The Red Dragon Just Wants To Do As It Pleases-Chapter 370 - 236: You’re So Flirty_2

Just as the deep, storm-like snoring once again resonated in the upper court, David was also sound asleep in the lower court.

As for why he had fled to the lower court, there was no helping it—the middle court had collapsed under him.

Mana Energy radiated unintentionally from his body. This, combined with the ’legendary tale’ of him previously beating up all the dragons in the middle court, immediately drew the curiosity of quite a few young Blue Dragons.

At first, they were as cautious as kittens, gently poking David with their claws and the tips of their tails. Seeing that David didn’t react, they grew bolder and began to climb and frolic on David’s body like they were scaling a mountain.

Tania, on the other hand, did not step forward to stop them. Instead, she climbed onto David’s back like a child, immediately narrowing her eyes in a content expression.

But her considerable weight, nearly matching her brother’s, soon made David’s breathing increasingly labored. Several times he seemed to have nightmares of sleep paralysis, struggling and rolling in an attempt to turn over without success, yet he surprisingly didn’t wake up.

Dragons have lower blood pressure and relaxed muscles all over their bodies when they sleep. This is why, upon waking, they tend to stretch like felines. This action rapidly speeds up blood flow and rejuvenates their muscles; it’s essentially a power button.

Not far away, Lefilia, who had also nearly been scared into a panic by that foolish group, was cracking her tail like a devilish overseer at the young Blue Dragons as they tirelessly transported sand and stones, flying up and down.

The method these Blue Dragons used to repair the Dragon Nest was quite straightforward.

From a distance, they looked like a swarm of blue bees. They laboriously carried large chunks of the nest’s broken structure to the middle court to piece them together. They filled the gaps with sand spat from their mouths and then used their Thunder Breath to melt it, creating a fused crystalline structure.

As a result, the newly pieced-together middle court structure resembled a honeycomb, with a fractured, grid-like vitreous appearance that was as dreamlike as it was illusory.

Due to the unprecedented scale of the collapse, this repair process lasted for a full half-month. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

This also meant that many of the Dragon Nest’s less urgent tasks were pushed back; hunting and eating were naturally among them.

By the time the massive repair project was complete, the young dragons in the middle court, nearly collapsing from exhaustion, had visibly shrunk by more than a size, having lost a significant amount of weight.

There was no helping it. Their humiliating performance not only drew the attention of the younger Hatchlings in the lower court but also alarmed the upper court. It was even said that the Chieftain, Patrice, had lost his temper over it. The fact that they were merely made to work day and night to restore the middle court was already a great fortune amid their misfortune.

For these and other reasons, as the dragons watched David sleeping soundly in the lower court with Lefilia by his side, their eyes were full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, yet none dared to voice their anger.

Joking aside, the devastation from half a month ago was still vivid in their minds. Some of the unlucky ones who had fractured bones were not yet fully healed and still limped when they moved.

Since Tania had used Elemental Magic to single-handedly save the Hatchlings in the lower court during the Dragon Nest collapse disaster, she still gained recognition from the dragons in the upper court, even though her brother was the one responsible for the middle court’s collapse.

Since then, Lefilia was finally able to temporarily hand over the task of guarding the lower court’s Hatchlings to Tania.

「One day」

Lefilia returned, dragging a young Tiger-striped Whale Shark nearly one-third her size with her four paws.

"Big Sister Lefilia has brought us food!" shouted a Hatchling, the boldest of the lot, perched on the cliff’s edge like a meerkat, its voice a shrill scream.

"Hurray! Long live Big Sister Lefilia!" A whole crowd of Hatchlings, who were playing around David—their ’Big Bro’—swarmed over. Saliva dripped from their mouths, and their rapid digestion caused them to let out little farts (PUFF! PUFF!). This indicated their intestines were moving rapidly, ensuring they could eat faster later and snatch more meat from their peers’ mouths.

Although Blue Dragons are raised socially, this does not mean they can be as carefree about food as Metal Dragon hatchlings.

It all depends on the mood of the young dragons responsible for rearing them in the lower court. Since the food brought back is limited, the Hatchlings must establish their status and eating order in this fight for food from a young age. This inevitably leads to another form of natural selection.

Many middle-ranking Blue Dragons can only supplement their diet by looking for sandworms or even gnawing on some minerals.

As for those born with innate defects or as Dragon Beasts, if they cannot secure the bare minimum for long, they are forced to leave the Blue Dragon’s Nest. They must then make their own way along the lower court’s underground water veins.

This seemingly cruel pattern has been tacitly acknowledged generation after generation by almost all Blue Dragons.

Even the Blue Hatchlings who have successfully passed the Hatchling stage aren’t completely worry-free.

Upon entering their juvenile stage, outdoor trial tasks await them, which will eliminate another batch of those with poor wilderness adaptation skills or simply bad luck.

Only in this way can the Blue Dragon bloodline be maintained, always preserving a certain degree of purity and health.

However, just as Tania watched with interest and the Hatchlings gazed on eagerly while Lefilia was using her Thunder Breath to prepare ’Electric Roasted Shark’ for them, David, far behind them, suddenly sniffed, smacked his lips, and his saliva began to overflow catastrophically.

The assembled dragons felt a fierce gust of wind from behind them.

Or perhaps it was Tania. Suddenly, as if recalling a traumatic memory from her past, she swept the Hatchlings aside with one swat of her tail.