Bab 253: Chapter 253: Recruiting dependents
"Not a bad name."
After hearing Lockewood's words, Garon nodded gently.
He didn't immediately agree to Lockewood's suggestion. Although he was intrigued by the invitation, Garon knew he needed some time to think it over.
Meanwhile, Garon inquired, "Has the Dragon Court already started to be established, or is it just an idea?"
Lockewood smiled slightly and said, "Our clan of metallic dragons, the legendary dragons, have all decided to join the Dragon Court. Besides us, a number of legendary chromatic dragons, including the ancient blue dragon you met before, have also decided to join."
"But as you said, neither the chromatic nor the metallic dragons are willing to let the other dominate as the leader of the Dragon Court."
"The Dragon Court lacks a leader who can command universal respect."
"Just speak the word, and you will immediately gain a powerful force behind you."
This efficiency is indeed fast.
Garon pondered carefully.
He was slowly persuaded by Lockewood.
Garon had thought the Dragon Court was just an idea, and that after agreeing, he would need to take the lead in recruiting dragons. However, it seemed that Lockewood had almost completed the task before coming to him. As Lockewood himself said, what the Dragon Court needs is Garon's identity; he won't actually encounter too many troublesome affairs.
Having a group of legendary dragons was enough to solve ninety-nine percent of the problems.
Indeed, it was a sincere offer.
Time passed by, and Garon silently weighed the pros and cons of becoming the leader of the Dragon Court.
Lockewood waited beside him for Garon's response.
After some time, Garon exhaled slowly and said in a deep voice, "I agree."
"However, I don't promise how much I'll contribute to the Dragon Court."
Lockewood was overjoyed and laughed loudly, "Haha, your very presence is the greatest support to the Dragon Court."
"With the identity and strength of the most suitable leader of the Dragon Court, the remaining legendary dragons will no longer hesitate."
Garon nodded slightly and said seriously, "When I need the power of the legendary dragons in the Dragon Court, I will summon them. When you need my help, you can also ask for it."
Although he was now the leader of the Dragon Court, Garon planned to be a hands-off leader.
He wouldn't bother with the trivial matters of the Dragon Court on a daily basis, only stepping in when there was a major issue.
Lockewood nodded and said, "Of course."
Then, Garon, realizing that some chromatic dragons had already joined the Dragon Court, asked with curiosity, "With you and Nehemiah present, it was easy to persuade the legendary metallic dragons to join the Dragon Court, but how did you convince the chromatic dragons?"
According to what Lockewood had said earlier, the Dragon Court was now dominated by metallic dragon forces.
Normally, chromatic dragons wouldn't join the Dragon Court.
Lockewood cleared his throat.
He gently stroked his golden dragon whiskers with a claw, his eyes briefly flashing with a light of wisdom.
"Before coming to you, I used your name to persuade the legendary chromatic dragons to join the Dragon Court."
"Cough, the Dragon Court is a simplistic term. Its full name is the Eternal Dragon Court, which is also the name known to the chromatic dragons."
Garon's title is the Eternal Dragon.
Many true dragons are aware of this.
"Since I didn't have your token, some of the more vigilant chromatic dragons didn't believe me and are still observing."
"After you officially become the leader of the Dragon Court, they will most likely agree to join."
Garon: . Well, this is something.
On one hand, Lockewood told the chromatic dragons that the Dragon of Time would lead the Dragon Court, reassuring them to join.
On the other hand, he told Garon that the Dragon Court had even absorbed some chromatic dragons, showing its attractiveness to legendary dragons and further swaying Garon.
Garon looked at Lockewood and said, "I didn't expect you to be so cunning."
Lockewood laughed loudly and said, "Haha, I have lived for over a thousand years. If I were still as naive as a young metallic dragon, that would be strange indeed."
Times have changed.
Garon shook his head slightly.
Lockewood had used some tricks, but after knowing this, Garon did not intend to retract his decision. Regardless of how Lockewood did it, that was his business. Garon had already decided that he indeed wanted the power of the Dragon Court.
Soon, Garon removed one of his black scales.
He handed it to Lockewood, saying, "Take it, this scale bears my aura."
Lockewood carefully accepted the black dragon scale, saying, "With a few more members, the Dragon Court will soon be able to appear officially."
The Dragon Court currently only existed in the agreement among some legendary dragons.
Its organizational territory, hierarchy, and operating mode were not yet specific.
But these were not problems.
Pausing for a moment, Lockewood said, "When the time comes, the Dragon Court will need its own symbol. As the future leader of the Dragon Court, do you have any ideas?"
Garon's gaze shifted slightly.
He extended his dragon claw and gently traced in the air. Magical power surged with his movement, forming a distinct pattern.
A perfect circle composed of intricate black scales.
"Let's use this."
"The Circle of Time."
Lockewood glanced over the several rings of black scales on Garon's body and nodded, "It's very suitable as a symbol."
Pausing, he said earnestly, "I hope that one day, flags bearing the Circle of Time will flutter in the lands of many primary material worlds, not just limited to the planet Kara."
Garon nodded slightly, saying, "I share that hope."
Having decided to become the leader of the Eternal Dragon Court, whether as a hands-off leader or a diligent head, the strength and influence of the Dragon Court would be closely linked to him.
After getting Garon's response, Lockewood had many intricate affairs to handle to formally establish the Dragon Court.
Thus, he didn't stay long with Garon.
After briefly discussing their respective ideas about the Dragon Court, this ancient gold dragon flapped his golden wings and disappeared from Garon's view.
After Lockewood left, Garon continued with his own tasks.
Creating a stable acceleration field.
Amidst the rustling of the nearby forest, time slipped away. Garon had lost count of his failures. The runes of magic and machinery were changed again and again, but his concept never succeeded.
"Maybe I haven't reached the ability to change the flow of time on a large scale."
After another leakage of the power of time, unable to be contained within the array, Garon shook his head.
Due to extreme focus and the consumption of the power of time, Garon felt a bit of mental and physical fatigue.
He temporarily gave up on creating the acceleration field and headed back to his dragon lair.
After several renovations by his subjects, Garon's lair was now much more luxurious than when it first started. It looked less rudimentary from the outside, and with numerous Kara crystals piled inside and softly glowing crystals as decorations, the interior of the lair was quite presentable.
When Garon returned to his lair, he saw Yuna curiously examining a handful of Kara crystals.
"Fascinating crystals. If there were more, maybe they could be used to awaken psionic abilities."
Yuna also noticed the effects of the Kara crystals.
"Unfortunately, there are too few for us to make much use of."
After putting down the Kara crystals, Yuna looked at Garon with a hint of disappointment and said, "Ah, Garon, I've noticed that the aberrant monsters on planet Kara are almost wiped out. I flew around for a long time and only found one legendary aberration."
"After that, there were none to be seen."
The true dragons had been on planet Kara for several months.
During this time, their main activity was hunting aberrant monsters.
Now on planet Kara, the aberrant monsters of ordinary strength were still manageable, scattered here and there. Due to the relatively small number of true dragons and their subjects, it was still impossible to completely eradicate the numerous aberrations. However, the legendary aberrations, conspicuous and easy to locate, were specifically targeted by the legendary dragons of the dragon race and were nearly extinct.
"This is a good thing."
"Kara no longer harbors any threats to us."
Now, the true dragon lords on Kara, like Garon, were starting to focus on transforming their environments.
The green dragons, with their unique ability in environmental transformation, were particularly busy during this period. They took on numerous jobs, flying back and forth across the skies of Kara. They were well-compensated for their efforts, so they were more than happy to do the work.
"Hmm, I miss the days when I could hunt aberrant monsters daily."
Yuna looked at Garon, tilted her head in thought, and then seemed to remember something. Her voice suddenly became excited.
"Garon, do me a favor."
Garon looked at Yuna, puzzled, "What is it?"
Yuna's eyes shone innocently, her moist tongue licking her lips, she said, "Open a space-time portal and let's go back to the time when we just arrived on planet Kara, and clear out the aberrant monsters again."
"How about that? Sounds like a good idea, right?"
She blinked her light purple eyes, looking at Garon expectantly.
Garon: . He wondered how Yuna developed such a violent and fierce hobby.
According to Yuna herself, she enjoyed the sensation of aberrant monsters being disintegrated into particles by her dragon breath.
"I don't think that's a good idea."
Garon shook his head, rejecting Yuna's request.
"Alright, now that the aberrant monsters are mostly cleared out, can we go back to the Noah Continent?"
"The lair here is too uncomfortable to sleep in."
Yuna looked around and cast a disdainful glance at the lair.
To be fair, the lair was much better than Yuna's original one in the lava demi-plane.
But she was not wrong.
With the legendary aberrations cleared out, the territories on Kara were safe.
Garon's subjects on Kara were sufficient to handle the remaining ordinary aberrations.
However, Garon decided to gradually shift his main base to planet Kara.
It was about to be transformed into a primary material plane for true dragons, making it more suitable for dragon life.
He wouldn't abandon the Arctic Ice Fields.
But the focus needed to be on Kara.
So, after thinking for a while, Garon said to Yuna, "It's time to go back to the Arctic Ice Fields."
"Not to rest there, but to collect the treasures from the lair in the Arctic Ice Fields and move them to Kara."
"The lair here will be rebuilt by my subjects, and it won't lose to the Immortal Fortress."
Soon after, Garon began to gather his subjects.
Since they were returning to the Noah Continent, the lack of a food source on Kara also needed to be addressed.
The forests created by the green dragons could produce some food, but Garon's subjects primarily consumed meat. They needed to breed a sufficient number of lower-tier creatures as food. They couldn't always summon beasts from the Beast Realm.
"Kritchens, Fred, after returning to the Noah Continent, I need you to lead the magic ships to the human world to do something," Garon said to the two human spellcasters.
"We are at your service. What do you need?" they asked.
Garon spoke firmly, "Purchase easily bred and farmed creatures to solve the food source issue for my subjects."
"Also, capture more magical creatures, fierce species, etc., and bring them to Kara. Transport them via magic ships. Regardless of strength and rarity, the goal is to increase the biodiversity of the territory."
The two high-level spellcasters nodded, "We understand."
After a pause, Garon continued, "Additionally, recruit subjects in my name as the Eternal Dragon, focusing primarily on spellcasters."
Even low-level spellcasters had great utility.
Now, with territories spread across three worlds - Kara, the lava demi-plane, and the Arctic Ice Fields - Garon was in dire need of subjects.
Many legends about Garon existed on the Noah Continent.
There were many creatures who admired the power of legendary dragons, and many would willingly swear allegiance to him.
However... Kritchens hesitated for a moment, "It's easy to recruit subjects with your prestige, but recruiting spellcasters as subjects is more challenging."
Spellcasters were almost the hardest group to convince.
The Alpha clan and Kritchens themselves became Garon's subjects under great pressure. Normally, even if they knew of Garon's identity as the Dragon of Time from the start, they would be astonished and awestruck, but they likely wouldn't serve him.
Garon's expression remained calm, "That's why, when you recruit spellcasters, make it clear that I offer a heritage of marvels and the opportunity to become mind mages."
Wealth and knowledge.
Spellcasters always choose the latter.
It wouldn't sway all spellcasters, but it would definitely shake the resolve of some who were stuck at a bottleneck.
Next, Garon meticulously instructed the two high-level spellcasters on other tasks they needed to do on the Noah Continent.
Once everything was in order, several magic ships sailed amidst waves of magical energy.
Garon used a plane-shifting spell to return from Kara to the Arctic Ice Fields.
The familiar snow and cold air hit him as he appeared in the high skies above the Arctic Ice Fields, scanning the silver-wrapped white world below.
He didn't go directly to his territory but flew towards where the White Dragon Mother was located.
The White Dragon Mother hadn't gone to Kara.
Her strength was insufficient, and she had several younger dragons to care for, so she stayed on the Noah Continent.
But now that the situation on Kara had stabilized, Garon planned to have the White Dragon Mother also go to Kara.
Most of the dragon race on the Noah Continent had gone to Kara, intending to settle there.
This would significantly weaken the dragon race's strength on the Noah Continent.
As a result, many incidents targeting dragons might occur.
With the White Dragon Mother's bad temperament and weak strength, it would be easy for her to run into trouble on the Noah Continent. Although Garon had many complaints about her, he didn't want to hear news of her mishaps.
After handling most of his affairs, Garon intended to undertake a significant time-space traversal.
If it weren't for Kara, he would already be searching other timelines for legendary treasures and powerful spells.
The energy of the Time Gate had long been fully replenished.
Just waiting for Garon's activation.
Amid the howling cold winds, following the sense of time imprints, Garon sped through the sky like a silver streak, tearing through the thick clouds.
In just a few minutes, he arrived at the location of the White Dragon Mother's lair.
A range of undulating snowy mountains.
The scents of the White Dragon Mother and a few dragon siblings were in one of these mountains.
Garon's gaze shifted, and his formidable dragon might spread out.
He waited quietly on the spot. Before long, the White Dragon Mother appeared from the snowstorm, flying towards him.
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