Elsewhere, Dusk Hoof and his new flame, Jiu Jiu, had just woken up. The two Red Gold Dragons, bruised black and blue and covered in wounds, looked at each other in speechless silence.
After taking a lap around the cave, Mother Dragon Diane suddenly cried out in panic, "Hoof, where are our children? Our children are gone."
Dusk Hoof searched the cave once over, but could not find the two dragon eggs anywhere. He said angrily, "Sadora must have taken our children away. What does she want?"
After Dusk Hoof said that, Diane immediately became convinced that Mother Dragon Sadora had taken her children. She pleaded, "Hoof, let's go get our children back right now!"
Dusk Hoof nodded. "All right! Let's go!"
But after reaching the cave entrance, he retreated back inside and said, "Diane, I can't beat that son of mine. Even if we chase after them, we might not be able to bring our children back."
Diane asked anxiously, "Then what do we do?"
"Let's have another clutch! Don't worry, this time we'll find somewhere Sadora can't find."
Diane said remorsefully, "I shouldn't have suggested that you trick her into going to the Cloud Range..."
The palace of God of Heaven-Suppressing—Nati was not within the Ancestral Land. It had been built amid the plateau mountains north of the Ancestral Land.
This was due to an agreement between Nati, the deity of the Red Gold Dragons, and the deity of the Black Thunder Giant Dragons. The entire Dragon Continent was divided at the Ancestral Land: north belonged to the Red Gold Dragons, south to the Black Thunder Giant Dragons. Neither side invaded the other, and they lived in mutual peace.
The distance between the Ancestral Land and the palace of God of Heaven-Suppressing—Nati was not far, but at