Chapter 217: The Bounty

"What are you laughing about?" Muria looked at some of the dragons who started laughing, furrowing his brows. "Do you think I'm telling you a joke?"

As Muria frowned, a nearly invisible dragon shadow emerged behind him, a heavy pressure surged throughout the room, making all the dragons present feel oppressed. Thus, the laughter in the banquet hall gradually subsided.

"You're not telling a joke?"

"Of course not."

"But, given the temperament of red dragons, how could they possibly mingle with green and black dragons?"

"Why not?" Muria retorted. "Among my followers, there are red and green dragons, and they can stay together."

"That's because of your presence, Prince Muria," Silver Dragon Claire spoke up. "Once they leave you, given the arrogance of red dragons, they definitely won't stay with green dragons, let alone black dragons."

Among the five colors of dragons, there exists a very clear hierarchy of disdain. Red dragons disdain all other colors except themselves, blue dragons disdain all but themselves and red dragons, green dragons disdain black and white dragons, black dragons disdain white dragons... and white dragons can only silently endure the disdain from other species, as there are hardly any dragons weaker than them.

Therefore, the dragons attending the banquet laughed, thinking that, with the arrogance of red dragons, it's impossible for them to mingle with green and black dragons.

"I'm talking about these six dragons, which I've raised from their infancy, and they are different from the conventional five-colored dragons you know," Muria explained.

"You've been raising six five-colored dragons since they were young?" A young man transformed from a gold dragon exclaimed in surprise.

"Not exactly, I've raised a group of each five-colored dragon," Muria said indifferently. "These six are just part of what I've raised."

The dragons at the banquet, transformed into humans or maintaining their majestic forms, looked at each other in astonishment.

Raising a group of each type of the five-colored dragons was indeed explosive news!

"No wonder," the golden dragon beauty, who had been holding onto Muria's arm and never letting go, chuckled. "I was wondering why you insisted on having a group of five-colored dragons, so it turns out..."

"Yes, the group of five-colored dragons I raised is now scattered across the world of Elasia," Muria glanced at Caslana, who had her blonde hair pinned up. "And in Ionia, there are six dragons left behind. I've come here to find them."

"Truly worthy of being the son of the Golden Sun, to have raised a group of five-colored dragons from a young age."

"Raising five-colored dragons, isn't that similar to how crystal dragons adopt white dragons?"

"It's not the same," a young man transformed from a crystal dragon looked at Muria with admiration. "We crystal dragons only raise white dragons, but Prince Muria, it seems, has raised quite a number of red dragons as well."

"It must be that the temperaments of the five-colored dragons raised by Prince Muria have been changed."

"That would make sense."

After some discussion, finally, a dragon asked Muria a question.

"Prince Muria, could you tell us what are the characteristics of those six dragons that are lost in our continent of Ionia?"

"The first characteristic, as I've mentioned, is that there's a high possibility they will act together."

"Prince Muria, are you certain they will act together?"

"Indeed, there's also a chance they might split up," Muria pondered. In the land of the Titans, those guys wouldn't dare to wander alone even if they had ten times the courage, but in Ionia, it's hard to say.

"Could you tell us if there are any more distinct characteristics? After all, there are quite a few five-colored dragons in Ionia, and without clear characteristics, it's very easy to mistake them."

"I've been teaching them magic knowledge since they were capable of learning, right after they hatched. I've never stopped their magical education. Therefore, those six dragons are all mage dragons."

The banquet hall fell silent, even the usually indifferent gemstone dragons lifted their heads, staring at Muria in disbelief. Six dragons that have been learning magic since they were young?!

"May I ask, what age group do these six dragons belong to?"

"They are in their adolescent stage."

"And how advanced are their casting abilities?" A gold dragon, wearing a scholarly robe and pushing up his crystal glasses, asked somewhat unsettled.

"They are not weaker than their close combat capabilities." Muria held back from mentioning how he was counteracted when he tried tracking them using the scales they shed, as it was too embarrassing for a dragon.

"This is truly..."

"This is indeed a very distinctive characteristic. Outstanding magical abilities in adolescent five-colored dragons. Once seen, one would definitely not forget them!" The golden dragon beauty laughed, looking around at the dragons in the hall, "Has anyone seen the six dragons Muria mentioned?"

"No, haven't seen them!"

"Never encountered them."

To Muria's disappointment, none of the dragons in the hall had seen those six dragons that seemed to have abandoned him. However, he had prepared himself for this outcome.

Even if Ionia is just a subcontinent, it's still vast. The territories of over a hundred dragons combined wouldn't cover a small duchy, let alone dragons, who are generally reclusive.

Without anything to do, dragons usually just lie in their lairs and sleep. Thus, the chance of encountering Muria's six rebellious dragons was even slimmer.

"None of you have seen them, huh." Muria thought for a moment, then spoke again: "In that case, I'll issue a bounty! Anyone who can provide information about the whereabouts of those six five-colored dragons, no matter who, will receive a hundred cubic meters of elemental crystals as a reward."

"A message for a hundred cubic meters of elemental crystals!" Many adolescent dragons, upon hearing Muria's words, showed signs of being moved. For dragons of their age, a hundred cubic meters of elemental crystals was a substantial amount.

"Muria, the bounty you're offering seems a bit high. Even fifty cubic meters of elemental crystals would motivate many to search for them on your behalf."

"It's fine," Muria waved his hand, unconcerned. "A mere hundred cubic meters of elemental crystals is nothing if it can bring me information on those six rebellious dragons."

Before he left the Titan Islands, he took a batch of elemental crystals that nearly thirty thousand giants had collected day and night for over thirty years on Tai Chi Island.

After all, these crystals are not only the sustenance for beings like him but also a universal currency among the powerful. So, Muria really wasn't short on elemental crystals.

Without lowering the offer, Muria's words were heard by many dragons, and they labeled him with two tags: wealthy and generous!

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