The Red Dragon Awakens

Red Lightning was a Copper-Horned Red Dragon that embodied extreme heat.

It had a pair of sharp brass-colored horns and was a rare quadrupedal dragon among dragonkind. Compared to bipedal wyverns, it was clearly better at close combat.

When Red Lightning was pushed into the camp atop a massive flatbed cart, Mahmud II had already been waiting for a long time.

His three-headed demonic dragon was also at his side, lest anything unexpected happen.

In terms of sheer size, the three-headed demonic dragon undoubtedly surpassed Red Lightning by a great deal. But Red Lightning's body was clearly sturdier; standing beside it, even such a massive creature as the three-headed demonic dragon looked somewhat lean.

If they truly compared weights, they were probably evenly matched.

But that did not mean Red Lightning was clumsy. Its name itself represented the lightning-like speed at which it flew through the skies. His grandfather had ridden it to end the chaos of the Great Interregnum.

It was said that the dragons tamed by Sulaiman, who had claimed kingship in Rumelia, and Musa, who had proclaimed himself king in Edirne, had been torn apart alive by Red Lightning's claws and fangs after it charged at extreme speed.

The palace still had illustrations depicting that great battle. When he had been young, they had filled him with longing for a long time, and he had pestered his father to let him go tame dragons in the dragon gardens.

Standing before the enormous red dragon, a flicker of amazement passed through his eyes. It was as though he had reunited with the unattainable White Moonlight of his youth, and even he, usually so calm, could not help sinking into his memories.

Roar—

The three heads of the demonic dragon all let out dissatisfied growls. Its three heads often