Ashen Dragon

However, unexpected situations also arose. For instance, in a corner of the southwestern Thrace Region, within Caliph Canyon, a Red Dragon had already engaged in an armed conflict with the Empire's army.

"Roar——"

"You damned inferior creatures! Who gave you the courage to stand before the great Ignarea! I will burn you to ashes with flames!!"

The Dragon's Roar was earth-shattering, its guttural sounds and screeches intertwined, soon drowned out by the dense gunfire and artillery fire.

"What a mad dragon, open fire! Open fire!"

"But Sir, she is a Red Dragon, I'm worried..."

"Fool! Can this beast be compared to our great Emperor?" The Empire officer roared, "Report to superiors, there's an emergency here, a raging giant has attacked the Empire's army, we are forced to retaliate."

"Open fire! If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility!"

"Da-da-da——"

"Boom!"

The reckless female Red Dragon flapped her wings, spewing scorching Dragonflame; several bipedal wyverns wailed in the flames, and a helicopter descended in black smoke.

Dozens of machine guns fired simultaneously, bullets inscribed with Magic Runes showered like a storm, instantly piercing through the Red Dragon's wing membranes, splattering warm Dragon Blood across the sky.

"Awoo——"

The female Red Dragon raised her head, letting out a howl of pain and fury, then became even more frenzied, her eyes burning with anger, charging recklessly in the sky.

However, from the ground, the anti-aircraft guns fired a series of special daze shells, accompanied by dazzling flashes, causing the Red Dragon to stagger aimlessly in the sky and crash into the ground.

Debris flew, dust filled the air, as the female Red Dragon crashed into the ground, forming a large pit, causing a bunker to collapse loudly.

"Inferior...mongrels, I won't let you off! You have angered the great 'Volcano Disaster' Ignarea!"

A hoarse roar came from the smoke, as the female Red Dragon slowly rose from the ruins, repressing immense anger, madness, and hatred in her voice.

"What's that?"

"Great, reinforcements sent by the higher-ups!"

"By Cassius, this, this thing is so huge... truly unbelievable."

"Boom——"

Amidst the dull roar, a massive shadow appeared in the sky, covering even the female Red Dragon beneath it.

Even this muscle-headed dragon instinctively raised her head, opening her bloodthirsty maw——

As the dust gradually dispersed, a near-hundred-meter-long floating skyship appeared high in the air, with several stout gun barrels lifting simultaneously, aiming their dark barrels at the female Red Dragon.

Ignarea sensed danger, roared, abruptly twisted her body, and flapped her scarred wings, attempting to leave quickly.

——But it was already too late.

"Boom!"

Shafts of pale blue light shot out, intersecting and emitting a biting cold as they struck the female Red Dragon.

In an instant, a layer of frost enveloped the Red Dragon's robust body, even her blood ceased flowing, gradually freezing.

The Red Dragon struggled continuously, growling lowly, but her voice grew weaker, her roars diminishing in volume.

In the end, this last 'Volcano Disaster' Ignarea turned into an ice sculpture, maintaining a struggling posture on the spot.

The skyship slowly descended, two players from the Mechanical God Cult, clad in Magic Armor, walked down from the gangway.

"Wow, it's really a Red Dragon, this thing is a treasure trove. If we dismantle it, how many exquisite pieces of equipment could we make?"

"Stop dreaming, do you really want to go dragon slaying within the Ashen Empire?"

"The higher-ups specifically instructed to keep it alive, at most we can take some blood samples, pluck a few Dragon Scales, then release it."

The two players used specially crafted ropes to firmly bind the Red Dragon, while a massive mechanical arm extended from the skyship to drag the heavy Red Dragon ice sculpture into the refrigeration room...

Among the giant dragons disturbing the borders, seven or eight had engaged in fierce conflict with the Empire's army, more than half of which were Red Dragons. Their ultimate fate was quite similar — frozen by the Imperial Air Force and transported to a nearby monster containment facility.

"My 'relatives' really are brainless." Cassius retracted his gaze, his expression somewhat grim.

Fortunately, the current Ashen Empire is filled with martial virtue, with hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at the borders capable of deterring the Chromatic Dragons, making them cautious enough not to act recklessly.

Though proud and evil, these Chromatic Dragons are also quite cunning and won't risk being killed by forcefully intruding into the Empire. As the old saying goes, "Evil Dragons fear might but do not respect virtue."

Even if some brainless one initiates an attack, they would be subdued by the Empire's army.

If it were during the Ashen Kingdom era, when the Empire's army was still in its infancy and a comprehensive air defense system was not established, these hundreds of Chromatic Dragons could indeed have caused a terrible dragon catastrophe.

Cassius pondered for a moment, raising his head, suddenly formulating a plan.

"Hehe... since it's Tiamat's doing, leave it within the Five-Colored Dragon Clan."

"Tiniya, come to Dragon Blood Mountain to meet me."

The mind link commenced.

Within mere minutes, a Portal opened in the sky.

The White Dragon released an excited, high-pitched howl, eagerly popping out of the Portal, rushing over like a gust of wind, and sprawling in front of Cassius.

That thick, massive tail wagged incessantly, its drool almost dripping onto the Red Dragon.

"Master, you finally remembered me! You've grown stronger again, hehe..."

Cassius glanced at her.

Noticing that gaze, Tiniya immediately recalled something, lightly coughing twice as she rose from the ground, bending her forelimbs, tucking in her Dragon Wings, and elegantly performed a half-kneeling salute.

"Good day, my dear Master, esteemed Emperor, Duke of the Empire, Tiniya greets you."

Only then did Cassius nod in satisfaction.

Hmm, it seems Ramp's etiquette lessons weren't entirely ineffective, at least they've prevented this White Dragon from acting like a husky.

Then, he scrutinized Tiniya with an examining gaze.

Long time unseen, this Atavistic White Dragon had grown quite significantly, possibly due to Cassius's bloodline influence, her body length had reached twenty-six, twenty-seven meters — the level of an Ancient White Dragon.

An ordinary White Dragon would struggle to reach such size even within a thousand years, whereas Tiniya was just under two hundred years old, a "young dragon."

Tiniya was wholly white, yet not purely white, with several light blue scales mixed in.

Common White Dragons usually have cheeks covered with uneven scales, spiked protrusions of flesh, and some teeth sticking out even when their mouths are closed, often with mucus dripping.

In comparison to those "white beasts," Tiniya possessed elegance, with no such facial scales or protruding teeth on her smooth features, though some saliva did occasionally leak out.

Apart from that, Tiniya had ample storage of Ice Magic Power within her, capable of spewing freezing Breath at any time to turn her prey into ice blocks.

"According to my estimates, her current strength is probably slightly stronger than that of an average Ancient White Dragon, possibly able to defeat those female dragons."

Tiniya nodded: "Although I am not His disciple, I have received this Divine Oracle. It just seems too troublesome to me, so I've set it aside for the moment, haven't I...?"

Cassius pondered, indeed, if one's intelligence falls short, not even a Divine Oracle can influence her.

Upon reading the oracle, Tiniya's heart was filled with emotions, and as expected, if the intellect is lacking, not even the Divine Oracle has any effect on her.

"Wait, Master, are you finally going to..."

Tiniya nodded: "Although I am not a follower of His divinity, I have received this oracle too, just felt it too troublesome to look at the moment, so it's been shelved..."

Cassius sighed inwardly; alas, as expected, no matter how much teaching, this White Dragon's nature remains this perverse.