Chapter 421
Evé didn’t fully believe Reinhardt’s claim that he had no interest in acquiring the Scepter of Life.
Because as far as she knew, the dragon’s population had been in decline even dating back over the Twilight Era.
This didn’t mean they were any less powerful per se, but over time, the dragon race had suffered from a significant drop in population.
Not only that but nowadays, more and more dragon eggs were being born without any draconic markings at all, resulting in the birth of ‘dragon beasts’ which are sub-dragon species with low intelligence and mixed bloodlines.
It was a shame, really, since during their peak the dragons numbered in the millions, with their elite forces dominating half of the realms across the universe.
Alas nowadays, it is estimated that pureblooded dragons across the universe likely numbered less than ten thousand, and that figure was still decreasing.
For this reason, dragons began interbreeding with other races, hoping that some of their sub-species offsprings would exhibit atavism and possibly restore dragonkinds’ dwindling population.
As one of the most well-known and oldest dragon gods, Reinhardt had been tirelessly working to preserve the dragon species.
And one of his endeavors involved adopting abandoned dragon hatchlings from various places.