Warhammer: Return of the Dragon.

"Draconir, what kind of monarch do you want to be? I grew up under the protection of your grandfather and witnessed all the slander, contempt and unwillingness that Caledor experienced.

Prince Mikhail did his best to provide us with all the necessary conditions for growth. I, Edtalis, and even Imrik all followed his ideas in our hearts, everything for Caledor.

But what about you? I have never known a Caledor who would choose to walk among the common people himself. Yes, this will make you understand the suffering of the people and know that the kingdom is not run by a piece of paper.

But what is the price of doing so? I am willing to sacrifice my family for a greater goal, without understanding, pity or sympathy, as long as it is for Caledor.

To this day, you still retain some unrealistic fantasies to understand how to build a bridge with humans... That riot should have been made public so that everyone would understand what the consequences would be if they disobeyed the dragon's orders.

They will respect a rational monarch, but will never submit to a benevolent monarch who does nothing. Cruelty, idealism and cruelty are the reasonable ways to rule mankind. "

Agathel recounted his thoughts over the past century. He could not stand Prince Caledor's attitude towards humans. The Lord of Wind Howl City saw many things in the new world...

Equality, independence, roars, and shouts that should not have appeared... those songs that originally symbolized sadness and courage in the old world of the North have now become the prelude to resistance and awakening.

"That's my father's move..."

"But it worked! He never talked about anything about human power, because he knew that Caledor's true strength in Ulthuan was dragons, lances, and volcanoes!"

The silent Prince Caledor did not give the Lord of Windhowling City any pause. His position was as solid as a rock. Even if the entire Council of Nobles was reshuffled, even if the power of humans in Caledor became stronger, even if the dragons fell into a large-scale sleep again, he was still the unquestionable Adonis.

"Drakniel, think about our past, think about..."

"There is nothing worth remembering about our past, only silence... What makes you think we can't control the growth of human power? Weakness or doubt, Agthor.

You keep talking about my father's greatness, but never consider how he achieved such success. Is it doubt and concern?
No, it was the pride and confidence that he could control even if Men could rival the Asur, that he could take his place even if all of Ulthuan was mired in the self-doubt of the Asuryan Oracle.

When did the proud dragon princes of Caledor turn into a group of... cowards who always question their abilities? With only three honorary nobles to assist you and less than two thousand Asur troops, you guarded Erengrad and faced the Khorne army, defending that irrelevant human city with your honor and life, but you did not have the courage to witness the growth of the kingdom's power.

Yes, it is a gamble, but I am confident that I can win and make these humans submit to the rule of Caledor forever, instead of thinking about their ridiculous tsars, khans and queens.

You always talk behind my back about how the Dragon Court has become weak and lacks decisive judgment, but the only thing I can guarantee, and the only thing I must ensure, is that Caledor survives."

The prince was calm, with a hint of excitement in his tone, but he quickly calmed down. He looked at the vast ocean, but his mind was immersed in that terrible nightmare.

Maybe humans will become independent, maybe the whole of Ulthuan will fall apart, but what he must do is to keep the Dragon Kingdom going. Sitting firmly on the reef, Agathol stared at the young face of the prince. He could hardly see anything from that calm expression, but the emotions in his heart never stopped.

If he is wrong, it will bring chaos to Caledor, but we are not afraid of that...

But if what he insists on doing is out of responsibility for the kingdom and the fate of the family, what should I do?
The Lord of Howling Wind City slowly stood up, walked to the prince, knelt on one knee, supported his knees with his hands and nodded, waiting: "As always, Adonis always expresses infinite loyalty to your family... My doubts are due to my responsibility, but my loyalty will never fade.

My daughter, Althea, and I have always been at the vanguard of Caledor, willing to shed blood for the mountains and volcanoes."

Agthel left first, having never met the emperor from the Old World. He also took the lead in asking the temporary military council for a group of soldiers from the New World as a prelude to the war.

Karl Franz was very glad to agree to Attila's invitation to visit the New World and signed a number of favorable terms with Prince Caledo.

This was not a one-sided effort on the part of Caledo. After seeing that the technology for the construct program was difficult to break through, the emperor took the initiative to propose technical exchanges on mechanical warhorses as a bargaining chip.

The Wiesen Territory Gunnery Academy has many incredible ideas, one of which is the mechanical warhorse ridden by the engineering master. The elves are obviously very interested in this.

As for whether he could get the technology from the Countess, Carl was not worried about it. He had already seen that the Dragon Court had a close relationship with Nuln. Maybe the Countess had already explained to the Phoenix King what he discussed in Tal Kaled.

One technology in exchange for two resources, he would not be stupid enough to ask about the situation in Wissen Territory and be willing to take a favor from the elves... and by the way, take a batch of reserve materials from the No. 3 Military Factory.

But what really made the emperor happy was the Dragon Prince Rosetina. When the Dragon Prince, wearing the Iselama silver armor without any emblems, arrived at the emperor's palace with a Silver Moon Dragon and thirty elite cavalrymen, Carl could hardly suppress the corners of his mouth that kept rising.

The dragon temporarily stayed in the dragon's nest near Tal Kaled. Rosetina did not want his compatriots to know about it, so he was taken out of prison by the imperials and entered the palace on foot with only thirty cavalrymen.

Although they acted in secret, most of the elven civil servants who passed by him stopped to nod and salute the hero of Caledor, and some military nobles who were busy preparing for war also greeted their colleagues without exception, as if the imprisonment had never happened.

He nodded in response one by one, but this made Kurt a little skeptical. To show his respect, the Emperor ordered him to accompany the Dragon Prince throughout the whole process. He thought that Rosetina was just a criminal, no matter how respected she was in the past, entering the palace would be like a mouse meeting a cat.

"You seem like a hero, not a newly released prisoner."

"You asked a very sensitive question. If it were in the past, I would have asked for a duel, but now..." Rosetina looked at the towering main hall with a hint of nostalgia, and finally lowered her head helplessly: "I hope your monarch will not let me down."

"I guarantee you that he will not. He is an outstanding emperor." (End of this chapter)