I am a wicked dragon, and you want me to fall into goodness?

"Are you kidding me?"

"I'm just a young dragon!"

Poseidon's tail suddenly tightened, suppressing its instinct to turn and flee, and its fingertips touched the magic mirror hidden under the scales on its chest.

A ripple spread across the mirror's surface, and the previously blurry light and shadow quickly became clear, bringing the scene from miles away right before his eyes.

It was a red dragon coiled in a volcanic fissure, its scales like molten lava and the patterns on its wing membranes like solidified volcanic lava.

As his chest rose and fell slowly, faint wisps of sulfurous smoke escaped from his nostrils.

Its body, which was over twenty meters long, was enormous, but its abdomen lacked the robust outline that a young red dragon should have. The lines of its ribs could even be faintly seen through its scales. Compared to the typical robust physique of its kind, it appeared rather thin.

The scales on its neck are also sparser than those of a typical red dragon, clearly a result of long-term malnutrition or frequent fighting.

The light and shadow in the magic mirror suddenly magnified.

Poseidon swept his hand over the red dragon's claws, which were thicker than Poseidon's entire arm.

Even if this red dragon is not in good condition, it is still not something that Puse can deal with.

That enormous mouth made Puse feel like it could tear half of his body off and forcefully devour him.

A slight tremor ran along the edge of the magic mirror, and a line of pale purple text slowly appeared, thoughtfully providing a textual explanation for Pu Se.

"Young Red Dragon, Life Energy Level 11, Initial Challenge Level 13."

"It has a very strong sense of territory and is in a volatile state due to recent frequent volcanic activity."

Pu Se looked at the red dragon's wings in the mirror, which were powerful enough to blot out the sky when spread out, and then glanced down at his own still immature wings.

"Going straight for the young Red Dragon?"

"These humans are definitely trying to harm me!"

Pusser suddenly turned his head and cruelly used his claws to pin Caleb to the ground.

Caleb, in his human form, was gently pressed down by the dragon's claw and let out a painful scream, thinking that the evil dragon had turned on him after learning the location.

The dragon claw tightened its grip inch by inch, and Caleb's chest groaned under the immense pressure.

Puse brought his face close to his, his vertical pupils surging with ferocity: "Tell me, human, why is there a red dragon here?"

"What red dragon? I don't know anything about it!"

Caleb opened his mouth, coughing up blood that tasted of rust, and replied painfully, "I don't know what you're talking about. When we were exploring this gold mine, we had absolutely no idea that the Red Dragon existed."

"A young red dragon lives in the volcano of the mountains. You really didn't know?"

Caleb replied painfully, "Volcano? No, we've never been near a volcano, uh... I don't know, I really don't know."

Why would a normal person go into a volcano?

"We're just a geological exploration team. The temperature inside a volcano is so high; we're not made of iron, how could we possibly go inside and investigate?"

Puse's vertical pupils were fixed on Caleb's face, but the force under his dragon claws loosened slightly.

He could clearly sense that the fear in people was not feigned.

That tremor that seeped from the very marrow of my bones was completely different from the vigilance I felt when facing myself.

This is pure fear of death.

The magic mirror was still floating beside him.

The red dragon's figure in the mirror remained coiled in the volcanic fissure, showing no sign of moving, clearly unaware of the commotion.

He slowly raised his dragon claw, and Caleb collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, clutching his chest and coughing violently, even spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Pusser flicked the blood off his claws and glanced at the group of exploration team members behind him, who were already pale with fright.

Indeed, a fragile human exploration team might not even be able to withstand the high temperatures at the edge of a volcano, so how could they possibly delve into the fissures and discover a young red dragon?

A low, cold snort escaped from Puse's throat, and the violence gradually faded from his vertical pupils.

Caleb let out a painful sigh, pointed to the hollow covered with rocks at the end of the stream, and said in a low voice, "My lord, that's it."

"This is our destination."

"If you don't believe it, you can verify it: the snowmelt from the mountains washes the gold dust from the veins into the streams, where it is deposited in the river sand downstream."

Pu Se couldn't contain himself any longer, and without even bothering to distinguish the sand carefully, he brought the river sand to his mouth, sucked it in, and chewed it slowly.

The rough texture of the grit rubbing against my teeth, mixed with the earthy smell, spread out.

But the next second, a faint yet incredibly distinct metallic sweetness spread down the tip of the tongue and into the throat.

My eyes...and my mouth are the ruler!

This is gold!

Pu Se's vertical pupils suddenly lit up, and he repeatedly confirmed it. With each chew, the unique aroma of Jinsha became more and more distinct.

There are indeed gold mines here.

"Hahaha..." The young dragon's deep laughter echoed through the valley, filled with barely suppressed elation. "Good! Very good!"

He suddenly looked up at Caleb and his group, his gaze becoming even more sinister.

"Alright then, human, there's a gold mine here, but along with the gold mine, there's a red dragon. I ask you... how am I supposed to deal with him?"

"Is this the ransom you're giving me?"

"The young red dragon in the volcanic fissure is only a few miles away from here."

"If it finds out I'm digging for gold here, it'll tear me to shreds first, and then crush you ants into mincemeat!"

Caleb clutched his chest, which was still throbbing with pain, while the teammates behind him also wore expressions of despair.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word that could solve the problem of the red dragon.

Forget about solving it, they don't even have the ability to get close to that volcano.

"Lord Blue Dragon...we really have no other choice." Caleb looked at Puse's increasingly grim face. "But we still have the silver mine!"

"Our exploration team has also discovered the precise locations of three more silver mines deep within the remaining mountain ranges!"

"Two of them are rich mines, and the other also contains trace amounts of mithril!"

Caleb gritted his teeth and continued, "These silver mines are all on the other side of the mountains. We can give you the most detailed exploration maps."

Before he finished speaking, the magic mirror beside Puse suddenly trembled violently, its light flashing wildly, and the originally stable image was instantly distorted.

A warning bell rang in Puse's mind, and he forcibly smoothed out the chaotic light and shadow.

In the magic mirror, the young red dragon that had been coiled in the volcanic fissure had opened its eyes!

His crimson pupils, like two clumps of burning lava, swept across the scorched earth of the volcano.

The red dragon slowly raised its massive head, its clearly defined ribs heaving violently, letting out a roar that made even the magic mirror hum.

The next second, the seemingly dry wing membranes suddenly unfolded and flapped up, the hot wind they generated sending the rubble beside the crevice flying everywhere.

Yes, it flapped its wings heavily.

As Puse watched the red dragon fly out of the volcano, he realized that something was wrong with this red dragon.

All true dragons possess the dragon's heritage, and they awaken the ability to levitate and fly when they are young or fledglings.

In other words, the dragon's wings only served as an auxiliary tool for adjusting direction in the air, not for flight.

The red dragon in the magic mirror is either some kind of alien dragon or a dragon beast that has not awakened its dragon heritage.