Chapter 649 - 87:
These Demon Dragon Knights couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe. It is said that this Heaven-Ascending Wood only grows in the backyard of the Dragon Group Fortress, as one of the main roots of the World Tree.
These people can hardly imagine what kind of magical power this is. Perhaps anything related to these god-like Giant Dragons should be as mythical in nature, thus belonging to normality.
Beneath this Azure Heaven Tree, the quiet and peaceful Dragon Group gathers.
Dragons of various scale colors surround the World Tree and the Ancestral Red Dragon, lying prone on the ground as if in restful sleep.
Around these Giant Dragons, countless large bones are scattered, with diverse forms such as humanoid skeletons, primate bones, snake-lizard bones, and Snake Dragon bones, each enormous in size.
There are also several huge Demon Dragon bones, devoid of flesh, with frames stretching up to three hundred and fifty meters long.
The white bones are piled together, resembling mounds of desolate white skeletal hills.
The white bones contrast with the majestic resting Dragon Group, as divinity and beastliness seem to merge into one.
Ultimately, these wild Demon Dragons couldn’t escape the gaze of the Giant Dragons, becoming food and sustenance for several of them.
Legends tell of a Demon Dragon over four hundred meters long prowling distant seas, capable of spewing frost, sought by the Blue Dragon Akzhi and the White Dragon Gomot for tens of days without success.
Two hundred Demon Dragons larger than the Giant Dragons cautiously quiet their roars and wing winds, landing in the outer area of the towering tree, fearing to disturb the resting Dragon Group.
The largest two Demon Dragons, Bellerion and Rahix, each at two hundred meters long, land on the ground, sneaking as stealthy as a cat.
These Demon Dragons lack the same strength and talent as Giant Dragons, able to completely conceal their landing power.
When landing with great noise, the strongest of the two Demon Dragons simultaneously extend their heads close to the ground, wings tightly folded at their sides, hindquarters and tails raised high.
This posture not only facilitates the dismounting of the Demon Dragon Knights on their backs but also allows the resting Dragon Group to immediately see their submissive stance upon waking.
Fortunately, the Dragon Group remains silent, allowing all Demon Dragons and Knights to simultaneously breathe a sigh of relief.
Under the Enlightenment Spell, these Demon Dragons, spared from becoming food through their battle achievements, have become smarter, although unable to speak due to throat structures and innate limitations, they are tens of times stronger than previously as beasts.
Dragon Descendant Werewolf Saha and the Imperial Guard Commander Gilenis lead the fully-rested Imperial Legion stationed outside, guarding the Dragon Group against any non-discerning beasts and Magical Creatures that might disrupt them.
Beyond these warriors erecting a legion wall, the rest of the casters and scholars remain busy.
Many resources collected by the Golden Empire from the Old Continent, including refined materials such as Golden Gems, not only serve as currency but can also be used by casters, amassed in piles within the camp.
The Ulters Continent also holds many undeveloped resources, awaiting the Golden Empire’s exploration and excavation. Among the proven resources, fifty-three types are suitable for building Mage Towers and Floating City apparatus.
The energy core for Floating Cities, alternate materials for Mysterious Energy Cores and foundational materials for creating Elemental Pools also number eleven types.
The abundance of these resources and the vastness of the continent both affirm this world as a suitable development region for the Golden Empire, regarded by the empire as one of its future resource worlds.
These resource worlds also serve as another nest for the Dragon Group, a reserve for the empire, even the cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone these Giant Dragons.
Whether Alien God, Magic Dragon God, or Immortal Queen Tiamat all mentioned the Icaria World being in immeasurable danger, not only Icaria, but the entire Cosmos is full of turmoil.
Should unfortunate circumstances arise, if the Icaria World base encounters an insurmountable threat, the Golden Empire will not be unprepared, these interconnected worlds are the empire’s cradle for resurgence.
"Lord Gilenis,"
A knight of House Targaryen, also the current patriarch, salutes Imperial Guard Corps Commander Gilenis, saying, "These are the most exceptional children we have selected, possessing even greater talents than ours, they are our future hope!"
Gilenis, already donned in the Magical Armor brought by Legion Warriors from the Floating Island, stands like a Giant before these Demon Dragon Knights, looking down at the children with hair in shades of gold, silver, or silver-gold, and eyes of purple and light blue.
Regardless of gender, these children have pale skin and stunning beauty, akin to the excellent appearance of the Gogomola Dragon Group among True Dragon Species; these children are also the finest among Valerians.
Expectancy is inscribed in the children’s beautiful eyes, fingers nervously clutching their clothes and skirts, gazing reverently at the Legion Commander, a Giant yet tens of times more agile than an ordinary person.
"Whether they are outstanding depends on their performance," Gilenis lifts his Dragon-faced Helmet’s face armor, revealing a warrior’s weathered yet resolute face.