Aurora flapped its wings like a light butterfly, gradually lowering its altitude and finally landing on the giant dragon that is more than ten meters long from head to tail is already considered a behemoth in the eyes of mortals, but compared with the ancient golden dragon, this young golden dragon looks so slender and petite.
Cassius smiled and said, "Aurora, how can you be so reckless."
Aurora quickly lowered her head, bent her front legs slightly, folded her wings behind her, and respectfully saluted this mysterious and powerful fellow. "Good day, Senior Titus, I'm really sorry to have interrupted your conversation just now."
"It's okay, you don't have to be nervous, just speak slowly if you have anything to say."
Cassius shook his head, and like any older golden dragon, he stroked his whiskers with his claws, acting like an elder.
"Aurora, according to what you said before, isn't it still several decades before the next Golden Dragon Council? Why are you informing me now?"
Aurora took out a golden badge from the gap between her scales and handed it over carefully.
"Senior Titus, since six hundred years ago, the Golden Dragon Council has used this badge as a symbol of identity. The current consul, Lord Crassus, sometimes uses this medal to convey messages."
Cassius took the medal, which seemed to be made of gold, with a lifelike golden dragon skull carved on the surface. There were twenty-four whiskers around the mouth, twelve on the upper jaw and twelve on the lower jaw.
"This is the badge that the teacher applied for you personally, and it is also a symbol of your identity. The Golden Dragon Council is happy to accept a powerful ancient dragon."
Cassius looked at Aurora's claws and saw that there was also a medal in it, but the golden dragon's head only had eight whiskers, which made it look a little immature.
Aurora continued, “This Golden Dragon Conference was proposed by Lord Crassus on short notice.
You may not know that after the fall of Holy Fadlan, the situation on the continent of Feansor has become extremely severe. The abyss, hell, five-colored dragons, and even evil gods like Gruumsh, whom you are fighting against, are all ready to make a move.
Lord Crassus believes that it is time for us golden dragons to fulfill our responsibilities, so he is convening golden dragons from all over the world to have some discussions. "
Cassius stared at the badge in his claws and chuckled bitterly, "I never thought that a sinner like me would be able to enter the Golden Dragon Council."
"Senior Titus, how can you be a sinner?"
Aurora raised her head and said seriously, "You are now the 'Dawn Dragon' and 'Wings of Dawn' that the bards sang about. You are the hero who killed Gruumsh's brutal followers and fought against the orcs' invasion from the south!"
"Even if you have some questions that cannot be disclosed, I believe that the elders in the clan, those ancient dragons and great ancient dragons can provide you with some help."
"Maybe let's go. Take me to the Golden Dragon Council. After so many years, it's time to fulfill the responsibilities that I have been missing."
"Okay, Senior Titus, the teleportation spell is ready."
"Shh-"
Aurora took out the scroll, and ripples appeared in the space in front of them. A huge portal appeared in front of them, and two golden dragons, one big and one small, went in one after another.
Jacob Mountains in the southeast of Fianso Continent.
This place is known as the "Roof of the Continent". Unbelievably majestic mountains rise up from the ground, reaching heights of 10,000 meters and stretching for more than a thousand miles.
Those magnificent mountains are extremely steep and often covered with snow, making them inaccessible to mortals. The venue of the Golden Dragon Conference is located on one of the snowy peaks - Orlando Peak.
This mountain is named after a third-generation ancestor dragon. It is said that Orlando died on this mountain, wrapping the entire mountain with his dragon wings and leaving his tibia. He is the source of the bloodline of most of the golden dragons in Fianso.
Inside Orlando, there is an extremely large and spacious cave, which is called the "Hall of Justice" by the dragons. This is also the venue where the Golden Dragon Council is held once every hundred years.
At this moment, two golden dragons arrived here.
Cassius crawled out of the space crack that was a little narrow for him, secretly memorized the coordinates here, flapped his wings, and hovered in the air.
Aurora whispered, "This is it, Senior Titus, let me take you in."
Two golden dragons entered the cave one after another. They shuttled through the deep tunnel, and the magic torches on both sides were lit up one by one.
Suddenly, the view in front of Cassius opened up. Inside the mountain, there was an extremely spacious space with almost no end in sight. It was far more spectacular than he had imagined.
"Trafranalo Mansion Spell?"
Cassius marveled in his heart, even if this mountain was hollowed out, there would not be such a large space. This was almost a brand new demiplane.
It can only be said that the Golden Dragon Clan is worthy of having the top spellcasting ability among the dragon clan. They can create a constant different-dimensional space just for holding a meeting.
At the top of this hall, there is a huge, yellowed tibia. It is fifty meters long and exudes an invisible pressure.
Even though its master had been dead for tens of thousands of years, a period of time long enough to reduce mortal empires to dust, Cassius could still feel the power of the dragon when it was alive.
Ancestral dragon, this is definitely the remains of a real ancestral dragon. The tibia alone is longer than most giant dragons today. Its owner must be six or seven hundred meters long, or even close to a kilometer.
Even for Cassius, it was difficult to imagine such a huge existence. The more than 200-meter-long abyss dragon was the biggest enemy he had ever encountered and left a deep impression on him.
Aurora also looked up at the huge tibia and explained solemnly: "This is the tibia of Orlando's ancestor."
"It is said that when he died, he wrapped the entire mountain with his dragon wings, protecting the creatures here from being harmed by meteorites."
But soon, she scratched her head a little embarrassedly and said, "I almost forgot, you are an ancient golden dragon, your knowledge should be much more profound than that of a young dragon like me."
Cassius shook his head and said softly, "It doesn't matter. I didn't grow up in this material plane."
Then, he looked down and saw that in the center of the space was a long stone table that was hundreds of meters long and sixty meters wide. On both sides were huge chairs of different sizes that were suitable for a golden dragon to sit on.
The main seat at the end of the long table is the largest, and is carved with exquisite dragon patterns. The dragon eyes are inlaid with crystal clear agate and gems, making it look quite luxurious.
On those seats, there were already golden dragons of all sizes, most of them were adult dragons, as well as some young dragons, middle-aged dragons and old dragons, while most of the older golden dragons had not yet taken their seats.
The golden dragons looked at the two dragons that had just entered the Hall of Justice with some curiosity, and some of the younger golden dragons began to whisper.
"Is this the ancient golden dragon from another dimension?"
"Is he the legendary 'Dawn Dragon'?"
Aurora reminded quietly, "Mr. Titus, your seat is in the third row at the end of the long table. Only the highly respected ancient dragons can sit there. I'm afraid I can't continue to accompany you."
"Okay." Cassius nodded slightly and strode over nonchalantly.
Right now, there are more than eighty golden dragons in the hall. He has never seen so many golden dragons gathered together in his life.
However, Cassius was not panicked at all. His extraordinary charm made most gold dragons trust him from the bottom of their hearts, and even sincerely submit to him.
The "incarnation of ancient dragon" of the true dragon warlock is also a real change in the essence of magic, so there is no need to worry about being seen through by the golden dragon who is good at casting spells.
Even if the knowledgeable ancient golden dragon saw through his disguise, at most he would lose a clone, which was no big deal for him.
And if he could sneak into the Golden Dragon Council, he would be able to obtain a huge amount of information, almost equivalent to mastering the movements of the entire good camp.
Cassius walked leisurely towards his seat, and the golden dragons along the way bowed their heads and nodded to greet this strange senior.
And Cassius gladly accepted it, and fully enjoyed the feeling of being an elder.
"Good day, Sir Titus."
"You must be the Wings of Dawn, I've heard of you before."
"Dear Dawn Dragon, your strength and kindness have long been known throughout Feanso, and we all admire you very much."
"Senior Titus, nice to meet you. I have admired you for a long time. Your deeds of killing the followers of Gruumsh and guarding Avondeldan alone made my blood boil. My name is Angel, and I am a young golden dragon of the Elliot family."
A young golden dragon with only six whiskers and a somewhat childish face came forward, bowed his head and saluted, his face full of excitement and admiration.
Cassius nodded to him, a hint of barely perceptible surprise flashing across his light golden pupils.
After turning his back to the young golden dragon, Cassius' mouth twitched slightly, and he thought that after impersonating someone for so long, he finally met the real owner.
The strange feeling in his heart passed away in a flash, and Cassius soon sat down in the seat that symbolized the status of "Ancient Golden Dragon" with peace of mind, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for the arrival of the remaining participants.
Soon, the young and active golden dragons began to whisper and make noises again.
"Look, it's another ancient golden dragon!"
"That senior's scales seem to be engraved with runes, covering almost his entire body, very similar to those on Sir Titus."
Hearing the discussion, Cassius had already guessed who the visitor was.
He turned around and saw the golden figure covered with mysterious runes. It was the elder of the Eternal Order Realm - the ancient golden dragon Beatrice.
Cassius nodded politely and said, "Long time no see, Ms. Beatrice."
Beatrice smiled back and said, "Good day, Sir Titus. When I told Aurora, I knew that you, with your hatred of evil, would not miss such a meeting."
Cassius said, "Thank you for letting Aurora invite me."
Soon, under the gaze of Cassius, powerful golden dragons famous in the material world took their seats one by one, on both sides of the long table.
Taking this opportunity, Cassius also roughly figured out the number of golden dragons in the material world - or more accurately, the number of golden dragons that are still active, because those old guys who have been sleeping for years and don't care about worldly affairs are not included in the statistics.
The seats in the Hall of Justice were almost full. After Cassius excluded himself as the "fake ancient golden dragon", he made a careful count.
There are a total of two ancient golden dragons, four ancient golden dragons, nine extremely old golden dragons, and fifteen elderly golden dragons in the hall - these are the high-end forces of the golden dragon clan in the material world.
The twenty-odd middle-aged golden dragons and the forty-odd adult golden dragons are the backbone of the clan and shoulder considerable responsibilities, while the rest are all young golden dragons whose whiskers have not even grown fully.
The only empty seat now was the luxurious main seat at one end of the long table. According to the system of the Golden Dragon Council, the "Lord Crassus" mentioned by Aurora was most likely an ancient golden dragon.
"As expected of a golden dragon that calls itself the 'Messenger of Justice', it is truly an incredibly powerful force." Cassius couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.
As the natural leaders among metal dragons and the darlings of Bahamut, the golden dragon clan is indeed very powerful. There are so many golden dragons that can be urgently summoned, and many of them are very powerful.
If we take into account the ancient golden dragon that has not yet appeared, even if Cassius himself came, it would be difficult to defeat these golden guys.
If the Empire's current Dragon Legion were to fight them, they would probably be wiped out without a single piece of armor left.
"when--"
The dull sound of the bell rang out, echoing in this enclosed space, causing all the golden dragons present to be startled.
Even the lively young golden dragons hurriedly sat up straight and assumed a solemn posture at the instructions of their parents.
They knew that the current Archon of the Golden Dragon Council, the ancient golden dragon who stood at the pinnacle of power in the material world, the "Gilded Sage" Crassus, was about to arrive.
Cassius looked towards the side of the Hall of Justice, only to see the heavy stone door slowly open and a huge golden figure appear in his eyes.
——It was an extremely huge golden dragon, nearly forty meters long, which obviously broke the upper limit of the golden dragon clan. The countless whiskers around his mouth were the marks given to him by the long years.
The eyes of this ancient golden dragon are narrow and deep, and its light golden pupils are like a faded pool of gold, full of vicissitudes of life.
The platinum crown on his head and the scepter in his claws with a milky white nebula and a pole star carved on it are symbols of the Archon exercising power on behalf of Bahamut and managing the golden dragon clan.
The ancient golden dragon walked over with a relaxed pace, slowly heading towards its own position. Even though it did not deliberately release its pressure, it gave people an aura of majesty without even being angry.
"Good day, Mr. Crassus."
The golden dragons greeted him one after another, and even the proud ancient golden dragon lowered its head naturally.
Although Cassius also lowered his head, he narrowed his eyes slightly and secretly spied on the ancient golden dragon coming towards him, carefully assessing the power level of this golden dragon archon.
This ancient golden dragon has a body size that exceeds the upper limit of its race, and just by looking at its dazzling and expensive magical equipment, you can tell that it is a dragon with aspirations, and it is definitely not comparable to those white dragons that only know how to sleep.
【Gilded Sage-Crasso】
Challenge Rating: 28 (125000 XP)
"The powerful old guy is a really good opponent. It would be great if I could fight him."
There was a hint of excitement in Cassius's eyes. If he hadn't had to maintain the solemn image of Gu Jinlong, he would have even wanted to lick his lips. (End of this chapter)
