Silver Dragon: From Shell to God

"tax?"

Arden said doubtfully.

"Yes! Thousands of years ago, in order to keep me here and to find foreign aid, the elves not only spent a lot of wealth, but also put all the creatures within a thousand miles of the Silver Dragon Cliff under my rule."

"Theoretically, I am a vassal of the elves, and all the creatures living here, the elves, are my vassals."

"I collect taxes every other year. In order to give you some experience, I will give you this mission."

"Every year, there are always some ignorant people jumping out. They are not very strong. You have solved it!"

"Don't worry. I have engraved a ninth-level spell, Storm Shroud, on that token. Once it is triggered, I will be able to sense you immediately and nothing will happen."

Sasde spoke slowly.

Arden took the map and scales, looked at the map without further ado, and then spread his wings and flew away.

As a few months old dragon baby, he had always lived near Dragon Cliff or in the Mage Tower in the demiplane, and had never seen the true appearance of this world.

Even if it was just the Forest of Elves, he was curious.

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Arden kept flying north.

The land occupied by the Forest of Elves is inconspicuous in the entire Noah continent, but it is still over a million square meters.

Silver Dragon Cliff occupies a large stretch of mountains in the northern part of the entire Elf Forest, as well as about 5% of the surrounding creatures that depend on mountains and water for survival.

There are about 10 various magical beasts and intelligent life species living there.

Depending on their different lifestyles and levels of civilization, their living places and habitats are completely different, and they are distributed in the form of settlements of varying sizes over an area of ​​5 square kilometers.

"Sir Arden, you are truly a genius among the dragon race. I haven't seen you for a month, and you have grown up again."

Flying quickly in the vast sky, overlooking the densely packed, deeply rooted huge torrent below.

Arden listened to the flattery of the magical creatures flying in front of him and accepted the praise without hesitation.

"Of course, one day I will become a legendary true dragon soaring into the sky."

In the eyes of a true dragon, lying and being modest are extremely bad, and one must accept other people's compliments with an open mind.

In front of him was a very common magical creature, Cloudhawk, Peter.

However, this terrifying creature, with a body length of 8 meters and a wingspan of meters, is even more terrifying than the current Arden.

Normal cloud eagles also live in the forest, but are only a few meters in size, while this cloud eagle is definitely super-giant among its peers.

The biggest uniqueness of this giant eagle compared to its peers is that it has two pairs of majestic dragon horns on its head and a faint dragon aura. Silver scales can be vaguely seen flashing under the sharp feathers on its body.

It is a follower of the silver dragon Sasde, has been soaked in dragon blood, and is a dragon vein creature.

The necromancer appeared near the Silver Dragon Cliff, which made the experienced and knowledgeable ancient silver dragon feel that something was wrong.

During this period, not only adult silver dragons were patrolling the territory belonging to the Silver Dragon family.

Sasde also opened up his own demiplane and released a large number of dragon vein creatures that he had accumulated over the years.

Otherwise, with such a vast land, with only a few adult silver dragons, even if they were powerful, they would be exhausted just from patrolling every day.

"Mr. Arden, with your talent, I believe it won't take long, less than two hundred years, no! Even within a hundred years, you may become a legend."

"I found something good these days, and I can give it to you."

It was clearly an eagle, but its face looked so wretched. A flash of magic power appeared in front of Peter's eyes, and a fist-sized golden metal appeared in front of Arden.

"Oh, it's good, brass. This piece is worth at least 500 kilograms."

Arden's money-grubbing nature was exposed at once, his eyes lit up, and he quickly took the brass into his claws.

Cloud Eagle Peter, a giant dragon eagle whose body has reached level 11.

Met with Arden within the previous month.

Immediately, he had the idea of ​​currying favor with this promising genius.

Normal cloud eagles can reach level 6 or 7 at most after reaching adulthood, which means they are intermediate magical creatures. Those with rare talents can break through to advanced levels.

Cloud Eagle Peter is already 35 years old this year, which is considered middle-aged for a Cloud Eagle with a lifespan of only 60 years. Even with dragon blood, he can only live to 120 years old at most.

But he has poor talent and no resources, and has been stuck at level 11 for a long time. If he wants to break through, he has to find another way.

I had no choice but to become a bootlicker.

"Isn't Lord Arden studying? Why are you leaving Silver Dragon Cliff now? Is there something urgent? I can help you with it."

Peter finally met Arden, and he flattered her as much as he could, with his tone as humble and flattering as possible.

"It's the order of Elder Sasde. Now it's the tax month again. It's time for the intelligent creatures near Dragon Cliff to fulfill their obligations."

Arden's words made Yunying, who had been taking on so much responsibility before, suddenly freeze in his slender and handsome figure.

"Since this is Lord Sasde's order, as his dragon vein follower, I naturally cannot help him, but."

Peter thought about it for a long time and finally gritted his teeth.

"As long as you say so, I am willing to help you, even if it means going through fire and water! Even if it means going against the orders of Lord Sasde."

The tone of voice quickly changed from "not very loud" to a small voice that only ants could hear.

Arden looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that this cloud eagle had such an accurate vision.

During this period, his bloodline's return to his ancestors slowed down and even stagnated, but even so, his potential increased greatly.

Moreover, as Arden owns the altar of the gods, he is qualified to trade with others as long as he finds treasures that are valuable enough.

As long as he can survive to a certain level and become a legend when he grows up, Arden will be qualified to speak in front of these god-level figures.

As a silver dragon that can live for at least a few thousand years, he is qualified to say this.

"If there's anything, I'll find you."

After Arden said this, he ignored the ecstatic Cloud Eagle and flew directly to the west.

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"Roar"

By a big river.

At the edge of the forest, there is a large village with a population of a thousand.

Maintaining primitive farming and hunting.

The residents of the village heard this familiar voice.

Eyewitnesses.

A huge crystal-colored beast that shone brightly in the sun landed on the river bank, in front of their village.

"It's time to collect taxes. Let your village chief come out."

In this village, all the adult wood elves came to the front of the village at the same time, and looked at the strange and terrifying beast in front of them with caution.

Unexpectedly, the giant beast in front of him actually spoke.