Defeating the World with the Power of One Dragon!

Chapter 257: Choice

The earth had turned to scorched soil.

In the center surrounded by debris everywhere, the red iron dragon casually took a few steps, then suddenly looked up and said in an eerie tone: "Little red-scaled dragon, where do you think you're going?"

Mid-air.

Kahir, who had been quietly flapping her wings while trying to retreat away from the red iron dragon, froze in place, then stiffly turned around and slowly landed on the ground.

Her heart was exceptionally tense at this moment.

The powerful evil dragon before her had saved her, but she wasn't naive enough to believe he acted purely out of altruism without expecting anything in return. His formidable, incredibly robust appearance looked more vicious than any dragon she had ever seen, and the pressure he exuded even surpassed that of the adult blue dragon she once encountered in her clan.

She had no doubt.

If she accidentally angered him, being skinned alive and devoured on the spot was entirely possible.

"Mighty—"

Kahir carefully sniffed the air, her gaze sweeping over Garoth's body, taking in the sword-like forest of spikes, the weapon-like wingtips, the steel-forged powerful limbs... and the simultaneous characteristics of both red dragon and iron dragon.She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her head and said:

"—Red Iron Dragon, thank you for your assistance. If this is your territory, please forgive my unintentional intrusion."

She raised her dragon wing, showing the wounds on her body, and said: "I was being pursued and had no other choice."

For young dragons with humble attitudes who knew their place.

Unless dealing with extremely chaotic evil beings, great evil dragons generally wouldn't make things too difficult.

Red Dragon Kahir had a notoriously volatile temper, but this was a life-or-death situation. When strength alone couldn't solve the problem, the red dragon's wisdom took over, and she quickly explained her reason for being here in just a few words, apologizing for any possible unintentional offense.

Garoth approached the red dragon with vigorous steps.

He strode forward proudly, and though he controlled his footsteps with calm landings, his overwhelming oppressive presence still gave Kahil an illusion of earth-shaking tremors.

His powerful dragon body, over sixteen meters long, seemed to grow taller with each step.

In Kahir's eyes, the approaching red iron dragon gradually became infinitely majestic, while she seemed to grow smaller and smaller, unable to muster any thought of resistance.

Finally.

The red iron dragon's body completely blocked the massive moonlight, casting a shadow that enveloped Kahir from head to tail.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of dragon wings cutting through the sky, disturbing air currents, echoed continuously, but Kahir no longer paid attention to this, her mind completely dominated by the red iron dragon before her. When she finally came back to her senses, she was startled to discover two more dragons had appeared, landing on the ground and surrounding her.

A red dragon with scales like red gems, breathing with a strong sulfur smell.

An iron dragon clad in metallic iron-colored scales, with a cold, hard expression and eyes that seemed to pierce through the soul.

Simultaneously under the gaze of three large dragons, Red Dragon Kahir, sensing intense life-threatening danger, instinctively bared her teeth, lowered her body with tense limbs, slightly raised her dragon spine, assuming a posture ready to fight desperately at any moment.

"Hey, not very old but quite the temper."

Red Dragon Samantha grinned and said: "Little thing, put away this meaningless defensive posture. If we wanted to kill you, you'd already be dead."

The sight of Kahir reminded her of her former self,

Similarly covered in wounds.

Similarly pursued with nowhere to escape.

However, Red Dragon Samantha felt no empathy whatsoever; instead, having been through similar hardships herself, she felt inexplicably pleased to see another dragon with similar experiences.

Oh, so it wasn't just me who had embarrassing experiences when I was weak.

Suddenly felt much better inside.

"Calm."

The iron dragon simply uttered two words, spiritual energy gently brushing over Kahir's heart like a soft breeze, dispersing her tension and fear, making her feel much more peaceful.

Immediately, Kahir's gaze wandered among the three dragons.

A second later, she looked back at the red iron dragon.

Even though the two later dragons were equally impressive in terms of oppressive presence, it was perfectly clear who the central pillar was among them. The red iron dragon, even without speaking, maintained firm dominant control here.

"Endure it, this will hurt somewhat."

The red iron dragon suddenly spoke.

Kahir blinked, slightly confused.

But the next second she understood why the red iron dragon had said that.

Red Dragon Samantha suddenly raised her sharp claws, her massive hand grabbing toward Kahir from a distance.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The arrows embedded in her body suddenly all began to vibrate, covered in cracks from some mysterious force, snapping with cracking sounds.

The sudden intense pain made Kahir want to cry out.

But she clenched her teeth tightly, her sharp claws digging into the ground, stubbornly refusing to make a sound.

"Who are you trying to impress with such toughness?"

Samantha's lips curled into a mischievous smile, her hand clenching again from a distance.

Her magical energy transformed into lightning-like forms, spreading over the metal arrows inside and outside Kahir's body.

Then, crisp snapping sounds came from within Kahir's body, including that heavy arrow that had pierced completely through her body—it shattered into pieces out of nowhere. Those fragments, pulled by Samantha's magical energy, whooshed out through the wounds, bringing forth streams of bright red, scalding dragon blood.

Hiss!!

Under the pain from inside out, Kahir finally couldn't help but throw her head back and scream in agony.

Hearing this delightful cry of pain, Samantha nodded with satisfaction.

After a few seconds, Kahir felt much lighter physically. Without those foreign objects blocking her, the dragon's powerful physical constitution began to take effect, directly stabilizing her continuously declining condition.

In such severely wounded condition.

For most biological races, without special treatment, their condition would continuously decline until death, and even if saved, they would inevitably suffer from some lifelong hidden injuries.

But for dragonkind—

As long as they didn't die on the spot, sleeping deeply for a period afterward would allow them to wake up as fierce dragons again, without any residual hidden injuries.

"Drink this."

Garoth took out a bottle containing red potion-like magical medicine and handed it to the young red dragon.

This wasn't the high-grade magical medicine obtained from the brass-silver dragon, just potions made by the tribal shamans and sorcerers themselves—not particularly high-grade, but able to replenish some life force to some extent.

Kahir silently took the red potion, then threw both bottle and contents into her mouth, chewing and swallowing.

The magical medicine entered her stomach, immediately turning into a subtle warm flow that made her feel much better, her weakened condition improving slightly.

After her experiences in the wilderness, Kahir knew deeply that nothing in this world came for free.

Her mind was now operating with unprecedented clarity. She was absolutely certain that these dragons before her had saved her and given her magical medicine to drink because they definitely wanted something from her.

However.

Given the disparity between them, no matter what they wanted to do, she was completely unable to resist. Therefore, she no longer showed resistant or wary postures, simply silently accepting what was given.

"What price do I need to pay?"

She said.

"Haha, a clever red dragon, though not quite as good as me." Samantha nodded with feigned seriousness, then her expression turned serious as she said: "Little thing, what you need to understand now is this—we saved your life."

"Do you have any objections to this?"

When asking this final question, the red dragon's pupils slightly narrowed, her tone becoming low and oppressive, while simultaneously reaching out a claw to rest on Kahir's shoulder, its weight making her body sway, almost causing her to prostrate on the ground.

"No."

Kahir said in a low voice.

"Louder, I didn't hear you!"

"No objections! I'm very clear that you saved me!"

"Good."

Samantha nodded with satisfaction, patting the young red dragon's shoulder.

Then the iron dragon's mature, cold voice sounded, speaking methodically: "Since there are no objections, from now on, your life belongs to Dragon Valley, to the Molten Iron Tribe, to our Ignas dragon cluster."

You want me to be exploited like a servant?

Then didn't I escape from the blue dragon cluster for nothing?!

After paying so many costs, going around in circles, I still can't change my original fate.

Red Dragon Kahir's eyes showed resistance.

Just then, the red iron dragon, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up. He asked: "What's your name?"

"Kahir."

The young red dragon replied.

The red iron dragon looked down at the young dragon before him, speaking in a calm, deep voice: "Kahir, you will serve us for fifty years to repay this life-saving grace. After the term ends, whether you stay or leave will be your own choice."