Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 70 The Volcano is the Red Dragon’s Lair
The black dragon Rosani is like the green dragon Antajiana. The green dragon now controls the birds in the sky, while he controls the beasts on the ground.

This is an important part of Charon's defense line for the Dragon's Nest, but the cooperative contact with humans is not his responsibility, nor does he want to be in charge.

Anyway, according to Rossani's idea, any creature that infringes on the interests of the dragon group should be trampled to death by the dragon, but perhaps this does not conform to the dragon group's temporary goal, because the dragons still need these humans to work for them.

So the black dragon pushed the matter over to the blue dragon Doss.

The blue dragon is the most stable dragon in the dragon group except for Charon. Charon arranged it to be in charge of all matters related to the cooperation with the pioneer camp.

Although the dragons and the humans in the pioneer camp are still in a cooperative relationship, Caron said that the specific form of cooperation also needs to change, because the dragons no longer need to give up their interests in order to seek development.

However, Caron did not say how to change the cooperation mode specifically, and left this matter to the blue dragon Dos to worry about. As a result, these days the blue dragon, like the green dragon, always likes to scratch its forehead with its claws.

In other words, dragons don’t have hair, otherwise the blue dragon would have lost a lot of hair during this period.

"Damn it," the blue dragon scratched his horn out of habit. He said to the dragon-born centaur with a look of dissatisfaction, "Kill these humans back to their camp, and let them know that they are not allowed to hunt magical animals and those ferocious species in the dragon territory anymore."

"Forget it, you should learn from the humans and announce the decision of the Dragon Nest in the camp. Forget it this time. Next time, if such a situation occurs, just kill the human who offends the Dragon Nest. Don't ask me again."

"Yes, Lord Dos." The Centaur Chiron happily walked down the mountain that belonged to the blue dragon.

Since he was not punished, he could happily go to the Centaur tribe and have a bonfire party tonight. Tsk, the Oni from the Centaur tribe seemed to be quite good-looking, Chiron thought to himself.

"But I still need to tell Lady Clenaya. She now commands all the dragonborn. Although it is not my turn to watch tonight, if she can't find me when she needs me, I'll be doomed. She is not a good-tempered dragon."

All the dragons were assigned tasks by Charon. The white dragon Gmot now manages the various subordinate tribes under the dragon group, just as he did before.

The blue dragon Akzi is now in charge of the dragon group's patrol of the sky and the earth. In layman's terms, he is a security planning manager, and all dragons must obey his arrangements and plans.

In addition to Kalon, as the leader of the dragon group, he should enjoy the privileges, and he also enjoys this privilege with peace of mind.

Of course, he had no idea of equality. Whether it was in the dragon group or other racial societies, class differences would always exist. As the king of the dragon group, he should enjoy the status he deserved.

However, even though he is now the leader of the dragon group, he will not stay in the nest all the time. After all, showing up more often will help increase the supply of mental energy to him by his followers.

Whenever he was bored, he would spread his wings which were getting wider and wider, soar in the sky and look down at the earth. He now enjoyed this feeling very much, not only because of the freedom, but also because of his own power and status.

After all, he is an ambitious red dragon, and his will for freedom has long been integrated with the blood of the red dragon. They are inseparable and there is no need to distinguish them.

But now, Karon is enjoying his own free time, and Carlit's former nest now belongs to him.

For red dragons, volcanoes are the most suitable places in the world to build nests. No matter whether it is a dead volcano or an active volcano with intermittent eruptions, it will eventually be influenced by the power of the red dragon to become an exceptionally active volcano.

But Charon didn't want to wait that long. The reason why red dragons like to build nests at the mouth of volcanoes is not only because this race has a natural habit of loving warmth, but more importantly, the abundant fire magic of the volcano can help red dragons grow and develop faster.

Moreover, the scales of red dragons that often bathe in volcanic magma will be exceptionally smooth and delicate, which is also a motivation for dragons that love beauty.

So Caron plans to manually dig a lava channel through the extinct volcano.

Not only could he find out the specific situation inside the volcano through his perception, but a lot of knowledge about volcanoes also existed in his mind, not only the inheritance of the giant dragon, but also the knowledge from his previous life.

The interior of an extinct volcano is mostly filled with lava channels that extend deep into the Earth's core like tree roots. Volcanic eruptions occur when the lava in the Earth's core heats up and then releases pressure through the crater channels to form an active volcano.

For some reason, the pressure difference between the lava in the active volcano and the lava in the core of the earth will flow back into the core of the earth, causing the channel of the active volcano to collapse and close the crater, turning the active volcano into a dormant volcano.

Charon knew that as long as he opened a channel for the molten lava in the core of the earth, the extinct volcano would come back to life.

However, Charon needs to control the degree. Turning a dead volcano into an active volcano has many advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the erupted ash cloud can carry up to billions of tons of minerals, which will make the area around the volcano the most fertile soil in the world.

Volcanic ash can also nourish the survival of fish in nearby rivers, thus forming a complete food chain - bears, birds, foxes, etc. live by catching salmon, and salmon can eat volcanic ash.

It can also nourish the terrestrial ecosystem, bring rich mineral resources, and form many valuable gems. These gems are the favorites of the gnolls and embellishments of the dragon's treasure house.

Moreover, stones such as pumice and volcanic ash and slag formed by the fusion of volcanic lava and other substances are both excellent building filling materials and are needed in building houses and paving roads.

The advantages are numerous, but there is only one disadvantage. If you fail to grasp the degree, the result will be devastating. The entire Longchao Mountain Range will be affected, and even the excessive surge of core energy will cause a tsunami in the sea hundreds of miles away.

Except for these giant dragons and those creatures that are strong enough, this place will be extinct and all things will wither. It will take a long time to return to its original vibrant state.

However, Karon is confident that he can control the speed. After all, he is a red dragon that controls lava and fire, and he has enhanced perception to help him, so he should not fail.

The red dragon did what it said. It first dug out the dome of the crater. Although the existence of this dome could protect the nest from wind and rain, its existence has now become a limitation.

Considering that it might affect the trajectory of the volcano's next eruption and his own growing size in the future, Caron decided to dig out the dome piece by piece and pile the rubble on the flat ground on the top of the mountain nearby.

With the Red Dragon's current size and strength, it didn't take much effort to get rid of the dome.

After the red dragon dredges the volcano, these stones will continue to accumulate and fuse with the erupted debris and lava, piling higher and higher until new peaks are formed.

It is conceivable that the mountains will continue to rise under the influence of the red dragon's power, just like the Moxico Parikidin volcano in Kalon's memory, which was initially just a few centimeters wide crack on the flat ground with black smoke from lava.

After a few hours, the crack became several meters wide and the eruption became increasingly violent. The ejected debris and lava continued to accumulate at the eruption vent, forming a conical peak that reached a height of several hundred meters.

Ordinary volcanoes are not active frequently, and the height to which they can accumulate is limited. After they temporarily stop being active, the accumulated craters will be destroyed by rain erosion and various other reasons.

However, due to the influence of the red dragon, if the red dragon wishes, the volcano can be active all day long under the influence of its power.

Perhaps when the power of the red dragon grows to a certain level again, the entire mountain range will continue to rise due to the power of the red dragon until the energy of the earth's core is exhausted.

Looking at the neatly arranged square boulders piled on the ground, a funny idea suddenly occurred to Caron. If he could return to his original world, perhaps he could let these dragons try to work on the construction site, and they could earn him a few hundred dollars in half a day.

Not to mention how many bricks a dragon of this size can carry at a time, even some cranes are not as useful as the dragon under his command, which has a large load capacity and is flexible and agile.

Maybe even being a food delivery driver could earn him a top salary. Thinking about the dragons and their followers under his command, they were all very useful workers. Shaking his head, Caron felt that the red dragon's greed for wealth must have affected his brain. He shook off these boring thoughts, jumped down the cave, and started to work with his muscular forelimbs.

In the knowledge base that Charon retrieved through the sub-brain node group rather than the dragon heritage, there are two main reasons for the formation of volcanoes.

One is at the junction of continental plates. Because there is relative movement between the plates, one plate will subduct under another plate at the junction.

The rocks of the subducting plate will melt due to the strong pressure to form magma. The magma will rise. Some of it will stop after rising to a certain level, while others will rise to the ground and form volcanoes, which account for the vast majority.

But in Charon's diffused perception, the reason for the formation of the volcano under him was the second one.

That is, the heat released by the decay of some radioactive substances inside the core of the earth causes the rocks to melt and rise to the surface to form a volcano. In the words of this world, it is probably the excessive changes in elemental magic energy that lead to the formation of this volcano.

This is good news for Charon. He only needs to control the size of the lava channel and the intensity of the energy eruption hidden underground to create a controllable volcano that erupts continuously.

Not only can it bring benefits to the territory, the red dragon can also bathe in the fire magic that gushes out all day long.

Caron first dug a passage through the ground that had solidified into basalt and various impurity rocks, leading to the pipe layer where the lava had solidified into the shape of tree roots.

However, he did not expect that there were some strange creatures living in these passages covered by rocks and volcanic ash.

In these channels near the underground solution vents, there are many strange-looking giant tube worms. These worms are not much like their counterparts in the sea. Instead, they are more like worms covered with a thin layer of leather.

The surface of their bodies is also covered with a layer of special body fluids that allow these worms to thrive even when close to hydrothermal vents that emit high temperatures.

Out of curiosity, Karon fiddled with it with his claws for a long time. The worm moved very slowly.

To catch prey at this speed, one must have a camouflaged hunting method like the piranha plant, or a retractable mouthparts that suddenly attack like frogs do to catch mosquitoes.

But this kind of worm grows fat and white in the dark passage, and its mouthparts cannot be retracted. It should feed on volcanic ash or some substance that exists here.

Caron could only marvel at the wonders of nature, as he could grow fat and white even by eating soil and stones.

Although the dragon's powerful stomach digestion ability allows it to eat soil as a means of survival, its body will definitely not be as fat as these worms.

It seems that many five-colored dragons are not as good as metal dragons, perhaps not only because of their low innate bloodline endowment, but also because many five-colored dragons did not receive protection when they were young and could only survive by eating dirt.

Unlike metallic dragons that are properly housed and raised and can thrive under the care of a dragon parent.

Karon couldn't help but carefully pick up a worm with his claws and put it into his mouth to taste the worm that looked delicious in the eyes of the dragon.

The surface of this worm is quite chewy. After biting through the skin, a taste like iced snow lotus water spreads in your mouth.

The body fluids of organisms growing in hot environments are actually cold. He smacked his lips and felt that they tasted not bad.

A faint energy surged into the dragon's body, so he decided to raise these worms as a dessert snack in the future.

In order to avoid the worms being burned to death by the erupting magma after the volcano was activated by excavation, he deliberately changed the direction where there were fewer worms and continued digging.

During the excavation he also discovered some strange-looking creatures, a type of horned gastropod snail that grew in tunnels filled with groundwater.

Since these tunnels are close to the temperature radiation range of the underground magma, the water temperature in the tunnels can almost reach 400 degrees, but it still does not affect the activities of these snails.

There were also some strange arthropods that looked like crickets, but Caron declined to eat these.

After digging for nearly five days, Charon finally approached the underground magma layer.

On the one hand, it is necessary to first dig a passage from the hard underground rock layer that allows the huge red dragon to move freely, so as to avoid being too stuffy when the magma erupts.

On the other hand, he was using his perception to continuously explore the situation underground. If the energy surging in the underground magma layer was too violent and beyond his control, he would give up this idea.

Fortunately, the exploration result was Xilong's. After years of silence, the energy deep underground of this long-extinct volcano has gradually become stable.

The surging fire magic was also extremely gentle, well within the range that Karon could control.

Now the red dragon can see the hot steam coming out of the holes formed by the corrosion of the hard rocks. The strong smell of sulfur comes out from the cracks in these holes, and occasionally, jumping magma will burst out from the holes.

The layer of rock that blocked the eruption of magma was extremely hard. Even with the Red Dragon's sharp claws, it took some effort to cut those tiny holes and cracks into a round hole with a diameter of several meters.

Even if the magma that has been dormant for many years is already calm enough, the excessive pressure and energy instantly pushes the magma upward.

Caron hid in the horizontal passage that had been dug in advance and avoided the impact of this force.

Although this magma is just relatively warm bath water for the red dragon, the red dragon does not want to withstand this impact head-on.

Guided by the power of the red dragon, the magma, carrying high temperature and a strong smell of sulfur, rushed out along the passage along with some substances buried underground.

The long lava channel was quickly filled with surging magma and fire, and some precious minerals deposited in the magma also rushed up with the gushing magma.

This upward momentum gradually died down when it reached the crater, and the gradually spreading magma began to accumulate in the huge volcanic basin, like a reservoir connected to a water pipe.

A gray cloud of smoke began to spread over the sky outside the crater.

The horizontal passage cave where Charon was located was also filled with upwelling magma, but these high-temperature corrosive magmas were equivalent to a buff for the red dragon. The hot magma brought the red dragon a warm, comfortable and relaxing feeling as if it was wrapped in the mother's womb.

This made him feel more comfortable and relaxed than any massage spa, just like the feeling of relaxation when a person who has been tired all day suddenly lies in bed.

Karon even had the idea of sleeping here for a while. The sleeping mechanism in the red dragon's body was also triggered. The red dragon, who was awakened early during the sleeping period, now felt like taking a nap.

If the smell of the air flow deposited underground had not been too pungent, causing the Red Dragon to sneeze several times, he might have had a good sleep here.

(End of this chapter)