clan's treasury and also served as the tax collector for the Dragon Clans Territory.
During the several years of war and territory reconstruction, the Dragon clan's treasury expended a considerable amount of wealth, which made Fafna want to replenish the treasury as quickly as possible before her master awoke, in order to receive rewards from the Red Dragon.
Therefore, Fafna had no good feelings for the Bronze Dragon, who consumed a large amount of the territory's food resources without paying taxes; every time they met, she would have a cold face, roll her eyes, and stick her nose in the air.
But today, Fafna rarely showed her smiling face, greeting the two Bronze Dragon who had transformed into human form with a smile on the bustling street.
Not only Fafna, but all the residents in the entire Golden City and the entire territory were in a joyful mood today.
Because the supreme Dragon Lord who ruled the entire territory, rumored by outsiders to be called the King of Gold, or disparagingly called the Evil Dragon Tyrant, Kalon Kogmora, would awaken today.
Today was not only the day of triumphant victory in the war with the Orc, but also the official establishment day of the True Dragon's kingdom; the day the Red Dragon awoke was the day of its founding.
Not only countless residents were anticipating the awakening of the Red Dragon monarch, but those loyal warriors were also anticipating their master's awakening.
Although a celebration banquet was held and the work of adjudicating rewards, pensions, and promoting soldiers was carried out at the time of the war's victory to solidify the kingdom's beliefs, in the hearts of these warriors, it was an imperfect experience without the participation of the Red Dragon monarch.
Loyal warriors longed for the approval and affirmation of the supreme monarch's gaze, which no Dragon Lord could replace.
The Bronze Dragon Gros and Natalierie followed behind a tall, handsome young man with golden hair, looking at the Giant ogre, who usually disliked them, with a puzzled expression.
The Bronze Dragon could sense others' obvious malice, but today, the other party's malice had vanished without a trace and they even took the initiative to greet them.
Beside them stood a tall woman with silver hair draped over her shoulders, whose cold demeanor was particularly striking even behind the arrogant golden-haired youth, who held power like a great noble.
The handsome golden-haired youth was already tall enough, but the silver-haired woman's figure was no less than the golden-haired youth's, appearing even more mature and exquisite.
And these two individuals, with their special identities, capable of making two adult Bronze Dragon willingly follow behind them, both possessed immense energy and powerful abilities.
The adolescent Ancestral Gold Dragon, Obirash Rabic, whose father was not only a powerful great noble in a human kingdom, but also one of the leaders of the Good Dragon Alliance, Golden Flash – Mogsar Rabic.
His mother was also an adult Silver Dragon with an exceptionally good bloodline, possessing many friendly acquaintances; it is well known that Silver Dragons are better at attracting people than Gold Dragons, and the network of an adult Silver Dragon is immeasurable.
And the silver-haired woman was Obirash's mother's younger sister, Christiana, known as the Holy Valkyrie, who was entrusted by her older sister to look after the young Gold Dragon on his first journey through the world.
Christiana's bloodline talent was even more outstanding than her older sister's; from her youth, she was a renowned genius among the Silver Dragons, and thus her heart was sufficiently proud.
She was even so proud that she looked down on powerful Gold Dragons, once vowing that only someone of her age who could defeat her would have the chance to pursue her.
This was also the beginning of her path to fame; countless young True Dragons were miserably defeated by this Silver Dragon, and even Gold Dragons of the same age were no match for her, thus earning her the title of Holy Valkyrie.
Her older sister also wanted to bind her proud younger sister, Christiana, the Valkyrie who commanded a Silver Dragon Paladin order, by using her son, Obirash's noble Ancestral Gold Dragon blood to subdue her.
But clearly, the proud and mature Valkyrie did not think much of her nephew, barely acknowledging the arrogant Gold Dragon, whose golden hair even stood on end, throughout their journey.
Several people walked through the bustling streets, where hurried crowds were everywhere, these residents rushing towards Kogmora Square.
Today, to celebrate with all the residents, spellcasters used magic to set up projection facilities in the center of the square, allowing those residents who could not go to the Kings Capital to watch the founding ceremony and celebration ceremony to share in the joy.
Obirash frowned; the hurried people in the crowd could not touch the clothes of this noble youth, but the discussions coming from the crowd made him very displeased.
"It is said that all the Dragon Lord will be present then; we have never seen such a scene! Antagena, the Green Dragon, whose scales are said to be more beautiful than jade, is the noble Dragon Lord I most want to see, to see if she is as beautiful as the legends say."
"I, on the other hand, want to see 'Crimson Roar' Kadilos and Red King Klenaya. It is said that they are of the same race as the supreme Great Dragon Lord and possess two-tenths of the Great Dragon Lord's majesty. I wonder if the supreme Great Dragon Lord will awaken today. If I could just catch a glimpse, that would be enough to boast about for days!"
"Fool! If you could see him, then everyone could see him! What would you boast about?"
"You're the idiot! I'll just boast to the newcomers."
Two newly relocated humans hurried past, but their conversation was fully heard by Obirash.
In the tales of adventurers and bards, the Dragons Lord have already gained some fame: the Blue Dragon Dos, the White Dragon Camid, the Green Dragon Antagena, etc. These distant and ancient titles were originally set up for those powerful Dragon Lord.
Ordinary True Dragons are not qualified to be called that; it would only invite ridicule and challenges.
"Hehe, can these ordinary True Dragons also be worthy of the title of powerful Dragon Lord? Gros, you are right, evil must be suppressed, and the best way is to trample evil underfoot, conquer them, tame them, and rule them."
Obirash's proud face showed a sneer, and he turned to the two Bronze Dragon and said, "Let's go. It seems today will be a grand occasion. Perfect, I will, in front of everyone, challenge that Red Dragon, who has been flattered by false fame to the point of not recognizing himself, to the'Skxith' battle of the Ancient Dragon Lord."
"I will defeat him in front of everyone, trample him underfoot, then take over his Dragon clan, rule his territory, and make him my watchdog, guarding my treasury for me. Only Gold Dragons are worthy of establishing a True Dragon civilization!"
"Hmph," the Silver Dragon Christiana let out a sneer inwardly, thinking her nephew was truly too foolish.
The other party was an Evil Dragon; although a rational Evil Dragon, once Obirash provoked them, they would not speak of benevolence or morality; they would surely swarm him.
During this period of travel, the Silver Dragon Christiana had long discovered that this territory was different from other Evil Dragon kingdoms; the warriors loyal to the True Dragon possessed exceptionally strong combat power and discipline.
There were also those terrifying war machines, and a considerably large legion of spellcasters.
Once a formal conflict broke out between the two sides, let alone an adolescent Gold Dragon, even an adult Gold Dragons would die here.
Then she would have to step in and escape with this fool whose mind was filled with arrogance; just thinking about it was embarrassing.
"Tsk," the Silver Dragon Valkyrie quietly shook her head. If it weren't for the two thousand gold coins her sister gave her, she wouldn't bother with this guy.
However, this Silver Dragon quickly covered her purse, showing a pained expression. The two thousand gold coins she got from her sister had already seen nearly eight hundred gold coins thrown into the True Dragons World Forever card hall, but so far, she had only drawn one purple card.
"They really make me sick, these hateful guys, they're so good at swindling money. I need to find a chance to beat them up!"