The Red Dragon Just Wants To Do As It Pleases-Chapter 538 - 329: A Foodie’s Resonance

Although David found the answer Tiamat gave absurd, he had no intention of pursuing it further. After all, the Tiamat of this world-line had not personally experienced the Divine Catastrophe. Two debaters without a common point of reference, blindly seeking the truth, would likely end up going in completely opposite directions. Most importantly, they didn't have the time.

David took a deep breath and looked at the Chromatic Dragon Queen Tiamat, who awaited his response. "What if the cost of this method is your life, your divine power, or even everything about you, Your Majesty?"

"Is there such an easy way? Tell me, what do I need to do?" Not only did Tiamat show no anger, but she even had the leisure to laugh.

David was startled at first, then, relieved, he laughed along with her.

Yes, if even the Supreme Deity had gone mad and the end of the world was upon them, perhaps dying at such a time would seem like a release to any being with a will of its own.

In this world, there was nothing easier than death.

And there was nothing heavier than the burden of responsibility on one's shoulders.

By accepting this power from Tiamat, he was also taking on the responsibility of continuing the lineage of the Chromatic Dragons—no, the entire dragon civilization.

David then looked intently at Tiamat. "I need you to cooperate with me... to let me eat you. And with all your power transferred to me, I will return to my own world and try... to solve it."

Yes, the only solution he had at the moment was to use the Authority of Gluttony to completely devour the divine power of a Dragon God with Tiamat's cooperation. He would then unify it with the divine power of the Platinum Dragon God within himself and once again forcibly access the nine critical states that had brought down The Slaying King Star. This would allow him to return to his own world-line.

He certainly couldn't do it alone and might not even reach Tiamat's level.

But in that world, there was his mother, Pafila, and a half-dead, decaying Dragon God, Farazur...

Perhaps, there, there was still a glimmer of hope.

At least, it was better than continuing to sit here, waiting for death.

"To be eaten by you, a little fellow like that?"

Tiamat showed an 'I knew it' expression, then glanced back at her Chromatic subjects still fighting in the darkened sky. Seemingly convinced she couldn't win on her own, she turned back to David. "Then let's do it. How do you want me to cooperate?"

Tiamat's remaining four heads looked at each other, seemingly finding the size difference between herself and David rather large. After a moment's thought, she turned and presented her rear to him. "Shall we start with the tail? Would that make it a bit easier to swallow?"

Even facing such dire circumstances, David was amused by her endearingly earnest gesture. He laughed heartily, feeling a strange mix of hilarity and emotion. First, he glanced at Landis and Tamara not far away. They had been quietly listening to their conversation, and David's eyes showed a hint of struggle.

He, of course, understood what such a choice meant to them.

But the cruel reality was that, oftentimes, there simply was no other choice!

David took a deep breath and then turned to look at the Chromatic Dragon Queen, who was ready to sacrifice herself for the slim chance he had. "It's not that bloody, Your Majesty. I will try to swallow you whole... GNNGH... GNNGH..." he said, straining to open his mouth as wide as possible, reminiscent of those streamers from his previous life who eagerly attempted to gobble down a whole dragon fruit in one bite.

But just as a drooling David, looking like a snake trying to swallow an elephant, awkwardly positioned his mouth over Tiamat's rump, ready to begin the difficult task of ingesting the Dragon Queen—all under the puzzled gaze of the assembled dragons...

Gluttony

"Daddy…" A call echoed in the depths of his mind.

David, his mouth pressed against the dragoness's rump and struggling to begin the act, widened his eyes in disbelief.

It was his child calling out to him!

And this call had actually traveled through the barriers of time, space, and world-lines?!

How could this be possible?

But David quickly realized a certain possibility.

Synchronous resonance from the power of the Seven Sins...

At that moment, he and the child who had inherited his Gluttony ability had transcended the barriers of worlds and time, connecting in some magical way!

It wasn't just him here, but many versions of him across different world-lines!

What was this? A telepathic connection forged by a shared love of food?

David suddenly became excited.

The problem he couldn't find a solution to... had it suddenly taken a turn for the better, like finding light at the end of the tunnel after a dark passage?

Because if Gluttony could connect him with his counterparts in different world-lines, then couldn't the other Sins do the same?!

He suddenly had another option, one that didn't require giving up on either side.

Greed

"Why have you suddenly stopped?" Tiamat, struggling with an odd sensation in her hindquarters, had definitely noticed David's abnormal behavior and immediately turned to ask.

"..." David instantly felt a sense of inexplicable shame.

His current posture... it was mortifying. It felt as if he'd been caught in an extremely compromising act with another dragoness by a sudden phone call from his daughter, who had seemingly caught him red-handed...

Sin of Lust

"POP..." David extracted his saliva-stringed Dragon Kiss, wiped his mouth as if nothing had happened, and said quickly, "Your Majesty, you don't need to sacrifice yourself! Please continue leading the dragons to resist the frenzy's onslaught! I'm going offline for now."

"Please make sure you hold out until I return!"

Time was of the essence. Without the luxury of explaining further, David, under the blank stares of Tiamat and the other dragons, followed the resonant connection of Gluttony. His spirit seemed to shoot out of his body.

"David Uthos? Hey? HEY!!!" Tiamat was left completely dumbfounded by such an abrupt desertion.

She glanced at the frenzied giants pouring from the Supreme Glacier like a black tide, then exchanged a silent look with Landis and Tamara, neither sure what to say.

If Tiamat had played online games, she would know that on Blue Star, such behavior from a main tank—ditching his team during a crucial boss fight—could provoke teammates to track him down via his internet connection for a real-life group beatdown.

"Damn it! That damned guy!"

Although Tiamat had no idea what David was up to, she had no choice but to take his abandoned body into her mouth and charge alone toward the front lines, to better utilize David's Legendary Magic—Thunder Guard.

The sight was akin to Tam swallowing an enlarging yeti; she became momentarily unstoppable.

"Chromatic Dragons, heed my command!"

"We shall guard your flanks! To the death, Your Majesty!"

The spirits of the Chromatic Dragons, already pushed to their limits, suddenly soared. Reinvigorated, they flocked behind her, their numbers like a vast, swirling cloud, a rainbow ribbon dancing in the sky, majestic and valiant.

Landis and his partner, Tamara, gazed intently at Tiamat battling above the plains beyond the mountains. Then, the voice of Landis, the Scales of Justice, echoed across the peaks, "Metal Dragons, form phalanx..."

"CHARGE!!!"

Could the noble Metal Dragons truly resign themselves to merely following in the wake of the Chromatic Dragons?

An unknown amount of time passed. Then, the Chromatic Dragons fighting above the plains suddenly felt a fierce wind sweep past them. They saw thousands upon thousands of Metal Dragons, each carrying an Azure Steel Dragon Lance that shone with silvery-white light, crossing their lines and plunging directly into the mass of frenzied giants.

Dragons waged their wars never relying on natural barriers.

They themselves...

Were the insurmountable barriers!