Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 277 The Sea is Deeper than the Ocean
The young red dragon Caedilos came to the Governor's Palace with the unconscious silver dragon hanging on his tail. Feeling a little guilty, he looked around the Governor's Palace cautiously.

However, he was informed by the ogre guards guarding the gate, who were not even as tall as the griffin statue in front of the Governor's Mansion, that Alina, the bronze dragon lord who now rules the empire and is known by the outside world as the Bronze Dragon Queen of Wisdom, had gone to the plane base of the Magic Research Department for inspection.

Also accompanying them were the steel dragon Midir, the Emperor's maid Charizard, and the Minister of Agriculture of the Empire, the great fairy Pik Elf Riven.

The great fairy Riven is a core member of the empire. She is one of the earliest founders who started the business with the dragons and established the empire. She has such a unique status because of her naturally active and cheerful personality and the fact that she is a friend of all dragons.

Although Charlize was only the emperor's maid, her noble birth and the education she received gave her a wealth of knowledge.

When following the emperor, he was able to figure out and comprehend some of the political ideas of the ancestral red dragon, and now he is also the right-hand man of the bronze dragon Alina.

However, Caedilos did not expect that the Steel Dragon Midir did not stay in the Winter Palace, but ran back here.

"It seems that Midir has come up with some evil plan again, but each of these guys is worse than me. I am only evil on the surface. They are all evil in their hearts."

The young red dragon Caedilos thought so, and dragged himself unconscious on the road to the plane base of the Magic Integration Research Department.

The Magic Integration Department is located in the northwest corner of the King's Capital, an isolated area. According to the construction standards of the Dragon Kingdom, this row of buildings covering tens of thousands of acres seems a bit small.

The soldiers who used to stand guard at the door have been replaced by two ordinary ogre guards from the Imperial Guard. In the eyes of outsiders, the level of vigilance here is not high.

It seems that any assassin or thief who is proficient in the power of shadow can sneak into this place, which is mysterious even in the eyes of the people of the empire.

But those seemingly silent, lifeless golems of stone and steel, giant wooden golems like wooden stakes, and war treemen that, like the green trees in the square garden, buried their limbs completely under the ground, listening to every pulse.

These beings are constantly scanning every corner of the area for movements. In the magic defense nodes of the King's City, these golems and tree men are also able to search for any slight fluctuations of power through this huge defense network at any time.

Even the ravens and parrots that had built their nests on the big trees disguised as the war treemen poked their heads out of their nests, and their sharp eyes scanned all around.

The combat effectiveness of these golems is not strong because all the power has been set by the mages to search and scan mode.

But in the Royal Capital, the capital of the Dragon Kingdom, it is enough to just find the enemy's traces.

What's more, perhaps the most dangerous area in this city is this seemingly peaceful area.

The young red dragon Caedilos swaggered into the gate of the Ministry of Magic Integration without causing any abnormal fluctuations. Although Caedilos's status was not prominent among the dragons, he was one of the few high-ranking beings in the huge system of the empire.

The tall buildings constructed entirely of steel-gray and white steel rock pillars were not his target. These institutions with signs hanging on them had now become places for civil servants to chat and hold meetings. No important research would exist in these buildings.

Through the open windows of these buildings, Caedilos could also see many scholars and wizards wearing magic chip glasses sitting at their desks, flipping through notes and research documents.

Of course, the red dragon's eyes lingered on the waitresses who were carrying tea and wearing skirts that revealed their plump and round thighs.

Follow the flowerbed path that surrounds the entire area to the end, where two gargoyle sculptures guard a garden gate on both sides of the passage. On the garden gate railing are written four words in common language - Magic Paradise.

The two gargoyle sculptures are golems and real gargoyles.

The only difference is that the mages trapped the souls of the gargoyles they captured and replaced them with elemental spirits controlled by the mages. They also used these biological golems, which were always sleeping but always able to wake up, as guards to guard the garden gates.

The young red dragon chuckled, showing his fangs, raised the silver dragon hanging on his tail high, and then stepped into the garden gate.

It was as if at night, a room full of bright lights suddenly turned off the lights, and the vision fell into eternal darkness.

An indescribable smell accompanied by the unique fishy smell of snakes permeated the entire space. The powerful and oppressive latent breath was looming, causing a slight chill to rise on the tail vertebrae of the silver dragon pretending to be asleep.

In the dark space, the flowing passage was suddenly lit up with golden lights.

But that was not the light of a lamp, but a pair of huge pupils, emitting dazzling light in the darkness, scanning the identity and breath of the visitor.

The nine-headed Hydra raised its golden head high, and its pupils like golden lamps scanned the silver dragon hanging on the red dragon's tail. The other heads stretched out and snaked around the silver dragon, whose body suddenly stiffened, sniffing everywhere.

Fufu, furfu, the huge exhalations and hisses echoed in the darkness, which was creepy.

Not until the strong smell of snakes filled the silver dragon's nostrils did Xudela's nine heads slowly retract and dive back into the darkness.

The light also disappeared in an instant, leaving only the nine-headed snake Hydra's meaningful low laughter.

The young red dragon Caedilos also chuckled, then took a step out of the darkness and welcomed the true light.

This step will lead to another world, a secondary plane where everyone is facing death.

The elemental spirits of these secondary planes were captured by the Empire's legions and used to arm the golem legions.

The world's minerals and resources are mined by the empire to develop the empire's armaments and stockpile means of production.

The energy of the plane is extracted by the Empire and sent to the energy furnaces of the Empire's military factories and major production departments.

The last surplus value, the secondary plane itself, was also cut off by the Empire's spellcasters and turned into an exclusive half-plane for experiments by the Magic Research Department.

Above these demiplanes, there is an extremely vast General Inspectorate, like a dome-shaped crystal glass house suspended in the darkness of the void, connecting all the demiplanes currently being mined by the Golden Empire.

The densely packed passages are like portals, in front of the screen carved from magic crystals in this monitoring room.

From the projection of the magic crystal, one can clearly observe all the images happening in those demiplanes. Even the magic laboratories in the demiplanes are transparent, which makes it convenient for the Imperial Legion stationed in the inspection room to dispatch forces at any time to resolve and support any situations that occur.

"Lord Cadillos,"

"Noble dragon,"

"Your Majesty Caedilos!"

The soldiers of the garrisoned legion saluted one after another. The commander in the lead was a dragon-blooded half-terror bear, four meters tall, wearing heavy magic armor, and the small eyes on the exposed head revealed a gleam of wisdom.

The young red dragon nodded, raised his thick and long tail, and walked straight to the magic screen to watch the movements in the demiplane.

Projected on this screen is the Magic Research Department's research on the source of blood, and the project leader is none other than the alchemy madman Teach.

Tied to the experimental table was a high-level devil with two wings, four claws, and a goat's head. Its long, chain-like tail hung limply on the ground, still trembling slightly.

The devil's eyes, which were always cunning and sinister, were also filled with fear and panic, but he could not speak. Even though his whole body was sedated and anesthetized by the magic potion, he was still trembling.

At this moment, the wizards and scholars who were holding magical instruments, ready to dissect its body and study its bloodline, were the real devils. And the alchemist maniac Teach, who was eyeing his lower body, was the devil among devils.

In addition to this devil, there are many other demon and monster experimental subjects in other laboratories waiting for the favor of the wizards.

Some apprentice apprentices loaded some failed and broken products onto carts and sent them to another half plane.

It is the prison where the Empire captures demons, devils and other monsters. Occasionally, when the Empire is expanding its territory and encounters monsters that are blind and refuse to surrender, they will be thrown into the prison in this demiplane.

When the apprentices poured some worthless materials that even the necromancers and liches didn't want into the prison plane, groups of hellish dogs and carrion-eating dog-like monsters from the earth excitedly pounced on them and cleaned up the garbage for the empire.

The young red dragon Caedilos could even see that the trainee scholars and wizard apprentices pulled out demons and devils anesthetized by magic potions from the prison in this half plane, put them on carts, and sent them to the laboratories of various wizards. The other monsters, demons and devils that were not selected would sigh softly in the prison made of tens of meters thick mountain steel alloy and covered by a huge imperial magic circle, feeling lucky that they had survived another day, and then began to pray to the demon lord or devil duke they were loyal to.

I pray that these powerful lords and dukes will be lucky enough to favor me and rescue me.

But all this was in vain, because the demiplane where the entire prison was located was under the suppression of the Golden Empire's royal castle. The huge magic circle connecting the dragon's royal castle had an endless supply of energy.

Not to mention the demon lord, even the gods could not find this place under the suppression of the shielding field of the ancient magic empire, the quiet emblem of the magic dragon god, and the power of the ancestral red dragon.

Even the legendary wizard who is proficient in prophecy spells cannot find this dark place through prophecy.

"Tsk, these mages are so cruel,"

The young red dragon exclaimed loudly. Of course, the red dragon Caedilos really thought so. Once humans start to think crookedly, even the devils and demons will be defeated, let alone the dragons.

However, the young red dragon is also a vested interest.

These studies on bloodline are only for the purpose of better evolving and exploring the potential of dragon bloodline. Noble dragons cannot be used as experimental subjects because their numbers are rare, so creatures of other races can only be used as experimental subjects.

In studying the bloodlines of these creatures, we look for commonalities, and then use what we have learned to overcome the difficulties of the dragon.

The Golden Empire's secret method of proving the dragon gradually matured as a result.

Although the current young red dragon is unable to learn the essence of this secret technique, he can often get rid of the interference of the poison in the dragon's blood and will no longer let the magma burn his brain at will.

It can also transform the violent and chaotic poison in its blood into its own flames, which is not only more powerful, but when it is burned by dragon flames it will also be accompanied by the shock of mental confusion, greatly increasing its power.

Unfortunately, the young red dragon did not give birth to the seed of mental energy because of Charon's influence. He did not have this talent. Otherwise, the power of this red dragon's breath would have been further increased.

As for higher-level fields, they were not within the reach of this red dragon's talent. In Caedilos's impression, only the Dragon Emperor of the Empire could fully absorb the results of these magicians' research and forge his own path.

Actually, this young red dragon's talent in this area is even inferior to that of the newborn dragons in the empire.

The two most outstanding dragon cubs trained by the empire are almost catching up with Caedilos in the path of practicing the Certificate of the Dragon.

Caedilos shook his head, trying not to think about these bad things, and then walked towards the next screen a few hundred meters away.

When the mages and scholars here were integrating the empire's system, they accidentally made new discoveries through the barbarians' totem practice system and the magic construction technology left over from the magic empire.

By combining the two, the growth and adaptability of the magic array and totem constructed on the golem are combined to create a magic pattern construction technology that can be carried by living beings.

This kind of magic pattern structure can imprint precise and complex magic patterns on powerful materials, gaining a variety of abilities and powers that one wants to bestow on living beings.

However, this has restrictions on the material requirements and the talent requirements of the creatures that carry the magic pattern structures. The more talented a person is, the more magic pattern structures they can carry, the more abilities they can obtain, and the stronger their power will naturally be.

The human body is blessed with the magic pattern structure, and with the addition of the empire's magic armor, the combat effectiveness of the empire's legions will take a leap forward.

However, this technology is still in its infancy. Warriors are carrying magic pattern constructs that increase their power and are conducting experiments in the square of the demiplane. The sounds of weapons clashing and shouts are heard everywhere.

The young red dragon Caedilos shook his head. It might take a long time for this technology to develop, but in the future it might be possible to create magic pattern constructs that could greatly enhance the abilities of dragons, which made him look forward to the day when he would reap the rewards.

Screens flashed before the young red dragon and the unconscious silver dragon. The figures of the goblins Bang Bang and the dragon-blood goblins who had received dragon blood potion to extend their life also appeared on the magic projection screen.

This famous diamond goblin is very popular among the goblins, but no female goblin can form a mate with him.

In the goblin's words, females would only affect the speed at which he could develop artillery.

After the magic light that was ten times thicker than his own penetrated the heavy artillery, the goblin personally activated this magic heavy artillery that was designed to penetrate powerful magic barriers and would be loaded onto the empire's floating city in the future.

call out,
With a soft whistle, an extremely condensed beam of magic power as thick as an arm shot out from the long barrel, instantly piercing through a low cliff thousands of meters away, and passing through a deep and transparent hole that was melted by the magic light heavy artillery.

"It's powerful, it's good,"

The goblin jumped up from the ground with a thump and danced with joy.

One shot from such a heavy artillery is enough to evaporate all the magic power of a magic crystal the size of a heart, but in return it brings tremendous power. Under the bombardment of this heavy artillery, even an adult dragon cannot withstand two shots.

"Well, this kind of magic light cannon, when mounted on a floating city, can also access the energy reserves on the floating city. When it needs to be moved, it must use magic crystals as the core energy source, so that the power can be maximized."

The goblin frowned, looked at the melted barrel, and said to the troll assistant beside him: "However, the power of this magic light cannon is too great, and the forging materials required are also very precious. Remember to ask the Magic Integration Department to allocate another 20,000 gold coins."

The young red dragon looked leisurely all the way until he was about to reach the corner of the monitoring room, when he spotted the bronze dragon Alina and the great fairy Riven and their group.

Caedilos chuckled, stepped into the passage in front of him, and the next moment he appeared in an extremely spacious greenhouse.

The same kind of plant grows everywhere here, with slender needle-shaped leaves that are lobed and palm-shaped overall, with a green epidermis. The young leaves on the back have velvety white hairs, and the mature leaves are clean and hairless, but the edges are like serrations.

This is a wonderful plant discovered by scholars in the territory when they were exploring the functions of each crop and resource.

Simply put, it is a kind of tobacco plant in the world of Ekania.

The taste is almost the same as the tobacco in a country on a certain planet where prostitution is legal, and even more refreshing.

In scholars' experiments, the finished products made from this plant can refresh the mind, invigorate the spirit, and even help monks meditate.

But it has certain toxicity and addictiveness. However, with the improvement of scholars, these negative effects have been weakened. Even with the quality and willpower of an ordinary adult, it is not a problem to quit smoking dozens of times a day.

Moreover, this kind of plant product can not only be used as an entertainment product, but also as a psychedelic and spiritual spellcasting material, just like the blue magic powder brought by some wandering merchants, but the effect is weaker, but the cost is lower.

Pixie, known as the Great Fairy in the outside world, Raven fluttered her wings and flew around the bronze dragon Alina, chirping, "A novice elf druid can easily plant a large area of this plant. If we Pixie elves plant it, we don't have to worry about the harvest at all."

Bronze dragon Alina shook her huge head, and the dragon's unique tone seemed extremely majestic. "This may cause some harm and impact to the lower-class people of the empire. Although the benefits are huge, it may not be a good thing for the empire."

On the path of the secret method of Dragon's Proof, this bronze dragon has come very far and has begun to be able to abandon the temptation brought by wealth and gold coins, and look at both sides of the problem objectively from another perspective.

The thin body of the steel dragon Midir looked like a weak young dragon in front of the bronze dragon. The sound of steel came out of her mouth, but in the ears of the red dragon Caedilos, he could already imagine that black, oily evil water was coming out of the mouth of this steel dragon.

"It doesn't matter. We can make two versions of the product, one with a larger dosage, and sell it to those outside the empire and those old nobles who have fled to the empire. This will just increase the price and squeeze out the gold coins in their hands."

"The commodities in the empire can be made into entertainment products by reducing the dosage and toxicity," the Steel Dragon Midir's vertical pupils narrowed slightly, and the dragon's double standards instantly gave rise to an idea.

Charlize stood aside, silent.

The bronze dragon Alina did not comment. She turned around and looked not at the young red dragon who stepped into the greenhouse, but at the silver dragon who was still in a coma.

"Flo, you've seen enough, wake up if you've seen enough."

(End of this chapter)