However, the battle that swept across the borderlands erupted, with the Crimson Dragon Tribe and many other forces united to resist the Mother of Twilight. The Little Green Dragon pleaded with the man that its strength was sufficient to protect the tribe and there was no need to concern himself with anyone else. Yet, he refused and nonsensically stated that he wanted to be "a leaf that shields others from the wind and rain". The Little Green Dragon dismissed this, and then... joined the battlefield!
Time and again it relied on transforming the Rotten Forest into a fortress, sweeping through everything, thwarting the main forces of the Mother of Twilight's Slave Beasts, successfully saving numerous tribes, the Crimson Dragon Tribe amongst them. They hailed it as a hero.