Gil tried to leave the alchemy lab, but found that Ignus had already arrived. Walking past him was a no go since Ignus seemed pretty angry to hear that all the food could be at risk for his people. He had been one of the dragons who found the food shortage in his territory to be an annoyance that never changed.
For the royal dragons, they needed to focus on the fact that their people were fed. Whether it was the dragonkin or his fellow dragon elders. At the time, they had been expanding territories enough to find better hunting grounds but for a dragon that wanted longevity, they knew that hunting too much would end their chances of survival.
That was why many dragons often slumbered for months at a time and had developed the ability to use mana as a sort of way to sate that hunger. Hence the reasoning why they focus on developing their innate elemental affinities too. It covered them for growing stronger and also for the fact that they could rarely eat to their hearts' content.
