Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 12 Another fruitful day

Karon lay lazily on the river bank, squinting his eyes, and his long tail, with the few remaining bones of his prey wrapped around it, hung down into the water.

The tip of the tail occasionally moves, luring a tiger-striped cutthroat fish that is tentatively hovering in the deep water.

But this tiger-striped fierce fish stared at the tempting bait with a sneaky look and did not take the bait. It also drove away the originally dense schools of fish around it.

After two years of growth and development, the red dragon has reached five meters in length and has become an absolute red giant beast.

It is larger than many young dragons. Only the most powerful red dragons and metallic dragon young dragons can be compared to Charon in size.

But recently the Red Dragon's growth began to stagnate slowly. Apparently, even with the talent of super-limited growth, the mediocre evil dragon blood flowing in his body was not enough to support him to become stronger.

He could think of several ways to resolve this dilemma. The first was the upcoming hibernation. After passing through the critical hibernation period from a dragonfly to a young dragon, he would break the current restrictions and usher in a new growth period.

The second option is to learn magic. Perhaps becoming a dragon wizard can help break this dilemma with the help of magic.

However, Kalon had already consulted Akzi, who had no knowledge in this area. Apparently, his predecessors were as arrogant and lazy as most dragons.

The same is true for the blue dragon Carlit, but Carlit said she could teach Charon the dragon transformation technique.

When a dragon grows into a young adult, it will naturally learn the dragon transformation technique, which allows it to control the enlargement and reduction of its entire body.

But Transfiguration is about changing into the form of other races, and it is not engraved in every dragon's heritage.

Charon decided that after this sleep, if he couldn't learn the art of transfiguration from the inheritance, he would learn it from Carlit.

Maybe I can use Transfiguration to find an opportunity to travel around the human world and learn the knowledge I want from human magicians.

The third method is to obtain it from one's own inheritance, breaking through the limitations of one's own mediocre evil dragon blood and tracing back to the powerful bloodline of previous generations of evil dragons. The stronger the bloodline, the higher the upper limit of its growth will be.

There are many giant dragon figures in the inheritance that have broken through their mediocre bloodlines. Their bodies are generally larger than other dragons of the same species, and they have their own unique power characteristics and appearance symbols.

The one that impressed Kalon the most was a hundred-meter-long red dragon. Its body, which was as huge as a mountain, brought unparalleled oppression and fear to the enemy. Under its wings that covered the sky, the whole world seemed to be wailing and screaming, praying that the red dragon would restrain its power and fire of destruction.

Unfortunately, he only knew that this method existed, and there was no specific method of tracing bloodline in the inheritance. It seemed that the bloodline of the previous generation that left behind his dragon heritage should be innate.

Moreover, although it is closer to the ancient bloodline than the evil dragon blood in his body, its strength is estimated to be limited.

After all, he did not find the figure of his previous red dragon among those dragons with powerful names, such as little Karami and the somewhat inflated Karon's malicious speculation.

The last method is also the fundamental reliance that makes Charon far superior to other dragonlets of the same age. It exists in his mind, deep in his consciousness, and is the vortex that can only be seen in his dreams when he is in a trance.

Previously, there was a vortex as big as a human child's fist, but after it combined with his evil dragon bloodline to form the talent of super-limited growth, only a little fundamental power as big as a finger remained.

In the past few years, Caron would use his consciousness to carefully explore every time he fell asleep. At this time, only the most fundamental vortex was left and finally revealed its true face.

This is an incredibly wonderful structure composed of countless light golden runes that are so small that they are difficult to detect with consciousness. This structure is shaped like an ellipse, hidden in a vortex, floating up and down.

It was this group of runes that endowed Karon with abilities far superior to those of dragons of the same age, and Karon had a hunch that his talent for super-limited growth was only a tiny fraction of the ability of the mysterious runes.

When Charon completed the hunt for the ferocious boar king for the first time, he felt the boar king's lost soul causing the fluctuation of this power in his mind.

It’s a pity that he did not absorb the knowledge and abilities of the soul. The vortex only passively absorbed a trace of certain power from the soul at a very short distance, and did not exert any subjective initiative at all.

Moreover, when he sensed the soul power of the Wild Boar King, he also vaguely sensed some danger. Perhaps it was a warning to him not to devour souls casually, or perhaps the fluctuations of this rune group made him discover some hidden dangers. It is unknown.

However, after several years of exploration and research, Karon discovered that the absorbed magic power could also strengthen the power of the vortex in his mind. But the runes did not need pure magic power.

Over the years, the dragon's spontaneous absorption of massive amounts of magic power has only added a tiny bit of volume to the dream vortex. Obviously, this vortex is some kind of energy generated after runes filter out the magic power, and perhaps it only absorbs a certain essence contained in the magic power.

The soul that can cause the rune to fluctuate and the essence of magic should have something in common, so what is this common point? Red Dragon had many guesses in his mind, and some ideas were born.

But none of these methods can be used immediately. Thinking of this, the Red Dragon sighed.

The air force guy, who had been fishing for a long time without any fish, immediately took out his anger on the little female dragon, Clenaya, who was lying on the ground with her head facing him and closing her eyes to take a rest. He swung his tail on the little female dragon's extremely hard head.

"It's all your fault, Clenaya. You didn't control your dragon power, so I didn't catch any fish."

Ever since the little female dragon found out that she was not included in the first hunt of the dragon group, she has been upset. Whenever Kalon left the dragon nest, she would follow him. During this period, Kalon was inseparable from Ke and Ke was inseparable from Kalon. She opened her eyes and laughed at the red dragon, saying, "Kalon, if you want to eat fish, you can ask the black dragon to help you fish. Otherwise, with your fishing skills that are worse than those of the lowly monkeys in the forest, the giant dragon will starve to death."

Caron, who was furious, yelled, "Rosani, Rosani, come out quickly, go and block this section of the river. I'm going to drain all the water in this section of the river today and I have to catch this cunning and ferocious fish."

Rossani, who was playing with fishing a few dozen meters upstream, emerged from the water. He knew that this was just a joke from Kalon. Kalon would not look down on his companions just because of his strength, and would not order other dragons around at will. He was a very easy-to-get-along-with dragon.

So the black dragon Rosani ignored the red dragon's unreasonable request, and said with a smile, "Forget it, Karon, or I will catch that damn ferocious fish and hang it on your tail. This will be much faster than letting it go."

"Bah," Karon stood up on all fours, spread his wings, and spat out a mouthful of saliva full of sparks, cursing, "Clenaia, go back and gather the dragons. It's time to hunt."

This vast, fertile grassland may be so beloved by the world of Ekania that the many rivers that crisscross the grassland never dry up even in the driest seasons.

The river originating from the far north flows forever on this grassland, nourishing the plants and numerous wild animal tribes on this grassland.

The dragons flew forward in a triangular wedge formation in the sky. In the front was the largest red dragon among the dragonlets. The leader of the dragonlets, Karon Gogmora, was the most powerful attack point in the formation.

At the tips of the wings are the second largest female red dragon, Clenaya, which is more than three meters long and close to four meters long, and the blue dragon Dos, who controls the storms and lightning in the sky.

Several other young dragons, each as big as an adult horse and three meters long, formed triangular lines connecting the two wings to the tip of the formation, ready to support the two wings and the front at any time.

And high above the formation of the young dragons, the 11-meter-tall nanny dragon Akzi spread its wings and soared.

The pupils that could adjust themselves had turned into vertical pupils, and the sharp eyes looked far ahead, searching for places that might pose a danger to the young dragon.

Ever since Charon consciously trained the dragonlings to have a sense of teamwork and the ability to cooperate in combat, he would summon all the dragonlings out in full force every time they hunted.

On the one hand, it satisfies the dragonlings' desire to fight and kill, and on the other hand, it is also an opportunity for the dragon group to explore the environment around their territory.

Therefore, every time the dragonling hunts, it will go further away from the dragon's nest, a little beyond the dragon's nest's radiation range, slowly and methodically expanding its range of activities.

The dragons swept through the familiar territory and set their sights on a herd of more than 300 wild horses.

These wild horses are tall, strong and plump, with shiny fur all over their bodies, and they look plump at first glance. Moreover, the wild horses run on the grassland every day, and the meat on their bodies must be very chewy after a lot of exercise.

The young dragons began to lock onto their targets, all of which were strong stallions in the herd. This was the influence of Charon.

Charon generally does not prey on its young, nor does it kill or hunt near water sources. The young dragons know that this is called sustainable development, and they cannot drain the pond to fish.

The top-down influence is rapid and obvious. Today's young dragons still worship strength, but have gradually become accustomed to using wisdom.

The formation of the young dragons began to dive down following Charon. The red dragon head led the broad and powerful wings to break the wind in front, and the speed of the dragon group diving became faster and faster.

By the time the horses realized something was wrong and started running away in all directions, the dragons had already attacked. The dragon chicks that flew over the horses' heads grabbed their respective targets with their claws. Charon's powerful front and hind paws firmly grasped the leader of the wild horses, then he led the dragons into the air, released the wild horses from his claws, and slammed them heavily onto the grassland.

The other dragonflies were not as powerful as Charon, but they all left wounds on their targets that were enough to disable them.

The remaining wild horses scattered, leaving only those that could not move lying on the ground and wailing.

The dragons landed, and Akzi also landed in front of his prey, and like the red dragon, he exhaled to burn the wild horse's fur to ashes.

They also dug open the abdomen and discarded the dirty internal organs such as the stomach and intestines, and ate the other internal organs rich in energy and nutrients.

Finally, he signaled Charon to spit out dragon breath to roast his prey, and used the red dragon's extraordinary fire control ability to roast the wild horse to the point where it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside before he opened his mouth wide to enjoy the meal.

The same is true for other dragonlings, the only difference is that the white dragon likes to freeze the cleaned prey into ice cubes, and the crunching sound when biting them makes the dragon's teeth ache just by listening to it.

Many black dragons are scavengers, using their acid to corrode their prey before eating it.

Rosani said that was the vulgar taste of other inferior species, and a true male dragon should be as clean and tasteful as the powerful Kalon.

So every time he licked his face, he either asked for help from the red dragon Clenaya like the green dragon Antajana, or he dragged his prey and looked at Karon with pleading eyes, making Karon unable to bear it and take the initiative to help.

These influences from the unique red dragon are changing the dragon group little by little. Although weak, they add up. If there are more such things, the quantitative change will lead to qualitative change. This is true for anyone and anything.

(End of this chapter)