(All right, I posted two updates today—bet that gave you a scare! But don't rush to vote with your monthly passes yet. I hear there might be double rewards, so if you have any spare votes, check whether you still have one for Annual Work...)
"The barbarians used the monsters they created to launch a surprise attack on Dragon Mountain. The artifact's power made both them and those monsters extraordinarily strong. Even creatures as powerful as dragons were driven back again and again by the sudden assault. In the end, almost none of the dragons with royal blood survived, leaving me as the only dragon eligible to inherit the chieftain's position," So Ya told us the story from thousands of years ago. Her tone was calm now, but I could still see how deeply that ancient disaster had scarred the Dragon Queen in her eyes. "But what meaning did that qualification have? Overnight, my world was turned upside down. The strongest race in the world nearly became scattered and helpless in the blink of an eye. Dragons had been powerful for too long, so no one realized how many fatal weaknesses we had: we were loose, slow to react, had no state or discipline, and barely even understood the concepts of armies or clans. Once the demon-cursed barbarians and several other races lost their usual fear of dragons, they invaded the Dragon Clan Territory in force. My scattered kin were slaughtered one by one, and even their corpses became materials for Black Witchcraft... At the same time, the Monster Beast Horde's situation worsened rapidly. I mentioned it earlier, didn't I? Several great chieftains among the monster beasts, along with most of the leaders of the smaller tribes, had somehow already colluded with the barbarians. Lily was only one of the