A year has passed since Bruce began his operations on the Gold Coast, which now generates a staggering annual tax revenue from seaport trade transactions amounting to hundreds of millions of gold coins. Despite this wealth, Bruce lives modestly, allocating the bulk of these revenues for essential operations and reserving a portion as contingency funds, rather than hoarding it all for personal gain.
To other dragons who relish in accumulating wealth, Bruce's approach would seem an extravagant squander. They would envision themselves amassing such riches until it overflowed from Black Rose Castle and piled high into the Mocha Mountains.
Yet Bruce, always driven by greater ambitions, found this revenue stream insufficient to sate his desires. With the Gold Coast's governance solidifying, Bruce deployed his agents to assess the regional powers, eyeing further expansion of his dominion.