A Dragon against the Whole World

Chapter 747: Chapter 428: Upheaval, Debate_3

This was almost no different from those Chaotic Evil Dragons they despised on normal days.

But at the same time, a small number of Giant Dragons who adhered to the ideals of the purification faction voiced a completely different opinion.

They called everywhere for the severe execution of the Red Iron Dragon, Galos.

As for the accusation of Siano being beaten to near death by his kin? They dismissed it as a shameful rumor, a slander orchestrated by the lineage of Ovis to shield the Red Iron Dragon.

Moreover, these Dragons were not really concerned about the specific details of the truth.

They simply stood from the late Bronze Dragon Siano’s standpoint, believing that Siano perceptively uncovered some deeply hidden misdeeds or conspiracy by the Red Iron Dragon, hence his ”just judgment”. ℯ

They even suspected that the Red Iron Dragon had concealed its own power, deliberately luring Siano to attack and then counter-killing him.

Perhaps the Red Iron Dragon was already a Legendary, thus harboring malicious intents, and should pay with his life.

The Flowing Water Dragon Domain and Daylight Dragon Domain, located in different regions, were also closely watching the development of the situation.

The Elders of the Flowing Water Dragon Domain were more concerned about the potential negative impact on the internal unity and stability of the Dragon Race, rather than the rights and wrongs of the Bronze and Red Iron Dragons themselves; whereas the Daylight Dragon Domain held more sympathy for Galos’s plight, believing that such a young and promising new Legendary should not be punished for acts of self-defense, and also expressed deep concern about the ideological conflicts revealed within the Dragon Race because of this incident.

Gradually, the eyes of the Giant Dragons turned toward the highly respected Eternal Radiance Dragon Domain.

The Fubo Dragon Domain and Raging Waves Dragon Domain were in heated dispute, each holding to their arguments; the other two Domains were mostly spectators, engaging only in discussions; thus, the stance of the Eternal Radiance Dragon Domain, as the foremost of the five Dragon Domains, became crucial.

After all, the Red Iron Dragon won his championship honor openly on the territory of the Eternal Radiance Dragon Domain.

The reaction of the Eternal Radiance Dragon Domain’s high command was relatively the most restrained and cautious.

They called for calmness and restraint from all parties, explicitly emphasizing that until the full truth of the event was completely clear, no dragon is allowed to take any extreme forceful or retaliatory actions against Galos Ignas.

This statement partly restrained some extreme retaliatory actions that the purification faction might take.

However, within the Eternal Radiance Dragon Domain, there were also undercurrents surging.

The prestige and admiration the Red Iron Dragon had earned here through competitive matches now transformed into complex glances and discussions.

Supporters believed he was wronged without cause, suffering such a disastrous fate purely due to the original sin of his lineage; opponents regarded him as a lurking, inevitable Evil Dragon seed that would sooner or later bring calamity.

Galos was unaware of all this, nor did he care.

He was deeply asleep, with the aura of Long Wei slowly rising in the Spring of Stagnation, as the constantly renewing power surged and gathered within him, shaping his traits and Domain.

The turmoil, praise, and slander... the clamor of the outside world was merely distant background noise to him.

The Red Iron Dragon was wholeheartedly focused on his own strength and transformation.

Thus, time flew by like sand slipping between fingers.

Five years’ time quietly passed amidst the ongoing disputes and confrontations.

During this period, debates on how to handle the Red Iron Dragon never truly ceased among the five Dragon Domains, especially between the Fubo and Raging Waves Domains.

The Fubo Dragon Domain delayed by citing the unfinished investigation, Galos being in a critical phase of recovery, and the need to give an account to the assaulted Metal Dragons, persistently refusing to hand over the Red Iron Dragon to the Raging Waves Dragon Domain.

As Ovis had anticipated.

Most sensible Metal Dragons, after learning of the happenings, believed that the Red Iron Dragon’s fierce resistance under the surprise attack of a Legendary was out of necessity and should not be blamed.

However, just as Galos had calmly analyzed before.

Another voice, albeit representing a minority but being exceptionally sharp and persistent, never disappeared from the public opinion within the Dragon Domains.

”A being not of our kind must harbor a different heart,” ”Fubo Dragon Domain shields a criminal, disregarding the kin-blood of its own race,” ”Severely punish the culprit to uphold the dignity of the Metal Dragon”... such prejudiced and hostile calls not only did not weaken in certain groups but instead intensified over time with the fueling of certain external factors.

The Giant Dragons of the minority faction, often due to their extreme and unwavering standpoints, had their voices appear particularly prominent and sustained.

Meanwhile, the majority, relatively moderate Metal Dragons, each had multiple responsibilities, research, or pleasures to focus on, and did not tend to dwell on an issue that bore no direct stakes on them.

They might have spoken a few fair words for the Red Iron Dragon at the beginning of the incident.

But soon, their attention would be attracted by myriad new and emerging things.

Only those Metal Dragons with interests closely tied to, or standpoints extremely firm about the matter, or those having close relations with Galos, maintained constant attention.

Finally, on a certain morning five years later, when the first rays of sunlight just pierced through the thin mist over the Endless Sea.

With the violent waves and oppressive Long Wei, several massive figures descended upon the sky over Ovis’s island.