Crossing the true dragon realm, and you call me Little Locke?

Unlike the Muyun Mountains, the Mokou Volcano spans a vast area from south to north, almost separating the entire Great Sand Sea, the Farosian Plain, and the endless forest.

Such a large mountain range could not possibly be completely occupied by a single adult red dragon.

The fire only affected the northernmost part of the Mokou volcano.

His dragon's lair is located on Twilight Peak, not far from Ice Peak.

Due to the influence and alteration of the earth's veins by the red dragon's magical radiation, this active volcano has become very unstable in recent years.

Like a giant beast covered in wounds, scorching lava constantly spews out from various parts of the mountain, converging into dark red rivers.

Then it slowly cooled, leaving behind dried, dark "scabs".

After a brief rest at the foot of the mountain, Theodore, along with a few spellcasters and the remaining dozen or so knights, began their ascent to search for the dragon's lair.

These knights were able to survive the flood until Violet came to their rescue, so they must have had some skill.

At least they were tough enough to take a beating, unlike those militiamen who were directly killed by the flood.

Although those spellcasters themselves were not strong enough, they all prepared third-ring flight spells.

So when the flood came, they saw the danger and immediately abandoned the others and flew away, remaining basically unharmed.

Like Theodore, these people also need the red dragon's treasure to make up for their losses.

Therefore, faced with Theodore's obstinacy, they tacitly chose to follow him.

With their help, Theodore was not as vulnerable as Shuoyang had imagined.

They climbed mountains and scrambled to bypass the main force of the earth demons, sneaking into the lair of the Fiery Blaze from the rear by taking shortcuts and carrying out assassinations.

Like most dragon nests, the lair of the Fiery Blaze has multiple entrances and exits, with a complex network of passages and traps throughout.

Theodore and his team had to be extremely careful.

Holding their breath amidst the pungent, eye-catching clouds of ashes, they groped their way to the safe path leading to the Red Dragon's Treasury.

Fortunately, the fire had been extinguished by the drowning in Shuoyang, and the body had been recovered.

Therefore, most of the magical effects of its lair have dissipated.

The traps also mostly stopped working because they lost the power of the red dragon's magical radiation.

Furthermore, the goblins were unaware that the red dragon was dead and dared not enter the lair.

So Theodore and his companions, after a series of close calls, finally found the Red Dragon's treasure vault deep within the lair.

"Phew!"

Upon arriving at the entrance to the treasure cave, Theodore gazed at the dazzling golden light reflected from it.

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

But his hands and feet still trembled uncontrollably, and his breathing became increasingly rapid and disordered.

Behind him, the spellcasters and knights were equally unable to contain their excitement.

Some of the more cunning individuals even quietly took a few steps back, distancing themselves from the others with a mixture of greed and wariness.

But just as Theodore could no longer resist and was about to step into the cave...

The hoarse female voice that suddenly came from the treasure vault was like a bucket of cold water poured on him, completely extinguishing his last glimmer of hope.

The white dragon that Shuoyang had imagined was not in the treasure vault at this moment.

Young Blue Dragon Serafina rummaged through the pile of treasure, seemingly uninterested in the gold.

As she searched, she muttered curses, "Damn red-skinned barbarians!"

Where did he hide the egg?

Meanwhile, the young man, Black Dragon, was intently rummaging through the treasures.

He packed the treasures into several dimensional bags in batches, leaving only a few magical artifacts that the blue dragon had specifically requested.

Before long, he had swept away all the treasures that the red dragon had plundered and accumulated.

Serafina also found what she wanted—five dragon eggs laid by the red and green dragons.

The red dragon buried these eggs at the very bottom of the treasure, hidden in a magical chest filled with fire elementals.

The reason why the Fire God did this was to transform all the green dragon eggs into red dragon eggs.

Normally, the combination of different dragon species can only be achieved through magical distortion or elemental energy interference.

They will all produce pure-blooded dragon eggs that follow the maternal lineage.

Hybrid dragons like Shuoyang, which inherit their paternal lineage, are almost impossible to find in nature.

That's why the calamity was willing to use all its treasures to protect and power this box, so as to ensure that these offspring would stay with it.

In fact, he had already succeeded halfway, as two of the dragon eggs had been transformed into hybrid red dragon eggs.

Looking at the two red dragon eggs that had already been transformed, and the three green dragon eggs that had not yet been transformed.

Serafina was in an unusually cheerful mood.

These dragon eggs are the foundation of her grand plan, her hope for creating her own dragon clan and dragon kingdom.

So she even forgot to hold a grudge about being betrayed by the firefighters.

She joked with Heilong, "Plague Bug, what if you have kids in the future but don't want to raise them?"

"Remember to give them all to me!"

"Hmph," the black dragon glanced at her but didn't reply.

He simply couldn't understand what was going on in this blue dragon's head.

Would they really give up their immediate treasure for a few slaves with limited terms?

Yes, there were time-limited slaves.

This is how most chromatic dragons define their offspring.

Compared to metallic dragons that take responsibility for raising their young, most chromatic dragons don't care much about their offspring.

Red dragons like Disasterfire raise their offspring as backup slaves.

Among the colorful dragons—especially the red and white dragons—he is already an extremely rare benevolent father.

Blue dragons like Seraphine genuinely value their young and are determined to establish a dragon kingdom.

Even among the Blue Dragons, who have some strong family ties, he is an absolute oddity.

So, despite her painstaking efforts and busy schedule, she finally managed to unite the three evil dragons, Disaster Fire, Serpent Fang, and Plague Insect, and establish the Five-Colored Council with Disaster Fire at its head.

They devised a plan to annihilate the Northern Legion and seize the opportunity to occupy the northern border of the Farosian Plain.

However, the other three dragons were wary of her because of the Blue Dragon's established reputation.

The Firestorm even rejected her plan to recruit another adult white dragon.

The reason given was simply that the White Dragon's reputation was too bad and would damage his prestige.

Therefore, although they call themselves the Five Colors Council, they actually only have four evil dragons.

This indirectly led to their failure.

Even if a white dragon is weak, it is still a fully grown dragon.

If all four dragons had gone together back then...

No matter how powerful Shuoyang is, or how ridiculously cute the Balloon Cat is.

Faced with an overwhelming numerical disadvantage, he could only try to escape with Violet and Elliott, and even then, they might not be able to get away.

Therefore, although the Black Dragon could not understand Serafina, he respected her beliefs.

Therefore, he hid the dimensional bag under the scales on his neck.

He gazed at Serafina's sharp, beautiful, and deadly figure.

He swallowed the acid, hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't hold back.

He feigned generosity, saying, "If you can pay a reasonable fee..."

"I could reluctantly have a litter of kids with you."

"never mind!"

Serafina refused without hesitation.

She took the teleportation conch from under the scales and took several magical artifacts and the dragon egg with her.

He gave his reason: "You stink!"

Hearing this, the black dragon was dumbfounded and watched as she teleported away.

After a long while, he finally sniffed the strong, pungent smell on himself, a mixture of rotting vegetation, sewage, and strong acid.

He retorted indignantly, "What do you know? This is the power and aura possessed only by an ancient black dragon!"

"You wretched, weed-smelling female dragon, what right do you have to look down on me?"

He swore and cursed for a long time, but finally remembered the important matter and was afraid that Shuoyang and his men would ambush and kill him.

He then fell silent and walked towards the cave entrance.

Meanwhile, Theodore and his companions, who were waiting anxiously at the door, watched as the much larger Serafina took away only a few dragon eggs and a few strange items.

The young black dragon was left behind with all the treasure.

Their hearts, which had fallen into the abyss, were lifted back into their chests by this glimmer of hope.

Theodore glanced at the young black dragon, whose size was not even as large as Elliot's, and then at the knights and mages behind him.

He finally made up his mind and nodded to his eager subordinates.