Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 450 Influence
In the south, at the Dragon Crown Sanctuary of the Benevolent Dragon Alliance.

In this realm where the seasons and temperatures are eternally fixed by magic, sunlight shines evenly from the magical dome onto every towering ancient tree, and the remaining light reflects onto every stone pillar carved with ancient paintings.

Metal dragons descended from the sky, easily passing through the magical dome. Only after passing through the magical dome's inspection could they land in this ancient sanctuary that had stood in the world for countless eons.

Although the Hall of the Dragon Crown is named after a hall, its exterior resembles an open-air assembly hall in ancient Rome.

As soon as these metal dragons landed, they each took up their own territory.

Their elegant bodies, varying in shape and scale color, gradually became active after claiming their own areas. Because many adult metal dragons are aware of not intruding on each other's private territories, they greeted each other from a distance, unlike the Gorgmora dragons who could freely mingle together.

At a glance, the number of metallic dragons here is countless. The sheer number of dragons here is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Although it cannot compare to the total number of dragons ruled by the Gorgorra dragons, the number of great dragons here far exceeds that of the Great Dragon Empire in the North.

Even in the vast deserts of Middle-earth, the combined number of dragons of the entire Heleka Blue Dragon Clan and the Golden Empire is only comparable to the number of dragons in the Southern Good Dragon Alliance.

This is also why the Southern Benevolent Dragon Alliance used to be arrogant and didn't take the Five-Colored Dragons seriously.

Metal dragons, being naturally inclined towards order, live dozens or even hundreds of times better than the five-colored dragons in most material planes.

In many material planes, the five-colored dragons are on the verge of extinction, but the metallic dragons remain unscathed.

This is an undeniable truth. After all, the actions of the five-colored dragons and their dragon god Tiamat have allowed many of them to still exist in the material world, thanks to the dragons' innate strong vitality and adaptability.

If it weren't for the emergence of the Gogmora dragon herd in the northern continent of the world of Ekania, the five-colored dragons might have become extinct in the world of Ekania in a few years.

Perhaps the Herleka Blue Dragon family, who are barely surviving in the Great Desert of Middle-earth, are the descendants of the five-colored dragons that survived in the world of Ekania.

Sunlight fell on the scales of these metal dragons, refracting and creating rainbows across the entire realm.

However, these metal dragons don't seem to have a particularly good relationship. They don't appear to have become a clan-like group or a civilization like the Gogmora dragons.

The metal dragons are more like a slightly tight organization that comes together because of some similar idea.

Among them were the bronze dragons Gross and Natalie. These two bronze dragons were much closer than the other metal dragons, and even the distance between them was extremely close. They could easily approach each other within a safe distance without attracting hostility or rejection.

"Unexpectedly, Gogmora's actions have actually awakened three ancient dragons from the Good Dragon Alliance,"

Gross bared his fangs, his massive body sprawled on his seat, a metal magic book clutched in his hand.

The cover of this magic book is completely covered by a dragon claw, like a burning flame rune branded onto the metal surface, lifelike.

The aura of the surrounding dragons made the lifelike fiery dragon claw seem restless, but the bronze dragon Gross's claws were firmly pressed against his spellbook, silencing the spell that wanted to actively display its power.

Natalie sat quietly cross-legged beside Gross, her long tail wrapped around her four paws, completely encircling her lower body, looking just like a large, green-skinned cat.

This is the instinct of female dragons, except for extremely unrestrained female dragons.

"It is quite normal for the three ancient dragons to be awakened by the treasure left behind by the primordial dragon god Aio."

"Even though I know perfectly well that we are no match for the treasure left behind by the Dragon God Aio, I still harbor an insatiable greed for it."

"The kind of greed that's so deep it's like I'd be willing to gamble my life for it!"

The female bronze dragon slowly exhaled, looking around at the proud and solemn golden dragons, the beautiful, holy, and quiet silver dragons like calm mountains shrouded in mist, the copper and brass dragons chatting and exchanging information and jokes, and their fellow bronze dragons.

In addition, there are a considerable number of gem dragons.

The most friendly of the gem dragons is the crystal dragon. This dragon is extremely beautiful. Over time, the crystal dragon's scales will gradually become transparent, but under the moonlight, they will reflect a cold moonlight, and under the sun, they will emit a dazzling light.

Natalie gazed at the beautiful appearance of these crystal dragons, a sight quite different from the beauty of the Gorgorra. Even among the many dragon species, the crystal dragons' appearance could undoubtedly be ranked among the top five.

Furthermore, the Crystal Dragons are the most friendly of the five-colored dragons, and they like to build their palaces on the peaks of icebergs.

Because their habitat is close to that of the white dragons among the five dragons, many of the female dragons among them will find abandoned white dragon cubs in the Frost Plains and Icefields, take these white dragon cubs back to their nests to raise them, and try to guide these white dragons away from the evil and chaotic path to the right way.

Moreover, the white dragons raised by the crystal dragons, although still possessing the characteristics of the five-colored dragons, will also live in seclusion like the crystal dragons after reaching adulthood.

There is also the Amethyst Dragon, whose scales are made of natural amethyst and emit a purple light. Although the color gradually darkens as the dragon ages, the scales of an adult Amethyst Dragon still have a unique charm.

Natalie knew that there was also an amethyst dragon named Loya in the Golden Empire.

Because of the Amethyst Dragon's innate mental power, which is equivalent to that of a psychic specializing in mind transformation at the same level, it has become the biggest accomplice of the Eternal Punishment Dragon, who guards the prison in the Golden Empire, and is known as the most despicable interrogator in the Golden Empire.

Many criminals could not escape the clutches of the amethyst dragon Loya, and even many magicians specializing in mind protection could not resist the power of this amethyst dragon. When facing this amethyst dragon, they had to spit out their last wool.

But Natalie knew through her long-standing and close relationship with the Golden Empire that the amethyst dragon Loya loved to cheat at the Dragon card table by using his invisible and suggestive psychic powers.

If caught, this amethyst dragon will loudly spout nonsense like that being a dragon doesn't count as cheating, which is both laughable and absurd.

Furthermore, the reputation of Loya, the Amethyst Dragon, being both weak and playful was already widespread among the Golden Empire and the dragons. Natalie knew this so clearly only after visiting several teenage metal dragons who had traveled back from the Golden Empire. It is said that Loya currently maintains his dragon-human form, not because he likes it, but because only the area above his neck remains intact.

To live such a miserable life in a golden empire with stable salaries and income, one can imagine how the Amethyst Dragon Loya went astray.

Besides the amethyst dragon and the crystal dragon, there is also a real emerald dragon.

However, although the Emerald Dragons in the Good Dragon Alliance maintain a neutral stance, they are somewhat dissatisfied with Antajena, the Dragon King of the Golden Empire, who is known as the Emerald Queen.

However, neither the eccentric and selfish Jade Dragon nor the territorially-minded Sapphire Dragon appeared in the Good Dragon Alliance.

Yellow Jade Dragon's selfishness is unparalleled among all dragons. Because it often lives in dry underwater caves, it frequently clashes and fights with Bronze Dragons and is not accepted by many dragons in the Good Dragon Alliance.

Sapphire dragons have a stronger sense of territory than any of the five chromatic dragons or metallic dragons. This type of dragon views any race that enters its territory, especially dragons, as invaders, which makes it difficult for sapphire dragons to get along with other dragon species.

At this moment, all these dragons gathered together in this Dragon Crown Holy Hall, and each dragon was fully aware of this.

Although several meetings had been held in the Dragon Crown Holy Hall during this period, there had never been such a grand scene, with almost all the great dragons in the Good Dragon Alliance who were over teenagers being summoned at the same time.

Natalie and Gross talked to each other, waiting until the true powerhouse of the Good Dragon Alliance appeared, at which point all the dragons in the Dragon Crown Sanctuary fell silent.

Belinus, a powerful golden dragon of extremely old age, slowly descended and stood atop the central stone platform of the Dragon Crown Sanctuary, surveying all directions.

Its body is much stronger than that of its golden dragon counterparts, and its scales are like gold coins that have been stored in a treasure trove for countless years, bearing the marks and charm of time, yet still retaining their preciousness.

Then several old and very old silver dragons, bronze dragons, crystal dragons, and copper dragons descended one by one, lining up beside Belinus, their gazes sweeping across the Dragon Crown Sanctuary with equally profound intensity.

Finally, the mature golden and silver dragons who presided over the Dragon Crown Council descended.

In order to survive their life trials, these extremely old and elderly metal dragons, although they are the true high-ranking members of the Dragon Crown Council, usually sleep in their lairs, relinquishing the power of the Good Dragon Alliance to those metal dragons in their prime.

But when these ancient dragons step out of their lair, their power will return to them as their strength manifests in the world.

Belinus, this extremely old golden dragon, is only a step away from the ancient dragon stage, the pinnacle of dragons in the mortal world. Moreover, Belinus is quite confident that he can successfully pass the test of the extremely old stage and transform into an even more powerful ancient golden dragon.

"Good day, my fellow metal dragons and gem dragons. You must have heard about the purpose of this Dragon Crown Conference. Not only have my companions and I stepped out of our lairs, but the three ancient dragons that had been sleeping have also awakened during this period."

As soon as the powerful golden dragon Belinus opened its mouth, its majestic and solemn voice resounded throughout the entire realm.

Although Belinus, the crown bearer of the previous Dragon Crown Council, had been asleep for a long time, he still left a deep impression on the minds of these great dragons.

These dragons, with their various colored scales, intertwined and began to whisper among themselves. Neither the young nor the old dragons could hide their agitation at this moment.

For an extremely old dragon like Belinus and the three ancient dragons, the previous conflict with the Golden Empire's Gogmora dragonflight was a minor matter. Unless a full-scale racial conflict and war broke out, it would be difficult to alarm such beings.

But the treasure left behind by the dragon god Aio is different; even ancient dragons would be tempted by it, let alone ancient dragons.

That meant a possible chance to ascend to the throne of the Dragon God. These dragons' desire for the treasure of the Dragon God Aio was a hundred times greater than the greed of other races.

If it weren't for the fear of such powerful beings as the legendary Chosen Ones, many of the young dragons in the Good Dragon Alliance might have already embarked on their journeys in the Astral Plane.

"Over the past few decades, the Good Dragon Alliance has had some conflicts and disagreements with the Golden Empire in the north, but they haven't been taken seriously by us,"

Belinus spat out chilling words from between his fangs, "Even though my bloodline descendants, Nathua and Erikson, died in the claws of the Lord of the Northern Dragons, I have always maintained good restraint and forbearance with the Alliance of Good Dragons."

"Like the Storm Titan Delia, who is still trapped in the spell of that evil red dragon, and has to be sealed in the ancient lands of the Titans to preserve her life, she has not yet fully declared war on the northern dragons..."

Bronze dragon Natalie secretly pursed her lips, revealing a few fangs.

In the voice of this very old golden dragon, the conflict between the northern dragon pack and the good dragon alliance is entirely blamed on the Goggmora dragon pack. However, these dragons who experienced it firsthand know that the deaths of the golden dragon Nathuye and the ancestral golden dragon Erikson were entirely their own fault.

It is a consensus among all dragons that it is only right to be killed if one goes to someone else's territory to provoke and challenge them. This consensus is not limited to the dragons in the world of Ekania.

Although Belinus was an elder of Nathua and Erikson by blood, he could not therefore manipulate the entire alliance to wage war against the northern dragons. However, the way this ancient golden dragon put it made it seem that Belinus was magnanimous and did not care about those five-colored dragons.

"But the treasure left behind by His Majesty the Supreme Dragon God, Aio, concerns the entire dragon race of the universe,"

Belinus's tone was chilling, "But the dragons of the north would rather inform the outside world than let our benevolent dragon alliance in the south know, and they never even considered sharing this news with us."

"This is a crime deserving of death,"

"Therefore, we will reach a consensus today that we will send envoys to the Golden Empire to verify the authenticity of this news, and retrieve the method for opening the treasure belonging to the Primordial Dragon God Aio from the Northern Dragon Group!"

"If the Northern Dragon Clan disagrees, we will not hesitate to wage war!"

(End of this chapter)