(The chapters went up out of order. Sorry, I can't fix it. 683 is in the next chapter.)
The Red Dragon father had expected to find his daughter looking pitiful, like an eggplant struck by frost, waiting for her dad to rescue her. Instead, he found a scene so sweet it was downright cruel to anyone watching alone.
Smedley Tawa covered his face with a dragon claw. The speech he had prepared died on his tongue. In the end, he said nothing, gave up resisting, and transformed into a Shadow Red Dragon as well.
[Smedley Tawa, Shadow Red Dragon, Level: lv11, Combat Power: 59900, Loyalty: 70]
Green nodded slightly. It seemed all three had been fairly sincere about joining him. Their loyalty was above the acceptable threshold; even Alexia, the slipperiest of the three, had passed.
Green was quite pleased with the outcome. He had not expected this war to bring him such an unexpected windfall.
Smedley Tawa was a Mid Calamity Rank Red Dragon, with combat power at the very limit of that rank. Once they developed a Mecha that could equip a Great Dragon, Smedley Tawa stood a good chance of crossing the threshold into High Calamity Rank with its help.
The thought sent another surge of excitement through Green.
If Smedley Tawa reached High Calamity Rank too, Green would have three High Calamity Rank powerhouses under his command.
The Necromancer Locarius was in much the same position. He had reached the peak of Early Calamity Rank and needed only an opportunity to advance to the middle rank.
Just then, a thunderous rumble erupted, followed by a violent tremor.
Green frowned and rushed out of the palace. Everywhere he looked, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.
"An earthquake!" At first, Green thought it was an