Under the Red Dragon

The Golden Empire, with its vast territory, is now three to five times larger than before, stretching twelve thousand miles from the Golden Seaport on the Eastern Sea to its westernmost city.

Winter Avoiding winter City, a city on the western frontier of the Golden Empire, is gradually approaching the western coast of the continent. Influenced by the unpredictable sea winds from the Endless endless Sea, it no longer enjoys the spring-like climate of the Dragon Clan's central territory.

For three months each year, it experiences a colder season, and due to the rainy climate, temperatures often drop, hence the name Winter Avoiding winter City.

This city is still under construction. In this late autumn season, most of the people coming and going are Frost Giant slaves and over three hundred giants of various kinds captured by the Empire's 'Crimson Pity' Legion from the Godforsaken Abandoned Mountains.

Among these giants, Hill Hill Giants are the majority, building city walls under the supervision of Kobold overseers. Even in the bleak and cold late autumn, the mist formed by evaporating sweat envelops the heads of these giants.

Huge stones are carried by these giants onto steam-powered elevators, and then transported to the thirty-meter-high city walls.

In the Dragon's territory, a thirty-meter-high city wall can only be considered a low wall.

This frontier defense city also serves as the primary fortress connecting the Western Continent with the Vampire's Dense forest Kingdom for trade and communication. Its initial construction goal is to become like the current Golden City, requiring city walls at least one hundred and twenty meters high to complete the corresponding layout.

Giants waiting on top of the city walls meticulously stack huge stone slabs together. Any slight mistake results in the Kobold overseers, who only reach the giants' knees, lashing them with whips.

The usually lazy giants are now working diligently, not daring to resist in the slightest, not even daring to glare angrily.

This is because the city wall garrison is uniformly clad in light armor, wielding elite weapons, and carrying armor-piercing crossbows hanging from their waists, shrinking their hands into their robe sleeves and watching with cold eyes.

One by one, Ogre Guard soldiers reveal their fangs, chewing on the meat jerky, a specialty of the Dragon Clan's territory that can be chewed for half a morning, while sizing up these giants.

Although these garrison legions cannot, like the 'Crimson Pity' battle group guarding Bay 流湾(湾: Bay) City, earn military merits and acquire wealth by hunting and capturing giants,

they will receive commendations issued by the Governor's Governor's Office if they can promptly suppress the resistance and riots of the giant slaves.

Soldiers who receive commendations will receive a generous bonus at the end of the year based on their accumulated merits and commendations.

Perhaps it's a few sheep, cattle, or horses, or a tamed Dragon Dragon Beast that can be driven, or perhaps the superior wine that the Dragon Lords enjoy, which motivates these soldiers.

In addition, on the thirty-meter-high city walls, there are also low-level spellcasters selecting fixed and compatible magic rune stones to install and stack into the city walls.

Some of these magic rune stones are connected to the magic defense nodes of the entire city, some are magic runes that prohibit flying in the city, and some are runes that prohibit the use of teleportation magic and other teleportation methods within the city.

These magic runes must be precise to every point in order to connect the entire city's defense system. However, with the professional knowledge of the 'Civil Engineering Civil Engineering' spellcasters trained in the Dragon Academy, this task is easy to handle.

When the young Red Dragon Cadiros Cadiros arrived outside the city with Nakana Nakana and Naro Naro, two adult Gray Dragons, and a group of hatchlings, what he saw was a busy scene like a construction site.

"Lord Cadiros Cadiros!"

"Squad Leader Patrol Captain!"

The garrison troops quickly saluted the young Red Dragon. Although the young Red Dragon's reputation was well-known, even to every civilian in the empire, as a high-ranking ruler of the empire, this was the respect that the Red Dragon deserved.

"Well, is there anything happening today? Are there any wild dragons daring to cause trouble?"

The young Red Dragon, with a string of dragons, folded his wings, looked down, and asked the guards.

With the young Red Dragon's size, these guards were like little people, and their power was like toys in front of the young Red Dragon.

But Cadiros Cadiros did not underestimate these people.

Under the influence of the Dragon Clan, even Cadiros Cadiros knew that the reason why the Dragon Clan was becoming more and more powerful was not only because the dragons in the Dragon Clan possessed power and authority, but also because of the efforts of these people under his command.

The support gained purely by strength can never compare to the stability and reliability of the current empire.

"No wild dragons dare to cause trouble. Since Lord Gibb Gibb's barbarian legion was transferred here, they have been working hard to eliminate the surrounding hidden dangers, and no wild dragons dare to cause trouble here."

An Ogre guard replied quickly.

"That's good,"

The young Red Dragon nodded, swaggered, and led the two Gray Dragons with curious expressions in their vertical pupils, looking around and constantly observing, and a group of babbling hatchlings into the city gate.

Cadiros Cadiros's job was to patrol the border. Originally, the affairs of Winter Avoiding winter City did not require him to intervene.

However, this city is currently under the responsibility of Steel Dragon Midier Midier.

The dragons in the Dragon Clan have been exploring and summarizing in the magic research department, using cultivation methods combined with magic potions to revive and grow the dragon bloodline. The strength of the secret method named Dragon Dragon Proof is increasing day by day.

However, Steel Dragon Midier Midier is not good at combat, which makes the young Red Dragon worry about this fragile Steel Dragon.

Although in Cadiros Cadiros's heart, this skinny Steel Dragon Midier Midier, the lively and lovely girl when transformed into a human form, is the truly rotten dragon in the Golden Empire.

Not to mention what this Steel Dragon is doing in the empire, since Steel Dragon Midier Midier took office, she began to use the empire's system to implement economic and trade economic trade strike against many nobles in the North.

Using the empire's excellent and high-yield processed products to squeeze the product market of those noble lords, and taking advantage of the opportunity that the Golden Empire needs a huge amount of cotton textile products for installing armaments and vigorously building and researching,

the Golden Empire completely abandoned the practice of self-producing cotton textile raw products, and purchased a large number of cotton and other products from other noble lords, gradually increasing the purchase price and lowering the tariffs on cotton and other products.

Guiding many noble territories in the North to abandon food and plant a large number of cotton and other crops.

In these years, in many noble territories, except for the food production areas that supply the lords, even all the remaining land has been planted with cotton and other crops.

The price of grain exported in large quantities by the Golden Empire has naturally risen, but the nobles have their own grain production areas and do not care. Only the grievances of the people are boiling everywhere.

Then the Golden Empire began to stop the grain export trade and cotton crop import trade with these noble lords.

Originally, in Steel Dragon Midier Midier's plan, with a series of measures in these trade wars, the Earl of Bartori could defeat these lords without any effort.

Then these nobles' territories were incorporated into the Golden Empire's exclaves outside the mainland, but Charal Charal Caesar Caesar, now the Emperor of the Hobis Hobis Empire, swept the war against many nobles in the North, destroying Steel Dragon Midier Midier's plan.

Although the failure of many nobles in the North is certainly due to their strength being incomparable to Charal Charal Caesar Caesar I, the role played by Steel Dragon Midier Midier is also an important reason.

With soldiers but no food, even the god of war in the world cannot cook without rice.

So those nobles who were defeated and fled to the Golden Empire cried in front of Steel Dragon Midier Midier's mansion day and night, which made Steel Dragon Midier Midier both angry and annoyed.

She took the initiative to run to the western border of the empire to preside over the construction of Winter Avoiding winter City, and also to connect with the trade relationship with the Vampire's Dense forest Kingdom.

In Steel Dragon Midier Midier's view, she still has many methods that she has not had time to try. Instead of getting any benefits, she has put a big blame on Charal Charal Caesar Caesar I.

She has to find a way in these days to squeeze the money from those old nobles in a justified way.

Young Red Dragon Cadiros Cadiros sometimes began to worry about the vampires in those Dense forest Kingdoms. Steel Dragon Midier Midier, this dragon, is not well-known outside the empire, but is the most evil dragon in the Dragon Clan.

The city built with the aesthetics of the dragons, even the city gate, can accommodate several adult dragons walking side by side.

Cadiros Cadiros led a string of dragons into the city gate. The neat and wide streets were still sparsely populated. Occasionally, a team of gorgeously dressed vampires like nobles would pass by with slaves, and they would greet and salute the group of dragons.

These are all trade missions from the Dense forest Kingdom and tourists who came to Experience the customs of the empire. These arrogant vampires also need to bow their heads to the dragons in the Dragon Kingdom.

The sparse Golden People mostly wear dragon horn hats, and the clothes on their bodies are mostly painted with dragon patterns and scroll patterns, simple, noble and Magnanimous, which is very different from the complicated and Luxurious of the vampires.

Cadiros Cadiros nodded frequently, even as a return gift, and then led the team directly to the destination in the city.

Occasionally, one or two Five-Colored Dragons of different colors of scales would be encountered along the way, mostly Blue Dragons and Green Dragons, strolling in the city, or waiting in front of the 通行机构通行机构(通行机构: Passage Agency) for the issuance of Passage Example.

With the stamped passage mark, these dragons from the wild who are unwilling to join the Golden Empire can enter the internal hinterland of the Golden Empire for travel and browsing.

Dragons entering the interior of the Golden Empire without passage marks are regarded as provocations.

The two wild dragons that were shot down before are still paying off their reckless behavior. They are supervised by White Dragon Sloka Sloka and White Dragon Ronnie Ronnie, and are responsible for the front line of the empire stationed in the north, defending against the possible southward invasion of the Frost Giants.

On an open-air square in the center of the city, there are towering roofless towers and dragon statue fountains everywhere. The pillars of merit are engraved with the names of those warriors who gave their lives for the establishment of the Golden Empire.

But on the corner of this open-air square, there are stationed elite heavy armor guards.

Twenty heavy armor warriors are all holding Horse Chopping heavy blades, and their whole bodies are shrouded in heavy armor forged from mountain steel and magic alloy. Even in the cold temperature of this late autumn, they still stand upright like green pines, meticulous, and only nod to salute when facing Red Dragon Cadiros Cadiros.

Because these warriors guard the only teleportation channel in each city, only dragons or those carrying articles approved by the Dragon Lord can pass through. All other personnel who dare to teleport in the city at will are regarded as outlaws.

The vertical pupils of the young Red Dragon Cadiros Cadiros met the eyes of the dragon statue standing in the teleportation field, and the identity of the Dragon Clan member was instantly recognized, and then the location outlined by the young Red Dragon was quickly displayed.

The eyes of the dragon statues carved with magic gems around the teleportation field lit up at the same time, with colors such as red, blue, green, black, and white, lighting up like stars.

"Stand firm, we are about to arrive at the Capital Capital," the young Red Dragon, who was not interested in explaining to the two Gray Dragons, spoke actively for the first time.

Buzzing,

Magic gems lit up one by one, and a huge teleportation magic circle appeared under the claws of these dragons, and the excited babbling cries of the hatchlings and the rough breathing of the two adult Gray Dragons began to disappear instantly.

It's like suddenly pushing open the window that has been closed to all sounds from a quiet room to the bustling street, or like taking off the soundproof earmuffs after blocking your ears.

The first reaction of the two adult Gray Dragons, Nakana Nakana and Naro Naro, was like this.

On the edge of the vast square, rows of huge dragon statues, with different colors of scales, raised their heads and spread their wings, and their eyes were looking at the dragon statue of the ancestral Red Dragon, the Emperor of the Empire, which stood in the center of the square, with its giant wings spread out, overlooking all living beings.

Countless noisy sounds came, as if the bustling people in these cities were Performing their respective lives under the feet of the dragons.

Many old people took their children to stroll on the square, telling these children the stories of the dragons and the legends of the establishment of the Golden Kingdom.

Ten years is the time for ordinary people to grow from childhood, from youth to maturity, from maturity to old age, and from old age to enter peace, and it is also the time for short-lived species to be separated by a generation.

Many children played and frolicked under the dragon statues.

A young girl claimed to be the messenger of the Forest Dragon Antagena Antagena, wearing a treasure crown hat like a Green Dragon, and drove other children to run around in a childish voice.

A strong child claimed to be the Black Dragon Lord, the war general of the Black King, and asked other children to obey his command. If they disobeyed slightly, they would be beaten with fists and feet.

A handsome boy claimed to be the Emperor of the Empire, the Red Dragon Son of the Ancestral Red Dragon, and then was swarmed by other boys and beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

"You can't do it either, Raka Raka. You either subdue us all, or be smarter than all of us, to win the laurel of the Red Dragon Son!"

A group of children fought and quarreled endlessly.

In addition to the noise on the square, there was also the bustling sound on the wide avenue.

Ogres, Ogres, Kobolds, and Gnolls haunt here, humans, elves, goblins, and halflings live together, and orcs, lizardmen, and other races are also common.

The main road of the wide road paved with stone slabs several meters thick is divided into a driveway for carriages and other tools to travel, a dragon avenue for large dragons to pass through, and a sidewalk for other races to pass through.

However, this is not to reflect the distinction of class. Other people can also step on the Dragon Avenue.

Of course, if you stand in front of the dragon, don't blame the dragon for accidentally trampling on you. Instead, you have to compensate the dragon for the loss, because this is the traffic rule.

Dragons are not uncommon in this city. Occasionally, a dragon will pass by, including many Bronze Dragons and Copper Dragons.

Influenced by the bronze dragon lord Alina and the copper dragon lord Alfred, two metallic dragons also began to develop curiosity about the Golden Empire.

Naka and Nalo, two adult gray dragons, even saw traces of merchants from the astral plane in this city, and some arcane merchants also haunted this place.

And the notorious astral pirates—the Githyanki—also appeared in this city, occasionally selling materials produced on astral behemoths, which was how these Githyanki disposed of their stolen goods.

The sounds of bells, drums, conch shells, horns, and bagpipes intertwined, different from the delicate instruments such as harps and flutes in the countries of the continent. They were simple, grand, and had a unique charm, the music of the dragon kingdom.

These intermittently sounding melodies seemed vast and boundless, reminiscent of ancient times when dragons soared in the sky, overlooking the desolate and wild earth.

Throughout the city stood tall, spireless giant buildings, making the two adult gray dragons want to fly up and climb them to overlook the city's scenery.

There were the majestic city walls over a hundred meters high, the Tree of Life even taller than the city walls, exuding a vast vitality that nourished the entire city, and behind the Tree of Life, the ten-thousand-meter Fire Peak mountain range stood on the horizon, hidden in the swirling clouds.

"I think we should first take a good stroll around this great city," the gray dragon Naka gulped and turned to his brother Nalo.

"Good idea, a reliable idea," the gray dragon Nalo said happily, then threw the silver dragon tied to his tail in front of the young red dragon Cadilos.

"Cadilos, you take this trophy away first, and we'll come find you after we've explored the city."

Before the young red dragon could stop them, the two gray dragons had already run far away.

"What kind of reliability is this?" The young red dragon, surrounded by a group of hatchlings, couldn't help but feel resentful.

"Alright," Cadilos turned around and looked down at the group of excited hatchlings, unable to restrain themselves from flapping their wings and jumping around.

"You will have two hours of free time later, but if anyone doesn't report to the silver dragon Chris before the specified time this afternoon, they will have a hard time tomorrow,"

The young red dragon Cadilos spewed two sparks from his nostrils, threatening the hatchlings with a grin, "Anyone who is late will face an adult griffon alone tomorrow, don't say I didn't warn you."

The empire's current education policy for these newborn dragon hatchlings is that metallic dragons teach by words, chromatic dragons teach by example, and they are also assisted by outstanding teachers from humans and other races.

These hatchlings are far from having the easy and pleasant childhood that dragon clans used to have.

"But why do we chromatic dragons have to learn from metallic dragons? We are enemies, even if they are now members of the empire, they are just our subordinates,"

A black dragon hatchling raised its head and voiced its question.

The other dragon hatchlings nodded and quickly looked over.

"Huff,"

Two sparks splattered, and the young red dragon Cadilos raised his claws and shouted, "That's dragon farts!"

"Your view is inherited from bloodlines and is too narrow,"

"Do you know that Ka... the Emperor of the Empire once said that every dragon stands on the shoulders of giants like the previous generation of dragons, but the legacy of the previous generation's bloodlines should become the ladder for us to climb, not the shackles that bind our minds,"

"If you can't do this, you don't deserve to be the future of the empire. The future of the empire should keep pace with the times and stand on the tide of the era,"

"Those dragons who are trapped by the bloodlines of the previous generation do not deserve to be called the true dragons of the empire," a blazing light bloomed from the pupils of the young red dragon, giving this rogue red dragon the dignity of a teacher.

"Remember, you are the dragons of the empire, supported by the entire empire, possessing the greatest and highest power, and also bearing the deepest and heaviest responsibilities. Those who cannot do both of these do not deserve to be called the true dragons of the empire."

"Get lost, go back and think about it, you bunch of fools!" The young red dragon waved his claws, signaling the hatchlings to get out.

"Woohoo,"

"Yay,"

A group of hatchlings, frightened by the light in the pupils of the young red dragon, instantly changed from pretending to be thoughtful to cheering, and scattered into the noisy crowd on the avenue.

Occasionally, the cries of these hatchlings could still be heard,

"I'm going to the Dragon Myriad World Card Hall, I still have two silver coins! Who wants to go with me and help me with some advice? I can let you play a game too!"

"Didn't you say you were out of money?"

"Yeah, but I got excellent grades in my magical common sense course, and the teacher gave me a reward, so I have money again!"

"Let's go, let's go together!"

The young red dragon Cadilos looked at the notes engraved on the scales of his claws, couldn't help scratching his head, and muttered to himself, "Did I say something less? Forget it, never mind, I'll say what I didn't say next time, at least I can say such reasonable things, which should make those little kids think I'm very wise."

So the young red dragon used his thick tail to pick up the silver dragon who was still pretending to be unconscious and forced to transform into a humanoid form, and strode towards the executive governor's office located at the foot of the Royal Capital Mountains.

Although he was very afraid of the nagging of the bronze dragon Alina now, the young red dragon felt that he had at least done a good job this time.

Karon's growth and the empire's changes are written together, hoping it won't feel cluttered.