Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 23 Licking the Dog
Since they were far away from the mother dragon's territory, they might encounter danger at any time, which might be from adventurers or monsters. Leon basically never went out during the day, except for occasionally hiding in a corner to enjoy the sun. Most of the time he only went out for a walk at night.

Leon now likes to hide during the day and come out at night. It just so happens that those kobolds are afraid of light and are sensitive to sunlight. They have disadvantages in attack rolls in the sun and perception rolls that rely on vision. They like to roam at night, so it is logical that Leon encountered the kobolds on a dark and windy night.

Lyon had finished foraging and had captured a fawn, eating it to his heart's content. His belly was full, so he rested for a few minutes and decided to take a walk to digest the food. When he turned around, he saw a group of sneaky dwarfs. He calmed down and quickly recognized their identities.

He remembered that when he had just settled down, he walked around the surrounding area and didn't see any signs of dog-headed people's life, so he suspected where those dog-headed people migrated from. After he killed the owlbear, he found out that the reason was that dog-headed people were particularly cautious and fearful of bears.

Gnolls don’t actually have dog heads, they just like to bark like dogs.

Kobolds actually look like standing lizards and can be classified as dragons. They have scaly skin, two small light-colored horns, bright eyes, and are timid and cunning. They especially worship colored dragons, and it is not just ordinary worship or lip service, but direct worship and regard dragons as the real incarnation of gods, bravely obeying dangerous orders.

To sum up, as long as Leon is willing, it would be easy for him to subdue those gnolls, make them work for him and serve him, but he has no interest in taking gnolls as his followers.

He is just a young dragon, but he is making a big fuss about recruiting followers. Does he think his life is too long?
Lyon had no interest in those ogres. He took a look at the excitement and then left. However, a few days later he met another large group of ogres. They seemed to be actively looking for him, otherwise it would not be easy to meet them in such a large forest.

When the group of dog-headed men discovered him, they immediately ran up to him, dropped their crude weapons on the ground, and prostrated themselves on the ground in worship.

At this time, it has been a long time since the owlbear was killed, and all the scales on Leon's body have grown out. Although the new scales are still a little light in color, anyone with a discerning eye can tell what's going on. This young dragon has been injured before, so he is not afraid of the ogres at all, but that's all.

No matter whether it was a wolf or an owlbear, Lyon always treated his enemies as cruelly and mercilessly as winter. However, when faced with the licking dogs and the kobolds who clamored to serve him, he didn't care and didn't know what to do for a while.

"Finally I found you."

"Please don't leave."

"Just take a look at us."

"Great Red Dragon, your humble servant Hawks leads the Fire Oil Clan to pledge allegiance to you."

It was all dragon language with a heavy accent and barking sounds.

Lyon was speechless when he looked at those humble ogres. He had witnessed how powerful the lickers were.

He really wanted to complain. If he was a powerful adult red dragon, it would be normal to be impressed by his charming huge body. There would be no problem with a young red dragon either, but he was just a young dragon.

"I don't need followers. Just go away and don't look for me anymore." Leon was originally planning to leave immediately, but then he thought that if he didn't refuse decisively, those dog-skin plasters would definitely stick to him.

Afraid that the group of kobolds wouldn't understand him, he picked up the dragon language again.

Even though it's a little rusty after not using it for a while, it's still much more standard than the kobolds.

Even if the goddess clearly refuses, he still keeps pestering her. Isn't this the basic behavior of a bootlicker?
The leading dog-headed man, Hawks, raised a javelin he got from nowhere and said, "We can work for the great red dragon, digging holes, mining, so much, so much." "Please accept us as your servants... At least accept Hawks."

"And me, Martin. I'm the best at mining." A kobold raised his pickaxe.

The dog-headed men vied with each other to pledge their allegiance, and the barking of dogs could be heard one after another.

Leon couldn't help but wrinkle his ears when he heard this.

Leon was thinking about using the kobolds to help him build a tunnel network. In his mind, there appeared a scene where the kobolds were working hard beside him while he was snoring beside them. He didn't sleep well and would pick a fight with the kobolds when they had a disagreement... Everyone didn't hate the master, they just hated that they couldn't become the master, and he was naturally the same.

However, thinking about the possible risks, Leon gritted his teeth and shook his head, and said to the dog-headed man in front of him: "Are you wearing a hat?"

Hawkes touched his bald head and said, "No."

"I don't want followers without hats." Leon waved at the group of kobolds, "Don't bother me anymore, or don't blame me for being rude."

Leon sent the kobolds away, spread his wings and flew away.

Leon thought that was the end of it, but he still underestimated those dog-lickers. When he met those dog-headed men again about a week later, they were all wearing hats, funny hats. Some were made of an unknown large leaf, some were made of some unknown melon rind, and some were wearing mushroom caps.

"We have hats. We have hats." The sharp-eyed dog-headed man rushed over immediately when he saw Leon, jumping up and down, "Lord Red Dragon, look at my hat."

"A bearskin hat." Leon said, "I want a bearskin hat."

"Unless you get the bearskin hat, you are not allowed to come to me again, and you will lose the chance to become my follower forever." Leon raised a paw, "I will only give you one chance."

The challenge level of the bear is not high, but it is not something that a group of gnolls can deal with easily. In addition, there are not many bears. Leon will hunt them when he sees them, but those gnolls have no way to hunt bears. Without the bearskin hat, they will never look for Leon again.

Leon could finally have some peace and quiet. If he hadn't spent so much time building the nest and invested so much in the early stages, he would have wanted to leave and avoid these troublesome neighbors.

When Leon calmed down, he would sometimes think of his life before the time travel, his father, mother and brother. It felt like those crazy days of work had passed so long ago. He would also think of the mother dragon and her sister. Both of them had worse personalities than each other, but he had no intention of going back to see them.

Days passed one by one, and Lyon had no habit of keeping track of time, so he didn't know the exact date.

I didn't see snow, but I did see bare branches after the leaves fell several times. Every time the nest needed to be expanded, I would think of those kobolds. By the way, the number of those kobolds has increased several times... When he came to his senses, Leon found that he had grown from a young dragon into a baby dragon.

(End of this chapter)