Chapter 48: Number 2

David has always been a fierce red dragon.

Almost as soon as the plan had been finalized on the front foot, and he was having nothing to do on the back foot, he beckoned his group of elves, who had at least superficially submitted to him for their livelihood, to start moving.

It's just a preliminary plan, and there is no specific program, so it's just a matter of taking the dragon thief's egg before Drow and changing it.

But because the three dragons and three drows plus more than two hundred high elves were dispatched together, even if they fanned out in one direction, it could not be said that there was no movement.

For a time, the entire Kattegat Forest was full of wind and smoke.

Some young dragons who were foraging alone in the wild but were keenly aware of the 'danger' even hurriedly ran back to their nests for refuge.

......

At the edge of the forest, in an inconspicuous steam geothermal cavern.

A young red dragon, slender from hunger, burrowed out of a small makeshift cave with its hazy eyes, and yawned heavily at the entrance of the cave with its front paws and buttocks back.

But when I saw the clouds that were still gray and the wind and snow that were the same as before she slept, I couldn't help but sigh.

As a red young dragon who was not very accustomed to this kind of cold, it was too difficult to find enough food to satisfy his stomach in this icy and snowy place.

It seems that I am afraid that I will not grow much this year. Lizzlit thought.

But she never regretted her decision to leave the Dragon's Lair.

Yes, unlike other five-colored young dragons who were swept away after the fledgling stage, she sneaked out by herself.

The reason is simple:

Her mother was sick.

Very sick.

At first, she was only a little obsessed with collecting the magic of the ancient elves, and occasionally went out to bring some food when she was hungry, and after eating the leftovers herself, she and a few brothers and sisters could still gnaw some bones.

And as the mother began to come into contact with the sealed wreckage of the locks, their survival became more and more difficult.

Without food provided by their mothers, they had to go out and forage for food on their own

But later, the mother's mental state became more and more manic and unreasonable.

There were even times when I couldn't tell the difference between them and the food, and I was bitten several times.

When Lizlit returned to the nest with half of the boar she had snatched from the snow leopard's mouth to give some to her mother, she saw the image that she will remember for the rest of her life.

Deep in the lair, the brothers and sisters who were not very harmonious with her in the past, but at least occasionally cooperated in order to survive, were no longer silent.

And a red monster that had completely lost his mind was hunched over its rugged body, tearing and gnawing on the ground.

Lizzlit, who was in a state of stress in an instant, immediately threw down the wild boar that would slow her down, then turned around and ran, running as far as possible, as long as she could get away from her demonic mother.

She didn't choose to fly, because taking off in this forest full of overlapping branches was a time-consuming and inefficient option, and it was possible that her mother would find out in the first place.

Nor did she choose to go back to the idea of awakening her mother's sanity.

She didn't have that ability, she didn't have that mood, and she didn't feel like she owed her mother anything.

She was just a red dragon destined to be like her mother, ruthless and lonely.

Thinking of this, Lizlit shook her head vigorously, banishing the memory that was not so pleasant to the dragon but always came out of nowhere.

The only thing that made her feel a little at ease was that by distinguishing the smell of those red dragon dung, she had probably entered the red dragon territory known as the Crimson Calamity.

If placed elsewhere, this kind of invasion of other adult dragons' territories would be tantamount to seeking death.

But Lizlit had heard a little about the Crimson Calamity on the road.

Compared to the other five-colored dragons, this adult red dragon that seems to appear out of nowhere in the Katagana volcano seems to be extremely lazy, and spends most of its time in a deep sleep.

Therefore, for young dragons and even juvenile dragons like them, who have no threat to their territory, as long as they don't make a big noise such as waking up the owner of the territory, the female dragon seems to turn a blind eye to most of them who wander in their territory.

It is even said that there was a stroke of luck and this mobile calamity that went out hunting happened to run into a young dragon who thought he was dead, and after he was in a hurry to give the 'treasure' that he had collected, the other party not only did not kill him, but also tore a piece of the food he hunted as a reward for offering the 'treasure'.

It is precisely because of this reason and the various outrageous rumors among the wandering young dragons that the territory of the Crimson Calamity Pafla has gradually become a gathering place and shelter for these wandering young dragons.

Although this inevitably led to an increase in disputes between the young dragons, at least there were very few cases of direct death between the young dragons, and they were able to exercise their hand-to-hand combat and survivability skills that were many times stronger than the deadly threat of other adult dragons.

Sometimes Lizlit can't help but fantasize that she would have a mother as great as Pafla of Crimson Calamity......

yourself, you don't have to encounter that kind of ......

That......

"Huh? What kind of scent is this? What does it taste like? Could it be...... Snow worms? ”

Lizlit, who was a little flustered again because of her excessive hunger, suddenly became energetic, and immediately followed the smell like a kitten looking for food in the snow and went deep into the forest.

I don't know how long I did, but when I saw that there was really a beach of food in the glade that looked like the secretion of worms in the snow, the instinctive impulse of the red dragon immediately occupied all the instincts and pounced on it.

It's just that Lizlit still smelled cautiously before taking a bite, and after smelling the full semi-saturated fat aroma, she couldn't hold back anymore and licked it first.

Suck and slip.

"Hmm!!! Delicious! ”

Lizlit, who hadn't eaten anything serious for too long, was immediately captured by the food, and her cool tail was shaking straight.

Immediately, the ignorant little red dragon began to feast.

I don't know if this action triggered something.

Click.

From east to west, north and south, and even above the forest, there are five wooden walls tied up by tree trunks, a dragon hunting cage!

It's a trap!!

The red dragon Lizlit immediately decided to pour her flame dragon breath on the ground, and at the same time kicked her legs and spread her wings, relying on the repulsive energy of the dragon's breath, she smashed the wooden cage that fell above, and then fled at full speed in the direction of her temporary dragon nest.

But the dragon has reached a high place, and it can see far away.

When she saw the three dragons around her, one red, one silver, and one white, as well as the drow and elves who were lying in ambush around her, holding iron cables, Lizlit's whole dragon was stunned!

What kind of sin have you created, are you wanted by the dragon god?!

"Aha, it's still a red young dragon, it's very energetic, catch her for me!"

"This No. 2 dragon, I'm going to decide."

When Lizlit heard this, she first turned her head in confusion, and then when she saw the red dragon giving orders, she didn't know what might be.

Inexplicably furious.