Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 550 The Ultimate Predator

In fact, both Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon God and Lord of the North Wind, and Charon Gogmora, the Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire, share similarities in their understanding of certain things.

Baruch believed that in order to change something and achieve certain results, one must first accept the realities that one does not like or approve of, and then integrate into them in order to have the opportunity to make changes.

Even the mighty Lord of the Dragons held this view.

For the Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire, war is merely an extension of political objectives. War only becomes a means for Kalon Gogmora to achieve his goals when his political interests fail to meet certain standards.

Even though Charon holds a powerful legion in his hands that can move mountains and shift seas.

Even though Charon holds a powerful dragon horde that is growing stronger every day, capable of easily conquering cities and territories and slaughtering all living beings in the mortal world.

Even Charon himself possessed power and might that grew stronger day by day.

Whether it was the young and ambitious faction within the empire who needed to rise and achieve military merit, or the radical faction within the empire who maintained an aggressive attitude towards the development of everything, none could escape the influence of this Dragon Emperor.

Within the Golden Empire, there were quite a few aristocratic restoration factions.

Some of these aristocratic restoration factions were people who had fled from the northern kingdoms, some were ambitious adventurers, and some were influenced by the era and ideology of the world of Aikania, always believing that the status of the noble was incomparably noble.

Officials from these aristocratic restoration factions once suggested to Caron Gogmora that although the political system in the empire had changed, with a bureaucratic system replacing the old one, the existence of noble titles could still serve as a supplement to the Golden Empire.

Noble titles can serve as honorary rewards to recognize those subjects who have made great contributions to the empire, thereby inspiring them to strive for advancement.

These aristocratic restoration factions are also the groups most committed to pushing the Imperial Legion to unite with the kings of the Northern Lands, conquer southwards, and rule the entire world of Ekania.

They didn't care what price the Golden Empire would pay for this, nor how many of the Empire's legionary warriors would die or be wounded. Those cold, hard losses and numbers were just stepping stones to their glory.

Therefore, when the Dragon Emperor achieved his initial vision of building a shared cultural and civilizational sphere centered on the Golden Empire and encompassing the entire Asiatic region through such means, the officials of the aristocratic restoration faction clearly showed expressions of disappointment.

These officials exchanged glances and were inconspicuous among the tens of thousands of people in the royal court.

But Kalon Gogmora, seated atop his crown, could easily see the expressions on the faces of every dragon and every race in the entire Dragon Court.

Just like a lecturer in a classroom, always able to look down and see every student who tries to cause trouble.

The teachers didn't react because they felt it was unnecessary.

Caron didn't care because he didn't care about these guys' existence.

When three people form a group, small groups will naturally emerge. This is especially true for a vast golden empire, where such divisions are perfectly normal.

Caron only needs these guys to move forward for their own purposes, and he doesn't care about their purposes.

Unlike other racial nations, the Golden Empire, despite its diverse and complex forces, has never had any power or faction that can manipulate so-called 'public opinion' to persuade the Dragon Emperor to change his decisions and policies.

There is no such thing as a collective audience of officials that could make the Dragon Emperor pay more attention to their demands. The idea of ​​nobles from other civilizations uniting to threaten the king, or members of parliament collectively confronting the ruler, will never happen in the Golden Empire.

As Caron observed the behavior of tens of thousands of people in the royal court, he silently pondered whether he should support some clever individuals to join the factions that needed to be observed, and gradually make them leaders of those factions.

For example, due to the openness and freedom of speech within the Empire, there were a few voices within the Empire that opposed the policies implemented by the Dragon Emperor.

Not long after the empire was founded, many people could not understand why the Dragon Emperor would spend a huge amount of money to spread knowledge and education throughout the entire empire.

They also couldn't understand why the rulers of the Golden Empire were so determined to spend vast amounts of wealth and resources to build a smooth and efficient transportation and logistics system, extending roads to every town and village within the empire.

These people said that many citizens in the empire were still struggling to have enough to eat and wear nice clothes, so why waste so much money on such things?

To be honest, in such an empire, if it weren't for Charon's strong intervention to stop the other dragons in the Goggmora dragonflight, it would have been a disaster.

These opposition figures, who had only just begun to voice their concerns, were immediately found and hanged in the City of Gold by dragons like the Black Dragon Rosani and the Green Dragon Antajena.

Because in the eyes of other dragons, the dragon kingship cannot be violated in the slightest, especially the will of Kalon Gogmora, who rules over an entire dragon family, and cannot be contradicted in the slightest.

But everything has its reason for existence, and its advantages and disadvantages.

In a vast empire, it is impossible to be completely devoid of opposing viewpoints, which is not a good thing for an increasingly progressive civilized empire.

In the past, Karon didn't need to think about these things because the Golden Empire hadn't yet reached the estimated size. But after today, the Golden Empire's development in the world of Ekania will likely face very few obstacles.

Therefore, Caron needs to shift his focus from the distant future to his own homeland.

Karon's gaze swept over the somewhat restless envoys from various countries, and then over the female dragon Phyllis Tiamat hidden among the imperial dragons, a strange smile appearing on his face.

However, no matter how beautiful and majestic the Dragon Emperor Karon was, once he showed his smile, his huge fangs would turn that beauty into ferocity and terror, and the discussions that had arisen throughout the royal court would quiet down.

"Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish."

"Even I shouldn't do whatever I want,"

Charon spoke, and the royal court fell silent, with only the dragon's voice echoing.

"But the development of a nation's civilization always requires a great deal of wealth and resources, and always comes at a great cost,"

All beings looked up at the Dragon Emperor, whose features were gradually becoming clearer, and listened quietly to his sacred words.

The language of dragons is considered quite noble by many mages, much like the language of the elves, which is inherently imbued with magical properties.

However, with the rise of the Golden Empire and the spread of the fame of the Gogmora dragons, the language of the true dragons became a symbol of nobility.

From the perspective of outside civilizations, only those of high status and exceptional talent are capable of learning this language belonging to true dragons.

In the Golden Empire, mastering the language of true dragons is a source of pride. Even in everyday conversations, many citizens unconsciously intersperse a dragon word or two into the common language of the continent. Of course, the dragon language mastered by the empire's citizens is inaccurate and consists mostly of swear words.

However, the evolution of language had already begun to emerge in the Golden Empire.

The original common language of the continent originated in the southern continent of the world of Ekania, which is the birthplace of humanoid civilization.

However, in the northern continent, due to the convergence and integration of diverse racial civilizations and the changes in the region, many dragon lords and officials of the empire have come up with the idea of ​​unifying a new language and script.

To Karon's surprise, the adult Shadow Dragon Ini was an exceptional expert in this field.

This Shadow Dragon spends its days in the Empire's library, trying to synthesize the languages ​​of the many races within the Empire and create a language that is more concise and effective than the common language of the continent, in order to spread the civilizational influence of the Golden Empire.

If a writing system is concise and effective enough to express meaning, it can be quickly mastered and learned by people from other civilizations. In other words, this is also an advantageous path to expand the influence of the Golden Empire.

Just two days ago, Shadow Dragon Ini enthusiastically applied to Kalon, saying that if he created this script, he hoped that the Dragon Emperor would bestow his name upon it.

So Kalon smiled and agreed to the adult Shadow Dragon's request, saying that if the Shadow Dragon succeeded, he would name the script Golden Ini.

Such thoughts occasionally crossed Caron's mind, but they could not distract him.

Now, Charon's brain computing power has surpassed that of the incomplete mind machines in the Dune plane. Even magical products like spices have no effect on Charon's body and mind.

This is not because Kalon's body has developed resistance to spices, but because the great red dragon's spirit has evolved to an extremely high level and no longer needs such a low-level product.

Spices are an outward derivative of the rules, but Charon's spiritual will has already touched the actual realm of the rules.

On the contrary, the blood of this dragon emperor also contains the effects of spices, which is why the 'lucky' skeletal tribesman in the world of Lyponos successfully transformed into several times stronger after being cleansed by the blood of the dragon Charon.

"Whether we are dragons, elves, orcs, humans, goblins, or trolls, we all originate from the world of Ekania. In our attitude towards the outside world, we are a unified whole, members of the same civilization."

Karon said, "This is also why the Golden Empire never considered dominating the entire world of Ekania. Rather than letting the civilizations of our world bear such a price, why don't we make other world civilizations bear such a price?"

Within the royal court, delegations from various countries held their breath, for this matter concerned the power dynamics and strategic layout of the various civilizations within the world of Ekania.

Even the envoys from other material planes began to worry, some fearing that their planes would become targets of this dragon emperor's covetousness.

Because the ancient silver dragon, Illum Fuller, lowered its head, it was able to face the dragon sitting high on its crown more objectively. It was at this moment that the silver dragon truly understood something.

The reason why the Dragon Emperor never regarded the benevolent dragons of the South as enemies or targets was that the red dragon's vision was never limited to the present hardships, but was focused on the distant future.

The Dragon Emperor slightly extended his claws, clenched his fist in the air, and said in a deep voice, "The Civilization Observation Council within the Empire was born for this reason."

"Not every world needs to bear such a price, but not every civilization has a reason to exist,"

"If you are willing to respond to my proposal, the Empire's Civilization Observation Council will provide you with precise targets that align with the goals of every nation's civilizational rivals!"

The seven kings of the Northland bowed slightly, but Ragnar Hagrid, the Frost Giant King, felt differently from the other kings.

The actions and words of this Dragon Emperor when he faced the Frost Giants and Ragnar Hagrid are now becoming the very targets that the Golden Empire is striving to achieve.

But how many years ago was that? Ragnar Hager couldn't quite remember the time.

The envoys from the other countries all knew that this was the Dragon Emperor setting the basic procedures for this grand plan.

The Golden Empire has chosen the target for them; the Lipnos Grand Alliance has prepared wealth and knowledge for them. Whether they dare to do so or not depends solely on the courage and determination of the rulers of these civilizations.

Of course, the Dragon Emperor's words also contained a deeper meaning.

If these kingdoms abide by the rules set by the Dragon Emperor, then the Golden Empire and the kingdoms of the Northern Continent will become the shadow and support behind these kingdoms.

What they cannot solve, the Eight Kings of the Northern Lands will naturally step in; what their kingdoms cannot face, the kingdoms of the Eight Kings of the Northern Lands will naturally face.

Although it was necessary to transfer relevant benefits to the Eight Kings of the Northern Lands to a certain extent, which required detailed consultation and negotiation, almost every envoy who arrived felt his blood rushing to his head.

Prince Hezhe, in particular, had already seen an opportunity to ascend the throne by taking advantage of the Golden Empire and the other kings.

Phyllis Tiamat's feelings at this moment were hard to describe; her gaze was quietly fixed on the Dragon Emperor.

The convergence of various bloodlines, genes, spiritual energy, mind, environment, and other mysterious forces has made this Dragon Emperor resemble a god, making it impossible for Phyllis to see the true nature of this great red dragon.

In Phyllis's eyes, Caron Gogmora's pupils burned like flames, with the very center of his pupils splitting into tiny, dark gold dragon shadows.

His claws were indestructible, and his mouth was filled with rows of giant teeth, as if he embodied all the terror of predators in the world.

What is most terrifying is not the dragon emperor's body, but his will.

His will and spirit can easily touch the instincts of any living being, whether it be insects, beasts, spirits, or intelligent mortal beings.

He tames, he enslaves, he guides, he rules.

All creatures and beings within the Dragon King's Court are easily tamed, enslaved, guided, and ruled under the will of this great red dragon.

At that moment, Phyllis seemed to suddenly touch upon the deepest essence of this great red dragon: an insatiable gluttony, an unyielding arrogance, an ever-surpassing envy, an ever-burning rage, and an unending greed...

Caron Gogmora was a hunter who led his hounds. The Golden Empire was his strongest, most obedient, and most trusted hound.

But this hunter was still not satisfied. He wanted to treat all the civilized nations in the world of Ekania as his hounds, and hunt them down across the entire infinite plane!

(End of this chapter)