Beneath the Red Dragon

The young Red Dragon Kedelos surprisingly developed a sensation of fear of heights at this moment.

Bang,

The young Red Dragon once again plummeted to the ground, its massive and tattered body riddled with deep wounds. Especially on its back, where the wounds were so deep that the bones were visible, and the stark white, thick spine was exposed amidst the torn flesh.

Its enormous body was gushing with boiling dragon blood, staining the entire ground a deep red-black.

Gurgle,

The young Red Dragon Kedelos lay in a large pit, eyes glazed and barely alive, with acrid dragon blood seeping from its mouth and nose, forming a blood bubble at its nostrils.

Thud, thud, thud,

The Dragon Group descended beside the young Red Dragon, somewhat excited, as the powerful young Red Dragon was seen as a formidable foe by these Giant Dragons.

Yet now it had been defeated by the Dragon Group, which undoubtedly greatly boosted the group’s confidence, offering them some refinement.

Karon also staggered forward, his head spinning with a few stars, and stood before the young Red Dragon, looking down at Kedelos, who was momentarily unable to move.

The High Tier Mages, including the Squinting Mage Xiuse, who had firmly fixed themselves onto the Red Copper Dragon Alfred using magic, now jumped down from the Giant Dragon’s back, faces pale and terrified, and then began to vomit violently.

The Squinting Mage Xiuse, while vomiting out his breakfast, weakly exclaimed, ”Damn, why do mortals dream of becoming Dragon Knights? I’ll (so dirty) never ride on a Giant Dragon again. If there’s a next time, I, Xiuse, would sooner be raised by goblins!”

But none of the dragons paid attention to those mages. The Black Dragon Rosani approached with a sly smile, then patted the young Red Dragon’s head with its forepaw,

and smeared the filth on its claws onto the young Red Dragon’s head with a laugh: ”Hey, why are you no longer arrogant, young Red Dragon? Tsk tsk, impressive. You thought to kill all the Giant Dragons in the Dragon Group, but there are beings more noble than you in the group!”

The White Dragon Camid imitated the familiar posture of contemplation from Karon, with a somewhat thoughtful expression, defining the young Red Dragon Kedelos. Raising its head, it gazed at the distant sun and solemnly said: ”Hmm, this is a fool who overestimates his abilities, not even worthy of Karon’s claw!”

The Red Copper Dragon Alfred also lamented: ”The Dragon Group is indeed more accommodating. Faced alone with this youth Red Dragon, I wouldn’t have hesitated to run away, hey.”

The Red Copper Dragon and Brass Dragon are slight outliers among Metal Dragons. Though they can receive nurturing from elders, they don’t possess the same unity as other Metal Dragons. Combat relies on their own Dragon Vein Circles, unlike the tight-knit bonds of the Dragon Group.

”Karon, how should we deal with him? This young Red Dragon previously proclaimed his intent to kill us, clearly harboring ill intent,”

The White Dragon Gomot stepped up to Karon, its thought process already detached from the chaos of the Five-Color Dragons, considering follow-up actions right after the event concluded.

”Might as well kill him directly. Wanting to invade the Dragon Group’s territory and kill the Dragon Group, enslaving Giant Dragons, even if we kill him, no other dragons could blame us,” the Female Red Dragon Kleyna retained her fiery temper as ever.

It wasn’t just because the young Red Dragon intended to invade territory, but the implication of his words was to treat her and the Green Dragon Antajena like playthings.

As a Red Dragon, she’s all too familiar with the nature of these kin Giant Dragons.

Not every Red Dragon is like Karon, able to reverse the chaos and desires wrought by the Evil Dragon Blood. Even Kleyna, having trodden the path of reviving ancestral bloodlines, couldn’t accomplish that.

The Green Dragon Antajena also agreed with Kleyna’s opinion, this Green Dragon frowned its prettily fine scales like green jade, habitually moving beside Karon like a chick sheltered beneath a great rooster’s wing.

All the while, casting a fawning gaze upon the quiet Karon and saying in a disdainful voice: ”Karon, my king, you mustn’t pardon this abhorrent Red Dragon. This chaotic and overconfident creature would bring trouble to the Dragon Group.”

Karon was contemplating; he certainly wouldn’t forgive this young Red Dragon.

Letting an enemy with such immense growth potential escape is foolishness that even a normal person wouldn’t commit, but he also didn’t want to kill this young Red Dragon directly.

In his view, the decline of Giant Dragons across various planes is not only due to the hunts by other species but also because of excessive internal strife becoming a major reason for this decline.

He didn’t want the dragon group he led to fall into such circumstances, most importantly, he wished to exhaust the utility value of this young Red Dragon. Directly killing a Giant Dragon seems like a tremendous waste in Karon’s pursuit of perfect resource utilization.

Even handing this young Red Dragon to the Dwarf Craftsman Clagon as a blow dryer or a flame tool seemed better than killing it outright.

Moreover, he pondered utilising this Red Dragon’s Evil Dragon True Blood to cultivate some Dragon Descendants, turning into a dragon-shaped machine for manufacturing Dragon Descendants. Though Dragon Descendants made from his blood would maintain loyalty more easily, Karon wasn’t concerned about a rebellion.

Not to mention the Heart Energy, an ability spawned between Karon’s soul and flesh, allowing him to sense the simple emotional activities of all creatures around him,

just Karon’s own rapid growth could suppress all innately deficient Dragon Descendants, ensuring they wouldn’t dare to conceive any rebellious thoughts.