Long Zhan explained:
"The Dragons Clan is small in number and has difficulty reproducing. The race itself also needs time to rest and recover."
"Taking all the factors into account, having them join a regular legion isn't ideal."
"For example, logistical supplies for the Dragons Clan can't be handled the same way as for the Human Race's armies."
"They need separate habitats, food supplies, and medical systems, and they can't maintain the same pace of operations as ordinary legions in battle."
"So Great Xia's position is that the Dragons Clan won't be formally incorporated into the Joint Legion for now, but they can serve as a special support force."
"When we encounter powerful high-ranking members of the Demon Clan, we can send the Dragon Clan a request for combat assistance."
"The Dragon Clan thinks our arrangements make sense. They have no objections."
This outcome differed from formally joining the army, but it did not deprive the Dragons Clan of their right to fight.
Nor did it require them to give up their autonomy as a race. It amounted to giving the Dragons Clan a reasonable excuse not to participate in the war.
The reality was that, now that the more powerful Great Xia could fight the Demon Clan, the most comfortable option for the dragons was to keep eating and sleeping as usual, living an easy life above it all.
Fighting wars was purely something they were forced into.
Lin Mo nodded. Since neither the Dragon Clan nor Great Xia objected, naturally, no one else would either.
But everyone understood that the Dragons Clan was no longer part of the various races' inner circle of power.
In fact, Great Xia had its own selfish interests as well.
Military strength meant power. By stripping away the Dragons Clan's power first, then