The middle stratum of the Great Elroe Labyrinth could be called the territory of the fire dragon species. The Flame Lake's ruler, the Explosive Flame Dragon, was not actually a pure fire dragon. The true boss of the middle stratum was Fire Dragon Rendo, who possessed the title of [Dragon].
Not long after Fu Hua, Kumoko, and the earth dragon Fei Lun left the middle stratum, an even more terrifying crimson Western dragon appeared where they had fought before. This... was Fire Dragon Rendo, who had come to investigate after sensing that one of his subordinates had been killed.
Even if one of his subordinates had been killed, it was not a rare occurrence.
Within the Elro Great Labyrinth, monsters were hunted almost every moment. Monsters slaughtering one another was an everyday occurrence, nothing unusual at all. However, this Explosive Flame Dragon had been the dragon species with the greatest chance of evolving into a pure fire [Dragon].
Although fire dragon species could be found everywhere here, the chances of evolving into a true, pure dragon were exceedingly slim.
Compared to the earth dragon clan, the fire dragon clan's population was pitifully small. Nearly all of them were merely inferior dragon species.
It could not be said that difficult evolution was the reason, either. The earth dragon clan were dragons as well, yet they did not have this problem and instead flourished.
The main problem lay with Fire Dragon Rendo himself.
This hot-tempered dragon had a hobby: he enjoyed challenging the strongest boss in the Elro Great Labyrinth, the Queen Taratect. Every time, he would bring a group of subordinates with him, only for them to be instantly slaughtered by the Queen Taratect, leaving only himself behind... because of the agreement between his own boss and the Demon Lord, he