The Red Dragon Just Wants To Do As It Pleases

Under the personal approval of Patrice, leader of the Blue Dragon clan, and witnessed by the assembly of dragons, David and his companions were officially accepted and recognized by the Olivalyres clan.

David, of course, also understood that in the near future, both Patrice, as the leader, and the other dragons would undoubtedly observe them secretly for a period to ensure the stability and safety of the Blue Dragon Nest.

After all, even with a legendary, exceptionally old Blue Dragon residing in the nest, during its exceptionally old period, it would spend most of its time in slumber, awakening only when it reached the Ancient Dragon stage.

And by then, the overall strength and territorial influence of the entire Olivalyres clan would surge dramatically.

However, all this meant little to David, as he had essentially achieved his goals for the current phase.

Firstly, to temporarily leave the New Continent to evade the gaze of the High Elves; otherwise, they would certainly use all means at their disposal to probe and thwart the construction of the Tokamak fusion fortress, whose focus of abnormal Mana Energy even the blind could sense.

Secondly, to lay the groundwork for recruiting Blue Dragons as ’self-generating power unit staff’ for the Tokamak fusion fortress, a process that would require some time to earn the Blue Dragons’ ’trust’.

After all, Blue Dragons possessed considerable intelligence and were not easily fooled. They also tended to stick together, making them resistant to forceful approaches. Could one truly overpower a legendary, exceptionally old Blue Dragon by force?

Even if Patrice did not intervene, David with his army of Chromatic Dragons might not manage to overcome this nest of Blue Dragons. This was especially true since he had fewer than twenty True Dragons under his command, the majority being adolescent White Dragons of little use before adulthood, and the rest being dim-witted drakes.

It highlighted one key characteristic: ’strong in appearance but weak in substance.’

It might sound intimidating, but it would only scare the humans of Central Earth, whose civilization had been restored for less than a century. Perhaps in the eyes of the High Elves, his ’hundreds of dragons’ combined were less formidable than David, the Red Dragon, alone, who had already demonstrated destructive potential akin to a natural disaster in Lurwalden.

At this moment, they were far from being a credible threat to the High Elves’ legendary figures and their main forces returning from Skanis to reinforce the New Continent.

He needed some time to integrate and restore Lurwalden’s national strength to serve as mobile ground troops for filling the front lines.

But what was truly decisive depended on whether he himself could ascend to legendary status as soon as possible.

Just like his mother, Pafila. Upon becoming a legend, she single-handedly destroyed the main fleet of High Elves and Drow fiercely engaged on Skanis’s West Coast. This act brought an end to the ’Dragon Dung War,’ which had lasted over a decade, and severed the probing tentacles of those long-eared beings in the Old Continent of Skanis.

This world, ultimately, was one where true power resided with the individual, and heroes dictated the fate of ordinary mortals.

And this Tokamak fusion fortress was the touchstone with which he intended to witness the evolution of nuclear-fused Mana Energy and step into his Legendary Destiny.

There was no room for error!

For this, he did not hesitate to ’humble himself’ by lying low in this Blue Dragon Nest for seven years, all while getting chummy with this group of Blue Dragons.

Just as the assembly of dragons in the upper chamber concluded their witnessing, David and Tania cheerfully watched a group of boisterous Blue Hatchlings being driven back to the lower chamber by Lefilia, the ’guardian of the lower chamber.’ She used her tail like a whip, sending them spinning away.

Following at the rear, David was stopped by two sturdy, young Blue Dragons.

"I hear you’re quite the fighter?" one of them challenged.

Tania, turning her head, instantly adopted a mischievous and schadenfreude-filled expression; this unconcerned girl showed not a hint of worry.

After all, in Tania’s view, not even their father, who might already have one foot in the Legendary Destiny, was necessarily a match for her older brother—to say nothing of these two young Blue Dragons.

On the other hand, Lefilia, who had taken an immediate liking to the new, exceptionally handsome and charismatic Blue Dragon brothers, turned around with a displeased expression and said, "Tralton, Ezekiel, get back to what you should be doing. Do you want to collapse the tunnel again?"

The two young Blue Dragons, never expecting Lefilia to interfere with their nearly routine ’tradition,’ were immediately filled with jealousy.

Just as they were about to utter some harsh words and depart, they were surprised when David, this new Blue Dragon, placed his claws on their shoulders. He then smiled at the guardian of the lower chamber and said, "It’s fine, Sister Lefilia. The Blue Dragon brothers here are just welcoming me."

"Yeah, Sister Lefilia, don’t worry, everything’s fine," one of the young Blue Dragons quickly added.

"Hmph, suit yourselves," Lefilia replied.

Lefilia thought David and his companion were merely swallowing their pride, trying to take the opportunity to ingratiate themselves with the two young Blue Dragons, and she felt somewhat disappointed as she shook her head. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Blue Dragons, though lawful, were also evil. Among them, hierarchy was always based on strength; respect could never be earned by civility or showing weakness. This was an eternal truth, at least in the resource-scarce Kutaro Desert.

Considering this, Lefilia felt even more strongly that her earlier intervention was unnecessary. Without her, this ’hazing’ would still occur in the middle chamber. It would merely manifest in other ways, such as during the assignment of tasks and missions.

After all, who but Karatrulka would dare to utter such brazenly arrogant words in front of all the Blue Dragons?

Lefilia’s whip-like tail suddenly lashed out, striking a Blue Hatchling on the rump. "Go on, back to the lower chamber and sleep properly! Do you want to be buried in the tunnel and sleep forever?"

The hatchlings, eager for a spectacle, scattered once more like bowling pins struck by a ball.