“Wait! We’re transporting the dragon mediator,” Kinryu shouted, “He’s right. Please sheath your sword.”
“Is that so?” The man glared at them, another four eyes opening on his face.
Thud! A tall (Almost nine-foot) woman hit his head with a chop, “Kayden, calm down. I told you I could smell Alcott there.”
Kayden turned back and looked at her, “Lily, I can’t just let them get close to the city like this.”
“Do you think they will cause trouble?” Lily sighed, grabbing Kayden’s hand and pulling it away from the sword.
“Lily is right,” The little girl said with a smile, “Look, colored and shiny lizards are working together. It’s a rare thing to see,”
Kayden sighed, “You’re right, Kali,” He sat down, and his face shifted back to normal, “You can pass, but don’t cause any trouble.”
The dragons stood and flew to the sky, and the carriage started moving. Arad looked at the man as they passed by him and then at Kinryu, “Who was that?”
“Demon lord Kayden, the slayer of gods.” Kinryu gasped. The red dragon flew close, “That little girl is far more dangerous. You could feel the oppressive demon curses rushing from her body.”
“The tall woman is the blood demon, Lily, the little girl is supposed to be their daughter, but the records of that are strange.” Kinryu looked at Arad, “Don’t fight them if you two ever met again. That man alone could slaughter our armies combined.”
“He alone? Is he a world power?”
“He is one of the strongest. What in the hell is he doing here?” Kinryu scratched his head.
“Probably protecting something based on their words.” The red dragon said while walking behind the carriage, turning his head to look back at the demon lord in the distance.
“What could be in that city for him to protect?” Kinryu sighed, “But, that city is strange, having Alcott, Nina, and a void child living there.” He looked at the sky.
“The land there is a genius loci. Is that what he’s protecting?” A silver dragon flew down.
“No, that could be a by-product of what he’s protecting.” Kinryu looked at the silver dragon.
“The genius loci gave me ownership of the land, so Alina is a part of my territory.” Arad said, ^Is there something in my land that I don’t know off?^
Arad looked at the trees passing by, hearing the birds flying away, “Do you think it’s something dangerous?”
“I don’t think so. The world powers rarely cause trouble. They are mostly pacifists. That man wouldn’t have shown up if we didn’t have two armies.” Kinryu then stared at Arad with a smile, “So, we’re about to tread on your land. Is that a problem?”
“Now that you mentioned it, dragons usually kill other dragons who enter their land.” Arad looked at Kinryu.
“We’re guests, aren’t we?” The red dragon smiled.
[Arad, say this. It will give us some power in the future.]
Arad looked at Kinryu and the red dragon, “With Alcott living in Alina and me being a void dragon. How about you see my territory as a neutral location?”
Kinryu and the red dragon looked at each other, “We might talk peacefully like this,” He said.
“But we will kill each other if we met somewhere else.” The red dragon growled. “Having a neutral place for diplomatic negotiation is a good thing,” He smiled.
“Then it’s settled,” Arad smiled, “The Alina territory is a neutral ground under my ruling. All you need to do is pay a small fee to hold a meeting there.”
Kinryu laughed, “A very young and already thinking of expanding your hoard!” He looked at Arad, “Very well, I don’t think sir red here would disagree.”
The red dragon smiled, “It will cost less than finding a new location each time. And it will be nice to have the mediator Alcott and the void dragon Arad as a witness for it.”
“I will start working on a meeting place in the mountains. Let’s call them the void mountains.” Arad smiled.
“Your naming sense is awful,” Kinryu sighed, “Let’s go with the sacred void peaks,” .
“I do have to agree with Goldy on that,” The red dragon smiled, “But be careful. That doesn’t mean the young dragons won’t annoy you.”
Kinryu smiled, “Yeah, the same way humans have bandits and outlaws, we dragons also have ruffians who cause trouble.”
Ginger looked at Arad, “Are you sure?”
“Of course, but they have to pay.” Arad smiled, “I will build a massive castle in the mountains where I can survey all of the lands.”
The red dragon laughed, “You’re thinking like a red dragon. We like high peaks, so we can look down on our territory.”
“Hehe,” Claug giggled, “Arad was pretending to be a red dragon bloodline sorcerer between the humans. It’s a win for us,”
The red dragon looked at her, “Really?” He then glared at Kirnyu, “Heard that goldy?”
“Hoi! Arad,” Kinryu stared at Arad, “Red dragons are evil. They cause a lot of trouble and avoid their goddess Tiamat.”
“And?” Arad looked at Kinryu.
“They are bad. You can be a gold bloodline instead. We can breathe fire as well.” He huffed flames from his lips. “And look,” CRACKLE! Lightning flashed from the gold dragon’s flame.
“We can use lightning as well,” Kinryu smiled.
“Don’t listen to him Arad,” The red dragon approached Arad with a grin, “They may use two elements, but in reality, their output is weaker in both.” He glared at Kinryu, “Their flame can never be as hot as a red dragon, and their lightning will never reach that of a blue dragon.”
Kinryu snorted, “Said the one who lost to me seven times,” He glared at the red dragon with a grin, “Last time, I almost cleaved your tail.”
“You fucker used magic!” The red dragon growled.
“Magic is power,” Kinryu smiled, “Make sure to learn plenty of it,”
“Magic is for coward,” The red dragon stared at Arad, “Focus on empowering your draconic powers,”
“How about I do both?” Arad looked at them with a smile.