Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 577 The World Collapses!

"No need to rush,"

Charon stood up again, his body, which undulated like a mountain ridge, had now grown to 150 meters tall, towering even above the bloodline of the Abomination Giant beside him.

"On the day of the Imperial Grand Ceremony, I initiated the 'Circle of Common Prosperity of the Ekania Civilization' to drive those civilizations from other continents out of the Ekania world, also in order to deal with these long-standing latent crises,"

As Kalon flapped his wings, instructing the little fairy Raven to have the other maids bring back the highly compressed life essence that replenished his physical strength and energy, he turned his head and said.

These high-quality life essences were produced by the Zerg legions under the rule of Queen Livzeta by hollowing out and feeding on an entire material life plane, and were extremely pure.

Although it appears as a regular, soft, and transparent crystalline block, it is actually equivalent to the essence of a material world.

Even for the current Dragon Emperor, it is enough to produce many significant nourishing effects.

However, even for the Zerg Queen Livzeta, who ruled an entire world, such high-level life essence was not in unlimited supply.

To supply this life essence in an unlimited quantity, it is necessary to continuously explore, conquer, and occupy new material planes, squeezing, destroying, and emptying them out.

Caron was actually deeply opposed to this way of using the product.

This great red dragon doesn't mind destroying other material planes, but when Charon made such a decision, it was definitely not because of simple evil thoughts and desires. There must have been a fundamental deciding factor, rather than simply being driven by some idea.

Because at Karon's current level, even the most evil thoughts cannot be erased from his mind.

Instead, Calon allowed his boundless malice to arise naturally, but once it did, he would only quietly analyze and appreciate it.

For Charon, evil thoughts are always just thoughts; without the pursuit of mind and body, they will naturally disappear into the endless continuum.

In Caron's view, the act of erasing all negative emotions is not worth emulating; he only needs to decide not to do anything.

This is also why the Dragon's Proof created by this great red dragon can transform the innate, boundless desire of dragon blood into its own source of power.

However, although Charon disapproved of the Zerg army's way of exploiting and utilizing resources, he still maintained a good and friendly relationship with Empress Livzeta.

As a result, several outstanding dragon kings and many great dragons in the Gorgmora dragonflight would occasionally receive gifts from the generous empress because of the relationship between the dragon emperor and the empress.

This incident alerted the two female dragons, the green dragon Antajena and the red dragon Kleinaya, and even the usually gentle and magnanimous silver dragon Chris Tiana occasionally showed signs of probing.

These female dragons always felt that the Zerg Queen was trying to win over the Golgrim dragons in another way, in order to gain the favor of a certain male dragon and enhance her own presence.

But neither Livzetta nor Karon Gogmora are beings that these female dragons can easily change.

Moreover, a dragon like the Dragon Emperor, who now only has three companions, is already considered a rare and detached minority among the dragon race.

Unaware of how he was perceived by other dragons, Kalon led Mogyes slowly out of the side hall of the royal court, through the deep corridor, and talked as they went.

The multi-headed dragon, once enslaved by the multi-armed giant Mogyes, still resides in this deep corridor, serving as a loyal watchdog of the dragon kingdom.

Although this three-headed dragon is called a dragon, it is not actually a dragon species, but a high-level magical beast species with dragon characteristics.

Therefore, this three-headed dragon did not receive the same preferential treatment as the other dragons, and was now fawningly wagging its tail at its two former masters.

"It's not true that the more people there are, the better when dealing with these Outer Gods and evil gods,"

Kalon ignored the three-headed dragon, which had clearly gained several tons from being fed by the ladies, and turned to Mogyes, saying, "In the territories of many nations and noble families, those legionary warriors are nothing more than a rabble to our potential enemies."

"Therefore, I must drive those rabble out of the world of Ekania as much as possible, lest these pig-like teammates turn around and hinder our progress in the future."

"Moreover, if these rabble were placed outside the world of Ekania and tempered by war and bloodshed, they might become usable weapons."

Both the giant Mogyes and Raven, who had been following Caron around, now realized that the Dragon Emperor's decision during the royal council had another layer of consideration.

"Are you worried that those rabble will be bewitched and corrupted by the alien gods and become their minions to turn against us?"

Mogeyes flexed his bulging arm muscles and said defiantly, "In that case, why don't we, the kings of the Northern Lands, simply unite and send troops together to sweep across the entire world?"

"To bring the entire world of Ekania under our rule, so that the order and all living beings of Ekania must operate according to our will,"

"It's just as well; many of the Giants' conflicts need to be shifted outwards. If war breaks out, I think no one can withstand our combined military might."

"Moreover, there are those equally ambitious fellows like Charal and the Orc King, who have been amassing military might for decades and have long since stabilized their own kingdoms. They have enough resources to unite and wage war to sweep away all resistance in the world."

The multi-armed giant suddenly blinked, as if coming to his senses, and exclaimed, "I think the rumors from the outside world can't be true. The Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire no longer has the extra wealth to launch another massive war."

"But haven't I heard that you've taken over the Great World of Lipunos and gained control of the entire world? Even if the development is slow, with the efficiency of the kingdom you created, you should have some returns by now!"

Caron's heavy footsteps echoed through the deep corridor, drawing many maids to the sides of the winding path leading to the royal gardens, who paid their respects from afar.

Caron's gaze swept over the beautiful and well-proportioned female servants before turning to Mogeyes.

Although this multi-armed giant was not as intelligent as his maids in some ways, he was a powerful helper and companion that Charon could rely on.

Therefore, Caron had to patiently explain, "The core of a nation's territory is not necessarily better the wider it is, especially in a system with low administrative efficiency."

"Look, the Golden Empire's system is already considered one of the most efficient in the world of Ekania, but even within my kingdom, there are magical airships and various dragons and flying beasts in the sky as daily means of transportation, as well as steel trains that circle the major cities on the ground, and horse-drawn carriages on regular roads on the land,"

"Even in the sea and rivers, there are ships that move incredibly fast. If there is something important to convey, they can use magical portals and magical communication to exchange messages."

"Even so, there are still many administrative delays within the empire, which means that some policies take a long time to reach the empire's border cities."

“Recently, Phyllis Tiamat even introduced me to her friend, the Comet Prince from the Githian race,” Caron paused slightly, sketching out the image of the Comet Prince, who was said to have also escaped from hell, before continuing, “The Githians have a unique way of utilizing psychic energy.”

"The Geese once used their talents to create a powerful spell that completely blocked psionic communication, in order to prevent the mind flayers from having the natural ability to communicate with each other, and thus gradually eroded the mind flayers' rule and ravages over the Geese."

Charon smiled slightly, baring his enormous fangs, and said, "Although the Empire's domain is not based on psionic energy, it is similar to mental energy. Therefore, I hired that comet prince to build a large-scale instant communication system covering the entire Empire's domain."

"This is to strengthen the Empire's central control and domination over the other four territories in real time, and incidentally encrypt the Empire's existing small-scale instant communication system to prevent it from being easily cracked by others."

Mogeyes' eyes widened. When it came to governing a kingdom, this giant was at least somewhat knowledgeable, if not completely clueless.

So the multi-armed giant could only listen quietly to the explanation from the great red dragon.

"But even if this large-scale instant communication system is fully established in the future, the Empire will not attempt to conquer and rule the entire world of Ekania,"

Caron said, "It's not just the competition and dynamism of diverse civilizations that keeps them from stagnating and from moving forward, but also the strong control of the core locality, which will always have a stable threshold."

“Mogeyes, we can extend our rule to other worlds, which will greatly reduce the cost and effort. We can also give up our rule in other worlds at will, and decide whether to exploit or nurture them depending on the local situation, without having to manage them as carefully as we do in our core homeland.”

"This is the best path that a star-planet civilization can currently explore for its development."

Of course, Karon's words were merely an expression of the great red dragon's wishes; speaking differently to different people was Karon's instinct.

Or rather, the nature of each of the five dragon species exists in the bloodline of Karon, the first species.

"You mean we can abandon the other continents in the world of Aikania as well?"

Mogeyes wasn't stupid, just inept at governance, so he quickly grasped the meaning behind the dragon emperor's words.

"certainly,"

Caron stopped and looked up at the World Tree Owo, which stood in the Royal Garden.

The World Tree's trunk is thousands of miles wide and its height is more than ten thousand miles high. Even Kalon cannot immediately measure how much higher Owo's canopy is.

If the World Tree Owo hadn't been confined to its own self-created space, the canopy of this towering tree could easily have obscured the entire Dragon Royal Court.

However, due to the arrival of the strange giant Mogyes, the World Tree Ohwo God has become a large tree, and its branches, which used to sway happily, are now still without wind.

"The World Tree? You actually possess such a wonderful thing,"

Mogeyes' eyes suddenly lit up, and he rubbed his hands together excitedly, saying without any politeness, "It is said that the World Tree, when it grows to its peak, is far greater than most of the gods in the world."

"Many powerful artifacts of the gods are forged from branches of the World Tree. The invincible divine bow that Anudare once worshipped was forged from the core trunk of the World Tree,"

"Well, Gogmora, I've already given you my core bloodline as a research guinea pig. Besides that so-called 'neutron star' armor you promised to build for me, it wouldn't be too much to ask for a piece of the World Tree's trunk as well, would it?"

The multi-armed giant chuckled and said, "You should know that the bloodline of the hundred-armed giants, the bloodline of abomination, is known as one of the ultimate bloodlines in mortal power. Even if you are the first generation of dragons, you are only slightly higher in rank than the former hundred-armed giants. In terms of pure strength, it is hard to say who will win or lose."

Charon didn't bother arguing with the giant about who was stronger between the so-called first generation of dragons and the Abomination. He simply smiled, revealing his fangs, and said matter-of-factly, "What are you thinking, Mogeyes?"

"I am a dragon!"

"When have you ever heard a legend about a dragon giving gifts to other living beings for free?"

"You can't even dream of me giving you something for free!"

Mogeyes's excited expression immediately faded, and he muttered somewhat disappointedly, "That's true, you're hailed by other civilizations in the world of Ekania as having a unique lineage of true dragon progenitor blood."

"The ten true dragons in the world of Ekania are no longer considered true dragons, but are called giant dragons. Only the dragons in the Gorgorra dragon herd are hailed as true dragons."

"If ordinary dragons are so greedy and stingy, how much more so you, the progenitor of true dragons!"

Caron shook his enormous head and chuckled, somewhat exasperated, "It's not that I'm stingy."

"It is the World Tree's backup plan regarding the kings of the Northern Lands,"

Kalon turned his gaze away from World Tree Owo, quite satisfied.

This World Tree received full support from the Golden Empire. Every time the empire opened up and occupied a material plane of any size, the roots of the World Tree would inevitably take root in the core of that plane, drawing upon the world's essence to grow.

This also resulted in World Tree Owo's growth rate far exceeding that of some of its kind.

Because the still weak Owo was surrounded by almost no dangerous threats.

"In the distant past, there once existed a World Tree whose roots permeated almost all the material worlds of the universe,"

Karon chuckled softly, "The Empire's World Tree hasn't grown to that extent yet, but if those alien gods and evil gods can't stop it in the future,"

"The civilizations of other continents haven't grown to a level that satisfies me either. If they're going to contribute to resisting these other gods and evil spirits, then there's no need for the civilizations of other continents to exist."

"At that time, I will shatter the entire Aikania, leaving only the northern continent behind!"

"With the World Tree as its foundation, the Northern Continent will forever exist within Ekania!"

Upon hearing the Dragon Emperor's words, even Mogeyes, one of the Eight Kings of the Northern Lands, couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and was horrified.

Mogeyes could never understand why this big red dragon always had all sorts of strange yet ambitious ideas in its head.

(End of this chapter)