Odhos lives in a dimensional space.
It is not on any map, has no fixed coordinates, there is no sky or earth in the vast space, and the sun, moon and stars cannot be seen.
There are only countless items related to time.
Hourglass, clock face, water droplets, sundial, gears, candlelight...
They float quietly in the void, some are as new as ever, some have long been decayed, some are still changing slowly, and some are frozen in a certain moment forever.
Odhos's huge body is entrenched in the center.
At this moment, he was holding an hourglass in his right paw.
The hourglass tilted slightly in his paw, and the fine sand flowed from the upper layer to the lower layer, pulling out a very thin silver-white thread.
He stared at the hourglass with deep concentration.
It's like reading an endless book. When you see the exciting parts, your breathing will become lighter.
"The mysteries of River of Time are endless."
Gold Dragon King whispered to himself, "Even with the life of a giant dragon, it is impossible to glimpse the truth. Even gods or Immortal One who have witnessed the rise and fall of countless worlds are just fleeting waves in front of River of Time."
Fine sand flows.
The scales of Gold Dragon undergo changes visible to the naked eye.
It gradually settled from bright gold to dark gold, and then from dark gold back to bright gold little by little, like light and shadow rotating on his scales.
Over and over again, the cycle continues.
At the same time, around Odhos.
There are some suspended clocks running at different speeds.
Some go extremely fast, with the hour hand spinning rapidly like a windmill: some go extremely slowly, with the minute hand almost motionless; some go in reverse, with the hour and minute hands moving against the normal direction----
There are also some whose pointers sometimes move forward and sometimes backward, with no rules to follow.
Tick tock, tick tock.
The sounds of different rhythms are intertwined, colliding with each other, and interfering with each other, like a hundred drummers beating different beats at the same time.
It sounds noisy and chaotic.
But Gold Dragon King closed his eyes and stood quietly between the clocks, his expression intoxicated, as if he was listening to some beautiful music, and heard some kind of melody that only he could understand.
I don't know how long it will take.
Suddenly, Gold Dragon King seemed to notice something and opened his eyes.
The sound disappeared and all clocks returned to normal.
He raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, a deep light reflected in his pupils, and stared in a distant direction.
"Sure enough, he still came."
Gold Dragon King exhaled softly and whispered, "Since you are here----let's meet you."
At the same time.
The library of Dragon's Rest Corridor, Radiant Dragon Realm.
Garos transformed into a humanoid form.
Her long hair is casually draped behind her shoulders, making her face look calm and intimidating.
The muscles on his shoulders and back are bulging like cast iron, which accentuates the outline of his robe. There is no trace of excess fat in his movements, only steel-like lines and a sense of strength.
Beside him is Gold Dragon Kalwus in humanoid form.
Compared with Garos's oppressive physique, Kalwus's figure looks much normal. His long blond hair is neatly tied behind his head and his face is peaceful.
"It's right here."
"When I was not yet Legendary Realm, I once encountered a strange giant dragon. I also lost the relevant memory inexplicably afterwards. It was not until I was promoted to the Legendary Realm that I gradually remembered it."
"The one I saw at the beginning should be Odhos."
Garos thought to himself.
Of course he didn't come to the Radiant Dragon Realm just to hang out, but mainly to meet Gold Dragon King.
However, this Dragon King is too mysterious.
He will naturally appear when he wants to appear. When he doesn't want to appear, even the elders within the Radiant Dragon Realm cannot contact him.
After Garos thought about it, he felt that he had the highest probability of seeing Gold Dragon King in this library.
After all, there has been precedent before.
Garos picked up a book <Chronicle of Bernardo> and read it quietly.
Next to him, Kalwus also had a book in his hand, but his attention was not on the book. From time to time, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Garos, but stopped talking.
Until Garos's voice sounded, "If you want to know anything, just ask."
Obviously, those small movements did not escape his perception.
Kalwus was slightly startled.
Immediately, he closed the book in his hand that he had not read at all, thought for a while, organized his words, and said, "I'm just curious."
"Your empire, named "Sacred Aura", is not Molten Iron Empire, nor is it simply Sacred Empire."
"If it were replaced with another Chromatic Dragon or Metal Dragon, it would probably be given a more camp-like name."
"I mean, do you--have some great dream to revive Dragon Race?"
Garos closed the book in his hand, looked away from the page, and looked at Kalwus.
"You could say that."
He said, "In my empire, there is no difference between Chromatic Dragon and Metal Dragon. It does not determine what you can and cannot do just because of the color of your scales."
"They have only one identity - Dragons of Aura."
With the development of these years, the number of Dragons of Aura of the younger generation is increasing day by day.
They grew up in the imperial environment and accepted the concept of power first, and had little prejudice against each other.
As long as it is strong enough, even a White Dragon can gain the respect and support of all dragons; if it is weak, even a red dragon will be stepped on by other dragons.
This order is simple and direct, but it also appears fair.
Kalwus listened carefully and nodded slightly from time to time.
"I can somewhat understand what you are saying."
There was a thoughtful look in his eyes, "Only when we no longer divide ourselves into Metal Dragon and Chromatic Dragon, and no longer regard each other as aliens, can Dragon Race truly stand up again."
Garos's expression doesn't change much.
Although in other dragon eyes, the appearance of Red Emperor reminded the world of the glory of Dragon Race, he himself was not very interested in these.
Many times, he just goes with the flow and walks step by step along the path in front of him.
When I look back, I already have an empire behind me.
Kalwus had a hint of helplessness on his face.
"In fact, since Bronze Dragon King led Raging Tide Dragon Realm into the world, all the young dragons of the Dragon Realm are now somewhat unable to restrain themselves."
"They don't want to stay in the Dragon Realm for a long time."
"Especially after the fame of the Sacred Aura Empire spread, many young dragons said bluntly that they wanted to obtain imperial status and become Dragons of Aura, and did not want to spend their whole lives in the Dragon Realm as a miser who only took naps with gold coins."
After he finished speaking, he sighed.
Garos After listening, he said, "It is better to clear the block than to block it."
"We have all been young once, and we know that the younger generation has the spirit and blood of Bloodburst. Instead of blindly obstructing them and letting them escape when forced, it is better to generously arrange a way for them."
Kalwus turned his head and waited for the next sentence.
Garos said, "My suggestion is that Dragon Realm can select the best young dragons of the contemporary era, give them some quotas, let them come to the Aura Empire, and give them the opportunity to experience the Dragons of Aura lifestyle."
Kalwus fell into deep thought.
After coming back to his senses, he said, "I think----it's okay."
"Moreover, Dragons of Aura can also come to the Dragon Realm to communicate. Only through frequent contact with dragons of different types can we break prejudices, gradually understand each other, and know that each other is not as disgusting or hypocritical as the legends say."
Come among each other.
Only in this way can the prejudices passed down from generation to generation have a chance to be eliminated and harmonious coexistence become possible.
"I will propose this matter to other elders and try to do it as soon as possible----"
Kalwus's voice stopped abruptly.
It wasn't just him. It was like an invisible giant hand pressed the pause button on everything in the world. Everything around him froze at the same moment, and the dust suspended between the bookshelves froze in mid-air.
Garos seemed to notice something at the last moment.
As soon as his fingers loosened, <Chronicle of Bernardo> slipped from his palm and fell to the ground.
But the torrent of time came too fast.
Before he could react further, his body and mind were frozen in place, and the book was frozen in mid-air. The page with the cover open was stagnant in the air. The corners of the page were slightly raised, but they did not move at all.
Immediately afterwards.
An undetectable ripple appeared.
From the center of the ripples, a figure walked out.
He is not tall, much shorter than Garos. He has a delicate face and soft facial features. He looks like a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, but he has a pair of green eyes, as deep as the starry sky, which is completely unlike the eyes of a teenager.
Small wrinkles appeared on his face, then disappeared, appeared again, and disappeared again...
The cycle goes on and on.
Gold Dragon King The human form of Odhos.
He walked up to Garos, stopped, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the frozen figure with a scrutinizing gaze.
"When we last met, he was not yet Legendary Realm. How many years has it passed? He has already achieved Destiny Rank. He can even choose to climb to the top of Godhood if he wants."
"I read that right, he is indeed different."
Odhos said to himself.
It was the first time in the entire history of Bernardo that a mixed-blood Evil Dragon captured Dragon Realm Champion.
At that time, he paid a little attention to Red Iron Dragon because of this.
Facts have proved that he did not make a mistake.
Red Iron Dragon, who once competed with his descendants for the championship, is now on the same level as him.
Odhos circled Garos a few times and thought to himself, "Yes, the attempt on him was successfully completed. In a short period of time, he broke through to Destiny Rank, but the price was that his actual age reached more than 600 years old."
Eventually.
He walked to the front of Garos and looked at its face carefully.
"It's more majestic than the rumors say."
He murmured, then walked around to the side again, his eyes falling on the shoulder of Garos.
Even in humanoid form, the bulging muscle lines like cast iron still outline clear outlines under the robe.
Like a statue made of steel, full of power.
Odhos stretched out his finger and gently poked Garos's arm with a childlike curiosity.
Hard.
There was a clear hard feeling on the fingertips.
He raised his brows slightly and poked Garos's chest again. The touch was even harder than before.
"It's really tough."
Odhos took back his hand and sighed sincerely, "This body is as strong as divine iron. Even among our dragons who are famous for their physical strength, it is second to none. It is like a dragon among dragons, with a physique that is unparalleled."
He stretched out his finger again, ready to poke again.
Just then.
Garos's chest suddenly lit up with a burst of light.
The light is bright, showing a red color like molten iron.
It reflected clearly through the clothes and skin, shining like a star buried in the chest.
Immediately afterwards.
Some dragon scales appeared on the surface of Garos's skin at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They are arranged closely together one by one and distributed in a ring.
At the same time, Garos's body trembled.
The amplitude is not large, but in a completely still space, this action is amazing enough.
Buzz!
The light flickered again, a moment brighter than before.
Ring-shaped dragon scales spread rapidly, emerging from Garos's neck, wrists, and ankles.
Odhos was slightly startled, a flash of astonishment flashed in his green eyes, as if he had not expected such a thing to happen.
Then, the figure that originally looked like a statue came to life.
The movement was very slow, like a heavy iron mountain resisting the invisible pressure of Colossal Strength, but as the light on his chest flashed, the speed became faster and faster.
Finally, he lowered his head and his eyes fell on his chest.
To be precise, it was Odhos's hand hanging in the air, almost poking him in the chest.
The scene was quiet for a moment.
Odhos is a little embarrassing.
In the still time, he has long been accustomed to his own way of behavior. He can read whatever he wants, and he can look closely at whoever he wants, without having to worry about the eyes of any living thing.
But I didn't expect that Garos could escape the influence of stagnant time.
However, beneath his young face, there is an ancient soul that has lived for a long time and has seen countless storms and waves.
Under Garos's gaze, he naturally retracted his hand and hung it by his side.
The look of embarrassment was just a flash in the pan, and returned to normal in an instant.
The corner of Odhos's mouth can even evoke a smile.
"As expected of Red Emperor, an existence that can create countless legends."
"I didn't expect that you are also involved in the mystery of time and can keep thinking and performing actions in still time."
The secret of time?
What is this.
Garos has no such abstract concepts in his mind.
But he clearly knew that his Battle Dragon characteristic was in full operation at this moment. This characteristic had undergone a qualitative transformation and sublimation when he was promoted to Destiny Rank. Compared with the original effect of Ever-Battling, Ever-Advancing, it was not at the same level at all.
One is wallowing in the mud, and the other is soaring in the clouds.
In the battle with Lothern's Time Crownbearer, he was stopped many times and paid a lot of money to gain some time resistance.
It's so weak that it can only make him turn his eyes at a moment's notice.
But this time it's completely different.
After the rapid and intense transformation of Adaptive Evolution, the ring-shaped dragon scales formed on his body are extraordinary and extremely resistant to time. It may not allow him to move completely normally, but it is not like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, unaware of the changes around him.
"I don't care if it's a mystery or not."
Garos looked into the opponent's green eyes and said, "The dragons all say that Gold Dragon King is mysterious. It turns out that when you appear, you will surround yourself with Time Stop so that other dragons cannot detect your appearance. This is very convenient."
"However, take advantage of Time Stop to poke and poke others——"
"Dragon King's methods and habits are indeed unique."