Under the Red Dragon

The sun rises, and a new day begins. This mountain range, originally nameless, might have been named by a passing traveler, but the dragons were unaware and unconcerned. They arrived, and it became the Dragon's Nest Mountains.

Since the arrival of the dragons, this mountain range has become a forbidden zone for all nearby creatures, not even the birds in the sky dare to fly over it.

But today, it is suddenly much more lively. The valley where the young dragons' nests are located has been transformed into a construction site. The black dragon Rosani, the white dragon Gormoth, and Camid are expanding this valley, which now seems somewhat narrow. Once expanded, this nearly thousand-meter-high and several-mile-wide valley will become the exclusive dragon nest for the juvenile dragons within the dragon family.

The three dragons only need to carve out one side of the cliff. They climb on the same side of the hundreds-of-meters-high cliff, their hard and sharp dragon claws digging deep into the rock wall, cutting the rock wall into regularly shaped stones. Chunks of rock constantly fall from the cliff onto the ground.

During the dragons' rest periods, many waiting kobold servants push carts made of giant trees felled from the forest, carrying the stones away to the settlement that Kalon has designated for the kobold tribe in the forest. These stones will be used to build the kobolds' dwellings and low walls.

Another group of kobolds transports refined gold, silver, and many gems in carts to the cave that originally belonged to Kalon. Kalon's current size makes this deep mountain cave feel cramped. He could simply tear down the rock wall that serves as a screen, but Kalon thinks his cave is perfect as a treasure vault.

His cave has been specially renovated by the red dragon. The tall and wide cave walls have been melted by the red dragon's flames into smooth and hard marble-like surfaces. The flat ground is even more solid than if it had been compacted by a soil compactor. The solidified crystals from the melting cover the ground, making it smooth and bright enough to be used as a mirror.

The rock wall that originally served as a screen can also effectively block the view. As long as a door is installed at the cave entrance, it can become a relatively simple treasure vault. As for security, if a treasure vault surrounded by dragon nests becomes unsafe one day, it means that the dragon group has also lost its ability to resist.

It must be said that the treasures accumulated by the kobold tribe over countless years exceeded Kalon's imagination. Due to time constraints, many treasures in the kobold tribe's underground treasure vault had not been moved at that time. Now, they are being sent to the treasure vault cart after cart, piling up into small mountains in the wide and deep cave.

Kleinaiya and the blue dragon Doss, who were assigned to protect the kobold tribe's relocation and transportation team, watched the massive amounts of treasure flow past them. They regretted not asking Kalon for more treasure. The dragons' greed has no end, but the two dragons only thought about it for a moment, and then they thought of the lame Akz, so they dared not think about it anymore.

The forest is no longer as quiet as it used to be. Nearly a thousand kobolds in total are divided into three groups, not only working like beasts of burden, but also leaving more than three hundred kobolds to build a camp near the riverbank for the tribe to live in the future. As servants of the dragon group, the kobolds, who used to be weak and could only live in underground cave dwellings, are now qualified to occupy a piece of land on the ground.

Giant trees that have grown in the forest for countless years are being felled one by one. The giant trees, averaging several people in circumference and dozens of meters in height, appear particularly tough in the face of the kobolds' crude tools. Fortunately, one giant tree can build several simple dwellings for the short kobolds.

Many strong kobold warriors use crudely crafted iron and copper axes, mixed with many stone axes, to cut the fallen giant trees into wooden strips and columns. Under the leadership of the kobold warlocks and chiefs, they build small wooden houses one after another.

Kalon and the green dragon Anta Gena squat on an open space cleared in the forest, watching the busy kobold camp, and begin to feel a sense of orderly development in the territory.

The green dragon Anta Gena will choose to build her nest in the forest in the future, which is the green dragon's natural preference, so Kalon plans to hand over the supervision of the kobold camp to the green dragon Anta Gena.

But the green dragon Anta Gena obviously does not understand why Kalon attaches so much importance to the kobold tribe. In the eyes of the dragons, the weak kobolds are just dispensable servants. Their combat power is not very strong. They only swarm up when fighting. The weak power of the kobold warlocks can only tickle the dragons.

Seduced by inertia, Anta Gena tilted her head and looked at the absent-minded Kalon, asking this question. "Kalon, why bother managing these weak kobolds? Although the kobolds have excellent mining skills, the dragons only need to demand them regularly. There is no need to spend time and effort managing these weak kobolds."

Although Kalon is now the actual speaker of the current dragon group, the young king of the dragon family, Kalon has not deliberately put on any airs of majesty, and is still the same as usual, so the young dragons are straightforward with Kalon.

Of course, Kalon would not tell the green dragon the truth. He values these kobolds because they can accumulate energy for him. He needs to settle them as soon as possible so that they can sincerely submit to him and gain more power of thought.

So Kalon thought for a moment, and then made up a reason to explain: "The kobold tribe is just our first batch of servants. As the young dragons grow up over time, they will accept more servants in the future. If we show our friendly attitude towards our servants from now on, then it will be much easier for us to subdue other servants in the future, and we can reduce unnecessary battles."

"Moreover, a stable order will allow the servants to create more wealth and benefits for us. Look at those human countries, the more powerful and wealthy countries pay more attention to the stability of order. Only when life and life are guaranteed will the members of the territory focus on creating wealth, so that the dragon group will be more wealthy."

Kalon imperceptibly drew a big pie for the green dragon next to him, "What's more, humans with weak power can create countries, why can't dragons with more powerful power have civilization and their own empire? These servants are our wealth, and we should value these servants as we cherish our own wealth."

The taste of this pie obviously attracted the green dragon. Anta Gena's emerald pupils glowed with green light as she looked at the red dragon beside her, and her tone became eager, "Do you really have such a grand goal? Kalon, you are indeed the most powerful and smartest dragon in the dragon group."

"Why not?" The red dragon's tone became seductive, and with a wave of his dragon claw, he pointed to the land under his feet and said, "The land covered with fallen leaves under your feet is the most fertile humus soil, the most suitable land for planting in the world, and the beloved land of the goddess of harvest. This will be a farm to support the dragon group, and this farm is boundless."

"And that pleasant climate, fertile and rich grassland, lives countless running beasts, there will be the dragon group's pasture, this pasture, boundless. And we only need to accept more servants to manage the territory for us, this will become the cradle of civilization, the cradle of wealth."

The little mother dragon Anta Gena was breathing heavily and immersed in the future fantasy described by Kalon, completely ignoring the powerful monsters and tribes living around the dragon group's territory. Many powerful tribes even the adolescent dragon Carlit did not dare to provoke. Perhaps because time always stands on the side of the dragons, Kalon also took it for granted.

And Kalon's words are not just drawing a pie, he has this plan, especially now that his source of strengthening energy is also linked to the surrendered servants, which is also driving his motivation.

Moreover, the green dragon, who likes to bewitch people's hearts and is good at suggestion, will probably quietly spread his words in the dragon group. The dragon family will gradually have the same goal and will of action, which is very helpful for uniting the dragons' actions. The dragon group with the same goal and appeal will be more united, which is also the purpose Kalon wants to achieve.

Kalon knows very well that only when the guns in his hands are solid enough can he cope with many unpredictable accidents and dangers in the future. After all, dragons are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. As long as he embarks on this road to pursue becoming stronger, he is destined to be a journey of continuous conquest.

"Hmm?" Kalon turned his head as if he felt something, and his dragon eyes searched around. Just now, he felt like he was being spied on by other gazes, but after scanning around roughly, he didn't find the target, so he shook his head and didn't take it to heart.

It is not surprising to have such an experience in the forest, maybe it was just an animal passing by and taking a curious look. If Raven was here, it would be great. She is an elf in the forest, and her perception range is greater than that of the green dragon Anta Gena, who is still a young dragon. Kalon looked at the quiet green dragon, and couldn't help but feel that it seemed more lively when Raven was around.