Chapter 2031: Chapter 2027: Leadership Candidates
This time, rescuing the Azure Dragon was partly due to his efforts, how could he let Jing Hong take all the credit alone?
He felt very uncomfortable.
But he didn’t want to speak.
Because he was too lazy to talk, such credit would bring nothing anyway.
At this moment, Jing Hong looked at the many dragon-men below and said, "Now that the Princess has returned, we have a leader among us dragon-men, but since the Princess just came back, she’s unaware of many things and needs someone to assist her."
"We have said before, whoever can rescue the Azure Dragon will be the leader here. Now that I have rescued the Azure Dragon, I should become the leader, but since the Princess has returned, I willingly choose to assist the Princess. Do you all acknowledge this?"
Hearing this, the dragon-men below responded, "Indeed, that was the agreement. You used your power to rescue the Azure Dragon, so we acknowledge you."
"Yes, you are the strong one, we acknowledge you."
Gradually, more and more dragon-men below began to speak.
Tang Zhong slightly frowned; he didn’t expect it to turn out this way.
At this moment, he could see among the dragon-men, there were a few who were particularly strong. They were different from ordinary dragon-men; ordinary dragon-men had white horns, but these dragon-men had especially large horns, indicating they were leaders among the dragon-men.
And right now, those dragon-men leaders were showing uncomfortable expressions.
Although they didn’t want to acknowledge Jing Hong as the leader, because Jing Hong accomplished what they couldn’t, they had nothing to say.
Tang Zhong slightly squinted his eyes then, realizing that whoever could save the Azure Dragon would have the qualification to become the leader of these dragon-men.
If that were the case, Tang Zhong would definitely not give up this credit.
At this moment, Jing Hong smiled above, looking down at the people and said, "Since everyone holds me in such high esteem, I will certainly not disappoint you and will assist the Princess well."
After he finished speaking, no one spoke.
Tang Zhong couldn’t hold back and said, "The Azure Dragon was rescued by both you and me, not just you alone. If you choose a leader based on the event of rescuing the Azure Dragon, then I think I should also be a candidate."
With these words, all the dragon-men’s eyes turned to Tang Zhong.
They hadn’t even noticed Tang Zhong before; now they were curious about what he meant by these words.
Could it be that the rescue of the Azure Dragon wasn’t completed by Jing Hong alone?
If the rescue wasn’t done by him alone, it would require further consideration.
But who was this person?
They had never seen this person before.
Then they looked seriously at Tang Zhong, each one starting to frown.
Because they couldn’t feel any familiar aura from Tang Zhong.
If a dragon lived in the Dragon Realm, it would have a familiar aura, but this person did not.
Involuntarily, the dragon-men thought of the Lost Dragon.
And mentioning the Lost Dragon reminded the dragon-men of the so-called legend of the Lost Dragon.
There is a rumor in the Dragon Realm that the Lost Dragon can save the Dragon Realm from this great disaster.
At this moment, an elderly-looking dragon-man looked at Tang Zhong and said, "Are you the Lost Dragon? A dragon from the outside world?"
"I am." Tang Zhong admitted openly.
The old dragon-man’s eyes changed as he looked at Tang Zhong.
"That’s truly great. You just said that you also contributed to rescuing the Azure Dragon from the Blood Demon Star?" the old dragon-man said.
"Yes, I rescued it together with Jing Hong," Tang Zhong said.
He wouldn’t erase Jing Hong’s contributions at this moment, because the latter indeed made a lot of efforts this time.
"You might not understand some things since you just arrived. I can tell you now that previously we were electing a leader to lead our dragon-men here to unite with other dragon groups."
"And whoever is capable, has the right to be the leader. Later, we decided whoever could rescue the Azure Dragon would be the leader."
"If this time Jing Hong alone rescued the Azure Dragon, then Jing Hong would be the unique leader, but since he rescued it together with you, now it’s you and Jing Hong competing for the leadership."
As soon as the old dragon-man finished speaking, beside him, Jing Hong’s face was extremely unpleasant and he said, "Elder, isn’t this inappropriate? He is just a Lost Dragon and he knows nothing. Letting him compete with me for leadership, isn’t that inappropriate?"
The elder turned to Jing Hong and said, "Jing Hong, we previously agreed that whoever rescues the Azure Dragon would be our leader. And now, since the Azure Dragon was rescued together with this Lost Dragon, he is qualified to compete with you for the leadership."
"The elder is right." Jing Hong said.
His tone now was a bit off.
"Then it will be the two of you starting to compete for leadership. I think the others shouldn’t have any objections to this," the old dragon-man said, looking around at the other dragon-men.
The other dragon-men said in unison, "We have no objections."
"Now, the person who wants to become our dragon-men leader just has to be strong, regardless of being a Lost Dragon or a former member of the Dragon Realm. As long as they are strong enough, we will recognize them as our leader."
Tang Zhong didn’t expect that he would suddenly become a contender for leadership; it was something he never imagined.
However.
He was willing, after all, it was his own choice.
He rescued the Azure Dragon, so he earned this qualification, and as a member of the Dragon Realm, he also had the responsibility to become a leader.
Of course, the bigger reason was that Tang Zhong was really displeased with Jing Hong at this moment.
At this time, Jing Hong looked at Tang Zhong and said, "Could I have a word with you?"
Tang Zhong said, "As you wish."
"Then come over here." Jing Hong said.
The two of them moved to a quiet place.
Jing Hong looked at Tang Zhong and said, "I know that you also contributed to rescuing the Azure Dragon, but don’t you think your contribution was minor? After all, I was the one who unlocked the chains from the Azure Dragon, which had nothing to do with you."
Tang Zhong said, "We both tried to unlock the chains but couldn’t. Later, you unlocked them yourself, but if it wasn’t for us working together initially, weakening the chains, you wouldn’t have been able to unlock them so easily, right?"
Tang Zhong said this, confirming one thing: how Jing Hong managed to unlock the chains; there was a big question here.
Exactly how Jing Hong unlocked the chains, if it wasn’t because both of them attacked it together at first, causing it to weaken, it would raise significant issues.
