Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 765 - 006 Captain

In the dreadful volcanic nest,

The King of Calamity, Abel Hebrew, slowly stood up, his body towering over a hundred meters high, like a miniature volcanic eruption, thick smoke rising in billows, golden lava flowing and splashing between the scales.

The dark-red membranous wings slowly unfurled, obscuring the sky,

The intensely hot lava flowed from above, drizzling down as if a rain of molten lava poured from mid-air!

Roar!!!

The King of Calamity roared towards the sky, the dragon's might overwhelming, sweeping across the heavens and earth!

In a radius of several hundred miles, every living being felt as if a thousand pounds of gravity crushed down from above, unable to help but prostrate on the ground, their whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Great King of Calamity, we welcome your awakening!"

At the bottom of the enormous volcanic nest,

Dense masses of monster armies, imperial subjects, and even human traitorous nobles all lay prostrate on the ground.

A dense, mighty swarm,

Like a black swarm of ants, stretching beyond sight.

In the Red Dragon Empire, the King of Calamity and Austin of the Blue Dragon Kingdom have something in common, both holding supreme positions. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

However, the vast subjects of the Red Dragon Empire only feel the bloody and brutal ruling fear and reverence for the King of Calamity,

While in the Blue Dragon Kingdom, it is affection and faith.

The King of Calamity, Abel, shook his head, slightly dizzy from just waking up, his massive body coiled atop the volcano. His waking motion made the entire volcano restless, lava flames spraying everywhere, the rolling volcanic ash steaming, making Abel who crawled out from the volcano's mouth look like an apocalyptic demon king.

The recklessly splashing lava was insignificant in front of the King of Calamity's terrifying body towering over a hundred meters, like a trivial stream.

However,

This "trivial" lava stream was as catastrophic as a world-ending disaster in front of some people!

The rushing lava splattered, inundating and impacting a small town at the bottom of the volcanic nest. Those who knelt on the ground to welcome the great king's awakening, whether humans or monsters, vanished in boundless fear without even a scream.

Accompanied by the impact of the flowing magma, the surrounding houses were instantly engulfed by lava,

The fire soared high, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in a short time before burning out entirely, falling into complete extinction.

It took only a few minutes,

For the town at the foot of the volcano to become a lake of flowing dark red lava, save for a slowly melting statue of the King of Calamity disappearing into the lava, with no trace left of any buildings.

The King of Calamity did not pay the slightest attention to the destruction he casually unleashed.

As if walking down the road, stepping on a few ants, without any concern.

"Get Adams over here for me!"

The deep voice of the King of Calamity, Abel, resounded like thunder in the high sky, spreading across thousands of meters of the Dragon's Nest volcano, filled with undeniable authority.

Adams, the chief governor of the Red Dragon Empire.

The King of Calamity, Abel, held a position in the Red Dragon Empire like that of a fusion of deity and king, high above, with the core of the entire empire gathering upon him.

While Adams' position, akin to that of a national prime minister, assists the King of Calamity in managing the numerous internal affairs of the empire.

It can be said to be a position under one dragon, above ten thousand people.

This position is particularly crucial.

Especially when Abel was resting in slumber, having a helmsman for an empire was extremely important, otherwise, with the Giant Dragon Race's practice of taking a short nap spanning several years, the absence of management during this period would likely cause the empire to fall into civil unrest, collapsing from the bottom up.

Throughout the millennia of history, many among the Giant Dragon Race had gathered their clan to attack the Central Earth World, attempting to establish a Dragon Empire to loot gold and silver treasures.

However, many dragons failed.

Even though the authority of dragons allowed them to "infect" their clans under them, enhancing their clans' potential abilities, even though they could gather a tremendously influential force in a short time, shocking the entire human world of Central Earth, arousing the hero's craze for dragon slaying on the Central Earth Continent.

None could endure.

Apart from the dragons' inherent greed for gold and silver, not understanding management of an expanding clan, looting for food and relying on war to grow without understanding that production is the foundation of a country's existence,

The lack of a helmsman was also a key factor in their failure.

Numerous large forces established by dragons in history fell apart internally due to the lack of their leader's suppression during a mere doze, leading to conflicts and infighting among a few strong clans under their command within a few short years, thus causing disintegration from within.

There was even a dragon in history that became a laughingstock because of this.

It is said that this dragon's great force gathered during its nap fell into internal strife and warfare, with one clan army going all out, directly taking advantage of the chaos to steal part of the gold from the Dragon's Nest.

Actually, that clan force only dared to take a part without taking it all.

But the problem was that this set a bad precedence for the other clans fighting fiercely, since you could take it, naturally, I can take it too.

So,

When that dragon awoke from its slumber, in just two or three years, it witnessed an astonishing scene that left the dragon dumbstruck and heartbroken.

That was a genuine nap; for the long-lived dragons, two or three years of sleep was merely a wink.

However, in just such a nap,

The entire Dragon's Nest was empty upon waking, and all those gold and silver, crystals, and other precious treasures plundered during its rise had vanished.

The empty Dragon's Nest,

Only a few fallen leaves drifted down with the wind, leaving nothing behind.

How could this be tolerated?!

For dragons, nothing else matters; treasures are the sole meaning of their long lives. Even after death, they cling tightly to their hoard, allowing no one to covet it.

Thus,

The furious dragon began a frantic pursuit of the clans that once granted it great influence, causing chaos and becoming a laughingstock in the entire historical annals of the Central Earth Continent.

It has been passed down through the ages, enduring unceasingly.

After that, many dragons of the Giant Dragon Race gave up the idea of gathering a clan.

For no other reason,

Fearing that their hard-earned wealth would be stolen by those damned thieves during a mere nap.

It is precisely for these numerous reasons,

Thus demonstrating how crucial a competent helmsman capable of controlling the clan forces under them is for dragons.