novelraw Chapter 1074 287: Version 2.0 Game Environment, Rise of the Half-Elves, Dragon Clan Plan (10K)_5
Chapter 1074 287: Version 2.0 Game Environment, Rise of the Half-Elves, Dragon Clan Plan (10K)_5
Lion Heart Duke laughed heartily and said to Kael, "That's right, Kael, we've secured two years for you. For the current you, apart from those special individuals, you truly don't need to worry about anything."
Upon hearing this, Kael couldn't help but reveal a strange smile, as if he had already arranged everything in advance and was just waiting to see what big fish his bait could attract.
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[Location: Overseas of Dragon Empire · Dragon King Island]
The Old Dragon King sat quietly in the Dragon God Hall, seemingly taking a nap.
Before long, he slightly opened his eyes and glanced at a figure outside the hall, snorted coldly, and said,
"Since you're already outside the hall, why are you standing still? Hurry and come in."
Soon, a young dragon slowly walked in from outside the Dragon God Hall.
In fact, calling this place a hall is more like calling it a hollow underground structure forcibly dug out of a mountain.
After seeing his student walk into the hall, the Old Dragon King said nothing, and the young dragon, maintaining his dragon form, sighed and said,
"Teacher, why fully open communication with the Yibel Federation? Don't forget, although we're in a temporary cooperative relationship, considered as temporary allies, we're also competitors from the perspective of Dragon King Island.
Letting so many Metal Dragon compatriots cooperate with the Yibel Federation and establish the Dragon Knight Joint Army could further impact our already heavy newborn pressure."
Upon hearing his student's words, the Old Dragon King slightly opened his eyes, chuckled lightly, and said,
"Who asked you to come and persuade me?"
The young dragon below dared not hide and immediately said, "It was the Clan Leader of the Silver Dragon side who had many confusions about your decision. Of course, the most important thing is that I genuinely cannot understand my teacher's thoughts.
Have you forgotten what happened to your sister? Being too close to Humans is truly not a good thing."
After saying this in a moment of urgency, the young dragon immediately regretted it.
Wasn't this rubbing salt on his teacher's wound?
He instinctively closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the slap his teacher favored to land directly on his face.
Unexpectedly, the pain didn't arrive, only a gust of wind that could blow an ordinary person away slapped his face.
A wind strong enough to blow away an ordinary person, but to the young man, it was like rain striking a banana leaf, easily withstood.
Having not felt any pain, he slowly opened his eyes, and found the Old Dragon King standing before him, the shadow cast by his massive body giving the young dragon severe pressure.
He heard the Old Dragon King say in a deep voice, "Why do you think cooperating with Humans is a shameful act?"
The young dragon opened his mouth and finally said, "We~ the Dragon Clan was once the rulers of epochs, now bowing under Humans, cooperating with them, even letting Humans lead in the Dragon Knight treaty, fundamentally destroys the Dragons' pride.
If this situation continues, all of the Dragon Clan's pride will be lost."
"Speak the truth, or I'll bite off your neck."
The Old Dragon King said hoarsely.
For a moment, the young dragon didn't dare look into those eyes filled with cunning wisdom, hesitated for a while, and softly said,
"The drastic increase in Dragon Knight numbers will inevitably further break the relationship between Dragons and Humans, when it reaches that stage, many things will spiral out of control...
Surely, there will be some between Dragons and Humans who cross that wall, having beyond friendship matters, won't such things change the stance of our compatriots?"
Upon hearing this, not only was the Old Dragon King not angry, he even showed a faint smile, laughing heartily and saying,
"Do you think we Dragons still have pride?"
The young dragon remained silent.
"Raise your head, child, look at me, tell me, how many years have passed since the age belonging to our Dragon Clan is over."
What was strange to the young dragon was that the Old Dragon King didn't seem angry because of the words he said, but instead asked him a question all Dragons knew.
"More than ten thousand years have passed since the Dragon Epoch."
The Old Dragon King nodded and said, "Since you understand that the era belonging to the Dragon Clan has been over for ten thousand years, why can't you understand another question?"
"Ah?" The Old Dragon King's counter-question left the young dragon a bit bewildered, then he softly asked, "What is the other question?"
"At our peak, how many Pure-blooded Dragons were there?"
"Haven't paid attention to counting, but at least seven or eight million heads, right?"
The Old Dragon King nodded and said, "A bit more than you imagined, roughly around eleven million heads.
But now, including Dragon Empire and Dragon King Island, when calculated together, be they old dragons or young dragons, the total number is only around a hundred thousand heads.
Although compared to back then, today's Dragon Clan has centralized resources, and the average strength level of Dragons has increased a lot, it's far from the peak, isn't it?"