Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 396: The Awakening of the Gods: You actually want to be a dog?

"Ok?"

The mother red dragon who had just returned from selling her cubs noticed something was wrong as soon as she set foot in the dragon's nest. The blood and broken scales on the ground silently told us that an extremely fierce and short conflict had just taken place here.

The two little dragon cubs, which were intact before she left, were now covered with wounds, especially the eldest daughter, who was born three days earlier, who looked the most miserable.

The little dragon had a big head and a small body, extremely disproportionate proportions. Its wings drooped and hung limply at its side, and one could see the bones that had pierced through its flesh and blood, which were exposed. It was obvious that they had been broken by violence. The most embarrassing thing was that the tip of its tail was missing a piece, which made it look even uglier.

The mother dragon's eyes swept across her daughter, who was curled up alone in the corner, her body trembling slightly, obviously as if she was extremely frightened. Then she looked at her offspring who was silently licking his wound at the other end of the dragon's nest, and her red dragon eyes revealed admiration.

Because she saw a piece of dragon's tail next to her, and after she left, the fight took place in the dragon's nest, and it was obvious who the winner was.

Although this little dragonet's appearance is not much better, as a newly born dragonet, he can defeat his sister who has a head start over him, which is enough to prove his excellence, at least better than his sister.

Excellent children are always more favored by their parents. Aurora, who has a little maternal love, called out the name of this child.
"Jedon!"

"Mother."

When the wounded dragon cub heard the cry of the mother dragon in front of it, which was as huge as a red hill, it immediately raised its head, with docility and humility in its eyes, and its attitude was extremely flattering, almost fawning.

This is the attitude that the most arrogant red dragon should show when it is just born in the dragon's nest.

For a colorful dragon to find itself still in a dragon's nest instead of in the wilderness after breaking out of the eggshell is already a very lucky thing. At this time, all the pride and arrogance hidden in the dragon's blood are useless things that hinder survival.

A smart dragon should suppress these instincts and try to please its parents with the slightest gesture, even if it's just to get the scraps of meat left between the dragon's teeth and claws. As long as it can survive, everything will be fine.

The foolish colored dragons who do not restrain themselves in the face of powerful parents, and who display the so-called dragon pride without any self-awareness, will suffer the worst possible fate of being expelled from the dragon's nest, and some may even be beaten to death on the spot.

"Tell me, what happened after I left?"

The dragoness asked with interest.

"After you left, my sister tried to snatch my eggshell."

"And then you chose to resist and beat her into this state."

Aurora understood. She had no interest in the fights between the youngsters, but she paid some attention to the fighting ability displayed by this offspring.

Because she vaguely remembered that as long as the offspring she gave birth to could gain enough military merit in Master Noah's army, then she, as a mother, would also be able to receive a certain proportion of the reward.

"Yes, I hurt my sister. I don't want to share my eggshells, and I don't want to starve."

Jetton answered honestly. In fact, he didn't remember how he defeated his sister. He only remembered that he fought back with all his strength but was defeated.

He and his sister were both dragonettes, but his sister was born earlier than him after eating the eggshell completely and had adapted her body. However, he had just hatched from the shell and was at a very obvious disadvantage, so he was overwhelmed.

When he saw the eggshell was about to be snatched away, he felt a surge of anger rising in his heart, and then he lost consciousness. When he came to his senses, his sister had become a cripple with her limbs and wings broken by him.

In his mouth, he was holding a piece of tail that was torn from his sister. He successfully defended his eggshell. Although he himself didn't know how he did it, it didn't matter.

"Well done, this is what a red dragon should look like."

Aurora was full of admiration for Jetton, who had severely injured and disabled her sister, and praised him highly. However, when she looked at her daughter who was huddled in the corner and shivering, the mother dragon's expression was completely different. She put on another look.
"Useless trash! You are a disgrace to the red dragon. If it weren't for the color of your scales, I would have thought I gave birth to a white dragon!"

Faced with such harsh and extremely insulting words, the female dragon, who had been severely injured just a few days after birth, raised her head, looked at her mother's indifferent eyes, and her body trembled even more violently.

Everything he had just experienced was like falling into hell for her, it was simply a nightmare. She had clearly gained the upper hand, suppressed her brother, and was about to snatch the eggshells he had left over.

However, in the blink of an eye, the brother who was suppressed by her seemed to have turned into a dragon. Although his body was more fragile and tender than hers, he was able to make all kinds of incredible attack postures. Before she could react, he broke her wings and limbs, and bit off her tail.

It looked just like a dragon that had fought its way back from the bloody battlefields of the abyss and hell, and didn't look like a baby dragon at all. However, the little female dragon knew that she could not explain it this way now, as this would only make her mother despise and scorn her even more.

If she was expelled from the dragon's nest, she would be finished and would most likely not live to advance to become a young dragon.

However, the little female dragon obviously didn't know anything about the world outside the dragon's nest. Even though she was a red dragon, as long as she walked out of the dragon's nest, she wouldn't have to worry about problems like hunger, as there would be fairies coming to raise and take care of her.

How could there be a starving dragon in the dragon territory? Even a chromatic dragon would be like this.

Unfortunately, due to this information gap, the little female dragon and Jetton dared not leave the dragon's nest during this period. They could only try their best to please their mother in the hope that the mother would fulfill some of her responsibility of raising them.

As a red dragon that has maintained its original nature, Aurora can be said to be raising her cubs in the most traditional way. Even though the wealth she has accumulated is more than ten times that of dragons of the same age, she is not willing to spend even a penny on her children.

These little guys are only worthy of her eating the leftovers. If there are nothing left, then let them starve. If they really can't stand the hunger, they can also eat some rocks and soil, some grass roots and tree bark. It's not like they can't survive, so why should she waste money?
It is precisely because of such primitive and traditional thinking that every red dragon that leaves the Aurora Dragon Nest will not have the slightest sense of gratitude in their hearts, let alone visit their mother after achieving certain achievements, although they do not have such moral concepts.

In this way, Jetton and his sister spent five years in Aurora's dragon nest, trembling with fear and trepidation. Until the sixth year, the mother dragon, who was no longer willing to waste her energy on them, blasted them out of the dragon nest.

"You have grown up enough to get out of here. You are no longer welcome in my lair from now on."

"But mother, we are still young dragons. Can you keep us for a while? We can help you carve the cave and make your nest look more beautiful and glorious."

Hearing his mother's cruel and cold-blooded words, Jetton panicked and begged repeatedly. Because in his understanding, the world outside the dragon's nest is extremely dangerous for a young dragon like him. The color of the red dragon's scales is too eye-catching, which can be said to be one of the culprits for the high mortality rate of red dragon chicks.

This color, which makes red dragons a symbol of disaster when they grow up, will kill them when they are young.

"Carving caves? Jetton, I really misjudged you. I thought you would achieve something great, but in the end you just brought shame upon me.

Go away, don't worry about eating, a dragon will find you soon and take you to the academy."

Hearing her youngest son's plea, Aurora's eyes revealed boredom and contempt, and her expression was particularly cold. At this moment, there was no longer any maternal radiance in her.

Through her observation over the past five years, she found that the offspring who had originally made her have high hopes and whose sisters were afraid of him, was actually timid and cautious in character. She was extremely disappointed with his words and actions. This was not a red dragon at all.

"College?"

The two baby dragons could not understand what their mother said. They only knew that they had to face the reality of being expelled from the dragon's nest.

However, when they had to walk into the wilderness far away from the dragon's nest with extreme fear and trepidation, before they could try to hunt on their own, a floating ship nearly 100 meters long appeared above their heads, and along with the floating ship, there was also a vast dragon's might.

"Froya Ignacio Montes, Jaden..."

When the airship came to a stop and the ladder descended, an old scholar in a white robe and with an elegant temperament appeared in front of the Red Dragon siblings who were extremely alert.

"According to the Golden Code Education Regulations, you will begin to receive 90 years of compulsory education as a member of the Dragon Clan from today..."

Looking at the brass dragon elder who suddenly appeared in front of them and kept muttering a bunch of incomprehensible words, the two red dragonlets just wanted to run away.

They didn't understand compulsory education, nor did they want to go to any college. They only knew that falling into the hands of the brass dragon would be worse than death.

Unfortunately, the old brass dragon, who has already obtained the title of associate professor in the Dragon Academy, would never let these little dragons get away easily. These are all his achievements. In short, they are walking gold coins. How could he let them go?

So, after a desperate but futile struggle, the two little dragons were both lifted onto the airship, and then began a life that was almost like a dream for them.

“Is this for us to eat?”

Jetton swallowed his saliva in a cowardly manner. Looking at the whole roasted lamb in front of him, he felt like he was dreaming.

Because the best food he had eaten in the past five years was the minced meat scraps left over by his mother, and sometimes he had to bite open bones with great effort to suck out the marrow.

"Of course, the conditions on board are limited, so we only have this kind of simple meal."

The two young dragons could no longer listen to anything else. Although they could not understand what the limited conditions were, it did not stop them from feasting on the food.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the two red dragons, filled with trepidation and anxiety, tentatively asked the guards on the airship, or pricked up their ears and listened quietly to the crew's discussion.

Then, the two little ones realized that there was a special academy for dragons in the land where they lived. All young dragons under the command of the Holy Dragon were obliged to receive education there after they reached the age of six.

Although they were instinctively reluctant to study, they were told that the academy provided free meals, which excited them and made them give up the idea of ​​running away.

The worst that could happen is being tortured by the brass dragon, which is nothing compared to being hungry.

However, they are not the only dragon students on the ship. This is a ship specially built for the Dragon Academy to recruit new students, to welcome the young dragons who need to enroll this year.

Although the exterior of the ship is less than a hundred meters, the interior of the ship is much wider. Even an adult dragon can move freely in it.

In the eyes of the two boys who only knew how to eat and drink, the number of dragonlets on the boat increased. However, apart from them, only metal dragons got on board. In the end, there was a hybrid that looked like a golden dragon, but also like a topaz dragon.

"Hey, Jaden, that dragon seems to be someone special!"

"I saw."

Jetton raised his head and looked uncontrollably at the hybrid dragon not far away, which was surrounded by many metal dragon chicks like the moon surrounded by stars. He vaguely heard the title of "Your Highness".

A dragon with an extraordinary identity
Jetton made a definition in his mind. Logically speaking, as a color dragon, he should reduce his presence at this time and not come into contact with such a metal dragon.

But for some reason, he stared at the hybrid dragon uncontrollably, and felt dizzy from time to time.
"Noah!"

Suddenly, a voice that sounded like a roar or a roar, mixed with endless anger, exploded in his mind. Jetton could no longer hold on, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Before fainting, Jetton vaguely saw the golden dragon, who was once the center of attention, leading a group of dragons rushing towards him, and seemed to be a little worried?
Did he see it wrong?

The golden dragon is worried about the red dragon? How is that possible?

"Fool, hopeless fool, you actually have feelings for the offspring of that despicable reptile. Have you forgotten your bloodline and your origin?"

Words mixed with endless anger and ridicule echoed in his mind. In a daze, Jetton saw a tall figure surrounded by nine suns. However, both the sun and the figure were covered with shocking cracks, as if they were pieced together.
“I can’t believe I’d end up staying with an idiot like you!
You are a red dragon, and the reason why that half-breed bastard showed such a disgusting posture is just to drive you to work for him. Can't you even tell that?"

(End of this chapter)