Red Emperor Royal City.
This capital city located in the heart of Lain Plateau is like a giant beast crawling on the earth. After more than forty years of ups and downs, it has become the most magnificent urban wonder in Romanian Plains.
On the south side of the royal city, there is a super giant building in the shape of an obelisk.
It is made of magic alloy and is engraved with complex dragon patterns. The building is hundreds of stories high, and the platform on each floor is wide enough to accommodate the dragon's turn.
Countless dragons flew and circled around the building.
The young red dragons, Black Dragon and Blue Dragon, flapped their wings, bringing up bursts of air as they landed on the stage, or they were taking off from the stage, with their dragon wings spread out to cover a small patch of sky.
The higher you go, the fewer Dragonkin are in number, but their bodies become more majestic and their aura of life is stronger.
When we get near the clouds, we can occasionally see the silhouette of the Legendary Realm dragon slowly passing by.
Its highest point has reached into the clouds.
And here is the highest Divine Authority symbol of the entire Aura Kingdom, which is Dragon Court located at Red Emperor Royal City.
Under Dragon Court, there is a glorious kingdom, with farmland spread out like a chessboard, mines working day and night, and caravans winding like ants on the road; among Dragon Court, there are powerful dragons, who live, fight, and reproduce, forming the backbone of the kingdom; and above Dragon Court, there is Red Emperor, who controls everything.
Phew!
The fierce wind passed through the floating clouds and blew on Garos's scales, making a subtle friction sound.
At this time, he is standing at the top of Dragon Court.
Looking from here, the sea of clouds surges beneath our feet, and the occasional cracks reveal the mottled colors of the earth.
Compared with more than forty years ago, Red Iron Dragon has a body length of forty-eight meters from head to tail, and its skeleton is more refined. The exaggerated muscles that were originally full of oppression have been reduced, and the overall appearance has become denser and more powerful.
The majestic and fierce light that was exposed in the past has been restrained.
The majestic temperament belonging to the king is even better than before.
This is a change caused by starving for nine meals in almost three days, drinking Black Oil like water, and forcing myself to exercise.
Even so, Garos and Life Level are still one level higher.
Although he controlled his eating, he still ate high-energy substances such as Black Oil, gems, and precious metals.
Moreover, his respiratory and digestive systems have been deeply strengthened.
Garos Every long breath can absorb more free energy from the air. When eating, the digestive system's conversion efficiency of food energy is also greatly enhanced, with very little waste.
"In terms of energy absorption and conversion efficiency, it currently seems that it is just the accumulation of "quantity" and the improvement of "intensity". There is still some distance between the distance and the qualitative change."
"This level of evolution will most likely still be accomplished through deep sleep."
Garos collected his thoughts and evaluated himself.
As he has grown over the years, his evolutionary talents have also increased.
The problem is that his current body is too strong.
The difficulty of transforming and reshaping Legendary Body is not on the same level as a mortal body.
With the strength and complexity of Garos's current body, it still takes time to accumulate changes if he wants to complete a large-scale qualitative evolution.
However, he never lacks time.
For a normal giant dragon, the time it takes for it to evolve is just a noteworthy wave in the long river of life.
Immediately afterwards, Garos turned his head and looked to the west, in the direction of the Orotara Continent.
Today, the true face of Calamity, which swept Orotara Continent, cannot be concealed.
As the battle between Elf and Orc intensified, a lot of news surfaced and reached Atlant Continent through merchant ships, wandering Spellcaster, and transnational intelligence networks.
It is an invisible anger, which is called "Fury Curse" by Elf scholars.
It will lurk in the target's body, and everything will be normal when it is not angry. It can even enhance the host's fighting instinct.
However, it is extremely contagious and penetrating.
An angry look at each other, blood splattered during a fight, or even being in the same room for a short period of time may become transmission channels.
Even Legendary Realm can't completely stop it, and you'll get hit if you're not careful.
If it was just Rage Calamity, it would actually be easier to handle.
Nausir Empire itself has a high degree of magical civilization. After experiencing the initial chaos, it has developed the enchantment Magic Array to curb its spread, and even developed some medicines and purification rituals to relieve symptoms.
However, Orc is here.
The Orcs of the Kantum Empire, after setting foot on the Orotara Continent in a huge fleet, immediately launched a fierce attack on the Elfs.
The war disrupted Elf's epidemic prevention deployment and brought Calamity's processing work to a standstill.
Fury Curse spread again, even to the Orc army.
In desperation, Elf published the detailed information of Calamity, trying to make Orc realize the seriousness of the problem and temporarily withdraw their troops to jointly deal with the crisis.
However, Orc didn't care about this, and even felt more excited.
Most of these barbarians are warlike, and eight out of ten are employed in professions such as berserkers and war priests.
There are many Orc who actively infect Fury Curse in order to become stronger.
They discovered that in the state of Frenzied Flame's burning sanity, the fighting instinct will be amplified to the extreme, and pain can stimulate the explosion of potential.
They enjoy the feeling of their brains being burned with rage.
So Orotara Continent turned into a complete mess.
Elf wants to control the epidemic but has to deal with war; Orc is actively infected while fighting war; ordinary civilians are struggling to survive in the double disaster.
"The Frenzied Flame in me comes from Gorsas, and he got it from a falling meteorite."
"Elf were exploring the starry sky. Then, a meteor shower hit Orotara Continent, bringing Calamity, which brought Fury Curse. And this Fury Curse is most likely also Frenzied Flame."
Red Iron Dragon thought silently.
Frenzied Flame comes from the vast starry sky, this can basically be confirmed.
Interestingly, in the information released by Elf, it is clearly mentioned that infected people have a strong instinct to spread Frenzied Flame.
The method is also very simple.
You can infect others through Rage during battle.
But Gorsas, who was suspected to be the first person infected by the Atlant Continent, did not spread it.
The crazy dragon used Furious Radiation in the battle, but it mainly used "Wild Dragon" Spell-like Ability and combined with Frenzied Flame to produce mental shock, rather than truly spreading its own Frenzied Flame origin.
Garos later adopted a similar method of use.
If he thought about it carefully, he could probably guess what the crazy dragon was thinking.
"My, Frenzied Flame's power is all mine! It only belongs to me Gorsas!"
It's roughly due to this twisted possessiveness.
This guy Gorsas had a confused mind, but he suppressed Frenzied Flame's communication instinct. However, when he was killed in the end, he could no longer suppress it, so he infected Garos.
And Garos couldn't bear to be affected.
After he was infected, he immediately put aside other things and concentrated all his energy on adapting to Frenzied Flame until he could suppress it.
The dragon father and son had their own reasons.
One because of crazy possessiveness, the other because of extreme rationality, both limited Frenzied Flame to themselves. If it were placed on other creatures, maybe Fury Curse would sweep Atlant Continent first.
But now, Frenzied Flame is no longer a problem for Garos.
He looked in the direction of the Orotara Continent, and could feel an invisible call, like a fire from the same source resonating in the distance, but the Frenzied Flame in his heart did not boil because of it, but burned quietly, completely obeying his will.
Garos completely controlled this power through Fey Wilds blocking the source of Frenzied Flame.
Even if Frenzied Flame burns to the most violent level, he still will not lose his mind.
His Wild Form has also undergone a qualitative change. There is no need to worry too much when turning it on. You can let Frenzied Flame burn as much as you want, converting it purely into an increase in combat power.
The most important thing is that Frenzied Flame can also be used with psychic skills.
Buzz!
Red Iron Dragon's eyes were filled with wisps of Psionic Energy light.
Under his gaze, an invisible ball of Frenzied Flame ignited out of thin air.
Without temperature and light, it cannot be seen by the naked eye.
But if there is a living being standing in that position, he will feel anger rising from the bottom of his heart for no reason, his reason will be burned, and his fighting instinct will overwhelm all thoughts.
"I can ignore the weakening of the magic field and directly let Frenzied Flame ignite in the target's heart, burning his sanity. This move can be very good against mages who rely on calm casting."
After a moment, the light in his eyes dissipated.
Garos also studied Psion Path. His current level is not high and he has not mastered many powerful psychic spells.
But with the cooperation of True Eye and Frenzied Flame, it can already produce very good results.
However, Garos also studies this path, and the primary purpose is not combat.
Like Frenzied Flame, Emotion Fruit. There are many things that can affect the soul.
Even if Garos has the "Heart of Iron" characteristic, it cannot be completely immune to all effects and will be subject to some interference.
Taking Mind Pathway concurrently will allow him to better control his thinking and weaken such effects to a minimum.
And this is essentially to better control one's own power.
Controlling power with reason has always been one of the tenets that Garos adheres to.
Then, Red Iron Dragon looked straight ahead.
It's dawn now.
In the distant sky, the huge sun is rising slowly, pouring the light and heat accumulated all night into the boundless sea of clouds without reservation.
In an instant, the world was set on fire.
The rolling clouds and waves are like liquid flames and gold boiling and colliding. Shadows and dazzling light spots chase and play on the sea of clouds, forming a magnificent picture.
"Fire clouds pave the way to the sky, only the red crown controls the morning star."
The giant dragon groaned.
Then, he lowered his huge head and looked through the gaps in the sea of clouds.
Here, he could overlook the entire Red Emperor Royal City without any hindrance. His field of vision continued to extend. The continuous mountain shadows of Lain Plateau were like the undulations of the backbone of a giant dragon. Farther away, the blurred outlines of other countries at the end of the plain were looming on the horizon.
Almost all giant dragons prefer the feeling of being at the highest point and overlooking everything.
The status of Dragons of Aura is actually reflected in their high position at Dragon Court.
Ordinary Dragon Race are on the lower level, elite Dragon Race are on the middle level, and Legendary Realm and high-level ones are on the upper level.
The highest point of Dragon Court belongs to Red Emperor.
He is above all other Dragonkin.
However, when the dragon king looked down at the earth, although he felt that his mind was broad, he was not proud of it.
Because he knows that he is also one of the "looked down" people.
Garos raised his head again and looked far into the distance.
In the higher airspace, above the sky of the Central Continent, he could see some vague outlines of giant cities.
That's Floating City from Holden.
Just like Garos overlooks Romanian Plains, people in Holden almost overlook the entire Atlant Continent.
"This behemoth has become even more powerful in recent years."
Garos's dragon pupils shrink slightly, adjust the focus, and carefully see more detailed things.
"Deep Abyss Development Project... has given Holden nearly unlimited resources. They no longer even bother to fight with other empires and only focus on their own development."
Over the past few decades, Aura Kingdom has developed tremendously.
In addition to the war dividends, the development of Fey Wilds also contributed a lot.
Therefore, he knows exactly what benefits Holden can get from Abyss.
Abyss is indeed dangerous.
Demon, evil gods, dangerous rules, the aura that erodes sanity... each of them is enough to collapse the mortal kingdom.
But huge risks often also mean huge rewards.
Holden has benefited immensely, and now he is completely aloof.
They no longer intervene in the struggle for hegemony on the mainland, and no longer pay attention to other countries, as if the entire Material Plane is no longer in their sight.
As if feeling something, Red Iron Dragon suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, he took out a Communication Artifact with flashing lightning from the space prop.
This is Helmode Dragon Brood, no, it should be said now, it is Blue Dragon of the Brackton Thunder Kingdom, the communication tool given to him.
"Ignas Your Majesty, good day."
After the prop was turned on, the familiar Dragon Language was heard.
Garos I remember this voice.
It belongs to the ancient Blue Dragon Kaelzrog. When Brackton founded the country, he contacted Garos and expressed his congratulations on the Aura Kingdom's dominance of Romanian Plains. Garos also politely congratulated the founding of his kingdom.
"Kaelzrog,"
Red Iron Dragon responded calmly, "Thunder Kingdom was established not long ago, how are you doing?"
"Not bad."
The person on the other side paused for a moment, and in the background came the faint sounds of thunder and waves, as if they were at the beach. "Although there are some minor troubles, they are all under control."
This is another voice.
It is as low as rolling thunder, deeper and more dangerous than Kaelzrog. It is like a thunderstorm surging on the sea. People can immediately imagine the scene of dark clouds pressing down on the land and lightning tearing the sky apart.
Garos's expression turned serious.
"What do you call it?"
"My name is Lamorien."
The voice said, "Nowadays, more people call me, Lord of Thunder." After a pause, the voice continued, "Red Emperor, from now on, I will talk to you directly."
"Kaelzrog, you can quit."
"Yes, father." Blue Dragon's voice faded away.
Lamorien·Helmode, Lord of Thunder.
He is the eldest of the three brothers Helmode, Ancient Blue Dragon.
After a brief self-introduction, Lamorien went straight to the topic. "The coastal countries established Anti-Dragon Alliance in an attempt to destroy my country. You should already know this."
A month ago, several kingdoms along the western coast jointly announced the formation of an alliance army.
They gathered a large number of the Legendary Realm and legions, using the slogan "Purify Evil Dragon and restore peace to the coast." This incident spread a lot in the Atlant Continent, and Aura's intelligence department naturally made a detailed report.
"This is a challenge Braketon Kingdom will definitely face."
Garos said.
On the opposite side, Lord of Thunder seemed to be grinning, and there was a thunderous echo.
"I have never been afraid of challenges, let alone those who claim to be the Justice League."
"Haha, they came with the glory of Crown Rank and the oath to slay the dragon, and I, just now, together with my blood relatives, gave them destruction."
"Anti-Dragon Alliance?"
"When the body of the last Crown Rank was crushed by me and its flag burned in the heavy rain, it had already fallen apart."
"The defeated armies are fleeing to their respective countries, and my people are chasing them, but they are not chasing them, but driving them away, so that they can bring the news of their defeat back."
"Fear will reach their walls before my wings."
Garos listened quietly.
This incident should have just happened, and Aura's intelligence network has not received the news yet.
However, he didn't have much excitement about this result.
Helmode Dragon Brood was able to cause trouble before Dragon Realm and other countries wanted him, which proved their strength and skill.
Moreover, they had the idea of establishing a country a hundred years ago, but they always suppressed it and did not officially take action until recently. Since they dared to establish a country, they must have made complete preparations or had the corresponding confidence.
The only thing that puzzled Garos was that Raging Tide Dragon Realm didn't seem to take action.
The Purification Faction dragons headed by Bronze Dragon King hate evil and hate Evil Dragon, and will never sit back and watch Helmode Dragon Brood, who is hostile to them, establish a country.
Metal Dragon If we join the war, Braketon Kingdom's current situation is unpredictable.
Is there something wrong inside the Dragon Realm? Or have these Blue Dragons anticipated this and known that Metal Dragons would remain silent?
Take the time to ask Orvis, he may know something.
Garos thought silently in his heart.
"Congratulations, Lord of Thunder."
Red Iron Dragon gathered his thoughts and said, "Laying the foundation with the enemy's bones is the best way to stabilize the kingdom. However, you contacted me specifically not just to share the joy of victory."
"Of course not."
Lamorien's voice has returned to calmness, but the sharpness of a superior predator has not faded.
"After clearing away the weeds in front of our house, it's time to take a look at the scenery further away."
"Red Emperor, Garos·Ignas, your Aura Kingdom is now the undisputed uncrowned king of Romanian Plains, the Overlord of the vast land of Northern Frontier, and my Braketon Kingdom has cleared the obstacles in front of me. It won't be long before I can truly control the long coastline and rich river valleys of the West, and become the overlord of Western Frontier."
At this point, he changed the subject.
"But we all know that the real stage is never limited to the area beneath our feet."
"In Atlant, Central Continent is a rich land full of gems and gold, the most fertile plains, the richest mineral veins, and the most wealth."
"That's where the dragon should be hunting."
Garos was silent for a second.
He asked, "What do you want to express?"
Lamorien said slowly, speaking at a slower pace, and bite each word hard. "We should set our sights on places that can take us further, for example, let Central Continent be shrouded under our wings."
Hearing this, Garos suddenly congratulated:
"Well, first of all, I want to congratulate you, Lord of Thunder Lamorien, for officially entering the field of the Immortal Realm."
The person on the other side was obviously stunned.
Lamorien said, "Huh? Immortal Realm is one of my pursuits, but I am still far away from the Immortal Realm..." As the words fell, he also heard the subtext of Red Iron Dragon.
[If you dare to provoke Holden without succeeding Immortal Realm, how many lives do you have?]
After a short silence, deep laughter came from the other end of Communication Artifact, but there was no anger.
"Oh, you're worried about Holden."
"All their cities are separated from the earth, high in the sea of clouds, like gods Palace overlooking mortals, but this also means..."
"Surface? Red Emperor, you should know that they have completely ignored Central Continent."
"All Holden stations on the surface are abandoned, the Mines is closed, the farms are abandoned, and even the core of the magic tower has been dismantled. Those lands are waiting for us to occupy them."
Garos looked thoughtful.
In Aura's intelligence network, the collection of information on Holden is a top priority.
He does know the current status of Holden.
Since the last ground city was launched twenty years ago, they have given up all their industries on the earth.
It seems that the resources obtained from Abyss can fully meet their needs, and are more convenient than those obtained from Material Plane.
Central Continent, now it seems like a deserted land.
Once Holden's mining area was overgrown with weeds, once their pasture was occupied by Beast, and once their fortress only had empty walls.
However, who can guarantee that Holden really doesn't care?
Although other countries are a little greedy, especially the countries bordering Middle-earth, no one has really stretched out their paws.
Everyone is waiting and watching, fearing that this is some kind of test by Holden.
From what Lord of Thunder said, he seemed to want to be the first to try it.
And pulling yourself up is most likely to spread the risk.
"I know what you're worried about."
Ancient Blue Dragon's tone was slightly playful, "However, I can guarantee that Holden will not care about the gains and losses on the surface."
"Right now, they have more important things to deal with."
Lamorien lowered his voice a little, and said with a smile, "Transcendental? Haha, it's just a temporary glory."
Does this guy really know some secrets, or is he just pretending to be mysterious?
Garos is thoughtful.
If it's true, it's indeed an opportunity.
Central Continent's resources are enough to take Aura Kingdom to the next level.
But if it is false, or Lamorien's information is wrong, then the country that first steps into Middle-earth will surely bear the wrath of Holden.
However, as the saying goes, the king cannot see the king.
In any case, while Holden Empire is still alive, he will not rashly set foot on the Central Continent.
Aura Kingdom's development momentum is very good, and steady progress is the right path.
Garos is ready to refuse.
But at this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank.
Lord of Thunder opposite Communication Artifact also fell silent, as if he had discovered something and temporarily held his breath.
"This?!"
Red Iron Dragon raised his head and stared at the sky.
In the high and far airspace, among the outlines of Floating City, a small black spot began to shake.
It was not a star or a flying bird, but something separated from Floating City. It fell crookedly, its speed getting faster and faster under the pull of gravity, and its originally small outline became clearer and larger.
That's a tower.
A spire falling from the edge of Floating City.
And this was just the beginning. The Floating City shook violently, and then, as more buildings collapsed, the entire Floating City began to tilt and began to fall toward the earth.