Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 514 Rules are set for others

A colossal dragon coiled in the depths of the hazy space, looking like a giant dragon guarding its lair and watching over its treasures at all times.

The treasures laid beneath this giant dragon were so numerous that they not only raised the dragon's body by a layer, but also raised the entire ground level, almost submerging the thick wings of the dragon that was coiled in the center of the space.

However, it is precisely because of this that the dragon's body appears so enormous and its scales so magnificent. An elemental gem energy crystal the size of an ordinary adult's fist is not even comparable to half the size of this giant dragon's scale.

The scales on the dragon's body are comparable to the hair on a human's head, and even the dragon itself would have difficulty counting them.

The shimmering light of the pure, sparkling gems scattered across the ground was far inferior to the radiance emanating from the dragon's own scales.

With each slight tremor of its thick muscles and bones, and with each slight undulation of its scales, it felt as if an entire mountain was breathing, absorbing the elements of the earth to expand and grow.

Even though this opened interior space is large enough to hide a small legion of elite troops, and can allow adult dragons and titans to move freely within it.

But the entire space seemed to be filled with every gap in front of this enormous seven-headed red dragon, as if the essence of the entire space was completely occupied by this quiet and silent seven-headed red dragon.

Therefore, unless you look closely, you will never discover that there is another, beautiful dragon, in this space.

The seven-headed, ten-crown great red dragon was quiet and silent, just as it usually is when this giant dragon is alone.

He slightly raised his neck and tilted his head back, forming a circle around a single point.

It slowly exhales its breath, powerful enough to dry up lakes, boil oceans, and melt mountains, from between its thick, terrifying fangs.

The seven heads of the great red dragon spewed different breaths—a mixture of many colors, golden flames that shimmered with iridescent light, lightning that sent chills down one's spine at a glance, and frigid fire that almost completely froze the movement of matter itself, among other terrifying powers.

These violent and destructive breaths were surprisingly docile between the great red dragon's fangs, without even the slightest energy leakage, forming straight beams of light that focused on the central point surrounded by the seven different heads.

At the center of these terrifying breaths is a dragon treasure being constantly hammered by a 'furnace' constructed from the power of seven powerful fundamental laws.

Countless laws and truths intertwined with the radiant light of spirituality, swirling around the center of the seven heads into a constantly shifting and ever-changing mist, continuously washed, tempered, and refined by the breaths of the seven essential forces.

Each breath spewed from the seven-headed, ten-crowned red dragon's fangs struck the swirling mist, accompanied by overlapping and resonant ancient dragon incantations and magical chants, echoing simultaneously from the throat of this colossal dragon.

The mist, which was originally several tens of meters in diameter, has been gradually condensed and refined through repeated washing and tempering, and is now only the size of two adults who can hug each other.

The mist surrounding the seven dragon breaths had become a dense, tangible liquid, almost like mercury. Occasionally, during the gaps in its flow, a star essence, as large as an adult's embrace, would be revealed, enveloped by the mercury-like liquid mist.

Just as crystals formed by a mysterious force in various material and elemental planes of the universe possess many special and profound powers and essences, the essence of stars is also somewhat similar to these crystals formed by the forces of nature.

The essence of stars is the last remaining fragment of a stellar material plane after it has been destroyed, scattered, and ruined. It is a priceless and unavailable natural metal.

The reason it is said to be unavailable is because this natural metal is too expensive, so expensive that most legendary beings could not afford even a fist-sized piece of Star Essence, even if they spent all their wealth.

Because there are very few stars and material planes that can give birth to the essence of stars.

The essence of stars that has been passed down in the past were all special stars in the astral plane, or the essence of matter born after countless years of being nurtured in the astral source sea after a material plane that was accidentally destroyed by the rule power of the astral source sea.

Legend has it that the goddess of fortune, Tamogi, who disappeared into the astral plane countless years ago, forged her own divine artifact using this rare natural metal essence as the main component.

One can imagine how precious and powerful this essence of stars is.

Kalon Gogmora had no idea where or how the Zerg Queen Livzeta had obtained such an exceptionally precious divine material, something that even the legendary, divinely ordained being Lipunos's demiplane did not possess.

However, this did not prevent Caron from bowing down to the 'rich woman' because of such a gift, which was the fundamental reason for Caron's change in attitude towards Livzeta.

For Caron, most things in the world are easily obtainable, and even unparalleled beauty is not a rarity in his eyes.

This powerful, majestic, and beautiful first-generation dragon only needed to wave its claws to summon countless 'succubi' who coveted it. Even Tiamat, the immortal dragon queen known for her lewdness, was only a matter of a single thought from this male dragon.

If it weren't for the fact that the Golden Empire's powerful domain had already spread throughout the country and that Kalon Gogmora's own existence had gradually shielded him from the gaze of the Immortal Dragon Queen within the Hellish Kingdom, Kalon might already be disturbed by countless inexplicable female dragons and unable to find peace.

Therefore, Livzeta's beauty was insignificant to Caron.

Even though this Zerg Queen was unparalleled in beauty, if she could not bring Kalon more benefits and value, in Kalon's eyes she was no different from other beings from other civilizations.

The Golden Empire only needs to maintain a non-hostile stance against the Zerg civilization.

But even the proud and arrogant Seven-Headed Red Dragon felt he should reflect on his behavior in the face of such an amazing gift.

A dragon? Not bad at all!
Kalon focused his mind, concentrating on forging his own dragon artifact. Once successfully completed, Kalon's own strength, amplified by the artifact, would surpass that of many legendary beings.

If Charon had already forged his own dragon artifact when facing Lyphonos, perhaps he wouldn't have needed to fight so hard, bearing such a huge burden by using spiritual authority to enhance his power.

Especially the enemies they will face in the future. With Charon's growth and progress, every enemy he encounters in the future will be no weaker than Lipnos.

Especially the gods you are very likely to encounter. Each god not only possesses the divine power to change the world, but also has his own powerful artifact.

Although the body of the first-generation dragon, Kalon Gogmora, is comparable to many powerful legendary artifacts and will continue to be enhanced in the future, it is not impossible for him to contend with divine artifacts with his physical body.

However, Kalon is not simply a red dragon's offspring. Another part of his soul subconsciously and instinctively makes him consider all living beings capable of threatening him as potential enemies.

This is another deep-seated driving force behind Caron's long-standing pursuit of power.

As each lightning bolt, raging flame, poisonous fire, and chilling acidic venomous rune mark was gradually melted into the mercury-like mist by Kalon's seven breaths, this mercury-like mist, which gradually transformed into law rune marks, slowly seeped into the star essence that remained motionless and suspended in the air.

Kalon tirelessly imprinted and smelted the essence of his power, using the essence of the stars as the main material for forging his dragon treasure.

Although Karon didn't know if this amount of Star Essence was enough, fortunately, the sacred artifacts of every legendary being and the dragon treasures of every dragon could grow along with them.

At most, the final upper limit varies depending on the strength of the materials used to forge the treasures and the wisdom and power of each legendary and powerful dragon. Just as many demon lords and dukes in hell and demon lords in the abyss enjoy forging evil treasures that grow by drawing on the flesh and soul power of living beings, these treasures can continuously absorb the power of flesh and soul to grow and transform.

Dragon artifacts forged by Kalon can also grow, as long as the main materials used in forging are strong enough and have sufficient growth potential.

Moreover, beneath Kalon's body lay many precious materials, rare metals, and valuable treasures salvaged from the demiplane left behind by the legendary Destiny Liponos by the ancestral black dragon Rosani and the Imperial Golden Dragon King Obirash.

There are plenty of hard currencies in the Abyss and Hell, such as Soul Gems, and various pure elemental crystals allow Charon to enjoy an environment in his vehicle that is almost as luxurious as the one he has in his lair.

There are also many rare magical materials in Aikania, such as magical silver ore, shadow copper, and moon tear stone, which can be used to craft high-level magical artifacts. Each of them has extremely powerful application value.

Among them, the deep-sea sunken silver, a material whose value has been confirmed, is the most abundant. During this period of excavation and development, many of the Empire's dragons and elite legion warriors have mined up to three thousand kilograms of sunken silver for Kalon, which is enough to support Kalon's consumption for a period of time to come.

Star Silver, a metallic material born from the fusion of stored stellar power and newly formed silver marrow, is a high-level metal that only powerful mages who frequently travel through the starry sky can discover and mine. It possesses a high sensitivity and fusion with stellar power.

Even for Kalon's Dragon Treasures, this Star Silver is needed as an auxiliary material to expand the potential for future growth of his treasures.

Even in Lipnos's treasury, there are rare creations like Heartsilver.

Heartsilver is not a silver mineral; it is named so because it shines like silver all over.

No one knows exactly how Heartsilver is created, but it is the most beloved and cherished material by priests, healing mages, and mind mages.

Heartsilver is said to possess the power of life and emotion, and is used by mages who occasionally obtain it as a material to craft emotional magic items and healing accessories.

Kalon once conducted a small experiment, using heartsilver as the main material to cast his mental spells, and the power of the spells was effectively amplified by 20%.

A 20% effective increase, while powerful in the eyes of other legendary beings, is not considered too rare.

But this is quite rare in the presence of a spellcaster like Karon Gogmora, who is close to the Root level.

These gains represent only a small fraction of the treasures of the Lipunos demiplane, demonstrating the considerable accumulation of this legendary destiny over the long years.

Kalon hasn't even fully figured out the function and properties of these precious materials and treasures yet, because there are still many alchemical products left behind.

A cursory glance by Charon revealed that there were as many as fifty-four types of alchemical potions left behind that could enhance the potential of the human body.

Among them is a bottle of bloodline elixir made from pure unicorn blood, which has powerful effects. Taking it not only grants a lifespan of hundreds of years without any negative effects, but also allows one to transform into a humanoid unicorn with a strong immune instinct against many negative forces.

It's important to know that while unicorns may not necessarily be more powerful than dragons, the number of pure unicorns remaining in the world is far fewer than the number of five-colored dragons.

Every purebred unicorn is protected by divine power, and Lipnos's ability to create such a thing is worthy of his legendary destiny.

However, Kalon would only occasionally lament that if Lipunos had used the abundant resources sealed in his demiplane's treasury to cultivate his own forces, wouldn't there have been countless talents among the Skull Clan who were able to break through to the legendary rank over the years?

In that case, perhaps the world of Lyponos wouldn't have fallen into such a state.

However, for the vast majority of mages, such an idea is merely an unrealistic one.

Not every powerful being can control their greed and lust for power like Charon.

It wasn't until Kalon felt his throat begin to itch that the great red dragon slowly stopped breathing, swallowing the star essence enveloped in the mercury mist and transforming and nourishing it within its body.

The breath of an ordinary dragon is not sustained for very long, which is a great test of the strength of the dragon's throat bones.

Although breathing is an innate ability of every dragon, prolonged breathing can still cause harm to the dragon.

Only a few dragon gods protected by divine power could probably sustain a breath attack for at least several hours like Charon.

As if telepathically connected with Charon, just as the dragon stopped its movements, a rhythmic knocking sounded from behind a door in the vast space.

"Come in, Fafnir,"

Charon retracted his enormous body, and his seven heads disappeared, leaving only a red dragon coiled within.

"Master, news has come back from the Imperial Fleet front lines again. This time it's a message from Lady Kleinaya!"

Fafnir tiptoed over and stood in front of Kalon, her expression serious, as if she were afraid of provoking the dragon's wrath.

“How many times has this happened, Fafnir?” Karon’s dark golden vertical pupils looked at his capable maid, and his deep voice made Fafnir’s body tremble slightly.

It wasn't that Fafnir was deeply afraid of Charon Goggmora, but rather that Fafnir knew that although the dragon's rage was hidden, it had been growing stronger over time, a terrifying rage that Fafnir could easily sense.

"This is the sixth time, Master,"

Fafnir looked up at the dragon lord she served with concern and said softly, "We still need to cross two more stargates before the Empire's main fleet reaches the star system surrounding the world of Ekania."

"But Master, as the supreme emperor of the empire, perhaps you shouldn't lower yourself to such a despicable enemy."

Kalon knew that the giant monster in front of him was only worried about his safety. After all, it was obvious who was behind this demigod dragon from hell.

This evil dragon is far more dangerous to Charon than Lipnos.

"Rules are for those creatures without wings, Fafnir,"

Karon slowly stood up, bowed his head, and said, "I am the Emperor of the Dragons!"

(End of this chapter)