The Celestial Dragon-Hosgar of Endless Flames-opened his eyes once again, dazzling golden light bursting from all eight dragon eyes on either side of his head.
The dragon saw warships coming and going. Vessels of different designs emerged from the Hyperlane and gathered into a vast fleet.
What were they doing?
The dragon watched the ships coming and going in confusion. Their communications signals filled the entire region of space, making the sensitive dragon deeply uncomfortable.
So noisy! Couldn't you be a little quieter?
The dragon opened his mouth, revealing a brilliant blue glow, and a roar immediately swept through the entire system.
In an instant, every ship stopped communicating.
The aliens seemed startled by the dragon suddenly speaking, then began chattering even more excitedly over their communications channels.
Signals scattered everywhere, leaving the dragon's auditory organs buzzing.
"Enough! Shut up!"
The dragon roared in Dragon Language.
Before the M'tok Union could react, the dragon stretched out his body and swam toward the edge of the system with sweeps of his tail, hoping to escape the noisy center.
"Hmph, now he's getting picky? Ignore him. Continue the discussion."
After learning what the dragon wanted, the M'tok Chairman dismissed it with contempt.
The dragon wasn't helping, yet he still had the nerve to complain!
Curled up at the edge of the system, the dragon felt equally indignant.
These people were absolutely unreasonable!
Getting angry made the dragon feel hungry again. The flavor of that delicious Plant People biomass from last time still seemed to linger in his mouth.
Once again, the dragon broadcast to the entire system in Dragon Language: "Bring me my food!"
Just as they had countless times before, the M'tok ignored him. After reading the translation of his words, the Chairman merely gave a disdainful smile.
"Who fed the