Beneath the Red Dragon-Chapter 236 - 89: Branches of Fate (2)

Blue Dragon Doss lazily flicked his tail. With the addition of Gomot and Alina, his life had become significantly easier, and the scratch marks on his horn had faded quite a bit.

"I think establishing trade relations with the Beastman Kingdom is fine, but allowing them to establish new territories next to the Giant Dragon's land is unacceptable."

Bronze Dragon Alina lay on the ground, ignoring Red Copper Dragon Alfred's enthusiastic gestures. They were now officially mates, but both dragons were so busy they barely had time to stay in their nests.

"The Beastman Kingdom was once a strong empire ruling the Icaria World. Although they were driven overseas by humans, they have been seeking an opportunity to return to the Main Continent. If the dragons gave them this chance, it might attract hostility from other Human Kingdoms!"

Bronze Dragon Alina voiced her concerns. "And although the Beastman Kingdom has declined, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. We shouldn't learn from humans to rear a tiger, only to have future trouble, just for a little profit!"

Red Copper Dragon Alfred nodded repeatedly. He didn't really understand these matters, but that was okay. All he needed to do was show support for Alina's perspective.

Alfred was once taught by an elder Red Copper Dragon that, whether a female dragon was right or not, one should never oppose her directly on the surface, and should even express agreement.

Green Dragon Antajena suddenly shifted from her prone position to a seated one. Her beautiful scales shimmered jade-like in the sunlight, but her opinion differed from Bronze Dragon Alina's.

The Green Dragon's slender eyes flickered with a sinister light. She insinuated to the Giant Dragons in the Dragon Group: "The Dragon Group Territory is far from the lands of the human nations, and the endless mountain ranges separate us. The hostility of those human nations poses no substantial threat to us."

"But if we accept this condition from the Beastman Kingdom, not only can we utilize their power to open up areas we currently can't reach, but when the Dragon Group Territory expands again, we can also swallow their ripe fruits,"

With a naturally seductive voice, the Green Dragon aimed to stir the dragons' greed. She said, "We can also heavily extort a large sum of gold coins from them. Consider those lovely little things—we can have them effortlessly!"

The other Giant Dragons noticeably breathed a little heavier. The allure of gold coins to dragons surpasses all else. Even the previously composed Bronze Dragon Alina hesitated, for the greed inherent in dragons made her hesitate to speak up, knowing it was wrong.

Only Gomot, with relatively calm eyes, watched the reactions of all the dragons.

At this moment, White Dragon Camid lazily covered his mouth with his dragon claw, sleepily opened his eyes, and yawned.

Then, with a pensive expression, he looked at the Green Dragon who had triggered the instinctive seduction and said, "Karon once said, often the ones who speak well for outsiders first are the potential traitors!"

Green Dragon Antajena was suddenly furious, baring her teeth in a threatening manner, she roared, "You fool, can't you use your brain and think about what good betraying the Dragon Group would do me? Karon said this, Karon said that, can't you judge for yourself?"

White Dragon Camid revealed his fangs indifferently, saying with a serious face, "I'm just a White Dragon, after all!"

Although White Dragon Camid's act was quite comical, it snapped the greedy dragons out of their trance. Bronze Dragon Alina was the first to speak, questioning, "Antajena, did you take gold coins from that Beastman, which is why you're speaking for them in a roundabout way?"

The other dragons also looked at the Green Dragon with suspicion, their greed retreating as reason reclaimed their minds.

"Damn it! Do you actually prefer trusting an idiotic White Dragon and an outsider over me?" Green Dragon Antajena exclaimed in fury, as she lowered her forelimb and twitched her tail, a prelude to launching an attack.

"Enough," White Dragon Gomot, who had been calm all along, halted the dispute, his expression uncharacteristically serious as he said, "Karon's been gone for just a few months, and you're about to fall into endless arguments?"

White Dragon looked at the Green Dragon with a calm and resolute gaze, saying, "Nobody doubts that you, Antajena, would betray the Dragon Group. But Alina has joined the Dragon Group, making her a part of it. Don't say things that are harmful to unity anymore, Antajena."

"I just hope that no matter whether you've received benefits or not, don't forget that you're also a part of the Dragon Group. The interests of the Dragon Group are tightly linked to all the Giant Dragons, including you."

"I don't want Karon to return to see a quarreling and divided Dragon Group and a messy aftermath. I suppose you wouldn't want to see Karon's disappointed eyes either. A dragon that cannot control its greed and causes harm to the Dragon Group's interests will not be someone Karon likes. He will have all the dragons tear you apart!"

Beside them, the Female Red Dragon Kleyna chuckled softly, "A fool like this, thinking she could be the lady of the Dragon Group, is more laughable than Camid becoming a Legendary Mage!"

"Damn, what is your attitude?" Green Dragon Antajena turned, flew into the sky, leaving her angry words, "I'm going to find Karon and see if you dare to gang up on me."

Bronze Dragon Alina showed a worried look, uneasily asking, "Will Karon be angry because of this? Perhaps my attitude was too forceful!"