Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 26: A soldier never tires of deceit
"We admit defeat, but I have a condition." A youthful but unusually deep voice was heard, and the awakened red dragon slowly stepped out of the dark cave. The uneasy young dragons seemed to have found their backbone and moved closer to Karon on the right.

Charon whispered in dragon language as if to comfort the young dragons, and their confused hearts immediately calmed down.

Under the illumination of the blazing fire, in the eyes of many ogres and humans, the red dragon that appeared in their eyes had a strong and majestic body. The bulging muscles between the chest and abdomen and the strong leg muscles showed how powerful the dragon before them possessed.

Compared with him, those young dragons of the same age were simply a generation apart. The red and golden scales on their nearly eight-meter-long bodies shone dazzlingly under the firelight, and their broad fleshy wings were covered with mysterious and profound patterns.

Its head does not have bat wings on the neck and ears like other red dragons. Instead, simple lines outline soft edges and corners that even the most skilled sculptor in the world cannot carve. It is like a perfect fusion of a golden dragon and a red dragon. The pair of three-branched horns on its head are ferocious and thick. It is a powerful and perfect creature. If the ogre giant demon Farna represents beauty, then the dragon in front of it is a work of art of power.

"Oh, I want to get it. It is such a perfect art. The human world will go crazy fighting for it." Merchant Orsu's breathing became unusually rapid, and his blood was burning. After getting confirmation from the magician beside him, he trembled with excitement. "It's just a baby dragon. My God, is it the descendant of the legendary dragon god? I will pay any price to get it."

Moreover, it seemed to be the leader of the group of young dragons in front of him. Orsu looked at the young dragons that calmed down after the red dragon appeared. It was obvious that the red dragon had a high status and prestige in the hearts of these young dragons.

A bold idea suddenly came to his mind. He was willing to give everything to keep this red dragon. As long as he could tie this red dragon to his side, the other young dragons would obey him no matter who held them.

The giant demon Fafna, who had always been particularly calm and lazy, had already stood out from the crowd. The mysterious giant demon was a rare female ogre variant. She was the blood reviver of the soul-eating three-headed sea demon Decalutes, the ancient demigod ancestor of the ogres. Not only did she have a strong innate spiritual power, she also had an extremely powerful talent.

Fafner's bloodline gave her the same soul-devouring talent as her ancient ancestors. Although she was not as powerful as the ancient demigod siren, the talent formed by the three heads of the ancient siren, which symbolized birth, growth, and disappearance, allowed her to use her spiritual soul power to devour and contain the souls of three selected objects.

Once she devours the opponent's soul, her soul and the opponent's soul will form a symbiotic relationship of master and slave, like growing another head. If the opponent is strong, she will also be strong.

Her strength will also bring benefits to the other party. The other party is weak, but it is difficult to affect her own strength. And if she dies, the other party's life will also disappear. Only when the other party falls into the silence of death will it bring her pain. Not only is it extremely difficult to eliminate the lost soul, but her own talent will also disappear with the death of the other party.

She is currently only in her teenage stage and can only choose one person as the object of her talent absorption. She has not yet reached the peak of her growth, not to mention that she will reach the extremely old stage like a dragon in the future to use the last talent quota.

Therefore, she was extremely cautious in using her talent. Even Morgo, who had the blood of a giant in the ogre tribe, did not get her favor. In her opinion, apart from his stupid brain, there was also a limit to the growth of his strength. Although he had grown to the peak, it was far from enough to support her talent. She also knew that Morgo had been coveting her for a long time.

Fafnir originally favored the female red dragon. Not only was this red dragon female, but its future growth potential far exceeded that of Morgo's giant atavistic bloodline. Even a real giant would not have more advantages than the red dragon.

But the moment she saw Charon, she didn't have to make a choice at all. Her talent was spontaneously shouting and longing. The red dragon in front of her was the best carrier of her talent. Even the ancient demigod mermaid Decalitus would not reject such a gifted dragon.

Morgo in the field was still roaring, "What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms, with just a few weak young dragons?" The six-meter-tall ogre tyrant looked down at the quiet Kalon. The dragon was only eight meters long, including its tail. At this time, he was on all fours and was far less tall than the ogre, but he just looked past Morgo who was blocking the way and looked at the giant monsters and wizards in the ogre group. Obviously, he was not completely ignorant in the cave.

"Morgo, listen to his conditions!" Fafnir walked down from the couch, her delicate bare feet stepping on the rough ground.

The two-headed wizard also stopped and agreed with the giant demon's opinion. Now the situation was completely under their control. Unless these young dragons were stupid, they would not rashly take off and escape. At close range, no dragon could escape the volley of spears from the ogre warriors.

Karon walked past the secretly angry Morgo and slowly walked towards the giant monster, saying, "We can sincerely surrender, but we demand relatively equal status and a certain degree of freedom, and we cannot humiliate the dragons. In return, the dragons will voluntarily sign a contract with you and accept your command."

Charon was not being self-righteous when he proposed this condition. It was generally recognized in the world that the worst way to utilize a dragon was to kill it. In the eyes of the ogres, these young dragons were also afraid of death befalling them.

"Stop, dragon, at this distance." The ogre wizard Sahei stopped the dragon's steps. Even though Karon tried to paralyze the ogres by negotiating conditions, the old ogre was still very cautious after getting the old wizard's attention, and asked Karon to stop about ten meters away from them.

"I agree to your terms." After hearing this condition, Fafna agreed verbally without thinking. This condition was not harsh, even too simple. If the red dragon was willing to cooperate, then with her talent for swallowing souls, it would be much smoother.

Orsu also nodded. The giant demon's behavior was very smart. For now, they should stabilize these young dragons temporarily. The cunning wisdom of human beings allowed him to think of ten thousand ways to regret later. As long as the dragons fell into his hands, he could do whatever he wanted with them.

"Very good, then next..." The red dragon slowly lowered its head, which was a gesture of submission for the dragon. It took a deep breath, as if it was burdened by the words that would follow to submit to its opponent.

The ogres were proudly preparing to accept the dragon's surrender, and the cautious two-headed ogre wizard also felt elated, because this was the dragon that represented power and nobility. Although the old wizard regretted not being able to take the dragon's head as a trophy, he would be able to engrave the image of the dragon on his scepter in the future, which meant that he had once conquered the dragon.

These thoughts flashed through his mind in a flash. The magician hiding behind the ogre suddenly remembered something in his mind. The magic wand in his hand was about to emit magical light. He shouted, "Oh no, be careful of this damn dragon." Those experienced warriors subconsciously raised their shields to block Orsu.

Before the magician could finish his words, the red dragon suddenly raised its head, its eyes like two shining rubies exuding terrifying anger and murderous intent. Its unfinished words echoed throughout the canyon, "Welcome my wrath, you damned scum."

Whoosh, the boiling flames turned into a turbulent and violent cone-shaped breath that spewed out from the dragon's mouth. Several unprepared ogre warriors instantly became firemen. Before they could scream, the hind legs, which were stronger than the forelimbs, had already exerted force. The ubiquitous magic power in the air swarmed in, easily lifting up the dragon's body, tearing apart the ogres blocking its way, and pounced on the wizards.

(End of this chapter)