Under the Red Dragon

Another year's Annual Fete Day is approaching. Since the establishment of the Golden Empire, the atmosphere for the first Annual Fete Day has gradually become intense. Every household has already begun purchasing wine and meat in preparation.

However, within the empire, the most sought-after commodities now are the fireworks and firecrackers produced by the fireworks factory.

Despite the guards of the Public Security Bureau emphasizing that it is not allowed to set off fireworks in various cities on weekdays, many people still risk being fined to excitedly light firecrackers in various corners, and then honestly wait in the temporary prison cells for their families to pay the fine and take them back.

Therefore, even when the silver dragon Chris stepped into the small town of Kex in the evening after finishing her day's hard work, she could still hear sporadic firecracker explosions and the sharp shouts of the kobold guards patrolling the streets.

The empire has been growing vigorously recently, with large and small cities connected and small towns and villages surrounding them. From the Golden Coast in the far east to the Silent Forest near the Coastal Mountains in the far west, it has stretched for tens of thousands of miles.

After the empire relaxed the power of development and encouraged imperial residents to spontaneously develop and cultivate land, a wave of development has emerged within the empire.

In particular, the empire's legions, bearing the task of opening up the main roads from east to west throughout the empire, those legion warriors simply do not care whether the power within the empire can keep up with the legion's advancement speed, and directly rush to the western coast with a blade-like attitude.

Although this can quickly open up the main roads and connect with the Vampire Kingdom in the western continent to establish trade cooperation, due to the excessive length of the journey, other wilderness and forest areas besides the transportation arteries have not been incorporated into the empire's territory.

Even if all the goblins and kobolds within the empire were sent out, they would not be able to undertake this huge task.

Just maintaining the safety of the transportation arteries is already a heavy task, not to mention that those kobolds and goblins have even more important tasks than this.

So the empire's pioneering legion's actions were temporarily called to a halt, and they were stationed for rest.

The war lizard legion that newly joined the empire, under the leadership of Rayleigh, had no choice but to stop unwillingly.

With the support of the empire's weapons, ordnance, and food supplies, coupled with the mutual assistance of the pioneering legions, these war lizards experienced for the first time in their monster lives the demeanor of traversing this land.

In addition to these war lizard temporary legions that have not yet been standardized, the remaining legions are equipped with complete legion armaments, not only are the warriors' armor as solid as boulders, but their weapons are so sharp that any monster can hardly resist.

Each legion formation is also equipped with a considerable number of spellcaster legions, healing physicians, and aerial dragon knights as reconnaissance and strike forces. With air and land integration, when the army presses down on the border, even some powerful monster lords must actively avoid them, not wanting to rashly start a war.

But the legion warriors who killed to their heart's content were happy, but the dragons who undertook the patrol missions were even more depressed.

Not only are the dragon lords in the dragon nests restricted by the ever-expanding territory, and they have to carry out fixed-point patrols according to the divided areas every day.

Even the three temporary worker dragons, the bronze dragon Gross and Natarelli, and the silver dragon Chris, are also unknowingly assigned various tasks that do not belong to them, and are quietly driven by the dragon group. Some things, once you get used to them, you really can't change.

Therefore, the silver dragon Chris returned to this small city after finishing a five-day long-distance patrol mission to enjoy a rare vacation.

This short break after being busy actually gave the silver dragon Chris a sense of joy that surpassed countless years in the past. Only the surprise of facing treasure can surpass this sense of joy.

"Am I going crazy? I'm actually starting to like this feeling? It must be because I've been too busy recently and overworked my brain!"

The silver dragon Chris couldn't help but shake her head, throwing the strange thoughts out of her mind.

During this period, the silver dragon Chris always deliberately avoided thinking about the differences between metal dragons and chromatic dragons, and was more willing to use her eyes and heart to look at everything that happened within the Golden Empire, this country ruled by dragons.

The silver dragon Chris began to feel that this kind of civilization should be the civilization that silver dragons like, and the country that she should yearn for.

Although the citizens are ruled by dragons, they have their own freedom, and can have a prosperous life as long as they rely on themselves.

Those who first set foot on this land could become wealthy households just by farming, relying on the dragon's tax-free policy at the beginning, and without worrying about the exploitation of the nobles and the encroachment of their property at any time.

Here, Chris saw a truly relatively fair world. Sometimes the silver dragon found it hard to believe that this was a land ruled by those chromatic dragons.

But without a doubt, the silver dragon Chris had fallen in love with this land, especially the sound of the bell every morning, when all things grow, always gave her a good mood in her busy work.

Of course, if the ancestral red dragon knew what this silver dragon was thinking, the silver dragon Chris might only get some malicious jokes.

Chris walked slowly along the gradually widening street and came to the temple of several dragonborn guards.

Within the empire, every town has now begun to build imperial temples. These temples are both a manifestation of the empire's ruling power and a promise from the dragons to the empire's people.

The empire's people worship the dragons, follow the will of the dragons, and offer their faith, while the dragons rule the living beings on the ground and give the people protection.

There are stories circulating among the empire's people about the temple. The beacon towers built in the temple, located on both sides of the temple, are the contract that the dragons have made with the people.

If one day, the loyal people of the empire encounter an irresistible danger, as long as they are in a place with a dragon temple, they can light the beacon in the temple.

The dragons in the sky will descend, spread their thick, sky-covering wings, protect their people from wind and rain, and repel the darkness.

The origin of this story is untraceable. After all, there are many bards and propagandists now serving the empire. Even the empire's emperor, Calon Gogelmora, would need to spend a little effort to find out the origin of this story.

However, in the eyes of the silver dragon Chris, behind the wide spread of this story, it quietly puts a layer of divinity on the dragons who rule the empire.

The dragons in the story, in the singing, already have some abilities and concepts similar to gods.

And in the silver dragon Chris's inheritance, she also knows that there were some beings who were mortals, because they became heroes in the story, and their deeds were widely spread.

Those heroes among mortals can also take this opportunity to embark on the road to becoming gods and become powerful demigod existences with divinity.

But this method is not enough to achieve simply by spreading it. It must be that those who believe in the story sincerely believe in it.

The existence behind can use this power of reputation and faith to obtain the ancient god-like power.

So, although the silver dragon Chris doesn't know who is spreading it in secret, the silver dragon, who is not stupid, already has a target for the mastermind behind it.

She passed the dragonborn guards, and the badge on her chest was enough for the silver dragon Chris to directly enter the temple.

The statues of the dragons are lifelike. In the eyes of the silver dragon Chris, the statue of the ancestral red dragon, who has wisdom and vision, is like entrenched on the throne, restrained and closed, but it is the center and only one of the entire space.

The dragons all restrained their wings, only the ancestral red dragon stood with its head held high, and the eyes carved with gems were like real ones, gentle and mellow, as if overlooking, as if watching.

The slightly open wings covered the dragons around it under its wings.

In the eyes of the silver dragon Chris, this symbolizes not only the supreme status of the ancestral red dragon among the dragons, but also that this red dragon shields the most violent wind and rain for the dragons.

Yes, although she didn't want to admit it, the silver dragon Chris now, with more and more understanding, she admired that unusual dragon more and more.

Just like the temple in front of her, although the power and rank of the dragons at this time are not enough to touch the real purpose behind the scenes, the ancestral red dragon has already prepared everything in advance for his partners.

Chris's soft eyes swept over the statues of the dragons, and finally stopped on the statue of the ancestral red dragon, and sighed softly.

She now faced the ancestral red dragon with a feeling close to homesickness, she didn't know what this feeling was, but it made this proud silver dragon very scared, but also very eager.

She was afraid to approach the ancestral red dragon, but she was extremely eager to approach that red dragon. This was an emotion that dragons would almost never experience in their lives.

For this reason, she even had a kind of indescribable dark jealousy towards those dragons who could unscrupulously contact the ancestral red dragon.

But the silver dragon, who has always prided herself on being noble, refused to admit that she had this dark psychology. At this time, she could only obtain enough tranquility and peace in front of the badge mark of the platinum dragon god, and could abandon the various thoughts in her mind that made her feel ashamed.

Chris bypassed the statue of the ancestral red dragon and wanted to go behind the dragons, to the badge mark that was almost a decoration for other creatures, but was quite conspicuous for dragons.

But the glance she swept over made her discover that, she didn't know when, there was a statue of a dragon among the statues of the dragons.

The appearance of this dragon's statue was almost the same as that of the dragons, but the gem used to carve the eyes of this dragon was special enough.

Looking at it from different angles, the dragon's eyes would show different colors. Under the sunlight shining through the dome, rainbow-like rays of light lingered on the dragon's eyes, beautiful and peculiar.

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"Eh, could it be that in the past few days, another new dragon has joined the dragon group,"

The silver dragon Chris exclaimed in surprise and muttered to herself: "But even if they joined the dragon group, they shouldn't be ranked in a position parallel to the dragons. Even the mist dragon Deniro has not reached this point now."

The silver dragon Chris rarely frowned her beautiful eyebrows. Being ranked among the dragons has now become one of her small goals. Seeing a strange dragon take a step ahead of her made the silver dragon Chris feel a little difficult to express.

It wasn't until she stood in front of the badge mark symbolizing the platinum dragon god Bahamut, which was a mark like a star in the Milky Way nebula, that her unspoken emotions calmed down.

The silver dragon Chris, like the middle-aged bronze dragon Hollister who saw the temple for the first time, always found it difficult to guess the purpose of the ancestral red dragon placing the marks of many dragon gods in the temple.

This silver dragon now takes guessing the ancestral red dragon's thoughts and seeing through some of the ancestral red dragon's intentions as a kind of game fun. If successful, it will bring Chris an indescribable sense of satisfaction, but she has always been unable to guess the red dragon's thoughts on this point.

Although dragons can also have pan-faith in multiple gods like other races, it is okay on the dragon gods with relatively vague positions, but it is a dangerous behavior on the platinum dragon god and the immortal dragon queen.

Although the two dragon gods have verbally reconciled on the surface, they are still continuing their private confrontation and competition for thousands of years behind the scenes.

Not only does Bahamut have a knight order dedicated to hunting chromatic dragons, but the immortal dragon queen has also established a group specifically targeting chromatic dragons who have betrayed their faith and turned to the platinum dragon god.

When the two dragon gods target each other, they seem to have jumped out of the limitations and constraints of the gods' divine duties, and do everything they can.

Even the silver dragon Chris can understand this point. She doesn't believe that the red dragon, who looks very cunning and treacherous, wouldn't consider this point.

"To be the king, one must bear the weight. Maybe, this is why he can be the king," Chris whispered to herself, lowered her head, put aside her distracting thoughts, and silently prayed.

"Great platinum dragon god, your descendant, Chris Tiana, is here to pray to you, praying for your wisdom that is greater than power..."

Before the silver dragon Chris finished speaking, in the next moment, the star mark on the dome wall quietly lit up, and an invisible force broke through the barrier of the Akania world and fell into this mark.

A powerful majesty, bursting out from the mark, disappeared in an instant, but in the silver dragon Chris's consciousness, a huge projection appeared.

The majesty of a god and the majesty of a dragon, like overturning mountains and seas, were revealed from the projection, making the silver dragon Chris feel that her real body was rapidly becoming as small as dust.

"Great ancestor dragon god, honorable platinum dragon king," the silver dragon Chris lowered her head and saluted the supreme dragon god.

This was the first time that the platinum dragon god Bahamut had responded to this silver dragon, and a small part of his consciousness descended into the world of Akania.

This is also the first choice for many gods and powerful beings to choose to descend into the material world. Powerful true gods, evil things, demons, or devils, as long as they reach a certain level, all have enough power to cross the world.

But if you want to cross the world, you must not only spend a lot of power to cross the barrier of the world, but also consider the resistance of the plane consciousness born in some material worlds, or the plane's instinctive rejection.

No matter what kind of existence, as long as it is powerful to a certain extent, it will be rejected by the material world to carry its existence, so if you want to cross the barrier of the world, you must spend a lot of power.

The more powerful the existence, the more power it consumes, and the stronger the resistance it receives. This is why most gods like to descend their consciousness, which not only consumes less, but also ensures secrecy.

Only in extremely special circumstances will a god-like existence break the rules and descend their divine power incarnation, but in general, this behavior is often more harm than good.

Moreover, for the gods of faith, the existence of the world barrier is also a dangerous control. The gods of faith sit high above the astral world and can capture the faith of countless plane worlds.

However, when they descend into the mortal realm, the world's barrier spontaneously rejects the intrusion of divine power derived from faith. Even if they can obtain faith, the consumption increases exponentially.

Some sufficiently powerful material planes even restrict deities to only absorbing faith from within that plane. This limitation makes it rare for the gods of faith to set foot in the mortal world outside the Astral Plane.

Even if they descend into the mortal realm, they won't stay for long.

Because in these material worlds, powerful demigods, false gods, and evil entities see these descended deities as prey to be tested. The former God of Magic was overthrown by an ancient magical empire in just such a way.

However, true gods who descend with a fragment of their consciousness have far fewer concerns. Even losing a portion of their consciousness isn't a significant impairment to them.

But facing Bahamut's descent, the silver dragon Chris could actually feel that deep in her heart, she didn't have the sense of pilgrimage she had expected. Perhaps it was his words that shattered the sacred veil surrounding the Dragon God in the silver dragon Chris's mind.

"Chris, beautiful silver dragon, besides the gold dragons, my most beloved offspring race," the King of Good Dragons, Bahamut, appeared as a middle-aged man. He reached out and stroked the silver dragon Chris's head.

"I need you to do something for me: get close to that ancient red dragon, Kalon Gorgomora, and gain his trust. He will be an important aid to my great goal," Bahamut said.

The silver dragon Chris's eyes flickered, but without hesitation, she agreed directly.

It wasn't until night fell that the silver dragon Chris walked out of the temple.

With the starry sky and bright moon hanging high, the silver dragon Chris exhaled a breath of cold air and whispered, "Really, what a boring world!"